Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Paragon school tablets at Liebig's,


everlasting iron hitching post.
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Rev. Obed Long, who has been quite
i'll for several weeks, is improved ana
able to be out of the house.
Brown Fuel and Lime Co have just
received a fresh invoice of the nut ana
pea coal Just the fuel for summer
cooking.
Roy Robinson has been engaged at
Fred Gates barber shop where he VIII
be pleased to see his friends. q u
North First avenue.
We build and guarantee, under bond,
all kinds of cement and concrete work.
Write or phone us for estimates. Mar
shalltown Sidewalk and Concrete Co.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con-
gregational church. will meet Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. u.
r. Lay. North Second street She
will be assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. Rails.
The degree team of Center Lodge,
No. 260, l. o. o. f., State Center was
in Gearing Tuesday night. where the
members did the initiatory work before
n. class of candidates in the Fearing
lodge
The funeral of Henry O. Robinson
was held at the residence, l04 West
Railroad street, Tuesday afternoon u.
a o'clock and was largely attended by
relatives and friends. Rev Edgar III
TYSON conducted the service ana the
interment was in Riverside.
Mrs. ]. III. Norton. of Gearing, was m
the city Tuesday evening. being on her
way home from Colfax, where she mas
been for a visit of a few days with her
husband who is at the springs tak'hs
treatment for rheumatism. MI NOR
ton is improving quite rapidly ana eN-
pects to return home Within lew
days.
Inyestors-Do you want per cent
security guaranteed as to prlhclpai
ana ,,,feresto Can be secured at prac-
tical,v par. Will bear strict ana thor-
ough investigation. Do not Write ui'-
less YOU are Interested ana nave cash
at hand. Will refer to any panh IN
city. Address letters, c. =. N, care
T.-R.
chief Clerk w. b. Miller, in the OF
flee Of Freight Agent q. +. Harding, Oh
the Great Western, has resigned his
nosition. and is being checked out to-
day by Travelling Auditor W. u. DaV-
idson He will be succeeded by Elmer
r. Watt a clerk in the office, VINO mas
been promoted. Mr.. Miller Will go 10
I,eayenworth, kas.. and will live on
farm he owns near there.
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The police raided the east yards TINS
morning, rounding up several tra1irps
who were infesting the neighborhood.
Two were arrested and several others
were ordered from the city. The tramp
element. which has not been SO pien-
tiful in recent days, began to make
itself apparent again yesterday waen
several arrived from different direc-
lions. The police are determined to
keep the city as free from the cnar-
acters as is possible
The Calisophian Club met Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. w. l.. Place, 3Ol
South Center street. Guests present
were Mrs. A. T. Elder and Mrs. A. j..
Moreley. both former members. All
the members were present. excepting
one and a fine meeting was enjoyed,
In response to Mrs. Elders invitation
the club will meet next week with her,
and after that there will be only one
more meeting this summer. Refresh
ments were served by the hostess yes
terday.
Local interest attaches to a Min
neapolis dispatch, published in
these, columns Monday evening,
in which Probate Judge Harvey
holds that Albert Johnson, of Min
neapolis, was of sound and disposl1lg
mind when he made his will in Jarlu-,
AIRY, 1904 leaving Miss Edna Dicker-
son. a Chicago stenographer. and dis
tant relative of the decedent, $2,oO0,-
900. Mr.. Johnson was a cousin of Mrs.
J. S. Haskell and a. nephew OF Mrs.
Orissa Waldo of this CITY,
The Apalachicola, Fla, Times says
.sMr. Sears, Of Marshalltown. Iowa,
was in the city Wednesday, also Mr.
Steel, a prominent steamboat owner OF
Minneapolis. Mr.. Sears at one time
was connected with one of the largest
barb wire concerns in the country. and
is a recent purchaser OF $4,000 acres OF
land i'm this section. MIR. Sears stop
ped off at Blouts Town to have the
deeds to the land properly recorded"
The land referred to is Florida pine
lands in which Mr. Sears has recently
invested.
The Shakespeare Club met at the
home of Mrs Mary Farrand, 313 North
Third street, Tuesday afternoon. Much
good was gained from the meeting,
which was taken up with a compre-
hensive review of King Lear" and
quotations. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. T. P. Marsh
next Wednesday evening, instead of
afternoon. 1t will be the last
and annual meeting, al which new Off
GERS will be elected. Light refresh
ments were enjoyed after the study
period yesterday.
Mrs. A. L. Palmer of Chicago
Heights, ILL.,, is in the city and will re-
main for a visit of a month with her
sister, Mrs. S. p. Knisely. Mrs. George
F. Kennedy, of Cedar Rapids, arrived
in the city Tuesday evening, and will
be the. guest of Mrs. Knisely and 9TH
err friends for week. Mrs. Palmer
and Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Virginia
who recently returned to the
city after an extended stay in Man
kato, Kas., are all former members of
the Witenagemote Club, and in their
honor the club will give party at
the home of Mrs w r Cnallin1