Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-08


Dance at Forney's hall tonight.
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DR.. Jay. physician and surgeon.
d. A. Collision, dentist fremont
block.
Concordia Naebund will meet to-
morrow with Mrs. Peter Mayer. Ill
West State street.
1t doesn't take long for Mona stom-
ach tablets to cure indigestion. tlrst
dose relieves. soc. Guaranteed by
Mcbride & WILL
For Sale-For spot cash, pool hall
with four tables. good location, low
rent, in city of $4,000. Address IL. T."
care Times-Republican.
Miss Laura Jones, who has been suf-
fering with an attack of gastritis for
the past few days. is considerably i'm
proved today, altho still in bed.
We are giving away absolutely free.
a beautiful $3.50 'Eadie-Ward' piano
in our word contest Call for a circu-
lar explaining all about it. Eadie-
Ward Music Co.
Now is the time to have your furnace
repaired. Our busy season will soon
be on and there will be little time then
to attend to odd jobs of this kind.
Lennox Furnace Company.
Do you want a $3.50 piano for Moth
ing? Our word contest now going on
is honestly advertised and honestly
conducted. Call or write for particu-
lars. Eadie-iWard Music Co.
Work on the new fair buildings is
progressing rapidly and A. p. Wilbur
& Sons are preparing to show fair
visitors the best and largest line of
furniture and floor coverings ever eX-
hibited in central Iowa.
Iowa Central engine, No. "a, which
has been in the local shops being re-
paired and repainted was brought out
this morning and was limbered up pre-
paratory to placing in the freight SER
vice.
C. A. Durham, 119 South Ninth
street, of the c. A. Durham Company.
who has been quite seriously sick OF
pneumonia followed by a slight attack
of typhoid fever, is much improved
and is able to be out of bed.
C. r. Wiley, of Liscomb, f. w. Har-
Ian, of st. Anthony, and A. H. Donnel-
son and f. NJ. Sutton, of this city, left
last night for Tulsa. Ind. Ter, to look
after land investments in that vicin-
ity. They will be joined at Kansas
City by I. D. Evans now of Tulsa but
formerly of Marshalltown.
The Eadie Ward Music Co. have just
received the first "Eadie-fWard" piano
direct from their factory in the east
This instrument is now on exhibition
in their window and is certainly a
beauty. There are more new and at
tractive features about this piano than
any other on the market at the pres
emit time.
Charles c. Wright, of Minneapolis,
is in the city for the week, spending
his vacation with his parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. ]. A. Wright, and with friends
in Tama Mr.. Wright went to Tama
Tuesday evening for a short visit. He
will remain until after Saturday to at
tend the wedding at Tama of Mr..
Frank Wright and Miss Frances AL
len.
Several fraternal orders of the city
of which eX-Mayor l.. B. Jones is a
member are making plans to promote
benefit entertainment for Mr.. Jones.
who has been i'll since before his term
of office expired and who is now I'M
able to walk, because of paralysis.
Committees have been appointed by
the lodges to arrange the entertain
ment, which will probably be in the
nature of fair and will be held some
time during September.
The board of supervisors, which has
been in session for few days taking
care Of the accumulated business OF
the month, adjourned Tuesday after
noon. The board has planned to visit
drainage ditch No. 2, which is cas-
OF the city, and which drains the Kirby
and other farm lands in that section
The reason for the boards visit is
because the banks of the ditch are slid
ing in, and damming the water. 1t i:
the intention of the board to have {
new survey made of the ditch for the
purpose of widening the cut at thu
surface of the ground.
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Chief of Police w. E. Nicholson, ha!
purchased for the use of himself ane
the police department, the published
work on the Bertillon System Of Identi-
| f1cation. While the chief does rot ex-
pect to be able to induce the council
| to install the system for some time
he purchased the book for the pur'
/ poea of hncoroinp familiar with The
system of identification, which is nov
commonly used in almost all OF thu
| cities of any size in the country. Th
system is so generally in vogue tina
the department is frequently called up
on to identify persons by its measure
ment, which it has been unable to d.
because not familiar with the system.