Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-10
Northern Io,ua Items

, places and remained along the shore.
The high water receded swiftly and
the fish were stranded in small ponds
.on the islands unable to reach the
river.
Fort Dodge.
Mrs. Rudolph Intermill is suffering
from consussion of the brain and severe
bruises and Mrs. Frank Korts is badly
bruised as the result of runaway
which occurred shortly after 1 O'Clock
Friday. Mrs. Intermill, Mrs. Korts and
two children were driving to the Beck :
er funeral and had approached inc
Quaker Oats Company when the Whls-
tie blew for l o'clock, frightening the
horse He started to run and When ne
reached the foundry the occupants or
the buggy were thrown out. Mrs. In
termill striking Oh her head and shoul-
ders. Mrs. Korts received a cut ON
her arm and several bruises but the
children We're not injured.
Fort Dodge.
Members OF the Webster County
board of supervisors let contracts for
county bridge and drainage work ag-
gregating $4,000 Thursday, The bridge
work amounted to s14.5S2 and the
drainage work to s11 900. The bridge
contracts were awarded to three firms
The Des Moines Bridge and Iron
Works secured S5,96S of work, the
Marsh Engineering Company of Des
Mcines got S3,507 in contracts and j.
J. Cain of Glare got $1,000 in contracts.
Fifteen bridges will be put in. Some
will be Of steel and the rest concrete.
They will be built according to spec
ulations of the state highway commits
sion. The drainage contracts were in
districts No. so of Ohio township. No
ITO of Badger township and No. 1876 in
Fulton township.
Fort Dodge.
BY vote of 80 for and % against
five school districts consolidated on
Thursday and will have q consolidated
school at Harcourt Miss Mary Carey
county superintendent of schools made
the announcement here and declared
that she was much pleased at the way
the consolidation idea is being favored
by the people of the county Harcourt
possesses an $4,000 school building
now and thus probably will be used
by the the consolidated districts. Do
nestle science and manual training
departments will be in the basement Of
the school. Harcourt is the second
town in Webster county to have such
| school. Lanyon voted in favor OF
consolidation some weeks ago and sew
erai districts there will send their chill
dren to the one school. including one
district in Greene county.
Traer.
+ Mr. and Mrs. John Heller. of Traer
We're merried fifty years ago Thursday
and their golden wedding was celebrat-
ed by family reunion. The couple are
pioneers Of north Tama county. hav-
ing come here from Pennsylvania, for
ty-seven years ago. Mr.. Heller bough,
the farm where he lived until a few
years ago, 1870 acre farm two miles
! from Traer, for 1920 and hauled the
| lumber to build his house from Water
loo with an OK team. Seven children
were born to them and all are living
They are, Mrs. Mary Bennett. New
port, Ore: Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers
Chanute, Kan; Mrs. Rose Knode. Wa.
terloo: Albert, Riverside. Cal; Samue
9 and Harvey. both Of Savoy, Mont; and
Richard Traer. All were present at n
! reunion except Mrs. Bennett, who was
unable to come on account of sickness
Mr.. and Mrs. Teller have sixteer
grandchildren and one great grandchld