Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

| a BILE to be about after her recent Ill
! ness. during which she underwent a
! surgical operation.
| Mrs Edward Harrison and Mrs. Re
becca O'Neal Of LeGrand. were in the
city Saturday, en- route home from
! visit in Topeka. Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Kicker and
daughter Helen. Of Des Moines, spent
! Sunday in the city as guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Brown.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sawyer. Of
Portland, Ore, are in the city for a
visit Of week or ten days at the home
| of their nephew. Mr.. e. E. Downing.
and family.
Rev. J. ]. Fitzpatrick. d. D.. who
, reached home Saturday from Chicago.
after his nine weeks illness. was able
to be in his pulpit Sunday, and con-
Quoted the low mass at O'Clock.
For sale-strictly modern seven
room cottage at 2O2 North Fifth street,
fine condition, good Lennox furnace;
lot 95x95. Close to school, in best resi-
dence portion of CITY, Call at house.
Leon H. VIII, administrator
The Marshalltown Driving Club will
hold meeting this evening at so'clock
at the Office Of w. T. Bennett for the
purpose of considering the advisability
of holding a racing meeting on Satur-
day. Oct. %.
| Mr.. I. c. Speers, Of Minneapolis,
spent spent Sunday in the city with
his mother, DIR. Speers Gillette. Mr..
Speers has been in western states for
several months selling automobiles for
the Mason company Of Waterloo. He
went to Minneapolis Sunday night.
Messrs. Stephen Gregg, Fred Hite.
Fred Gates, Thomas Mooney. Hugh
| Darrah, Samuel Ludlow, Harry Stew
ard, and Peter Cannon, of Gilman were
in the city Friday. Editor John OAR
| rah, of the Gilman Dispatch, was also
here, to attend the Porter meeting.
DR.. Grove Harris, Of Ferguson, went
to Chicago Sunday to stay for a few
days and to attend the annual meet
ing Of the American Association Of
Railway Surgeons, which meets there
on Oct. 10 to 81. DR.. Harris was ac-
companied to Chicago by his WIFE
Miss Jessie Petty closed four
weeks series of meetings at the Friends
church at Albion on Sunday. Sixty
conversions are reported as result of
the meetings. Miss Minette Murphy,
of this city, has been assisting Miss
Petty Miss Anna Spann, the new pas
tor of the Albion church, began her
| work Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph s. Brombach 81 North
Third avenue, was removed from her
home to st. Thomas hospital for treat
ment Saturday evening Mrs Brom-
bach is suffering with disease of the
| stomach, but her condition is not
thought to be especially serious. Mr.
Brombach is in the employ Of the
Marshall OH Company.
DR.. and Mrs. George E. wanberg
left Saturday evening for Los Angeles,
where they will visit for six weeks at
the home of Mrs. Wanberg's uncle and
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Johnston. Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Johnston accom-
as Des Moines and spent Sunday there
at the o. NJ. Coate home.
| Friends and neighbors, to the num-
Der Of fifty, surprised Mrs. Thomas
Gavagan, 302 North Second avenue.
Saturday night, the occasion being the
anniversary Of Mrs. Gavagan's birth
The hours were spent socially, ana
lunch was served by the women who
planned the affair. The guests present.
ed Mrs. Gavagan with a sewing rocker.
| Rev E. H. Brown and Rev. W. J..
4Iadley went to Oskaloosa today to at
tend meeting of the foreign mission
board Of the Friends church Several
new workers are to be sent to the field
| soon. At the Friends church Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Brown preached a missionary
sermon. presenting the needs Of the is
land Of Jamaica. The collection and
pledges amounted to $12O.11.
Word received from Benoit. Wis.
tells OF the loss by fire TO the entire
hay crop OF w. F. Block, formerly a
well-known carpenter Of this city.
Some one set the fire and several
fields were burned over. AS crops were
practically a failure this year in the
section where Mr.. Block Is living, far
mers were depending on their hay for
winter forage. The losses, under these
conditions, are severe.
The Ladies' Helping Hand Society of
Washington Center held q bazaar and
fried chicken supper at the Washing
town township hall Saturday afternoon
and evening, and as result Of the
undertaking cleared $111.50, which will
be turned into the society's treasury
and used for the improvement OF Maple
Grove cemetery. About half Of the
amount cleared resulted from the sup
per.
INVESTIGATE CRUELTY CASE.
Miseesant Maltroats laurol Mans
Heros-ohsei6 oummonsd.
Some time Sunday night some nis-
creane shaved the hair from the taft OF
horse belonging to Andrew Hardin.
two and one-hal1 miles southwest Of
Laurel and then slft and srashed the
hide on tho tail with q knife. Sheriff
Nicholson was summoned by telephone,
and he and Deputy Mason went this
morning and spent most Of the Gay in
vestigattn4 the casa.