Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-02
Sioux City.

Sioux City.
Thirteen wives seek divorces in suits
| filed in the district court here. Only
i one husband filed a similar action and
this was on a cross bill.
Charles City. :,
| The contract for the new city hall
has been let to Jacob Marks. 1t VIII
! be located next to the fire station ana
when completed will cost about
10000.
Miss Buelah Moler Of this city has
entered suit in the sum Of $4,000
agains, Harry Hurst son of the late
| Hon. A. Hurst Mr.. Hurst was married
! few months ago to Miss Lucille Rob-
inson of this city.
Storm Lake.
Mrs. Jane Bottoms pioneer woman
who lived alone In her home In this
! city, was found dead by neighoors. she
had lived in Storm Lake for forty
years The only surviving relative IS
daughter, Miss Carrie DeGrane' OF
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Cresco.
| C. B. Laub has purchased the lot
adjoining W. F. Aliens shoe store on
| the north and has the excavation anou1
completed for a new store buildlns
which when completed about Oct. !
! will be occupied by his brother, A. NJ
| Laub with a stock of novelty and art
goods. The building will be one story
and sixty feet deep. L F. Parkinson
& Son have the contract.
Sioux City.
I Members Of the Northwestern Vet
erinarian Association, which is meet
ing in Sioux City, declare that
Europe's constant drain of the Ameri-
can horse market will have little effect
They say that the horses that the
foreign countries are purchasing from
the United States are of poor class
and of little value to the American
| farmer.
Sioux City.
Denied morphine, Ed Wilson.
prisoner in the county Jail attempted
suicide with razor borrowed from an
other prisoner. He slashed his right
wrist but missed the artery. This is
the second attempt at suicide In the
county Jail since the new federal la"
against the sale of drugs became ef-
Elective Wilson had to be given NOR
phine later to prevent him tearing the
bandage from his wrist.
Fort Dodge.
Real estate deals amounting to s44.-
500 were transacted Monday wher
Maurice O'Connor sold two farms three
and a half miles from Clare. The first
a tract Of $50 acres located in Section
seven, was purchased by ]. ]. Dele
more, for $175 an acre. w. j. Hanraha1
bought the ether farm OF 100 acres To-
Gated in section six. The purchase
price was 1855 an acre. The deal!
were made thru NJ. ]. Hare. Boil
purchasers are well known Land own
ers and farmers in that vicinity.
Sioux City. ~
i For the first time in many year,
there is surplus of teachers in Wood
bury county Dull trade conditions ar
lblamed for this state Of affairs Man!
applicants for positions who had in
tended to go away to college the com
ing winter, have been forced to seel
employment for lack Of funds, says TIT
county superintendent. Other younl
women engaged in various occupa
tons 'Iet OUT in reducing forces o.
employees have also entered the list
of prospective teachers.
Orange City.
The annual missionary Festival o
the Reformed churches Of this part O
the country was held at the TAI
ijs rutiisss Friday. The sstendance II
lestimated at about 5000. Those in at
4 tendance came from ali parts Of tn
q country. Come came BY train an,
!some In carriages but most Of then