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Van Horne. Frank Kregel, owner of the Van Hore Record, has sold his plant to C. W. Garfield of St. Pat, who has moved to Vis. Horse and has taken charge of the Albia. JM. Gass received his comm! Sundare Abeek charge Monday Touring postmaster George L. Robb was presented with a very fine gold healed cane by the seventeen people employed in the post office. Adair, Drick Jackson Bowser, $0 years of age, died here Monday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. WH. Purr, as a result of a fall down stairs. His wife has been ill for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Bowser celebrated their sixth— fifth wedding anniversary on Feb. 11, in Unionville. Burr Vermilye, well known all over c cantry as the landlord of the Vermitra hotel and mall carrier out of this so one of the most i nfluential of Appanoose county repub lian politicians, died Saturday night after an eelecting since last December. Mr. Vermilya was an old soldier, Council Bluff. John Wallace Clatterbuck died Mon day night at the home of his daughter, Mrs G. W. Carter, here. He was 100 years and 7 months old. Death was due to infirmities Incident to his ad vanced age and the grip. He first set Hed in Marion county after coming to Town from his native state, Virginia. He had lived here over forty years. Dex Moines, The wief Abram Elefrits, a wealthy farmer who lived near Granger was filed for probate in the district court. The deceased gives 185 acres of land to each of All three daughters, Mre, Sarah Smith, Mary Elefrits and Alma Elefrits, and gives them Interest In valuable coal and timber lands. The remainder of the estate, which is said to be worth $250,000, he gives to Sarah Elefrits, his wife Dexter, James A. McBride, a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the order for fifty-two years, died at hi hname. He was 74 years old. Mr. Mc Bride was a retired merchant. With sane possible exception he had belonged to the Masonic lodge longer than any other man in Iowa. Mr. McBride is survived by a widow and two sons, Rr IR. McBride, an undertaker of Dea Moines, and Loren McBride of Chicago, on ~anton. Never in the history of Union county were there as many transfers of Teal estate in March as during that month this year. March In the year 1902 was considered a banner month In this county, but March, 1914, is ahead of It. Most of the dealings during the month most recently closed were to farm lands, many of which changed hands. At the price at which farm land is selling per acre now in Iowa It does not take many Sales to count up into the hundreds of thousands and the milion dollar in aggregate sales is soen reached. The transfer of real estate in the county during the month aggregated in value the large sum of S1M¢7,70421. The real estate mortgages placed on record duri nng the month aggregated $393,741, lesse than one-half of the total consideration for the transfer of lander during the same period, showing that the owwers of country real estate In Union county! have large equities in their properties, Davenport. Henry M the negro who broke into the 3. L. clothing store [art month and store x quanity of goods’ wee sentenced to five years In the penitentiary at Fort Madison by Judge M.¥. Donegan. Miller had been In dicted by the grand jury, the ciarg being larceny from a building In the daytime. He was also Indicted on the charge of breaking and entering which was dismissed. of this city has been chosen superintendent of the cit school at Ellsworth. The schools # Ellsworth have recently been conacii dated and the position offers many in ducements. A new building has just been completed and is modern in #very respect. Mr. Mitchell enters upon his new duties some time in August. He was formerly superintendent of the schools at Oakville, but had recently been connected with the staff of the News-Tribune in this city Mr. Mit chell was in the unanimous choice of the board of education over ten other applicants for the position. Ottumwa: A merry tilt occurred in the annual m meeting of the city commissioners when the appropriations for the second year under the communsion form came up for action. Commissioner McDaniel in charge of the city finances, is not In accord with Mayor Leany and Commis sioner Bremhorst, in charge of police fire and street departments. More money is wanted for the streets that was appropriated, and a tilt over the purchase of fire equipment was precipi tated between Commissioner McDaniel and Bremhorst. The latter Introduced @ resolution calling for bids to buy an aerial hook and ladder track and motor combination chemical and hose truck No definite action resulted, West Liberty. ‘The lightness of the car he was driv ing is held responsible for the escape of Earl Small, who was taken unin jured from beneath his overturned car ‘The two passengers, who were on the urgent of the car when it unexpor edly turned completely over, wer thrown a considerable distance, but also escaped Injury. Small is one of the proprietors of a local auto livery and was driving two commercial mer thru the country. The planenger we nee nothing of their driver, after gathering themselves from the side of the road but Investigation disclosed him under the car. Little effort was required in shifting the automobile, and Small crawled out, without a scratch: ‘The car was damaged but sliently,
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Evening Times Republican
Marshalltown, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 09, 1914
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