Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-03

Our stone will be open tonight and
Saturday until noon. Painters cloth
ing store.
Specialize cream, strawberry cho-
colate and vanilla, 20 cents a quart.
Royal Candy Company.
The young people Of the German
church will give q social at 307 East
Main, July 3. Ice cream and cake, 10
cents. Advertisement.
Simmons book store will be open to-
morrow morning, July 4, to close out
fire works, flags, bunting, ETC., regard
less of cost. Simmons book store.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Francisco and
sons. Hazard and Jack, of Webster
City, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
t'rancisco's mother, Mrs. J. C. Meyers.
Rev. Theodore Heine, of Dillon. will
preach in the Norwegian church at
Dillon Sunday at 1890 and 1880. The
morning sermon will be in German, and
the afternoon in English.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad
today put on extra equipment out of
this city to take care of the Fourth of
July rush of traffic. All local freights
have been annulled for the Fourth
Miles T. Ingersoll, of Boone, who
came here Tuesday to visit his uncle,
John A. Tallman, has accepted a posi-
ton with A. T. Elder and will remain
In this city. Ingersoll is registered
pharmacist.
Ralph Stotts, formerly of this city,
but now manager of the new business
department Of the Ottumwa Railway
and Light Company, was in the city
today on business and to visit his
mother, Mrs. Mary Stotts.
Members of the Anniversary Club
spent a pleasant afternoon Thursday
with Mrs. J. Golwitzer, 406 East Linn
street. The hours were spent visiting
and with fancy work and. assisted by
Mrs. d. L. Lamb, luncheon was served
at 4:3O by Mrs. Golwitzer.
Mrs. Harry Sandvig, Of Chicago, will
arrive in the city this evening to, visit
for a short time with her husbands
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sand
Wig. Miss Esther Sandvig. who has
been visiting her grandparents at
Graettinger for two weeks, Vail return
home this evening.
p. III. Draper, traffic manager of the
Western Grocer Company, was in Des
Moines Thursday in conference with
other Iowa traffic men and the railroad
commissioners, relative to the prosecu-
ton before the interstate commerce
commission of a case. in which q reduc-
ton in proportional rates west of the
Mississippi river will be asked.
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Mrs. H. w. Weikert and Mrs. II. w.
Adams entertained complimentary to
Mrs. Frank Dinges, of Yakima, Wash,
Thursday afternoon. at the Weikert
home, South Sixth street. The
guests included fifteen neighboring
friends who enjoyed an informal after
noon with their fancy work and
luncheon was served by the hostesses.
]. S. Ewing has filed suit in the dis
trict court against Mary Van Alien,
executrix of the estate of her husband,
George. Van Allen, and others, to force
the executrix to perform under con-
tract by which the plaintiff alleges he
agreed to purchase property of the
estate. The property is the east forty
two and one-half feet of lot 4, block s,
Andrews addition. The petition al
leges that Mrs. Van Allen entered into
a written contract to sell and was
authorized by order of the court to dis
pose of the property of the estate, but
that such order was lost and that since
then Mrs Van Allen has refused to
comply. The plaintiff asks judgment
of 5000 in addition to a judgment to
force compliance.