Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
THE GRINNELL NEWS.
Windsor Club to Have Hon. Kendall
as Guest of Honor.

as Guest of Honor.
Special to fumes Republican.
Grinnell, Feb 4.--The Windsor Club
has planned for some time to have
an evening with Hon. N. Il. Kendall
as the guest of honor. He has been
invited to such an entertainment and
has consented TO be present. The pre-
else date has not yet been announced,
but is expected to be about the middle
of this month. The club has gener-
ously made provision for each mem
her to invite one friend, SO that as
many as can be accommodated in the
spacious club rooms will have an OPP
portunity of seeing and hearing Mr..
Kendall, as we'll as Of noting the man
ner in which the clup diSpenses hospi-
tally.
Announcement is made that DR. Da-
vid Beaton, of the university extension
department of Chicago University, will
speak here four evenings next week i'll
the Congregational church. DIR. Bea
ton comes here especially to take
charge of DIR. Steiner's classes next
week and to speak in the college on the
Day of Prayer for Colleges" The
subjects for Monday and Tuesday
evenings in the church are: Religion
and Morals in a Scientific Education"
and Principles of Scientific Bible In
structon."
Some weeks ago college student
living in the western part of the city
stepped out of doors from his boarding
place one evening. and was struck by
some person then unknown and
knocked senseless. He was discovered
and taken into the house and cared
for. but the injury was serious
that he was obliged to leave college
and go to his home at Newton, and
later to the hospital for care. No rea-
son could be given for such an attack
Glen Woods was quiet. peaceable
student, and no one knew OF any enc
mics he could have had to perpetrate
such an outrage upon him. Both the
college and the city authorities felt SO
deeply the Importance of doing every
thing in their power to find the assail-
ant that the city council at a recent
meeting voted a reward of 5000 for the
discovery and arrest of the guilty par
~ Up to the present time no tangi-
'ble evidence has been made public.
Joilu IdSti, lINlIlS WV Sos'l VI
this city, has been for some days in
very serious condition, being so vio-
lent at times as 10 require several men
to restrain him from doing himself Nio-
lence. Spinal meningitis has been
mentioned as the disease that causes
ths condition. 1t is reported that 1t
has been found necessary to use me-
chanical means for restraint.
The series of meetings carried on for
some Weeks by the society of Friends
here has been brought TO Il close and
Rev. Knight. the evangelist who has
had the meetings in charge. has gone
to work in other fields Much salts
faction is expressed by the members
of the society over the results of the
meetings and the highest regard for
the evangelist.
Mrs. Heller. superintendent of the
Detention Home for Juveniles at Oma-
ha. spoke very interestingly of the
work of retaining juvenile offenders
in that city and the entire county ov-
er which she has jurisdiction, at col
lege chapel Saturday morning and also
before Professor Stops class in the
afternoon.
NJ. VonDraska has secured the build
ing belonging to F. D. Burton, two
doors north of his recent location on
Main street, and is moving his stock
of shoes to that location
The case of state of Iowa VS.. Bart
Sparks for assault with intent to do
great bodily injury. came before JUS
tice j. f. Wilson by change of venue
from Justice Crosby. The evidence
failed, in the mind of the justice. to
substantiate the charge and the case
was dismissed. Upon advice of the
Justice the case in which the same
part was charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons was not brought to
trial
The members of the Christian En-
deavor Society brought out very
pretty play Friday evening at the
Congregational church, entitled Tara
the Star of the East" "a Missionary
PLAY" which was greeted by a good
sized and enthusiastic audience. The
acting is quite highly praised and the
missionary fund of the society mas
been quite substantially increased by
this effort of the young people.
c. c. Phelps, who has had the depot
lunch counter in charge for the past
two years or more has sold out the
stock to Wilbur Marvin, who took
full possession Saturday. Mr.. Phelps
future intentions have not been made
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