Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-26
Northern Io1ua Items

! school at the remount station. Mr.
Lagrange has more than made good
as county agent in this county. He
was exempt from military service rs a
county agent, but nevertheless made
application some time ago for army
! work.
Ida Grove.
Farm rentals in this community are
! averaging around 81. an acre cash for
! next season. but many are being made
above that figure. The highest yet re-
ported Is that of the 200-acrc Pat Nc
Guire farm. adjoining the town OF
| Holsten. which has just been rented
on a three-year contract to Alfred
| Peterson for 81 per acre. P. J. Olbeftz
Of near Odebolt. has rented the Mates
farm east Of here for SIC an acre. S.
| e. CONQUEST. who has farmed his own
24o-acre farm in Hayes township for
Al years, has rented it for next year to
L. G. Mensinger at SIS an acre.
In 4 recent drive for funds for the
| local Red Cross the farmers of this
vicinity contributed 101 loads OF oats
| and one load of barley. The oats were
handled by the Trans Mississippi
Grain Company in their elevator here
free of charge and two cars have all
ready been shipped to Omaha. The
first car OF about LOO bushels. sold
for the price of $1.05 per bushel. This
makes a gain OF about 5000 above the
market price of oats. Besides the oats
$3.50 in cash was contributed by the
70 h,.} ho 90 hn
town and at sale held on Aug. 20,
$3.50 was realized and refreshment
stand clearing $3.50. In all about $4,000
will be raised.
Fort Dodge.
Fort Dodge will send another woman
into war work in France when Miss
Anna Bailey leaves this week on the
first lap Of her journey to become a
stenographer with the American Red
Cross in France. Miss Bailey, who
has been with the firm Of Mahoney &
Kennedy in Omaha, was accepted for
the service in France some time ago
and with number Of others leaves
Omaha Friday night for New York.
Another member of the family also
enters active war service work this
week. Nick O'Connor. of Webster city.
an uncle Of Miss Bailey. who has been
accepted as a SECRETARY in the Knights
Of Columbus service overseas. He
leaves Webster City for New York
Sunday night. u
Cedar Rapids.
Jay Woods Of this city, who SUI
fered the loss of leg in the first Yep
ali y>,tI wis halt n
knows why the Germans did not cap
ture tf1at~city during the early stages
OF the war when they were so close
to It. Woods. who is at home after a
long siege in Paris hospital, says
that when the Germans were so CLOSE
10 the city that TREY could almost, Sse
its spires they invaded the celebrated
wine district and became SO intoxicated
that 1t was impossible for them to lay
siege to the city Woods tells many In
terosting stories OF the first lombard
ment Of the city from the air. Here
calls nothing Of being knocked down
by the bomb and says when he awak-
ened he was in hospital and asking
what the steady tramp. tramp in the
street meant He was told 1t was
caused by soldiers going to the front
and then 1t was he discovered his leg
had heen blown of. Woods says the
three Zeppellns which conducted the
first raAd were shot GOWN. He also
told or a French child who was cared
for 1T tho same hospital with the
fingers missing from one hand, which
tho Germans had whacked on. " could
til lenouGh stories OF the atrocities
committed on women and children to
turn gray the hair q any person. he