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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
DEATH At MELBOURNE.
Mrs. J. W. Nakksn Succumbs to Brief
illness Of Heart Disease.

Death at 2 O'clock this morning
claimed one of the best known of the
older German women of the southern
part of the county, when Mrs. ]. w
Nakken, of Melbourne, passed away
following an illness of nine days. due t.
heart disease
southwest of Luray, where the family
lived for about twenty years.
Mrs. Grada Nakken was native OF
Holland. where she was born April %
1916. She became the wife of John
William Nakken forty-five years ago
and came to this country twenty Gig hi
years ago, settling near Laurel. Later
Mr.. and Mrs. Nakken moved to the
farm between Luray and Melbourne
and resided there until five years ago
when they moved into Melbourne.
Mrs. Nakken was the mother OF
eleven children eight of whom are liv-
ing She also leaves riirty-four grand
children and seven great grandchildren
One of her children died in infancy, and
two others, Mrs. NJ. Stouffer and Mrs
S. Teliende, passed away during more
recent years. The living children arc
Mrs Pitman. of Malcolm: Mrs. William:
Readout, of this city: Mrs. John Bailey
and William Nakken. of Melbourne;
Herman Nakken, of Montana: Mrs
James Bates. of Luray: Mrs William
Miller and Mrs. Louis Wagner, Of
Oklahoma Three brothers live in Hol-
land.
Mrs. Nakken was a member OF the
German Lutheran church of Melbourne
and the funeral will be held from the
church Tuesday morning at 1880. A
service at the house will be held at 10
o'clock Interment will be in the Capror
cemetery
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Indoor Baseball
Standing Of the Clubs.

The team from the c. A. Durham
Company beat the Western Grocer
Company team by the score Of Is to IL.
and the Marshalltown Buggy Company
won it's fifth straight game by defeat
ing the gymnasium class by the score
of 4 to 3. The following was the score
OF the first game:
Durham Company 30 0 $50 7-1s
Western Grocer .....0 0 0 0 Sill
The Teams lined up as follows: c.
A. Durham Company-Mead, pitch.
Hockridge. catch; Hixson, first: Lama
second: Wilson, third: Bruce, left
short; Burlingame, right short; Jen-
kins, left field Carr. right field. West
ern Grocer COMMUNICATION. pitch;
Lindstedt. catch: Wittel. first: Ram
bousek, second: j. Harlan, third: Hoff-
man, left short: Worrell, right short;
Rosengren, field.
The score of the second game was:
Buggy Company .....3 0 0 -
Gymnasiu mclass 20 Q-3
The teams lined up as follows: Mar
shalltown Buggy Company-Wiltz.
pitch: Dunn, catch: Worden, first;
Moehrl, second; Left, third: Fuller, left
short: Shoemaker, right short: Smith,
field. Gymnasium class-Wood. pitch;
Soukup, catch: Nyce, first; Hockridge,
second; Maloney, third: Smith. left
short; Chinn. right short: Wright.
field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
HISTORY OF IOWA CENTRAL.
Forty-Six Years Have Elapsed Since
First Steps Were Taken.

