Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-03
News of GrinneII and Vicinity.


Grinnel, Feb. 3.-A. K. Hostetter
has just sold the double dwelling at
the north end of High street to Harry
I. Yeager, the consideration being So
500 1t was bought as an investmen
as Mr.. Yeager has a fine new home on
West street.
An important meeting was held yes
terday afternoon at the Congregational
church for the purpose of considering
the consolidation of the three largest
and most important women's societies
iCf the church. Miss Stella Bartlett was
ma de chairman and Mrs. p. E. Somers
secretary of the meeting. A committee
selected from each of the three socie-
ties had previously been appointed to
present recommendations for the &C
ton of this joint body and Mrs. E. E..
Harris presented the report advising
that the consolidation be made. Let
tiers We're read from other or urches
where the same action had been taken
and the matter was fully discussed.
The final vote stood eighty for consol-
idation and twenty against. This ac-
ton must be ratified by the separate
societies and report will be made at
the next monthly meeting. The socle-
ties to be thus united are the Home
Missionary, the Foreign Missionary,
and the Benevolent-S Social The object
is to make one strong body of the
women of the church for greater ag-
gressiveness and completeness in
church work, similar to what the
Brotherhood movement is accomplish
ing for the men.
Announcement is made that Dr. E. A.
Steiner, Of this city, and Iowa College.
has two new books about ready for
| the press and that one of them is to
appear about Easter. 1t is spoken of as
| a booklet entitled The Cup of Eli
jah." The other and larger work is still
incomplete. DR.. Steiner will be called
away from Grinnell for most of the
rest of the college year by the social
settlement work over the country in
which he has SO prominent a part. He
will lecture in many of the eastern cit
les and some Of the larger colleges
there.
Walter Reichelt was unfortunate
enough to break a bone of his left
hand on Monday in a practice game of
basketball which will debar him from
playing center for some time if not
for the rest of the season. Collin Mar
tin, VINO played in that position last
year. has been substituted.
The value of good seed corn has
been so impressed upon all classes Of
the people in this vicinity that they
are all looking for the infallible tests.
The Merchants National Bank has
done very accommodating and COM
mendable thing in placing there one
of Professor Holden's testers of a five
bushel capacity for the free use of the
|
pies and, within few days, come and
take the test for themselves. Other
testers will no doubt be placed in the
| city so that all farmers making this
a trading point may have certainty in
place of guess work on their seed corn.
Professor Conard of the botany de-
partment Of the college gave very
interesting lecture last evening in the
auditorium of the high school on the
topic, School Gardens for Grinnell.''
The lecture was finely illustrated by
lantern slides and was especially for
the benefit of the Mothers Association.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies
Gem etery Association is called for to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
superior court room, with business OF
importance to be transacted.
The prize winners for the highest
general markings in the domestic sci
ence classes are as follows: First, Mrs
w. J. Rapson; second, Mrs. E. E
Bump; third, Mrs. w. J. SuckoW. In
the girls class in sewing: For best
hemstitching on fine linen, Martha
Frestun, best DuttorIiIoie on gingnam
Nellie Fraser; best hemming on towels
Edith Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Long leave to-
day for visit to the auto show in
Chicago and from there to visit friends
in Hillsdaie, Mich.