Marshall County News Items

Deny the Boycott
Marshalltown, Ia., March 5, - Special
A. S. Burnell, secretary of the state business men's association, authorizes a
positive denial of the statements to the effect that the association has inaugurated
A war against the farmers' alliance or that any boycott is contemplated.
The only reference made in the recent state convention of the association relative the farmers alliance was in its favor.
[Morning World Herald - March 6, 1891 - Submitted by Frances Cooley]


Marshalltown, Feb. 11, --Special: A young woman died at the county poor farm today under sad and mysterious circumstances. Three weeks ago she came to this city alone and penniless and begged shelter and protection in a private family, She was well dressed, educated and refined and was an artist of considerable talent. She was soon to become a mother. She refused to reveal her identity or anything connected with her past except that her parents were wealthy and lived near Waterloo; that she had ran away from home to get married; that her husband had since abused her and that she had left him. A few days later she was taken to the poor house, and a week ago she gave birth to a son. Yesterday the physician told her she couldn't live and urged her to disclose her identity, but she still refused and died with her lips sealed. [The Sioux City Journal, February 12, 1895 - Submitted by Amanda Jowers]