With the passing of the Iowa Gem
trail. next Tuesday. almost half CEN
tury will have elapsed since the first
steps were taken to organize the road.
The Oska!oosa Herald gives the history
of the road in an interesting article as
follows:
THE Iowa Central Company was or
ganized at New Sharon. Iowa, Jan. >.
1855. with David Morgan, brother OF
DR. ]. w Morgan. as president. ana
4 c. Williams as vice president
During the year of 1855 railroad con-
yenrion of several counties was called
in Oskaloosa TO consider the mutual
interests Of the different delegations
The question was discussed by dele
gates from Monroe. Tama. BlackhaWk X.
Appanoose and Poweshiek counties
and il was generally resolved 20 be the
interest of this section 10 lend its aid
m the Iowa Central Company already
formed The company being much en-
coura sed bv the resolutions adopted at
the convention, President Morgan
threw the first spadeful OF dirt near
Cedar Falls. and at the same time let
contracts for twenty miles OF grazing.
This grade has never been occupied oE
the company. as the location OF the
road was afterward changed 10 pass
-hru Marshall county. AT the January
meeting in 1855 William T. smith was
elected president. and TO his enterprise
rhe neople Of Mahaska county are IN
denied for the Iowa Central road.
in June. 1866. grading was COM
nerced at the state line, and with one
foot in Iowa and the other IN MIS-
so,,ri President smith threw the hrst
shovelfll of dirt on the southern part
If the road. Under Mr.. Smiths adlnlh-
;srration considerable grading was zone
and the road began to attract CONSIDER
abIv attention. At the end OF TWO years
w Smith was succeeded pE Johil
White. who resigned in two or three
week. leaving Vice President MelenoS
in charge Of the road. From THIS 'lrie
on until the election OF Judge sewers
The project was at stanosul.
When Judge Sewers was eiecteo
head of the company the enter
nrise was revived. but all efforts
"a get responsible parties to iron ano
RIM the road were without avail. RI
nal1y consolidation was affected thru
President Gilman. with the Iowa RlFel
Railway Company, under the name o.
the Central Railroad of Iowa. Inc "orh
on the road was then pushed forward
with all possible speed. and on FEB.
1871. the road was completed from
Abba to Mason City. The last spike
Of the line was driven Feb. 4, 1871. neal
1ae bridge across the North Skunl
river. by President Gilman and Other
officers. In 1882 the line from Oska
1oosa to Peoria was completed anc
since that time the Iowa Central rail
road has prospered. The road durins
It's construction witnessed many hard
ships and twice it was IN the hands o
receivers"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16

surance, 1t being alleged that the in
sured was accidentally injured May %,
1911, which injury resulted in his death
three days later. The plaintiff will at
tempt to show that her husbands death
was due to having infected tooth thru
the use of some metal point. presum-
ably a pin, and that the infection
caused blood poisoning which resulted
in death
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Want. Guardian For Veteran.

Commandment c. c. Horton, of the
soldiers home, has filed an applica-
ton in the district court. asking that
Chaplain Jesse Cole be appointed
guardian Of F. NJ. Bybee. a member OF
the home and a patient in the hospital
The petition alleges that Bybee. who is
a pensoner, is suffering with senile de.
mentia 1t alleges that Claude F Witt!
was appointed temporary guardian G
few years ago, but that he has since
left the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
LOCAL MARKETS.
Prices Paid to Farmers by Marshall-
town Merchants.

Prices Paid to Farmers by Marsha'I-
town Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
Marshalltown dealers for the different
varieties Of farmers provisions. grain,
produce, and hides, tallow. wool. pelts.
and skins.
s. P. johnson quotes the fol-
lowing prices in trade until further no
tice:
Eggs-30 cents.
Butter-30 Cents.
GRAINS.
E. E. Benedict & Co. will pay the
following prices at their place OF bust
ness in this city:
Cors-50 cents.
Oats-42 cents.
Timothy hay-sls.
Oat sthaw-$7.50.
HIDES, FUR AND WOOL.
II. Willard. Son & Co. quote the FOL-
LOWING prices:
Horse hides-S25o13.o 800.
No l tAllow-5 cents.
Rough fat cent.
Coarse wool-136H cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
merely important to show that bust
ness in the town has not been killed by
recent local reforms.

This experience has been duplicated
by the Lennox Furnace Company. which
has had serious difficulty this year IN
keeping Its wholesale business IN Iowa
up to standard volume owing to the
depressed conditions Of trade but whlch
has seen Its retail sales in Marshall
town exceed all previous records. New
building in Marshalltown was staghat-
ed from early spring due to the same
causes which affected building opera :
tions all over the middle west, hign
costs and tight money, but replace
ments Of worn out heating plants IN
Marshalltown seem to have been ao-
normal. Neither is this credited to the
absence Of saloons except to cite that
the going Of saloons failed to Kill ousl-
ness. The same may be said OF MT.
Sinclair's retail sales in Marshalitown
which show gains in November ana
December over any previous record Tor
the same months but which has exper-
fenced the same adverse conditions
turnout Iowa and Minnesota which
have confronted all other lines.
Inquiry as to business in Waterloo,
Des Moines and other Iowa cities would
make the Marshalltown merchant con-
graduate himself upon his location.
Men stood In the aisles on the Story
City branch train this morning in spite
of the addition Of three extra coaches.
They crowded into the baggage car on
the train from the west. FiftE-ntne
tickets to Marshalltown were sold al
Montour today. The trains from all
directions were crowded and the auto
mobiles rolled in by the hundreds. 1t
was last Saturday that feed yard was
closed to capacity at noon. However, 1t
is still poor weather for felt boots and
fur coats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Il. 8. M'GooGAN VERY ILL,
Former SaIoonist Of City in Critical
Condition.

