Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-13
Picnic to Be Held in Marshall.
town in June For All Travel
ing Men and Families
TIME CHANGES DIscoMMoDE
West Bound Train on c. q N. W.
Fails to Connect With D.s Moines
Train at Amos ~ Several CONNER
cial Statesmen Preparing t, Move to
MarshaIItown

The travelling mems picnic, to be held
in .Marshalltown, Saturday, June %, is
not U. G. T. nor a H. c. NJ, A. picnic
but travelling mems picnic gotten VI
by all the travelling men of our city
The picnic will be given for the travel
ing men, their families and friends
and an invitation is extended to al
travelling men who may happen to be
in Iowa on that date to try and be
with US If possible. At a meeting held
at the council chamber Saturday even
ing everything was found to be pro-
crossing in fine shape. but the work is
not complete We expect to be able
to give an outline of the picnic in this
column next Monday.
The advertising committee have had
printed tags; to be distributed by the
travelling men Of our city, and it is
the wish that all travelling nlen who are
willing to help advertise the picnic viii
call at A. G. Johnson's office, over the
City National bank, and get them.
BY the new time card issued by the C
N. w. one week ago, I find No. 3, thai
leaves Marshalltown So a. IN. west, now
stops at State Center; and No. 20, that
leaves at 9:14, west, does not arrive al
Ames in time, for the connection fol
Des Moines or north as formerly. Ir
order to get to Des Adoines or north
will have to take either No. 3 or Is
Not only We're a great many travellers
left on last Monday by change Of time
but 1t vas the same in both Ames ane
Des Moines. II a notice Of the change
had been published In Saturdays OF
Sundays paper, it would have saved
many traveller quite a delay. No,
even our efficient caller, Charles Deuel.
knew Of the change until the next day
George Thayer, who on January re-
tired from the rosd to try the chicken
business, has given it up for the pres
ent, and will take up his old work with
the T.-R., CONNIE ncing this week.
the Churchill Drug Company, Of Cedar
Rapids, met with quite misfortune
last Monday morning at Melbourne. He
mistook the cellar door in the hotel for
the office door and fell into the cellar,
breaking his collar bone. He was
brought home on the first train and
swilllbe compelled foreman for at least
two or three weeks. His many friends
hope for speedy recovery.
At the monthly meeting Of the II. C.
M. A., of our CITY, on Saturday last
all the board of directors were present
except Charles H. Bingham, of Water
loo, andsJ. S. Clemens, Of Cedar Rap
ids. They report a fine meeting and
found Everything running along in fine
shape, with. membership up to today
T of over $500.
o. NJ. sBoyles. of Marion, who rep
resents Reid, Murdoch & Co., whole
sale grocers Of Chicago, in the Black
Hills, was home last week for visit
with his. family. Oscar likes the
change very much, and will soon move
his family west.
U. H. Bradley, salesman for the
Sears Manufacturing Company, OF
Plano Ill, was a caller on his west
ern Iowa trade last week. Brother
Bradley will visit Marshalltown in a
short time, and if he can secure good
house, will move to our city, as it will
enable him, to be at home with his
family every Sunday.
Fred Abel, Of Boone, salesman for
Taft & Co., of Des Moines, was in
Ames and Nevada last week > Fred
will be in .Marshalltown with his fam
lily to attend the travelling mems pic
mic ON June %. Fred is always well
come at Marshalltown, and he says
he knows of no place in iowa where
he feels more at home than he does
when in our city.
Fred Engle, the western representa-
tive for McCord, Brady & Co., whole
sale grocers, of Omaha, called on trade
on the c., NJ & st. P. last week. Fred
is one of the old ones, having repre-
sented the above firm for over TWEEN
.ty-fiSe years. He, commands a fine
trade.
Fl. H. Searle, who some six months
ago went with Bour g. Co., of Toledo,
O., wholesale teas and coffees, resigned
his position one week ago. and has
returned to his first love, E. B. Miller
& Co., Of Chicago. Harry will cover
the same territory he did prior to his
going to Minneapolis. This will be
good news to his mary friends among
the boys.
Two OF the best known coffee and
tea statesmen in Iowa resigned good
positions, and started out May 1 with
the new coffee and tea firm, A. j. Kas-
per &<Co., of Chicago. They are Harry
Purchase, who has for so many years
covered Iowa territory for the Nc
Laughlin Company, Of Chicago, and
Robert Barrowman, who was with
Bour & Co., of Toledo, G., for only a
few months. We wish them both sue
cess.
Ernest Will. with the Hostler Coal