Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
TRANSACTIONS IN GOOD GRADE
o. OUTLYING PROPERTY y
\. FEATURE or TRANSFERS.
HOPKINS = SON PURCHASE
UPTOWN sueiNEss PROP ERrY
Buy I've Story Brick Block, North
west Corner Of First and Main
stsssts, Of Arthur N. Parks, Of
sessor. For $500 Other Interesting
Transactions In City and County.

s@t An unusual activity IN outlying resi-
dence property of good quality, espe-
cially in the Second ward, featured a
rather more than usually active realty
business in city property recently.
Practically all of the most interest
ing negotiations were for Second ward
property. but that part Of the ward
lying west Of Sixth street. almost
monopplized the market.
Included in the Second ward deals
negotiated was one interesting trans
action for business district property. In
this purchase Fred Hopkins and son,
Harry, acquired Of Arthur n. Parks, OF
Boston, Mass. the two-story brick
block at the northwest corner OF Main
and First streets for $4,000. The street
address is 101 West Main. The lot 10
2Ox7D,; improved with an old but good
brick building, occupied by retail
business on the ground floor and living
rooms above.
George L. Glenn figured in two trans
actions. He sold his neat cottage and
premises of 60x1S0 feet, at sos West
State street, to Earl A. Forkner for
$4,000. Glenn then purchased Of Mrs.
Emma NJ. Reifschneider the new dwell
ing at 10 North Ninth street that the
seller abuilt a year or two ago. Glenn
paid t$3.sO0 for this property, the lot
of which is 56X1S0 feet.
George A. Wheat, rural mail car
rier. swho built cottage at $40 FIRE.
mont tstreet last summer, mas sold the
premises to g. Mi!lhisar. A nominal
consideration is given in the deed, but
the revenue stamps attached indicate
So, 500 was the purchase price. The lot
is A by about 256 feet. Wheat will
buy or build.
A splendid building site, with a
dwelling of small value, was ACQUIRED
by Mrs. Eva A. VOORHEES,, until re-
Gently of; Albert Lea, MINI. when she
purchased of Mrs. Julia A. McCord,
formerly OF this city. but now OF
Omaha, the property at 400 West State
street The price paid was $500. Mrs.
VOORHEES,, who is the widow of w. H.
yoorhiessa former old NJ. & St. L. pas
senger conductor, will move off the
old house and build herself new home
perhaps In year or two. The lot Is
60x180. 49,.
BIZ. Cummings has sold to .. H.
Sixtitsetsssty sThs price wos $1,000. 4,
DIR. q. Keyser, OF this city. figured
in an interesting transaction for a
Liscomb township farm by the pur-
chase from C. e. Pearson. of q quarter
sector, one and three-quarters miles
southeast Of the town of Liscomb. The
purchase price was not indicated in the
dede, but the purchaser assumed mort
cages Of $4,000 that were on the
land.
Two hundred dollars an acre was
the price paid by Walter j. Helm to
Phillip A. Koepple for eighty acres
mile south of St. Anthony.
Other recent transfers were:
Fred Gard to August Gunimert the
south four-ninths of lot II, block 5,
Andrews addition, 81.
william c. Uttley to Eta B. Uttley,
lot 3,iblock 2. Weatherly s. shorthilrs
addition. Grantor reserves life estate.
Allyn r. Cooper to Harold w. House
holder north eighty-tive feet of lot Z,
blocks. Highyiew addition. $4,000:
Catbar ine j. Daniels to N. H. Archer.
lots Il s. and s, block 1, Ferner's sec
ond addition. $1,000.
James w. Smith 70 Alice NJ. How
lard. lots II and IS, block 10, Mel
bourne, $1,000.
Mrs. E.. e. Fiscus, ct al. to Jacob J.
FiscuS, Ave acres in Bangor. township,
5000.
J.sJs Fiscus to Herman J. Fiscus. ten
acres>in Bangor township, $3.50.
Carl A. Johnson to T. L. Wood, nine-
teen acres in Marion township, $4,000.
David Lennox to W. H. Robinson,
lent An Marion town shin 81
David Russell Smith to Henry B.
Smith and A. j. Alexander, forty
acreD in JEFFERSON. township. $3.50.
John D. Reed and Leo B. Marks. ct
al, sOf Hardin county. to August Fin
ger, sof Hardin comfy, forty acres in
Bangor township and ABOUT forty acres
In Hardin county. S14.66Q.