Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-02

Washington. eAss
The committee in charge reports s4os
raised in this town on Tag day.
Griswold. eou
curtis Lawrence of this city fell
down stairs at the home Of his parents
and fractured his arm in three places
Essex.
new price for Page county land
was reached when William Bussaru
sold his farm to Joseph Almquist Tor
s24O an acre. The farm lies at the
edge of Essex and contains 120 acres.
The total amount of money figured III
the transaction is $2S,SO0.
Carroll.
A mad dog made a trip thru Arcadia
township and left q trail Of rabies in Its
wake. II was noticed he snapped at
hogs and cattle as he passed thru
fields and feed lots, A number OF
hogs have acted queerly since, ana
the veterinarian has adjudged them
affected with rabies.
Wilton.
A large land deal was closed Satur-
day when A. Friend, of Cedar county,
became the owner of 325 acres Oh
land laying near Gladwin and be-
longing to Win Blanchard, OF Wilton,
and James Geisler, of Muscatine. The
consideration was 5000 per acre or
$4,000. The deal was made by Frank
Blanchard, Of Wilton.
Jefferson.
James Stoos has finished husking his
corn and said that when he reached the
far side of the field, away from the
main road he found that somebody hau
rendered him assistance as tnere
were eighteen or twenty rows husheo
absolutely clean. He figures there
were seventy five or eighty puSneis OIL
corn in these rows. and up to date the
fellow had, forgotten to put the corn IN
Joe's crib.
Pella.
Mr. and Mrs Barney Brom Of this
CITY celebrated their fiftieth wedding
Anniversary last Friday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brom were married in Pella and have
Lived here continuously during the last
half century. Mrs. Brom claims the
distinction Of being the first child born
| in the colony after the Hollanders set
tied in Pella. She is now a little more
than Sc years old. All the children were
present for the occasion as we'll as
other relatives, neighbors and friends.
Corning.
Burglars broke into the home of Mrs.
E. C. Russell three weeks ago and stoie
valuable set of jewelry, consisting OF
| a gold breastpin and two gold earrings,
all set with fine amethyst settings. Fri
day morning the jewelry was returned
l. to her in a mysterious manner. MRS.
Russell had owned the jewels for forty
wears and they had belonged to her SIS
ter before coming into her possession,
and she was naturally overjoyed to re-
cover them.
Hastings.
C. w. Adkins, northwest of town. has
I q piece of ground on which ne mas
raised two good crops this year. He
first had 1t in fall wheat and after ne
had harvested his wheat he listed 1t
| and planted it to corn expecting 10
have a nice patch Of fodder, but when
! the late fall rains came on they kept
that corn growing until 1t matured, and
he is now husking about thirty-nve
bushels per acre Of corn. The ears
are rather small, but they are well
formed and there are a lot of them.
Shenandoah.
County political affairs have expert
enced their most agitating jolt in years
in the refusal Of Clifford w. Duke
county auditor. to sign the $4,000
bonds, authorized by the board OF su-
pervisors to make whole the overdrawn
bridge fund. Mr.. Duke, who was re-
Gently elected to his fourth term az
auditor, claims that the proceedings
have been irregular and illegal. The
county board has authorized the coun-
ty attorney to begin mandamus pro-
ceedings against him
Marenso.
Word from Congressman vollmer Is
to the effect that James ]. Glenn. editor
OF the Marengo Democrat. has been
recommended as postmaster at Marens
!, 60. This choice OF Mr.. Glenn for the
J position gives general satisfaction. E