Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-13
The GrinneII News Letter.


Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Sept. 13.-The meeting of
the Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety yesterday afternoon at the Congre-
gational church was one of unusual in
terest and results. 1t was a special
Thanks Offering meeting and the
amount raised was $3.50. An original
story, written by Mrs Ella Reinking
Towle, who recently returned from an
extended visit to various missions in
the far east, was read; Miss Stella
Bartlett and Miss Margaret Christian
sang; Mrs. 7. A. DUNCAN gave violin
solo, and Rev. George White, who has
recently come from his mission work
at Marsovan, Turkey, gave a very in
teresting account of the work there and
the recent cause for Thanksgiving on
the part of all classes there in the
change of government.
+. H Bump started for Coon Rapids
last Saturday evening to visit his son,
Ernest Bump, who has been there for
something over a year in the hardware
business. From there Mr.. Bump will
go to Waterloo and expects to be at
home again about Friday of this week
The funeral of Leander w. Skeels,
who died at his home on Spring street
on Friday morning, took place from the
home yesterday afternoon. The sermon
was preached by Rev. L. D. Weyand. of
the Baptist church A male quartet,
consisting of Messrs. Hartman, Ben
son, Kibby and Kibby, furnished music.
Pail bearers We're selected from the G.
A. R., Comrades Campbell, Davis.
Field, Hostetter. Stowe and Verbeck
and the interment was in Hazelwood
cemetery. MIR. Skeels was 81 years of
age last June. He enlisted in Poweshiek
county on the 10th of October 1861, in
Company of the Sixteenth regiment
of infantry, was taken to Davenport
and made first sergeant of his company
but, IN couple of days was taken sick
and sent to the hospital. where, during
his convalescence. he was made hosp-
tai steward. March 10, 1862, he was
examined for muster into the army but
was rejected. He came home and re-
cruited about $50 men for the Eighth
Iowa cavalry but was himself rejected
because he was two inches too short
August %, 1862, he enlisted as a private
in Company 3 of the Fortieth Iowa in
fantry but was detailed as hospital
steward at Iowa City and afterwards
ordered to Columbus, KY, to fit up and
take charge of hospital boat He was
the father of twelve children all but
one of whom survive him, as does also
his second wife
For the first time probably in the
history of Grinnell two trains are now
running on the Rock Island that do not
make stop here Two new trains were
put on yesterday, one going west at
1920 in the afternoon and the other
going east at 1904 in the morning.
Some ether slight changes have been
made in time tables.
w. Nj. Stickney, of Chicago, spoke at
length to an interested audience of men
at the superior court room on Saturday
afternoon upon the topic of Cooper
alive buying and selling as being to
their benefit. He urged the farmers to
stick together and patronize under all
circum stances their own business ur-
carnations even when there might be
an opportunity to save or make some
thing in some special case by patron
ling some other.
The Commercial Club Of this city has
decided upon the dates from JAN "a to
20 in which to hold the short course
here next winter. The Commercial
Cluz and the Farmers Institute act
jointly in the matter and more than
$1,000 will be offered in prizes 1t will
be by lar the most extensive corn ex-
hibit the city has ever seen and extern
slve preparations are now in progress
to have all possible conveniences for
the students and exhibitors and for the
visiting public. The books will soon be
ISSUED giving the regulations and the
number and amount of the prizes Of
fered.
The librarian of the Stewart library
OF the city shows by her report for the
month of August that 1887 books were
issued, of which 967 were adult fiction
and 554 were children's fiction. The
largest daily circulation was 17g and
the average daily circulation 70.