Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-15

lin and children went to Marshalltown
this morning for visit with friends.
The Non Partisan w. c. T. U. will
met with Mrs j. F. Fallett, No. II
North Fifth street, Thursday at 81
o'clock.
We have plenty Of good sizes left in
our s1.ss ladies shoes. We did not sell
them all in one day. Bromley Shoe
Store, ITO East Main street.
AS illustrating the advance in build
ing material, a citizen says that he or
dered on the 18th inst. duplicate bill
that was rendered on the 18th of July
and it was 10 per cent higher.
An executive meeting of the Young
Peoples Union was held last evening at
the home of Miss Bessie Blossom, at
which the following officers We're elect
ed: President, Mr.. Clyde Whitney; Sec
retary-treasurer, Miss Bessie Blossom.
Messrs. A. w. Heald and Frank Bren-
necke left for the south Monday even
ing and will be absent few days. Both
went to Centerville to look after
some business matters, and after o stay
there Mr.. Head will leave for Kansas
City and Burlington. Kas. He will be
gone the remainder of the week.
General Superintendent Huntington
and Master Mechanic Kelley, of the
Central, went on the Iowa Monday
evening to Belmond, and from there
this morning went UP over the new ex-
tension to see that the steam shovel
work was begun in proper shape. The
shovel was started to work some time
this morning.
Lieut.. Bruce f. Moffatt, of Company
IA, who, prior to his service in the army
was of the general freight department
of the Central, left Monday evening for
Belmond where he was ordered to re-
port for duty to Engineer j. j. Hill.
Lieut.. Moffatt has not been placed into
the railroad work since his return from
the army, having instead held posi-
ton with the Southwestern Life. His
stay at Belmond will be indefinite and
may be until the work is all completed
on the extension.
Some mischievous boy, evidently not
thinking what danger there might be in
such an action, threw stone through
the outer of double windowed Union
being dead headed west on the North
western Monday. The boys, who
were standing beside the right-of-way
land east of the city near Linn Creek,
We're seen by the brakeman The mat
ter was reported to the officers here but
fof course nothing could be done, for by
the time the officers could reach the
lplace the youngsters would probably
have been gone.
The celebrated De Moss family, the
4 lyric bards of America, have been se-
cured to give one of their celebrated in
strumental and vocal muscales on
4 Sept. in the NJ. E church. They have
] Travelled throughout the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, Germany,
/ Switzerland. Belgium and France They
are now making their twenty seventh
annual tour. They use in their enter
tainment forty-one musical instru-
ments. consisting of violins, violtncello,
mandolins. guitars, autoharps, banjos.
banjorine. piccolo, comets. xylophones
4 two sets of Columbian hand bells. two
sets of rustic bells and other instru-
ments too numerous to mention.
: Mrs. c. c. sabin. of State Center
spent Monday in the city as the guest
of Mrs. S. f. Dudley at the George
Gregory home. Mrs Sabin but recent,
returned from her California stay
where she was at the time of the recent
; death of her son, Mr.. George Sabln
who sulcided by shooting Mrs. Sabir
was at Pasadena al the time the trag.
s edy occurred, but knew nothing of i
: until her husband arrived a week OF
e two later to break the news to her
y The Times-Republican telling of TIL,
I affair, reached Pasadena few day!
9 after the suicide and one was receive,
where Mrs. Sabin was stopping, but TIL
. people kindly kept the matter from her
expecting that Mr.. Sabin would arriv,
later TO bear the news personally.
e Next Saturday night August 10, TIL
e Marshalltown Roller Mills will shu
i down preparatory to begin taking gu
e the old machinery and putting In tn
new cleaning machine, boiling machin
, and plan sitter. During the time tn
: improvements are in progress Mr.. Ben
! son expects to be in position to accom-
modate all his customers with flour an
), feed and take in wheat or exchange 70
:, flour The new machinery is the lates
:, and best manufactured Mr. Benso
? proposes to keep pace with the time
and add all new machinery that vii
o give his patrons better flour and bette
o service generally. The -four manufac
n tured by the Marshalltown Roller Mill
e stands at the head.
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! The funeral of Mrs. James Elder. VIII
died Saturday night in Oskaloosa. wa
held this afternoon at 230 from the resi-
dence of the deceased's mother, Mrs. c
n G. Michaels, Sill West Nevada stree
i Rev. w. H. Scott, of the Christia
Z, church, preached the funeral sermo
s from the text, In My Fathers Hous
u Are Many Mansions" always a favorit
a passage in scripture to Mrs. Elder. TIL
3. singers were Mesdames 1. e. Irwin an
= X. 5. Patten and Messrs. e. S. Giffor
and F. Aubery Smith, and their song
=, We're Meekly Wait and Murmur Not,
y and Crossing the River. One by One.
Is The pallbearers, chosen from anon
n Mr.. Elders brother enginemen of til
10 Central, We're Messrs. T. C. Clegg, job
~ M. Speer, William Clavier, and &c
X ward Brown, of this city; T. r. Lon
"a and A. A. Lindley, of Oskaloosa. tn
flowers which loving friends had ser
literally covered the casket and gray
10 Those attending the funeral from o,
= of town were Mr.. and Mrs. George Cal
70 on, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Keefe, Mr.. an
Is Mrs. T. r. Long, Mesdames Ida Das
L. gait William EJoffornp ond m rotlov