Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-29

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and imported, at Culley's.
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Fancy mercerized wasting received
today at Lee, Benedict & Co.
The w. C. Z. U. Will meet tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. Rosa Reed, 313
North Second street.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Railroad
Y. Nj. C. A. will meet with Mrs. w. j..
Head. EOS South Center street Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. George r. Estabrook was in Des
Moines Tuesday, where he was pres
ent at a meeting of the republican state
central committee. of which he was
recently elected member.
Mr.. C. L. Gabrielson. Ct New Hamp-
ton was in the city Tuesday afternoon.
being on his way to Ames. where today
he attended meeting of the building
COMMITTEES of the board of directors of
the Iowa State College.
Walter Humphrey. of Delta, who has
been visiting his aunt. Mrs. j. c. Irwin,
for few days left for his home this
morning. Mr.. Humphrey will return to
Marshalltown on August Is, having ac-
copied position with Henry Pappe.
Mr.. O. c. Stouffer. formerly of La
Noble. was in the city Tuesday looking
after business matters. Mr.. Stouffer
is in the employ OF the Miracle Pressed
Stone Company, of Sioux Falls, S. ID.
as a travelling salesman.
Chairman w. D. Elwell, Of the pro-
hibition state central committee, spent
the day in the city In consultation with
District Chairman Elicit and other To-
cal party workers regarding the plans
for beginning the campaign on Sep
TENDER /.
Merchants of the city. In lines outside
of grocers and butchers, who wish 10
close their stores for the picnic at
Waterloo, Aug. IS, will please let the
same be known by telephoning any
grocer. and closing cards and ads. will
be furnished.
Special tourist sleeper to California
leaves Marshalltown S:35 a. m. Aug. 10.
One day stop over at Colorado Springs,
Colo, and one day stop over at Salt
Lake City. For berths and other in
formation apply to j. f. Tallett, ticket
agent, Marshalltown.
M. n. Edinger Of West Chicago, ar
rived in the city Tuesday. and will take
charge of the Dunno eating house at
the union station. Ben Sewell, who
has been manager of the restaurant for
the past year, will leave on Aug. for
Deadwood. S. D.. where he will take a
position with a civil engineering party.
E. w. LaPlant. of Cedar Rapids, was
in the city Tuesday evening. being on
his way to Newton, where he has a
large building moving contract for the
Newton & Northwestern railway. The
Newton & Northwestern is the road
over which there has been some talk
of its passing into the control of the
Illinois Central. Iowa Central and Nj. d
St l.. interests. Mr.. LaPlant's con-
tract is for the removal of fifteen or
eighteen buildings from the right-of-
way of the road.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Watson, of State
Center, spent Tuesday III the city, being
by their guest, Mrs. Wall
smith. of Sheldon. The day was spent
at the Soldiers Home, that Mrs. Wal
smith might see the manner in which
the state provides for Its veterans. Mrs.
Walsmith is the wife OF well-known
retired farmer of Sheldon. who is an
old friend of Chaplain Cole. Mr.. Wal
smith fifteen years ago was member
of the official board of the Sanborn
Methodist church. when Chaplain Cole
was presiding elder of the Sheldon dis
trict of the Northwest Iowa conference.
A Baptist Sunday school picnic is not
generally considered complete unless 1t
rains, and such proved to be the case
Tuesday, when 300 members of the
Sunday school of the First Baptist
church gathered at Cottage Grove
park, Soldiers Home, for days out
ing. A picnic dinner was spread at
noon, and the hours of the afternoon
were spent with games and contests
of various sorts, for which prizes were
given Messrs Nick Miller and Ira
Johnston acted as the judges. A very
novel manner of providing the thirty
little people with cooling drinks was
conceived by A. e. Wilbur. An i'm
mcnse cake Of ice, with the center hol-
lowed, was filled with lemonade. and
from the side there was run fauce.
that allowed the cooling beverage to
be poured into the cups. The Ice cake
was large enough to last all day. 50
was the supply of lemonade, but 1t
kept a few Of the older people busy
filling up the center Of the big crystal.