Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-29
Southern Io1Ua Items

| Stockton.
The Stockton school has been closed
for week owing to case of scarie
fever being in the school. Arthur
Bader. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Bader being the victim. The Babe
home is under quarantine.
Montezuma.
J. J. Gorsuch, we'll known farme
and stock man residing near MonteZu
ma, took a hog to Deep River a fev
days ago and sold her. She was sure
some hog too. The animal weighed
SIS pounds and brought s17.65 per hun
dred. a total of $ll7.S0.
Knoxville.
| Clyde Finarty, Marion county far
mer living near Knoxville, recently
netted a small fortune from the sale OF
hogs. He shipped $50 TO the Chicago
markets. that averaged $50 pounds
which at SIS per hundred would be
worth in the neighborhood Of $3.50.
Montezuma.
The 240-acre farm Of Forrest
| Wright, three miles from town, has
| been sold the past week for $4,000
| W. II. Duffus a farmer living south OF
/ Grinnell is the purchaser. Mr.. Duffus
recently sold the farm where he lives
and contemplates removing to Brook
! lyn
| Columbus Junction.
Mrs. Matilda Cotton fell in front OF
the E. r. Lacey home Friday even
| ing when she stepped backwards on
the porch as she turned to speak ia
Mrs. Lacey again before leaving. She
| fell down both flights of stairs. and
striking the cement sidewalk she broke
| her right arm above the elbow, dislo-
Gated her right shoulder and suffered a
cut on her nose
keokuk. ...
aIrs. Belle Bracket Joy. wife OF
| Clyde r Joy. OF keokuk, died Monday
night after a lingering illness. She
was a daughter of Col. Gustave Brack-
| EFT, of Denmark. Iowa. for several
years connected with the department
OF agriculture OF the United States
Mrs. Joy was prominent in KeokuB
| church and social life She is survived
by three children and her husband.
West Liberty.
The local record for hog prices was
established Thursday when Anderson
Brothers Poland China yearling boar
IAnderson's A Wonder. was sold at auc-
ton for SLOTS. The animal goes &c
! Illinois Other animals in the sale
brought fancy prices, and the sixty
seven head averaged slightly better
| than $3.50. AS Mastodon. at the head
Of the Anderson herd, won the grand
champion award at the last Iowa state
fair.
Montezuna.
James Mullen. we'll known citizen
in some manner fell thru the floor Of
the hay loft at the old Tucker feed
barn. Friday. He went thru the trar
door and the door fell on him. He was
| found on the lower floor and taker
| home. While no bones are broken he
was badly shaken up and bruised. The
| door struck him in the face. His in
juries are responding slowly to treat
ment and it is hoped he will soon he
out again. Mr.. Mullen keeps a team al
the barn and was engaged in feeding
them when the accident happened.
Davenport.
Earl Slater Of Musoatine and Johr
Hobbs Of this city, We're sentenced tt
serve three years in the penitentiary
at Anamosa. Both were indicted by
the September grand jury. and were
charged with conspiracy to breal
jail. The trial Of Charles F'ealey, tht
third party in the conspiracy will come
up for hearing today. Slater was con
fined in the Davenport Jail on slack.
er" charge. and was awaiting the ac
ton of the United States court. HI
had been in the Davenport jail fo
about one month.
Ollie.
The gun club match here attracted
about thirtyive shooters. Fred Gil
bert, the Spirit Lake professional