Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-02

Waukon.
happy reunion occurred in Ludlow
township this week when Ole sam
j uelson, Of Frankville and Mrs. Ericsson,
OF North Dakota met each other fof
the first time in fifty-four years. TheS
are brother and sister and this Is theif
first meeting since leaving Norway.
Monticello.
Rev f. P. Kimball. former resident
| OF Monticello, and first pastor OF the
Congregational church Of this city. oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Union Con-
gregational church at Waterloo. last
Sunday, 1t being the occasion OF MS
Goth birth anniversary. This re-
markaple performance VII! he ne
liyhtful news to his Monticello friends.
We have it from Waterloo that he did
splendidly, Notwithstanding his age.
Sac City.
Clerk c. NJ. Whitfield has received
from Des Moines a list of persons IN
Sac county commissioned on July D.
1915 to serve as notary publics for the
three years ending July 4. 1918. In all
fifty persons have been commissioned
in this county. Sac City gets fourteen
Of them, including of course most OF
the lawyers and employees OF each OF
the banks. There are only three
women notaries in the county. They
are Dottie T.. Waisner. Of Sac City, and
Katherine Dorian and Louise NJ. kuhl,
OF Odebolt.
Nevada.
The splendid new I.ozier automobile
! owned by A. NJ. Ringheim, caught fire
from short circuit in the engine
o,,f 4.
damaged to the extent Of possibly $150
! Wright Ringheim had been working on
the engine, cleaning it with gasolene
and wiping off all Of the grease After
he had wiped the parts fairly dry he
noticed some loose connections and
while working with screw driver
over the starter, he in some way got
short circuit and as the sparks flashed
out the gasolene was ignited and in an
instant the whole engine was afre.
Eidora.
The Hardin county fair will be held
from Tuesday to Friday, Sept. to TO-
inclusive. The management has pre-
pared q fine program OF entertainment
for the visitors and IL the weather will
permit the fair will be a big success
The program for the evening show ID
elaborate and includes each night ex-
cept Friday q grand display OF fire.
works. which will equal the display
given last year on Bridge Day. The
usual number Of premiums are offered
and the racing program should attract
q large number Of good horses. 1t Is
also possible that some good automobile
races will be held during the fair
Mount vernon.
The large steam incubator. which Is
operated by Messrs. Johnson and
Lahman, Of Mount Vernon. closed
Tuesday evening after run Of five
months. The season as a whole was
far more successful than they had
hoped for. 5000 being realized for the
"a 900 baby chickens which were mar
keted. Running without . stop since
the first Of March, there was not a
failure OF single section Of the big
incubator In that period of time, al
though there was naturally some vari-
alton, due to inferior eggs. The baby
chickens were shipped with practically
no loss over a large territory OF the
United States.
Rockwell City.
The board OF supervisors ordered the
county auditor to draw a warrant in
favor OF the Newton & Holt Company.
Of Chicago, for IS, 800. with interest and
costs, In accordance with the judg-
ment rendered insssederal court in June.
A warrant was formerly drawn for the
amount and paid to an employee OF the
company, and the courts decided that
the county vas still held for the