Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-29

Dance at Forney's hall tonight.
DR.. Billiard, osteopath, % East Main.
Our assortment of wedding rings is
very complete. Allen, the jeweler.
Waterloo VS.. Brownies tomorrow at
$3.50. Good game. Be sure and at
tend.
Fifty dozen ladies' ribbed top. fine
gage. fast black hose, specially priced,
15 cents or 2 pair for 20 cents. Archie
Parker.
This morning we received direct
from New York q new lot of bracelets
in many new and novel shapes. BE
sure to see Helberg for bracelets.
Are you going to send your boy or
girl away to school this fall? If you
are, you should read carefully the large
advertisement of The Chicago Tribune
in this paper 1t will help to decide
which is the best school,
Professor S. w. Byers of the chair
of geology, of Iowa State College,
Ames, who has been spending a short
time visiting with his parents. in Ma
son City, passed thru the city this
morning on his way to Ames.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Nicholson, 402
North Second avenue, entertained a
dozen of their friends at a five hun
dred party Tuesday evening. The at
fair was informal, and after cards a
light lunch was served by the hostess.
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Duke Ferneau, held from the home of
her mother, Mrs. George r. Estabrook.
was largely attended Tuesday after
noon. Rev. L. B. Xix, pastor of the
church, officiated.
Misses Lyra and Jane Benedict sang
several selections. The interment was
in Riverside.
S. II. Ferneau, of Gilman, and G. w.
Duke, of Fairfield, who were called to
this city by the death of the formers
mother. and the latters sister, Mrs.
Ruth d. Ferneau, and who remained
for the funeral, which was held Tues
day, went to Gilman this morning. Mr.
Duke will visit in Gilman for short
time before leaving for his home.
Henry McCluskey, formerly of this
city, and sisters Misses Mary and
Portland, Ore. where they will make
their future home. Until a few weeks
ago Mr.. Mcluskey, was living in Aber-
deem, S. D., where Mrs. McCluskey died
about a month ago. Since then he has
been visiting here with his sister, Mrs.
Frank Freeman, and with relatives in
Cedar Rapids. Mr.. McCluskey prior
to about four years ago was for
time practicing attorney of this city.
The Iowa Central, following the plan
of the Northwestern, began this morn-
ing to tear up the wooden platform be-
tween the rails of it's track in front Of
the union station. The planking will
be removed from between the rails of
the track nearest the station, but a
platform will be left between the two
tracks used by passenger trains. Plank
crossing ways will be left over the
north track, so that the public can
reach the platform used by passengers
getting on and off trains that come in
on the track south of 1t.
An immense locomotive of the oil
burning type, belonging to the Los We
gas & Tonopah railroad, of New Mex
leo, which was being taken thru the
city on its way to Los Vegas Tuesday
by the Northwestern, was set out here
because the bearings of it's wheels be.
came SO heated that the big machine
could not be moved further without
liability of serious damage being done
to it. The machinists in charge re-
NAMED here with the locomotive, and
adjusted and oiled the bearings, while
they cooled. 1t resumed it's journey
today. The engine was built by the
Brooks Locomotive Works at Dun
kirk, N. Y.
Mrs. Dillas w. Awtry. of EOS North
Second street, received a telegram
announcing the death, by sui
eide, of her brother Walter Schroyer,
who killed himself by blowing his head
off at his home near Montezuma
Tuesday morning. A story of the sui
eide was published in Tuesday even
ings Times-Republican. Mrs. Awtry
went to New Sharon, where her broth
er formerly lived, Tuesday evening to
attend the funeral, which was held
today Mr.. Schroyer was very well
known in New Sharon and it's vicinity,
and the only possible cause for the
suicide that can be advanced is de-
spondency, resulting from ill health.