Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-13
MARSHALL COUNTY
news Of INTEREST
HAPPENINGS OF COUNTY TOWNS
TOLD Bx 1..R. coRRESeoN-
DENTS.
MANY MINOR EVENTS OF
INTEREST IN COUNTRY
Local News and Personal Itsns About
People You know-Lodss instaila.
ton at Observation-Disclosures Predict
Fair Yields Of Small Grain Near St.
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News Of the county, told by Times
Republican correspondent and of gen.
eral interest to county readers and
former residents, is told in the follow.
ing news letters. classified by towns
and townships:
Lscomb News Notes.
DR.. ami Mrs. P. L. Marble and chill
Gren left Wednesday for Waterloo and
Raymond, where they VIII visit rela-
,ives after which they Will go to Storm
Lake for visit with Mrs. Marbles
sister Mrs. r. E Lewis. They ex-
pect 10 be absent about two weeks. DR..
Fee, OF Cedar Rapids, has charge OF
DR.. Marbles practice during his alb
sence.
I Mrs. F. W Dillon and children are
visiting in Union.
! Miss Minnie Biggs. who has been
visiting Liscor1b friends was called to
! Rock Island Tuesday evening by news
! of the serious Illness Of her sister with
typhoid fever in a Rock Island hos
nital.
E. Earl Parker. of Forest City, ar
rived Tuesday for visit with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs J. D Parker.
! Mr.. Grant speicher. who has been
working in Cedar Rapids, came home
| Monday evening for a short visit.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
! Christian church will hold pantry
sale at Biersborn's store Saturday,
July 90. on the evening of the same
. day the Sunday school class. taught
/ by Mrs. Paris, Will serve ice cream
and cake on the lawn al the Wood
hotel
! Mr.. ". o. Van voorhis has pur-
| chased new touring car
| Miss Rose Lounsberry. OF Sheridon.
/ Wyo. IS visiting her sister. Mrs. W. d.
! Melick
! Miss Clara Grips. OF Albion. spent
! Thursday in Liscomb.
Miss Mary Caster spent Wednesday
! IN Albion with her sister Miss Chloe
| Garter
I The ". D. Melick. F. F. Paris and
| F. A. Thurber families spent Thursday
! afternoon picnicking at the river The
picnic was arranged mplimentary to
! Miss Rose Lounsberry Of Sheridan.
Wyo.
Mrs J. D Parker and Miss Alberta
speicher spent Wednesday in Albion.
District Deputy Grand Master Clin-
ton. Of Marshalltown, installed the fol-
lowing officers in the Liscorlb Lodge
No. I, o. o. F.. 242, Wednesday even
ing: Noble grand. Harry Small: vice
grand. Roy Price; recording secretary,
! D. G. Bauman; treasurer. j. W. Gaunt.
The subordinate choirs were not all
! filed.
Mrs ]. s. Powers spent Thursday in
| Marshalitown.
Mesdemes. F. ]. Myers, J. O.. Gould
and L. G. Updike were in Marshall
town Thursday.
The Liscomb Brick and Tile Com
pany closed its plant July l. owing 70
lack of business caused by the dry,
season. The company expects to re-
open Aug. l.
Mrs Raymond Gale spent Friday in
Marshalltown with her sister. Mrs.
Frank McAfee.
Miss Paish Elliott, Of Marshalltown,
is spending a weeks vacation with her
| mother, Mrs. Dorcas Elliott.
The regular meeting of the G. W. 3.
NJ of the Christian church was held
Sunday afternoon. In addition to the
regular program Mrs. Paris gave the
report from the state convention held
at Ottumwa, June 10. which she had
I attended as delegate from the local
! society.
Miss Pose Lincoln came up from
! Marshalltown Friday night for short
stay as the guest of Mrs. E A. Clark.
Mr. OrviIle Smith and mother. Mrs.
| Vienna Carter, left Friday for visit
with relatives in Butler county.
Miss Madge Taylor Of Waterloo,
spent several days last week a. the W.
3. Myers home.
Mrs Ella Scott is in Elysian. Mimi,
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. AL
fred Spoor.
Mr.. William Elliott, OF Prairieville.
has purchased the eighty-acre farm,
one and one-half miles east Of town.
formerly owned by Fred Barber, Of
Marshalltown. The price paid was
s123.50 per acre.
Mesdames j. D. Parker and D. G.
Raunan spent Saturday in MARSHALL
| town.
Miss Barbara Speilman, Of Dixon. ILL.,.
arrived Friday evening for visit at
! the homes Of her aunts, Mrs. L. C.
Biersborn and Mrs. Hannah Carey.
Messrs. Earl Clarke and S. Dickerson
have returned from trip thru South
Dakota and northwestern Iowa. Sew
eral carloads Of cattle were purchased
in Sioux City and shipped to Liscomb.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bueghley. living
on the Daniel Bueghly farm, east Of
town, are the parents Of a son.
George Willis is visiting north of
Conrad, at the Jerry Backes home.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Weatherly are
moving on the farm two miles south Of
town which they recently purchased
from Marshall Elliott
F., Mrs. Blanche Pitcher and son, ar
rived Friday evening from Gridley.
Kan, for visit with the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs Silas Beatley.
Mrs. Beatley has been quite sick with
an attacsk OF quinsy but is improving
| slowly.
Mrs. obed Grouse. OF Conrad. spent
Saturday with Mrs. Sadie Bueghly.
Mrs Grouse was on her way home from
| a two months stay in Kansas.
| A meeting was held In the old Grace
| Reformed church Thursday evening for
the purpose OF organizing the Liscomb
| concert band. The band will be COM
posed Of twenty-five pieces. On Thurs
day evening. July 10, a second meeting