Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-25
THE GRINNELL NEWS.
Miss Kate oeborn, Missionary To
China, at M. e. Church Sunday.

| Miss Kate Ogborn, Missionary u
China, at M. e. Church Sunday.
Special TO Times Republican
Grinnell Jan. 25.-Pastor w. w
Woodburn will have charge of the ser
vices at the United Presbyterian cifurcl
tomorrow, speaking in the morning
from the words. 'In Remembrance o
Thee" followed by the service of com.
munion. In the evening the subject q
the discourse will be The Proof o
Love-
The pulpit of the Methodist churcl
will be occupied both morning and ev'
ening by Miss Kate Ogborn, who ha:
been strong factor in the mission
airy work in China, where she passed
thru two periods of Boxer rebellion
She is widely known to those inter
ested in foreign missionary work. ant
is said to be a very interesting speak
err and a very accomplished and de.
voted woman.
Rev. H. N Dascom will take as the
subject of his morning sermon "Condi-
lions of the Higher Life" The even
ing service will be given up to con-
sideration of the work of the Ameri-
can board in China and the talk viii
be illustrated by seventy stereopticor
views taken in the special field occu-
pied by Rev. Mr.. Aiken the foreign
pastor of the Congregational church OF
Grinnel.
At the Baptist church Rev. J. n
Hurley will preach in the morning on
the subject Christ the Son of God.
and in the evening on The Tempted
At the meeting of the pastors of the
city om Thursday evening last, the de-
cision was finally reached that there
would be no further attempt for the
present to engage revivalist and
carry on d series of evangelistic meet
ings.
While reliable report has it that the
surveyors for the proposed line of the
Waterloo. Pella and Southwestern rail-
road were busy with their work here
today trying to find the most feasible
route thru this city. the report comes
at the same time from Sheridan town
ship. where the farmers have been re-
ported to be very anxious for the road,
that there cannot be enough names of
freeholderS gotten on the petition to
legally call an election on the propo-
stion for Il tax.
The basket ball game between the
Iowa City and Grinnell high school
teams was decided after some lively
work on both sides, in favor of Grin
nell by a score of "a to 20.
In the debating contest in the even
ing at the high school auditorium, the
Iowa City team won the decision of the
judges by two to one. The question
Resolved That the disarmament of
the leading powers would promote the
civilization of the world" was consid-
cred very difficult one for debaters
of the age and experience of high
school boys, but the Grinnell team felt
very confident of winning this time
from the school that has always beaten
them in the debating arena. The
judges We're, Superintendent Milo Hunt,
of ColfaX, Professors c. e. Seashore. of
Iowa City, and G. P. Wyckoff, of Grin
nell.
Announcement is made of the sale
by the trustee in bankruptcy of the
stock of the Oswald Hardware COM
pany, on the fourth of next month at
the store on Broad street, where this
company formerly carried on business
Rev. III. w. futile spends Sunday in
Buchanan county, Rev. S. j. Suckow
at Winthrop, and Prof. c. H. Horn at
Toledo.