Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-26
The GrinneII News.
Special to Times-Republican.


Grinnell, June 26.-Considerable in
nouncement of the program of a Sac
red Concert and Passion Play" at the
United Presbyterian church beginning
at o'clock tomorrow evening. The
instrumental music will be by Mrs
Luella Umbenhauer and the lecture on
the Passion Play" will be by Rev. j.
A. Hurley of the Baptist church. The
opening song dllustrated) will be
Rock of Ages" sung by Misses Effie
Wylie and Stella Bartlett and Messrs.
Frank Morrison and George Walker.
The Passion play comes in three dl-
visions In the first vocal solo Gil
lustrated) "The Palms." will be rem
dered by Miss Effie Wylie; in the sec
ond the quartet named above will sing
Nearer My God to Thee" and in the
third the vocal solo holy City" will
be given by Miss Wylie.
At the recent meeting Of the city
council, John Spencer, being the low
est bidder for storm sewer in the
eastern part of the city, was awarded
the contract, provided he was able to
furnish a satisfactory bond to the
amount of fifty per cent of the con-
tract price.
Mrs Barney Reynolds, who was
Frustrated by the intense heat of the
early part Of the week and was in a
critical condition for some time. is now
reported to be making satisfactory i'm
provement.
The matter of the appeal of the for
burg, ILL.,, for aid from this city in their
distress from severe tornado vista
ton, was taken up at the mid-Week
meeting of the Congregational church
last evening and a committee appoint
ed to try to get the cooperation of
the other churches and secure a gem
erous collection from the churches as
well as from other citizens and thus
send back the "bread cast upon the
waters" by the Millersburg church at
the time of the tornado visitation to
this city.
Hon. ]. P. Lyman, who has been for
on the Pacific coast, has just returned
looking and feeling much improved in
health, after so many years of close
confinement to office work here.
1t was announced some weeks ago in
these columns that Clark, Coutts &
Boyer of this city, had the plans for a
new, strictly modern business house to
be built on Broad street north of and
adjoining the business building now
there Ground has just been broken for
this new Improvement, and the build
ing is expected to be ready for occu-
pancy in the early fall. 1t is to be "a
x9O feet in size and a store and a half
in height, made of brick with a front
of plate glass and pressed brick and
will cost about $4,000. The entire front
below is to be Of plate glass, entrance
being at the corners, and will be by far
the largest continuous plate glass sur
face in the city. The basement under
the entire building will be of cement
blocks with cement floor, well lighted
and with every modern convenience.
The small frame building that has SO
long occupied a part of the ground has
been sold to c. S. Barnes and will be
moved to his lot next to the Barnes
blacksmith shop on Main street. Kib-
hey & Adams are said to be the pros
pective occupants of the new building
which will be especially fitted up for
their business.
On Wednesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Green, their
daughter Blanche Edith, was united in