Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-06
Travellers Compelled to Pick Way in
Dark Among Freight, Trucks and
Baggage - George Larimer Closing
Twenty Eight Years With One
'House-coast Trips For Two Trav-
elers.


dar Rapids who was thought more of
by the citizens than was he. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mansfield were nicely situated,
having beautiful home on Third av.-
enue. Mrs. Mansfield has two children
besides host Of warm personal
friends.
George OFT, of Sioux City, supervisor
for the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York, spent Sunday with
friends in Marshalltown. George left
for Carroll this morning.
1t is a menace to life and limbs that
the c. M. & st. P. do not light their
dopots and platforms better than they
do. At Newhall, for example, there are
no lights whatever. Freight trucks and
everything imaginable are piled all
over the platform, and when it is dark
it is a wonder how people get on and
off trains without getting hurt. You
will find 1T so at nearly all their sta
tons. They will be compelled to do
differently as soon as the committee
begins to look into the matter.
George Larimer, with e. K. I4arimer
Hardware Company, of Cedar Rapids.
was in Odebolt last Saturday George
is just closing his twenty-eighth year
with the firm and is model man of
the road, one who attends strictly to
business and is upright and honorable
in everything he does. He expects to
take a rest of two months the first
he has had, and with Mrs. Larimer
will leave about Jan. for California.
George has host of friends who will
be glad to hear of his trip and hope
the rest will do him good.
p. " Coffin, of Carroll with the
Tolerton-Warfeld Grocery Company of
Sioux City, will leave on Dec 81 for
Tucson, Ariz.. to spend the holidays.
Mrs Coffin has been there for the past
two months and expects to return with
E. V.
C. U. Thrasher, at one time sales
man for Let's Fletcher Company but
at present with the Kellogg Toast Rice
Flake and Biscuit Company of Battle
Creek, Mich, spent last Thursday in
our city. C. U. enjoys his new line Of
work.
M. A. Farmer. salesman for the
] Wells-Cook Dry Goods Company, Of
Cedar Rapids, spent last Tuesday at
Belle Plaine with good success. NJ A.
lives on a farm three miles from Car
roll, which he thinks is about right
except when the roads are bad. 1t took
him three hours to drive to Carroll
Monday to catch his train.
| Charles s. Carothers, salesman for
the Lincoln Paint and Color Company,
OF Lincoln, Neb.. left last Monday for
Lincoln to attend a meeting of all the
firms travellers. Charles had not fully
recovered from his recent Sickness but
we all hope the trip will not cause a
relapse.
F. w. Alban, of this city, salesman
for the Item Cracker Company, of Gin
ton, attended one week ago a banquet
given all their statesmen at Clinton. and
reported having spent a very pleasant
time.
G. r. Rohde, of Waterloo. salesman
for M. Gimble & Sons, Wholesale Hat
tiers of Chicago, spent last Friday in
Carroll c. r. reports the best bust
ness this fall of any for years.
F, J.. Hardesty, an old-time traveller
who has>been absent from Iowa terri
tory for the past ten years, has re-
turned and is representing the Haak
Cigar Company of Davenport. Iowa.
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