Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-13
Grinnell and Vicinity,

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| Grinnel1, June 13-Edgar H. webb
past 81 years of age, was stricken by
paralysis on Sunday and died that
night. He and his sister, Miss Adella
Webb. had been rooming at the Rev
l.. s. Hand home sos Elm street Mr..
webb had been in poor health for
some, years and lately has been fail
ing fast. The body was taken to
Tabor the former home of the family,
for interment.
Mr., and Mrs. n. Mayo Harris have
as their guests for commencement
Mrs. Ralph Wiltamuth and infant
child, from MarshaIltown.
| Deacon Samuel Gates is critically Ill
and his children have gathered at the
home here. Mrs. NJ. l.. Seeley and two
tsons, Howard and Paul, have come
from their home in Council Bluffs.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C.. Gates have come
from Ladora. Miss Muriel Gates has
been the trained nurse taking care Of
her grandfather She is a gra duate
; of the Iowa State University school
! for nursing. Mr.. Gates condition
seems little Better Just at present.
Next Sunday afternoon has been
selected by the Modern Woodmen Of
America as memorial day for their
dead. s=
Miss Hattie C. Engsberg starts to-
day to return to her home in Indiana.
She has been for the past four months
an assistant in the office of the sec
rotary of the Social Service League.
Miss Ada Palmer. L
|. Because of THE various and many
ATTRACTIONS, musical and otherwise, Of
the college commencement season the
| open air concert announced to be
given by the Grinnell city band in the
park on Wednesday evening has been
postponed until Friday evening. nj,
James AcFate, Of Davenport. is 80
years old today and Samuel McF'ate
and D. S. Stewart, Of this city have
gone to help in the celebration Of the
event.
Peter Schmidt, who lived south Of
this city, left at his death an undivided
section or more Of land. Samuel
Schmidt has asked for an action Of
the court ordering the partitioning Of
this land among the heirs.
| Word comes from Chicago that Sam
Partlow, OF this vicinity, claims to
| have been assaulted and robbed and
tIldt d ucdu lhdi 4odho nS tAiS Se~AAS
time PartIow was discovered had one
of Partlow's cuff buttons in his pocket
l.. w Taylor has gone back to
Bangor. Maine to be present at the
reunion of his class that graduated
from the state university. He left on
Friday expecting to be gone a couple
of weeks. :
The Failor family is large and the
members are widely scattered. At the
recent birthday of the oldest OF the
name, Samuel Failor, Of Newton, the
following named relatives were
present: E. J. Failor and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel F'ailor. c. w. Failor,
Mrs. Mary Lyday, Mrs. Elizabeth
Sloanaker and her daughter Ceciiia,
Mrs. Gertrude Geise and two children,
and Graham Lyday all OF Newton;
II. J. Tailor and family, Of Gilman;
Mrs. Alice Young and children, OF
Fort Dodge; Mrs. Grace Livingston
and children. of Grinnell; Edith ".
and Gilmore Failor, Of Tucson, Ariz.;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cavell, OF New
ton. and 7. NJ. Walker father OF Mrs
George F. Failor.
Mr. and Mrs Charles F. Fox. OF
Ontario, Ore, announce the birth to
them of a daughter, Klement!ne
Kathryn. Mrs. Cox graduated from
the Iowa College school OF music in
the class of 'o5 as Miss Stella Mason.
Of this city.
Mrs. George Hayes and Mrs. Ralph
Lamb are preparing to accept their
invitations to the wedding OF Pro
fessor Guy W. Garrard, former in
structor in Grinnell high school, and
Mary Eloise Crane, at Laramie. Wyo,
on the 18th of this month.
Mrs. Lloyd Tice and her daughter
Margaret are again at their home In
| Chester after visit of some weeks at
the home Of Mrs, Tices parents in
Olathe, Colo. z,t