Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-23
THE GR1NNELL NEWS.
Purchase Land In the North-Death
of MIR. Gwinner-Socicty Items.

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| Special to Times-Republican
The young men, George Moss, Bert
Prather, John Drew and others who
have returned They bought land in
the Red river valley, some ten miles
from the Dakota line, paying from $40
| to $12 per acre. They are well pleased
with the country and several will go
there to cultivate their farms of 160
each.
| MIR. Gwinner, father of Mrs. Professor
Cole, died Friday and the body was
taken to Wisconsin for burial. Mr..
|Gwinner had been sick long time and
i his death was not unexpected.
A telephone message was sent to
Marshalltown last night to a son of
Mrs. Vaughn, of the Second ward, that
his mother was probably dying. Mrs.
Vaughn died during the night.
| Another lot of horses was sold Sat-
lurday at the Rock Island stock yards.
A good many people We're present.
C. T.. Harris, of Rush College, ar
rived here Saturday evening and will
probably remain until tonight or to-
morrow morning. He played left end
for Rush Medical College in the game
with S. U. 1. Saturday.
Miss Edith Buck, instructor in the
State Normal, entertained the normal
football team at her fathers home.
Grinnell is located rather fortunately
for travellers by rail going south and
least by the evening trains and for one
Rock Island train, west bound. For
tunately, too, for passengers on these
trains. there is abundant hotel accom-
modatlons near the station.
The firm of X. S. Walker & Co. is
about to make a change in the business.
The transfer will be made this week
but whether by means of sale or lease
is not yet altogether decided.
SOCIETY ITEMS.
| The past week has been unusually
Idull society wise.
| Monday evening the new Episcopal
bishop of this diocese visited Grinnell
| for the first time. 1t is pleasant To note
| that such prominent Congregationalists
as President George A. Gates. Rev. H.
H. Robbins Professor Charles Noble
and others. as well as Rev. Mr.. Nor
Iphy, of the Baptist church, We're pres
lent at the services and remained to
|lnake the bishops personal acquain-
|
bishop Morrison as We'll as his sermon
We're both in the nature of surprise,
for one naturally thinks of the high
| dignitary OF the church as man of
| Imposing presence, who utters high
sounding phrases and carries himself
with conscious air commensurate
with the position he occupies. On the
| contrary, Bishop Morrison is a man of
the people, unassuming both in word
land action and a man who is bound TO
ladd much to the church in Iowa on ac-
lcount of his thorough democracy. The
sermon itself was a plain, homely dis
tcourse on Prayer and very effective
/ because of its utter simplicity.
II is not exactly fair to say that the
| blue stockings got together Wednes-
tGay afternoon at the home of Mrs T..
II. Wiley, bl,t the Womens Political
| Equality Club met with the above
member and listened 10 an Interesting
tsper on the Philippine question, fol-
flowed by an animated discussion of the
Iquestion and the Inevitable light re-
freshments which seem essential to
siny gathering Of the gentler sex.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry c. Spencer en-
tertained few Of their young friends
Wednesday evening at cards.
4 The first meeting of the Saturday
| Afternoon Club will be held Saturday
AZ the home Of Miss Thayer, on Sixth
|avenue. Oct Is. at 5 O'clock. All mem
bers are requested TO be prompt.
! About fifteen or twenty ladies re-
Isponded TO Miss Thropps invitations 70
meet her al the parlors Of the Monroe
Saturday afternoon and listened to a
short interesting talk on Ibsen and his
works. This helped to swell the at
tendance at the opera house in the
Ievening, where Miss Thropp and hei
company presented Henry Ibsen's
Dolls House.
An entirely new feature of the socia
life of Grinnell has been brought about
by the sharp competition between tht
two leading hotels of this city. 1t is
now not an uncommon thing for fifty
or seventy-fve people 10 sit down to-
gether at a Sunday dinner, and whilt
enjoying the comforts of a well pre-
pared dinner incidentally discuss tn,
morning sermon and other matters Oh
local interest.