Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-01

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Great values in lace curtains. See
whit we are Offering. Archie Parker.
fhe Val Blatx export beer is THE finest
fof table use. Charles Dioterich, sole
fsent.
Saxon corsets. 'front.' and side hose
supporters, as good as most dollar COR
sets. fer 80 cf.nts Archie Parker.
Druggists Mcbride & Will will give
signed guarantee to any purchaser of
Hyomei to return the price, 81, il the
remedy does not cure catarrh.
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The Beethoven club will meet with
Mrs. r.. s. Patten and Mrs. G. A. New :
conner at the Patten home. 205 West
Grant street Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting of the Band Ladies Aid
society, to have been held tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. c. G. Woodman-
see, has been Indefinitely postponed.
The regular business meeting of st
Margawets Mission will be held with
Miss Rachel Curry, 3 South Third
street, on Wednesday evening instead
of Thursday
The Land Of Nod" Company, which
showed in this city Sunday night,
passed thru the city this morning on
It's way from Oskaloosa, where 1t APP
peared Monday night. to Cedar Rapids.
Special conclave St. Aldemar Com
mandery No. 80 K r., for work in
order Of temple at o'clock sharp, this
Tuesday evening. All attend, per order
l.. F.. Kellogg, Commander; Attest, G,
M. Norton, Recorder.
The Ladies' Reading Circle met with
Mrs. James Hall Monday afternoon in
stead of with Mrs. j. M. Parker. as
announced. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. j. III.
III. Frisbee were the readers. The
meeting next week will be with Mrs.
Thomas .Kinball
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Railroad Y. M
C. A. will be held at the association
building this evening. This Is the
first meeting of the board since Sec
Rotary Goodell took charge Of the as
sociation's affairs.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Ward, the
Methodist missionaries who were in
the city Sunday and yesterday, left
this morning for Omaha, and from
there they will go to Sioux City. Rev.
Ward spoke Monday to the Bible study
class Of the Methodist church.
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DR.. A. ]. Mccormack, of Gearing, was
In the city Monday afternoon, being
on his way to Des Moines, where he
will be in attendance at the annual
convention OF the Iowa State Dental
Society, which began this morning and
will continue in session until Thursday.
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Mrs j. r. Gitchell, of Center Point,
accompanied by her son, Mr.. r. E..
Gitchell, arrived In the city Monday
evening, and will make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. w. r. Pitner. Mr..
Gitchell, who is eX-president of the
Linn County Bank, Center Point, will
be here few days at his sisters
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Goodwin, who
have been in the employ of Manager
Gussie Schlicht, OF the Dunno eating
house at the union station. left this
Mr.. Goodwin will be placed as man
ager of the Dunno place there. Mr..
Dunno was in the city over night Mon
day, and accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Goodwin to Missouri Valley this morn
ing.
Mrs Carrie e. Frederick, state SUI
perintendent Of the department OF
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the w. c. I. u, is in receipt of an !
nouncement Of the death at Boston.
Mass, of Mrs. Mary III. Hunt, national
superintendent of the department and
national director of the bureau Of
scientific temperance investigation, and
scientific director of the National Edu-
cational association. Mrs. Hunts fu-
neral was held in the Pilgrim church
at Dorchester, of which she had long
been a member memorial ser iice
by the local union Is being planned
for later in the year.
A special train of six sleepers and a
dining car, having on board bankers,
capitalists, cement users and manufac-
turers passed thru the city over the
Great Western this morning on it's way
from Minneapolis to independence,
Kas. The train was being run by tho
Northwestern States Portland Cement
Company, Of Minneapolis and is for the
purpose of taking those on board to
Independence to see the cement plant
the company owns there. The primary
purpose Of the excursion is to interest
capital In the cement factory the COM
pany has under construction near Ma
son City. Fourteen from Mason City
joined the excursion here as did also
others from other points north on the
Iowa Central.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Showalter, iiv-
ing three miles south of the city on
Center street, received a letter M ond ~
afternoon from MIR. Showalters mother,
Mrs. Patience Showalter, who is maxi
ing her home at Santa Rosa, Cal, with
daughter, Mrs. Orrin Whitcon13, and
who passed thru the recent earthquake.
Mrs. 'Showalter and the other relative,
at Santa Rosa were uninjured ex ,pt-
ing for slight bruises. but MIR and Mrs
Whitcomb had very narrow escape.
Mrs Showalter, who will be SO years
of age in June, writes verv Interest,"
ingly of the experience and the scenes
about Santa Rosa. She was struck on
the head by large book thal toppled
over on her bed from stanil near py.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb had just got
out Of their bed when the sho * was
felt, and had no sooner reacna1 a place
of safety when the brick chimney in
the wall came tllmhling war on the