Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-14
Grinnell and Vicinity.

| Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Aug. 14.-Will Barr visited
| Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. A. Barr, of this city, com :
| ing from his home in Omaha, where he
| has charge of the water supply inter-
| ests of the Union Pacific railway. Mrs.
Will Barr is at present visiting in
Seattle.
Luther Watson Stowe died on Sat
urday afternoon, at the home of has
| son. w. w. Stowe, 533 High street, from
the intirmities of age. He was the old
| est person in Grinnell and would have
been 81 years old the next day. Funeral
services will be held from the home at
? O'Clock this afternoon, Rev. w. p.
Stoddard officiating interment being in
Hardwood. He was born in Massachu-
sets but his father moved the family
to New York state and later in 1855.
| they came to Iowa He lived thirty
five years in Grinneu. Three children
survive him and all live in Grinnell:
W. w. Stowe, 3. A. Stowe, and Mrs.
George Sampson. Deceased was failing
in health for two or three years but has
gone down rapidly within the past
year
Mr.. and Mrs. Will c. Braley are again
in their home at 1908 Elm street, after
an extensive tour Of the western coast
and western Canada, where they have
landed interests. They visited also
Portland and Spokane. They were
| most pleased with Long Beach and vi
entity and Mr.. Braley says he will so
there to live if he sells his residence
here.
Ira Berriman, who has been in the
city hospital here for some time fol-.
lowing an operation to relieve stop
page of the bowels, died at l o'clock on
Sunday morning. He leaves wife and
family. He was 80 years of age. Fun
eral services will be held on Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock, from the Clint
Nanderveer home. 1927 Broad street,
Rev. Frank H. Webster pastor Of the
Baptist church of this city, officiating.
He leaves a wife and four small chill
dren.
The first regular meeting Of the Be-
nevolent- Social Society of the Congre
gational church will be held on the eve
ming of the Goth of September, just af-
| ter the opening of college. so as to be in
large measure a welcome to the new
students and d welcome back to the old
ones. The regular supper of such oc-
| casions will be served with Mrs. Jesse
Fellows and Mrs. George r. Ross as
superintendent of the division.
The Grinnell Tennis League junior
tournament starts here today on the
| Country Club grounds. There are six
divisions Boys singles Chose under
10, youths singles Chose under 2D,
girls singles, boys doubles. girls
doubles, and mixed doubles. There are
| twenty 10 twenty five entries In the
| boys singles, which will be the prin-
cipal feature of the tournament The
| mixed doubles are a new thing to Grin
nell courts and will be watched with
keen interest by lovers of the game.
Play started promptly at O'clock.
The Twilight League baseball games
have not attracted so widespread at
tention here as in some years past but
the games have been good and the bat
ting interest is very keen with each
team having ore batter at least that
seems possible winner of the silver
bat to be presented, as has been the
| custom, by the firm Of Bartling &
| Nuckolls Batters having highest per-
centages at present are: 'Neumann
clerks. .625: W. Jones, fremen, .533:
l.
ABS; Brown, firemen, 400: Nichols.
| high school, 1913. There are Others who
still have winning chance DR.. p E
| Somers is the present holder OF the bat
which must be held three years In sue
cession to make it a permanent pos
session. AS yet no one has attained
that proficiency in batting.
Miss Ellen a. Price is very i'll and
there is little hope of her rallyng to
| any great extent. Mrs. Price has with
her brother from western Missouri
and sister from California.
| G. S. Sites is enjoying a visit from
his mother Mrs. w. J. Sites. and from
| his sister, Miss Mabel Sites, both OF
whom came from Harrisburg, Pa.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Eichhorn leave
the first Of this week for visit at
house party given in Des Moines by
| Mrs. Eichhorn's aunt, Mrs. Eicfhorn
being away probably couple of weeks
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