Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-23
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

lamp in the boiler room at the Brit
tain & Co. packing house at 5 O'clock
In the evening. About two thirds Of
the big plant was destroyed. Gus
Weber, Stephen Edgar and Dave
Shenick, three employees who were
working over the engine room, had II
hard time making their way to the
ground floor. The fire spread very rap
idly, and 1t was with great difficulty,
four hours after the alarm was turned
in, that the volunteer fire department
got the blaze under control. Over 800
hogs, which had been driven up the
chute into the killing pens persisted.
Two large cellars full of meat, to-
gether with between 1900 and 1900
aged by smoke and water The los,
was covered by insurance totaling
100000. "A. A. Moore and John Scho
bert took liberal supply Of sand
witches and coffee to the fire boys who
were working at the packing house.
The boys were wet and cold, and the
thoughtfulness of Messrs. Moore and
Schubert was much appreciated, and
the boys feel very grateful to them
for the hot Coffee
While the packing. house fire was in
progress another alarm was sent in
from the fair grounds where a barn
was burning. 1t was presumed that
shingles carried from the packing house
fire ignited the roof of the barn. The
fire spread to an adjoining barn and
both buildings were consumer. c. G.
Gilman and A. E. Shorthill owned the
barns and the loss was $1,000 with
$1,000 insurance.
Tuesday, Oct. ~, 1sek
"Mr. F. R. Snyder. formerly with the
Central as engineer, now with the
Northern Pacific, Is in the city shaking
hands with his many friends. He will
return the last of the week, accom-
panied by his family"
when court convened yesterday F.
s. Wild was on hand as usual, and
with him were Fritz Ritter native of
Germany; Nels c. Nelson, Denmark;
Sherwood King England; Frank
Peterson and August Strum, Sweden;
and Edward Sheridan, ireland, who
were given their second papers by
Judge Hindman. In the evening Her
man Ollie, B. N. Johnson. of Sweden;
John Block, John Miller, Germany:
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renowned their allegiance to their for
eign potentates and henceforth will
have the protection of the stars and
stripes"
A. ]. westfall candidate for COVER
nor on the peoples ticket. and Mrs.
W. E. Lease. addressed a political
meeting at the court house. In the in
terests Of the peoples party state
ticket.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1891.
'"Mr. Corney Leech and Miss Belle
Adair will be married this evening at
8 O'clock at the residence of the brides
parents in LeGrand."
mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hurd cele-
brated their tin wedding last evening
at the Union House on North Center
street by inviting a number OF their
friends to participate in a dance and
supper. The occasion was much en-
joyed."
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Irwin, wife OF
Emerson Irwin, died at her home, 41o
North Third street. Of hemorrhage.
Mrs. Irwin was 33 years old. and had
lived in Marshalltown twenty five
years. She was former teacher IN
the public schools and an active mem
Der of the Christian church. She was
a daughter of Rev. N. A. Mcconnell,
minister Of the Christian church and a
sister. of Mrs. NJ. X. Huffaker.