Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-20
DR.. Billiard, osteopath. IS East Main


Main.
DIR. w. NJ. Choate. dentist. over the
Fidelity bank.
Dr. MARS office over Melvine & Soil
days, 122 East Main.
DIR. Cora Williams will hereafter be
| found in her new office over the FL
deity Savings Bank.
| Claim Agent Marquis Barr. of the
Central, spent Tuesday in the city
looking after business matters.
Mr.. c. W. Wilson. advance repre-
sentative of the Brinton Entertaining
Company. was In the city yesterday.
| Ladies wishing TO join an evening
physical culture class may report at
Mrs. j. l.. Carneys, Thursday evening
al $50.
The ladies of the F'ifty-third band
Will meet with Mrs. p NJ. Adamson.
oO2 North Seventh street, tomorrow
lafternoon.
The j. b. Pence homestead will be sold
at auction Saturday at 10 a. m. at
/
cation cheap.
The Ladies Mite Society will serve
coffee and cake in their hall at $50
o'clock Thursday night. All invited.
Admission 10 cents.
Five thousand pounds shelled POP
corn for sale at three cents per lb. Dis
count on large orders Reynolds &
Sheldon, So West Main street.
The Royal Neighbors' Aid Society
will be entertained Thursday afternoon
| by Mesdames Fred and George Pepper
at The formers home, sol North Sec
! ond avenue.
| Friends of Miss Ethel Elliott of this
city. will be pleased to know that she
has been selected by the faculty of
| the State University Of Iowa. to act
| as assistant in the chair of public
| speaking, before the 1904 summer ses-
sion of the university. Miss Elliott is
at present taking course in DR..
Curry's School of Expression in Bos-
| ton.
Mrs. o. L. Binford and Mrs. c. A.
Eadie were hostessss Monday eevning
| to about th.rty-tve of their friends
| complimentary TO Miss Bessie Weber
| Of Denver. who has been making her
home with Mrs. Binford. The hours
were spent with dancing and playing
pit Miss Weber expects to leave the
city Saturday for Nebraska. where she
will visit for short time before de-
parting for her home.
| Master Lloyd Nicholson, son of Mr.
and Mrs f. L. Nicholson. of Timber
Creek township. was quite badly in
jured Sunday afternoon while skating
near his home. He accidentally skat-
ed into barbed wire fence, which re-
suited in severe cuts above and be-
| low each eye. 1t is not known as yet
| whether the accident will prove SER
| ious or not The wires were rusty and
| 1t is feared there Is some danger of
| infection.
An exploratory incision into the abb
dominal cavity OF Allen Packer. of
Union. was made this morning at S.
Thomas hospital, to confirm the dag
nosis made by the physicians last week.
Mr.. Packer was found to be suffering
| from cancer of the liver and gall duct.
The case is very serious one. and
presents no hope. it being admitted that
the end Is merely matter of time.
Mr. Packer stood the effects OF the
operation as well as could be ex-
pected.
Tomorrow evening January 81, Pro-
| fessor Edwin Erie Sparks, assistant in
the chair of history of the University
| of Chicago. will begin the second of
| the university extension series OF lee
lures in the Carnegie library lecture
room. His subject will be Benjamin
| Franklin. the Colonial Agent" Tick
cts for the course OF six lectures are
$3.50. and may be purchased at any of
| the banks. The executive committee
which arranged the course. regrets
very much that the dates will conflict
with the regular prayer meeting nights
of the churches. but at the time the
arrangements were made ii was the
| understanding of many that the mid
| week meetings would be changed back
to Wednesdays
| Rev. Father Warning, OF ST. Mary's
celebrated holy mass at o'clock
Tuesday morning in the assembly hall
at the Soldiers Home, to afford an
opportunity for the Catholic members
OF the Institution to receive their
Christmas communion. Quite large
| number attended and most Of those
present received the blessed sacrament.
The confessions of the communicates
| were heard at 3 O'clock Monday after
| noon. Father Warning. in short adj
dress after the mass. spoke OF the inn
por.ance of receiving the sacraments
frequently. and exhorted his hearers
| TO preserve their souls from sin by
daily prayer and modification. Holy
communion was afterwards taken to
the rooms OF those whose health would
not permit their presence at their SER
vice.
The funeral OF Mrs. Alvira NJ. Sails
bury, of LeGrand. who died Sunday
night was held Tuesday morning at the
Christian church in that place and was
very largely attended. Rev. Peters,
pastor of the church. assisted by Rev
Carlyle Summerbell and Rev j. w
Piper. of Palmer College, officiated
Those who attended from this city were
Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Salisbury and son
Ross; Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Welker AMI
family: and Mr.. c. H. Smith. Mrs
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