Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-17
GrinnelI and Vicinity.

Grinnell. Jan. IA letter just re-
ceived from Rev. w. w. WOODBURY.. for
ten years or more pastor of the United
Presbyterian church of this city but
leaving here two months ago for the
south. says the family is located In
home at sos North Lena street, Dothan,
Ala, and that they are well satisfied
The daughter, Lois. on whose account
largely they went south, is very mucn
improved.
Mrs. y. A. Morgan, whose home Is in
Vancouver, B. c. has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. II. H.. Morris, 1882 West
street, for the past three months. She
started yesterday morning on her
hcmeward way, planning to visit on the
way at Algona, and again at the nome
Of her son in South Dakota. For many
years Mrs. Morgan lived on a farm
near Grinnell %
The annual meeting of the Corn Belt
Meat Producers Association will be
held tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
1 o'clock, in the superior court room III
this city A. A. Foster is local presi-
dent and state president. A. A. Sykes
of Des Moines, will be present.
At the January meeting of the board
of supervisors at Mentezuma Miss
Adah Hopkins, who has been selected
as the overseer of the poor in the city
of Grinnell, was in conference with the
board and was allowed by the county
a salary of $500 per year, to be paid
monthly. The Grinnell Herald, the
Brooklyn Chronicle. the PoweshieR
County Palla dunn and the Montezuma
Republican were pronounced the Oh
fetal papers of the county for 1913.
Drs. E B. Williams, o. w. King. ana
Bush Hcustan, OF Montezuma, are to
furnish medical attention and med
icinea to the inmates OF the county
farm, insane asylum. county jail. ana
the poor of Jackson township. Tor the
sum total of 5000.
The Poweshiek County Farmers
Mutual Insurance Association, having
lived the whole of its twenty years OF
corporate life, has re-incorporated ana
started out with a new constitution ana
bylaws and the following list of Off
Gals: Henry Baustian, president; A.
r. Fraser. vice president: John Evans,
secretary: n W. Cessna, treasurer;
and John Newcomer and O. T. Frisbie
as new directors to fill vacancies by
In the district court in session at
Montezuma the case OF Mcrtlaho
against Poweshiek county was dlsposco
of by Judge Talbot, who ordered the
jury to bring verdict for the county.
state secretary of the Iowa chrlstlaHl
womans board of missions. Miss An
nette Newcomer, will occupy the puiplt
of the Christian church OF this CITY
both morning and evening next sun
day. Pastor Wilson is still conducting
the revival services at What Cheer.
Miss Helen LAGRANGE, formerly em-
ployed in the Merchants Nationai
Bank but for the past four monlns
studying nursing in the PRESBYTERIAN
hospital in Chicago. has concluded 10
give up that line Of work and VIII TAKE
her old position in the bank.
A. L. King, who has been away 1of
some months looking after business IN
terests in Alberta, Canada, is again Ut
home here.
The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Merchants Nationa'
Rank resulted in the reelection OF the
following board of directors: N. w
Cessna. s. A. Cravath, w. o. Willard
w. ]. Rapson. George H. Hamlin, J. -
Wilson, ] c. Goodrich, j. c. Manly, II
w .somers and B. ]. Kicker.
Too many conflicting interests ano
public meetings made the attendance
small for the discussion of the backing
for the May festival and Professor
Pierce was given authority to call an
other meeting at a more favorable sea-
son.
The stockholders of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank in annual meeting assSH1'
bled reelected the following directors:
| H. w. spaulding, w. F. Vogt. 6. II
| McMurray, John Goodfellow. H. F
Lanphere, Paul Norris, Alfred Bur.
roughs, John A. Flood, ]. H. McMur.
ray, Jr., and George NJ. Fraser.