Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
RECENT u. r. G. MEETING IN
! CEDAR RAPIDS A GRATIFYING
SUCCESS.
B.. A. HOPKINS RECOVERING
FROM SEVERE INJURIES
Traveller in Collision With An
Expires. wason-John Townsend to
Move His Family From Gilbert to
Marsh.lItown-eossip of the Travel.
ing Men.

The fifth annual gathering Of the
National Secretaries and Treasures
Association of the U. c. r., at Cedar
Rapids last Monday and Tuesday. was
a grand success. The Cedar Rapids
council did itself proud as an enter
tainer. At the banquet In the evening
H. G. GiMathy, salesman for Sprague,
Warner & Co., wholesale grocers of
Chicago, handled the program as
POSTMASTER. Louis Roth, with Frick &
Kaupke, of Cedar Rapids, delivered
one Of the best speeches Of the even
ing. F. s. Jackson, Cedar Rapids
traveller. was elected president of the
association. The meeting will be held
next year at Columbus. Ohio.
E. II. Long, with Tone Bros, coffee
roasters of Des Moines, will take this
week off, which he will spend at his
old home in Springfield; Ill.
B. A. Hopkins, who met with quite
an accident May 10 by being run into
while in Chicago, by a Wells-Fa
express wagon, is able to get out a
little at time, and was in our city
last Saturday. B. A. resides at Grin
nell and represents the Wallace Smith
saddlery Company. of Milwaukee.
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Two prominent travelling men of
Marshalltown recently failed to
achieve what might have been an en-
viable reputation in the way of crafti-
ness. While attending a recent con:
vention In company with their wives,
arrangements were made for said gen.
tlemen to room by themselves so as
not to interfere with their wives rest.
The amount Of slumber INDUCED in by
these gentlemen is question in the
minds Of each wife, for an untouched
bed was far more eloquent witness
to late hours than collarless husbands,
freshly washed faces and assurances
of sound sleep and rested physiques.
T. W. Penny, with the Davenport
Pickle Works, Of Davenport, was being
looked after by his friend Dick Quinn,
salesman for the Black Hawk Coffee
company VI NtdtOIIOO. VII inquiry j
found the trouble was. he had at home
his first born, a week old boy, and was
bound to go home, but Dick kept him
out until Friday night.
Ike Forbes, with the Richie Corfu
gated Culvert Company, spent most Of
last week In the towns on the Rock
Island. Ike is doing fine business
for the firm.
John Townsend, salesman for the
Davidson Fruit Company, of Des
Moines and Marshalltown, has lately
moved his family from Gilbert to this
city, and is looking for a desirable
house.
E. S. Darner, salesman for the EACO
Flour. spent last Tuesday at Anamosa.
Mr.. Darner is great success as a flour
salesman.
G. G. Buck, district sales manager
for the Angledile Computing Scale Com
pany, of Elkhart, Ind, spent few days
last week at the factory making ar
engagements for large fall business.
Mr.. Buck manages to reach home near
ly every Sunday.
S. J. Enright, with SWEET & Orr
Overall Manufacturers Of New York,
spent Friday in this city. Steve has
just returned from a trip to ST. Paul
and Canada.
Charles Caruthers. who has charge
Of the paint and oil department Of the
Churchill Drug Company, Of Cedar
Rapids, is taking months vacation
and will spend the time at Union visit
ing relatives and friends.