Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-14

Ottumwa.
Masonic officials to the number Of
100 from southern Iowa towns will
meet here JAM g, "a and 25 for a Ma
sonic school inAcharge of the state Of
ficials of the order.
Des Moines. g r.
Federal Judge Smith McPhersan re-
! ceived a dispatch while on the bench
| here Tuesday that his mother is dying
at the Mcpherson homestead near
Brooklyn, Ind He left Immediately for
that place.
Fort Madison.
Samuel Eads, aged Is, grandson Of
Mrs. ]. Morrison. and former resident
of this city was killed accidentally on
board the battleship Minnesota in the
Philadelphia yards Monday. Eads was
an apprentice midshipman and had
served two years in the navy.
| Onawa.
Onawa is assured Of chautauqua
assembly for 1912. T. d. Graham of the
Redpath- Vawter system has closed a
contract with the business men here for
| a seven days session in July The
| public school grounds will probably be
| used for the assembly.
| Onawa.
Word was received here of the death
by asphyxiation Of Mr. and Mrs. Cal
Oliver at Houston, Tex. their bodies
being found In the bathroom OF their
home, where a gas heater was In oper-
alton. Mr.. Oliver was a. son of Judge
Addison Oliver. of this city. and a
brother of Judge J. F. Oliver.
/ Abba.
A man entered Geudler'. grocery
| Monday and gave an order for groceries
| to be sent to 227 North A street. In
payment he rendered a check signed NJ
A. Roberts and received $3.50 in change
The fraud was discovered when the
order was delivered and no such person
resided there.
Fairfield.
Parsons College gave their annua
reception Monday night at the resi-
dence of DR.. Parsons, president OF the
institution. for the student body ant
the local trustees. The occasion wa!
very enjoyable one. The Fairfield
orchestra played during the evening
and light refreshments were served
About $50 guests were present.
Council Bluffs.
Beginning Dec. % and lasting over
the goth. the Iowa State Agriculture
College will conduct short course il
Council Bluffs. Instruction will b.
given in preparation and cultivation o.
the soil. maintenance of soil fertility
grain judging. stock judging. domes
tic science. care and management o.
livestock, dairying and horticulture.
Mt. Pleasant.
Sixteen students of Iowa Wesleyan
: have formed new local fraternity
Sigma Kappa Zeta. with the object o
, petitioning the national fraternity
Sigma Phi! Epsilon, for charter at tn
national meeting of the organization il
. March. 1t is understood that the char
, ter practically is assured. Two ma
tional fraternities now have chapter
at Iowa Wesleyan, Phi Delta Theta an
Beta Theta Pi
creston.
From recent order placed by tn
Burlington Railroad Company wit
the Aurora machine shops for 10
new stock cars. evidence is conclusiv
that that company expects a larg
volume of business the coming yeal
The new order is said to be the larges
ever given the Aurora shops or an
one shop on the Burlington system.
is expected the work will take Int
April to get the new rolling stocl
ready to send out
, creston.
Theodore F. Skunk Of Alton. hold
the proud distinction of being fort
year Mason, the third degree havin
been conferred upon him forty year
ago. The occasion was celebrated by
banquet in the lodge building at Alto
. and another third degree initia ton bel
the same evening. During the fort
= years Mr.. Skunk has held every electiv
:, office in the lodge and for twenty
eight years continuously has held tn
office Of secretary.
ksokuk.
High school authorities here stat
they have secured discriminating ev1
dence against certain pupils who hay
been systematically robbing the ward
robes of the school for several month
past. They decline to state wheths
arrests will be made or not.
culprits grew so bold during the LA
two weeks that 1t was almost unssi
to hang clothes In any Of the ware
-ohes of the building. Watches. 5ewe
Try and mensy WIRE among the tninl
pflfefed with great regularity.
eddyvilss.
There will be meeting Of the TT
. county Poultry Association held