Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-07
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S|ON[LANNGSUNDAY
Albion Church Will Observe
Interesting Ceremony on
Sunday, August 8
EDlFlcE WILL COST $4,000.
EDlFlcE WILL COST $4,000.
VIII ee One of the Finest and Most
Modern Churches in Any Small
Town in the state-Rasement Will
Be Equipped With Especial Wow Of
Social Purposes.

gregation of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church at Albion, of which Rev.
s.. S. Wyand is pastor, will lay the
cornerstone of its new $4,000 church,
which will be situated on the site OF
the old edifice. placed there in July,
1860, almost fifty years ago. The cere-
mony will be one to attract many
friends Of the church from turnout the
county, all of whom are cordially in
yited to be in attendance Some clergy
man of note will be present to Of
,ficiate at the ceremony.
The new structure is to be one of the
finest, considering the size Of the town
in which it is located, in the state. 1t
is to be of cement block. 40x60. with
a full basement The auditorium floor
will contain the congregational meet
ing room, which will have a soping
floor and be fitted with circular oaken
pews. The choir loft will be at the
Of the pulpit and will be fronted
by nice panel running the full length
of the loft. The entire floor will be
ornamentally finished in hard Wood,
while the basement, with cement floor,
will be finished in soft wood. 1t will be
equipped with especial adaptation for
social usage, with reception room, din
ing room and couple of parlors.
The building is now up pretty Well
to the frame, but the cornerstone lay
ing had been held in reserve until next
Sunday. Among the things which vii!
go into the cornerstone will be Keep
sakes which were taken from the cor
nerstone Of the old building. Among
them are a little Old Testament, con-
tanning a slip Of paper bearing the
names Of the building committee Of
1860, S. Denbow, o. A. White and 0.
Payne, a. copy of the Herald and Era,
a religious paper published in St
Louis, the issue being dated June 3,
1860, and a copy of the Marshall Coun-
ty Times, dated July II, 1860, Volume
2, No. 33. The city Of MarshalltoWn
was in those days known as Marshall,
and the editor of the paper was the
late Judge H. c. Henderson.
The copy contains some quaint old
advertisements and notices. Among
the advertisements is one by G. M.
Woodbury. & Sons, offering to pay 20
cents bushel for 5000 bushels of good
corn, and highest market price for
any amount Of wheat" The Penn
Blacksmith shop, William Johnston,
advertised prairie breakers, which have
in modern days come to be called
plows.
Here is quaint notice and criti-
cism of concert which took place at
the court house on the evening of July
a, 1860:
THE concert-The Grinnell brass
band. orchestra and glee club gave an
excellent concert in the court house
on the evening of the Fourth. The
playing and singing were very credita-
BILE indeed. 1t is but just to say that
the brass band is one OF the best in the
state
1--WE regret to be obliged to add,
however, that their conduct was re-
prehensible in one respect. They prom
ised to play for a cotillion party after
the concert, and many Of the young
people who had intended to go to a
dance at Albion were detained by the
promise and patronized the concert
After the concert they positively re-
fused to play for the dance and there is
good reason to believe that they did
not intend to redeem their promise,
and made 1t. in bad faith to secure a
large patronage at the concert.
Now, we do not uphold dancing,
and regard 1t as grand folly since the
day when 1t led to the beheading of
John the Baptist on the instigation of
Herodious. But we are equally opposed
to deception, and we regret that Athe
gentlemen connected with the company
did not have the manliness to state
frankly what they intended to do.
They are entitled to much credit.
however, and we believe they received
1t, for the manner in which they per-
formed both at the celebration in the
daytime and at the concert in the
evening"