Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-09
Northern Io1ua Items
Charles City.


Charles City.
While hunting Friday afternoon
Louie Ziebart accidentally shot himself
in his right foot. making lit necessary
for him to have two toes amputated.
Charles City. -A
The local school board is advertising
for bids on a new school house to be
built according to plans and sepcifca-
tions drawn up by Des Moines archi-
tect.
Fort Dodge.
Ben Smith. an employee Of the Fort
Dodge Culvert Company. suffered the
loss Of his hand when a corrugating
machine sma shed the hand and part Of
the forearm into ribbon.
Esthsrvills.
Emmett county farmers seeded to
wheat last week. the fields having
dried off in fine shape. If good seed
corn can be obtained a large acreage
will be put into corn.
Maquoketa.
Edward Taubman, aged 20. pioneer
Of Clinton and jackson counties passed
away at his home here after long
period Of illness following q stroke of
paralysis He leaves no immediate rel
atives.
Charles City. mas
William Fredericks, Of Des Moines.
construction engineer for the Iowa
Telephone Company is in the city with
Ia number of linemen who have COM
menced improvements on, the local
telephone company: $4,000 has been
appropriated for this exchange for
work and additional equipment
Dubuque.
Mrs. Catherine Eichhorn. wife of
Jacob Eichhorn. of Dubuque. was
stricken with heart failure while at
mass at the Sacred Heart church on
Holy Thursday morning and passed
away on the steps Of the church, which
few minutes before she passed over
in the full vigor Of life.
Dubuque.
The plans for the new monastery to
be built by the Francisco Fathers. ad-
joining Holy Trinity church. have been
received here, and as soon as the speci-
fications are ready work will be started
on the new structure. The plans were
drawn by the Franciscans own archi-
tect who Is member Of the order. and
the monastery will be similar to the
various houses maintained by the order
in different parts Of the country.
MapIeten.
The top price for land IN this vicin-
ity was reached Saturday when Charles
E. Spencer sold his ten-acre farm
Just south of town to Barney Habinck
for s., 500. Of $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Hab-
inck has just returned from California.
where he has spent the winter looking
for a suitable location. but was unsble
to find anything to his liking. Mr..
Habinck retired from active farming
last fall, but still owns a large farm
near here. ~
Esthsrvilis.
Mrs. Laura B. Hale. Of Sioux city.
state organizer Of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, organized a
local lodge here last week with large
number Of members. The following Of
ficers were elected: Mrs. j. l.. Osgood.
president: Mrs H. c. Hurd, Mrs. ]. w
Morse, Mrs. J. D. vannoy. Mrs. S. II.
Williams. vice presidents: Mrs. J. n.
Orvis. recording secretary: Mrs. w. A.
Lesher, treasurer; Mrs. c. F. Turner.
corresponding secretary.
Dubuque.
The sand dredge. built by the Due
buque Boat and Boiler works for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad.
was successfully launched at the har-
Dor Saturday morning. The dredge has
been under construction during the
greater part Of the past winter and 10
now near completion. 1t IL q very
lareg one, being 120 feet In length with
a thirty foot beam. The dredge. lie
equipped with $50 horse power COM
pound Ball engine.
vinton. !.
Mrs. c. F. Foxworthy. Of this city,
received a letter from her husband.
who was working at or near State
Center stating that he felt his "trou-
BILE" coming on again and that he would
start for home the next day, and that II
he didn't arrive to look for him. He
did not arrive and Mrs, Foxwoe4Ay
notified her friends and . search was
commenced. Getting In touch with
State Center parties 1t was learned that
he had been working alta farm house
near that town, but had,left. He had
also left the hotel where he had been,
stopping. It was also learned that hA
had presented a $40 cnsck al q i,.t ls; !
ware store and got It cashed The