Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-06
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Msquoketa.
Herman Pirch. OF Lost Nation. dis
posed of his 225-acre farm near Lost
Nation to Godfrey Teeple, of Baldwin.
realizing therefore the neat sum OF
$50. 900 or about $132 per acre, and
then purchased of William Meinke the
latter's fine improved 100 acre farm
four ana one-hah miles south of this
city. paying therefor the handsome
price of $3.50 per acre. Possession OF
ten above places will be given on
March /, when Mr.. Meinke and family
expect to become residents of our city.
Spencer.
John W. Cory. Jr., has just received
his commission as second lieutenant
and is home on few days leave en-
route from Camp Dodge to Camp
Fremont. Cal. He left Spencer in the
draft last fall. Lieutenant Cory was
graduated from the Spencer high
school in 1910 and later attended Cor
mel university. He was graduated from
the law department at Ann Arbor and
had been practicing law in Spencer for
a little over . year when he was
called.
Waterloo.
Side by side in an undertaking par
lor lie the bodies of Lee Lexington.
25 years old. a soldier, who died Of
disease, and Mrs. Susan Lexington.
81 years old. his mother. Grief and
sorrow over the loss Of her son caused
the death Of Mrs. Lexington. She be-
came ill shortly after receipt OF news
Of her sons death last Wednesday. She
gradually declined until her death
Sunday morning. one hour before her
sons remains reached Waterloo A
double funeral has been arranged.
Independence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas O'Toole are
mourning the death OF their son.
George, q years Of age, whose death
occurred Monday afternoon after a
weeks illness of influenza and pneu-
monia A younger brother in the home
is very i'll of the same disease. The
young man was born in Independence
and his entire life has been spent here.
He leaves his parents, five brothers.
and two sisters. George graduated
from the high school of this city with
the class Of 1916. He was member OF
the high school debating team which
won the state championship in 1914.
Since his graduation ne mad been local
reporter for the Conservative and last
summer he travelled in the west as a
member Of tent crew for the chau-
tauqua. He was to leave for army
service with the next contingent OF
the selective draft.
Waterloo.
Potato growers thruout the north
west have released a flood Of spuds
that has inundated all the markets OF
central Iowa. Thousands Of carloads
are being received by hucksters and
sold at little more than 81 per
bushel. Last autumn the potato
growers held their surplus and took
enormous losses. They do not propose
to repeat the unpleasant performance
this year and as a consequence the
potato market Is easier than It has
been for years. Millions OF bushels
of potatoes were stored last
fall in the northwestern states. Carlot
buyers who wanted to peddle out theif
purchase found 1t almost impossible to
buy at a reasonable price. The crop
was so good generally and the average
so large that there was little sprns
demand. and losses ran up into stag
gering proportions. This year the
acreage was less and some Of the
southeastern states was almost a fail
ure, but in spite of this potatoes now
are among the cheapest food products
the consumer can buy.