Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN


Grinnell correspondence: "Halsey
Onthank is married ana Miss Viola
Robinson is. or was, the young lady
who has changed his single cussed-
ness into double blessedness. Halsey
will make a good husband. and the
young couple have our hearty con-
gratulations.
Tuesday. Aug. 27- 1889.
Corn is ripening rapidly. A few
more days of this weather and frost
will do it no harm
The busiest section of court is the
grand jury. 1t is fairly swamped with
business The prisoners from the jail
Were taken over to the court room and
back in squads yesterday no chances
being taken with the major crooks.
Mrs. Willard Rhoades is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Fred Pruyn, at Clark. OAK.
for a few weeks"
Gilman correspondence: wv. ]. and
]. A Ward have opened out in their
new store room. but have not had time
to arrange shelving. counters. etc. as
yet They Will haze one OF the finest
rooms in town when completed
Wednesday. Aug. %. 1889.
Police circles are wonderfully quiet
Perhaps the session of I grand jury
has something TO do with the goodness
of the town"
In announcing the securing of new
teachers for the coming school year the
Marshall County Teacher was quoted
as follows: Miss Ida Styles was ed
ucated at Valparaiso Normal School.
and in addition holds diploma from
the Mahaska county graded institute
Miss styles has been assigned to the
eighth grade Of the First ward Miss
Ida 2. Schell. who takes the position
of second assistant principal OF the nigh
school is an alumnus OF Cornell Col
ilege. Miss Schelrs experience in high
school work has been of an excep-
! ally successful character
| The toy symphony concert last night
! at the Christian church was success.
! The audience was not large. but 1t was
/ an appreciative one and keenly enjoyed
the brief. but excellent. program. The
/ piano selections by Miss McMeekin, OF
Des Moines. and the vocal by Mrs. Roxy
Hill and Professor Blackman We're
warmly appla uded, while the closing
performance of the toy symphony. IN
der the supervision Of Miss Ella Miller,
was especially pleasing and interest
ing. Miss Miller and Miss Resson took
the leading vocal parts, with Miss Nc
| Meekin IS accompanist at the piano
! while nearly a dozen other young ladies
all dressed in white, successfully iIni-
tated various Wildwood birds b!
means of toys. principal of which was
the cuckoo. by Miss Hattie Miller. The
young ladies all acquitted themselve:
with much credit. and to their patien
and persisted efforts is due the success:
of the entertainment"
Thursday, Aug. u. 1889.
;; "A committee of the Baptist societ,
. is canvassing the question of ways o
: means of putting d new pipe organ il
the church"
Among the real estate transfers wa
one running from +. Grumme to tn
; First Congregational church, part 0
lot 5, block 90, original town. G0x1o0
> 800 (Present site of old Congrega
: tional church, Church and FRS
streets.)
: 'All the papers stolen from Tha
!, Binford ESQ., were recovered at Quar-
ry with one exception. and that was
> document of no consequence. The THE
had thrown the papers in box car an
: they were dumped out at Quarry"
Harry Sidney. the S-year-old son c
: Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Carothers die
of complication of diseases after a
illness of two weeks.
. Green Mountain correspondence
!. Born. to Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Nicho
last Thursday night. a boy Of staIldar
e weight
Laurel correspondence: Business
quite lively in our little burg at pres
emit Thirty cars of grain and five cal
: of stock were shipped out during II
e past week"
t. Taylor township correspondence
d 1.-The school board has authorized M
e George Allen, ub-director Of No. 8, |
o build a school house in that dstric
1t - Everything moves on in tn
If stronghold of republication with i
usual consistency and wonderful az
l. curacy. Corn is maturing with gre:
u rapidity, thanks to the hot, dry weatl
n er, and ten days more will put it b,
lie yond the reach Of frost. The crop w
ef be the largest and best ever raised
l. this neck o. the woods. Oats are
l. good crop, the average yield being TO
" ty bushels per acre. But little whe
Or was grown. but that little is good. ev
m dencing the return of wheat CROWN
Y. the insect pest having disappeared II
of dry weather has shortened the pota
e. crop, but enough will be gathered f
er home USE The potato bug pest h
passed two seasons without an a
i'd pearance. The pastures are turnil
re brown from the effects OF the very Il
oy weather, and unless rain comes
there will be no fall feed.for cattle, al
tie winter stock of hay will have to
r entered upon early. but fortunate
IL there 10 an abundance Of 1t"