Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-30
GrinnsiI and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.


king Towle starts tomorrow for Green
Springs. where she plans to take q
couple of months of complete rest. re-
turning to her home here Sept. /.
Mrs. John Wylie went on Saturday
last to Hawarden. where she will visit
for the next two or three weeks at the
home of her daughter.
Services at the Congregational
church were suspended for last eve.
ming and. beginning next Sunday eve
ming. that congregation will Join with
the others Of the city in the regular un-
ion open-atr services on the high
school lawn. Such services will begin
at 8 o'clock and be led by the various
pastors Of the city by turns. Rev. w.
b. Wilson, Of the Christian church, will
have charge Of the first meeting.
In spite of the intense heat the Bap-
tist church was well filled yesterday b.
the many friends Of Rev. John Earl.
who preached both morning and eve
ming.
The annual teachers institute OF
Poweshiek county closed on Friday
with very satisfactory record in both
attendance and interest. The number
enrolled was 100. which is high water
msrk for . number of years past.
A second case OF tetanus has oc
CURED in the eastern part OF this
county this time ending fatally for
Webb Stephenson, . lad OF 10 years.
whose home was In Guernsey. While
helping his father about some carpen-
tering he stepped on nail and. in
spite Of prompt treatment. died.
Letters recently received from DR..
Susan B. TAllman. Of the Chinese mis-
sionaries. located at Lintsingchow,
China, tell Of the great interest shown
there in the special day Of prayer for
China so generally observed in the
American churches. and Of the new
openings for usefulness in the educa-
tional line In the new republic. Dr.
Tallman was q Grinnell girl and young
woman. . graduate OF Iowa College,
The family moved from this city to
Berkeley, Cal, in 1902. and she went
from there to China. This year she
has her furlough and plans to sail
from Tientsin and reach Seattle on
July 3.
The sports committee IL working
overtime to get new stunts for the
Fourth OF July celebration here. The
latest novelty sprung 10 in the chal-
lenge issued by the Grinnell hremen to
the Newton team to come over and
join in q water fight" The plan is to
form sixteen foot ring. select five
men from each fire department, give
each ono hose and nozzle, turn on
the water and see which side can first
drive the other party from the ring.
1t Is said 60 be great fun for the spec
tators but no one who has ever tried
1t has yet given the experience Of the
actors in the water drama. The New
ton. Malcolm and Grinnell bands will
discourse music thru the day and eve
ming.
Superior court adjourned Saturday
noon until this morning. having spent
all Of last week on the Porter Heish-
man case without finishing the exami-
nation of the witnesses Of the plain.
tiff. 1t Is now predicted by attorneys
that the case will not be finished before
July Z. Interest in the case seems UNI
abated and the weeds are growing
rapidly among the corn while a lot Of
young men crowd the court room and
fill the windows lest they miss any
item Of the salacious testimony.
| Tomorrow IL the day set for the
visit Of the farm experts from Ames
to farms in this part OF Poweshieck
county. Representative Ralph Sher-
man, Of Chester. and Assessor L. M.
Smith. of thisscity, have charge of the
itinerary for the day. The Porter Full
or and Eugene F1shef farms in Ches-
ter township VIII be visited in the fore
noon and the q. A. Bonewell, the John
Beeler and the old Prosser farms south
Of this city, in the afternoon. In the
evening there will be mass meeting
at the Colonial to hear from the Ames
experts.