Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-31

Alba.
II. II. Watson has sold his 147-acre
farm northwest Of Abba to j. w.
Wynes, Of Grinnell, for 1857 per acre.
Mr.. Wynes has also purchased L. w.
S,asons farm cas-; of Abba and Will
move his family to that place and rent
the Watson farm TO some good tenant.
Washington.
| Mr.. and Mrs. s. E. Mckinney. both
! born in Iowa celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary Wednesday. Sew
enty-fve relatives and friends attended
! including Mrs John fitzpatrick. Of Gar
| land. Iowa, maid of homo: TO the we'd
ding fifty years ago.
Percy.
The general store OF C. =. Miner. in
which was located the postofhce.
burned 10 the ground during the night
with a loss OF $1,000. All the mai!
matter was destroyed. The citizens
prevented the fire from spreading 10
surrounding buildings.
Des Moines.
Squads OF police Tuesday night raid
I'd four drug stores and seized 200 pints
Of liquor and quantity ot cocaine and
other drugs. The following drug clerks
were arrested: John DoInbasky. j.
Press. Richard Kucharo and Frank
I johnson. It is part Of campaign to
/ stop the sale of drugs TO dope feads.
/ Davenport.
| william Haak. who was 70 have been
married Wednesday evening TO Miss
Laura Schmidt, Of South Rock Island
vas Killed TUESDAY evening when he
came IN contact With a heavy charged
/ guy wire that supported an electric
!igh: pole IN the west end Of the city
! He was q years old and favorabiy
known.
| Park Way, Of near Bussey, who owns
$50 acres Of the bes. land in Liberty
! township, fifteen miles southeast OF
! Knoxville. has realized a total of ST.
s54i4 from the products Ct that farm
since FEB. 2. The products consisted
If SIS hogs marketed between FEB. II
and Oct. %: I4s steers marketed Aug
- and Oct. 10: one bull sold for slos
( July /, and 2,750 bushels OF wheat sold
Aug -. The stock vas ali sold to one
/ Bussey firm
| Museatine.
| Sounds odd. does it not that Musca'
tine should be importing MinnesotS
potatoes. But 1913 was an off year il
many sections of Iowa, so far as the
/ tuber crop Is concerned, and the cos
| of living will not De reduced to a grea
extent this winter. by switching from
meat TO potatoes. No doubt in another
season, Muscatine county viii! agar
raise sufficient potatoes to supply
number of counties.
sussey-
Davenport.
Thomas ]. Rathburn, e1 years old
5091s Brady street. was fatally injured
about 8: 40 o'clock Saturday night wnii
attempting to cross the street in from
of his home. He vas struck by al
automobile, driven by w. 7. Cottei
750H' East High street. and knocked
10 the pavement: sustaining tvs ssac
lures OF the skull one Of which Is a
the base, fractured limb and interna
injuries. He fingered until shortly afte
midnight when he passed away.
eIenweod.
Miss Bertha Kuntze wac the receipt
ent Of a letter from Wesbaden, Ger
, many, last Thursday conveying tn
news that her uncle, Heinrich Kuntze
a retired merchant, had passed ava
. on Sept. e. In the same letter wa
an order Of the court for the admin
istrator to pay to Miss Bertha legac
OF 1000 marks as . remembrance from
her uncle. The letter came from he
cousin. Herman Kuntzel. She Will re
ceive about 1920.
! AIhia.
: About fifty men of Abba ana vicinit
donated their services Wednesday an
with number Of teams began wor
ION the tabernacle for the union reyiva