Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-12
Southern Io1ua Items

near Kellogg in the morning Of May 80,
and in the afternoon the flag was
brought to Newton and used to honor
the resting place Of confederate SOL
diers who have been buried in the
Newton cemetery. After the ceremonies
the flag was presented to DR.. Hammer
by Mr.. Garden and it will be kept by
him.
Abba.
Rev. H. G. Rice had the honor Of be-
ing appointed supervisor of examina-
lions for entrance into the freshman
class at Princeton University next
September. The examinations begin
next Wednesday morning and continue
four days. Each test will begin and
close simultaneously, with those held
at Des Moines and Clinton. REV. Mr.
Rice is an alumnus of the university
and his appointment is an honor much
coveted
Jefferson.
Mr. NJ. E. Hall has down at his home
In the old Eureka Mill neighborhood
what he calls a little bit of New Eng
land in the shape of garden of
ferns, brakes and forest flowers which
are indigenous to New England soil.
DS tuiAiA1e3 col III " DIS lISdA
as possible to that Of Vermont, and To-
Of the house where 1t is cool and
shady, he is having fair success in
making these stranger plants thrive
and bloom. and he takes great pleasure
in watching over them, for old associa-
tons sake.
Brooklyn.
The month Of May was one Of the
best shipping months Brooklyn has
! ever known, a total OF forty-one cars
| of stock shipped to market by the sur
rounding farmers and local stock buy
ers. This was made up Of twenty cars
Of cattle, nineteen of hogs and two Of
| horses and altogether making a total
Of probably $500 head or better. This
stock has been first class all thru and
has brought around the top price.
There still seems to be plenty Of stock
left in the community and shipments
are being made from day to day and
the way June is starting out it will
be another banner month.
ottumwa.
The class of 1911 Of the Ottumwa
high school has passed into history.
The presentation of diplomas Thurs
| day night at the commencement in the
Grand opera house, carried the mem
| bers into the kingdom of alumni. In
September, 1898. between 500 and 600
| happy boys and girls began their
| course in high school. This class Of
1911, fifty-four in number. mere
handful of the army who began to
march, alone have reached the goal.
The other $50 have slowly fallen away
{ from the II army. leaving the success
full ones to account to the world for
the entire cohort
| New Sharon.
Four young ladies and two young
men, composing the class OF 1911. hav-
! ing satisfactorily completed the course
Of study graduated from the New
Sharon high school with appropriate
commencement exercises at the Chris
| ton church last Thursday evening.
All but one member Of the class are
| native Iowa children, one having been
born in Nebraska. The class comprised
Pansy Broyles, Lucille Seary, Helen
Wallace. Mabel Heinsman, Harold
Swisher and Harold Sheridan. Each
member OF the graduating class ap-
peared on the program with an grafton.
and the quality of the compositions
was above the average and the delivery
very good,
Muse atine.
A barge loaded with about 500 bush
/! els of ear corn sank in the Mississippi
riber Thursday night at the foot Of the
Chestnut street dock. The steamer
Attic began the work Of pumping the
water out Of the wrecked craft. The
vessel ia the property Of w. c.
Maucker, a Rock Island business man.
who has farm about six miles south
Of Muscatine. The corn was being
| transported from the farm to Rock
Island when the craft evidently sprung
a leak, while tied at the wharf during
| the night, and sank, the waters COW
ering it sevASal feet. The less may not
be total providing the corn Is dried
before it becomes soaked. The barge
is seventy feet long and twelve feet
wide.