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

, ped them of the plumbing and gas
! fixtures. One was a house at All Cook
street. owned by Or. Marcus Brown,
and the other was al 2lO Eleventh
! street, a house owned by w. l.. FROST.
There have been numerous other Such
| burglaries committed in the city in the
| last few weeks, and apparently all that
prevents it from becoming more popu-
lar is the scarcity of vacant houses.
! independence.
Buchanan county is experiencing a
shortage in the teaching force of the
rural schools. There are at present
| three schools in the county for which
no teachers have as yet been found.
| This condition has never before eX-
listed. Superintendent Lockwood has
made a thorough search of the county
for enough teachers but his efforts re-
vealed the fact that there was not an
idle teacher In the whole county. Cupid
is said to be to blame for this short
age During the fall and winter OF
1901. many Of the schoolma' ans of
the county have decided to change
their occupation, and have consequent
ly married
Early.
The Business Mems Association OF
Early have pulled off their annual
squirrel hunt. Forty men. twenty on a
side, took the field, each side determ-
ined to bring back to town the greatest
number Of the little pests. Stripes
count five, greys ten and pocket goph-
ers twenty. The stake was a banquet
provided by the losers. At O'Clock
in the evening half wagon box of
a
for the count Captain D. D. Carlton
and his men rolled up count Of ESQ
while Captain j. f. Engler and his
company were a very close second with
1850 The banquet in the evening
at EngIer's cafe was a delight to the
hungry hunters.
Monticello.
Many of the members Of the Ana
mosa churches are anxious TO have the
Stephens Brothers come to that city
and conduct a series of evangeliSt1c
meetings there The revival is now in
its fifth week at Monticello and a great
work has been done for the city. A
few Of the members OF the Anamosa
Methodist church. however. would not
join the call for the Stephens and
they therefore turned it down as they
VIII dtCepI NOliIlS pul d
call from any place. They have re-
ceived several invitations from all parts
of the state, but as yet are undecided
which one will be accepted next. They
will conduct their meetings thru the
greater part of May after their de-
parture from here. and will then return
to their home in Toronto. Canada. go
ing out again next fan as evangelists.
Cedar Rapids.
\ great compliment was given to
St Wenceslaus Bohemian Catholic par
ish In this city and to its pastor. Rev.
Florlan Svrdlk, by Very Rev. Dean
Toomey. pastor of the church Of the
immaculate Conception, who conducted
the ceremony of dedicating the new
parsonage of ST. Wenceslaus parish
Sunday morning. Dean Toomey said
that during the past eight Years. the
bohemian Catholic church in Cedar
Rapids had made greater progress
than any other church IN the arch
diocese of Dubuque. which comprises
about 200 churches. Dean Toomey
complmented Rev. Svrdlik on his abil
ity and leadership. and also compli
mented the workers Of the parish.
whose energy and efforts helped to
make the parish one OF the most dis
tinguished in the arch diocese.
Waterloo.
A half interest in one Of the oldest
established AMI besi Paying grocery
businesses in Waterloo was the gift
presented Monday by Ashley A Dun
ham to Ed Sohner as a token OF APP
precia ton for the latter's long and
faithful service in his employ. Hence
forth the Durham grocery at 1929
East Fourth street will be owned and
conducted by A. A. Durham Il Co.
The present to Mr.. Sohner has no
strings tied to 1t: it was made with
a. full heart because Ashley Durham
the work of his old time
clerk and present partner. Mr.. Dun
ham believes in cooperation between
employe and employer and does not
expect all the Cooperation from the
employe. Mr.. Durham believes in per-
hitting the workman to partake Of the
fruits Of his industry and in this spirit
has taken Mr. Sohner into the firm.
Ed Sohner took employment with
the Durham grocery seventeen years
ago and has been employed therein
He has filed every po-
sition from sweep-boy. driver and
clerk to purchaser and general man
ager. For more than year past he
has had full charge OF the store while
the proprietor gave his time and at
tsntfon to the flre department in the
capacity Of chief