Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-15
KNIGHTS Of The GRIP
Enthusiastic Meeting Held to
Boost the Travelling Mems
Picnic
SATURDAY, JUNE %, THE DATE
chairmen of Various Committees APP
pointed = Invitations Extended to
All Iowa Travelling Mer and Their
Families - Notes of Interest to the
Commercial Men by Mr.. Shove.

At an enthusiastic meeting held by
the travelling men Saturday evening in
the Red Mems hall, 1T was unanimously
decided to give on Saturday, June %,
a big picnic and a minstrel show at
the Odeon in the evening, to help de-
fray the cost of the picnic 1t was de-
cided to invite every travelling man IN
the state to bring his wife and his
family or sweetheart or somebody else's
sweetheart and come on and have the
time of his life. The picnic will not
only be for active travelling men, but
for all ex-traveling m':n and the
friends of the travelling men. To make
this affair the success we want to
make it, and the success it should be,
it is going to require the active support
of every travelling man in Marshall
town. At Saturday nights meeting a
temporary organization w:s,s effected by
the election of Hon. o. l., Ingledue as
chairman and L. j. Jarrett, secretary,
and the meeting proceeded to elect the
following chairmen of the respective
committees, with full power to select
their own committees:
Executive committee-C,. L. 1ngledue.
due.
Finance committee Henry W.
Shove.
Minstrel committee r. Maxwell.
Publicity committee-E r. Lay.
Sale of tickets comrnittee-E. L:
Stoltz
Amusement committee---A. G. john
son.
The meeting then adjourned until
next Saturday night, April 20. when u
will meet in the council chamber at s
o'clock sharp, at which time all chair
men of committees are requested to
have the formation of their respective
committees complete and to be ready to
announce the names of their assistants.
The attendance of every travelling man
is the city is earnestly requested at the
next Saturday night meeting.
Dick Quin, the representative of the
Black Hawk Coffee Company of Wa
terloo, was in Grinnell on Thursday.
Dick is jolly good fellow and COM
nlands one of the finest businesses of
any one in his line.
Robert Cairns, salesman for Pine
Tree Silk Mills Company, of Kensing-
ton. Pa, was in Cedar Rapids on We'd
nesday, where he sold a number of
large orders Bob is one of the Old
timers, and no traveller in Iowa is bet
tier known. He lives at Ames, where
he enjoys fine home.
George M. Williams, special sales
man with a line Of white goods for ].
v. F,arwell & Co., of Chicago, spent
Saturday and Sunday in our city and
while here rented the house at u North
Tenth street, and will move here May 1
from Chicago. Mr.. Williams has a
very interesting family, a wife and two
children, which we shall gladly well
come to our city.
L. P. Weld, the leading cracker sales
man in Iowa, was in TaIna on Thurs
day Mr. Weld represents the indie
pendent Biscuit company, of Daven-
port, and says business is so good they
were compelled to put on two new men
last week.
The boys will be sorry to learn that
H. v. F'oote, of Des Mones, is failing
very fast, and his friends fear he has
carried a grip on the road for the last
time.
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Arthur Proffitt, special representa-
tive of the Longwear Lead Company, OF
st. Louis, was making his first trip in
Iowa last week, having just changed
from the territory in Texas. Mr.. Prof
fit is a very young man, a perfect gen.
tleman, and one who will make many
friends.
T. q. Riordan is out in the interest
of the T. G. Riordan Manufacturing
company, of Chicago. He is a great
entertainer as we'll as most success
full salesman. One can learn a great
lesson in the art of selling goods if
he will watch fhim for a short time.
He was calling on the trade in the
towns on the Rock Islal.d last week.
j. N. Biddle, one of the Iowa repre-
sentatives for Cooper, Wells & Co.,
was writing large orders in Brooklyn
and Grinnell on Thursday last Mr..
Biddle resides at Fairfield.
L. R. 1dso, of our city, until a short
time ago in the retail grocery trade, is
now representing Mcneil & Higgins.
wholesale grocers of Chicago, in cen
trail Iowa. Lon will continue to reside
in Marshalltown.
1t is reported that MIS-. Z and s, the
California fast trains ON the G. & N.
w. that were taken off about one month
ago, will in few days be put back.
That will be appreciated by the boys
who have to travel the Northwestern,
as they were very popular trains.
Jack Mcpherson. representing c. G.
Prouty. and Ed. Concal@on, with War
field Howell. wholesale grocers, of Des
Moines. were fighting for orders at Col
fax on Thursday last Both have
agreed to- be at Marslalltown to at
tend the picnic on June %, and bring
large crowd with them
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