Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Northern Io,ua Items

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Manchester sy.s
| farm north Of town to o. U. Hockaday
for s25.52o, and will move with his
family to Manchester.
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I Threshing, Of winter wheati3sis in
progress here. One piece Of fall wheat
on new ground yielded twenty-one
bushels to the acre. The general yield
will be around twenty five bushels per
acre, farmers believe. The recent rain
has assured the safety Of the corn
| crop.
Cherokee.
| The city council at recent meeting
placed an order for fire truck, said
| to be one of the finest on the market.
1t will be equipped with hose cart
and a chemical engine and also a
junior pump. The pump is guaranteed
to throw 300 gallons of water per min
Manchester. -
DR.. c. S. Lister has gone to Des
| Moines to offer his services to Uncle
Sam. He is graduate of the dental
department OF the state university and
practiced for some years here. He
gave up the work some years ago to
undertake the management of his
! farm near town, Nbut now feels it to
| be his duty to answer the call for dem
lists for the expeditionary forces.
Cherokee.
Twenty Of the twenty men called
for examination Thursday reported at
| the armory. The missing men are
James Burns, Of Cherokee. who. how
ever, has notified the board that he is
at Norfolk, Va, and Charles William
| Young, the young man who disap-
peared suddenly June II. and since has
not been heard from. Peter l.. Miller,
| Of Marcus, was the first one called and
he passed the examination excellently.
Lake City.
The little son of Charles Acklin had
a narrow escape from death by light
ming Tuesday when bolt struck and
killed a pony from which he had just
dismounted. The lad was stunned by
| the stroke ana hurt by the pony fall
ing upon him. His injuries. however,
are not serious. Mr.. Acklin and his
hired man, who were close by, were
also stunned by the bolt, but fortu-
nately escaped serious injury.
RowIsy. t5
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Fleming mourn
the death OF their youngest girl babe
OF IN years, who was injured Thurs
day evening when can Of water fell
on her, in1uring her internally. death
relieving her OF her sufferings in three
hours. Funeral services were held at
the M. E. church in Spencers Grove
Saturday afternoon at o'clock, the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Maxwell, officiating.
Burial in the cemetery at that place.
Charles City.
The Hart-Parr Company has just
closed two contracts for ingots and
castings which together will total ST.
0O0,O 900 or more. Both contracts deal
with the army and navy. Deliveries
OF, the lngots are to be made about
Oct. /. This contract will amount TO
between $650.000 and $70O, 900. The sec
ond contract - not quite go large. II
calls for approximately 100000 worth
OF cast steel wheels and parts to be
! used on trucks in the ordnance and
commissary departments OF the army
/! and navy The company will COM
mence operations on the new orders at
once.
Cedar Rapids.
More than score Of German min
listers in Iowa will probably face in-
l-dictment by federal grand juries In
various sections Of the state when the
lsturies convene in October. This was
made known by q high sgovefnment Of
Hcial here. Fedepai, Operatives are
| gathering new SvldenEe h:on yliick IN.
dictments VIA " slksd. Most q tho