Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-17
Spirit Lake.

Spirit Lake.
Forty acres of camp ground Of West
Okoboji lake have been purchased by
Methodists Of the Sheldon district. A
camp meeting. will be held there July
Is to %.
staeyville. ~.
At recent meeting Of the council
bonds to the amount of $4,000 were
sold for the purpose of putting in
new waterworks system. Schanke &
Company, Of Mason City, were the
successful bidders for the bonds.
Dubuque.
Several improvements at Wartburg
! seminary are contemplated by the
Iowa synod of the Lutheran church.
Among them will be a new dormitury
for students to cost in the neighbour
hood Of $4,000.
Swaledale.
At a special session Of the board OF
the consolidated independent school
district of Swaledale, bonds in the
amount of $4,000 were sold to improve
and equip the manual arts building.
Schanke & Company, Of Mason City,
were the successful bidders for the
bonds.
inwood.
Because he was asked to put the lid
on gambling, Mayor G. NJ. Anderson,
Of Inwood, resigned. He was asked by
Rev. F. p. Quick, pastor of the NJ. f.
church to enforce the law and was
powerless because the marshal and
night -watchman had resigned and nc
one was found to take their places.
Cedar Falls.
The annual state meeting Of the
mothers teachers congress will be held
in Cedar Falls, April 8, 9, and 10, an6
large delegations from Des Moines and
! elsewhere are expected. Some of ths
meetings will be. held at state teach
ers' college and some in the high schoo
auditorium. A splendid program viii
be given.
| Waterloo.
Baby LaRue, his father and hi!
grandmother all celebrated their birth.
days Monday. No arrangements hat
been made for q triple observance o
natal days until 1:15 Monday morn
ing when LaRue junior put in an ap
pearance at the Films. The father
Murle LaRue, and the grandmother
Mrs. Lincoln White. also were Dor,
on March Is.
Meridsn.
One Of the biggest land deals in thi
county this year was made whel
Gordon Bros, bought from the othe
heirs the 4s0-acre farm two miles
northwest of this city for 100000. A
/ the same time John Gordon took owe
the Dakota land for $4,000. Thus
share and share alike. will be divide,
the property of Mr.. and Mrs. Jane
Gordon. Three of the heirs live here
two at Marcus and the rest at Mont
rose, s. d.
1 Fort Dodge.
Things are not as they seem, De
Moines. for instance, is dry, but q For
Dodge man who returned last weel
from the auto show there says tn
moist goods can be procured readil
enough on the streets. Feeling thirst,
one afternoon he stopped u passerb.
and said: "Can you tell me whore
! can get a pint Of whisky ?" The MAJ
Immediately offered to get 1t .himsel
land said it would cost IS cents. H
i told the Fort Dodge man to hold
package for him until he came bAch
The package was small and compae
and the man from home stood on tn
corner for an hour holding 1t. But tn
obliging stranger did not turn up an
the package was kept in exchange "a
the money. The Fort Dodge man tool
lit to his room and opened 1t. It wa
ia flask containing pint OF whisky.
onawa. 4
Ira Boyce, aged % years, pleade
guilty to the charge Of burglary, an,
! was sentenced to life intprisonment a
Fort Madison penitentiary by Judg