A large livery barn located on an alley at the rear of the new Christian Church building has been demolished. The property which belonged to Mrs. Geo. C. Heyde, was deemed a more or less dangerous fire hazard and its presence insurance rates in that section to be considerably higher. Now that it has been taken away the rates will fall a number of notches not only on Mrs. Heyde’s valuable brick building nearby, but on the new church edifice and other structures as well. This makes the second fire trap that has been done away with in the city within the last ten days, the other having been located on one of North Market street’s best business lots.

(Extracted from the Egyptian Press and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us/ )