Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-01
THE GRINNELL NEWS.
Grinncll Athletes Want to Arrnns
,rrnck AIeef-t library Reopencd


Grinnell Athletes Want to Arrange
Track Meet-Ltbrary Reopencd.
Special to Republican
Grinnell, July 1.--Mr. WHY'S Myers,
formerly of this city, and who for the
past six months has been prescription
Clerk at the Opera House Pharmacy in
Dies Moines, has returned to this city to
accept similar position in IL *. snid-
er's drug store.
Mr.. S. j. Pooley. of the First National
Bank. spent sunday in Newton, whore
Mrs Pooley has been visiting for some
days.
Mr.. C. L. Alley, of the Pharmacy. left
Saturday for a business trip thru north
western Iowa and Dakota.
Rev. II. Paul Douglass, of Springfield.
Mo-. occupied the Congregational
church pulpit yesterday.
Miss Mary Wheelock, city librarian,
leaves Wednesday for Waukesha Wis,
to attend the meeting of the American
Library Association.
Mr. and Mrs. w L. Bopp OF Minneap-
oils. are visiting at the Wheeler home.
Mrs. Leucretia Bean left Saturday for
Pekin, Ia. to spend the summer
Telephone business in Grnnel is on
the boom. Rumor has 1t that there will
shortly be fourteen lines running into
town to one central Office.
Harry Ward, of Los Angeles. is in
town for few days on business.
Rev Z. NJ Vittum is in Des Moines
today in the interests of the Iowa Home
Missionary Society.
F. l. Herriott. of Dies Moines, erst-
while deputy treasurer of Iowa by cour-
tesy of his father, is contemplating a
residence of several weeks in Grlnnell.
Cecil Vest, of Montezuma, was in
town the other day on his way home
from Washburn college.
Paul Norris, advocate in embryo, will
make Grinnell has headquarters for the
most of the summer.
Il. Z. Riley, of Oskaloosa, Sundayed in
town.
G. H. Peppers. proprietor of Hotel
Dewey at Boone was in the city Satur-
day
The community expresses solieitude
for the illness OF Mrs. vit,um and hopes
| that the slight improvement of Satur-
day augurs an early convalescence.
The new hospital is now in complete
/ running oruST, al tIe Wal 10 ptiHS SUI :
ably furnished with most approved hos
\ pital fixtures and operating room with
| every modern facility fol accurate
scientific work The people of Grinnell
/ are to be congratulated on the enter
/ prise which prompted the purchase and
Quitting of this most necessary adj
/ junct to modern community. This
hospital will be conducted on the strict
est scientific lines. every detail looking
! to the best results for the patient. In
asmuch as statistical data shows thai
| hospital facilities enhance recovery b,
large per cent, it cannot be long be
fore our own hospital will enjoy the
generous support of the public.
M. K. Snider opened his new drug
store to the patronage of the public to-
day.
The public library was re-opened las
Saturday, after being closed for tw'
weeks for the purpose of pushing tn
/ work of reorganization. During thi
time the work of accessioning and o
classifying the 5000 books according t
the Dewey system, began some month
ago, has been nearly completed. tn
card shelf list is well begun and peck
cts have been put In the books prepare
tory to introducing the. Brown chargin
system. The library is open to the pub
lie as usual on week days from 2 to
and from to p. M. but during Jul
and August the reading room will b
closed on Sunday.