Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-26


i DR.. Billiard, osteopath % E. Main
Five per cent farm loans. VIM. Bat
tin.
Mr. w. H. Jones spent the day il
Toledo looking after business matters
The Presbyterian ladies will hold al
exchange at Myers grocery tomorrow
1 afternoon.
Mrs. VIII F. Estel arrived hom
! Thursday evening from Britt, wher
/ she has been for two weeks viss
with her uncle Mr.. j. W. Simkins
and Miss Elsie Simkins.
/ Editor p A. Smith Of the Scran
ton Journal was in the city Thursday
en- route home from Waterloo. wher'
he had been in attendance at the re
publican state convention.
Mrs Richard Metz and children, Of
Owatonna, Mimi. who have beer
spending three weeks at the home OF
lie formers father, Mr.. John d. Vail
left for Owatonna this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. DeGrotf, of Ell.
| dora. spent Thursday in the city AZ
! the guests of the latter's sisters, Mrs
!! C. c. Carroll and Miss Mabel Dob
/! C. c. Carroll and Miss Mabel bod
| son.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Page, of Dav-
export, who are in the city for cou-
pie of weeks visit with the latter 5
mother Mrs William Morgan. were
guests at the r. w. Zuch home for
4 luncheon and dinner Thursday. Mrs
| Zuch also had as guests in the after
noon about a dozen lady friends for
i Mrs. Page.
Thursday was social day for the la
dies auxiliary of the Railroad Y. NJ
! C. A., which was entertained in the
/ afternoon by Mrs. Merritt Greene, Mrs
IS. NJ Cause, Mrs. White Miss Vera
! White. Miss Jessie Pentland and Mrs.
| Norton. at the Greene home. About
! fifty were present to enjoy the after
noon. Light refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Mrs. Robert Suiffen, of New York
! City, who has been visiting in the city
/, for five weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs j. d. Parker, left for the east
| Thursday. Mrs. Sniffen will stop at
| Detroit for a short visit with Mr.. Sniff
! fen's sister, and upon her return home
/; will got to Rockaway beach to spend
| the summer Mrs. Parker accompan-
/! led her daughter as far as Chicago,
i returning home today.
Mr.. and Mrs Marion F. Gard and
son David, and Mrs. F. e. Northup
! arrived home Thursday evening from
Lake Jefferson, Mimi, where they have
been for the past two weeks. The
water at Jefferson is four feet higher
than normal, and this fact has some
what marred the pleasure Of fishing
and prevented any exceptional catches
The MarshalltoWn party had only fair
i luck during its stay. Mr.. and Mrs. R
w. Mcbride and daughter Marie will
remain at the lake another week.
Secretary Frank G. Pierece, of the
League of Iowa Municipalities, has
! been engaged by Commissioner John
Mac Vicar of Des Moines, to take
charge of Mr.. Mac Wears duties as
secretary of the League of American
Municipalities, and during the sum-
mer months, at least, Mr.. Pierce will
have an office in Des Moines, and de-
| vote about three days of each week to
the work Mr.. Mac Wears duties as
commissioner are such that he is not
able to devote as much time to the
league work as is necessary and keep
the business up to date.
Superintendent A. Palmer, OF the
public schools, and Mrs. Palmer, will
leave early tomorrow morning for
Cleveland, O., where they will attend
the sessions of the National Educa-
tional association, which meets next
week Mr. and Mrs. Palmer will visit
the summer schools in session in
Cleveland, where Mr.. Palmer expects
to obtain some valuable ideas concern
ing advanced school work methods
Upon returning to Chicago Mr.. Palmer
will spend two weeks in inspection
work in the University high school, the
School of Education, and different va
cation schools that are now in ses+
sion.
Mr. T. T. Shorthill left this morning
for Madison. Wis, where he will re-
main flor a few weeks visit with his
daughter. Mrs G. A. Mann. At Madi-
son Mr. Shortllill will see DR.. and Mrs.
L. Burkhart, of Seattle, Wash, who
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mann while
on their way home from the national
dental convention at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Burkhart was formerly Miss May
Kribs of this city, daughter of the late
William H. Kribs, who was well known
here twenty years ago. Mr.. Kribs was
for several years foreman of the COM
posing room of the old Republican and
of the job printing establishment Of
the Burnell Printing Company and later
foreman of the composing room of the
Times Republican, Immediately after
the consolidation of the Times and the
Republican Mr.. Kribs was later made
telegraph editor of the Times-Repub-
lican, and was serving as such when
he left here for California, where he
afterwards died. Mr.. Kribs was one
of the founders, with Edward Petit
and John T. Powers, of the Marshall
County News.
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