Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-04
GrinnslI and Vicinity.
10 Times-Republican.

| 1TUiU0u ana VICIHIty'
Special to Times Republican
| Grnnell. Oct. AIR. and Mrs. c. g.
| Barnes, of this city. who have been
| for several months at the home of their
! daughter, Mrs. Porter, in Montana, are
again in their home on Spring street.
| much improved in health by the change
of climate.
The freshmen football team has be-
gun work with Roy Andrews as captain
| and Red" Townsend as coach, and
good judges predict a fast and strong
| team for the dozen who have started
| in and the waiting list to pick from
State President John w. Gannaway,
of the Congregational Brotherhood, was
| called from his home here on Saturday
and Sunday last to speak at a brother
hodd meeting at Clear Lake. He speaks
also this afternoon at 4:30 at the Grin
nell Association meeting at Newton.
High School Principal George A.
Brown is president of the local Con-
gregational Brotherhood for this year
and the first meeting Is to be held on
TUESDAY evening. Oct. 10. w. T. Moyle,
president OF the Grinnell Commercial
Giup. VIII present paper on the topic,
The Commercial Club
The light committee of the city coun-
ell IS considering an offer made at the
meeting of the council on Monday night
!ast BY the Warner Lamp Company to
install! four test lights that they claim
are much superior TO the ones now i'll
use. The council accepted the offer of
n. W. Spauiding TO. furnish wagons
and take away ali the street sweepings
q pr
". Stowe received permission to make
u ill on East Fifth avenue from Chat
terton to East street. the council TO
establish the proper sidewalk grade.
The old fountain. that has been useless
for many months al the Broad street
and Fourth avenue corner of the park,
IS TO be moved to the east side Of Main
street south OF the Rock Island tracks,
and the fountain at the foot of the hill
on Second avenue at the corner Of
Pear street is to be discontinued after
thirty days. 6. VI. Ross was elected a
trustee for the Uncle sam Club for two
years and Fred Morrison for one year
The high school football team is soon
to be dressed out in new uniforms of
heavy brown canvass with stockings
in which the high school colors of or
ange ana BLACK shall be quite prom
inent.
There were fifteen guests on a recent
evening at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
John Moore in this city where Miss
Firgie Brown acted as the hostess at
J. bag shower in honor of Miss Orella
Moore. whose marriage in the near flu
ture 10 w. H. Bray, of this city, is thus
publicly announced. Guests from out
of the city We're: Miss Moore's sister.
Mrs. w. h. Simpson, from Des Moines;
Miss Sarah Alexander. of Des Moines;
and u cousin OF Miss Moore, Mrs. Man
del Of New York
w. p. Turner is soon to come TO this
city from Wood Lake, Neb.. as a phar-
macist and watch repairer to take the
place of Roy Towne in the drug store
of W. r. Mullins
Rev. II. H. Pitman has so far recov-
cred from his serious illness Of a year
ago that he is again taking up hs col
lese work and is still in charge of the
congregational church at Hartwick
making his weekly trips back and forth
by motorcycle.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Cook, with their
daughter. Mrs. j. W. Victor and her
little son, have come from their home
in Chicago TO visit at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Williams. Mr.. Cook
and Mrs. Williams being brother and
sister. Mr.. Cook formerly lived in
Grinnell and worked in the Austin,
Craver and Steele heater works and
went to Chicago with that concern.
The September fall Of rain in this
locality. as given by the government
instruments, was 7.0S inches and for
the last week. 25s inches This is the
heaviest fall for many years.
The new concrete and cement block
business building that j. W. Robson
has recently completed on the corner
Of Commercial street and the alley be-
tween Broad and Main streets is the
cause OF two changes in business To-
cation. Mr.. Robson moves his own
watch making and repairing business
into the east side Of the new building
and T. K Clarkson, the tailor, moves
from his present location on Main
street into the building on CONNER
citl street, just vacated by Mr. Rob-
ison.
Owing to the drenching rain of the
second day of the Grinnell county fair
and the consequent total failure of the
third day the directors Of the fair find
themselves financially embarrassed but
are borrowing money with which to
pay the premiums. r. B. Work and
George H. McMurray have been ap-
POINTED an auditing committee with
power to call in others If needed.
DIR. and Mrs. c. E. Harris have re-
turned to their home after several !
weeks absence. the former engaged in
research in Chicago and the |
latter in visiting relatives in Canada !
Mrs. Ella Reinking Towle Of this |
city, Is scheduled for an address in
Des Moines on Saturday Of this week,
being Oct. :, on the subject, Our
Sisters Across the Sea-" illustrating
her talk by means of the costumes of
women in the various countries she
visited She will speak before the |
United Auxiliary of Des Moines, to be !
entertained on that occasion by the !