Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14

When the engine of his automobile
backfired Saturday David LennoX suf-
fered the fracture of the middle finger
of his left hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shipton. two
and one-half miles east of Green
Mountain, are parents of a nine and
one half-pound son, born Sunday.
All the public schools of Marshall
| county will be dismissed on Friday,
!! Sept. IS, in order that the children
may attend the county fair. Gertrude
f. Miller. county superintendent.
! Iowa City papers tell of resolutions
adopted at the last quarterly confer
ence of the Methodist church. asking
/ that Rev. S. E. Ellis be assigned to
| the Iowa City church at least for an
other year.
Word received by Mrs. Cora Wiley
! from Crookston, Mimi, announces
the birth at Crookston Saturday of q
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
i Arnold. Mrs. Arnold was formerly
Miss Grace Lander, of this City.
I; Superintendent j. c. koontz, of the
county farm and Mrs. koontz, and DR..
| and Mrs. l. d. Kaufman, of State Cen
ter, who have been spending an outing
of two weeks at Lake jefferson. Mimi,
returned home Saturday. They made
the trip by automobile.
Miss Urine Loland. who has been
visiting few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Rasmussen, 500 West Boone street,
left this morning for Stanhope for
! two weeks visit with relatives and
friends. Miss Loland reached here
Friday evening from Norway. where
she has been since the latter part of
April
| Passenger trains west on the North
western, aid north Oil the Minnea polls
& st. Louis, were late this forenoon.
| The derailment of a freight train near
i Bertrand early this morning, caused
the delay on the Northwestern. Soft
| track and places in the track near
/ Searsboro that were badly washed by
the heavy rains, caused the delay on
| the NJ. & ST. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. p. Matsen and their
foster son. Clifford Larson formerly of
! this city but now of Whittier Cal. ar
| rived in the city Saturday night and
are guests at the home of Mrs. Mat
sens sister, Mrs. H A. Peterson, 305
| North Third avenue. The Matsens
will remain here for several weeks Wis
| iting friends while Mr.. Matsen LOOKS
! after business matters.
| Miss Ruth Hayner was hostess at
a pleasant dinner Saturday evening at
Albion to thirteen guests in honor of
! Miss Emma Patton and r. E. Apgar,
! who are soon to be married. The
| young people went to Albion in auto
mobiles. A fried chicken dinner was
| served, and afterwards music was en-
| joyed. The only out town guest
! was Mrs. T. c. Knox, of Marcus.
DR.. and Mrs. George NJ. Johnson and
daughters. Harriet and Marjorie, ar
! rived home this morning from Chicago.
where Saturday they were In attend
ance at the celebration of the golden
wedding of Mrs. Johnson's parents.
Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Millikan. DR.. and
| Mrs. Johnson and daughters have been
away a month, as members of family
camping at Pine lake, near East Jor-
don. Mich.
The attraction at the Odeon Theater
all this week will be the ever popular
Fame Gorrell Stock Company. The
| opening play for tonight will be four
act rural comedy drama, The Coun-
try Boy" play to please all A COM
plete change of plays each evening,
with high class vaudeville specialties
between the acts. Prices 10 and 20
cents. Order your tickets now. Phone
1905. Odeon.
AS a farewell for Miss Mabel Bus
sard. Of Fargo, y. d. Miss Fannie
Vogel entertained about fifteen guests
| Saturday evening. The house was
beautifully decorated with large bou-
quets of sumac. golden rod and other
autumn flowers. Conversation and
music occupied the hours. Misses Lou
and May Vogei, assisted by their sis
ter-inla law. Mrs. Harry Vogel. and
Ralph Vogel served two course lun-
cheon, after which the members of the
party went to the station to see Miss
Bussard off.
Lyle Ryan, young tramp who was
| beating his way out of this city toward
the south on a Chicago Great Western
| freight train Saturday night, had his
left foot pretty badly crushed at Luray.
when the foot was caught between the
bumpers of two cars, while switching
was in progress. Ryan was taken to
Melbourne after the accident, and
brought here on the night train. DR..
! A. c. Conway, company surgeon,
| dressed the injury. and Sunday morn
ing Overseer of the Poor Clark sent
Ryan to LaPlata, Mo-. near where the
young man has relatives.