Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-13

nasium, where 200 members of the club
and their guests We're seated. The Of
ficers of the club, speakers of the even
ing, and POSTMASTER were seated at
! the head of one of the tables. The
Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G. A.
served the banquet The tables were
prettily decorated with pink carna-
! tons. ferns, and small American flags,
| and favors We're extended in the shape
of small punches of violets, tied with
white ribbon, and resting on the pro-
grams at each plate. The banquet hall
was draped with the national colors,
and on the walls We're notices and
pertinent sayings applicable to local
! conditions. Mrs. Jones orchestra fur
nished the music during the dinner
hour from seats in the balcony. Rev.
! William Pence James offered the invo-
cation as the members We're about TO
/ be seated
Menu All Home Made.
The menu served at the banquet was
composed entirely Of tMarshalltown
products, as follows:
Tomato Bouillon
Pickles Waters Olives
Veal Loaf Cold Sliced Ham.
Mashed Potatoes with Butter.
Dreamed Peas Escalioped corn
Bread and Butter Baked Apples.
Fruit salad with Mayonnoise Dressing
Waters
Ice Cream with Dickinson Maple
syrup and Nuts
! Cake Coffee
/ succeeding the cigars President
,o,.ta nil
address turned the meeting over to
M. c. H. f. Boardman, POSTMASTER.
NJ. Boardman's opening statement
was the best he has ever made. 1t was
a plea for peace and harmony within
-he CLUB for arnistice between factions
and individuals while work was to be
| done for Iarshalltown. In matter.
manner. and diction Mr. Boardman,s
4 little speech was an oratorical gem
He introduced Mr.. r. w McCreery as
an apostle of beauty and clean lines
I who had made the desert of oder
ferrous glucose plant blossom as the
rose and smell like mignonette Be
yond the general application and tit
ness of Mr.. Boardman's excellent lit
liz. speech it developed knowledge OF
holy writ and scriptural research on
the part of the speaker which gratlfied
While il astonished the club member
ship.
McCreery's Earnest Plea.
Mr. McCreerys response to his SUB
iect increase of Industries" was the
/ earnest plea Of the business man. man
lufacturer and citizen for things and
/ irnprov enents needed in NarshailtoWn S
business as a city of commerce. indus
try and home. One Of the necessities
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avenue or al some other point which
best suits the convenience Of the city
and the tributary traffic and trade
! which crosses the tracks. He pointed
out the incessant danger to the lives
of the thousands who cross the tracks
daily: noted the loss to manufactures
and retailers who are obliged to haul
across the tracks. where time is lost
BIZ train block and suggested that
railroad arrangements are approach
able if properly and shreWdly appealed
TO- He wanted the club to take up the
matter by a committee and work for
a viaduct: suggested that if the via
duct is not to be procured that the
switching might be shifted 10 some
less dangerous locality. Another sug-
gestion made by the speaker was that
the c. & n w. should move its stand
pipe and avoid blocking the way while
the engines take water.
Mr.. McCreery made plea for a
beautiful city. 1t is the way to at
tract and bring population. He wanted
more factories brought to town. but
wanted them to come without being
paid a bonus and without selling water
to Marshalitown citizens in the stock
subscribed.
Can't Help But Grow.
Senator c. H. Van Law, in respond
ing to the toast, Watch Us Crow,
said that Marshalltown could not help
.-t grow We have the natural re-
sources. the money, and the brains,
and nothing prevents a growth but our
selves Van Law pleaded for harmony,
and advocated among other things a
iMarsha1ltown button to be worn on all
occasions Another suggestion was
that every automobile going out OF
MarshalItown for cross country trip
should fly Marshalltown pennant. Mr.
} Van Law said that if cheap electricity
J could be secured a searchlight should
be placed on the top of the court house
and thrown into every passenger train
thru the city and over the county, to
let people know Marshalltown was on
the map.
Leach, the High Kicker.
B. F. Leach, of Kellogg. an Independ-
, ent Biscuit Company salesman and a
nonresident member OF the club. was
introduced in Mr.. Abbott's place and
entertained the members with several
clever dialect stories. Leach has a
long esta blished reputation as a high
kicker and did few stunts in that line
to let his fellow club members know
that he hadn't forgotten how.
G. A Smith, who was to have re-
sponded to the toast, whats the Mat
ter With Marshalltown," was out OF
the state and IL was Explained by NE
POSTMASTER that he was trying to find
. out what was the matter with Mar
shalltown and couldn't because there
wasn't anything.
j. E. Stanton, who was assigned to
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