Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-24
Northern Io1ua Items

sprinp were the o. F. Marsh residence
and the bungalow erected by L. M.
Peterson, which was closely followed
by the Ed Bergman residence, west or
Stratford. At the present time there
are four homes under construction.
They are the residences Of E. e. Hall,
John Hubner, c. L. Carlson and }. A.
Carlson. The Hall residence and the
Hubner residence are now in the hands
Of the plasterers and are being pushed
rapidly towad completion. The two
Carlson residences south Of the tracks
are entirely enclosed and work is pro-
crossing nicely on them. The new resi-
dences are modern in every particular
and are all Of very attractive design.
Waterloo.
Inmate Mintz, Of the county home,
treasuring the memory of pretty face.
left his prosaic task of feeding the
chickens and hied himself to Garner.
where Miss Rose Hanslik, for two years
an employee at the home, was visiting
her mother. MintZ, who is a cripple, so
years of age. left Friday and the first
knowledge of his whereabouts came in
the form of telegram from Mrs.
Hanszlik to the county auditor. plead
ing for some one to come and take the
stranger back to Waterloo. 1t appears
that Mintz mistook Miss Hanszlik's
kindness for love, but she was surprised
to find that the inmate had been OBJ
Sc sed by romantic thoughts. In years
past Mintz owned q farm in Bremen
county. Reverses came and he applied
for place in the county home as a
public ward. How he managed to get
to Garner is more than the steward
knows. II Mintz comes back the author
tiles in the county where he has ap-
peared will have to provide him with
transportation.
Ogden.
The cornerstone Of the new Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Emmanuel church will be
laid with appropriate ceremonies Sum
day afternoon, Aug. 2, at 3 o'clock. Men
of prominence in the Augustana synod
and Iowa conference will be present on
this occasion. The Rev. ]. E. Rydback
of Gowrie, president of the Lutheran
Iowa conference Of the Augustana
synod. will lay the cornerstone. Rev.
A. Norrbom, of Des Moines. will make
the principal address in the English
language. Other ministers who will be
present on this occasion are: Rev. N.
Anderson, Of Boxholm; Rev. c. A. Ran
dolph, of Boone. and Rev. c. o. Nor
land. OF Madrid, who will each make a
short address bringing greeting and
q word Of cheer to the Emmanuel Luth-
eran congregation. This congregation
was organized Feb. 4 this year. Inn
mediately steps were taken for the erec-
ton of a sanctuary. and the congregn-
ton looks forward with joy to the day
when the cornerstone will be laid.
Boone.
r. Maxwell Ward, Of Columbia Cross
Roads, in return for an outlay Of $23.63
and kindness to a man in misfortune, is
to receive an inheritance of S37.5OO.
Ward was telephone lineman at Sioux
City, in December, 1904. One cold
morning as he was going to work a
stranger asked him for the price Of q
meal. He took in the applicant, paid
his board at a hotel and doctor bill thru
his illness. The landlord was asked to
go halves on the board but refused, SO
Ward paid all, amounting with medical
attention to $3.50. In time the two men
went their ways. There was no ex-
change of letters or other word between
them. When the stranger, who was
Oscar ]. Wanderleu. was about TO die
few months ago. he caused Will to
be drawn in which for his Kindness OF
ten years ago. Ward was named as the
sole or principal beneficiary. To locate
the heir Wanderleu's executors adver-
tised in a paper published in Elmira, N.
Y. near which town they thought he
lived. After he had been located, the
next step was to establish the fact that
he was in reality the man wanted. To
do this Ward produced the receipts
which he had received from the Sioux
City landlord and doctor. The dead
mans executors accepted these receipts
as proof OF his identity, and he ID to
receive his money at once. His share
il to be $500 cash and 5000 . year
for ten years. u 81. ;s' .s.