Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-26

Lake City opened Monday, with an at
tendance Aof over 500 Two hundred
women were present at the domestic
science meetings Large entries OF
stock, grain and poultry have been
made. A series Of entertainments have
Il been planned for each evening OF the
week. glg,a,
Bellevue. -----t.- ,-
t., The death Of Miss Mary J. Reed
daughter Of the late Hon. William III
Reed state representative from jack
son county before his death eight
years ago, died at the family home
here Thursday morning at 1880. Miss
Reed had been i'll for about a year.
She was about SO years Of age. No
arrangements for the funeral. which
will be held under the auspices OF the
Eastern star Of which she was a
prominent member, have as yet beer
made a,L
Boxholm.
Bonds for the erection Of a new S4s.-
COO school building were voted by the
Grant consolidated district here Mon
day The building will be equipped
with gymnasium. assembly hall, do
nestle science and manual training
departments The Grant consolidated
district takes in thirty six sections and
is one of the largest in the state. The
school building will be erected in Box
holm on a ten-acre plat Of ground.
Bellevue.
Signal Foreman Chris Holm, of Sa-
bula, met tragic death when an
east bound freight was wrecked In
front Of the Sabula depot. Mr.. Holm
1-s,, to- 4, ira IN nm
another track when the truck OF a re-
frigerator car jumped the track. pull
ing another car with it. Mr.. Holm was
struck by the wreckage and so badly
injured that death ensued within a
Of age and is survived by his wife and
two children. 81
DEBORAH.
The will OF William II. Smith, better
known as Uncle Billy" who died last
week, has been admitted to probate.
To eight Of his relatives he gave 81
600 each and $500 to six others. To
two others he left $4,000 each in trust
with E. j. Curtin as trustee. 1t is i'm
possible at this time to estimate the
amount Of the estate he left but he
had two houses and lots In Decorah,
400 acres Of farm land in Bulffton
township and some cash in banks. He
devised that after all these bequests
had been paid the balance should 60
to the DEBORAH hospital.
vinton.
Every plant in the greenhouse Of the
Urice Brothers was ruined by heat on
Wednesday night Logan Urice. the
manager replenished the fire about II
o'clock and at IL his father discovered
the greenhouse to be on fire. The fire
department was quickly summoned and
saved the building except the glass,
ss,-,s::. rene nf which was cracked. The
insurance carried was $40 on the
plants and 5000 on the building, but
the loss will amount to between 81
200 and $500. All his spring plants
and bulbs, including the Easter lilies,
were destroyed. The building will i'm
mediately be repaired and the plants
replaced and replanted. "A
Cedar Rapids.
Delegates from Illinois, Indiana, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, and South Dakota,
were in the city Wednesday attending
the annual convention OF iowa Hamp-
shire Swine Breeders Association,
which began q one-day session at the
commercial club shortly before noon.
The main object Of the convention IL
to make arrangements to raise its part
Of the premium money for the ave
state fairs OF 1915. Two thousand
dollars Is to be contributed to each
fair in addition to $500 in premium
money for the Omaha national conven-
ton, Oct. 2-7. Iowa ID expected to
contribute her part OF this premature
money. The association also Will con-
tribute 5000 for the pig class a the
Iowa state fair and 500 Tor the boys