Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-17
Gilman.
Special to Times Republican.

homeward way to Marshalltown Friday
evening, stopped for an overnight
visit at the home Of his uncle. j. M
Carney.
Mrs. Avis Hoy came about two weeks
ago for visit with her sister. Mrs
James L. wylie, from her home IN
South Dakota, and while in poor health
at the time. was not considered dam
gerously i'll. She grew worse rapidly,
however and her friends began to fear
that dread disease consumption. had
fastened itself upon her. Notwith-
standing all that care of friends ana
the skill Of physicians could do, she
passed into the dreamless sleep called
death on Friday afternoon at O'Clock.
Her husband of only year was with
her as also her father and mother, MT.
and Mrs. Gable. and many friends. who
now mourn her departure. Mrs. HOY
was about thirty years OF age and had
lived q beautiful Christian life thus
untimely ended on earth to enjoy its
fruition in the eternal sunshine OF the
presence Of her king.
The funeral services will be held at
the Congregational church today at l
p. M, the pastor, Rev. George r.
Chambers, conducting them.
The Iowa College students, Miss
Marjorie Sutherland, Earl p. Carney
and w. e. Paul, Of Gilman, came home
Friday evening. The vacation OF a
week giving them the opportunity.
Thomas H. McGrew is hauling the
stone for the foundation Of new resi-
dence in his ten acre lot adjoining the
corporation.
W. H. vosburg is building an addi-
ton to his residence on South street.
Mrs. David Sutherland Of Grinnel
visited over Sunday with her brother
in-law, II. Sutherland and family.
Rev. George r. Chambers took for
his theme on Sunday morning the
much talked of episode of the gift of
John D. Rockefeller OF 100000 to the
American board, taking for his text
Cor, 1924, "Let no man seek his own.
but every man another's wealth" IL
Illustrating the difference between self
interest and selflshness, showing that
selflshness dwarfed and belittled ones
nature, while self interested broaden
ed and ennobled 1t by It's regard for
others welfare. One Of the criticisms
drawn from the consideration Of the
subject was that the church would be
the poorer for the acceptance of a gift,
the means from which it was derived
SO tainted with oppression and chic
anery and disaster to others rights,
but that the general discussion Of the
subject thruout the denomination
would accomplish the establishment OF
a principle by which the prudential
committee would be guided unerringly
in any similar case in future.
Presiding Elder Pitner preached at
M. E. church on Sunday evening, there
being no service in the morning.
Emas Sawyer, q prominent farmer
of Highland township, is very seri-
ously i'll with typhoid fever.
GrinnelI News.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, April 17.-Rev. 7. o. Doug
lass went on Saturday to Tabor where
he occupied the pulpit Of the Congre-
gational church on Sunday and speaks
at the Council Bluffs association to-
night and tomorrow. On Wednesday
he will be at Webster City to attend
the Webster City association.
Rev. ID. P. Breed was In Garden
Prairie over Sunday and goes to OF
tumwa today to attend the meeting
of the Denmark Congregational Asso-
citation on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Presiding Elder j. c. Willitts and his
wife and daughter came UP from their
home in Oskaloosa and spent some
time with Rev. j. M. McClelland While
waiting for a belated train on the Rock
Island to take them to Marengo TO VS.
it relatives and for filling the Methodist
pulpit yesterday. Today the presiding
elder attends the quarterly conference
at Brooklyn and returns with MS TAM
ily to Oskaloosa tonight.
The will Of the late Charles II.
Morse has been filed with the county
clerk for probate, the final hearing
being set for the sixth Of June.
In the preliminary debate which took
place on Saturday evening last at the
hight school auditorium to select de-
baters to meet the Iowa City high
school debaters at Iowa City on the
18th of May, in accordance with the
terms of their challenge, the following
speakers were given places by the
Judges in the order named as follows:
Samuel OBrien, Arthur Dunn, Edward
Munson. The judges OF the prellml-
nary were: Professor G. P. Wyckoff,
of Iowa College. Hon. w. c. Rayburn,
and s. J. Pooley. The question for de-
bate is, Resolved, That Railroad
Freight Rates in the United States
Should be Fixed by Federal Author
ity." Grinnell high school chose the
affirmative and all the speeches in the
debate were on that side.
Professor j. d. Stops, who came
last year from the pastorate of
Mas sa chusehts church to wear the
mantle of Magoun and Simmons and
Bood,n in the chair of philosophy in
Iowa College, gave his first sermon in
Grinnell at the Congregational church
yesterday morning.
George H Outhank, rs years OF age.
has been quite low for some days with
pleurisy and pneumonia These seem
to have been overcome, but the weak
and irregular action of the heart gives
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