Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-15
The Geinnsll New.


Grinnell, April l5.--J. T. Byrnes.
rural mail carrier route No. .. who
went to the hospital at Marshalltown
last Wednesday morning to secure the
removal of cancer from his lip, passed
thru the operation In good shape. and
was expected home this morning.
The funeral services over the body OF
| Mrs. John Lantz who died at her home
in Sheridan last Wednesday evening,
Will take place on Saturday at II a. m.
at the German Evangelical church, the
pastor. Rev. Ranchk officiating.
Mr.. William Mohrdleld. a former resi-
dent of Grlnnell, died at Primghar, of
blood poisoning. The body was brought
to Grinnell for burial and funeral SER
vices were held at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Clifton on Wednesday
afternoon.
A two-roon school house Is to be
built at Guernsey and four-room
house at Searsboro this summer
r. b. Fish, of Newton, is in Grinnell.
tbs week to witness the series OF prac-
tice games in base ball. between the
Davenport league ana the college
teams.
First Baseman Archibald Wilder. on
the college team, fell in going down a
stairway and sprained his back SO that
he will be unable TO practice for time.
Superintendent ID. A. Thornburg.
showed Editor j. S. Shearer, of Blairs
town, the main outside attractions of
Grinnell. for brief time last Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs H. j. Davis, who have
spent some months in visiting the
mountain, coast and gulf states. re-
turned to their home in Grinnell on
Wednesday evening.
Samuel G.. Birchard has recently
bought the residence property on Ann
street, east Grnnell. of f. ii. Bu-
chanan.
Henry A. Walters was born in Mary
land Oct IL, 1918. He died of paralysis
at the home OF his daughter IN Des
Moines, April 10. 1904. When he was
four years old his parents moved to
Ohio. In 1853 he came to Cedar county,
Iowa He was twice married. His
second wife died in 1896. Six children
are still living. Services were held at
the M. E. church and the body was
laid in Hazelwood beside his wife and
SON. The pail bearers We're MI Cra-
yath, Newton, Andrews, Shifflett
Chaplin and Bortel. all OF them Old
neighbors and friends. He was the
last one OF his fathers family.
Yesterdays game left the league team
again the victors by a score of to 3,
on the diamond at Athletic PARK. The
game was not so vigorous as those pre-
cedlng. The GIdnnell team lost by err
| tt,~ Gal1 Ina
was in the pitchers box.
A W. Mcpherson of Perry spent a
! few hours in Grinnell yesterday on his
way home from Weltman where he had
| been on business connected with the
Perry schools. Mrs. Mcpherson await
ed him at Newton where she had been
attending the Preshytellal Association
Of Women. of which she is secretary.
| Mrs. G.. D. Gurley of Dallas Center
came in from Newton yesterday morn
| Ing to be the guest of Mrs G. l.. Miles.
| Mrs. Gurley is president of the Pressby-
| terial Association that has just closed
| it's session at Newton.
| The first recorded accident to any
| one wording at the Koch manufacture
ling plant came to John Seiberth who
I had two fingers crushed In some of the
machinery.
1t is expected that the decorations on
the interior of the Congreg ational
church will be finished this week or
early next week. In either case there
will be but one more Sunday of service
| in the Colonial, for which all who have
been chilled there give thanks.
A democratic caucus for the city is
called for Monday evening, April Is, at
the office of j. w. Sawyer, to select
eleven delegates to the democratic
county convention to be held at Malcolm
Tuesday April Is.