Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-17
Southern Io,ua Items
Noun. Pleasant.

Mount Pleasant.
There are now 500 students enrolled
in Iowa Wesleyan college in this city.
Clinton.
Eli Way. a we'll known resident Of
this city dropped dead Monday eve
ming. Death was due 20 q sudden at
tack Of heart disease. He was SC years
OF age, and IS survived by his wife and
one daughter.
Red Oak.
A dwelling house situated on the
corner of Second and Oak streets and
occupied by E. 3. Mccormick and fam
liz. caught IRE and burned 10 the
ground Tuesday afternoon. The neigh
hors saved the furniture but the build
ing was q total icss
Castle Grove.
Nike Hogan mas sold his farm Of l29
acres in this township for 500 per acre
10 John Inabnet. Mr.. Hogan. the ven
dor Of the land bought II four years
ago u Pat Hogan for sl3l per acre
The increase IN that time has there
fore been $50 per acre or more than
ST. per year.
Sutherland.
The large feeding barn on the Jordan
farm vas struck by lightning and de-
.troyed r. C. and c ?. Jordan were
both in Minneapolis al the :!ne % the
fire. The farm was let by the Jordans
in the early '7o's and was the only
grain market for the neighbo-hood for
years. az Mr.. Jordan was large feeder.
sonapar.e.
Five carloads Of apples have been
n
various surrounding cities. There are
PICK ard box about SOC b1sAeis z day.
/ T:l.s IS one Of the finest orchards in
the state and is the property OF Mrs.
John s Moore Of Keokuk.
| Keokuk.
| Leaning over & lamp 10 reach the
chimney on the other side OF the table
| the clothing OF Mrs Zenia a. Day o.
10 South Tenth street caught fire, and
before help could reach her she "as
severely burned from her waist 10 heI
head. All OF the hair on her head was
singed off, and her body IS terribly
burned from the waist up.
Sidney.
The coming OF Billy sunday to Iowa
this fall recalls a campaign ne carried
on in southwestern Iowa twelve years
ago. where ne conducted a big meet
ing al Atlantic. The tabernacle re
quired in those days for town o
AtIantic's gize had a capacity OF 5000
and quite often il was filled 10 over
flowing
Mount Pleasant.
The Thirty hrsr annual meeting o
the Des Moines branch Of the Women
Foreign Missionary Society opene'
here today and will continue unit
Monday. The Fiftieth anniversary o
the forming Of the society will b
celebrated in 1919 and Jubilee cam
paign il being prepared - tire .Teetlni
. mere. Miss Elizabeth Parsons of De
Moiness is president Of the society an
presides at the meeting
3 yiliiscs.
Mrs y. Watts, living on First ave
: nue.. went with a friend 70 make cal
: on neighbor Wednesday about 2:3
2 p. m in the same block. AS she wen
up the steps ON the porch she siippe
and fell, breaking her left leg nea
the hip. About three and a half year
r ago s::s clipped N her dooryard an
a broke the right leg about the sam
/, place az the present break, she M
1 taken home and is resting wei thi
!, morning. as sne is Upward OF 70 year
old. it is a serious afriiction.
I Abba.
3 Frank Ralg,on, VINO was serving
:. ..ser.., Gear sentence at Fort Madiso
and war doing road work at GjenHoo
g and wilo escaped the night Of Sep
:! is vas captured by Sheriff Griffin nea
( his old home just south Of Hockin