Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-06
Farm DEALS bulge
REAL ESTATE MARKET
VOLUME OF BUSINESS FOR THE
WEEK LARGEST SINCE
MARCH 1 PERIOD.
REALTY IN CITY
CONTINUES ACTIVE
Many Transfers Of Vacant Lots Con-
tinue to Be Noticeable Feature
Large Farm Deals Swell Total Of
Business Done-Summary Of Mar.
ket Activities For the Week.

A record week, exceeding in volume
any week since the March l period,
made the real estate market for the
week ending June a notable one in
deed The large amount Of property
transferred does not, however, repre-
sent only negotiations of the week.
Part of the business was really carried
over from the previous week, before
1t was made of record, owing to the
suspension of business in the county
auditors office caused by the death OF
A. w. Dobson. This resulted in sew
eral transfers not being made Of record
until this week.
Farm Sales Large.
There was an especially large vol
ume of farm sales. totaling s172, 500.
The most important of these transact
tons was the transfer OF the d. II.
Springer farm, just west Of Albion, TO
A. S. Berry. The farm comprises ESQ
acres and sold for $4,000.
Another large transaction was the
sale of $50 acres in Liberty township
by NJ. Ella Faris to Oliver ]. Lacey
for $4,000. Other good sized transact
tions were in land in Marietta, Min
erva and Linn townships.
City Property Active.
City property and especially vacant
lots in outlying additions, was active.
The movement of unimproved prop
erty in Melrose park, in the southwest
ern part of the city, and Electric add
ton shows no cessation.
The sales of high grade residence
property were not numerous. Among
them was the transfer by Mrs. Clara
Nav Taylor to Mary Nj. Callahan the
property at 100 West Webster street
for $4,000 Another was the sale by
C. A. Newcomer of his residence prop
erty at 612 West State street 70 the
J. D. Newcomer Company, Of Eldora,
for $4,000. There was not much doing
in small town property.
The total value of property trans
ferred was s2OS,744, compared with
s4o,415 for the week before, S51e3o fof
the corresponding week of May, and
se7,7g2 for the corresponding week OF
June, 1915.
Real Estate Transfers.
The real estate transfers were:
Mary Callahan TO L. D. Robson, the
west forty feet OF lot 10, block 5, Rice
addition, 81.
Fl. H. Mead to May NJ. Sandoe, lot
Isl. Melrose park addition, 81.
Margaret Roskopf TO NJ e. Roskopf
the north forty-five feet Of lot 7, block
IS, 81.
Mary Miller, ct al, to D. I. Banks,
lots IS. 10, 20. 81 and %, block 49,
State Center, s1,l5o.
Gilbert Sorflaten. of Mower county,
Minnesota, to ]. N. Stonestreet. lot ?,
block s, Anson's first addition, $500.
Clara May Taylor to Mary NJ. CAL
Iahan, the east forty feet of the west
eighty feet Of lot 6. block 5, Webster
addition. $4,000.
Carrie Ginder TO w. f. Hausafus, lot
:. block ., Woolstons addition, 81.
Harry Gerhart. trustee. to Hosannah
Sloppy, lot 159, Melrose park addition
$1S5
Fannie L. Newcomer to J. D. New
conner Company, of Eldora, lot 3, block
|, Van Schaick's addition. $1,000.
HARRY Gerhart. trustee. to Theodore
Pangborn. lot SO, Melrose park, 800.
Ben Olson to Matilda Davis, lot ?.
D,
]. F. Hollcroft to Anton Skromov-
sky lots 3 and 4, block /, Bngaman's
addition. 81.
F. T. -McCarten to Cara A. Fellers,
land in southwest Marshall, 81.
+. T. McCarten to H. o. Hyatt, a
tract in southwest Marshall. 81.
Harry Gerhart. trustee to Estella NJ
Stricken, lot 81, Melrose park. 500.
J, J. Stewart to w. L. Dougherty,
lots II, is. II and IS, block 3, Quarry
ST.
George D. Brown to H. L. Busch
born, lot . block 1. Westlake's fourth
addition, 81.
Alice C. Britton to e. III. Ref
schneider the east one-haf OF lot 3
and the east one-half of the north
one half of lot 8, block 6, Jerome's ad-
dition, 81.
Harry G. Hopkins to Ralph w. Var
Horn. the north forty-five feet OF lots
| 10 and II. block 9. Electric addition. 81
Lamoille Independent Consolidated
School District to Henry Bohnsack
| school site in Washington township
$10O
| II. D. Hoover to c. T. Keen, land II
LeGrand township. 81.
D. d. Springer to A. s. Beary, o.
Grundy county. $50 acres in Iowa
township $4,000
| NJ L. Mundy to Ed Lepley, land II
Marietta township, $4,000.
Mary Buchwald to e. L. Bunting
| land in Linn township, 81. 3 n
| Philip Simmons to Fred Brock, 16
acres in Vienna township, ST.
| Consolidated Independent Schoo
District Of Ferguson to Oliver Gun
| ningham school site, ss4s.
Oliver Cunningham to Elsie Cooper
a school site. S4s3.
r F. Graeber. Of Story county, to e.
Lepley, land in Marietta township
ss6,3s0.
Eva L. Smith, ct al, to Ross c
Peterson, twenty acres in Mario
township. 81.
Maude c. Sheridan to II. ". Cops
lot 8, block 1. west Marshall, s1.100.
Ethel L. Woolston TO H. S. Guthrie
hot 9, block /, Shirk's third addition
81.
M. Ella Faris, ct al. to Oliver J
I.acey 100 acres in Liberty TOWNSHIP
$e4, 900.
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