Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-29

morrow at 80 O'Clock. PflceS l0 ana
% cents.
Go to Simon's for a good cloak. All
next week $9.75 for any coat in the
store.
Do you want a fine cloak? Remem-
Der all next week any cloak in our
store 1915. A. H. Simon.
$50. 90
The first of q series of fairs to be
given to purchase sweaters for the
foot ball team, will be held New Years
night at the Odd Fellows hall.
The Trades and Labor Assembly has
completed plans for giving fair, which
will be held 't Finkles hall, beginning
January %, and continuing for one
week. until January q.
The funeral of Andrew Glenn Jack
son. the son OF Mrs. Anna Jackson.
will be held at st. Marys church SAT-
urday morning at o'clock, Rev. Father
Fitzpatrick officiating. The interment
will be in Riverside.
New Years day will be observed in
quiet manner in Marshalltown and
A. E. Wilbur & Sons are determined
to make 1905 the banner year In the
history of the firm-better even than
the remarkably successful year just
closing.
Misses Hazel Green and Esther
Laughlin, who are both employed as
stenographers for the Lake Shore at
Cleveland, o., and who have been in
the city visiting at the homes of their
respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Green and Mr.. and Mrs. John Laugh :
lin, will leave for Cleveland tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Moninger, of
Marietta township. celebrated the
eighteenth anniversary OF their we'd
ding at their home Wednesday. Their
daughter, Miss Margaret. and Mrs.
Moninger's sister, Miss Harriet KEEL
logg, of Grinnell, gave surprise din
ner for Mr. and Mrs. Moninger in the
evening, to which few intimate
friends and neighbors were invited.
Mr.. w. s. Porter, of Eldora. was in
the city this morning on his way to
Des Molnes on business. Mr.. Porter.
who is interested in one of the govern
ment irrigating contracts In Idaho, has
beens pending the holidays with his
wife and daughter at Eldora. Owing
to the unexpectedly severe weather in
Idaho work on the irrigaung ditch has
been suspended for a time, but Mr..
Porter thinks it cam be resumed by
about the middle of January. He will
leave early in January for Idaho.
The regular bi-weelSly meeting Of
the s. c. l. CluL war held with Mrs.
p. L. Collins in Taylor township
Thursday. and nine members attended.
The only guest was Mrs. George Fer
guson. The subject of the meeting
was the continuation of child study,
which the club has been studying at
the last three meeting. Mrs. Parsons
was the reader. and read paper on
Medical Charities" having to do with
the care of dependent children. Mrs.
Mcdonald gave paper on Charity
Organization Society"
A small wreck in which the way car
of Iowa Central freight No. 80 was
slightly damaged by being, struck by a
Northwestern freight engine at the
Clifford crossing. occurred Thursday, but
was not serious enough to cause any
delay to traffic. The Central train was
passing over the crossing, and the way
car had almost got over, when it was
struck. The corner of the car was
torn off, but no one was injured and
the way car was not derailed. Central
trainmen claim the Northwestern train
did not stop for the crossing.
Mr.. Henry Weber had a pleasant
holiday surprise Thursday when he
met, for the first time in twenty-five
years. his brother Philip. now a farmer
of Hickory Ridge, Hancock county, IL
linois. Mr.. Weber was sitting at his
desk when the door of his office was
opened and two men entered. One he
knew, as a farmer living south of tn.
CITY, but the other he did not remember
ever having seen before. Finally, when
the brother spoke, Mr. Weber recog-
nized his voice, and the greeting was a
brotherly one in every sense of the
word. Mr.. Weber will remain in this
= - ''i~it of few days at his
brothers home.