Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-29
Sioux Rapids.

sioux hdPioS'
Mrs. Scott, of Sioux Rapids, during
the season just ended put up 900 quarts
OF fruits and vegetables and made six
ty-five gallons Of sauer kraut.
Storm Lake.
A. r. Biddle, owner Of the Columbia
Hotel and for years mayor OF this CITY,
died at Rochester, MINI. He was Is
years old. He leaves one daughter
Jennie.
Buck Grove. ...
An agent of the federal farm bureau
was In Buck Grove recently to organize
q, branch in Washington township. Inc
meeting was unannounced, put twenty
men gathered at the bank where they
listened to.a talk on the subject. SeV-
eral signed up. @
Buck Grove.
DR. and Mrs. Bonney have received
a letter from their son Sid who IS
Somewhere in France" He has been
studying trench warfare, which from
his letter seemed to consist in wadtng
in rivers of mud in the trenches, as
it is raining there all the time.
Waterloo.
held a conference here to discuss mat
tiers of interest to the future conduct
of the business. War taxes and other
handicaps will be talked over and an
effort will be made to solve the unusual
question.
Hospers.
The people of this community have
done their part toward the various war
funds up to date. Last week in Tour
hours the congregation of st. Anthony $
parish raised $500 for the knights CT
Columbus war fund. The Y. M. c. A.
war fund raised in the community
amounted to $500.
Cherokee.
Samuel Whitehouse. a pioneer citizen,
died Monday at the Sioux Valley nos
pital, his death being the result of in
iuries received in an automobile acc =
dent Saturday evening. His son Roger,
who was with him was quite padly
bruised and an X-ray showed a frac-
tured hip bone.
Dayton.
The little town Of Dayton claims the
state championship for musicians. AL
tho there are only 900 inhabitants here
700 turned out to hear the annual
Lutheran Thanksgiving concert Of 100
male voices This year one-half OF the
proceeds are to be donated to the Red
Cross.
fredericksburg.
A record Red Gross sale was held at
the town Of Fredericksburg. Attic the
town has only 225 inhabitants the sale
netted $2y375, Of which 1866 was paid
for an American flag. The buyer then
gave the flag to Mrs. j. C. Zwanzinger,
the mother of the first hoy to enlist in
the army.
odeboIt.
John veit, a retirde farmer, who
moved to Odebolt a year ago to take
life easy, claims the record for catch
Ing the largest number Of fish this
season. UP to date he has caught just
1,1S7 with hook and line, one at time
and says before the season closes Nov
80, he will easily get the other thirteen
making the seasons catch Just 1900.
Cedar Rapids.
Bert Hubbard, Of this city, who was
sent to the Anamosa reformatory for
breaking and entering. and who was
captured at Rochelle, ILL.,, last week
while attempting to break into a store
was returned to the reformatory Mon
day. Hubbard and Joe Bradley es-
capped Nov. 20. Bradley still is at lib
erty.
Ida Grove.
The alleged theft of motor car to
meet a homecoming bootlegger resulted
in the arrest Of Walter Anderson and
Edward Barn11art and the issuing Of q
warrant for the arrest Of Eddie OBrien
Anderson and O'Brien are alleged to
have stolen an automobile Saturday
night from J. M. KLennedy and to have
driven to Denison, where they met
Barnhart with two satchels Of whisky
which, 1t Is charged, he imported from