Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-12
CITY In BRIEF

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See T. L. Lloyd for sodding, grading
and brick walks. New phone SCI.
For Sale, 1000 loads of dirt, corne
Ninth and State streets. s.. C. Blake.
Get our prices on carpets and window
shades before you buy. Bannatyne &
Lay.
A better assortment of lawn mowers
was never shown, prices from $3.50 t.
So. Schmidts hardware store.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Meeker, of Soi
Jerome street, are the parents of &
daughter, born Sunday morning.
Two hundred and fifty yards en-
broidery, worth 10 and 12k cents a
yard, will be sold at s cents per yard at
the Fair store.
Nine customers out of ten ask for the
White Mountain Freezer. We always
sell the best in the market. Schmidts
hardware st IRE.
PanSieS, verbenas, sweet elySium,
German asters in white, pink and other
%colors. Fresh plants every day at
Reynolds & Sheldon's.
The dime screen door check will pre-
vent the great annoyance of slamming
| screen doors. Schmidt's hardware store
headquarters for household novelties.
Fuckers Korak Wonders, a medicine
show that has been filing an engage
ment at the Sieg por the past four
weeks, left this morning for Waterloo.
Claim Agent Marquis Barr, of the
Central, was in the city today looking
after company matters in his depart
ment. He went to Belle Plaine this at
ternoon.
Professor A. w. Dudley, of the Dud-
ley Business College in this city, was
elected vice president of the Iowa Com
merciai Teachers Association, formed
Saturday at Cedar Rapids.
Mr.. w. S. Dodge, of Nevada, was in
the city Saturday night, being on his
way to Cedar Falls, where he vas called
on account of the death of his father
in-law, II. Corning, who vas stricken
with paralysis Friday morning and died
Friday evening.
Hooking Valley coal, the genuine Ohio
goods, is high In price. but also in quail
ity, and many argue that is it cheap
est in the end. We nave it at all times
and do not substitute something that
looks just like it. Try us. j. f. Irwin
Lumber Company.
Councilman Peter Kreutzer, of the
Fourth ward, who was not expected to
live Saturday as the result of his Sc
we're attack of pneumonia, is somewhat
improved today and the family has
some hopes. Mr.. Kreutzer is still criti-
cally i'll, however.
Miss Letta Thorpe was hostess this
afternoon at a dinner served at her
home. 1017 Iowa street, to the teachers
of the Arson school. Aside from the
Anson corps there We're present Mrs.
Alma G. White, supervisor of drawing,
and Miss Besse Beaver, superintendent
of music in the public schools.
James Mooney, of this city, who re-
Gently accompanied the Iowa Central
general accounting department to Min
neapolis, left the service of the COM
pany Saturday and today entered the
employ of the Chicago Great Western
at ST. Paul. Mr.. Mooney enters the c.
G. w. claim department IN the general
auditors Office at an increase in salary.
There will be a low rate excursion
to Texas points via the M. X. & T.. rail-
way on May 20. 1902. Just a little more
than the half rate. Tickets bear favor
able limit and stop-over privileges. The
Nf II o. m roj1u,o,y ;c tho thact line nr1
the official route to the new colony at
Geraldine, Archer county, Tex. Show
this to the nearest railroad agent and
tell him that's the way you want to go.
MIR. n Mrs. j. F. Meeker left this
afternoon on the Colorado special for
Boston, where they will remain for an
extended visit with relatives in the vi
cinity of the Massachusetts city. They
will also visit their son., Mr.. Guy A.
Meeker. in Cambridge, and be present
at the Harvard commencement in June,
when Mr.. Meeker graduates from the
Harvard school of law. Before eturn-
ing home Mr.. and Mrs. Meeker will go
to New York to be the guest Of their
daughter, Mrs. F. w. Rowe.
Mrs. w. F. McFadden, of Clifford.
spent the day in the city, bringing with
her little Beatrice McFadden, an s.
yeir-old sister of her husband, for med
ical treatment. The little girl was hurt
in the storm of a week ago being
picked by the wind and blown into a
bridge, resulting in a slight fracture of
the skull. Mr.. and Mrs. McFadden will
emove to MarShalltown from Clifford
on June !, having rented the Hole
property on Ninth street. Mr.. McFad-
den will go on the roa for Davis Bros,
cigar manufacturers, of Oskaloosa.
Mrs. David Russell, of Tama, was
hostess this afternoon to the members
of Lotus Camp, No. 81. r. N. A, of this
city, several of the members going to
Tama on the Colorado special at 1:03,
A number of the husbands of the mem
bers will go to Tama this evening, and
all will be guests of the Tama camp
tonight. Mrs. T. j. Reed. mother of
Mrs. Russell, went to Tama this morn
ing to assist her daughter. Those from
the amp, guests of Mrs. Russell this
afternoon, We're Mesdames Lands,
Thayer, Pepper, Irwin, Brace, Stormes.
Tinker, DERRICK, Liebig, Reynolds and
Rapp and Miss Maude Winters.
We are selling pigs at rs cents. See
east window. w. c., OSman.