Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
Grinnell and Vicinity.
eclal to Times- Republican.

has rented OF j. "A. Stone the DullolnS
on the corner of Broad and Commercial
streets. formerly occupied by the Mer-
chants National Bank and the city
clerk will soon have headquarters there.
1t is said to be the plan to have all OF
the city officials there later. The rent
agreed upon is $3.50 month. The
lease is to be cancelled pro rata If the
people shall authorize the city to buy
| the real estate of which this building
and the ground are part.
The funeral services over the body of
Thomas d. Ewart were held at 1880
o'clock this afternoon at Dwarf. He
| died of apopleXy. in Chicago, on Mon
| day last. He lived for many years at
| the town of Ewart and was extensively
| engaged in farming and stock buying.
| He leaves a wife, one daughter and two
sons, all in Chicago. Also two brothers,
ALI and James, and sister, Mrs. Fred
Rayburn, of Iwart.
Prof. w. A. Noyes Of Iowa College,
class OF 70. delivered the Phi Beta
Kappa address at the annual meeting
of the Bet chapter Of this city. on
Thursday evening, before an audience
that well filled the college chapel. The
subject chosen sounded highly tech
nical. The Elecktron Theory" but his
treatment of it made it intensely inter-
esting to those who listened. III. G. Ly-
man presided over the meeting, as he
! is president of the chapter. Miss Pearl
Kelsey contributed q very enjoyable
organ solo and Prof H. w. Norris, of
the college gave the invocation. AT the
banquet which followed the intellectual
| feast and was served at Mears' Cottage
the four seniors recently elected on
vT,h r,1, hit no, fnr ,o1l v in
Quoted. They are Miss Bessie Rep
logic, Miss ella May Wilson, George ID.
White and Roy Andrews.
| Plaintiff c. Il. Thomas in the recent
sewer injunction suit in district court
having been ruled against by Judge
| Wilcockson makes appeal to the SUI
preme court and all work on the sewer
will probably be blocked for some
months.
VIII c. Robinson is again at his home
| in this city after having worked out the
plans and verified his figures and sent
| to the navy department at Washington
| q bid for making three hydroplanes, &C
cordng to government plans. The par
| ticular machine that he has in mind to
construct and for which he made the
| designs is called the Robinson Sea
| Plane" Should he be the lowest bid
der in this contest. all other things be-
ing equal, the Grinnell Aeroplane Com
pany will have the job of making three
of this type of machine and II, on trial,
| they are satisfactory to the govern
ment, there is probably large business
in the same line for Robinson and the
company 1t is likely TO be two or
three weeks before a decision will be
given by the government. Mr.. Robin
son is quite sanguine of success In cap
turing the government contract
| Dr. and Mrs. e. S. Evans start to-
night for Boston. Mass. where the doc
| tor plans to take a three months course
in post graduate medicine. DR.. and
most of the way but branch off to New
York, where they are to spend the
same length of time.
| William G. Swift Is suffering from an
accident in the Ramsey bakery, where
| the first three fingers of his right hand
were caught in the machinery of the
| bread mixer and badly crushed.
! The mayor, the city engineer and
three of the counclmen from Colum-
| bus, Neb., have been here to examine
the bitulithic paving. The visitors ex-
pressed themselves as very much
pleased with the paving.
| Latest reports from W. S. Roby are
to the effect that he is gaining and able
to sit up a little each day.
The evangellstic meetings now in
progress under the leadership of Rev.
Joe Hanley and Singer Fred Fischer
are gaining In intensity and volume of
interest daily and nightly. The church
has been well filed on both Thursday
and Friday afternoons. when the evan
gelist spoke to women only. Last night
was Mothers Night" and every one
was asked to wear q white flower. The
church could not contain the crowd
that came. Other Evenings have been
much the same. Tomorrow morning all
the schools will gather at the Congre-
gational church. and, If there is not
room to accommodate all, there will be
an overflow meeting at the Methodist
| church. The topic for the morning will
be THE Meaning of Conversion" At
$3.50 in the afternoon there will be a
meeting for women. the topic being.
"The Woman Who Dared" In the ev-
ening, The Wrong Trail will be the
subject.
Written News ltems.