Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-02
GrinnelE and Vicinity.

Z. c Cessna made Yesterday his pub
lie announcement of candidacy. on the
Progressive ticket for representative
from Poweshiek county. Already poll
ticians have begun to select from the
deIuocT attic ranks the one c.ese likely
in their judgment to succeed in land
ing this honor in a hree-cornered
fight.
Superior court opened here yester-
day for the December term. The Por-
ter Heishman case was called but
attorneys for the defense demurred be-
cause their client pleaded Ill health.
Medical testimony on this point was in
t1oduced but the motion to postpone
had not been ruled on by the judge
Weather man D. W. Brainard reports
November weather for Grinnen as fol-
lows: mean maximum, 1924; mean
minimum, 1920; mean average, 45.72;
highest on the 18th. ~; lowest. on the
1l-h, Is; rainfall, l.S0 inches; clear
days, 10, cloudy, -. partly cloudy, 5.
There was a very well attended and
very interesting address before the
civic league. in the Congregational
church. yesterday afternoon. by Miss
Warden of the state university at Iowa
City, on the subject Of Home Santa
ton"
The Corn-B Meat Producers AS
socia ton. OF Poweshiek County will
hold their annual meeting in the super
ior court room in this city on Satur-
day next Election Of officers for the
egates to the state convention Will be
chosen. F. \. Stillwell is secretary of
the association
n~ G. nr
Of the Presbyterian church OF Malcolm,
and Rev Mr.. Eldridge. former pastor
of that church but now pastor Of the
church at Union, were visitors in Grin
nell yesterday.
Rev. Frank Webster who has served
church in Jefferson as their pastor
for the past year and half. came to
| Grinnell and preached to the Baptist
congregation a week ago last Sunday
and the church has given him call to
the pestorate here. The church build
| ing has just been ornamented by an
electric Singh over the southwest porch
that tells very plainly by day and by
night that 1t is the Baptist Church.
The Mothers Association will hold
their meeting next Thursday at the
Parker school at 3:45 in the afternoon.
Prof Louis D. Harrison Of the college
Will speak on the topic "Sociability as
a Method Of Discipline"
| Editor and Mrs. c. A. Miller are hav-
ing a visit from their daughter, Mrs
Murray McMurray, OF Webster City
She and her husband came from Chi
cago on Saturday morning and Mr.
McMurray was Obliged to go on tc
his home on Sunday.
| Esquire T. ]. Noll Is again at his
home in this city after visit to his
son. who is high school principal il
Gayvlle, S. D. His daughter. Miss
Amy, who was here for the holidays
has returned to her work in the college
library at Ames.
| Next Sunday afternoon at o'clock
Prof. E. A Steiner will address the
labor union and all other men who
! care TO he present. in the labor union
hall, on the subject The Struggle fol
Brotherhood" This organization holds
regular Sunday afternoon meetings.
Prof Paine, OF the college, has been
too i'll for some time to fully take care
| Of his classes and was removed to the
city hospital on Saturday. Prof
Paul F. Keck will take Prof. Paine's
history classes until he is able to re.
sumo his work.
Mr.. and Mrs D. NJ Cox, who have
been for the past six years residents OF
Seattle, Wash. are in this city visiting
at the home Of Mr.. Cox's mother. Mrs
Mary Cox.
| Mrs. Susan Chant from Mendon, Ill.
| is visiting her son, H. ]. Chant Hill
sister. Mrs. Vance Anderson, came
with her mother.
| Prof. L. D. Harrison Of the college
here will speak before the assembled
| officers and teachers Of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school at their month";,
meeting on Wednesday evening, givint
an Interpretation Of the extensive
Sunday school exhibit that was set NJ
in the church here for . week.