Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-21

THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
$2o0,000 Of Iowa College Endowmen,
Fund Already Secured.

| MI ililSlis NtdiSu Il ne TpNlVd
meetings during the past week at tn,
United Presbyterian church, led b,
Pastor WOODBURY., have been We'll at
tended and much serious interest has
been manifested They will be con-
tinued thru the next week at least, and
logner If the results seem to Justify
Tomorrow morning the pastors subjec,
will be Secrecy and Revelation" and
! in the evening "The Love of God" Miss
/ Miles of Newton. will sing both morn
| ing and evening
AT the Methodist church the pastor
will preach In the morning on Real
| Life" In the evening Presiding Elder
j. M. McClelland will occupy the pull
pit.
| Pastor Hurley will have for his NOR
! ming subject at the Baptist church,
| Love of the Spirit" Evening subject
not announced.
Pastor Dascom, of the Congregation
al church, will take for his morning
topic. "The Sovereignty of the Masters
Need" The evening sermon will be
the first of a series of three planned
for delivery before Easter on the sub
ject MANS Highest Good" ta) what
is 1t?' (b) "Why is 1t so Valuable ?"
(c) How Can One Obtain It?" Ar
rangements have been made by the
pastor to have Rev. Graham Taylor of
Chicago here for the Sunday before
Easter and probably for an extra day.
d. A. Laros & Sons have begun the
erection of an addition to their carriage
factory. to be used as an office. 1t
will be Of cement blocks. fourteen by
sixteen, and two stories high. east OF
the main building and fronting on
Fourth avenue.
The democratic county convention
was held at Malcolm on the 10th. pilr-
suant to previous call and Samuel Mel
son and Charles Porter both of this
CITY, We're elected respectively chair
man and secretary The committee
on delegates reported Samuel Nelson
OF Grinnell: j. H. Plat of Montezuna:
Eugene Mason of Warren; John STAN
ley of Sugar Creek; r. A. Mortland OF
Montezuma: B. Jenkins of Grinnell:
James Nowak of Malcolm: John Beeler
Of Washington; Fred Heinle of NAL
com: and H. NJ. Bray of Grinnell. who
Were all elected to attend the state
convention to meet a Cedar Rapids OH
the Goth Of this month. The delegates
chosen were instructed by resolution to
vote for delegates to the national con-
vention who are pledged to support
William j. Bryan for president OF the
United States and to use all honorable
means to secure the election of J. ii.
Platt as delegate to the national con-
vention at Denver.
Public announcement has been made
that s250.000 of the endowment fund
for which the friends of Iowa College
both here and elsewhere have been so
strenuously working for many months.
has been secured. and that all ndica-
lions are good for the securing of con-
siderable more for this purpose in the
near future.
Matters have been moving rapidly in
the district court this week. Some
cases in which people of Grinnell are
interested have been disposed of. and
others are either now under consider
alton or coming up very soon. Ida f.
had her petition granted for |
divorce from ]. F. Whitmore, because
Of cruel treatment, and the children |
are given into her keeping. Mary |
Bobsin was granted a divorce from /
William Bobsin on the ground of de-
sertion. Mrs. John Boswell was given
$50 temporary alimony without taking
up the question of the divorce for
which she asked.
John McMeekin. of Ewart. while in
the room over the meat market on
Fourth avenue, yesterday afternoon.
was suddenly attacked with trouble of /
The stomach and dizziness of the
brain, and upon starting to go down
The stairs, lost his balance and fell the
entire distance. He was considerably
bruised and received a severe scalp
but after resting for some time
n the meat market. recovered and pro-
,eeded home.