Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-14
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

LIN MA RSHALLlOWN
engaged a great deal in threshing, says
the oats yield Will not be more than
twenty five bushels per acre
Miss Jessie Peterson very PRETTY
entertained a few Of her young LADY
friends Friday evening in honor OF her
guest Miss Anna Peterson. OF Chicago.
Those present were Misses Jessie Bin
ford, Mamie Welles. Jennie Abbott
Mabel French. Halle Young. Edna We
Der. Nellie Shelter Adelaide Lasheck.
of Iowa City, Sadie Hall. Anna Peter
son, of Chicago. and Jessie and Loll
Peterson"
Miss Belle Gibbs. of Danville. Ill. is
expected this evening TO visit Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Stone for week"
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1890.
sixty eight degrees at / p. M
MIR. and Mrs. a. A. Moore, 205
South Third avenue, in their usual de-
lightfuI manner, entertained COM
pany of friends at progressive cinch
last evening, complimentary TO Miss
Pauline Kelley. Of Chicago. The first
prizes awarded were Won by Mrs. Has
set, of Moberly. Mo-. and c. II. Ackert,
the boobies by Frank Haradon and
Mrs. Sam Woods. At the close OF the
game a bountiful collation. was served
and a jolly good social time enjoyed.
The guests We're Messrs. and Mesdames
A. G. Click, s. T. Cammack. P. S. Balch,
E. ". Weues. Sam Woods, Of Mar
shall, Texas. r. a. Dugan. c. II. Ackert
T. J. Fletcher. C. C. Gilman, Mrs. Z. W.
lamar. OF Cedar Rapids, Mrs Hassett
of Moberly. Miss Emma Fletcher, Miss
Loa Meeker. Miss Maggie West. Fred
Williams. Frank and Fritz Haradon,
and Leroy Meeker.''
IS. r. McLeran received telegram
from New Orleans conveying the sad
news of the death Of his brother owen
at that place. His death was due to
apoplexy."
Miss Anna X. Abbott returned home
this marning from a months visit
with Miss Reta Lorton at Nebraska
City. Neb. Miss Lorton accompanied
her home and viii renew acquaintances
in this city
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1890.
There was another close approach
to the frost line last night"
Marshalltown has water supply
now that will be sufficient for ali her
needs for years 10 come. and of a quail
ity second to none in America A vein
OF pure cold water was struck Satur-
day Of such great volume that two
large pumps We're unable 20 handle it,
and further pipe laying was abandoned
Fifteen hundred thousand gallons were
pumped and no perceptible decrease in
the supply was noticeable The new
Gordon pump Is expected soon
Thursday, Aug. Fl, 1890.
Seventy-one at / p. m"
Another fine rain last evening added
its cheering contribution to assist in
reviving vegetation
AIessrs. c. a. Billings and ]. l..
Winery and their wives went to Tn
ion last night to attend the nuptials
of john Billings and Miss Edith
Barnes"
Misses Bessie and Kate Niblock
VINO have been spending the summer at
Milwaukee and Oshkosh, Wis. camping
out. are expected home next Tuesday,
Mr.. Ed Ketchum and wife are in
the city and henceforth will make
Marshalltown their own home Ed has
travelled all over the western country
and says there is no town of its size
that can compare with this, all of
which is true and more, too. He will
travel from here in the interest OF Ket-
cnum Il Johnston
Liscomb CORES ondence: "a pleas
ant and enjoyable day for Mr.. and Mrs
IS. Beeson was yesterday. All the
sons. including Gen. 3. A. Beeson, can
didate for state treasurer and all but
TWO of the daughters. were at home
with their parents
TAYLOR township correspondence:
There seems to be a falling off in
oats where large crop was expected
the result of threshing"
St. Anthony correspondence: "The
new church building is enclosed and
viii soon be ready for the plasterers.
We learn that Mr.. Samuel
Mooney who, with his family, went to
| Oregon some time ago. has bought a
farm here and will soon return to his
old home. Iowa seems hard to beat il
she does give US pretty dry weather.
Mr. Mooney has hrs old home place
rented for term of years and so
bought another farm to live on"
Greencastle township correspond
ence: Cool weather plenty of rain,
and farmers are looking for an early
frost. Hogs are going to market in
vast numbers and at a very low price
Farmers are not feeling able to feed
hogs accent corn"