Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-13

SheIdon-This city proposes to- put
In forty-five blocks Of paving next
season. No paving has been done In
Sheldon for two years. due to the war,
scarcity Of labor, high prices, etc.
When the present program IL COM
: pleted Sheldon will have more paving
thapN any other city Of its size In the
state.
Sioux city-Grape wine, precious be-
cause it was made by the hands of
those hardest hit by prohibition laws
Is turning into vinegar. The amateur
wine makers have in some cases dis
regarded recipes in some minor detail
and their twenty gallon wine
became forty vinegar.
This has happened to hundreds Of gall
| Ions Of intended wine in Sioux City, It
rs said.
!. soens-Boone soon is to have high
q powered wireless station, all thru the
efforts Of G. A. Greer. q Northwestern
fireman. who Is interested in radio
work and the wireless. He asked per-
mission Of the officials Of the First
National Bank for use Of the elevator
coop on the roof OF the building and
this was readily granted. Greer will
install the apparatus and be the OPP
orator. devoting as much time as pos
sible to this when In off his runs.
caseads-In order to settle the Walls
worth estate near Onslow the prop
erty wa4 recently sold at public auc-
ton. The home farm, consisting Of
2o6 acres. was sold to George Tabor.
OF Baldwin, for s281.5o an acre. AN
other portion of the property was sold
to Jack Walsworth at $3.50 an acre. A
130-acrs, tract Of timber Nand brought
81 an sore from Ben johnson, and a
175-acrs tract was purchased by Rog-
ers Brown. Of Baldwin, for $s1 an
acre. The total receipts Of the sale
amounted to $4,000.
oelwsjn--Early spring promises to
zee q marked business development in
this city. The syndicate Of Oelwein
business men, consisting of T. 8. Han
son. e. H. Smith. p. j. Belt and others,
who last spring purchased the strip of
valuable business property on West
Charles street. with a frontage Of 220
16et, running from the Hanson block
TO the corner Of First avenue west
are now definitely planning very i'm
portant improvements on the property
which, when completed, will probably
involveNat least quarter of>a million
I dollars Of expenditure.
eslIevue-Mr. Canty is grocer at
Delmar, short distance from Maquo-
I keta While busy In his store Mr..
i Canty happened to glance up at q box
OF Palm Olive soap, and noticed what
he took ODE a snake HE thought he
must Do seeing things. and called in
several citizens, who also said it was
Q snake, and the reptile was killed.
!, The snake was about feet long. had
q flat head, and was marked on the
body with figure Fights. People yho
| saw the snake said It was specimen
Nj :. L: th!s :ec:.::oi oe :he ccun-
try; and how it came to be In the soap
box is q mystery.
Beile<ps-During the no-acoident
campaign held all over the United
States on the different railroads. the
| G.. NJ. q st. P. was in the front rank
/; with thu fewest deaths and accidents.
And the Dubuque division, of which
Bellevue Is one Of the principal sta
lions. was charted 100 per cent during
the drive, not IN accident Of any kind
having occurred on the entire divi-
4 sion. The middle district, Of which
!! OuDuQu0 DIVISION 10 \ part won Ailst
place among the districts. with no
and only five injuries. The
middle district has the largest NUM-
her Of employees.
ISs Undergraduates 80 HOG cholera has
broken put In the valuable Hampshire
\ herd ufs5Ss & Henderson. w:,::ccs:. ..,rn mum
beers ~ animals, not counting many
h p3De Nneiderabls concern IL felt
aIn0ne no farmers IN this vicinity In
Il rsGqx "a the disease, ind. ~ poesibis
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