Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26
LARGE FARM SALES
MAKE REALTY RECORD
SALES FOR WEEK ESTABLISH
RECORD FOR SUMMER AND
FALL MONTHS.
TRANSACTIONS OF RECORD
MAKE TOTAL OF s12o,e22
John Bear, Eden Township Farmer.
Sells 342 Acres For 2e,teo-Deals in
Market-city Property Not So Active
Real Estate Transfers.

months 10 date was set by the value
:, OF real eSta;e that changed hands dur
ling the week ending Monday The to-
! tai for the property transfers entere l
/ for record was sl20,69922 Two thirds
| OF he value represented by that sum
/ was for farm lands. while $500 was
the value of city property that was
transferred and ss,O75 represented
small town property sold The ;oSai
F.! is large compared with sol $50 for the
week ending Oct. IS. s52.250 for The
! week ending Oct Il, s395oS for the
! corresponding week OF September. ana
S2l.929 for the same week OF August.
Because OF the large amount in
Big Eden Farm Sold.
yolved interest in the real estate dealings
Of the week centered in the farm sales.
The largest OF these. both in acreage
and value, was the S24acre farm about
Two miles southwest OF Rhodes that
John Bear sold 10 Isaac H. Hoy. OF
Jasper county. The price was s2al5e.
Of which s15.30o is represented BY A
mortgage the purchaser assumed. This
land Is part OF what was formerly the
". H Jones farm.
Two other large transactions, FOR two
quarter-section farms we're the pur
chase from heirs OF Robert Ferguson
land OF the estate for s3S53- Two
of the sons We're the buyers. This land
lies southeast OF State Center Smaller
deals n farm lands in Taylor, Ljher-
". and Timber Creek townships were
negotiated in the week
City Property Quie:.
The number OF Transactions in city
property were fewer in number than
usual. hut inclpded all classes of prop
cry excepting high priced residences.
The largest transaction. and the only
one o. buSinls property. was the sale
by George " Smith. of Omaha To NJ
H. Green OF the two lots and buildings
at i1al2l West Main street for $4,000.
Green viii probably Guild garage on
the rear OF the lots.
About the usual number OF outlying
vacant lois hsure in the trading in
Guiding property in both Electric ad-
dition and Melrose Park. one OF these
in Itz's addition. just north OF the
western part Of Melrose PARK. is of in
teresI- 1t Is the sale by W H Sloppy
Of two full lots 70 E E. Boomer FOR
$1,000. They are uninproved and lie a,
street and Ninth avenue
Mrs. Josephine Masten has SOLD the
residence property al : North Ninth
street to Mary E. Ferguson for IS. 900,
The lot l. 60xls0 feet
Get Title to Theater.
OF special interest in the tranSac-
tions Of property in the smaller towns
of the county was the transfer OF title
70 the opera house building and two
lots in State Center from w A Cow
an and +, c. Rohde to B. H Gray for
5000 Albion and Melbourne property !
Cured in other deals OF the week.
The transfers Were:
G. Earl Herulance to Harry G. Hop |
kins. north fcrtyfive feet of lots 19 !
and II. block 9. Electric addition, 81 |
Nellie T. Smith 20 VI. II. Green. the !
ga st two thirds of lot 6, block 5, sl4-
600.
Otto .AIbers to Pete sloan. lots and i
. block /, Brennecke & Heald's addi- !
ton. 81
W E. Crawford TO Henry Teager. LOT /
IL block /. Shirks second addition, I
81 500.
Many B Davis 10 a. $. Jones. the
north twotn.rds Of lots and .. block |
S, Albion. SIS.
A 5. Jones to Jonathan H CLIFFORD. |
The north one-third of lots and >,
block $. Albion, $500 {
Mary Christ to a s Jones. lots 3 /
and I. block I. Albion, $500
J. D. Plumb to Charles Mead, the
north thirtytwo and one-half feet Of .
lot ~ Melrcsc park. sl.400. |
John irwin to a. A. Moore, the east |
sixty feet Of lot 6, block 4. scholdeld.s
addition, 5000.
". ;, Conan and F. c. Rohde 10
3. H Grey, lots ! and ., block Il. /
state Center. 81
Gust Richerodt to 2. j. Hyneck, the
west one-ha of lot ;, block IL, State
Center, s1,50e.
Charles Propp to Minnie Propp. lots
), and & block 8. Melbourne, 81
W. II. sloppy to E. E. Boomer, lots
4 and ), block l. Utz addition, $1,000. /
j. D. Plumb and c. A. Plumb, to
Pete Sloan. eighty acres in Timber
Creek township. $4,000.
Ellen Mckelvey TO Harry McKeIvey,
forty acres i'll Liberty township. 81
Reuben Sylvester Eckert, Of Black
Hawk county, to Anna j. Thornbla
tract Of land in Taylor township, 81.
Jonn Bear to Isaac II. Hoy, of Jas
per county. ga acres in Eden town
ship, s29,i6
Howard F.. Ferguson and other heirs
Of Robert Ferguson to Frank H. Fer |
guson, 100 acres in State Center town
ship, s19,910.
Howard E. Ferguson and other heirs
OF Robert Ferguson to John W. Fergu-
son, 100 acres ia Stat. Center town
ship. 1884
Anna NJ. Lewis, ct al. 10 H. VI. and |
S. A. Wilckens lot !, block 4, Mel
buorne, $500.
Josephine Masten to Mary E. Fergu- !
CON. lot I. block 10, Gillespie's addi- |
ton, 81.
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