Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-09
Northern Ioua Items

fact that plans for the new ODD Eel
low and Masonic buildings on Main
street are Indefinitely postponed. Both
lodges and MessrS.- Anderson & Hol-
Den entered into this building project
| with much confidence and absolute
good faith. but the rapidly advancing
| prices OF material have made il prac-
| tically impossible for the lodges 10
| build at this time. There is disap-
| pointment all around, but censure
| should fall on no one The matter will
! probably be taken up again at some
| future time when the lodges are richer
and conditions are more favorable.
Mo nticeIIo.
Monticello is to have dairy day,
Sept II. 1t is planned TO make thu
the greatest day ever held in this sec
ton OF the state. Arrangements are
being made to this end. State Dairy
Commissioner ". J. Barney and Prof
Martinsen, Of .Ames, will deliver the
addresses. Butter and milk testing will
be features Of the day. A big picnic
dinner VIII De held in the city park,
at which buttermi!k. butter and cream
will be furnished free to all visitors.
Farmers will bring a number Of cows
and exhibitions Of milking machines
| will be made. Manufa cturers Of ma
chinery used in creaneries will be on
| the grounds and give exhibitions OF
the use Of their machines.
Manchester.
Asking that she be granted divorce,
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison Massee. aged
20, and bride OF eight months of John
c. Massee, of Manchester, has COM
menced a suit which will be heard by
Fudge Mullan a. the autumn session
of the district court. This case is one
of numerous new entries for the ses-
sion, which convenes on Oct. 9. AS
grounds for her suit, Mrs. Massee
! charges that her children have had 10
come to her support in financial way,
although she says her husband has
real estate and other interests which
would enable him 10 care for the fam
| lily. They were married here on Jan.
G last, separating in August. Their
home has been made at Mrs. Masses
residence, it is said.
| Waterloo.
Cedar Heights. a lusty infant, has
| thought it enjoyed perfect health. but
| it hasn't. James NJ. Rownd says So.
| Mr.. Rownd, as diagnostician, an
| nounced that Cedar Heights is suffer-
| ing from elsphantiasis and prescribes
| an operation as the only means of a
| cure. The child has grown too fast"
says Mr. Rownd. J. 7. Kenyon, corpo-
| "a ton counsel, weeps as he contem
plates a child being carved up. TT
would be awful" he sobbed, "and the
knife will be applied only after I have
| done my utmost to ward it Off" The
| operation Will be considered later. The
| court room will be the scene. Judge
| Fl. 3. Boies will be the operator. W. H.
| Merner, Cedar Falls Will administer
the apaesthetic. 1t is possible les
| fifteen acres in area. will be topped off.
Explanation-Mr. Rownd files suit TOR
severance Of territory.
Mt. Vernon.
| Working from twelve to fifteen hours
| daily, carpenters and decorators are
| finally beginning to see the finish Of
the work of improvement at Cornell
| College. According to President Flint
although the work will not be entirely
finished by the opening day. Sept. IL.
| it will be at such stage that It Will
! not seriously interfere with carrying
/ on the school. Besides the improve
| ments in the main hall, Bowman hall
is also receiving considerable attention.
Extensive electric wiring Is also being
done in several Of the buildinsA.
These things will be easily finished this
fall. but the president says that some
other improvements Will nave to be
left until next spring. Due to the
special construction Of the boilers there
has been some delay n finishing the
heating plant. but by the time the first
snow flies the plant win be ready for
use IL is said. 10 !.