Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-23

performance; hence no crowd. The
same rule that applies today in adver-
Using was in force twenty-five years
ago. and will be in force twenty-five
years hence. Ed
Miss Matte Beeson went to Liscomb
this morning to visit her grandmother,
who is quite ill.,
Rev. H. 0. Pratt was in town this
morning en- route to Albion to attend
meeting of the college trustees He will
stop here tomorrow on his return. His
host OF friends will be glad to see hin,
among US again"
Wednesday. May %, 1889.
Mrs Bert Jackson. daughter of Rev.
II. o Pratt. formerly OF this city. now
located al Cedar Rapids. is the mother
OF Hne boy. Mr.. Pratt makes an ex-
ce!lent grandfather"
MISS Mary daughter Of L. T. VOL
colt. living south OF Lamoille. and a
most charming young lady. we'll known
n this city. will be married this after
noon to ". L. Sedgwick. a prominent
druggist Of Sioux Ci,y. Many from
this city will attend
The beautiful Odeon Theater prob
ABLY had more people within its walls
last night than at any time since its
construction. From boxes TO gallery
was not vacant seat. and a number
% tickets II excess Of the seating
capacity Of the house having been sold.
chairs were provided IN the aasles. The
occasion was the graduation Of an
o1her large class. one OF the largest in
its history. from The Marshalltown
high school. Upon the stage. which
was nicely decorated wish flowers. and
blaze6 with the class motto, Know
Thyself,' sat members Of the city
school board, Superintendent Rogers.
and the teachers Of the high school,
The young ladies appeared in pretty
costumes of graduation white, and the
scene thruout was brilliant one-a
great improvement over the old grad
uattng night in Woodbury. hall The
program IN fun was as follows. the
orators being chosen by the class:
1nTocat!on-Rey. II. P. Hayden.
Piano SOLO "LaHarpe Eoienne."
Ckr1ger)-Emma V. Smelling.
Salutatory-John W Nourse.
Grafton. "Niches'-y.asta BrheI
Grafton. "Ambit!on"-Harrv Reed
Grafton The NoveIs-sante Tread
well.
Vocal solo. "a Name in the sand"
. I i t-l = * = sears
Grafton, Presidential Elections
Curtis Rodgers.
Corre. solo. Lizzie Polka" Hart
man)-Frank York
Grafton. "An Excuse For Nihilss,n'-
Louie McElroy.
Grafton. intellectual Progress
Will Carwood
Grafton, The Two sh.ps"-May
V-nitenack
Male quartet. Give Ne Ny Own Ma
1--WE Isle" Messrz Weeks. smith,
Waldo. and Miller
Grafton, Foreign Immigration
Harl Myers.
Grafton, "Limits'-May Neil.
Taledictory-Ed Graves.
Vocal solo. viii @ the wisp"-Mrs.
J. r Hill.
The graduates: Latin course
Joseph H. Allen. Viasta S. Brhel. Will
liam ". Garwood Edward A Graves.
Harl Myers, Louie v McElroy, John
". Nourse, Daisy Riley, W. Curtis
Rodgers, Frances L. Rogers. Emma V.
Smelling Edward N. Vail. Scientific
course-May Neil. Maggie Trotter.
English course-Sall!e T. Treadwell,
Leono-a Tuffree. Commercial course
Lottie Colt, ". Harry Reed. Ned G.
Wallace, May Whtenack
THE o-ations. in thought and com
position. were excellent and above the
usual standard the innpressiveness OF
the occasion no doubt tending TO I'M
naturally embarrass the orators. The
choice musical selections interspersed
gave varied and enjoyable program
at the conclusion OF which Superin
tendent Rogers made a short and prac-
ticel address 70 the class. the diplomas
being presented by Miss Niddlekauff
principal The audience was dismissed
with henadfction by Rev. J. II. Rhea.'
Mr.. and Mrs G. ]. Lander enter
tanned the Hawthorne Club and sew
eral at their new home on North Sec
ond avenue. The affair was made in
the nature Of a house warming. land
| ii was christened quite merrily, an
orchestra being in attendance"
Thursday, May 80, 1889.
Memorial day was observed by citi-
zens in general. the attendance being
declared to have been larger than any
1. similar occasion in the history OF the
city. The weather was almost too cool
/ for comfort The exercises We're held
at the soldiers home in the forenoon in
| charge of the Phil Sheridan post G. A
/ H. GES1Stcu by lIS aim / iioA''eaS
post and corps. In the afternoon the
exercises were held at Riverside. j
iG. Brown was president of the day.
and G. NJ Norton adjutant. The post
from the home Joined in the exercises
at Riverside. The volunteer fire de-
partnent acted as escort to the process
sion. and the Miller drum corps fur
nished martial music. The veterans
! were commanded by Mayor Nelson
Ames, g. H Brock J. E. Wildn1an, an6
p. A. Beeson. and over 400 were In line
Rev VI. P. Hayden gave the address
Of the afternoon. In the evening e
camp FIRE was held at the G. A. r.
hall at which J. NJ. Parker made tins
PRINCIPAL address. and C1ond Broci
sang Marching Thru Georgia lNote
The Times Republican, on the proceed
ing day. printed a complete roster o
the dead veterans buried in Riverside
and al the soldiers home. Upon tina
date, May 20. 1889. but twenty-si,
veterans had died at the soldiers hom
since Feb. %, 1888, the date of the hrs
death. Up to the present day Their
have been 1880 deaths in the home IN