Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23

Rock Rapids.
Fourteen firms have submitted bids
for the construction of the new Lyon
county court house here. A. NJ. Wood
was the successful bidder
Dubuque.
The Iowa chapter of the American
institute of architects will hold thei1
Etfsirteenth annual convention cor
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Oct
21-23 at the Julien Dubuque hotel.
Fort Dodge.
|, As a crumb of comfort to sufferers
from bad weather the Oldest inhab-
liant recalls that on Oct. is. 1880, Fort
Dodge suffered from a snow storm and
blizzard that blockaded railway traffic
for three days
Dubuque.
Rainfall like "A deluge caused much
damage in Dubuque Sunday. Fully an
inch fell in thirty minutes and the
streets were made to appear like 2riv-
ers. the water Overlooking the curbins
and filling cellars in many parts OF
the city In all Sunday there was a
rainfall of LAC inches.
vinton.
The school apportionment for Ben
ton county has been made and $685.
has been distributed among the sew
eral school districts OF the county. Oi
this amount Belle Plaine received
1897: vinton. $3.50: Norway, s251:
Blairstown. $500: Urbana. $175: Shells
burg. 1854: Garrison. $145: Keystone
s141; NJ punt Auburn. Sis: Van Horne
s139; Newhall, $66, and Luzerne, $63.
Sioux City.
Aroused by reports that the city
council had abandoned the plan to
pave three additional highways lead
ing into the city, committee callef
on the city fathers and demanded {,
statement. Emphatic assurance was
given that the paving program would
be pushed. The contracts will be let
this winter so that material may be
hauled before spring.
Monticello.
The teachers institute held here last
week was a success in every way.
More than 200 teachers were in atten-
dance from different parts Of the coun-
ty. The lecturers were H. r. Pettegil,
Lansing, Mich; DR.. A. s. Mackenzie,
Lexington. KY: Prof. Frank Palmer.
Mason City, and H. NJ. Harter. of Ana
mosa. The meetings were well attend
ed by Monticello people as well as by
the teachers.
Sioux City.
O. A. Selkirk. Of this city. and John
Cameron, Of Fort Dodge. half brotf :
ers. met in this city for the first time
in forty-two years. altho living only
200 miles apart Mr.. Cameron made
the trip to Sioux City last week and
there was joyful reunion of the
brothers It was fifty-two years since
Mr.. Cameron had been in Sioux city
and naturally he saw many changes in
the place.
Dubuque.
Announcement is made by Harry T.
Leeming, assistant general manager OF
the Thomas A. Edison company now
in this city that million dollar con-
tract for photograph cabinets will be
placed shortly with the Brunswick
Bake Collander plant. manufacturers
Of billiard tables. bank and bar fixtures
and other woodwork. located at lDu-
buque 1t means big increase In the
force Of men employed here
Fort Dodge.
Returning home from sBaragsas,
Hungaria, Mrs Andrew Sapavitch.
who has been In that country since
hostilities began, has many frightful
tales to tell Of the brutality Of the
Russian Cossacks who she claims de-
vastated the part OF Hungariaf In
which she was visiting. She says the
Cossacks attacked and burned villages,
all save the maidens between the ages
Of IA and %. These she declares were
brought to the camps. There is plen-