Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-27
KNIGHTS Of The GRIP
New Time Card on Milwaukee
Road Brings Accommodations
to Travellers
LockLEss DOORS TROUBLESOME
Travelling Men Moved to Insist on
Protection From 8urelars-Rousch
Goes East to Participate in Annual
Outing of Vinegar Company Sales
Men IS otes of the Road Men.
Special to Times-Republican.

A new time card ON the c., NJ. & st.
p. took effect Sunday the 26th. There
was but one important change that
interests the travellers and that is No.
81, that runs between Perry and Oma-
ha- 1t will leave Perry at $40 a. M,
twenty-five minutes later, making con-
necions at Manila with No. 4 from
Sioux City, arriving in Omaha at 11:25
a. M This change is a good one for
travellers, and will surely be apprs-
ciated Superintendent Foster tries
hard to please the travellers, and the
train service is the best it has been in
years. The service that we now have
helps us to make better time and at
less expense.
F. f. Rousch, of our city, salesman
for the American Vinegar Company OF
New York, left Friday afternoon for
the east, to take an outing of two
weeks. The firm he represents each
year invites its twenty-eight statesmen
to come to New York and go to some
resort at the expense of the firm. To
say they have a good time hardly ex-
presses it. We are told that none OF
them ever miss the outing unless they
are sick.
J. f. Whitaker, salesman for Let's,
Fletcher Company, wholesale grocers
of Marshalltown, spent last week at
home helping to take care OF the ba-
bies His territory was looked after
during his absence in good shape by
Fritz FRANKIE.
Nothing would help to boom Mar
shalltown and be an inducement to
get people to build homes away from
the business district more than to
have our street car people extend
their line. You can't show me an
other town in Iowa the size of Mar
shalltown where they take as little
interest In keeping up with the times
as do the present street car company
Carl Cain Of Melbourne will start
out on the road August 1 for the Globe
Manufacturing Company of Perry, la.
Mr.. Gains territory will be in ILLINOIS.
The hold-up Of one of the boys at
the Burley House at Belle PLANE last
Tuesday night by two robbers should
be a warning for the landlords to see
If the doors to the rooms can be
locked. 1t is not an uncommon thing
to retire to ones room and find 1t I'M
possible to lock the door. AS in this
case, could the occupant have locked
the door the robbers would have been
unable to get into the room, as they
tried a number of doors before they
came to this one that was not locked.
Art Reyes, the veteran grocery sales
man of Iowa, travelling for ]. S. Cook,
Of Cedar Rapids, spent the day last
Thursday in Grundy Center. Art is the
same old boy he has been for over
twenty years.
George Raymer, who travelled for
years for Witwer Bros, of Cedar Rap
ids, wholesale grocers, retiring some
six months ago to go with a Chicago
firm, Is again out Of a job, as he found
it impossible to make good.
g. M. Wright made his first trip In
Iowa last week for the Rumford Bak-
ing Powder Company. Mr.. Wright Is
a very pleasing gentleman to meet.
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Lou Tate, representing the LaShelle
Cigar Company Of our city, spent the
day last Wednesday in Grundy Cen
ter, and while there umpired a very ex-
citing twe1ve-in inning game of base ball,
to the satisfaction of all.
F. B. Leach, salesman for the indie
pendent Cracker Company of Daven-
port, will be in Marshalltown- next
Friday, accompanied by Mrs. Leach, to
look for home to move into.
Harry Purchase, Of Des Moines,
salesman for the Kasper Coffee Com
pany Of Chicago, visited the trade in
Marshalltown last week. Harry re-
ports fine trade this summer