Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-26

Council sluffs-So much opposition
developed to the plan to rotate teach
ers in the Council Bluffs public school, !
that the plan has been abandoned. AT
the suggestion of the city supeTlntenu-
ent the school board ordered that all
principals and teachers should be ro-
tated from building to building each
year. The teachers objected.
Muscatine-Rev. Joe r. Hanley, !
known thruout the nation as the
Fighting Parson." will be the speaker
of the day at the big homecoming cele-
bration held here Sept. /. in honor OF
the returned war veterons. Altho Mr..
Hor1ev is now engaged in Chautauqua
work the war camp community ser
vice succeeded in securing his services
for the great celebration.
oakviIIe-Capt J. w. Campbell,
veteran Of the civil war, celebrated MS
eightieth birthday in IN en)oyapie
manner during the latter part or the
week. when his children. with theli
families. enjoyed a reunion al the
Campbell home Turnout the day let
ters and gifts were received by the
! aged veterans, and remembrances were
! sent his comrades who were unable 10
| attend.
! Des Moires-Suear is scarce In Des
| Noines. Housewives have protested 10
! county officials that some grocers nave
| refused to sell sugar except with some
| other purchase and been Informed there
is no help for the situation. Several
| grocers have limited sales to two
! pounds Of sugar to an individual at
time. Wholesalers say thy have been
unable to replenish their diminished
stocks.
WilIiansburg-Over 100 people.
mostly former pupils of John W. Hid
met at St. Johns Lutheran church in
Iowa township to celebrate the flftleth
anniversary Of his entrance into the
teachers profession. His first school
was at Chester, III. Afterwards he
taught at Aurora, Ill, and then Tor
thirty six years he was The tonrher In
st Johns parochial school The last
three years he has lived in Williams
burg.
WilGiamsburg-One Of the biggest
private sales of cattle in this part Oh
the country recently was that of Tom
and John Donohue, when they Sole
) their entire herd Of nincty-five pure
= bred Hereford cattle to F. r. Rous'
selow, Of Hudson. The Donohuc hero
/ was a fine one and its sale nctted th'
bows many thousand dollars: it rep
= resented fifteen years of careful breed
| ing and WAS for a long time the prid'
I of Pilot township. The boys started
: the herd with the purchase of but tw'
= cows and patience and good manage
q rnent brought them a rich return.
j Cavenport-The city Of Davenport il
free from contagion. Health Office
Tom Kennedy reported that there wa
not q single contagious disease placarc
n in the city at the present time. Thi
j has been the condition for two week
5 and is a new record for the city.
has been many years since two week
have elapsed without a single case be
ing reported. City Physician Georg
NJ. Middleton reported that while man
persons were suffering from summe
colds and that the coming of the ha
rAu-.r aa..c- ked he4n resrccc:E!c e
= many coughs and sneezes none Of thos
Il cases were serious.
Ottumwa-Because her son left br
" $500 to relatives and the residue of a
% estate valued at $4,000 to the priest
W a Roman Catholic church here to L
q, held in trust for the church, Mrs. MAI
n garet Mullaly declares that her sc
"a was of unsound mind when he DIRE
OF his will and asks that it be set asid
:. The son, Edward Mullaly. was vel
:. TODD farmer Of Wapello county, resit
ing near Blakesburg. He died la
= June BY the terms of his will nie'
Or gets $500 and nephew 5000, rs
s. acre farm appraised at 1000 Ia the
left in trust for st. Patricks churc
lie The mother also claims that a lat
AZ will was made.
Muscatine-As the result Of fire
sr ..:i.222r::s o;i,S, III, vi
m schools in the county. White Prair
is heap Of ruins today. The bla;