Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-23
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ana CEDAR Rapids.
Grinnsll and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 23--The body Of Miss
Flossie Byrd was brought to this city
yesterday forenoon from Iowa City,
where she went recently to undergo
an operation for relief from some
trouble of the throat. She was less
than % years of age Her death was
a surprise to her friends and relatives
here. Funeral services are to be held
in this city at 8: 80 on Tuesday morn
ing. conducted by Rev. Charles Noble.
of the college. The body will then be
| taken to her old home south Of Sears
boro. where her aged father and moth
er still live. She leaves a brother,
Samuel Mitchell, Ninth avenue and
Ann street in this city, and two sisters
one at Montezuma.
The track left by the burglars that
so boldly ransacked five homes in this
city on Friday night last had become
SO cold or had been so lightly made
that the bloodhounds brought from
Waterloo were unable to do any bene-
fetal tracing and there seems to be no
clue to the identity or present where
abouts of the housebreakers. It was
not learned until late in the morning
Of Saturday that the home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. H. A. Beenblossom. 1882 West
street, had been entered and ransacked
IN the absence of the family in Des
Moines. Next the thieves made an at
tempt upon the home of r. F. Nuckolls,
1918 West street, next south of the
Beenblossom home. Mr.. Nuckolls was
| at home heard some disturbance, and
flooded the house with electric light
and scared off the intruders. This was
about 9 o'clock in the evening. The
Alec Fraser home seems to have been
the next and last one attacked and
then something led to an abrupt re-
treat. The hounds next day were able
| to keep the scent for some distance to-
wards the west where it seemed to be
lost in the open country and the feel
ing is that the burglars were there
picked up by some conveyance. There
We're several trains passing thru in the
night, east and west and north and
south so that the chance for getting
out OF the city on wheels was fair;y
good
The ngregatlonal church OF this
city Is to try an original plan for Sc
! curing the money and pledges to cover
the budget Of expenses for the coming
year. The total church budget is $l2.-
900. including the $4,000 of missionary
apportionment. OF this amount &c.,
600 Is to be raised by general whirl-
wind canvas. unique for this church
and city. On next Sunday afternoon
fifty active solicitors are to start out
in automobiles freely furnished by the
, owners. and, In some three or four
, hours at the outside. it is expected that
every resident member Of the church
VINO can be expected to pay money to-
wards its support will have been seen
and his pledge secured. The auxiliary
societies of the church, composed OF
women and young folks are prepared
to shoulder the load of the remaining
S2o,ooO of missionary support. In adj
dltlon to all this and entirely separate
from 1t there is canvass in progress
for the raising of the funds to elimin-
ate some $500 of Indebtedness on the
parsonage and for some extensive re-
pairs that have been made in the past
year. The work Of the efficiency team
headed by Rev. c. c. Williams Of New
ton that took charge of the last Thurs
day evening meeting and the strong
sermon by DR.. E. A. Steiner have had
great stimulating value in the evolu-
ton of this working plan.
There will be union THANKSGIVING
services in Grinnell as usual. Rev. w.
H. Lawrence. pastor Of the United
Presbyterian church. will preach the
sermon. and the other pastors will par
ticipate in the services which will be-
gin at 10 o'clock and be held in the
Congregational church.
There were ten contestants in the
final try-out in the declamatory con-
test at the Grinnell high school on Fri
day night The result Of that even
ing's efforts was. first over all, Jean
cite Lowry; first in oratorical class,
Clyde King; first in dramatic class,
Nina Abel; first in humorous class,
jeanette Lowry Much praise was due
to all the contestants and the judges
had some close figuring The Judges
were Superintendents L. L. Caldwell Of
iMontezuma; NJ. L. Doner, Of Brooklyn,
and H. p Smith Of Newton.
The confines Of the college and even
the limits OF the city were hardly
large enough to hold the exultant Grim
nell football team on Saturday after
noon when the Cornell Grinnell game
closed with the figures IA to o In favor
Of Grinnell. Many defeats and long
waiting had made the boys very hum
cry ana their friends somewhat weary
and to beat their long time victors
and win out at such figures set them
wild. The parade in the down town
streets. the gathering of everything
loose for the evening bonfire. with
the music and the songs brought busi-
ness and professional men from their
customers to the windows and doors.
and all felt good. The mix at the
mems gymnasium in the early evening
was followed by the bonfire on Ward
field and the congratulatory speeches
from President Main all along down
the line
Not From West Indies.
Some time ago the teacher OF a pub
lie school was instructing class in
1oonrsphv and when Il came time to