Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-05

Boone.
Saturday Postmaster ]. F. Condor.
| Of Mineral Ridge, brought his supplies
to Postmaster Goldthwaite Of the
Boone office. and thus ends the post
| office Of former town. Henceforth.
the residents Of that community will
receive their mail directly from Boone.
probably over rural route No. 3. Al
one time this town was quite pros
| porous place and occupied a conven-
lent spot along the old state road. Time
and other factors have robbed it of It's
prominence and today it is only a
community.
Cedar Falls.
Prof. H. F. Pasini. playground direct
or and late coach at teachers college,
has accepted the position Of athletic
director at King College, Bristol, Tenn.
one Of the oldest and best colleges in
the south. He will begin his work
there Sept. 1. This position places him
in charge Of every form of athletic
effort at the southern institution. and
carries with 1t a handsome salary. Pro-
lessor Pasini's contract with the Civic
Improvement League, which is back of
the supervised playground, will expire
after for the scene Of his future labors
at Bristol.
Charter Oak.
Little Ernestine Nemitz, the 3-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Nemitz, gave her parents scare THAI
| they will not forget for awhile. Her
mother was putting water into the
dishes of fly poison. and the little girl
asked for a drink. The mother told
her to wait until she had loaded the
dishes when she would give her good
drink, but the little one yielded to the
temptation and drank the water from
one of the dishes of poison. A doctor
| was called at once and after a hard
effort the little girl was brought back
to consciousness. but the escape had
been as narrow as could be and win.
| Neither the doctor nor anyone else
[ thought it possible for her to live. but
she is much better and her recovery
! is assured.
Williams.
Fred Geitz, ST.. has sold his l29 acre
| farm, now occupied by his son, Fred
Jr., to Ed Johnson for $133 per acre.
This Is fine farm and we'll worth the
| price paid for it. Possession will be
given March 1. Nels Olson has pur-
chased of Thomas Hopkins, his 120-
acre farm located four and one half
miles southwest of Bows, for $115 per
acre. This farm was purchased at a
bargain and will make good invest
ment for Mr.. Olson. August Hargrafen
Of East Dubuque, has sold his 200 acre
farm located two miles west of Will
liams. known as the Hayse farm. to
Anthem Maubach for $1s5 per acre. An
thon Maubach sold his 1873 acre farm
located five and one half miles north
| west of Williams to August Hargrafen
for $1S5 per acre. Possession to be
given March l. Total consideration
was $44,955.
Auburn.
One of the most disastrous fres we
have had in this locality occurred
Tuesday morning on the farm of Mrs
b. E. Grey just south Of Auburn. About
1 o'clock in the morning John Grey
was aroused from his sleep by some
noise and on awakening discovered
the west wing Of the house in flames.
! He aroused the family and called
neighbors by telephone and with their
best efforts was able to save the
r.ano. a small bundle OF bedding and
part Of the furniture. ]. d. O'Tool, he
! first neighbor to arrive after the call,
noticed that the battery box Of the
gasolene engine was On FIRE. This was
extinguished at once but 1t had burned
the wires so the engine could not be
started. This was considerable dis
lance from the house and the circum-
stance leads many 10 ilina the IRE wss