Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
Tho GrinneM News.

Special to IlmeS-RepunIlcAn.
Grinnell, Sept. 81 miss Belle Whist
Ter, formerly resident of Panora but
Ii, late years of Chicago where she has
been teaching. is visiting in the homes
of G. w. Cowden and Mrs. A B. Goss.
former Guthrie county citizens. She is
a graduate of Iowa Cunege, class OF
1892
w c. Williams has just bought the
brick building on COMMERCIAL street
formerly owned and occupied by P. d.
Byerly. lately deceased, and plans to
open a fish and meat market there.
Mr.. Ahrens, who recently bought the
two story brick building on the corner
OF Commercial and Main streets for
! m erly owned by Foster, Bailey & Good
rich and occupied for some years by
Fuller & Sears and the Sears lmple-
ment Company, is having the same
painted and cleaned up for the recep-
ton of the new stock of farm imple-
n1ents that he has already boughts
Mr. and Mrs. C. A Baker and their
son George are here for a visit Of a
couple of weeks With relatives and old
friends They used to live here bu.
have been for several years residents
of Chicago.
I MISS Kate Bailey OIL d 81 III
uate of Iowa College, class of 'o4, who
has been teaching since her gEadua-
ton, stopped here for the general re-
cepyion of the college on Saturday
night. on her way to Iowa City where
she is to take some post-g1aduate
work
The meeting of the Woman's Home
Missionary Union will take place TO-
xNJ0 o$ "a
Congregational church with Mrs. II.
w. futile as leader and the TOPIC for
discussion, 1.-THE Native Home of the
Emigrant."
Preliminary notice is given of the
proposed resolution Of necessity that
calls for adequate storm sewerage on
certain parts of State, Broad and High
streets and on Fourth and Sixth av-
enues Said sewers are to be of vitr-
fed sewer pipe of twelve to twenty
four inches in diameter as specified
and the cost of the sewer is to be taxed
to the abutting properties in proper
ton to the benefit to be derived, as
per the law governing in such cases.
At a recent meeting Of the CONNER
cial Club the hitching rack question
was thoroughly discussed and Roy
Bates was appointed by the president
8 to interview the business men anc
8 property owners on Main street and j
4 A. Stone to do the same on Broas
street in order to have a full and har'
5 rae Nous agreement to report to the cit,
Z council The present plant of placing
the hitching posts on two sides of tn
park and along the south side o
x Fourth avenue on the block west o
% Main street will give nearly thousan'
: feet of hitching space which is said t
be more than has been available in thu
- pasl and fully sufficient to supply pres
- ens needs The plan of the city au
% thcrities is to have something that vii
be ornamental as well as useful j
place of the unsightly posts of all kind
of material and leaning in all dirac
tions DIS heretofore, and in this plan tn
business men hearty concur.
The freshman sophomore class scra
was pulled off this morning at ocloc
D. on the college campus north of tn
college buildings. in the presence Of
n, huge crowd Of spectators and resulte
in a complete and bloodless victory fl
the freshmen, who outnunbered tn
sophom ores two to one.