Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-28
Southern Io1ua Items

ty for 1925 per acre. ! He got two fine
crops off thai farm and has just sold
the property for 1856 per acre. Two
years ago Martin kloppenhers sold his
eighty acre farm near Cumberland in
Cass county for $780, PERI acre. He
thought ar the time, IN ID ne s31ad made
good bargain. cAnti, now he has
| bought back the oldchoale ,andlhasspajd
1925 per acre. And now he is again
convince d of the fact that h has made
an excellent bargain. 81
Wapeflo.
Extensive plans are being made for
the Presbyterian picnic and country
life conference, to be held at Bakers
grove, east of Wapello. Friday. Aug. 81.
The Wapello merchants have agreed to
close their business houses from 1890
| until 4 O'Clock p. m. and, have offered
liberal prizes for the various contests
which will be held after the program.
! Among the prizes will be an American
| flag a sack OF -four, several cartons of
crackers. a framed picture Of Presi-
dent Wilson. an electric toaster $3.50
| in gold and numerous other articles.
| The chief address of the day will be
| given by NJ. A. Hauser Of the extension
department OF Ames.
Mount Pleasant.
! 4 serious fire occurred on Thurs
! DAY at the country home of Lawrence
| hunting. south Of the city in Jackson
township Between and 5 in the after
| noon flames were seen coming from the
barn. Mr.. Hunting was in the city
| two OF 1i,,o a
! meeting III the Donne1son chapel. close
| by Willing help was soon at hand but
the fire had too good start. The barn.
granary and shed were destroyed but
| volunteers prevented the fire from
| spreading to the residence. No stock
was lost but some thirty-fve tons OF
| hay. fifty bushels of oats and a guam
tity of grain went up in smoke. The
loss was estimated at from $4,000 TO
$1,000 with $1,000 insurance. The orr
gin Of the fire is unknown.
Riverside.
Early Friday morning the r. H
Heitzman company's hardware store
and the r. A. KNITTED general store
were entered by robbers and quantity
of merchandise taken. The Heitzmar
store was entered by using crowbal
and forcing the front door open. Thu
intruders took $50 rifle. a revolver
some jewelry and other merchandise t.
the amount OF $50. The safe was open
ed but as it contained no money there
was nothing. there Of interest to them
The R. A. KNITTED store was entered
from the back door when they brok'
the glass in the front door and open
ed the yale lock. Mr.. Knitters loss vii
be about $780, as they cleaned out hi
jewelry case, took seven pairs of shoes
five dozen pairs of silk socks. besides
gloves and suit cases.
Homestead.
Mrs. August Weickman, who wa!
drowned in the English river near NJ il.
lersburg, was former resident of Mid
die Amana. She was the eldest daugh
ter of Fred and Minnie Roggentine
born at Middle Amana. Oct. %. 1882
4 In 1898 she was married to Aug us
weickman. Three children were borr
to his union, two dying in infancy. Fol
ten years after her marriage she lived
4 in Pilot township. In 1908 the family
moved to Millersburg, where they KEEP
! the hotel until three years ago. wlael
they sold it. When the call reaches
MiIlersburg, Help! Mrs. WeickmaI
has fallen in the river" auto loads o.
townspeople went to the river. Tn
body was recovered by Walter Rhine
! mart and Barney o'Brien. Those lef
4 to mourn their loss are the husband
August weickman. Merle, the 12-year
i od son, her mother, three sisters, tw'
brothers and host Of friends and rela
. fiuez W. u