H. s. McGoogan, a well-known form
er saloonist Of the city. is very seri-
ously i'll at his home, 507 North First
avenue. suffering from bronchial pneu-
monia, added as complication with
chronic organic heart disease Mr.. Nc
Googan contracted a severe cold about
ten days ago, at time when he was
receiving treatment foE-~ the, old heart
affection. Pneumonia developed as a
result of the cold. The patients con-
dition is considered extremely critical
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
OPEN SEASON WITH WATERLOO
H;oN. School Basketball Team to Open
PLAY Jan, r.

The high school basketball team will
open the year with the team Of the
West Waterloo high school on Jan. II
in this city. The teams schedule,
which is to consist Of fourteen games,
is now being prepared. The schedule
is heavier than usual, and comprises a
game with a college five, the team of
Penn College. Oskaloosa. The local
five has gone into training under the
direction of Coach Allen. but the team
is not to be chosen until after the
Christmas vacation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Prices Paid for Cattle. Hogs and Sheep
on Local Market.
Marshalltown prices on livestock
were quoted by Britain & Co. today q
follows:
CATTLE.
Good fat cows and heifers-350 @3.7b
HOGS.
Premium hogs, over 20o-5.7o.
Premium hogs, $50 to 20o-5.30.
Good packers, up to 3o0-5.50.
Pigs, 125 to l50-4.5o.
-ue-o wAAYa Ane
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
wife Sue. For Defense.

Mrs. Lettie NJ. Breckenridge. OF tbs
city. has fled suit for divorce in the
district court against Arlay NJ. Breck-
enridge. Cruel and inhuman treat
ment is set up in the petition. The
couple was married in this city Oct. 20
1901
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
TAKE OFF MANS HAND.
William Robinson. Of Rhodes. Suffer.
ina With lockiaw Some Better

ing With Loekjaw, Some Better.
William Robinson. the Rhodes man
who is victim of tetanus aa the re-
suit of an accident two weeks ago.
when he got his right hand into a corn
shredder and had all of the fingers
crushed and lacerated. submitted to
the amputation of the fingers. at the
base of the third joints in the hope of
arresting the progress Of the disease
Today the patients condition was con-
sidered slightly improved
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
suEsFo INSURANCE.

widow Brings Suit Against Scotch
Company For 800.
euit has been nied in the dist ios
court by Mrs. Myrtle Shelter against
the General Accident, Fire, and Life
Assurance Corporation, Perth, Scot
land to collect on a policy for $500,
claimed to have been issued by the
company to her husband, the late Paul
0AaAaes. Ths claim + foe~Acciden& in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
AMUSE ENTS.

AT the Old Cross Roads" Southern
Drama at the Odeon.
"Ar the Old Cross Roads, southern
drama was the offering at the Odeon
Friday night. The audience was small.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Notice.!

