Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-04

Star Sunday school, and ever since
this school house and community has
been known as North Star.
BANGOR
June Airs. j. A. Speer and little
son Arol, left Monday for North Car
DINA to spend the summer. Miss LYDIA
lSteelman and Mrs. Nancy Middleton
will keep house for Mr.. Speer during
their absence.
III. Il. Hollingsworth and family
spent Sunday at the Levi Marshall
home in Union.
Raymond Hollingsworth is on the
sick list
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McKanlen received a very pain
full wound Saturday by stepping on a
rusty nail.
The Bangor band furnished the mu-
sic at Albion Saturday.
Miss Matte Garter had a very en-
joyable time at the commencement at
the Iowa College for the Blind at Vim
ton last week.
Mahlon Green is suffering from an
injury sustained by stepping on rusty
nail.
The Bangor band Is planning on
giving concerts at Clemens each Sat
urday evening during the summer.
They will give their first concert next
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Campbell Of Marshalltown Is
keeping house for d. c. Norman.
Mr.. Fred Herlocker was Clemens
called Monday.
LEE GRAND.
June 4.-Miss Lucille Wagner, who
was an over-Sunday Visitor in Gill
man, returned Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Adair and children
Of Montour, spent Sunday here with
relatives.
DIR. NJ. M. Evans. who has been at
tending grand lodge of the A. F. and
"A. NJ. at Cedar Rapids. returned We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mr.. j. C. Herbert, who has been
visiting relatives here for the past ten
days, returned to the soldiers home in
Marshalltown the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Bowen and
family left Wednesday morning for
Sheffield to attend the wedding Of their
son, Eugene.
DR.. E. M. Mills and daughters, Ur-
sula and Helen, left for Chicago Mon
day.
MINERVA.
June 4.-Miss Lillian Tucker closed
a very successful term of school on
Friday in Minerva township.
The Hazel Green school gave a Me-
mortal program last Friday night.
The Minerva school will have a pic
mic on Friday, the closing day Of
school.
Mrs. Harry Modlin, Of Chicago, has
spent couple Of weeks with relatives
in this vicinity.
4 Mr.. and Mrs Claud Modlin spent
Sunday with Mrs. Modlins parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Modlin, at To-
| ledo.
Wheat and oats and the meadows
never looked better than now.
Some corn will be cultivated this
week and farmers are very busy.
VAN CLEVE.
June 4.-The primary was very
quiet affair at this little burgh The
farmers seemed to be too busy to turn
out and be patriotic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Warden went to
Tama Wednesday evening to attend
the marriage Of the latter's sister, Miss
Jessie Plum, to Mr.. VIM. Leonard, of
Dakota Miss Jessie was born and
reared in this little village and has
many friends here who wish her happi-
| ness.
Marven Warden of Clifton. Ark,
who is spending the week at Ames is
expected home Friday for an over
Sunday visit.
l Paul Warden, Of Iowa College, Grin
nell, Is also expected home Friday.
Miss Mary Flora, who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Frank Gowdy and
family for two weeks, returned to her
home in Sibley Saturday.
George W. Burchard. of Ottumwa,
spent Wednesday in this vicinity.
/ TAYLOR TOWNSHIP.
June 4.-Mr and Mrs. Crandall and
daughter, Of Marshalltown. were Sun
day guests at the G. w. Ferguson
home.
| A. c. Diller has a new flve-passenger
touring car that makes travel a de-
light
| Rev. L. B. Hix WILL preach at PRAIRIE
vile next Sunday at 8 o'clock. Sunday
school will convene at 2 and a reor-
ganization affected.
| D. M. Cakerice has invented po-
tato digging machine that is expected
to materially reduce the labor Of
handling the potato crop. An elevator
will lift the potatoes to the height of
eight feet and then let them down by
a series Of troughs placed in different
planes into baskets set on platform
that is carried about one foot from
the ground. Mr.. Cakerice Is having one
of the machines built at the Lennox
shops and will soon be able to test it.
Everything about the machine Is prac-
teal and so cleverly contrived as to
meet every possible requirement.
MARIETTA.
June 7.-Mr. Thomas Patton, and
daughter, Nettie, of Lisconb, visited
their cousin, Mrs. r. M. Timmons,
Sunday.
Miss Dawson, the teacher of District
No. 4, is i'll Of measles.
Misses Kate and Bonnie Timmons
and Addie Bell, visited over Sunday in
Fearing at the Joseph Johnson home.
M. v. Hall, who has been in New
Castle, Wyo., the past three months.
visiting his brother, Walter Hall, re-