Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
George j. Allen, opthalmologist.

George j. Allen. opthalmologist.
Tomorrow ladies' union suits at II
cents. Archie Parker.
Light weight trouserings at clearing
sale prices. Hopkins. the popular tailor.
Wanted-Twenty men. Steady work.
Bridge department. A. E. Shorthill Co.
The Four Track News for July, best
yet. Sold by news dealers. Five cents
4 copy.
Coal. Coal! Best of all grades at
lowest prices. See us before contracting.
Phones 14O. Brown Fuel and Lime
Co.
The Royal Neighbors' Aid Society
tomorrow, has been postponed one
week.
Town Talk" tells all about the new
towns on the Chicago Great Western
railway. For free copy send to Edwin
B. Magill, manager townsite depart
ment, Ft. Dodge. La.
The regular monthly meeting of the
executive board of the Marshalltown
Women's Club was held this morning
at the clubs parlors. Nothing but the
regular routine of business came up
for consideration.
The new town OF Lidderdale, Carroll
county. on the Omaha extension of the
Chicago Great Western railway will be
opened to the public by an auction
soil oP 1of, oh h, ,r T,,11
For particulars address Edwin B. Ma
gill. manager townsite department. FIT.
Dodge Ia.
Mrs. Julia Baker, of 7o9 Woodbury.
street, accompanied by her grand
daughter. Lois Baker, left this morn
ing for Muscatine, where she will visit
for two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Carl Pensen. From there Mrs. Baker
will leave for northern California to
make her future home.
Miss Martha Travis. Of Owatonna,
Mimi, who has been in the city for
a brief visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Charles Wait, and family, left today for
Billings, Mont. where she will make
her future home. Miss Travis has just
completed course in manual training
at st. Cloud, Mimi, and has prepared
herself TO teach the work. She ex
poets to take a position at Billings.
The horses for the annual race meet
ing, which is to be held in this city
next week, are beginning to arrive
at the track. Four running horses were
unloaded Tuesday afternoon, also q
number of harness horses. Secretary
Finkle thinks that the prospects are the
best for an excellent field, and believes
that the entries as now scheduled will
be almost complete when the events are
called. Mr.. Finkle says that Marshall
town. Cedar Rapids and Oskaloosa are
going to have better fields than the
meetings that have been already held.
because of the fact that many owners
did not get their horses in shape for
the track soon enough to enter them
in the earlier meetings.
The organized Charity Association
held its first meeting In its new rooms
at 404 May street Tuesday afternoon
with fair sized attendance. After the
usual reports and some interesting in
cidents of the work, Mr.. Charles W.
Price, of Chicago, former secretary of
the association. gave very interesting
talk concerning the social settlement at
Gad's Hill. with which he and his wife
are connected. Mr.. Price is with the
Mccormick Harvesting Machine Com
pany at Chicago, and the company has
about 5000 employees who are living in
the settlement. Many OF them are
young men and women, who realize the
need of social and intellectual enter
tainment TO break the monotony of
their lives. Libraries have been pro-
vided, musical and social clubs have
TO be most successful. The next meet
ing of the association will be held in
the new rooms on Aug. d.
Frank Gard. who was called to Oma-
ha by the death of his brother, Isaac
Gard, Monday, arrived home with the
body Tuesday p. m, accompanied by the
sons of the deceased. John and Wesley
Gard. Mr.. Cards death was due to
an attack of peritonitis. He was a
former Iowa man. having been born in
Davenport, in February, 1S47. With
his parents he removed to Bremen
county two years later, and when 16
years Oh age tdlile " SodiitS
and enlisted in the Ninth Iowa vol
unteer infantry, serving until the close
of the war. Twenty-three years ago
he moved to Omaha, where he has
since resided. Besides the wife, he
caves seven children, Mrs. Eliza Fer
rim, and John Gard, of Denver, and
Wesley, David, Isaac, Albert. and Alice.
of Omaha Two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Key, of Kelgarey, Canada, and Mrs
Mary Ludlow, Of Spokane, Wash, and
two brothers, Miles, of Omaha, and
Frank, of this city, also survive him.
The body was taken to the Frank Gard
home, four miles northwest of the city.
where the funeral will be held Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. John
Montgomery of Albion, will ofticiate,
and the interment will be in River
side.