Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-22
GOOD PROPERTY ACTIVE.
Sale Of High Priced Residences an
Lots Feature Of Market.

! High priced residence property and
/ valuable building sites and vacant
lots, both close in and outlying, were
! most active in the dealings of the To-
I cal market for the week ending Mon
day. Second ward property was dealt
! in almost to the exclusion OF realty IN
other parts of the city. With the ex-
ception of three transactions all the
others were in the Second ward. Oh
interest to the realty market was the
filing of the plat for Binford Park ad-
dition, that was approved recently by
the council.
There were no sales OF farms made
of record, and little trading in proper
ty In the small towns of the county.
The total business for the week was
s39.560, compared with $23.962 last
week, and $4,000 for the correspond
ing week of August and s35.700 for the
same week Of July. The transactions
in small town property totaled $1,16o.
From the point of the amount in
volved. the purchase back Of the for
mer Denmead home. 4O5 West Main
street, a transaction that was nego-
tiated earlier in the sun1me r by Dwight
H. Denmead from Mrs. Rachel Ely.
was the largest Of the week. The
price was $17.400. which included an
S. 900 mortgage that the purchaser as
sumed
One of the most interesting transact
lions Of the week outside OF the Sec
ond ward was the sale by N. F. Miller
Of his residence property at 40 West
Boone street to J. G.. Snyder for $4,000
The property is a lot 60x9S feet, inn
proved with a good house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Miller, who are living at 21O
South Fourth avenue at present, will
soon move to the Leffler flat, los
North Fourth street.
A transaction In business property
Of interest to the south side was the
sale by A. T. Gruwell to Lorenz P.
thinner. Of the frame store building at
500 South Third avenue In which
thinner Is conducting grocery. The
lot IL 40x105 feet, and the price was
81, 800.
D. d. Neblett has started excavatins
for his new home that he is to build
at the southwest corner of First and
Webster streets on the lot purchased
recently from Mrs. Martha Fisher. In
connection with this transaction Mr..
and Mrs Neblett have sold the prop
erty at 100 West Webster-across the
street north from where they are
building-to George r Buihner. The
price was $500, according. to the
deed.
Other transfers were;
John F. Slater, of Poweshiek coun-
ty, to G Francis Kfghtlinger. lots 10
and 20, block IS, Gilman, SIS.
John F. Slater, Of Poweshiek county.
to George F. Failor and Harlan ].
E>a; - olr Nv 1ntS
and IS, block 10, Gilman. SIS.
]. l.. Williams to H. F. Echternacht,
lots II and is, block 5, Electric ad-
dition, 81.
w. A, sandoe to N. f. Miller, the
west 120 feet OF lot I, and the west
100 feet of the north 80 feet Of lot 8,
block II, Rice's addition, 81.
B. A. Mitchell to j. C. Armstrong &
Son. lot 1, block 4. Clemens, $500.
Helen A. Neblett to George F..
Buihner. of Tama. the west Is feet of
lot 10 and the east 80 feet Of lot II,
block 4, Websters second addition, 81.
Martha A. Fisher ct al, to Helen A.
Neblett, the east 100 feet of lot 6, block
5, Webster's addition, $500.
Ellen A. Eastman to Noah W. Hook
EFT. lots 4. S and s, block 10, Albion,
$500.
Mrs. Clara B. Powell to e. B. Cook
and B. L. Cook, lot 1, block 2, West
lakes Fourth addition, $1,000.
E. II. Reifschneider to f. B. Cook
the west 113 feet of lot and the south
II feet of the west 113 feet Of lot 8,
block I, $4,000
Sarah A. Hall to Jennie F. Hall lots
3 and 4. block 5. Lamer's Second addi-
ton, and lots. 9 and 10, block 2. Lam
er's Third addition to Melbourne, ST.
Edward s.. Robbins, Of Los Angeles.
to Thomas H. Meickley, lot s, block !;
lot 5, block 4, and the east so feet of
lot s. block 4. Gillespie and Towards
Sunnyside addition, $1,000.