Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-05
Northern Io1ua Items

Anamosa-William Heery, one of the
oldest citizens OF Jones county, is dead
| in this city. He came here with his
parents from Ireland and settled near
| Cascade seventy years ago. He was
60 years Of age.
Clarion-A deal was closed recent!
| whereby the law firm OF Birdsail
McGrath and Archerd came into pos
session of what is known as the Pete
Brown lS0-acre farm in Grant town
! ship. The price paid was $500 pei
acre. j. E. FenniRer, who owned the
land, purchased it fifteen years ago Tor
$3.50 per acre.
Shslden-Torstein Hansen Solobers
was denied citizenship by Judge Brad
ley. Soloberg has lived in the United
States for eight years and prospereo'
When the call for wa: calne he claimed
exemption as an alien and refused 10
fight for his country He also said lie
would not fight for his native country
Soloherg is the kind OF man who
should live on ST. Helena. He snouid
| have his property confscated.
WilIiams-The business building in
Williams. formerly owned by the/Odd
Fellows lodge Of that place. has been
sold for $500. 1t is one OF the best
business buildings in the town. Elmo
lodge OF this city owned $3.50 worth Of
stock and Ridgley Encampment. also
Of this city, owned S11o. The sale per-
m:tted a payment of but 81 cents on
the dollar. Williams lodge Of Odd Fell
lows.a year ago consolidated with the
lodge of harrisburg and the meetings
are all held in harrisburg.
Oaden-The date Of the Boone coun-
ty fair has been set for July % to %
inclusive. Regardless Of what has been
said of an effort to do credit to adj
vance preparation Of n county fair In
the past it must be admitted that the
present organiza ton is going all past
efforts one better and without any at
tempt or desire to bolster up any past
record by making q fiowery report OF
what is going to be done this year it
is fact that there Is under way more
elaborate plans for a real fair than
the people Of Boone county might sus-
pect.
Neutrality-suspicious. is still preva :
lent in this section. At the VIII Cur
ney home three miles northeast OF
town both father and mother and eight
children are sick. Two trained nurses
are employed. At ,he kist home the
Conditions are similar to those at the
Quincy home. While out of forty
eight pupils in that school district only
one was able to attend school. The
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Weidler died Of the influenza.
She was about IS years of age. The
funeral was held at the German church
north Of town.
WavsrIy-Miss Lou Hanchett, Of this
city, after serving eighteen. months
with the American Red Cross unit No.
/, stationed in hospital in the out
skirts Of Paris, has come back wear
ing the decoration Of the medal des
epidemies awarded her by the French
government. Out OF 100 nurses sta
toned at the hospital only foursre-
ceivcd this recognition. Miss Hanchett
gays the Yankee soldier was grand
over ti1ere-the French poilu and the
British Tommy weren't in it." She
also says that Big Bertha did not
UOtHCG .tuC huI6CS, ohly oIlNluB "
make them hasten their steps bit.
vsrtura-ventura lays claim to
having one OF the best high schools in
the state. Situated on the northwest
shore Of Clear Lake, so that the water
is visible from every room in the
building, with yard extending over
five acres. a large lawn. playground
and athletic feld, the school outward
.ly and inwardiy fusdlls every modern
requirement. The building IL a fne.
modern structure, three stories high
and htted with all modern conven-
fences and equipment. The basement
contains the furnace rooms. pumping
room, store rooms, agricultural labora-
tory. and the gymnasium. sThe hrst
floor il made up Of the manual Vain