Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-17
Northern Io1ua Items

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Burt.
Thomas Hawcott sold his 194-acre
farm last week to NJ. e. Polhemus, the
purchase price being 800 per acre. Mr..
Hawcott has owned the farm fifteen
years and paid s35 per acre for 1t.
Stout.
Eiko Cirks has bought 120-acre
farm three and one-half miles from
Doughtery, for $125 an acre. The farm
is we'll improved and it has No. 1 land.
MIR. Cirks and family will move up
there in the spring.
Carroll.
Everything is in readiness for the
firemen's tournament, June is and 10,
and from the present prospects there
will be the largest crowd of people here
that Carroll has ever entertained. Ev-
cry town from Missouri Valley to
Boone and from Lohrville to Harlan
will send delegations.
Sioux City.
Jubel T. johnson, 10 years old, 1113
Oak street, was fatally injured when
his motor cycle skidded on the damp
pavement at Eighth and Pierce streets
and struck q south bound trolley car
He died half hour later at St. VIM
cents hospital of a fractured skull
Johnson, who was employed at the
Motor Delivery Company, 615 Pearl
street, as a driver, was returning from
call in the hill district. The accident
was seen only by L. D. Altemus, the
motorman.
Jefferson.
Mr.. William Allan was struck by the
Hugh Free auto. at the southeast corn
er of the square and quite seriously in
jured in the hip. Mr.. Allan was in the
act of crossing the street, and Mr.. Free
turned ahead Of him, apparently both
driver and pedestrian becoming con-
fused as to which way to turn. The
car knocked Mr.. Allan down, and to
one side, the impact breaking the glass
Of the left light, and bending the same
up and out Of shape. The injured man
was taken home, where DrssDean at
! tended him. No bones are broken,
altho the ligaments of the hip are
severed. in 2 painful manner.
Jewell.
Prof K. d. Eittreim, who has been a
member of the faculty of the CONNER
cial department Of Jewell Lutheran
College. at this place, the past year.
was elected president Of the college at
the annual meeting of the Hauge's
Norwegian Lutheran synod, held at
Red Wing, Mimi, last week. Professor
Eittreim succeeds President C. ]. East
void, who served as. acting president
the past year. pending the election Of
a permanent president. Jewell Luth-
eran College Is one of the two schools
owned by the Hauges synod of the
Norwegian Lutheran church, and is
prosperous school, with an attendance
that reaches the 225 mark in the winter
term. President Eittreim assumes his
new duties at once.
Fort Dodge.
A letter was received by the man
ager of the Johns Dry Goods Company
from a town in Minnesota 1t con-
tanned SO bill and a plain piece of
writing paper. At the center of the
sheet of paper were two words, Con
science Money" No one knew who
sent the money or why until 1t flashed
upon the mind Of one person that the
money was to pay for the coat which
had been stolen during carnival week.
The matter had been reported to the
police and they were working on the
case. It is thought that the thief. be-
coming frightened at the nearness OF
the police, took this action in clearing
himself. This 10 the first time, so sew
eral merchants stated, that they have
ever heard of shoplifter sending back
the stolen goods or the money to pay
for them.
Jefferson.
1t is among the probabilities that
there viii be five cement spans to the
new Eureka bridge; now in course of
construction on the Scranton road.
This will make the bridge of a total
length of $50 feet. in place Of 210 feet,
and the addition will do away entirely
with the wooden approach at the west
end. which now reaches out towards
the foot Of Danger Hill. The contrac-
tor. Barney Marsh, Is now giving per-
sonal attention to the work. and the
big piers are now In course of con-
struction. The scene Of tho bridge
building activities will be the mecca
Of hundreds Of folks during the COM
ing two months, and the construction
work will be worth going miles; to see
According to present plans q tempo
water. same to be located upon the rip
pie formed by the old mill dam.
Northwood.
Citizens Of Northwood raised $4,000
and rendered the sum to william H.
Larson for the purpose of assistance
in the erection Of q hotel on the site
now occupied by the Park Hotel. Ac-
cording to the original plan Mr.. Larson
was to ado twice the sum and build
a complete, new front with modern
equipment, the better part Of the old
building to be used for kitchen, rooms
for help and emergency quarters at
rush times After the sum had been
raised. with others still Offering con-
tributions. 1t was found that the own
er. of the property. Benton Raven
scroft. was not expecting to sell as
large. . portion Of the real estate as
MI. Larson and the committees had
understood to be included In his orr