Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-26

Pay your fiat rate water rents now
and save the discount.
Lawn mowers. all sizes, all prices, at
Bullock's hardware store.
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Ben Hur fair. Finkles hall. Ladies
free tonight. Ferguson's orchestra.
If you like good bread buy Gold
Medal flour d. S. Good Grocery Co.
| Ice cream and ice cream soda. Com
stock CONNECTION Co., lis East Main
| street.
! Most people prefer Cameo or Ken
wood sweet wrinkle peas to the high
est priced French goods.
| The c. & N. W. will sell excursion
| tickets to Belle Plaine and return. APP
ril 81, account good roads meeting.
| Flat rate water rents should be paid
now. If you wait until next pay day
you may be too late for the discount.
Those who have seen our $40 silk
city for the money. You come ana
see it. M. f. Andrews.
| Account grand opera at Cedar Rap
ids April q, the c. & N. w. will sell
excursion tickets to Cedar Rapids and
return. You can leave Marshalltown
1:3S p. M, returning leave Cedar Rap
| ids 1910 a. m. midnight.
1t is seldom that you will be able
to find as large and complete line
of floor coverings as can be found at
the d. c. Wilbur store. We have a
large assortment of all kinds and the
old motto of good goods and the low
est possible price is still ours.
The regular meeting of the Calls
ophian Club was held Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. A. P. Bratt.
There was full attendance present
and the club continued it's reading of
the Stoddard lectures on Canada, af-
ter which light refreshments were
served.
Agent G. w. Bartmess, of the Adams
Express Company, arrived home Tues
day evening from Garner, where, in
company with Mrs. Bartmess, he was
called Monday owing to the illness of
Mrs. Bartmess' sister, Mrs. +. w.
Zieger. Mrs. Zieger is improving and
it is believed is now out of danger
Frank M. Vertz, of Minneapolis, and
Arthur Cox of Des Moines, former
members of the Company HI, Forty
ninth Iowa infantry volunteers, who
served in the Spanish-American war,
arrived in the city this morning to at
tend the seventh anniversary banquet
to be held by members of the company
at the IIasonio hall tonight at 8 o.
clock.
A telegram received from Sherman,
Tex, announces the death of Lee
Lentz, brother-in-law Of T. G. Wealth
erly, of this city. No particulars Of
the death were stated in the message.
but it is presumed that the end came
suddenly. Mr. Lentz is the husband
of Mary Weatherly, who is daughter
Of the late William H. Weatherly, Of
this city. Mr. T. c. Weatherly left
Tuesday night for Sherman to be pres
ent at the funeral.
The Unity Club held it's last meeting
of the season Tuesday afternoon, at
the home of Mrs. L. S. Peckham, and
elected the following officers for the
coming year: President, Mrs. Archie
Parker; vice president, Mrs. A. e. Will
bur; secretary, Mrs. w. w. Doolittle;
treasurer Mrs. j. w. Oliver; historian,
Mrs. NJ L. Meickley; program commit
tee, Mrs. Meickley, chairman, Mrs,
Emmett Waters and Mrs. L. S. Peck
ham. Refreshments were served by
the hostess and the club adjourned to
meet the first Tuesday in October.
County Attorney F. E. Northup,
Sheriff c. S. Hutson and Baggageman
A. NJ Worries, of the Northwestern,
left Tuesday evening for Omaha
where they have been subpoenaed as
witnesses in street car hold-up case,
for which Don Miller, Of Center Point,
and Charles Smith were arrested a
year ago last winter. These are the
cases that have been tried several
times, and in which the defendants
have maintained an alibi, claiming
that they were in this city at the time
the crime was committed. The coun-
ty officials and Mr.. Worries are to be
used in the rebuttal of the defense.
The Lotus Club met Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. p. r. Cornell.
514 North Center street Roll call was
answered by giving the names of cities
Of China and the program consisted of
papers on that subject. Those given
were entitled, Industries and Inven-
TONS" by MIS-. F. E. Northup; "The
Great Wall and Other Public Works. y
by Mrs. j. d. Palmer; and Medical
Work in China" by Mrs. w. F. Koontz.
During the business meeting Mrs.
Koontz and Mrs. w. ]. Head were APP
pointed to attend the biennial at Wat
erloo, the former going by virtue of
her office as president of the club.
Mrs Cornell was assisted in serving
refreshments by Mrs. j. D. Palmer.
Leander Hough, a member of the
South Dakota Soldiers Home at Hot
Springs, was sent by Overseer of the
Poor Pembertom Tuesday night to Mis-
souri, Valley, and from there Hough
will make an effort to reach his desti-
nation Hough, while well physically,
is in a demented condition, and APP
parently is not able to account for his
presence here, OR to determine just
where he wants to go. On his person
was certificate issued by the com.
mandant of the home, authorizing the
o,ra ntiner of a half fare rate to Mason