Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-01
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
Baptsts to Begin Evaneelistic Services
Sunday-Mrs. Johnson's Death.

Spe, :ai 70 fines Republican
Grinnell. Feb. 1.-Evangelistic ser
vices will begin in the Baptist church
of this city next Sunday morning. con-
Quoted by the Rev A. r. Green. of Ell
gin. ILL.,, formerly pastor of Lake View
Baptist church of Chicago. For the
past four years Rev. Green has been
in the evangelistic work in Nebraska
He comes here highly recommended by
Rev. John A. Earle. who conducted the
union meetings here two years ago
After the recent failure to get all the
forces to work in the near future IN
union meeting. it was hoped by many
that the Methodists, United Presby-
terians and Baptists might unite IN
common effort but at present writing 1T
looks as tho the meetings would be
started by the Baptist people alone.
Mrs. Martha johnson died at the
home of her niece. Mrs. George NJ
Christian. S34 Park street, this city,
at seven O'Clock Wednesday evening
last. of heart failure. She had been
sick for several weeks. but was better
and seemed to be in normal condition,
when without any premonition or
Mrs. Christian was in Des Moines at
the time. but came home on the MD
night train in answer to a telegram.
Brief services We're held at the Chrls-
tan home yesterday morning, and the
body was then taken to the home IN
Davenport, where funeral services took
place in the afternoon and the body
was laid to rest beside that of her hus-
band, who preceded her in death by
MANY wears Mrs. johnson was born in
Paris, KY, in 1920 and moved with
her husband to Davenport in 1850. She
has been a resident of Iowa ever since
that time.
Frank Sickle is reported as maxi
ing a good recovery after his recent
operation for appendicitis in the hos
pital at Des Moines.
The Iowa College basket ball team
went to Toledo yesterday to play the
Leander Clark College team last even
ing. From that point the team goes
to Cedar Falls to play the State Nor
NAL School, and then to Cedar Rapids
to try conclusions again with Coe.
The annual banquet of the Iowa
College alumni society of Grinnell will
be held in the near future under the
direction of the local officers, Mrs. f.
M. Haines being president. j. P. Ly-
man, vice president, Miss Agnes War
burton. secretary, and E. w. Clark, Jr.,
treasurer
Word comes from Hon. Joel Stewart
from his present home in Missouri,
that he is recovering from a severe
attack of grippe and that his wife is
in very poor health and is also nearly
blind. The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart in this city, where they
lived for so many years, sympathlze
with them in any misfortune as deep
ly as they regretted seeing them leave
here to make their home elsewhere.
Mr.. Stewart was for so many years
identified with the best interests of
the CITY of Grinnell that he seemed
to be fixture of the city, and it was
with great surprise that even his most
intimate friends received his final de-
cision TO remove to Missouri. even tho
they knew of the large land interests
he held there His gift to the city of
the beautiful Stewart Free Public Lii
brary' leaves him here a conspicuous
monument to both his Judgment and
his philanthropy.
A foot of snow on the level yesterday
morning. the heaviest snow fall of the
season. gave us touch of real winter.
tho the mercury was 80 above zero.