Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-20
Hawkeye Commercial Mems AS
ISOLATION Boosting For Menu
bership Of 10000
voucHINe FOR !. c. ENGINEERS
Travelling Mon Testify as to Their So
briety-Glucose Plant No Longer a
Source Of Sarcastic Remarks-Harry
Hewitt Mourned by Many Travelling
Men.

The H. c. M. A. Of Marshalltown,
propose to give to each member who
will secure a new member, German
silver oxidized grip tag, very useful
article for every traveller. The mem
bership is now about 5000, and the eff
fort now is to increase the member
ship in a very short time to 10000 or
over.
/ noticed the remarks of T. c. Clegg,
an Iowa Central engineer. in last
weeks issue of the T.-R., and think
the travelling men who travel the Cen
trail will vouch for his assertion. 1t
will bo hard to find cleaner and more
temperate lot OF railroad men than you
will find on that road. 1t has been for
years that an engineer, conductor, or
even q brakeman must be strictly a
temperate man if he wants to hold his
position.
Ben Bogus, salesman for the Inde-
pendent Cracker Company, of Daven-
port, was working the towns in west
ern Iowa last week, after ten days
lay off, caused from his shoulder being
thrown out of place from fall that
happened at Kelley, Iowa.
The changing Of the old glucose
plant to the Western Grocer Company
Mills, is one Of the best things that
ever happened to Marshalltown, for
when remodeled and the company's
signs show up to passersby on the
cars, it will improve the outlook more
than one can imagine. 1t was the BY
word all over the state, What are they
going to do with the old glucose% 1t
seemed to people passing thru that
Marshalltown was on the back slide,
while now it will give everyone diff
ferent impression of our city.
J. w. Van Dwyn, who represented
f. B. Miller & Co., teas and coffees
of Chicago, until one year ago. when
he retired owing to poor health, has
again taken up the grips, this time for
Hanley & Kinsella, tea and coffee, OF
st. Louis. J. w. will cover his same
territory.
The travelling public, especially those
who have to ride over the road from
Carnarvon to Carroll on the evening
passenger on the Northwestern, have
complaint. There is hardly an even
ing that the passenger train is not held
all the way from fifteen to thirty min
utes, leaving the passengers who wish
to go further east on second six. first
six leaving just ten minutes before the
Sioux City train arrives.
S. X. Buell., who has represented
Franklin, McVeigh & Co., wholesale
grocers, of Chicago, in central Iowa,
resigned to take position with Smith,
Lichty & Hillman, wholesale grocers, of
Waterloo The change will enable Sam
to be at home much oftener, which is
a big inducement, especially to one who
has new baby in the family.
"A new hotel, one of the finest in
Iowa, will be opened June 1, at Dem
ison. This is something that has been
needed in Denison for years, and will
be appreciated by the travelling pub
lie.
W. E. Sundell. with the Pontiac Shoe
Company, Of Pontiac, ILL.,, called on
the trade in Ida Grove on Wednesday
last Will reports a much better trade
so far this year than for the same
months last year.
The death of Harry Hewitt, OF Des
Moines, last Tuesday, cast a gloom
among the travelling men for quite
number of days. The few years that
Harry travelled on the road in Iowa he
endeared himself to all who happened
to come in contact with him.. He was
a model among men. While he had
agership of the wholesale grocery COM
pany of Hewitt & Sons, of Des Moines.
he never forgot his friends, made while
on the road. He held membership in the
l. s. T. NJ. and the Des Moines coun-
Gil U. c. T. His family have the SYM
pathy of all the travellers.
Harry Hartjens. salesman for the
Eagle Lye Works, of milwaukee, Wis,
left Sunday evening for Baltimore to
take in the races. Harry will take a
rest from duty for a month.
go
The Iowa Central has again changed
the time of the way-freight from Mar
shalltown to Oskaloosa, from $50 a.
M, back to its old time, 12:45 p. m.
The change took place last Saturday
morning.
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