Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Northern Io,Ua items

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Eunty for men is % years WINE lha'
. the women is. iDyears.aeThis' how
ever, does not take into account s'th'
Of the marriag es 4hat took pace 'hls
wear For instance. one coupe Jo'iSu
the ranks OF conn uDial felicity IN WYNN
the bridegroom was man OF b" years
while his bride was only %. Inc "iu
est couple to be stung ny Cupih uait7
were the bridegroom 50 ana the ofl"1
IS while the youngest ono tn he mar
ried was a girl Of II who married
man "A years old.
McGregor.
The movement for a scenic highway
along the Mississippi river hills from
Keoltuk to Minneapolis is likely soon !"
become an organized effort in eastern
Iowa. AS a result of a citizens pup!ic
meeting held in Keokuk, copy OF res
olutions asking for an Appropriation
for a survey and estimate or such a.
highway is now in the hands OF the
municipal authorities of all the RIVER
towns The McGregor Auto Trails AS
sOciation and the commercial club VIII
take action in the matter and similar
consideration, it is reported. Will oo
| taken in other towns. The plan as
outlined by the Keokuk meeting is Tor
| he residents of the river towns to in
forest their counties in the project and
! -titon their state senators and repre-
sentatives to favor and press the pass
ege of bill this winter appropriating
sufficient money for the Survey. loca-
I on. maps. plans and construction OK q
! To isyl,, vparS'
Rockwell City.
When is Santa Claus not Santa
| Claus? When his beard catches on
fire. At the rural school two and
half miles west Of Rockwell City Miss
Stella Medd was having Just the finest
kind Of Christmas party for her pu-
pills last Friday afternoon. The Christ
mas tree was pretty. The candles
| twinkled and the little girls looked
most attractive The setting for Santa's
entry was complete. Santa came all
right. He beamed thru his mask at
the little folks and they looked expect
anty at him. He started to distribute
the gifts and see that every child ores
ent received his share Of the candy and
pop corn. A lighted candle ignited part
Of the cotton decoration. Santa leaned
over to SNUFF it out but not before a
puff Of smoke and. his own whiskers
were gone. In grabbing at his quickly
consuming adornmef1t Santa pulled the
mask off his face and there stood-one
Charles Btglow. The children laughed.
Manchester. a.a
S. w. Klaus, of Earlville, the repub-
Mcan candidate, was victorious in the
special election called by the governor
to elect a member Of the state legisla-
ture for Delaware county. A. b. Hol-
bert. Of Greeley, member OF the last
Legislature, was elected to succeed
himself at the November election but
died about month later. The demo-
cratic candidate was Frank Link, OF
Masonville, and he received a good
vote especially in the precincts near
where he lived However, the county
is normally republican and Mr.. Klaus
has long been a prominent worker in
that party and was we'll known all over
the county. He has seryd az chairman
Of the county central committee for ten
years and was nominated unanimously
at the republican convention. He con-
ducts q mercantile establishment -
Earlville but has been a farmer. The
vote from nineteen precincts out OF the
ltwenty-three was 1.03s for Klaus and
527 for Link. ~