Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

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| w. F. Bowers has..sold his furniture
and undertaking establishment tc
Frank H. Hill, former sheriff of Butler
county.
Ida Grove.
John Herman, who thirty-six years
ago bought 200 acres in Silver Greek
township, paying $5.25 an acre, solo
the farm for 5000 an acre.
Sac City.
AT recent meeting Of the city coun'
I. ell 1t was ordered EthatSall patronssusinl
city water should install meter ant
up date 2s6 meters have been in
stalled.
Storm Lake.
Rev. E. A. Brauer has resigned as
pastor of the German Lutheran church
and has accepted call to a church in
Des Moines. He will leave in about
two weeks.
Newell.
Hans Peterson, Of Nevada, has been
convicted of selling liquor contrary to
the statutes in Judge Bailie's court at
i Storm Lake This rs his fifth conv1c-
| ton He has not yet been sentenced
Waterloo.
Because he refused to quit work and
| returned to the factory in spite of the
fact that he had been fired three times
| the police were requested by the
Northey Manufacturing Company to
arrest Lucian w. Flemming, 80 years
| old. employed as a finisher in. the
| ma hitting department. Fleming was
fred for the third time and told that
his services were no longer desired.
Grsens.
Miss Inis Ellis met with a serious
accident at her home in this city by
falling down the cellar stairs. AS she
was alone at the time Of the accident
she was compelled to lie on the floor
of the cellar two hours before her
brother, M. j. Ellis. came home for his
dinner and found her suffering great
main. He summoned assistance and
physicians were called, who found hei
| left shoulder dislocated and the right
leg fractured, besides many bruises.
Arthur.
farm house belonging to ID. D.
Bennett, seven miles north of Arthur,
and occupied by Will and Henry Lau-
renzen and families, was burned, the
fire originating from the. stove pipe
which passed thru hole in the ceiling
The flames were discovered before
they had made much Roadway. but be-
ing between the plastering and the
floor. 1t was impossible to, extinguish
them, and the upper part OF the house
was soon all ablaze. Most OF the fur
niture on the first floor was saved, but
the loss sustained by the Laurenzens
was quite heavy.
Dubuque. 49,
| The regular semi-monthly dinner OF
the Committee of One Hundred of the
Dubuque Industrial Corporation took
the form Of home products affair
Everything served at the meal was
handled by Dubuque merchants. The
feature Of the event was the inaugu-
ration of a movement looking to the
raising Of sufficient funds for the erec'
tion of q mammoth convention hall
Details have not been gone into but
resolutions were passed mad a commit
tee named to look into the proposition
and It was the unanimous opinion OF
the 125 present that Dubuque needs
such an Institution and that Dubuque
CAPITAL should build 1t.
Ida Grove.
The large farm house on the ole
Livingston place near Blaine Center
was burned to the ground. ]. s. Brown
and family have had the place and tbs
fire buried them out Of house ani
home Neighbors carried out most Of
the furniture and goods on the lower
floor but Mr.. Browns loss is about
$500. The farm was bought some
months ago by VIII r. Johnston, but
the deed was only passed . few day.
geo Ine,ifances on. the house wal
|. siSse .in the Blaine cspser AISspa