Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Iowa Mews Items

Cedar Raplds-Free movies with
| orchestral and pipe organ accom-
panlment and good music by q male
| quartet In the attraction being offer
ed by the First Congregational
church here.
Dubuqpe-Oilie Dawson, %, known
as ollie tho Oiger." will languish In
Jail for the next thirty days. He was
given that term for pecping. Police
caught him In the net of being In
terested In Dubuque peoples homes.
Sheldon-Approximateiy 100000
was subscribed In stock for build
ing and loan association in three
hours, This is tho opening move
ment for a s250900 corporation to be
formed for the building OF residences
In sheldon this year,
to the buttermakers oil Iowa, and
| who has been associated with the
agricultural extention department Of
the Iowa State College, has resigned
and will engage in the automobile
business at Sioux Rapids. this state.
Valley Junction-Groycr Petty OF
| Valley Junction. held FOR first degree
| murder, has been set free on motion
Of the county attorney He was ac-
| cused OF killing Chris Van In a dis
| pute over "A crap game Stakes dis
4 covered after the murder amounted
| to $1,000.
| IOWA NEWS ITEMS
| Iowa City--NIrs. Sara Simpson, a
prominent charity worker of Maren-
go. is dead in an Iowa City hospital
/ aged So. She had besh there four
years, victim OF paralysis, but died
of influenza. The body was taken
10 Marengo, where she had lived GO
/ years.
West Union The West Union
( board acted favorably on the petit
( ton of the teachers Of the city
| schools granting the increases in sal
aries asked which were on gradu-
ated scale 10 per cent increase or all
/ salaries above sl25. Is per cent on
all above 500. and 90 per cent on all
/ below 500.
EIiott-Dorothy Lucille. daughter
OF Dr.. and Mrs. G. A. Alliband, play
ing upstairs. climbed up 20 cup
board OF medicine and got a bottle
/ Of tablets containing poison, ate some
OF them, but tho medical aid was
called ut once. she died In about two
and one-half hours. She was year.
months and days old.
Dallas Center-N. NJ. Leonard, well
known to the stockmen of Iowa, has
recently shipped two Polled Here
lords TO Australia. One of the ami
mails he raised himself and one he
selected at the International at Chi
cago recently. Mr.. Leonard has been
busy for some weeks past selecting
specimens from Polled Hereford
herds in Iowa for showing in the
spring stock show.
Shenandoah-Here is postmaster
that wants to quit and can not.
Postmaster W. 3. Truilinger of Far
ragut has notified the government
that he wants TO be released. The
civil service commission has not
recommended his successor. The
postmaster says he has 'just got to
/ leave soon" He wishes 20 visit his
son in Washington, D. c. and his
| daughter in Washington state.
| AIuona-An election has been call
! ed for Feb. Il to allow the residents
| Of Lakot2 to vote on e proposition
! to change the name of the town tc
| Germania. During the war the name
| of the town was changed on Account
of the feeling that existed against
Germany. Now that the war Is over
| the city council has ordered a pie
| bicite to determine whether the old
name shall be restored.
! Manifestations of the biggest
! land deals pulled off in this section
| Of the state was negotia ted by J. j
Pentony and Robert Harris in the
/ sale of LOIS acres belonging to Rob
ert Clark, four miles north OF Scotch
! Grove, to /. NJ. Dawson Of Collins
! Grove township. There are several
hundred acres of fine oak timber or
/ the place and the balance IS in hig.
state of cultivation. The price named
is 100000.
Sac City-The sum of $4,000 it is
! calculated, win be required 10 con-
! struct the fine permanent schooI
4 building and the other necessary
buildings for the consolidated schooi
! district of Coon Valley. On March
/ S. the date of the annual school
4 election. when two directors for the
consolidated district will be chosen
/ a vote will be taken on the question
/ of bonding the district for the con-
struction OF the new school house.
AiIison-F. Z. Marimon Of Chicago
valuation engineer of the Chicago
/ Great Western Railway company, has
/ been in the Butler county courthouse
! looking up the titles to the companys
right of way and clearing up some
old titles. In 1896 the Chicago rail.
road office burned and with 1t was
/ lost all the records Of the com
pany's right Of way and railroad
yards. But since the price Of lant
/ has become so high the company de
cided to look after It's property.
! Observation-Disclosures had an exper
! fence recently when fellow called
up several stores in the CITY asking
if they would cash a check for hi,
hired man. He was told that they
would. An hour or SO later fellow
! called at four different stores ant
cashed checks for various amounts
| one being cashed at Mills & Hoffman
store for $3.50. The checks were
drawn on Niles & Waters Bank ane
when they were presented for pay.
nent the cashier informed the par.
ties who cashed them that no person
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