Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-30

auction. See Peckham & Smiths ad
page s.
Labor Day dance at Forney's hall
Monday, September 2. Fergusons Tn.
: ion orchestra
A fan given with every 1O-cent pur-
i chase at Wachters, Saturday and Sat-
urday evening.
Those bloater mackerel at Olson's
are certainly beauties. Try one for your
Sunday breakfast.
Exchange tomorrow at Schmidts
hardware store for Junior C. E. of the
Christian church
Owing to the absence of the Mar
shalltown band from the city today the
regular concert, to have been given this
evening on East Main street, will not
be given.
A. j. Roberts, of Gearing. accom-
panied to the city Thursday for his
son, George Roberts, consignment Of
f1fty-seven 2SS pound hogs, which he
sold on the local market.
] Wamed-A good tenant for new,
! modern eight-room house; will be COM
plete and ready for Tenant on Sep
TENDER 1. Best residence location in
| Marshalltown. A. j. Clark.
H. G. Brntnall, j. D. Palmer and
Henry McNeely arrived home Thurs
! day from Whitefish Lake, Mimi, where
they have enjoyed weeks fishing.
/ Each member of the party brought
/ home fifty pounds of bass, pike and
!, pickerel.
Remember, that with every load of
fuel you buy from US You get certifi-
cate from the city weigh master show
! ing just what you get. It's our way.
1t costs us little more, but you are
entitled to know what you are getting
in both quality and weight. We give
you both. Consumers Fuel Co.
Mrs. Nellie WALL of Union who has
been visiting friends here for few
day. where she will be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w LaPlant for few
days before going to Chicago, where
she will take up the work of her third
Year at the Chicago Art Institute,
where shei is pursuing a course of
study in manual training and draw
ing.
Miss Edna Sears was made chill
oren's librarian at salary at $35
month, commencing September /, at
the regular monthly meeting of the
library board of trustees, held Thurs
day evening. The report of the act
ing librarian, Miss Vera Sieg. showed
the circulation for the month had been
2.So4. and that twenty-three new read
ers had been registered. The receipts .
for the month We're $22.22
Mr.. j. V. Parker will leave Saturday
evening for kokomo. Ind where he will \
be in attendance at family reunion. /
Five generations of the Parker family !
will be present, the Oldest member be- .
ing Mr. Parker's grandfather, who is (
Sc. Mrs. Parker and son Fred will leave |
for the east Saturday morning, and will /
join Mr.. Parker in Chicago. Mr. Par
ker and family will visit in Cincinnati
before returning home.
Superintendent Palmer, of the pub .
lie schools, has received word from
Miss Isabel Shilliam teacher of the
sixth grade at the Abbott yc.'oa'
TO the effect that she will be unable to
be present at the opening of the school
year, owing to Illness Miss Shilliam
was recently threatened with pneu-
monia. and her physician has advised
that she not take up her work for
few weeks. The position Will be sup
piled until Miss Shilliam is able to
reach the city.
Mr.. Merchant-Your order clerk goes
to limited number of homes every
morning and asks the lady of the
mouse If anything is needed in his line
today. The chances are she replies:
I don't think of anything this morn
ng." If he is a good order clerk he
names over list of articles. taking
care to name those that are timely
and the chances are even that his Gus
omer orders at least something out of
he list. You can go to almost every
home in Marshalltown with your sug-
gestion every day for half the cost of
me order clerk. who can reach only a
ew homes at the most.
John C. Clemons of Clemens. spent
Thursday afternoon in the city, being
N his way home from Des Moines,
where he had been to attend the state
air. Mr.. Clemens said that the
torn of Wednesday night had hurt $
he fair materially, and that all day
Thursday people were leaving Des !
foines in large numbers who would
lave remained until the fair had con- !
luded had it not been for the storm 4
Water was standing from four to six a
inches deep in some of the exhibit
ents the grounds We're very muddy,
making it hard for people to get about, f
nd the track was SO slippery that it \
ras actually dangerous to attempt the t
aces. a
Miss Edna Burroughs entertained !,
of seventeen young lady :
riends at a stocking shower for Miss :
'arrie Bradbury who is to be married ),
n September % to Mr.. Otto Dentzer, =
Chicago The affair was porch o
arty, given at the home of the hostess .
ster, Mrs. j. L. Williams. 400 North 9,
bird street The color scheme was
ink and green, and in the dining room,
here a two-course luncheon was
erved, pink shaded candles and piRk :
carts adorned the white cover with