Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-11
News of Grinnell.


church Sunday morning Rev. Elias
Handy will preach on the subject,
"Hosanna," and in the evening on THE
Man Who Put His Job in the Wrong
Place. This is Decision Day." for the
Sunday school of that church. On
Monday Pastor Handy goes as the del
egate from this church to the MEMS
Missionary Conference" in Chicago,
covering the first three days of the
week. Owing to the pastors absence
the members of the church will join
with the Congregationalists in the OBJ
servance of Passion Week, by special
evening services.
At the Baptist church, Pastor Hur-
ley will take for the topic of the morn
ing. 1.-The Hidden Life" and for the ev-
eing, "The Two Seekers
As before announced in these col
un1s. Professor Graham Taylor, of Chi
cago Seminary, will speak in the morn
ing at the Congregational church and
at 5 O'clock in. the afternoon will adj
dress a mass meeting at the Colonial
theater, and again in the church in
the evening at 1880
Ralph Vanderveer. Of this city, who
was married at Winterset on Tuesday
last, to Miss Estella Sparks, has just
returned here with his bride. They
will make their home for the immediate
future on North Spencer street Mr.
Vanderveer is the son of Uriah Van
derveer.
Mass will be celebrated at the Cath
Ollie church here on Sunday, by Father
C,,Vs in,
The recent meeting of the colonies of
the four Iowa regiments. determined
the question of summer evolutions and
Company X of this city, with Others
will go into camp for company and
regimental drill and camp practice from
July 2Sth to August Sth tho the exact
location Of the camp is still undecided.
This seems much more to the salts
faction of the rank and file as we'll as
company officers than the more extern
sive and pretentious maneuvers of last
summer.
E. w. Bortell and NJ s. Smith sold
some swine to shippers H. NJ. Bray
and son. lately. that averaged 312
pounds at eleven months of age. Mr..
Bray shipped these with others and
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Farmer, who came
so near death by asphyXiation from the
gas from a hard coal stove one night
last week at their farm residence near
Montezuma. are now reported as maxi
ing good recovery and are able to be
about as usual. but are still feeling the
effects Of their near call
Mrs. Y. P. Haines is enjoying a visit
from her sister, Miss Harriet Millman
of Logan. who is in the city for
stay Of some weeks. Miss Milliman was
an Iowa college student last year.
Grnnell is having renewal OF hobo
experiences. from which plague she has
been largely free for a long time past.
The city marshal reports over eighty
cases Of free lodgings for the month
of March, and about thirty cases of
Undesirable citizens" Of this uni
formed rank that were politely re-
quested to move on without waiting
for the hospitality of the city. The
Iowa Central road is also having its
share of trouble and expense in the
carrying Of this kind Of unremunerative
freight, one train, it is reported. hav-
ing unloaded fifteen samples into the
freight yards. 1t is said to be due to
the vigilance of the city officials alone
that the citizens have escaped the an
noyance of continual begging and pos
sibly thieving from the ranks Of the
unwilling to be employed"
The Iowa college academy debating
team will meet the Iowa Wesleyan
,o,do,,,, +aor, From, Mt Plea to-
night i'm that city. and discuss the
question of the advisability of estab-
fishing postal savings banks. the Grin
nell team taking the affirmative of the
question
The divorce case Of Boswell against
Boswell Yves before the court at Mon
tezuma yesterday and was resumed
this morning. The motion to set aside
the verdict in the case of Whitmore
against Whitmore. given thru default
was denied. Motion for new trial in
the case of Jackson against city or
c,r;,peI1 was denied