Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-16
THE CITY IN BRIEF

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THE CITY In BRIEF
DR.. Janss, surgeon and physician
DR.. c. r. Ackert, dentist office owe
the postoffice.
New neckwear for ladies. Somethinl
different. Archie Parker.
A. b. Mccartney cleans wall paper
Leave orders at Deuells News Stant
If you like good coffee, drink Ger
| man American. always the same. I
S. Good Grocery Co.
Am now tuning pianos in the city
Order by postal card. .iencra ieiiv
cry. William Balton.
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For Sale Cheap Household good
and furniture. New and clean. a
2o2ls South First avenue.
The ladies of the Fifty third ban,
will meet with Mrs. Fred Robinson,
East Grant street, tomorrow after
noon.
One dollar and seventy-five cents tt
Des Moines and return via c. q n. w
railway, May 16, II and Is, good to re.
turn on or before May 10. Accoun
republican convention.
A typographical error Saturday mad
the date for the first republican stat
convention to read Thursday" May is
The convention is to be held on Wed
nesday, which Is the 18TH
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Bum Job-The painter tells you it is
bad paint. the merchant says the paint
er put either gasolene or I've in his
paint. Dinges &, EveIist viii furnish
and guarantee both paint and work
men. Either telephone.
NJ. w Chamberlain, of Union, o
Chamberlain & McLain. accompanies
To the city Saturday a carload of extr;
choice heavy hogs, which We're sold a
the Britain & Co. yards. Fifty min
head averaged $50 pounds.
E. w. Hinchley, well known La,
Noble farmer, who was In the cit.
Saturday, recently sold lot of corr
that netted him s35 an acre on hi!
land. MIR. Hinchley's corn last yea
went from seventy to seventy-fiv'
bushels per acre. and he sold 1t at S,
cents.
H. NJ. Bartlett, and family, the form
er of the weli-known wholesale hard
ware firm of the Hubbard. Spencer
Bartlett Company, of Chicago, passed
thru the city Sunday morning In his
private car, the Sunbeam" en- route t.
Toponas, Col, where he goes on account
of his health
Mrs. Archie Elson went to Abba Sat
urday night for short visit with hel
sister. Mrs Clegg Boud. She was ac-
companied as far as Oskaloosa by hel
husband who left for Monmouth, Ill
Mr.. Elson has for several months beer
firing on {; freight run out of Mon
mouth. but has again been transferred
to this city, and will soon resume his
run out OF this city.
Fifty-four members of st. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 80. K. T., In carriag-
es. attended the annual ceremonies
eommemorating Ascension Day Sun
day afternoon. Rev. Nathaniel Pye de-
livered short address at the Masonic
lot, at the close of the ceremonies.
Twenty-one graves We're decorated. in
Guiding those of members of other COM
manderies, buried in Riverside.
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The Minneapolis & st. Louis, which
connects with the Iowa Central at Al
bert Lea, put a new time card into ef-
feet Sunday, but no material changes
were made In the passenger trains on
the southern divisions. The summer
season at the lakes around the Twin
Cities opened Sunday, and the new card
was put into effect In order that several
additional trains could be put on to
handle this traffic
A nine composed of "levee" negroes,
dubbed the Black Diamonds defeat
ed Sunday club composed of employees
in the night gang at the iowa Central
round house by a score of IL to 9.
The game was played on the old
grounds near the Standard Oil Com
pany's plant, and was holly contested,
a number of the Iowa Central shop en-
ployes being present to root for their
team. The Iowa Central nine was cap
tanned by Night Round House Foreman
John Tripp.
President William Ewald, of the
Waterloo Base Ball Association, pass
ed thru the city this morning on his
way to Oskaloosa, to remain for a
day or two with the team, which opens
the series with the "Quakers' today.
Waterloo people are possessed with the
idea that "hoodoo" hangs over the
Microbes" which prevents them
from winning, and the showing which
they have made on the southern half
of the circuit has been far from salts
factory to the Waterloo fans" Wat
erloo seems to have not yet struck her
gait, for II is conceded Myers has got
together a fast bunch of players.
The young people Of the high school
gave a one-night fair Saturday evening
at the Maccabee hall for the benefit of
the base ball team. The hall was filled
and the young people enjoyed most
pleasant evening dancing. Consider
able excitement was caused about 10
o'clock by the electric lights going out
and the elevator ceasing to run. The
big hall was in complete darkness for
several minutes, until the trouble could
be located and a number, fearing that
something serious had happened to the
plant in the basement, made
their way thru the darkness and down
the long rear stairs into the alley be-
low.
Miss Mary Hall, principal of the Ar
mold school, and Miss Jessie Hall, her