Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-29

OL InlS CITY, TetuTneO 10 ner nome In
Mason City today.
M. w. Flanagan shipped this week
forty-nine head of fat hogs Of his own
raising, the average weight being 407
pounds after being of feed over night
and being driven to the scales next
morning. MIR. Flanagan is on the Frazer
farm about two miles east of Grinnell.
Mrs. Eliza A. Ferneau Ia entertaining
her friend, Mrs. J. NJ. Bowman, of
Nashville. Tenn.
The following Grinnell people have
gone to take up their teaching work
in other places for the coming year:
Miss Stella stone to the high school of
Fonda; Miss Ella Fitzgerald to the
schools OF Trip, S. D.: Miss Sarah
McIlrath to Murray; Miss Vera Pottle
to Whitefsh, Mont: and Miss Amy
Noll has returned to Ames where she
is engaged in the state college library.
Raymond Hartman. Iowa College 'Os,
who Is now visiting visiting his par
ents. City Clerk and Mrs. A. c. Harri-
man, Of this city, will return soon to
take up his work OF study and teaching
in Wisconsin University.
Mrs. L. w. Satchell and Mrs. Mary
Sickle and the brothers, Frank and
Dick Thackery, all Of this city. are
having the pleasure Of "a visit from
their sister. Mrs. H. e. 'Errett, of Ne
vada, Mo-
Mrs. p. E. Harris and Mrs. E. B. T.
Spencer are taking a, vaca ton together.
going from their homes here to Min
neapolis and then to other places for
rest.
J. D. Taylor, OF Muscat.ne county.
recently came into this neighborhood
looking forsa good farm and bought the
eighty belonging to G. w Reynolds,
situated five miles north of this city,
paying $40 an acre Mr. Taylor will
move to his new purchase in March
and will farm the land himself. Mrs.
Taylor ID a daughter of Mrs. o. H. ALL
bee, who bought the former Professor
Horn residence at 1915 Park street,
some two years ago.
Mrs. AL. Frisbie, Jr., is again at the
family home In this city after visiting
for some time at the horne Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scammon,
at Northwood.
Mr.. "A. III. Engstrom. of the school Of
music in Iowa College, is again at
home at 1910 Hamilton avenue after a
summer spent in outdoor life and
sports. principally hunting and fishing,
in Minnesota and Dakota. Mrs. Eng
strom has been with him.
Prof. and Mrs. G. L. Pierce are hav-
ing the pleasure Of entertaining Mrs.
s. s. Fuller and her two daughters,
Ruth and Dorothy. Mrs Fullers hus-
band is a brother of Mrs. Pierce.
Prof s. j. Buck and mis- son, DIR. S.
c. Buck, are again at their respective
homes in this city after having had the
privilege of being passengers on the
nrst passenger steamer, the govern
ment boat Ancon, to pass thru the
Panama canal. They mad some addi-
tiona1 excitement on the way home by
coming across the Gulf OF Mexico in an
English boat that scudded along with
out lights for fear of being picked I'D
by some German cruiser.
Owing to the absence of the pastor
Rev. w. r. Lawrence, from the city to-
morrow there will be no preaching in
tho United Presbyterian church either
morning or evening.
The Grinnell canning factory is run
ming at good clip but it's working
time will be very short owing to lack
OF sufficient acreage Of sweet corn. The
corn coming in is good and the yield
excellent. netting the raisers from $50
to $40 an acre, but there is not even
half such an acreage as the factory
could. and would be glad to use. orders
have already been received for some
10000 more cases of the finished pro-
duct than the company can supply.