Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-25
;rinneII News Letter.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 25.--C. E. Penfeld
went yesterday morning to visit for a
week with his brother, who is a prac-
ticing physician at Conrad.
Mrs. j. j. Mullin left Saturday for
a visit of some length at Leavenworth,
and later with the w. l.. Hastings fam
lily near Wichita. Kas.
At a meeting of the Iowa college foot
ball team, held on Saturday evening
after banquet to wind up the day
and the season, William Zeigler was
elected captain for the next year. Zeig-
Ter comes from Goldfield, and is a
member of the junior class. In addi-
ton to being one of the best all-around
athletes in the college, he has the rep
utaton of being a good student and a
popular college man. After the BUSH
ness meeting, l.. h Andrews, the popu-
lar and efficient coach of the team this
fall, was escorted to the train that
carried him to Boston, where he will
play fullbacll on Thanksgiving day, in
the Battery Cadets game, in which he
was feature last year, and did much
to win the gametfor the Battery. His
W VI ItlS ilSHlS stppASN II ~
only for it's actual physical results, but
also for the high ideals he kept con-
stantly before his men.
A sad sequel to the story Of the
almost fatal asphyxiation Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Farmer. living between
Ewart and Montezuma, as told in these
columns several months ago, has just
come in the news of the death of Mr..
Farmer on Sunday night last, at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. William
Long, at Ewart. Mr.. Farmer was we'll
along in years, and had suffered from
diabetes. and the shock of the gas pois-
oning of last winter never wholly left
him. He was one of the old and wide
ly known residents of that part of the
county, had accumulated much landed
property, and had the respect of the
entire community. He was a brother Of
John Farmer, now living at Fort Rice,
N. D.. but once a resident of Grinnell.
mer living on the home farm, and three
daughters. Mrs. William Long, of
Ewart, Mrs. George Duffus, living near
Malcolm. and Mrs. j. G. Hannah, of
Montezuma: also a sister, Mrs. j. A.
Porter and a nephew, E. o. Porter,
both in Grinnell
Mrs. A. j. Harris Is having the
pleasure of visit from her sister.
Mrs Leila Johnston whose home is in
the City of Mexico.
Rev. G. w. DUNCAN, of Bremen,
Neb., a graduate of Iowa college, class
of 1875, and father of Rev. T. A.
DUNCAN. associate pastor of the Con-
gregational church of this city, has
at the home of his son.
DR.. E. A. Steiner returned on Sun
day morning from the European trip
that has taken his time and labor for
the past summer and fall. He reached
New York some weeks ago, but has
been busy in the Atlantic region in
the interest of Iowa college, and is to
return there the latter part of this
week and remain until the Christmas
holiday season.
Professor Mays political economy
chair in Iowa college will be occupied
during his absence for the second
semester delivering a series of lectures
in Leland Stanford university. by
John W. Gannaway. Of the class of
1902 Mr.. Gannaway's scholastic at
tainments in college in both graduate
and post graduate work, his subse-
quent work in Wisconsin university,
and his editorial writing on one of the
most prominent Milwaukee papers,
are all pointed out by his friends as
especially fitting him to occupy this
pnSitjon