Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-12
Grinneli and Vicinity.

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tional churches and who went from
the church at Jewell, has been back
here renewing acquaintance with HIS
old Grinnell and Chester friends.
Grinnelrs aviator. Q. w. Timm, made
a fifteen minutes flight at the picnic
at Kellogg on Wednesday which was
quite satisfactory to the large crowd.
He did not try the more daring and
dangerous Of the stunts In air but
made one thrilling vertical dip.
An especially important meeting OF
| the Women's Christian Temperance
Union is scheduled For next Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Congre :
gational church. Being the regular an
nual meeting reports will be read of all
the years work and officers will be
elected for the ensuing year.
| In view of the fact as announced that
! Miss Rachel Harris, of this city, is to
be married on the 2Sd instant to Mr..
BatZner. of Bovey; Mimi. luncheon
shower was given her on Thursday by
| Mrs. J. NJ. Flanagan and Miss Mabel
| Woodwork at the F.. N. Ferguson
home. 1927 Broad street The arrange
ment of the rooms was lovely and the
| various packages were both beautiful
and useful and many surprises came
to the BRIDE be, quite a number be-
ing from friends in other places. Miss
Harris Is a singer and a part OF tho
charm of the afternoon came from her
singing and the accompaniment OF
Miss Woodwork.
A. H. Case Is now at home suffering
from cash cut in his foot by a glanc-
ing blow from an axe in his own hand.
One of the large arteries was opened
and the loss of blood was serious. He
was at work with the Des Mones
bridge gang south of Tama when the
accident occurred on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Child havs
come from their home in Nevada, Iowa,
to spend Il couple Of weeks at the home
of Mrs. Childs parents, MIR. and Mrs.
| H. G. Armstrong.
w. j. Peters has had a pleasant visit
| of a week with his father, w. II.
Peters, who came from his home in
| Frankfort, ILL.,, and has just returned
there.
Prof. E. A. Steiner returned from his
eastern chautauqua lecturing tour the
first of the week and gave a lecture In
Oskaloosa on Thursday.
Miss Isabel Clark is again at her
place in the college library after va
cation of three weeks spent in visiting
in Fulton and Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs w. H. Davidson and her son
Horace have gone to the Davidson
farm in Derrick. S. D.. where they will
remain until the harvesting is done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Slater came
I, Htu,ov H
attend the funeral of the Donnah
brothers on Tuesday. Mr.. Slater was
obliged to go back at once, but Mrs.
Slater is staying for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Carlson, ST., have
a cottage on the shore of Lake OkoboJ,
and with MIR. and Mrs. A W. Carlson,
Jr and Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Alexan-
der and their daughter Helen starter
for that cool summer resort last night.
Mrs. E. L. Talbot is having the
pleasure Of a visit from her mother.
Mrs. Kate G. Bishop, who came from
her home in Lexington, Mo-, yesterday
for an extended stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Bennett and their
little son Keith have gone to visit Mr..
Benefits parents at Chatsworth. Iowa.
Charles Nicholson came to this city
last spring and established pop fac
tory in part of the Grinnell Canning
Company's plant and has done a rush
ing business. Recently he went quiet
ly away and, returning to Grinnell on
Tuesday, brought with him a charm
ing BRIDE who had been Miss Martina
E. DaShiell, of 1ndianola. The we'd
ding was a quiet one and took place
in Des Moines. Rev. MIR. Keen. Of the
Presbyterian church. officiating. MISS
Wilma DaShiell, of Des Moines, Mrs.
NJ. A. DaShiell Of Grinnell, and George
Farrell, Of Des Moines, were the only
guests. The bride has been in Grin
nell considerably the past summer and
so is no stranger here.
The Grinnell lodge Of Knights OF
Pythias is to be represented at the
coming annual state convention at
Waterloo on the ed. 23d and 24th or
this month by A. NJ. Burton, Carl Child
and A. f. Sickle.
C, J. Johnson. travelling auditor FOR
the string of Spurgeon stores. is now
in Grnnell checking out F.. E. Mcbride,
who has left the Leader store for a
partnership in the C. A. Blair store.
and checking in Ben Moser. who comes
TO take the management Of the Leader
store Mr.. Moser has been in charge
of one of the Spurgeon stores In
Charlton for the past two years and
was before that time in Elgin. Ill.
In the vacation absence Of Pastor
Cross, of the Congregational church'
Rev DR.. D. P. Breed will preach the
sermon next Sunday morning. Dr'
Breed is to leave Grinnell very shortly
to take up his new passionate OF the
Paulina Street Congregational church
of Chicago and this will be sort OF
farewell sermon to the community,
where he has worked for some six
teen years. in the missionary and the
college fields OF activity. Mr.. and Mrs
Breed have been spending few days
in visiting relatives at Stuart ana
Perry. They are expecting their son
and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. dwight
Breed, for a visit on their way from
their former home In New York City
to their new home In Texas.
Pastor J. NJ. Brown. Of the Methodist
church, being in Colora do taking his
vacation, Rev. w. r. Lawrence has
been Invited by the officials Of the
church to supply the Methodist pulpit
on Sunday morning and he has given
notice to his congregation that they
may transfer their morning worship
on that occasion from the United
Presbyterian church to the Methodist
At the Sunday evening union service
to he held in the city park. Rev. Frank
f. Day. pastor Of the Methodist church
at Newton. will preach the sermon.
The city council was so strongly
against accepting the resignation Of