Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-15

Pay your water rent this evening.
Last chance to get the discount.
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We are selling splendid berries today
at 10 cents a box Reynolds & Sheldon.
We will pay Ii cents cash today for
eggs and want all we can get. Rey-
holds & Sheldon.
The w. r. c. Aid Society will meet
| Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. S. L.
Johnson 306 North First avenue.
.
The Entire Nous Club met Monday
| afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert
| Stevens, and read the second act of
| Hamlet
| The home ana education depart
ment of the Womens Club will meet
with Mrs c. H. Van Law, 10 North
Tenth street, Wednesday afternoon.
| We are showing some very neat and
| tasty patterns in grey suitings. nice
stripes and checks, and more demon
strative plaids. Hopkins, the popular
tailor.
Mr.. D. A. Wilbur went to Clear Lake
Monday night, where he will remain
| for few days fishing, taking advan-
tage of the beginning of the open sea-
son, today.
Did you try the sanitary baked
goods handled by Culley the grocer. If
you did we know you are well pleased
| and if you did not ask your neighbor
| and take her advice and try it.
How about nice Mission dining
room set TO replace the old one with
something tony and up-to- date? You
| will find new goods at the D. G. Wilbur
store and we want to show them to
| yQn.
Mr.. William Wallace, who makes his
home with his son, Mr.. e. G. Wallace,
left this morning for Spirit Lake to
visit with his son, Mr.. c. p. Wallace
Mr. Wallace will remain indefinitely
and will enjoy the summer time fishing
season
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Ingledue. 304
West State street, entertained inform
ally at dinner, Monday evening, a few
of their neighboring friends. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Norton,
Mr. A. Sicard and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wheeler.
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expected to arrive in the city today or
Wednesday to remain for very short
time visiting friends. Rev. Russell is
coming to Des Moines to attend the ma
tional Presbyterian gathering there
this week, and wrote friend that he
would probably arrive here today
William S. Boyd. of Chicago, electri
cal inspector for the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, was in the city yes
terday and called on Electrical 1nSpec-
tor Louis Schneider. While here he
inspected the electrical wiring installed
for A. L. Cox, by the Barker Buchanan
Co. and pronounced it first class job
in every respect.
r. NJ Sinclair & Co, Ltd. of Cedar
Rapids, has filed suit against the In
gersoll Meat Company, A. NJ Ingersoll
and ]. l.. Snyder, to collect claim of
$311.9S, claimed to be for meat fur
nished The Omaha Packing Company,
of Omaha, has filed a similar suit
against the same firm for the collec-
ton of bill of s21o.
Councilman Herman, of the Fourth
ward, thinks that west end business
West State street should pay the rent,
as per contract. Mr.. Herman Monday
night introduced a resolution instruct
ing the city solicitor to collect back
rent in the sum of sos. due the city
on the 1903 contract. The resolution
was adopted.
A petition of consent to operate 4
saloon under the mulct law in the Pill
grim hotel, was granted by the city
council Monday night. The saloon was
formerly the property of the late Lor-
EMO ILL.,, of Des Moines, whose estate
is now being settled. ]. e. Wall, of
Nevada, has purchased the fixtures,
and the transfer of consent was grant
ed him, Devine, Iseman and Sieg OPP
posing 1t.
Mrs. c. H. Van Law and Mrs. W.
NJ. Clark entertained Chapter B. b., of
P. o. E.. at the formers home, 10 North
Tenth street, Monday afternoon. Fol-
lowing the business meeting the after
noon was taken up with reports from
the grand chapter convention, recently
held at Keokuk. They were given by
Mrs. Van Law and Mrs. Clark, who
were delegates from the local chapter.
Afterward dainty refreshments We're
served by the hostesses.
Chaplain Jesse Cole, of the Soldiers
Home, went to Tama today, where this
evening he will deliver one of a series
of sermons in special revival meetings
being held in the Methodist church.
Chaplain Cole has several speaking
dates for this month, and on Sunday,
the 9th, will be at Conrad to deliver
the baccalaureate address before the
graduating class Of the Conrad high
school, On Memorial day, May 80, he
will deliver the grafton before the G.
A. R. and kindred bodies at Cresco and
on the 31st will go to Hull Sioux coun-
ty, to give the commencement address
before the class of 'O6 of the Hull high
school.
The first smoke consumer ever put to
actual use in the city was installed
Sunday in the Meeker laundry, the
tall smoke stack of which has beched
clouds of black smoke for years. The
smoke consumer is simple device by
which steam is carried from the boiler
thru small pipe, and expelled with
tremendous force on the fire in the fire
box below. The smoke is thus driven
back into the fire and consumed With
a fresh fire burning only a thin gray
smoke goes out Of the stack. The steam
fire is being built, or when the fire