Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-16
MANY CHANGES SHOWN SINCE
CITY DIRECTORY OF 81 CAME OUT

First and Main. now the McCombs
Bros block. occupied by the Ryder
| store, is shown.
The fremont House is portrayed as
a most massive building, with the
namss of tenants displayed above the
different store rooms. The postoffice
was on the alley of what is now the
fremont block. Philip Sterns clothing
store came next, with Lawrence Bros.
Trautman's and Harvey & Co. in the
order named. Across the alley from
the postoffice in the building where
the Colonial theater is now. was John
son & Ballous.
The City Bank block, Henry Forney's
music hall. the independence block,
occupied by Jerry Forney and Bentley
& Walswortn. the Mcbride & Will
store. the Agricultural block, of
Ketchum & Johnston. and the Iowa
! barb wire works were all displayed to
advantage.
City Hall and Fire Department.
The city hail." at ia West Main,
also the headquarters of the fire de-
paTtment. was then occupied by c. NJ.
Norton as mayor and j. G. Trotter.
city clerk. Other officers of the mu-
nicipality We're: W. F. Treadwell,
treasurer: B. L. Burritt. solicitor: $.
H. Porter. assessor: Sturgis r. An
sen, marshal; William Eremner. city
engineer: H. S. Halbert street COM
missioner: G. W. Carter. city physi-
clan: Joseph H Johnston, chief of
the ire department: William Harrisan.
captain of FIRE police: and William
| Fisher, chief engineer of the water
| works
~, off. v,,;l .Iay, H. VI
| B. Waters and William East from
! the First ward; W. E. Smelling and A.
T. Birchard, Second ward: j. D. Vail
and o. P. Arnold. Third ward: and
| John Turner and Henry Arson from
the Fourth ward
The fire department was the pride
of the town. Chief Johnston's assist
ans were John E. McQaiston, first
assistant: VI W Woods. second assist
ant Six companies formed the de-
! partment. NJ. K. Williams was fore
man of the Woodbury. hose company
| Of twen.y-four members: .. Cor,Iton
of tha Hope company of eighteen
members; " Il fiarr;as.ar1 6 TIC
Alerts. sixteen members: Frank Wood
| bury Of the River hose company with
| twelve members: W. G. Craig of the
Arson company Of eighteen members:
and w ". Sherlock foreman of the
hook and ladder company.
Col. Elliott Shurtz was postmes ter.
and Theodore Johnston assistant
Newspapers CT the Day.
In devotir two pa ges and a half 10
telling OF the newspapers of the city
| the publisher of the directory saws:
The Times Republican is the largest
| paper published in Marshall county
] and the weekly ranks fifth in poin, of
circulation with the newspapers Of
| Iowa. 1t is republican in politics. but
| liberal and fair-milded to all parties
1t enters the household of every intel
! ligent reader Of Marshall county, and
| Its reputation Is broader than the state
| in which 1t is published.
"The paper Is consolidation Of the
Marshall Times, the Oldest paper in
the county. and the Marshall Repub-
ican. both papers being excellent re-
I publican journals The consolidation
took effect July %. 1880. Il. L. Merri-
man, OF the Republican. becoming sole
proprietor. Shortly afterward he en-
gagged the services OF s. c. Mcfarland.
Of Des Moines, as city editor, and later
sold one-fourth interest in the es-
Enlistment to II. Waterman, VINO was
then publishing a weekly paper called
The Progress. Mr.. Waterman at once
discontinued the publication Of his
paper and took charge Of the practical
part of the Times Reoubl!can. The
editorial force now stands as follows:
! H. L. Nerriman. editor: s. c. McFar-
land managing and city editor: Henry
| Windsor, assistant local.
! "Since Mr.. Merriman assumed con-
troll Of the consolidation it has met
with steady growth. The daily has been
! enlarged, contains telegraphic news Of
the day up 70 the time of going to
press, o'clock p. m, specially tele-
| graphed by its agents at different
points, together with the days markets
at home and abroad and is locally well
edited. It is the best daily paper for
a town the size Of Marshalitown in the
state. and probably in the United
States, and it is well appreciated. A
new Hoe press has lately been added
to the establishment. rendered neces-
sary by the increased circulation of
both weekly and daily editions. 1t is a
good paper. fearless. newsy, outspok-
en- and fair and. w;thal. original. It's
editor-in- chief is a gentleman OF cul-
ture and terse vigorous, niscellane-
otls. and political writer. while 1T. Nc
Farland must certainly be compliment
ici
which he produces"
Among the other newspapers of the
day was the Marshall Statesman. dem
oora;ic. th=n SIX years old founded bv
Mitchell & Burkart. in July. 1875. The
year following Mitchell sold to 3. C.
Sanford, who became editor. In 1873
Byron Webster bought the business for
$500, and in 1880 sold half interest
to G. J. Burkart for $4,000.
The Sunday Morning Reflector. es-
tablished in 1880. by Crowl & Henry
was then new in the field, with w. D
crowl as editor and Charles Henry
manager.
J. w. Weippiert was editor. and Rob
! ert Shirk city editor. of the Reobachter
the German newspaper of the city.
The Electric Light, a society paper
edited by Hamlin B. Miller. and pub
lished by Miller Bros. was issued 70,
the first time April 30. 1881.