Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-11

DyersviIIe.
Rev. Father NJ. NJ Hoffman,, assist
ant pastor of st. Francis church here,
has received notification from the war
department that he is qualified for the
position of army chaplain and will re-
ceive his commission in due time.
Emmetsburs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nolan, Of Ayr
shire, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of their marriage Monday, allu
their son, Edward, was married on that
day to Miss Anna Duffy of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Nolan lived in
the vicinity of Des Moines before COM
ling to Palo Alto.
Plymouth.
Removal of the old building that
served this town as a postoffice for
about seventeen years until three years
ago, is about half finished. The site
will soon be occupied by q new brick
building, which Contractor A. J. Lantz
win erect for the new Farmers Bank,
which is being organized in the vicin-
ity.
Waukon.
William Raymond, a pioneer settler
Of Allamakee county, but now of Nora
Springs has been here on visit Mr..
Raymond is Sc years old, a civil war
veteran and one of the Oldest sur
vivors of the Waukon pioneers. help
ing to\ stake out the city of Waukon
sixty -four years ago. In December
Of the present year, Mr. Raymond and
wife will celebrate their Goth wedding
anniversary.
Humboldt.
One of the largest farm fire losses
in Humboldt county for some time oc-
CURED on Will DeSmidt's farm west OF
town. It resulted in the destruction
Of property worth about $4,000, with
only $4,000 insurance, consisting of a
$4,000 barn. $500 cattle shed, hay,
grain and some stock, including $1,000
worth Of harness and the like. Fire
was of an unknown origin. Humboldts
big fire truck saved silo filled with
81, 500 worth of feed.
Mason City.
Sunday nights freezeup is said to
have caused great deal Of damage
to the onion crop Of such farmers as
had the product Of their fields laid
out in "windrows" to dry. 1t is said
that the Kennedy truck farm had sew
eral thousand bushels damaged. and
that the crop of Orr & Avery, the
two boys who had such good success
with a five-acre tract near the Coun-
try Club, lost 800 bushels. Persons
whose crop had been gathered up into
piles, so only those on the outside Of
the heaps suffered, had but nominal
losses.
Plymouth.
What may have proven q very seri-
GUS accident happened to Charles
Kinney, Sr., Monday morning. A
single horse he was driving ran away
after one side Of the th1lls broke, he
turned the horse down Main street and
ran into team belonging to Oscar
Pryor the draymaQ who was unloading
coal in front of the Sutton hardware
store. IN turning his horse threw him
out under the Pryor team which gave q
jump and broke CLOSE from the wagon
Mr.. Kinney struck on his shoulder and
his shoulder blade was broken, besides
being otherppise bruised
Storm Lake.
The canning factory here closed last
week after run of five weeks, with the
largest pack in the history Of the COM
| pany. The factory opened Aug. 81
running only two half days up to Sept
| i. The corn this year was Of excel
lent quality. The Evergreen and Coun-
try Gentleman were the two varieties
Of corn canned this season. The corn
averaged about 81 tons to tho acre.
The heaviest yield was ~ tons ia
the acre, being, 6efp from the r. J,
tGaherty farm 16a6 Refs reported