Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-01
croo. on Line Of Illinois Central.
Northern Io1ua Items

knotted up as it was, made small
handful and II Strengthened out would
probably be eighteen or twenty inches
long The COW had been running down
and losing flesh badly for several weeks
and when the wire was torn from her
throat she howled as if in awful agony
but the hands at the farm say she is
eating and drinking now in a manner
that will soon put her back III good
| condition.
Fort Dodge.
| Work on the new domestic science
| department which is being installed on
the third floor Of the high school is
progressing in great shape. The plast-
ering will be finished inside of a week
or two and then the new flooring will
be put In. The windows are to be
fixed so as the place will have good
ventilation and good light is assured
as there is large skylight for the
kitchen. The other rooms are we'll sup
piled with windows. The school board
held a meeting and let the contract
for the Kitchen utensils for sis.
Boone.
A few days ago Miss Kate Shelly
was brought back from the Carroll
hospital where she underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis some time ago
and has been seriously i'll ever since.
Miss Shelly is now at the home of her
brother here and is slowly regaininE
her former health. She Is still very
weak and Ill but expects to soon be
able to return to her home and duties
at lMoingona. Superintendent Ham
mill sent his private car to Carroll to
bring Miss Shelly home rs her con-
dition would allow her to travel no
other way.
Sioux City.
AS a result Of the success attained
by the public market. which was insti-
tuted at Fourth and Jackson last
spring, q covered market may be pro-
vided for the 1912 season Councilman
Jonathan W. Brown. under whose 1ur-
isdiction the market comes. is PLAN
ming on having the market located at
Sixth and Jackson streets, Immediately
across the street and south from the
new library site The market men have
been fortunate because no rains have
fallen on market days this year. Mar
ket day has become a regular event in
hundreds of homes in the city. House
wives living on the North Side and
Morninsside are making regular trips
to the market place.
Ida Grove.
Articles Of incorp have been
filed with County Recorder Murphy for
the Farmers Cooperative store.
business institution to be established
in the neighborinG town of Battle
Creek The incorporators are all well
known citizens Of Battle Creek and are
as follows: David Warnock. E. Burk
Fred Knudson, Anton Christensen, II.
NJ. Baxter r. "A. Fowler. and Jens
Iversen. The company will carry on
general merchandise business and sell
farm machinery. buy grain and stock.
and In fact cover nearly every phase Of
business life. found In Il country town
the size Of Battle Creek. Its capital
stock will be SIS 900, but it starts out
with a capital OF $4,000. fully paid up
Of $25 each.
Carroll.
William Hood threshed his wheat
which turned out ten bushels per acre
better than he expected. He guessed
the yield at twenty-five bushels and
it went thirty five. A dastardly trick
was played by some miscreant during
the threshing. Mr.. WAR. who had the
job of threshing, set the machine the
night before and In the morning he was
unable to And his monkey wrench.
During the progress Of the threshins
the man pitching bundles to the ma
chine struck his fork tine against
something hard in a sheaf OF wheat
and was thoughtful enough to stop and
examine 1t and found the wrench II the
middle OF the sheaf where the villain
had placed it for the purpose Of wreck
ing the machine. It might easily have
killed some one. as the. hying broken
knives might have struck = v~an.