Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-19

years he was president Of the Citizens
Bank OF this city. and he held promi-
nent place in the line Of P1easantville's
early prosperous and enterprising BUSH
ness men. Ten years ago he moved TO
Dallas. Tex, where he has since re-
sided. Dr. Duncan was made a Ma
son on Oct. Is. 1854.
Spirit Lake.
A big buying crowd attended the
Jackson-Speer public sale on last
Thursday. The 105-acre farm known as
the old Clark Reed place, upon which
place the sale occurred was sold to
L. H. Grobe, who Is now occupying
Governor Garst's farm west of Mil
ford. at 3S1 per acre. Mr.. Grobe will
rent the place the coming year as he
has the Garst farm rented. The regis
tered horses sold up to $247. One
grade horse years old sold for 1920,
3 years old for $1S2.50. yearling for
$3.50 and sucking colts for SCI. Cows
were sold for $6S, yearling steers for
$40. Sows with pigs were sold for $50.
The sale. counting DIR. Jackson's equity
of $4,000 in the farm, amounted to over
$1,000.
Cedar Rapids.
After passing the century mark and
living to the age Of 105 years, Francis
Milligen. born in slavery, died at 10
o'clock Thursday evening in the home
of her son, w. H. Milligen, Third av-
enue road, west. Born in Graves
county, Kentucky, Mrs. Milligen was
the oldest of a family of twenty three
children, all of whom were sold in
slavery except four. What became of
her sisters and brothers she never
knew. for. they were taken to various
parts of the country following their
sale. She came north to Chicago in
1861. and then to Iowa, being a resi-
dent of Carroll in 1880 and moving to
Cedar Rapids in 1895. She was the
mother of six children. and the only
surviving child Is w. H. Milligen, with
whom she made her home. Mrs. Mil
ligen was member of the Bethel A. NJ.
F. church, from which place the funeral
was held today at 2 o'clock.
Sheldon.
An argument over the European war
is responsible for the filing of a suit for
$40 600 damages here Monday by SUI
pervisor Klingenborg, who seeks to
collect that amount from Albbo Damn
of George, because of an alleged SLAM
der circulated by the defendant klink-
enborg alleges in his petition that
Damn told him, in the presence of d
large crowd on the streets of George,
that she had no more brains than a.
3-year- old child" and that "the whole
board and the sheriff and the bunch at
the court house are a rotten gang" as
we'll as various other things rejecting
on his good name. The argument
started when the two began to talk
about the merits and demerits OF the
nations in Europe, and both
became very heated in their remarks.
The, suit was filed by S. D. Rinikar one
Of the prominent attorneys OF north
west Iowa.
Spirit Lake.
Dickinson county lost another OF
Its pioneer citizens on Wednesday
when James Pollard passed
away at the home of his son, G. w.
Pollard. Just east Of town, after a brief
illness OF complications. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Frank
Camel at the c. w. Pollard home on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. James
Pollard was born in Broom county, |
New York, June s, 1928. He was
united In marriage to Susana Yarnes
IN New York state on Dec. Is. 1853. In
1866 they moved to Clinton county. |
where they resided until |
1865. when they moved to Dickinson |
county, locating on a homestead still
owned by the members of the Pollard
family, and upon which place Mr.. Pol
ard passed away. Since Mrs. Pollard
passed away on Aug. 1, 1909, Mr.. Pol
ard has made his home with his three
IONS, James A.. Charles w and George i
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