Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-20
pton News Letter.

SpCSldl W
Hampton, Aug. 20.-C. \. Dow. of
Omaha, who is a passenger conductor
on the NJ. & ST. l.. railroad. has been
here for a visit with his brother, c. N.
Dow.
Rev. j. w. Ferner. a former pastor
of the Congregational church here, Is
expected TO return in a few days for a
visit, and will occupy the pulpit Sun
day morning, Aug. rs.
Judge and Mrs. w. D. Evans have
been visiting for a few days with rela-
tives at Williamsburg.
Miss Ottilia OFT, of Clear Lake, has
been here for a few days visiting rela-
tives and friends.
A company of landseekers was re-
Gently made up at Sheffield and went
to Texas.
While Mrs. Fred Martin and two
daughters, Selma and Juanita, were re-
turning from a visit With relatives at
Allison, and mad stopped here for a
few hours, Miss Selma was taken with
an acute attack of appendicitis, and
had to be taken to a hospital. Her
condition is improving slightly.
X. c. and Gene Webb, of Clarion.
were here Wednesday for a visit with
their parents, w. G.. Webb and wife.
Mrs. c. A. Sayles and children have
TO their home at Enid, Okla.
after a visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. .. B. Bates. Miss Orvetta Bates
went with her sister to Oklahoma.
O. w. Maxwell will soon occupy the
d. 3. Henderson property on Fifth
street. H. L. Kane, who vacates it,
pleted by B. L. Crawford, On Bridge
street.
Miss Lura Webb and sister, of Aber-
deem, S. d, are guests at the home of
Peter Williams and other relatives at
Sheffield.
w. II. Pyle and daughters, Elsie and
Mary, have gone to Michigan for a
visit with their uncle, Henry Steely.
Mr.. n Mrs. John H~oneycomb, of
Shullsburg, Wis, are here visiting Mr..
and Mrs. W. @. Webb, the ladies being
sisters.
The Cemetery Society of Geneva will
meet next Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Ned Luke.
Professor Walden, of Latimer, re-
Gently returned from a visit at his old
home in Pennsylvania, where he at
tended a reunion of about sixty de-
scendanIs of Levi and Isabelle Wald-
ron.
The entrance of the st. Paul & Des
DIN railroad into the list of first
class roads in this state has the effect
Of making the passenger fare from here
to Des Moines s1.S4 instead Of 1921, as
before.
]. G. Adams, of Oklahoma, has been
making a visit with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. w. 7. Adams.
AlonZo Clock. of Warren, Ill, is visit
ing relatives at Geneva, and in this
city.
II. II. Roemer has recently returned
from a visit to British Columbia and
Canada.
Carol Givens, Of Latimer, who has
been in a hospital in this city for some
time, has so far recovered that he has
been able to be taken to his home.
County Superintendent Iverson has
received the returns from a recent
teachers examination held here. and
they show that 62 per cent Of those who
wrote it passed for regular certificates
and, by including provisional certifi-
Gates. 81 per cent passed.
Mrs. /. Robinson arrived here a few
days ago from an extended trip thru
Europe and the British Isles. She was
accompanied on the tour by her
daughter. Mrs. Estella A. KimbaIl, with
her husband, Rev. J. H. Kfmball, and
their son, John. The latter three stop
ped for a visit with relatives in New
Hampshire, out they are expected here
soon.