Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-14
H. B. Draper, Atlantic Travel
ing Man, vainly Seeking
Missing IA year-old Son
MILWAUKEE TOWNS HAVE KICK
Patrons Of Line at Maxwell and Earl
ing Petition for Better Train serv-
ice-colfax Hydrant Water Effects
Wonderful Cure-New Hotel to Open
at penisor--I1. c. M. A. Growing.

III. B. Draper, with the Black Hawk
Coffee Company, of Waterloo, with
Of $50 to any one who will inform
him Of the whereabouts OF his son
Fred, IA years old. Fred disappeared
the evening Of Aug. 4 and not trace
of him of any kind has been found.
He Is a very bright boy, OF good habits
and one who always spent his evenings
at home. Brother Draper is hardly
able to work, and Mrs. Draper worries
| and watches, thinking every minute
that she will re ceive some word Of her
only son.
Petitions are being circulated at both
Maxwell and Earring, Iowa, to try and
have the c. M. & ST p. stop their fast
trains. AT Maxwell the citizens want
No. stopped in order that they may
spend a day in Des Moines and return
the same evening, as it is now it takes
nearly all night to get home, with a
four hours wait at Madrid. Earring
citizens as well as a great many COM
mercial men ask for the company to
stop No. IL and NO. /, if not both. The
preference is for No. IL. BY stopping
NO. III this would enable the boys the
latter part of the week who live in
Council Bluffs and Omaha to get home
iris NOR
of the following day. A great many
of the travelling men feel as If they are
not asking toe much in stopping No.
al. 1t surely would be appreciated.
If there is any one in Marshalltown
who enjoys a good joke it Is c. M.
Coleman, proprietor Of the Pilgrim ho-
tel C. M. has not been feeling very
we'll of late, so tore himself away from
business on last "Wednesday and
started for Colfax, arriving there rath-
er late in the afternoon, and having
secured one of the best rooms in the
hotel, with bath, he retired early. The
porter, in order to be a good fellow,
informed C. M. that the water in the
room was the celebrated Colfax water,
water. Charles started in to drink
first hot then cold, and kept it up un-
til he had gotten away with four
quarts or more, and had taken great
bath. He came down in the morning
feeling much refreshed, and the SWELL
ing in his feet was much better. You
can imagine his surprise when one of
the boys at the breakfast table told
him that the water in room No. 1 was
city water.
The new hotel at Denison the Deni-
son, one of the finest in the state, will
he opened to the public Wednesday,
Sept. 10, by the Dunns, of Minneapolis,
experienced hotel men. They now ruin
a number of good houses, and intend
to make this one at Denison first class
in every respect, credit to the en-
terprising citizens of that city.
What is the matter with Iowa? She
is all right, you can hear it every time.
We are now sure of having in Iowa
one OF the best crops we have had for
years. Trade never was better, and
collections Of the best and politics is
out of the question. We have not time
talk it. It's the best state in the UNI
ion.
c.. E. True, salesman for the Church.
ill Drug Company, of Cedar Rapids,
arrived home from two weeks spent at
Colfax, in company with Mrs. True. c.
e. is much improved in health and
ready for hard work the balance of the
year. Mr. True ranks am ong the lead
ers in the drug trade in Iowa.
A. J. Weadlay with the Black Hawk
Coffee Company of Waterloo, will move
from his present home on Park street
to the house at 404 North Fourth
street.
o. M. Boyles, who covers the terri
tory in the Black Hills, for Reid, Muir
dock & Co, with his residence at Mar
ion, Iowa, spent the past week at home
with his family. Oscar thinks there is
no place like phe west and does an i'm
mense grocery business.
The H G. M A. of Marshalltown,
have a memb ership now OF over 5000
members in good standing, making the
funeral benefit good for the 5000. And
it, is the aim of every one to work hard
and jan. 1 swell the membership to
10000. One grand pull together and
we can accomplish much.
e. E. Peck, with Reid, Murdoch &
Co., wholesale grocers of Chicago,
spent the day last Tuesday with his
trade in Boone.
e. E. Sewers, of Ames, Ia, is cover
ing the territory for Art Webb, in the
interest Of Charles Howell & Sons,
grocers of Des Moines. and
after Art returns he will be assigned
territory in southern Iowa.
: p. Dykstra, for years with ]. S. Kirk,
soap manufacturers Of Chicago, has re-
signed his position with the firm and
is now covering western Iowa for the
Pella Overall Company manufacturers
Of overalls, coats and pants. Mr.. Dyk-
stra hassa great many friends among
the Iowa. travellers who all wish him
the success he deserves.
j. j. Duffy, salesman for Frick &
Kaupke, coffee roasters of Cedar Rap
ids, worked the trade in western Iowa
last week. Brother Duffy is one of the
most successful ones in his line of