Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-26
Northern Iowa Items

Fort Dodge.
Corn broke all records on the local
markets Friday when it reached $1.O4
for yellow milling and $1.05 for white
milling. The previous highTecord was
made Thursday when corn sold at $1.O1
a bushel.
Clarion. d,
Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Luther Clark's funeral was held
from the family home FRIDAY, the Rev.
DR.. Robb officiating. She died We'd
nesday. Mrs. Clark came to Linn coun-
ty sixty-two years ago. Frances Mil
dred White was born in Madison
county. Virginia, Feb. 20, 1882, n on
March %, 1855, she was married to Lu-
Their Clark who died seventeen wears
ago. Three daughters and three grand
children survive.
Logan.
"P-p-p-p-pa. come up here q-q-p-
quick" said Bruce ingram to his ia
Their from the garnet door in the re-
Gently rented home in the north part OF
Logan. Mr.. Ingram took II look at
the colorlcss face of his son and leaped
lup the stairway four steps at Il time,
then q horror-stricken lad pointed dra-
matlcally to a box with a lid partially
raised. Investigation revealed that the
human skeleton in the box in the gar
ret was oncc used by DR.. G.. S. Ken
nedy when studying anatomy in the
medical college Of Omaha years ago.
and that it had been stored away and
forgotten in the old nome place now
rented by Mr.. Ingram.
independence.
The state d. A.. r. society has been
looking for years for a typical Iowa
boulder to complete the historical Nor
mon trail across the state, to be placed
in Council Bluffs. j. j. Lundy. the
monument man. was requested by the
d. A.. r. chapter here to look around
Buchanan county among the innllmer-
able specimens toIbe found in every di-
%rection, and on the w. r.. Whitney
farm, three miles south of town. Il
t~wenty-ton beauty was dug out Of its
bed. About two weeks ago the work or
moving this astodon of the boulder
family of this county was undertaken
by lew MuXlow with house aoving
machinery and for ten days he labored
faithfully and this week landed the
prize at the turn table of the Rock Isl
and road to be shipped on a fiat a to
it's destination.
Denison.
C. c. Bradbury, an attorney Of Chi
cago, was in Denison the first of the
week looking up evidence In connection
with 81 lawsuit which is to be tried next
month in Chicago. DR.. BE. Philbrook,
formerly Of Denison, now Of Sioux
City, began making cast inlays as a
means of filling teeth about 1896. In
1907 DIR. T'aggart, a Chicago dentist,
filed patent papers N the same process
as had been used by DIR. Philbrook for
eleven years previously, so 1t Is lain
cd. DR.. Taggart Is now trying a suit
/ brought against more than 500 dentists
to recover large royalties on this pat
ent. Attorneys engaged by the den
| lists are now engaged in looking for
some OF DR.. Philbrook's patients who
are still wearing inlays made by him
prior to 1907 or who have had n and
can remember about 1t.
Clarion.
Horace N. Morgan, OF this city, is
proud of a photograph of himself and
Iseven brothers, all Masons, who, while
holding family reunion at Kimball
Neb., recently, attended the local Ma
sonic lodge and not only took part in
the services, but put on the Master
Mason degree, opening and closing the
lodge. One or the Morgan brothers
filed each Of the eight stations. Thes
| ranked In office according to seniority
as follows: Horace. Clarion, worship
| full master: George. st. Joseph, Mo. Sc.