Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-22
GOOD HOMES ACTIVE
FACTOR N MARKET
FEATURE OF REALTY is TRANS.
ACTIONS IN CITY RESIDENCE
PROPERTY.
MADSEN SELLS WATSON
PROPERTY At ADVANCE
Bliss Anderson Buys Fred Taylor
Property, Seventh and Fremont
Streets-Dr Il. T. Eehternacht Buys
Site ii South Sixth and Start. Build
ing Home-other Transactions.

/ An average amount Oh business. III
! Guiding some dealings in nigh grade
city residence property, constituted
4 the activities of what was otherwise
rather featureless week in the local
/ real estate market. During the week
the SAFE of the Martin Braddock farm
| OF $40 acres for 1925 an acre was ne
gotlated on an option and il consti-
tuted the largest single transaction
but It does not enter into the totals
used.
| Two especially interesting sales OF
good city property and the purchase of
| is being built new home. ara the fea-
lures of the dealings in city prop
erty The small towns of the county
We're minor quantity in the trans
actions of the week.
The volume of business done during
the week was ss1,6S1. compared with
s54,l6o last week and s27,1s2 week be-
fore last and s33.015 for the CORE
spending week OF May.
Anderson Buys Taylor Home.
Among the newest Of the transac-
tions, one closed late Tuesday was the
sale by Fred TAYLOR of his residence
property at 1I3 North Seventh street
+ 10 Bliss Andersen for 81. 100 The prop
erty is on the southeast corner OF
Seventh and Fremont and the good
six room house was built last summer
by Taylor The lot is about TWO
thirds of a full one and has a sixty
foot frontage nSeventh and about
100 feet on Fremont. Anderson will
move into the house as soon as he
can get released from the property
he has leased until Sept. |. Mr.. and
Mrs. TAYLOR will rent for the present.
nut they may build later. This is the
second house they have built and sold.
D. Il. r. Echternaeht Building.
on the lot at South Sixth street
that DR.. H F. Echternacht bought of
Fred NJ Wilbur, the purchaser began
Monday excavating for a new house
that IS 10 have ground dimensions OF
/ 2sx3o feet The house will be OF
frame. two stories high and of seven
4 rooms and bath. 1t will cost si9oo
or perhaps more and will ne finlsheo
late in the summer when DR. and Mrs.
4 Echternacht will occupy il. \ nominal
consideration was given as the pur-
chase price of the lot, but the revenue
I stamps on the deed indicate price
approximately $4,000.
/ Madsen Sells WATSON Home.
The most interesting transaction
close in was the sale of the W, a. Was
son home, : North Second street by
Hans Madsen to Mrs. Helena y. Wal
dron. a nailiner at 107i5 West Main
street.. The price was s4,s0o. May p
Madsen paid W. A WATSON s4.500 for
he property, which consists of lot
! 50x110 feet and six-room good, mod
ern house The close in location OF
the property made it readily market
able.
/ NJ L. Mundy has sold to A. H Shell
70, the property at 52S North First
street for 5000
Other Real Estate Sales.
/ The most interesting Of the deals
in farm lands was the sale by the
heirs Of John Rudy TO Charles Leise,
If Iiscon,b. eighty acres in Liscomb
township for s15. 200, which is at the
rate Of $3.50 an acre.
j The only transaction of any size in
small town property was the sale by
Jacob Jacobs to Charles ]. Schneider
Of parts of three lots in Melbourne
for $500.
Other transfers We're:
Ellen Wrigley TO James Winter the
west is of lot S, block =, Schoheids
! addition, s462.5o.
H. S. Lawrence to Nancy \. Julian,
lot Is, Summit Park addition, $3.50.
Morton NJ. Choate to William NJ.
Choate. the west A. feet of lot 5, and
the north half of the west AZ feet of
lot :, block 6, Rice's addition, 81.
". L. Carkhuff to Charles Mead lot
5. block ., Brennecke and Heald's ad-
dition, 81.
! Ida NJ. Evans to Elizabeth G..
Stephens, lot 3, block 2, Woods addi-
ton, $500.
Fred NJ. Wilbur to H. F. Echternacht,
a tract 49xloo feet in South Sixth
street, 81.
Catharine Ulery to Liscomb Brick
and Tile Company land in Liscomb,
1915.
c. c. Lutteken to Ollie Lutteken,
l20 acres in Eden township. $500.
Ida NJ Evans TO Elizabeth g.
Stephens, lot 3, block 2, Woods addi-
ton. 500.
W. L. Carkhuff to Charles Mead, lot
! 5, block 2, Brennecke & Heald's addi-
ton, 81.