Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-20
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
F. 8. Edge Resigns as Passenger
Agent for the Iowa Central.

! just bought the newly completed dwell
| ing of ID. X. Warburton, and will talk
possession next week. The presen
prospect is that A. B. Gage and famil,
will rent the property vacated by MI
| SchWietert. as the Gage property i
! soon to be occupied by its new oWne
| from Gilman.
| E. 7. Richard has sold the liver,
stable on Main street formerly know
as the Swaney stable, to II. B. Hall
secretary of the Scenic City Land ant
Loan Company. of Iowa Falls. Mr.. c
c. Doran has been engaged to man
age the business for the immediate fu.
ture.
1t is not only with great surprise
but with genuine regret that the people
of Grinnell have learned of the resig-
nation of Frank S. Edge as passenger
agent for the Iowa Central at this
place. His resignation is to take eff
feet on the 18th of March. His future
plans have not yet been publicly an
nounced. He has been very closely
confined to his business and the office
for a number of years and he may feel
disposed to rest up little before en-
9aging in permanent business. a re-
cent severe tho somewhat brief sick
ness may have fastened his resigna-
ton.
The body Of Mrs. Harry Fowler. of
Brooklyn. who died of pneumonia
Monday evening, was brought to the
home of her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. John Lee of this city. The
funeral waits for the Homecoming of
10 Of no
on q visit to New York.
Announcement is made of the deaf
after brief illness. of Mrs. G. w.
Mack and the burial of the body at
Long Beach. Cal. Her daughter, Mrs.
Walter A. Little, is said to be PLAN
ming the removal of her fathers re-
mains from the cemetery here to be
with those of her mother at Long
Beach.
The twelfth annual statement of the
Mutual Home Loan and Savings as
ISOLATION shows assets of o Yer $169.000
by d purely cooperative. local sNs-
tenn of home building in this city. No
one has any financial benefit from this
"hOnle grown" institution except the
denositors and the borrowers, if we
except the moderate salaries paid to
those who actually work for every dol
lar they receive from the funds of the
association
Norris, chairman of the Poweshiel
county republican central committee.
for delegate convention to be held in
the Colonial theater in Grinnell on the
9th OF March, 1908, the same being Fri
day, at $50 p. m., for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the state con-
vention to be held at Des Moines on
the 18th of March, and to the Sixth
district convention to be held in Os
kaloosa. March l.. The basis of rep
resentation in the county convention
will be one for every twenty-five votes
or fraction thereof cast for the repub-
lican nominee for governor at the gen.
eral election in 1906;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dee, of Sheri-
dan township, announce the birth of
a son on Sunday last, and Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Gillespie, of Chester,
daughter. born on Thursday last.
The members of the Women's Re-
of Gordon Grange post at an informal
luncheon at the post and corps rooms
on the evening of Washington's birth
day, Saturday of this week.
Rev. j. A. Hurley pronounced hus-
band and wife, last Sunday afternoon,
MI Dewitt G. Nichols and Mrs. Har-
riet A. Briney, both of Grinnel.
In spite of the heavy snowfall and
the high wind and continuous drift
ing of all day Tuesday and Tuesday cv-
ening, the trains of that day and
yesterday We're quite generally rum
ming on schedule time or near it. The
wind had almost ceased here yester-
day, the mercury standing at ten de-
grees above zero
Mrs. Elizabeth Westlake. of 1888 Elm
street. is enjoying a visit from her
brother and sister, Mr.. Sayre and Mrs.
TAYLOR, of Pawnce City, Neb.
The meeting of the Mems club of the
church last evening
was we'll attended and the discussion
of the topics selected was spirited but,
owing to the breadth Of the general
subject and the number of its subdi
lacked something Of the per-
sonal vim that has been interiected
into the previous discussions. Professor
Jesse Macy spoke on Our Political
Relations With China" w. G. Ray
upon Our Commercial Relations:' S.
H. Crosby on THE Industrial Develop
nent of China" Prof. G.. p. Wyckoff
on "Oriental Labor" Tin relation TO
Alnerca). and Rev. D. p. Breed on
sionarieS in the Awakening of That
= .i,,,,
Which followed these opening ten min
lite speeches. pointed five minute talks
we're given by Prof. L. f. Parker. Pro-
'assorS Horn. Noble and Amy. Rev. II. |
\. Drascom. and D. r. Warburton and
Jacob kornS. The form of the subject
md the nature of its treatment pre-
GUIDED the taking of any formal ex-
preston of opinion of the club.
Mr. Fowler vigorously denies the
tory afoa1 that he had sold his cream
ny and artificial ice plant a this place |
" that he has any intention whatever
If taking any such action on the con- |
larv he is more likely to enlarge one
II 10th Of these enterprises in the .
;pring.
W. NJ Pilgrim has decided to give up
he strenuous and often Very unsatis |
actoly duties Of night Waterman for |
his city and has received and accept
d the appointment of rural mai! car
ley on route No. . TO which ] NJ I
Bowman was appointed but which he