Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
NEWS OF GRINNELL.
Change in the Agricultural Implement
Firm of Fuller and Scars.

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Grinnell Feb. 15.--A. c. Adams, who
went to Brooklyn yesterday to attend
the funeral of his sisters husband. w.
j. Carmichael. was shocked by receiv-
ing a telegram that his nephew, Ralph
Haswell, son of A. A. Haswell. of To-
! ledo, had suddenly died at the same
place only the day after the death OF
Mr. Carmichael. The lad was but IL
years of age, and had been working
for some weeks for his uncle Car
michael. on the farm. He was sick but
about a week and was not considered
dangerously i'll. Uremic poisoning is
given as the cause Of death. The fun
eral will take place in Toledo on Sun
day next.
Another important business change is
announced by which the long estab-
lished and apparently prosperous asri-
cultural implement firm of Fuller d
Sears disposes of the Fuller interest to
Jacob Rivers, who is well acquainted
with the business of the old firm. haV-
ing been the Montezuma agent for the
house for some years. Mr.. Fuller puts
in also his $4,000 residence property in
northwest Grinnell, and takes from Mr..
Rivers his farm of 225 acres near
Ewslrt. The actual transfer takes
place March list. Mr.. Fuller has not
yet announced whether he will move
to the farm or take much needed
rest from business cares ana hard Ia
Dor, to which he has applied himself
with hardly a break for the past ten
years or more.
AT the Congregational church tomor-
row morning, DR.. A. n. Hitchcock. who
is the western secretary of the Ameri-
can board and who has just returned
from missionary tour of the world,
will speak on the subject of Missions"
In the evening there will be mis-
sionary rally in connection with the
Student Volunteer Convention then in
session There will be several platform
addresses by student volunteers work.
ing under the direction of DR.. Hitch
cock Pastor Handy will preach at
the Methodist church in the morning
on "The Secret of Church Success"
Rev. a. +. Green, the evangelist, will
address the women in the afternoon at
3, at that church, and will also preach
there in the evening, at which time
there will be union services of the
three churches, Baptist, United Pres
byterian and Methodist. The union
meetings at the Baptist church that
have had good attendance and have
awakened considerable interest, will be
continued by Evangelist Green for the
present.
In the recently issued bulletin of the
Missouri Experiment Station on the
best methods of fattening cattle, the
following experienced farmers of this
vicinity have found mention: John
Goodfellow, Z. S. Pilgrim and Sanders
brothers, of Grinnell: A. e. Smith, of
Forest Home, and G.. H. Sweeny, of
Barnes City. This bulletin is published
at Columbia, Mo-, and is filled with
valuable information for the farmer
and stockman. 1t may be had for the
asking.
There are many on the sick list in
and about the city. Mrs |. Brande, on
Fourth avenue, is reported as improv-
ing after week of illness. Lyman
city, who has been confined to the
house for about two months with Sc
we're bronchial trouble, is reported as
much better and hoping soon to be
able to resume his usual duties and
pleasures. J.. Fl. Stewart, an old SOL
der living at ITO Hamilton avenue, is
in a dangerous condition from pneu-
monia. H. B. Westlake, who thought
he had so far recovered from a severe
attack of the grippe that he could go
to his work in the office. found it nee
essary after brief experiences there,
to take longer time in bed. Manly
Zimmerman is just able to sit up for
the first time since he was taken
sick.
The Sugar Creek Telephone Com
pany recently elected the following Of
ticers for the coming year: President,
Samuel Mitchell; vice president, Os-
car Eide; secretary treasurer, W. M.
Turnbull; trustees. John Ahrens, E. f.
Lynch E. L. Gillespie; lineman, w. A.
Palmer.
Henry T. Chaplin has just returned
from Colorado, where he has been for
the past two months engaged most of
the time in building cottages for the
colony of Grinnell women who have
settled near Thurman on dry farming
homesteads, which they have taken up.
He reports the colonists as enjoying
their experience in roughing it and
that no such severity of weather and
other hardships as many had i'm
agined, have SO far come to their lot.