Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-07
Northern Io1ua Items

| DysrsviIle.
Chris Smith, president CT the Com
mercial Club. also president of the
Farmers State Bank. died Tuesday
night after long illness.
WaverIy.
The city council of waverly has let
the contract to the Ford Paving Com
pany Of Cedar Rapids, for the paving
with vitrified brick block of about 3d.
900 square yards at $3.50.
Mason City. ag..t
| No more hitching posts will be
placed in the streets and alleys of
Mason City by the city council, and
those now in the streets will be re-
moved, according to the terms of res
ulotion passed by the council at re-
cent meeting.
Webster City.
The farm home occupied by Nick
Nelles in Fremont township was COM
pletely destroyed by fire Sunday eve
ming between and o'clock. Most of
the household goods were saved. The
farm Is owned by Duncombe parties.
Messrs. Clausen, Wagner and Finn.
Theer is no clue as to how the fire
started
Iowa Falls.
T. w. Whaley, living near Cottage.
was in Mitchell county last week where
he bought a we'll improved 240 acre
farm northwest of Usage for $115 an
acre. possession March /, 1913. There
is school house on the farm, also an
evergreen grove of fifteen acres. Mr..
Whaley Is so well impressed with the
place that he Is thinking Of leasing his
home near Cottage and moving to his
Mitchell county farm farm next year.
Lem ars.
Mrs. Ypma, residing on Court street,
met with very painful and serious
accident while occupied at her house.
hold duties. She was lifting q large
pan. Of boiling water when she slipped
and fell backwards, the boiling water
being spilled over her from the waist
down. Her limbs were terribly scald-
ed. DR.. Reeves was called to attend to
her injuries. from which tho serious
she will recover.
Clear Lake.
News was received in Clear Lake Of
the death of Mrs, George Tiff, of Lin
coin township. For a number Of years
she has been an invalid, suffering from
CIOCPAll6 pal dlI DAD duO Woo OOAAAAC0 W
her bed most Of the time. She was
age Of IS years. She was lady highly
Hathaway, Of Webster City, has ar
funeral.
Maquoksta.
George Goodenow, residing . mile
and a half north Of town, met with an
accident last Saturday. While re-
pairing the telephone wires near the
house the pole broke causing him to
fall twenty feet. Medical aid being
SUNNI oned. he was found to have dis
located ankle and injuries about the
head. While not In a serious con-
dition, he suffers considerable pain
and will probably have to use crutches
for some time.
Clear Lake.
The commercial office Of the wes,-
ern Union Telegraph Company will
soon be doing business in Clear Lake.
Their office will be located in the
lobby Of the Elks hotel Recently they
shipped in an old desk which IL not
at all in keeping with the furnishings
OF the E!ks, with the result that It viii
have to be shipped back to tho place Of
its beginning and q new one substi-
tuted. It is expected that they will
soon be receiving and sending mes
sages.
Mason City.
An average Of nifty miles per hour
was made by the swiftest OF 100 care
rier pigeons turned loose here Sunday
morning and started for Milwaukee.
The pigeons had been sent here by the
West Side Homing Club OF MilwaM-