Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10
New. Of erinnell and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 1o.-Rev. T. o. Doug
lass left last evening for Chicago where
he is on the program for an, address at
the triennial meeting at Chicago Uni
versity.
L. K Waters started this morning
on an extended trip thru the south,
where he intends to revisit several OF
the battle fields of the civil war over
which he marched with his regiment
when the war was on. He was a mem
her of the Thirty-Six Iowa. infantry
and was a Memphis at the time of the
raid into that city by Forrest He was
also at Nicksburg and on the i'll fated
Red river expedition under Banks and
he plans to renew acquaintance with
all these historic places. He will spent
the winter in Texas or southern Cali
! fornia.
The brick block on Commercial
street known as the Seaman block by
older residents of this city, and the one
| in which Jack Preston later kept
hotel. has just changed hands from +.
/ w Clark. Jr., to A. J. Breeder and in
the transaction Clark gets a quarter
section of good farm land two and a
half miles north of Kellogg, the valua-
ton OF the land being given as $4,000
and that of the building at $4,000.
The news has come Of the death If a
former we'll known resident of this City
Mrs. l.. 0. Stevens, at Blair. Neb. Shs
was here from 1896 to 1902 and her son
Philip H. Stevens, graduated from lowe
College in 1900. An older son, Charles
o. Stevens also graduated from this
college in 1883. Mrs. Stevens was q
years of age at the time of her death.
City Solicitor S H. Crosby is II
Davenport attending the state meeting
of the Iowa Conference uf Charities ani
Correction. in which he is chairman o
the committee on charities. He is OF
the program for an address .Profeso
Wyckoff of Iowa College is a membe
of the committee for scientific stud
. of social problems and is treasurer o
Z the organization.
: j. j. Mullin had fall from his aut
n recently which strained and loosene
. the ligalnents of his right ankle and h
: is compelled to keep quiet for som
time tho the prospect of ultimate re
covery of the full use of the injure
y member is good.
Lee Anderson. whose home has bee
o in Montezuma for many years, has de
cided to make his home in Grinnell an
his family and household goods al
l. now established here, himself to folio
20 in the near future.
10 The somewhat famous Waterloo, Pc
10 la & Southwestern railroad, which W:
supposed by many to be complete
.. dead. has shown some signs of return
ing life recently and the project me
70 yet become active. A recent lett
from Mr.. Harris, the original promote
from PeIla, says that he has been sit
for long time and his life was d
4. SPARED of for time but he is now
far recovered as to be able, to LOT
after business and the railroad is
fair way to be financed aaid push
under the Incorporation in anoth
state than Iowa and one more liber
in its laws for the benefit of raflroa
just struggling to begin an existence
ex Mrs. L. D. Weyand received net
Of the critical illness Of hee mother
as. her home in Crete, Neb.. and hasten
to her only to see her pass away so
after Rev. L. d. Weyland left I
city for Crete on Sunday evening.
Miss Clara ]. Anderson, who was
some time recently In the city hospi
here threatened with typhoid fever, h
recovered and resumed her work
physical instructor Of women in
college. She viii give an address nj
at, Friday at o'clock at the high sch
u; building before the Mothers Assoc
3 ton ON physical culture and hygiene
the schools.