Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-29

Murray.
The council has voted to erect a town
hall sufficiently large to accommodate
the council n the fire department.
The building will be Of brick. The
council will let the contract at the next
regular meeting, June s.
Medais.
Jesse Fall. aged, IS years. who was
employed as sawyer at the Stern's saw
mill, five miles southwest Of this place,
fell on the saw and was badly !ecerated
In the groin, thigh and hips. Physi-
clans were called but little hopes are
entertained for his recovery.
cosson.
A. e. Nash has traded his mill prop
erty for a farm in Minnesota. This
old mill Is quite. land mark, having
been built long before the own Of Cog
gon was even thought Of. The first
village here vas called Green's MIL"
Mr.. Green being the owner OF the mill
at that time.
Tama.
b. A. Maiden and John Quinn cir
culated a subscription paper on the
sent to c. A. Earhart who, on the pre-
CSulnk Ody, lldu lOSI lAS . dAu SoAA
tents by fire. The response was i'm
mediate and generous and Mr.. Earhart
was presented with SIT inscash and a
few bushels Of corn as q token Of his
neighbors' sympathy.
Shenandoah.
The city council has ordered paving
laid on Church and Center streets and
parts Of Valley and Seventh avenues.
IN ell about twenty blocks or 10000
square yards will be installed. The
paving is asphalt, sand, crushed rock
and stone dust, and Is spread two
inches. on q base of four inches OF
concrete. It costs $50 per square
yard.
Des Moines.
Mrs. Dan Habelitz, Greenwood Park
| station. has incubators, hens and all
| other we'll known methods of Matching
chickens beat to a fraxzle. A hen after
holding down ten eggs for a week. sud-
denly went on a strike, and after
brea king three" Of the eggs left the nest.
Mrs. Habelitz wrapped the eggs in fans
mel and filled some bottles with no
water. A week later, Ave little fluffy
chicks appeared.
Mt. Pleasant.
While playing b. baseball on the coll
lege campus Russell Green. the 16-
year-old son Of L. W. Green Of this
city. sustained a serious and. rather
unusual injury. He attempted to throw
a curve and in some way or other
strained his arm in such a manner
that the bone Of his right arm snapped
lust above the elbow. He heard the
crack and tho he was faint for a few
minutes, was able to walk TO h office
Of a physician. where the bone was set
oskaIoesa.
Forest Abbey, the beautiful n1auso
leum in Forest cemetery was dedi.
| Gated. The exercises were held In TIT
McAuley Memorial Chapel, following
| which the. assembly repaired to tht
new building. where h formal tdedi-
cation was held at the entrance. There
are $50 crypts in the building and
something like 800 Of them have al
ready been sold. An endowment FUND
Of IS per crypt, or $500 has been pros
yided the income. from (which is to BIZ
used in caring for the building.
Burlington:
Fire destroyed a half dozen barns
and sheds on South Hi! Wedresda,
afternoon ana threatened for q time
to lay waste q nun1ber OF residences
It was one Of the -~fiercest propositions
the department has. handled in many 9
| day and the nre fighters worked for two
! hours before the blaze ii entirely
under control. The fre started n q
barn in the z Of the home Of Mrs
II. L. Swan, No. 52S South Central ave-
nue.. It was q big structure and wher
the department. arrived was being
swept by the Names
Davenport.
At the biological station al Fair
port ixlbeinS conducted q series OF ex-
periments which X they are s~uccess4u
will greatly reduce the value Of fresh
water pearls. The artificial growth Q.
til. gems 10 now being attempted By
IDr. w. r. H4rrick, OF New York city
who IL a wealthy phySician Of thu
lAme,icsn metropoiis. Dr. Herrick ~
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