Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
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and burned her clothing entirely off
! before the two girls could extinsuish
it. 1t il said that if it had not been
for the heroic efforts of the two girls.
the unfortunate woman and her house
would have been entirely consumed.
While the girls were saving the house
Mrs Murray, n',her agony. ran some
distance from the house where she
fell, unconscious. and was found only
by her pitiful sroans.
New Sharon.
Prairie township has made a record
for school improvements In the past
two years. The proposition for a bond
issue of 81, 300 having carried. the con-
tract will be let at once for the build
ing OF new school house in the Gar
den Hall district. No. 8, which will
make the seventh new rural school
building erected in the township dur
ing the past two years. They are all
Of the same pattern and modern and
neat in arrangement and finish. This
leaves only one old building In Prairie
township, the Ellis school in district
No. Z, north of New Sharon.
Lyons.
virtus Lund, ST.. aged so years, a
pioneer resident Of Lyons, died at
Mercy hospital, where he was taken a
few days ago for treatment Mr.. Lund
had often held public Offices. He was
treasurer OF Clinton county and justice
of the peace Of Lyons township. He
was for long time treasurer OF the
Lyons Young Mems library. He held
the Office of president OF the German
association for a long while and at the
time Of his death was president of the
Oakland Cemetery Association and
president OF the Clinton County Old
Settlers Association. He is survived
by three sons and one daughter.
Scranton.
d. w. Holmes was the first to thresh
in the immediate vicinity Of Scranton.
and he reports yield Of over seventy
six bushels per acre from a total crop
of twenty-eisht acres. or nearly 2,t5o
bushels. Mr.. Holmes contracted his
surplus oats this year at 80 cents per
| bushel Last year Mr.. Holmes raised
forty-three bushels Of oats per acre
from thirty acres-far better than an
average crop last year-a total Of 1890
bushels From this crop he was able
.. to sell 700 bushels at 3s cents per bush
Ell. his oat crop netting him above his
own requirements. 1856 This year.
with a smaller acreage. he can retain
600 bushels for home consumption and
at the lower price sell $49s worth Of
oats.
Hastings.
AT a meeting Of the town council It
was decided to submit to the electors
LOT the town. franchise proposition
granting to the Sebtral Station En-
cheering Company. of Glenwood. per-
mission to use the streets and alleys
for erecting an electric lighting system
This company already has a franchise
at Silver City. where their lights have
1 been turned on for several months
They have bought the light plant at
Carson -nd are asking the franchise at
Macedonia and Henderson and have sc
cured the franchise at Emerson and
have their poles all set. They have Sc
cured permission of the board Of su-
pervisors to use the highways where
necessary to run short lines When this
system is put In, the county OF Mills
will have electric lights in all the
towns Of the county except one FARM
e.s along the line are planning to se-
cure light and power, So that ): is 70
,be great thing for our county.