Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-28
Lem ars.

LEM aTS.
Trinity council, Knights of Columbus
expect to build a $4,000 club house on
lots owned by the council in North
Main street. 1t lis, intended to form
stock company, the stock being dls
posed Of to members of the order inc
building is to be modern in every res
pect. Trinity council now has more
than $50 members. ssa
Ida Grove. s9,gs ~. ". M. \
The Rev Thomas Ms,f Funk. Of IDA
Grove is practicing what he preachets.
|.His sermons of late have been urging
gardens among his congregation. MOI
lonly has the minister u garden IN ms
back yard.but large vacant lot near
by was seeded to potatoes by MIN THIS
week. and he has planted an acre OF
navy beans.
Alden.
One of the boys who went from mere
to Fort Dodge, expecting to enlist IS q
Grtek Nicolas POwSnas, VINO mas soouf
personal reasons for wanting TO nshl
the central powers. His mother and Sis
ter have been butchered by the TURKS
since the war began. He must take out
his naturalization papers before enlist
ing in the United States army.
Spirit Lake.
Five hundred people gathered at the
station to bid farewell to two young
men who had enlisted. The Daughters
Of the American Revolution, BOY
scouts. citizens and school children
were in the parade. Cheers went up
from the column formation on each size
of the street to the station as the two
volunteers passed through in a de-
corated car
Fonda.
Fonda won the county championship
debate here with Pocahontas MONDAY
might by unanimous decision. II was
a good vet not close debate. BY WIN
ming Fonda got another year on the
cup given the County league by Hon.
Fred Gi1christ Of Laurens. Th1s Is
Fonda's second year on the cup. 1t be-
ing won two previous years by Rol1e
and Pocahontas respectively. me
school winning the cup for three years
keeps it for good
Belle Piaine.
A deal was closed last week where
by the officers Of the Catholic cnurch
have purchased the two properties own
ed by Mrs. Clarrissa Fenton, on North
thirteenth street. The properties are
now being used for residence. The
property consists of two full lots, COX
$50 feet Deep They expect to build
beautiful new church IN the near 1uture
on the corner lot and the west properly
will be remodeled for the parish. the
present church Is to small. They ex-
pect to have a modern up to date
church.
Fort Dodge.
"A real estate transaction involving
over 100000 was completed by a Fort
Dodge Arm. Two sections Of land IN
Wright county, four miles north q Bel
monh were purchased by j. j. Ryan
for the Iowa Land and Livestock Com
pany. "A little less than $1Sb per acre
was paid for the land, making tho To-
tai amount approximately &162 800. The
land Is the Clark estate and - at pre-
sent blue grass prairie. 1T has never
been On the market ", &c now hut VIII
probably be divided into small farms
nv the new owners. At present the land
is being plowed by two tractors.
Boone.
The congregation Of the Presbyterian
church here Wednesday evening, for
mally babe farewell to Dr.. Stado A.
Munneke, the pastor who will leave
soon for Parsons, Kan, where he has
accepted a church. Nearly the entire
congregation and number Of friends
outside the church attended the infor-
NAL reception held w Wednesday, In the
church parlors in honor of the out.
going pastor. A short program consist
Ing Of songs by Palmer Smell, accom- :.
panied aby mrs. Virgil Bradfleld, q short
talk by q =. Carson and q response
BY Dr. Munneke was given. Ice cream