Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-03
Southern Io1ua Items
Perry.

Perry.
Mayor c. Durant Jones issued a nc
tice requiring business houses to close
on Sunday. The notice states that all dry
goods. clothing and grocery stores and
meat markets must remain closed on
Sunday. Many Of the stores heretofore
have been open part Of the Sabbath.
Council Bluffs.
Sneak thieves entered the home OF
! Mrs. Maggie Holmes. 1855 Avenue 3.
late Saturday evening and corfiscated
varied assortment Of articles. includ-
ing an overcoat, q brown cloak, silk
skirt and other booty Of minor ma
ture. The total loss amounts to nearly
$50.
Des Moines.
That they raise big things on the
state farm was proved by Secretary
Treat of the board Of CONTROL as
he exhibited a photograph of a pig
reared on the farm at the school Tor
the deaf, the pig carrying ITO pounds
| OF pork. He bears the name OF "Ju-
piter." and is a sample Of the livestock
the state of Iowa owns.
keokuI<.
| ]. C. Thompson, the letter carrier.
reported to the police at 10:40 O'Clock
Sunday night that he had been robbed
while passing between the Mckinley
and washington school buildings .
short time previous to that hour. TO
the police Mr.. Thompson said that ne
had been robbed of $50 and a gold scarf
pin The money was in two $40 bills.
Clinton.
WuMam }. Greene, councilman from
! the Fifth ward, state representative
from Clinton county and known as
Mayor Of CLANCY" Is being conSratu-
lated on his bra"ery shown last week
when. altho he has only one hand. ne
stopped . runaway team which was
headed dor q number OF children VINO
were Just leaving the CLANCY school
GIsnwood.
w. F, Hill and N. r. Broadway have
sold the Mills County Tribune to a Mr..
Patterson from South Dakota Mr..
| Bradway, who has been the active ed!-
tor Of the paper, recently sold his resi-
dence property to Mrs. Lofts Evern-
ham, and will move soon to Califor-
mia. He expects to locate at either
Oakland or Berkeley. where his nep-
hews will attend the University OF
California.
Council Bluffs.
County Attorney Capell will insti-
tute several suits to determine the
right OF priority in saloon licenses and
to this end is studying the status OF
the saloons. No one saloon can be
found whose status involves all Ques-
tons at issue, and Capell and his as
sistant will bring such additional suits
against saloons coming under the vart-
Gus provisions as will thoroughly cover
the whole question.
Des Moines.
The harem skirt would be an appro-
pirate uniform for the women in the
crusade against tuberculosis. according
to the Rev. ]. w. Graves, Of the Cal
vary Baptist church, In his Sunday
sermon. The pastor condemned all
skirts which swept up the dirt and
germs OF the street, and advocated the
adoption Of shorter skirts and even
recommended the sensational haren
variety as an Improvement upon the
Il street sweeping style.
viIIsea.
A hay barn belonging to H. NJ. Hop
kins, who runs fuel and feed barn
here, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. consuming about
fifty tons OF hay and s140 tons OF coal
and twenty tons Of straw. The loss Ia
about $1,000. partially insured. This il
the third fire Mr.. Hopkins has had in
his fuel and feed barn and the second
which was last fall. burned his dwell
ing house.
Des Moinss.
With apparently no difficulty, the 10.
cal plasterers' union Monday establish.
ed its new wage scale. increasing the
wages OF 1,:asteTeTs from IS IS sc $3.50
! per day. Contractors and other en-
ployers Of labor made little objection
to the payment OF the increased wages
according to J. A. Mears, business
agent for the Des Moines building
trades council. Notification Of the new
wags scale has been out since Oct. /
1910. and contractors were given ample
warning.
Atlantic.
a The contract for the new. whitne.
bank building was let to WI. litter
ellsof Webster City and he will have
foreman at work here early this week
The building will be two stories. 60xi4
+ feet with the bank room on the cornel
and store room south Of the banl
room. The building will be built o
long marrow Roman pressed brick. tn
J. color Of granite. Il will be modern il
every way. LA. Citizen has leased tht
store room ana the second floor of Thu
building. This viii give him about e.oG.
|. feet more space than his store oecupie,
at the present Tina.
! Psrtssneuth.
Saturday evening about O'clock flrt
lbroke out N the pool and billiard hal