Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-29
GrinneII News Letter.

| Special to Republican
Grinnell. oct 29-Mrs. lydia NJ
| Stagg and her daughter Leila. have
just returned from Il worry pleasant
months visit among old home scenes
| in New York state. taking in Albany
Syracuse and smaller cities. Mrs
Stages sister-.in-law. Mrs. Allen, came
with them and will make her home
here for the winter at least,
Mr.. and Mrs r. A. Barr who have
been travelling in tho west as far as
Portland and Seattle. and visiting q
son and other relatives in that region,
returned to this city yesterday morn
ing for brief stay. after which they
go to st. Louis to make their home
| for the winter. With a son located there
| in business.
| MIR. c. S Barnes has been too Ill for
| the past: week or more To attend to
business ut his office. being confined
to his room at home. He is having an
attack from his old time enemy. asth-
ma. With perhaps some complications.
His son Cedric. has not been feeling
Well foi. some time but went to the
ball game III Dcs Moiues on Saturday
last and WAS taken sick while there
and went to the hospital on his re-
turn where he still remains.
The following are in attendance upon
the thirty first annual session of the
Order of the Eastern Star in Des
Moines: Mrs. Lydia Nicely, past worthy
matron. Mrs. Edith Spooner. worthy
matron: Mrs. Angie Nalleau. Mrs. Lou
| Rayburn, Mrs. Ethel Stuart and Miss
ELLA Childs.
The trusees OF Chester township
have been for some years engaged upon
the work of leveling to some extent
the hills and filling the holows on
roads leading to this city. and the i'm
provements and benefits are plainly
seen. Lately they have conferred with
Supervisor Manly ON this subject. and
entered into an arrangement by which
more extensive Improvement in this di-
rectiou may be made and the expense
divided between the township and the
county.
At the home OF her grandparents in
this city. Mr. and Mrs. Washington
Rhine. occurred the funeral of Thelma
Pugh. the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Pugh. of Colorado. The
little one died of pneumonia in New
ton, where she and her mother We're
visiting.
Judge w. IT. McHenry. of the dis
trict court of Polk county, will speak
in behalf of republican doctrines and
candidates this evening at the audi
forum in Malcolm.
business houses, one or more of the
churches. the Colonial and the public
halls and some private residences
have been heated by steam furnished
by the central plant of the electric
light works. With a few exceptions,
and for comparatively brief time. this
has been exceedingly satisfactory, and
there are numerous persons in the CEN
trail residence district, as we'll as many
who are farther out, who would be
glad to have their houses warmed III
this way but the plant is taxed to the
limit of its capacity. Recently there
has been talk among some of the resi-
dents living outside the profitable rad
Jus of supply from this plant of put
ting in a new plant for heating pur-
poses only. for the supply of certain
limited districts in the city, and it is
thought that this may be done, with
both added convenience and economy
for the people thus supplied.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Flower have
again taken up their residence in
Grinnell, after several months Of eN-
ploration of the northwest, in search
of such location as would, in all
respects, suit them better. Mr.. FoW-
Ter has not yet made public his plans
for future business.
Mr.. George w. Mart. who has been
in Arkansas with carload of buggies
from the Mart Buggy company of this
place, is again at home, and reports
a very successful trip.
Mr. H. A. Cowles, of Shelby, Neb.,
is visiting at the home of his sister,
Mrs. C. J. Card.