Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-19
ACTIVITY RULES MARKET.
Transactions in Valuable City Property
Feature Of Lively Week.


Activity continues to rule in the local
real estate market. The feature OF the
transactions for the week was the live
ly interest shown by the trading in
city property. 1t ranked first, and few
weeks have shown more important
transactions consumated than the one
ending Monday. In city property,
however, it was something Of a clean
been announced became matter OF
record during the week.
Sales for the week amounted to $74.-
AS. compared with $94. 21O for the prev
ious week, and $65,477 for the week
ending May 8. OF the total the sales
of city property amounted to $33,95O.
those of farms $36.645 and OF country
town property, $3.50.
OF distinct interest among the new
est deals is the purchase by w. G.
Stricken and Harry F. McCombs Of
the large and valuable home building
Harriet C. DAILY. Possession is not to
be given until January, 1917, and the
purchase price has not been made pub
lie, but is said to be slightly above
$4,000.
ne LOU Is ~ ny lou, dNu HdS Otl ~ oil
old house of small value. The lot is
considered to be one of the best large
close in building sites in the city. 1t
has south front, lies well above the
street and has some fine old trees.
This purchase is of peculiar interest
because Of the many unsuccessful eff
forts that were made to buy it Of Ans
thony c. Daily. He had been offered as
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set price on the property.
The purchase promises another fine
improvement for that part OF the Sec
ond ward. Messrs. Strickler and Nc
Combs are planning to build on 1t in
1917, duplex house that both families
will occupy.
H. c. Chaplin. of Union. has sold to
NJ L. Mundy, the residence property at
533 North First street for a considera-
ton of $500.
Nelson E. Winansa has sold to Luella
NJ. Whitman the property at sos East
Boone street for $3.50.
Rhodes figures in the transactions OF
the week in the sale Of the hotel prop
erty by John c. Ewing to Arnold Nell
son. Nelson has taken possession. The
property consists Of four lots .measur-
lIlS - ny 1OS ACols AAAplOSEu Will ehS
hotel building. The price was $4,000.
David Braddock and other heirs OF
Mrs. Delilah Braddock have trans
ferred to w. NJ. c. Woodward forty
acres of the old Braddock farm near
Marietta. The price paid was $s,645,
or 1915 an acre. good figure for even
the valuable land of the Marietta
neighborhood, as 1t has no improve
ments except fencing. Other trans
fers were:
John Mulcahy to Katie Bollenbacher
the north thirty-five feet Of lot Is and
the south fifteen feet of lot II. block
8, Melbourne. $3.50.
Harry A. Gerst, ct al, to Lottie NJ
McNally, the east sixty feet of lot II
and the east sixty feet Of the south hall
of lot II, block 3, Webster's second
addition. 81.
William Weissenburger to John s.
Paul, of Jasper county, the east fifty
feet Of block -, Laurel, 5000.
c. p. Cook to Grace e. Morgan, the
east seventy-five feet of lot s, block S.
Gillespie & Towards Sunnyside addi-
ton, 81.
Robert E. Gray to c. w. Bachman
lot 10, block 8, Babcock's addition tc
State Center, $500.
William G. Stricken to Ralph E
Keyser, the south two-thlrds Of lot 1
block Z. Jerome's addition, 100000.
w. B. Thompson to ]. J. Weber, lot 2,
block s, $4,000.
Alice NJ. Worden to W. B. Thompson,
the south sixty feet of lot 1, and the
south sixty feet of the east half of lot
2, all in block 4, andrews addition
$4,000.
Theodore A. sieg to the NJ. & st. l.
Railroad Company, tract Of land in
block 1, Rice's second addition, $1,000
w. IA. WATSON to Ida Belle WATSON
a tract 50x110 feet at I North Second
street, 81.
Emile Plattner to the M. & St. L
Railroad Company, all that part of lot
| 2. block 2. in Rice's second addition
except the north sixty feet, $1,000.
r. e. Keyser to ". q. Stricken, 16(
acres in Liscomb township, $4,000.
William Marquis to the NJ. & st. L
Railroad Company, land In south Mar.
shall, $1,700.
John Ruopp to Jane Ruopp, both OF
Linn county, lot 8 and the west ha,i
of lot g. block /, Shirks addition, 81.
Alice "A. Stansberry, of Story coun.
fv To a. Donald StanEberry the sol,tt