Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-13
News of GrinneII and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.

Grinnell, Nov. 13-John Ramsey, of
this city, accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. Lettie Fish of Great Bend, Kan,
left here on Saturday last to visit rel
arives and friends in Dixon, Ill. A let
ter received yesterday from Mr.. Ram
sey announces his marriage at the
Methodist parsonage at Dixon, at 1870
p. m. on Wednesday. Nov 10. 10 Mrs.
Nora Hansen. an old schoolmate and
childhood friend. Mrs. Ramsey has eN-
tensive farming interests TO look after
in that vicinity and the newly mar
ried couple will live there for the pres
ent. The news comes as surprise to
great many friends here of Mr.. Ram
sey.
The farmers institute and the Com
mercal Club of this city have made
/ TEN porary arrangement for closer
lunion Of the TWO bodies, TO be known
as the Short Course Association TO en-
able them to make the greatest posi-
BILE success out of the coming corn con-
test and short course here. The Off
GERS of the new organization are:
President, Ralph Sherman, of ehes-
ter: secretary, l. S. Bailey, treasurer;
Alfred Burroughs. These officers, with
IPresident F. NJ Card of the CONNER
lcial Club. and john Evans president
of the Farmers Institute. will form an
executive committee for the appoint
nent of all committees TO have charge
of the different departments OF the
short course. Miss Knowiton of Ames,
lis 10 have charge of the domestic Sci
ence department.
The announcement made in these
columns some weeks ago that Grinnell
was about to secure the installation of
a better system of street lighting is
Just on the verge of verification. as H.
light and heating plant here. has now
ten miles of wire ready for use and
plans to start the work at once if the
weather permits and to have the new
system in actual operation over the
city by Thanksgiving. The plan is t.
replace the present arc light system
; by one of incandescents OF such power
that the city as a whole will be mucf
better lighted and that the lights will
be so placed and distributed as to give
diffused light over the sidewalks where
1t is most needed and avoid the blind
ing glare of the present arc lights
worknen are now making plat of thu
city showing the proposed location o
: the lights and, after approval of tn
same by the mayor and council, tn,
work of installation will begin.
. OF interest to a wide circle of per
: sonal friends and 70 alumni of low;
College is the announcement of TIL
> birth of a daughter recently to Mr.. an
= Mrs W. J. Lindsay, of Chicago, Nj
: Lindsay being graduate in the elias
of 1900 and Mrs. Lindsay, at that tim
z Miss Maybell Kinnick of 1903.
8 Company K of this city. stimulate
z by the success of the rifle practic
with outdoor targets in the early ia
20 and the good records of those selecte
to attend the state military targe
shoot have arranged for indoor targe
2 practice for the winter in the ne,
2 armory. Five teams have been Sc
= lected to be led by Captain j. W. Cogs
y we'll. Leutenants John Thorpe an
n Wells and Corporals Bradley an
. Boyce. The team that gets the lowe!
score for the season is under obligs
:. ton to furnish banquet for the
more successful rivals.
The DR. Lands farm of 233 acr.
- which has been occupied in Madise
> township by Russell Roberts, has r.
y Gently been sold for $4,000 to Villa
Weaver.
Funeral services over the body
Miss Helen Bringman, teacher in Il
Newton schools and niece of T.
=. Mason, of this city, were held at New
ton yesterday and Mr.. Mason accon
panied the body to Davenport for il
terment. Miss Brngman was for Sc
eral years a teacher in Hickory Gro
township and was we'll known al
greatly beloved. Her death came aft
a short illness and following SURG
cal operation.
Miss Ruth Armstrong went yesterd
to West Bend where she has been cleo
ed as principal of the high school. S.
has been filling substitute positions
the schools Of Grinnell.