Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-21
Northern lIo,un ! Items

Mount vsraer.
A concerpS owning a string of milk
conden siaga factories in Illinois has
made a proposition for the establish
ing Of ia cosaensed milk factory in
Mount yerfioh. The town must guaran-
tee milk from not less than 5000 cows.
!postmssssF ssaissik e Sasss. I I fvceived
plans and specifications for Ma
.quoketas new $4,000 postoffice build
ing, the construction of which will be
started in the spring, The dimensions
VIII ,be 74xsa md twenty Two sfeet in
height.
Vinton. 1880 AZ
Plans fora fine new building for the
Raptist church of Pratt Creek, Iowa,
have been accepted and building oper-
atoms will be started next spring as
soon as the weather will permit. me
building is to cost in the neishnorhood !
ofa$1o,ooo.
vinton.
On complaint of his wife. Carl
Spicher was arrested lat Belle PLANE
Saturday. and placed in the county
jail here on the charge Of wife de-
sertion. He waived the preliminary
hearing in justice court, and after
furnishing bonds was given his free
dom.
Boone.
Auxo Marica, a Mexican section hand
employed by the c. & n. w. railway is
in the, Eleanor Moore hospital where
she was taken Monday afternoon fol-
lowing injuries to his right eye. Just
how the accident occurred is unknown
as the man can speak no English and
can carry on no conversation without
an Interpreter. A doctor was called to
care for the eye and stated that the
man will not necessarily lose the use
Of the member because OF the accident.
Mason City.
Fine of $500 and costs, for main
tanning q liquor nuisance, was inn
posed on Mrs. Nora Nolte, Of Clear
Lake, by Judge J. J. Clark in district
court. following her plea Of guilty to
indictment charging maintaining of a
LIQUOR nuisance. lHer arrest and In
dictment followed a midnight raid by
Sheriff Marsh and deputies few
weeks ago, when number OF men
were found at her house. and large
amount Of booze confscated. The men
told the grand jury they bought liquor
Of her. The total sum paid into court
is about $500.
Dubuque.
An epidemic of-measles and chickNn-
pox threatens to shatter the Christmas
season happiness and expectancy OF
the children in many Dubuque homes.
On Monday the new cases OF both
these minor diseases brought the
known total Of cases close to fifty. For
the last several days the number OF
cases has rapidly increased, many
cases reported several weeks previous
having been sufficiently removed Of
traces Of the ailments to cause the
quarantine to be cancelled. OF the
many cases now known to be In exist
ence there are more than forty OF
them serious enough to have required
quarantine surveillance and the health
department expected there will be sew
eral nev cases reported every day for
thesnext several days.
Waterloo.
Soren H. Peterson will resist requisi-
ton from Iowa to Nebraska, This de-
cision was reached after Peterson con-
suited with his attorney J. c. MUIR
tagh. Mr.. Murtagh stated he would
confer with the requisttion clerk at
Des Moines and arrange to be present
when the, matter comes up for hearing
before the governor. Peterson was ar
rested by Sheriff d. b. Henderson on
request from Sheriff A. A. Compton.
Blair, Neb. The warrant Charges that
Peterson procured money by false pre-
lenses, and 1t is understood that q bank
OF which Peterson borrowed money is
tho complainant. 'Peterson's story ia
pitiable," said Mr.. sMurtagh He is
az years old and his wife Is e. s They
have been married two years and have
baby boy five months old. Since
coming here Ave weeks ago Peterson
has been employed steadily in fac
tory at Sc dag. His employer gives
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