Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-05
THE CITY IN BRIEF

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See Brenneck. the reliable tailor.
Valentines! Valentines at Powers
DR.. Burkart. osteopat!.. so2 West Mai,
Valentines at the New York Racl;e
Store.
The finest line OF valentines in tn
city at Powers
See the valentines at the New Yor
Racket Store before purchasing.
For piano tuning or repairing. rim
15S, new phone, for c. f. Pickard
Manager L. l.. Stoltz, of Armour
Co., was in Eldora today on business.
fifteen cent ad in the T.-R. will tel
$4,000 people that your farm is fc
sale.
The Ladies Missionary Society of tn
congregational church will meet at tn
home of Mrs. Il. A. Morgan Friday af
ternoon at 3 O'clock.
The Lady Maccabees win give a so
cial at the *. o. T. M. hail Saturda,
Lady Maccabees' friends are invited.
Division Engineer z H. Wight of tn
/ Central, Went to Acllley Wednesda,
evening. where he will remain for :
brief stay on business. looking after re.
| location work and grade improvement
| in that locality.
Everyone will be headed to the Bee
Hive Saturday to hear the popular
down east auctioneer. Saturday af-
ternoon and evening ladies will have
chairs reserved for them and there will
be many bargains TO be picked UP.
Des Moines Capital: A marriage OF
Interest to many Des Mones persons is
that of Mr.. Harry leibbins and Miss
May Yates. which occurred last week in
Waterloo. Mr.. and Mrs. Bibbins will
make their home in this city, where
Mr.. Bibbins is Well known.
All the ladies of the city are especial
ly invited to call tomorrow at the stores
of George l.. Andrews and A. e. Myers,
and try cup of Walter Baker & Co. s
delicious breakfast cocoa, which will
be served free to all. "A book of choice
u.
Hereafter our store will be closed
Saturday nights at . o'clock. We do
this on account of our clerks, who are
Very tired after the hard days work
and we trust that our friends and Gus
toners will call on us early. We assure
you we will appreciate the favor. Lee,
Benedict & Co.
Ensign Harrington, junior secretary
OF the Salvation Army in Iowa and
Nebraska, who has been in this city
for some time. has received orders to so
to Ohio. He will hold farewell meet
irg a t the barracks on South First ave-
rue Friday night. This will be his last
service in this city.
Oskaloosa Herald. The Brotherhood
of Engineers of the Iowa Central have
determined to give .'.eir annual ball at
the Armory hall about Feb. %. and
looking toward the event have app
pointed Tom Maxwali, r. T. Penders.
Will Clavier and Pete McCosh as a
committee on arrangements.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Abbott left last
night for an eastern tip of few weeks.
visiting New York Buffalo, Washing
ton and other points While in Wash
ingt6n Mrs. Abbott viii attend the con-
t,nental congress % the Daughters of
the American Revolution. as a delegate
from Spinning Wheti Chapter, of this
city.
1.-The Span of Life" which is the at
traction tonight at the Odeon. is one of
the most realistic melo-dramas upon
the stage The play introduces the
world famed athletes The Donazet-
as" who form the wonderful human
bridge over which the heroine passes
to safety. "The Lighthouse on Coffin
Rocks" is another realistic scene in this
drama of intense humani-
ty
Last evenings Oskaloosa Herald
says: General Superintendent M.
Sweeney, of the minneapolis & st.
Louis and the Iowa Central railroads,
Is in the city in his special car No. 200
from Minneapolis ana is in conference
with Superintendent ). A. Davis, of this
city, concerning the stringing of a new
time card for the Iowa Central. The
new card will not make any great
change in the time of the passenger
service Of the road. but the freight
trains are receiving more attention than
for some time past as to time and run
ming facilities"
While the blizzard of Tuesday night |
and Wednesday did but little damage to |
telegraph wires in this section, the |
storm which continued to rage in the
section of the state I
Wednesday was quite disastrous to
Iowa Central, wires. Many of the lines
On the eastern division, east of Oska-
oosa. were reported down or out OF
working order this morning. and a spe-
cial train, carrying all the help that |
could be found, was sent east from Os-
ialoosa this morning to repair the dam
age. The snow in that section of thu
state was accompanied by rain ana
sleet, which chung to the wires and by
is weight broke them down.
The ladies of the Young Married
Peoples Club of Green Mountain, ten
Tered Miss Elizabeth Friend, who is
soon to be married to Mr.. Herbert C.
cclles a novelty shower at the home
If Mrs l.. n. Wallace Wednesday af-
ernoon In spite of the stormy weather
md drifted roads in the neighborhood
# twenty five ladies We're present, and
/ most enjoyable time was had by all.
Hiss Friend was presented with MANY
lovel and useful articles. the most
lniuue being a rooster and a hen an
,ropriately dressed to suit the occasion.
late in the afternoon a three course