Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-01
The CITY lin BRIEF

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A happy New Year.
Chamberlain. opl,eian-
DR.. sayre, 2o4 East Main street.
Read culley's bargain lad" in thl.
issue.
Miss coyle's assembly tonight. Fer
guson's orchestra.
If you can use any kind of towel II
your Office, store or shop call up Derb'
Bros Towel Supply. New phone. $40
Trainmaster L. NJ. Shipley. of the
Chicago Great Western. was In the
city Thurs day looking after company
matters.
Sinclair will close his 3s 1-s per cent
discount sale Saturday. Several Sc,
of English dinner sets still left at $685.
and 1880
DR.. Wilson, the we'll known eye and
ear specialist. who came to Marshall
town twenty seven years ago, carrying
his valise, his only property. is yei
found in his old office daily at work.
B. l.. Pyle. of Marietta. arrived in the
city this morning from Chicago. where
he sold Thursday two car loads ol
hogs and sheep. Mr.. Pyle recently
purchased a large consignment Of
sheep in st. Paul, which he is fattenina
for the market.
Emmett G. Beeson. who for the pas,
two or three years has aeen connected
With the Spencer-Le,ts Coffee Com
pany. and who during recen. months
has hem assistant manager. resigned
today. Mr.. Beeson will open coffee
brokerage office here.
Martin A. Gaunt of ST. Anthony. who
was in the city attending the celcbra-
ton of the Odd Fellows. went to Le-
Grand this morning. to spend the day
with his uncle, Mr.. o. f. Gaunt. Mr.
Gaun.'s father. ]. u. Gaunt, and Sam
uel Moody. were also guests of the To-
cal lodge.
Misses Mabel and Agnes Drum enter
tanned a company of friends informally
at their home on New Years eve. The
early hours of the evening were spent
skating on the river when the com
pany returned to the home of their
hostesses. where games furnished the
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r. Holt went
to Hampton this morning to spend tn
day with Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Swear
ingen. Mr.. Swearingen is former
railroad engineer of this city, but TO-.
some time has had a run on the Bel,
mond branch of the Iowa Central. OF:
of Hampton.
Mrs. B. F. Taylor went to Nevada
Thursday evening. Where she will re-
main over Sunday as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. II. c. Mcintosh. She was nc
companied by her guest. Mrs. Jennie
Bronson. OF Des Moines. who. after n
brief visit a, the Mcintosh home, viii
return to Des Moinss.
w. f. Wood. of Gilman, who is soon
to move to Oklahoma. whSre he has
purchased a farm. conducted public
sale al Ills farm. four miles southwest
OF Gilman. Thursday afternoon. The
sale was a very satisfactory one in
every particular. and aggregated So
500. Horses sold exceptionally well,
aine head bringing $500. The top price
was Sl55.50. for 4-year-old gelding.
brought s152 and third $3.50.
Do you remember Elias Day, the
as he represented the
southern gentleman. the French pro-
lessor. the Jew at the telephone. etc.
two years ago. The same inimitahie
Elias Day. will give full evening OF
his characterizations at the Odeon
Don't miss this fourth number
of the r. r. Y. NJ C. A. course. Seats
sold by Furbush tomorrow and Mon
day.
w. j. Head. OF the Lennox Machine
Company, who has been IN ST. Paul for
several days. arrived home this morn
ing. Mr.. Head went to that city to
attend the annual meeting of the
saiesmen for the Fairw-l, Swan. Kirk
Co. one OF the largest wholesale
hardware firms Of the northwest. AT
he school of instruction Mr.. Heald
talked to the msn upon the hot air
furnace. The ST. Paul firm acts as a
distributor for the Lennox people.
Friends of ex-County Attorney E. H
Lundy, OF Eldora, Hardin county, are
authority for the statement that there
5 a possibility of that gentleman re-
moving to this city to reside. Mr..
Lundy has recently purchased of James
W. Barkhurst the residence properties
1t Nos. 31s and SCI North Third street
The purchase price was $4,000. The
after Is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. f. e.
North. Mr.. Lunly is a man of con-
siderable means and an old resident of
Eldora.
SipcIoir,s uoIa oloear cotvrday