Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-02
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN
Friday, Jan. 3, 1890.
at 1880 this morning"

6VtQdyp S0Us tO1Vs
Zero at 1880 this morning"
1.-The weather today is simply per-
feet, and therefore it couldn't be i'm
proved"
The epidemic has reached such an
alarming extent that even the cable
cars have the grip"
Fine skating is now afforded on the
river above the dam, and the young
people are having plenty of fun"
Mrs. S. r. McLeran and Mrs. T. I.
WATSON and children. who have been
visiting friends for the past week in
Chicago returned home today"
Mr.. c. Parrett. OF Byers, Colo, ar
rived in the city yesterday to Join his
wife and family, who have been here
several days visiting their father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. David Parrett."
Hoyt's "A Rag Baby" appeared at
the Odeon and was declared by the
critic Ito have been ragged for fact
]. V. NanSlyke died at Liscomb of
kidney disease.
Charles P. Cummings, for eighteen
years engineer of the Oil mills. was
instantly killed at Chattanooga. Tenn.
when he was electrocuted by attempt
ing to light a tin torch from an arc
MI was Veteran
of the civil war His body was brought
here for burial.
Saturday, Jan. 4 1890.
The wicked stood in slippery places
this morning, and the righteous didn't
have Very sure footing"
"A Times Republican reporter
learned from Mr.. F. c. Let's this morn
ing that the Fletcher Company
, have just secured three new sales
men who will go onto the road for the
! COMPANY Monday next. They are Mr..
S. D. Burns, for ten years with the
Alkier Grocery Company. of ST. Louis !;
Mr.. Phil Hutchinson, till recently with
John A. Toiman e. Co. of Chicago:
and Mr. W. ]. Van Derveer, for several
years with John 7. Hancock & CO.,
of Dubuque. They are all first class
statesmen, occupying a high standing
among commercial men. and all have
families whom they will move to Mar
shalltown between now and spring Mr.
Let's said further that the house had
enjoyed a splendid business last year,
their sales being much larger than
during any year since they located
here. Notwithstanding the fact that the
Carroll branch had supplied all the
western territory formerly covered by
the main house. The firm expects to
do still larger business this year"
Lillian Lewis and company were
ct the Odeon in two performances
matinee and evening In the after
noon she appeared as Cora, the Creole
in IL Article AZ" and in the evening as
Mercy Merrick in a draam.ization OF
Wilkie Collins The New Magdalen' "
Beth performances were declared to
| be very artistic. The audiences, how
ever, were very small.
Sunday, Jan. S, 1890.
The mercury registered below zero,
the coolest Of the winter so far.
Monday, Jan. 6, 1890.
And down went McGin,y." (Pre-
sumably referring to the mercury
The consideEats man takes the mid
die of the street in preference to the
sidewalk today. So does the considerable
| woman"
| "Mr. w. S. Stone. ticket agent a,
the Central depot, is Just now pos
sessed Of the paternal air, that only
{! the first-born can give any man. 1t is
a bright, ten-pound boy. Of whom any
parents might be proud. Mother and
child doing nicely, and the father on
duty. as II nothing had happened"
Mr.. Charles E. Haas, who held the
same position under Colonel Shurtz
and has the reputation, both inside and
out of the office. of being one Of the
/ best clerks ever serving i'll that capac-
t ity, has taken the general delivery
window at the postoffice, Vice Mr.. L.
| H. Bailey. He looks natural at the
WINDOW.
Last Friday Mr.. Mark Rovee, OF
| Green Mountain. gave a reception in
/ honor Of his son Phineas and his new
ly-made bride, nee Miss Owens, who
was a teacher in Taylor township fo,
two years, and whom he married at the
home of her mother In Oskaloosa
Yankee Varnum. who reports this item
says that over 100 attended; that
stacks of presents were received by the
newly married couple, and that the
event was very enjoyable"
| Nettie, aged Is, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Mcmillan. died of in.
flammatory rheumatism at the family
home, Ala North Second street.
Tuesday, Jan. z, 1890.
The small boy with his new skates
is getting the ice pretty we'll worn
off the sidewalks, and in another day
or two pedestrians can safely abandon
the middle Of the street. 1t will thu.
be readily perceived that the s. b. l!
by no means a nuisance"
Miss Ella Baum, one of !. L. Cady'
clerks. slipped and fell on the icy wall
as she was returning to the store afte
days, will speak. They will also ad
dresS an omen meeting for all ra ilroa,