Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-26
MASON CITY SECURES
HEADQUARTERS FOR YEAR
Officers Chosen After Other Contest
ants Withdraw-LocaI Travellers
Approve Plan of Consolidating Three
Commercial Organizations Into One
Strong Body.

There was a short discussion regard
ing the place for holding the next an
nual convention. The delegates from
Mason City asked for the privilege of
entertaining the travellers in 1910 and
Post K of Des Moines. also asked the
privilege. Mason City withdrew in
favor of Des Moines and the associa-
ton voted unanimously In favor of the
capital city.
Mason City and Burlington were or
ganized in an effort to secure the head
quarters of the T. P. A. for the next
year. The headquarters always go to
the city from which the president and
secretary are selected. Mason City
placed in nomination Henry c. Sterne
and NJ f, Derby of Burlington was
nominated by Post c. An informal
ballot was taken and the result was
close. The argument that Burlington
was attempting to secure the head
quarters out of turn and to establish
a new precedent was brought into play
and that city withdrew from the
headquarters campaign and the Mason
City man was elected by acclamation
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
President-Henry c. sternes, Mason
City.
First Vice Presidential. F. Derby,
Burlington.
Second Vice President-A. NJ. Kerr,
Waterloo.
Third Vice President-F. n. Pub
lisky, keokuk.
Board of Directors-G. H. Feldman,
]. E. Decker, c. ]. Winter, E. NJ.
Burns, members from Mason City; F.
NJ. Hume, Burlington and S. Aaugle,
Waterloo.
Marshalltown will see a good many
travelling men for the next six weeks
as all will try to make our city as Of
ten as possible that they may hear the
Rev. Billy" Sunday, as a good ser
mon does us good, mixed in with our
work.
| The travelling mems party at the
Pilgrim was well attended last Satur-
day evening, and all speak we'll of the
| treatment received from Mr. and Mrs.
| Coleman.
Lloyd Maxwell, general salesman for
the Staver Carriage Company of Chi
cage, expects to take a vacation until
July /. as the factory has orders now
for more goods than it can make for
the summer.
L. L. Putzel, with the Marshall Oil
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the past two months, is able to get out
a little every day, and keeps gaining
very fast. We all hope to see him
again take up his work.
A movement is on foot to CONSOLE
date the Merchants, Jobbers' and
Travelling Mems Clubs, into one. 1t
will surely be a move in the right di-
rection, with a fine club house where
We may be able to entertain visitors
to our city. This will be great i'm
provement and something we have
needed for a long time. We should all
work together as one family for the
good of Marshalltown, the best city of
its size in the country.
Quite often it so happens that a
salesman does not know his line when
he sees it as was the case one day last
week when one brother, A. J. Weadley
with the Marshall Oil Company
cleaned a pair of trousers with kero-
sene, thinking he was using gasoline
We all must excuse him for he is new
lat the business.
One of Cedar Rapids leading trav-
elers is E. w. Theimer, with the L. S
Merrill Chemical Company. He spent
the day last Tuesday at Bellevue.
MIR. and Mrs. Nick Furlong and
family arrived in our city last Thurs.
day, and have moved into one of Mr.
Browns houses on Summit street. Mrs
Furlong was taken quite sick wher
they first arrived, and had to remain
at the Pilgrim for a few days.
S. C. Blake, Of our city, representa-;
The Enameled Steel Tank Company 0
Kalamazoo, Mich, worked towns il
= western Iowa last week. Mr.. Blak
commands a large trade.
Leslie Williams, with the Olney {
, Jerman Company, wholesale druggist
T of Chicago, spent last Tuesday wit,
the trade in Monticello. The firm MI
Williams travels for, was, until on
month ago, located at Clinton, wher
!. it has done a successful business 70
y years. He thinks the change to Chi
|. cago will increase their trade in Iowa
They expect to put on two new me
. in Illinois.
= George Ely, of Dubuque, salesma
= for ]. n. Bell coffee roasters of Chi
! cago, who met with quite an accider
= some months ago, is now able to b
}. around, and expects to start on th
" road some time this week.
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