Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-13
The GrinnelI News Letter.

Special ~ rnes-Republican.
Grinnell, July 13.--The heat of the
past few, days in this vicinity has been
! at SO or better in the hottest part of
each day. and up in the SOS or close to
that mark thru most of the nights.
This exceeding heat has baked the
ground until corn. potatoes and gar
dens need rain. The heavy hay crop is
being harvested, and the farmers want
dry weather for saving it. Oats and
other grains as well as grasses, are
standing up well. If all the wheat is
Ike the sample bundle left by Mr. Ed.
ward B. Lincoln at a store here, the
crop will be unusually good for this
region The straw is long and bright,
the heads are well filled. and the kerr
nels are plump and of good size.
Rev. j. w. Hackley, former pastor
of the Methodist church in this city, Is,
reported to be in the Wesley hospital
at Chicago, where he has endured an
surgical operation for the removal Of
gall stones, form of trouble from
which he has suffered for many years
All reports indicate that he is doing as
we'll as can be expected.
Dr. =. H. Harris, of this city. who
was stricken with paralysis week agt,
last Friday, is not giving any evidence
of recovery of the use Of his faculties
but rather seems to be slowly weaken
ing. ~
Mrs. NJ. G. Cappron, proprietress of
the New Monroe hotel, is visiting al
her old home in New York state. and
plans to extend her visit to points In
New England. before her return
Reull Hull Sylvester, of this city, has
been one of five to receive scholarships
IN the state university. His many
friends rejoice with him at his we'll
earned good fortune which carries with
1t the necessary funds to pay the ex-
penses of his advanced study.
At the recent evolutionary contest
held in the Methodist Episcopal church
at Sonora, the judges. Principal G. H.
Horn and Miss Maude Bortell of this
city and Mr.. Emory Jacobs, awarded
the prizes as follows: First grade.
Clyde Barnes, box of bon bons; second
grade, Esther Harris, silver toothpick
holder; third grade, ANGEL Hays. pair
of american Boy" shoes; fourth grade,
Bertha Hickman, jardiniere stand; fifth
grade. Mrs. Harvey j. McFate, silver
pickle castor; sixth grade, John Nc
MILAN, cuff and collar box. The re-
ceipts were good and are for the use
of the Ladies' Aid society of the church.
The interest manifested in this kind Of
entertainment in that community is so
great that another contest has been ar
ranged to be held tomorrow night.
Grinnell citizens are quite interested as
the prizes are given by. the business
firms of this city.
The women and children of the
Methodist and the Baptist churches OF
this city We're very busy some weeks
ago gathering up old papers and mag
azines from the homes where these
things had so accumulated as to be a
burden. When a carload had been ac-
cumulated it was shipped to a Wis
consin paper mill and partial returns
in cash have recently been received
The Methodists receive from the pres
emf returns $50, and the Baptists, $55
And this sum included only the pay
for the magazines while that for the
newspa pers is yet to come. This some-
what new form of coming money out
of what usually goes to the furnace or
the bonfire has opened the eyes of many
to the possibilities of united effort in
the saving of waste matter and apply
ing it to good purposes.
The recent report of the librarian of
the city library of Grinnell, shows that
9 ,O65 books were issued for the month
of June, of which LOO We're classed
as adult fiction" and 62S as Juvenile
fiction" making the percentage of the
former SO and of the latter 80. The
largest circulation in single day was
1T and the average daily circulation
70. The. total number of books re-
ceived during the month by gift and
WAS 30 ~