Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-18
The Grinnell News.
-, Observation-Disclosures

Spsc1ai To IlneS-ttepapHc2n.
Grinnell, June 1B.-The necessity fol
| a city hospital in Grinnell has beer
fully demonstrated ever since the OPP
ening of that institution, and even al
this early period in its history, it is
nearly filled with patients. An inspec-
ton of the wards has convinced some
who were slow to believe in such nee
essity, that there is suffering enough
to tax the efforts of this form OF
benevolence, and that here the suffer
ing can be relieved and health gained
far better than in many of the homes
IF che city or vicinity. Just now the
lady managers of the hospital are feel
ing the need of fruits and fruit prep
arations and are asking citizens thru
the press and otherwise to remember
.l,e SIX When they are putting up fruit
for family use and put up an extra
iar OF two for the hospital sufferers
The suggestion is made that if half the
people of the city were to do this there
would be an abundant supply, not only
for immediate needs, but for all future
Use thru the year.
A numbet of ladies met by special
invitation at the home of Mrs. H. N.
Parsons, yesterday and the day before,
for an informal luncheon as sort of
summer farewell to Mrs. Parsons. who
/ ssoes very soon to her childhood home
in Minnesota for a. visit of considerable
length.
One can hardly move in any direc-
ton in this city at present, without
finding long stretches of new cement
walks, or meeting with gangs of men
putting down new ones. The recent
suit for damages on the broken wood
en- walk has stimulated the city Off
Gals to condemn and tear up all de-
fective wooden walks, and citizens
show themselves very ready to assume
the financial burden of putting in the
cement, to the extent that many miles
of it will be in use here before the
season is past, where either no walk
or dangerous one existed before.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gage left the
city night before last for an extended
trip thru the east, going to visit rela-
tives of Mr.. Gage at his old home in
Vermont, where he used to drive the
old fashioned stage coach over the
mountains, and to see friends in other
parts of New England. They will be
gone thru the summer and perhaps
longer, and plan to take another trip
to the western coast later.
At the latest meeting of the city
council it was voted to secure member
ship in the Septic Process League
and to fight the case in the courts
against the claims of the city of Sara
toga for a royalty on the patent for
septic tanks
The close of college and the depart
ure of the athletes have not entirely
taken from Grinnell the sporting spirit
and element. as shown by the forma-
ton of city league in base ball with
games scheduled regularly for each
Monday and Thursday evening on
Ward Field. after the business cares of
the day are laid aside. The latest
game on record was played between
tho glove factory team and the fire de-
partment in which the factory won by
a score of 3 to .. There is a good at
tendance at these games and as much
enthusiasm as generally greets the in
tercollegiate games There are five
teams ON the list, the grocers, clothiers.
Windsor club, fire department and
glove factory. and at a recent meeting
Of all the clubs. l. G. Lemley, D. .. S.,
was chosen president of the league,
and Earoid L. Heyer, secretary and
treasurer.