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the Sinclair Tea and Coffee
Company will greatly obiige by settling
up in full by Jan. l. 1912. when the
new firm takes possession.
Sinclair Tea and Coffee Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
A Real fe5eu:

DECIDE now on tne JEWEE0Il1e.J EWEL
because it is the only all aluminium Fire.
less Cooker made, and you want the best.
Aluminium, you know, is the ideal
cooking utensil material. 1t is rust proof,
tarnish proof and trouble proof. Il =
most easily cleaned, and lasts for. years.
The Jewel is here. It's beauty.
We dare you to let us prove it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

Il s e
Friend A. F. B. called our atten-
ton to some irst-class wood carv-
ing done by the engineer, Happy
Heine recently, and it was only
with difficulty that we were con-
WINGED that the work was not doue
by an expert, outside. Happy had
made himself a case for his glasses
and another for his fountain pen,
and the workmanship on them was
perfect in every detail. Both. Hap
Ply and A. F. B. are very capable
men and there is no reason why
they should not make success Of
life after leaving here.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

is good, but to win success youmust'
do only those things that are good 4
Many follow the road Of sin. but
few the path Of right, 4. r. B.
Beau Esprita'' Born Aug. A, 1892.
You were born under the Sign Of
Leo" Leo is the Sign of the Heart.
You are very impulsive, deep in your
feelings, and should have q sunny
hopeful disposition. You can be
made to laugh very easily; but you
rarely cry. You are emotional in
feelings, and sanguine in temper
ment, you have great difficulty in
overcoming obstacles. You are al
ways hoping for the best. You can
not bear opposition. You like to
decorate, in fact have natural
taste for the same. You could be-
come an impersonator, but would
find it hard to keep up your side of
an argument; business worries, sor-
rows, and oppression place strain
upon your heart to such an extent,
that at times your mind gives way
to the ordeal. leaving you an easy
prey to imagination.
Your whole lifehas been one of ro-
matte ideas, through the power of
Leo. . your birth sign. During the
time of your birth the Moon was pas
sing through 'Aquarius' which has
q bearing upon your whole life.
This last makes you quick tenn
pered, passionate, dignified. You
are a sort of mystery to those
who know but little Of your
early childhood days. You possess a
certain power of drawing others to
you; but by your dignifed ways lose
many friends. You do not seem to
realize the seriousness Of life and
what it really means. The power is
within you to make or mar your fu-
ture. Let your mind dwell on many
different things every day, thus re-
leiving any over-tension that might
otherwise hold your sway. You will,
in a short time, then overcome your
greatest misfortunes; romatic ideas,
imagination, sorrowful feelings, lack
Eofs interest in life, etc. Trust to
Leo" the sign of the Heart to guard
and protect. And if you follow only
the feelings as they come from the
Heart, and cast all other fancies
aside I predict for you you brill
ant future. A. Il. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16
HOROSCOPES"
NJ. D., Born April 18th 1888.

You were born under Taurus. You
have your own ideas about things;
not inclined to argue. but are capa-
BILE of strong feeling and hard to
convince. You have reputation
for being sulkey and set in. your
ways of thinking. You are inclined
to brood and see the dark side of
things. You are too self willed in
all you do. You can become q
great student and should have splen-
did endurance. You would make a
good scientist. astronomer, etc., for
you are gifted with q good memory.
You are liable to be. troubled with
your throat. In all, your Horoscope
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16
How ! Saw 1t.
(By Rory O'Morc),

A literary chap called me aside, today, and
said to me:
Say! You ought to be a member of our
Last time we had meeting it was surely
grand,
Some fellow quite unknown to me got up
and took the stand;
He had quire of foolscap, Chats what the
man told me),
And then and there he started in to set poor
Ireland free.
After he had read some sheets at furious
pace,
Another man got up and said: The speak
er's off his base =
He went along to further say, Il think his
name is DOc)
ireland is wen off today, which gave us
all shock.
Well after they set right her wrongs and
made old Ireland free.
Another man got up and said: speak of
Germauy!
II e also had a paper and it seemed rather
queer,
He spoke ofthe good Faderland-but left
out Lager beer
And then very svell groonled chap. made
a Rough Forcca st"
Abont the Panama Canal present and
it's past;
He told abort its fl are in words and mein
profound
Hcsiowed tina as cotton would fall off
three cents pound;
Well, he finished up the old canal and much
to my surprise,
The canal it kept flowing back and forth
among the wise;
One fellow said that someone else had built
another way,
Another guy got up to say, he didn't think
twou1d pay,
And so it went from man to man till finally
on the floor;
A little two-by-twice rose up 1t was the
Editor.
He settled all confusion with charming
short retort.
And then the critic took the stand twas
MS turn to report
Sayi if you were only there you would sure
agree,
That its there with merry sleigh bells
Uncle Johns Society,""
Mote One Apache: told me this sugges-
tion so made the grand, sublime poem
|above) from his wave thoughts
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

