Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-24
News Of GrinnetI and Vicinity

special 10
Grinnell. Feb. 24-Iowa College put on
very interesting Washington birth
day program at Herrick chapel in
which the college song Sons of Old
Grinnell'' by Norman Hall. 10. and
Professor Scheve's Festival March
were very prominent and pleasing
musical parts. The main address Of
the morning was TO have been by Hon
H NJ Beardsley, of Kansas City, but
the failure of the Wabash to connect
with the Iowa Central at Abba left him
stranded at that point and Professors
Jesse Macy and Paul F. Peck We're
drafted and did good service in his
stead.
The Ladies' Cemetery Association
| celebrated the Washington annual by
chicken pie supper for the good Of
the cause they represent and realized
I in the neighborhood of 800.
I Rev H L. Wissler of the Congre-
gational church of Chester Center,
has been engaged in evangelical SER
vices at Newburg for some time and
results have been encouraging.
Registration notices have been pub
lished for the special election to take
place on the 18th of March for the pur-
pose of voting the necessary sl5,o00
of water bonds needed by the city ana
petitioned for by the voters. The mayor
and council have distinctly stated and
reiterated that the issue of these bonds
will not increase the present rate of
taxation but that the bonds will be
taken care of by the water works
which more than pay their way now
and will have largely increased earn
ing capacity with the enlarged area
of users of city water.
Word comes from Mrs. Ella Mehlin-
Williams of Oberlin, O., formerly OF
this city. that she is in the hospital
there suffering from broken leg. No
details of the accident which produced
this result have been received and
she is reported as doing as well as
could be expected.
The announcement is made in base
ball college circles that Jarnigan, who
was TO have brought honor and VIC
| tory TO GrinneN this spring, is TO
/ leave the college the first of March and
Join the Wichita Western league team
as pitcher. and that Noll, who did
some fine catching last year, is al
ready out Of school. The present talk
( is that these places are to be filled by
Ficken in the pitchers box and one
ceiving stand Short stop WARMERS
place is to be filed by Klein. One of
the outfeld places is still open. While
the team as now picked is acknowl
edged a good one il is not believed to
have the chances for the champion
ship that would have been possible if
all the old players had been retained.
Mr.. Mark D. Taylor Of Swift Cur
rent. Saskatchewan, Canada, was
called to Spencer, Iowa, recently by
the serious illness of relative there
and concluded, when the critical period
was passed. 70 extend his journey to
this city and visit the Walker rela-
tives here. He is accompanied by his
son.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Congregational church met
| in regular session yesterday afternoon.
The subject of uniting with the other
societies in one consolidated body came
up for consideration and was met with
! a motion to lay upon the table which
was promptly and almost unanimously
carried.
Yesterday completed the transaction
| by which the old Ramey building on
the south side of Fourth avenue and
occupied for many years by the Kib
| by & Adams Furniture Company, was
| transferred to the ownership of the
newly formed Central Auto Garage
| Company, composed of J. NJ. Camp
| bell, Perry Dayton, j. n. Frankforth,
e. E. Harris and Charles Hink. The
! consideration was in the neighborhood
of 81 900 Possession is given at once
and changes will begin promptly to
fit 1t for the new occupancy.