Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-08
orinns,I and Vicinity.

l 0TSUUOtJ ana Vicinity.
Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell, Sept. S.-Mr. o. w. Black,
! living just west Of the city limits, Is
having the pleasure Of visit from his
brother, H. H. Black, whose home is
in Halsey, Neb, and from his sister,
Mrs. Frank Beebe. whose home is in
| Morris, Ill. The two brothers came to
| Grinnell among the earliest OF the pi-
oneers, In 1855, and both lived here ten
years. when H. III. Black moved to Ne
braska
Mr.. John Moore, who lives on farm
| near Thornburg, is visiting here for q
short time at the home of his brother
n-law, Alfred Wood. He is ~ years
of age, veteran Of the civil war; hale
and hearty. having seven children to
help in carrying on the farm. His trip
here at this time was taken for the pur-
pose Of seeing one of his daughters es-
tablished in the high school.
| The people of northwest Chester.
| township are complaining of the raw
ages Of cholera among their hogs and
| farmers are resorting to vaccination
| as a preventive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Bliss, for many
years residents of this city but for the
past few years living on their farm
home of Mr.. Bliss brother, DIR. f. c.
Bliss, but returned to their home yes
terday.
John Hinegardner is in the hands of
| the law charged with making a deadly
assault with razor upon the person OF
his wife and his son Roy. He was
! brought before Esquire Marvin but
trial was postponed until such time
as the county attorney can come from
| Brooklyn.
The Brotherhood class affiliated with
the Congregational church but COM
posed of all who feel the brotherhood
| spirit which took a vacation thru the
extreme heat of summer, begins its
study and discussions again on Sunday
next meeting as before In the superior
court room at 9:45 each Sunday morn
! ing.
A band of supposed gypsies, consist
| ing % approximately seventy-five per-
| sons with all the usual gypsy outfit ac-
compartments of dogs and horses has
been infesting all parts of the country
| south and east of this city, to the great
| annoyance. if not property loss. of the.
| farmers in that vicinity. Complaint
| was made to the officers here and de-
| tails of deputized officers took the nee
l
undesirable crowd sought other quar-
! ters.
! The officials Of the Grinnell fair are
| finding themselves with such an array
of entries that there is not room to re-
| ceive them and the frame structures
are being supplemented by tents and
other temporary structures for the
sheltering of the stock to be here on
exhibition.
Reports from the public schools in
dictate that there will be the largest
enrolment ever for the present year.
The enrolment at the high school
reached $40 the first day, as against
little over 800 at the same time last
year.
| Andrew c. Thompson aged 81 years,
whose home has been several miles
south Of this city. passed away quite
| Unexpectedly on Sunday evening from
a stroke of apoplexy. Funeral services
will be conducted from the Blue Point
church, but the exact time has not yet
been set owing to the fact that Rev.
]. NJ. Brown, Of the Methodist church
Of this city, has not yet returned from
conference and it is desired that he
take charge of the services.
Miss Helen Lagrange leaves her
| morrow and goes to Davenport for
brief visit, Later she goes to Chicago.
where she meets Miss Edith Long and
the two go on together to Boston, where
they plan to study for year.
The Misses Bessie and Mary Hanson
have come to Grinnell from their home
In Stacyville, the former entering Iowa
college as a Junior and the latter going
into the high school in the third year
work.
Miss Bessie Meacham, who has
spent the past four years in the A. NJ.
A. work at Beach Institute in Savan-
nah, Ga, will not return there this
year but takes the PIERCE school near
the Westfield church, about three miles
south of the city,
Miss Inez Henely, who graduated
from Iowa College last spring, goes this
week to Wellesley College. where she
plans to enter the department of by
giene.
Breese Boyack, former Grinnell boy
but more recently of Fort Collins.
Colo, Is visiting his family and friends
here. He plans to spend the coming
year in research and experimental work
In the agricultural college of Colo--
ado.
WOru mas peeH receiver from TTo-
fessor Smiley and Miss Shuts and
Miss Millerd that they were to take
steamer from Liverpool on the 2Sth of
August for New York and their friends
expect to see them here very soon.
Clifton Adams, of Manly. has been
visiting here at the A. D. Adams home.
He plans to move soon and make his
home in Marshalltown, where he will
have work in furniture store.
Theories in the Hospital.
Among the other theories that have
not worked in practice are these:
-! That T.iisas. o.= modern implements OF