The senior member of sthe firm
of o. O., bookbinders, and Ye Editor
are at present engaged in picking
out the best poetical productions Of
inmates, appearing in The Mirror
from the first issue up to the present
with view Of reproducing them In
book form. Our readers may hear
more Of this later on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

4 Is i
The Farm Machinery Department
will manufacture 100 Binders for
next season, and work upon certain
parts of them has already been COM
menced. The department will not,
however, turn their whole attention
to the manufacture of binders until
all the 1000 mowers are completed,
which will still require several
weeks work. Also between twelve
and fifteen hundred hay rakes are
to be manufactured but work on
them will not be commenced until
the binders are we'll under way.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16
A BLOW.

You vim, today, Professor" said
de Deputy schust as We turn de corner
on de home stretch. nit Butch und
A. #. B., as our leaders. 1t vas de
first dime und it came as pig blow,
Won dot nearly knock us out.
On de way home Webb must hate
smelt dot pumpkin pie, for he schust
wore Won schmile, Won dot vouldn't
come off.
Veil you see no Won could blame
him for dot pie vas all right, und it
didn't take me very long to get way
nit mine, und vas Wishing dot Sun
day would come efery day.
A little bird took notion Sunday
to come and view de chapel, but ven
he heard de singing, dot settled him,
he wanted to get out. He tried first
Won window den de oder but 1T vas
no use, no Won would open und let
him out.
Den he flew to de Deputy und sal
on de window sill, / suppose he asked
Ede Deputy to let him out. Veil /
don't know if he did or not but de
Deputy schust reached ofer und took
him in his hand nit a gentle shove,
pushed him out de window.
Gee! / wish dot some Won would
push me out of window like dot.
It would be all rightnnd / would stay
out too.
Oh yah, if dere vas any Won in
here dot can sing song, dance a jig
or ever vas leading man in any
show schust report to Uncle John
und you will be sure of a job; espec-
tally singers, We would like to hear
from you.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

Guard Clapperton's runner, Ma
poleon, las been> promoted to the
position Of sawdust QUICKER" in the
wood department, and is, SO we are
informed, making good. Napoleon
was member OF The Mirror force
for a few days recently, but his
method of 'mueling' the press was
a bit too strenuous, SO he was trans
ferred.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

Beau Esprita has been under the
weather for several days, on account
of which he was unable to saddle
Pegasus and consequently was
forced to postpone this weeks in
stallment of "A Tail of the Newly
Rich," until later. We feel sure
the readers will be inclined to ex-
cuse him this time, especially after
perusing the excellent article writ
ten by him some time ago, which
appears on the front page of this
issue.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

A crew of men from the shoe
shops, in charge of guards Picullel
and Durling, had a bit of strenuous
work last Saturday, unloading three
carloads of sole leather. The day
was just cold enough to make fast
work necessary and the unloading
was accomplished in record time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

There not being sufficient num-
Der of gray uniforms to go around
when they were given out last week,
the second grade men were dressed
in the old plaid suits temporarily.
As soon as Tailor Nelson receives a
new supply of cloth it will be made
up aud the new uniforms will be
given out as fast as they are COM
pleted
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16
friends goodbye departed with his
family for their new home.

About three inches Of snow fell ii
this vicinity last Saturday night,
and it was the first big snow of the
season. Sundays papers reported q
general freeze-up all over the north
west, and the cold snap together
with high winds have already caused
several fatalities.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16

Steward Hill reports a steady in
crease in the amount of supplies or
dered by inmates. Up to the pres
ent time he has been unable to COM
pletely fill each months orders, but
intends to increase his stock in the
next few weeks SO that the next lot
of orders may be filled and delivered
without delay.