Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-01

street netgnOOrnOOd OeIWeeH rAt" 90
Seventh streets is the purchase by Dr.
r. +. French. from DR.. n. A. kihnah
of what Is known as the Trautmah'
property 6O2 West Main street, Ior w.
900. The purchase was negotiated on
q. contract The lot has Main street
frontage Of seventy-four feet. and ex-
tends along South Sixth street 14o
feet. It is one of the best corner lots
in that part of the city. The house is
old and Of nine rooms, but thoroughly
modern. DR.. Kinnan spent $1,4Oo I'M
proving the dwelling last summer. Dr.
French and family have been living IN
it since then.
C. f. Shut, OF State Center. county
Observation-Disclosures has purchased OF
j. G. Carter a new six-room cottage at
412 Summit street. The deed SHOWS
the price paid to be nominal amount
but $50 worth of revenue stamps IN
dicates a price Of $500. and the pur-
chaser assumed q mortgage Tor $2,ooo.
The lot is 4Ox90 feet, and the house mas
just been finished, Shut will take
possession soon.
Emile Plattner, who sold her prop
erty in South Fourth street to the NJ.
& st. L., has purchased of Martin An
derson the property at South Sixth
avenue for $4,000.
OF unusual interest because it H.
illustrates the rapid increase in value
of this class Of unimproved property is
the sale by S. c. Bell Of lot at the
northwest corner of Summit and Sew
enth streets to DR.. F. x Beller. Inc
purchaser paid part cash and traded In
a lot, both making total purchase
price of $1,677 for the Bell lot. 1T is
| 6Ox1Oo, fronting on Seventh street,
which is paved. 1t was only few
years ago this lot was offered for 81 900
or even less. Bell took in on the trade
| lot 60x12O feet at 70s Summit street.
In this transaction this lot has been
sold by Bell to Albert Hull by con-
tract for 1855. Both DR.. Beller and
Hull bought for investments with the
| intention Of perhaps building at some
| later date.
| A transaction in State Center prop
| erty Of more than usual interest was
the purchase by Mayor r. Robinson Of
| the Chamberlain property The sale
was made by L. v. Chamberlain,
guardian Of Rhoda Chamberlain. for
1885, The purchaser has been living
| in the property for year. The lot is
| large, 12Ox1S0 feet, and the house was
| one Of the pest in State Center when
it was built, and altho an old dwelling
| it is still valuable property.
Other transactions are:
Gus J. Weber to A. r. johnson, lot
"a, Melrose park, $780,
Clarissa c.. Bigalow to George E.
Hermance, the west IS feet Of the east
100 feet of lot l, block 2, Schofield's
addition, 81.
George E. Hermance to Sarah Stin-
son Price, the west So feet of the east
| 1870 feet of lot 1. block 2, Schofield's
| addition, 81.
Anna Miller ct al, to George r.
Stone. lot 6, block 4, Gillespies' Sec
ond addition, $4,000.
Ida Belle WATSON to Hans Madsen.
residence property at North Second
street, lot 5Ox11O, $4,000.
j. o. DeButts to Burel ]. Bailey, lots
and g. block 9, Melbourne park, $500.
Mamie Tapp to Ida NJ. Carl, lot 6.
| block 2, Gillespie & Towards Sunny
side addition, 81.
| Mary Ann Plunkett to the Mime
apolis and st. Louis Railroad Com
pany, lot s, block 6, Schof1eld's addi-
ton, $3.50.
Sarah Price to j. w. Perfect, land
in south Marshall $1,S00.
Henrietta Gould, Of Chicago. to
| Minneapolis & st. Louis Railroad
Company, land abutting the NJ & ST
L. railroad ight-of-way, $500.
Belinda l. Kelly to the Minneapolis
& st. Louis Railroad Company, land
in the south part OF the city, $4,000
| George D. Brown to Charles j. and
Harry F. McCombs. property near
Britain & Co., packing house, $3.50.
Harry Gerhart trustee to e. A.
Thurber, lot 50, Melrose park, 800.
of Robert Kerr, Of Chicago, this fall.
highwayman.
the hundred or two others in the