Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

! west side OF Main street, on lot no
owns that has stood vacant until now.
He has also torn down a wooden struc-
ture near this one and Is putting up
a solid two story brick 20x62 feet In
size to be occupied by the new cash
grocery to be conducted on the cafe
terra plan. Between these two build
ings is the frame structure occupied by
Guy Curtis as a short order house and
the plan now seems to be to pass a
fire proof roof over both brick build
ings and the enclosed frame restau-
rant. The cellar walls are being made
so heavy that, when larger buildings
are needed. the foundations, will not
have to be rebuilt.
J. W. Silcott, now OF Booklyn, but
formerly telegraph operator in Grin
nell has constructed a practical WIRE
less station by which he sends and re-
ceives messages in as practical way
as tho he were doing real business.
DR. Alvin Ward. who has been prac-
ticing dentistry at Garwin since his
graduation from the state university
at Iowa City In 1913, was married there
recently to Miss Imogene Steffa. The
groom is son of s. Onward, Of Chess i
ter. He graduated from Grinnell high
school in 1910 with an excellent ath-
letic record having been track captain
that year.
Mrs. Iona S. Bailey has just moved
from 1908 Main street to lola Park
street, occupying there the Mrs. Dorr
Barber residence.
Because Clark Christian had on some
brand new clothes when he went to the
Social Service League headquarters
and applied to the secretary, Miss Ada
Palmer, for assistance, he was arrested,
thru Miss Palmers keen detective in
tuition and deduction for larceny, and
the clothing traced back to the cloth
ing store of A. r. Longnecker and
Christian was fined $50 which he is
working out in the county jail. The
crime is intensified in its badness by
the fact that clerk in the Longnecker
store had taken pity on him and given
him food and new shirt. A short
time later he came into the store and.
while proprietor and clerks were all
busy, took vest and a pair Of panta-
looms and in some convenient place
outside the store, pu, them on for i'm
mediate service and went to Miss Pal
mer looking for other favors.
Mrs. Floyd Eichhorn is carrying her
left arm in a sling and it Will be some
the result of a fall a few days ago on
the ICY ground at her home tour miles
northeast of this city.
Dr. w r. kinzer has been spending
some time in Cedar Rapids and Mrs.
kinzer has been spending the, same
time in visiting at Marshalltown. Il
Mrs. Mary Harrington has had for
some weeks the pleasure Of visit
from her daughter, Mrs. l.. A. Hopkins.
Of Cincinnati, O., and Or. Hopkins
himself came on Sunday Il
The many friends here OF Mr.. and,
Mrs. Jesse Bryan will rejoice to know
that Mrs. Bryan passed safely thru an
operation in the hospital at Rochester.
Mimi, and was able at latest report
to sit up.
Five foreign section hands employed
at this place, said to be Mexicans,
were brought before Judge P. G. Nor
ris, Of the superior court. charged with
bootlegging. The evidence warranted
the judge in binding them over to the
grand jury and remanding them all
to Jail as they could not furnish bail. =
Announcement Is. made here that
Everett Blood. who has bean aiTieffec-
tive all round. man In the employ OF
the Grinnen Electric Light and Heat
ing Company and.later, the Federal
Power and Light Company, Of Boston,
has been promoted to the superin-
tendency of the consolidation OF five
plants at Orange City. Ireton. Rock
Valley. Maurice and Alton, with head
quarters at Orange City. He Is to
take charge the latter part OF this
month.
superintendent Eugene Henley. Of
Grinnell. and Palmer. OF Mason City,
have returned from attendance on the
meetings Of the national association OF
city superintendent at Detroit and re-
port profita BILE and very interesting
trip Superintendent Palmer Joined
Mrs Palmer here. where she has been
visiting during his absence, and both
went on to their home. Superintsnd-
ent Thornburg formerly of this city
for several years but since then at
Everett, Wash, was also at the meet
ing and has announced his purpose to
stop TO visit old friends here on his
way TO his western home. Frank K.
Willard another old time Grinnellian,
after attending the national meeting,
stopped here to visit his father w. 0.
Willard. and his sister. Miss Faith
Willard. He is assistant superintend-
ent a Seattle, Wash.
The sad news has recently come TO
Grinneli OF the death of a brother OF
Mrs John T. Cessna, Sr. Howard P.
Brown, at his home in Radison, Sask.
Canada He was a former resident OF
Grinnell but has not lived here since
he was a boy.
Mr.. A J. Blakely has recently re-
ceived the news Of the death OF a
younger brother, Collins Blakely, from
pneumonia, al his fiome in Montpelier,
Vt He was about 70 years Of age.
He had visited in this city and had
planned to como again this summer.
He was a prominent Mason and presi-
dent of the State Board of Pharmacy.
One Of Chester's old, well-known.
and reliable citizens; Mr.. THOMAS
Foster. is reported as critically i'll from
heart trouble, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. P. I. Fuller. IL
Mrs. George Matney, of Gilman, is
reported as having gained sufficient
strength to permit her togo homo to-
day after having undergone an opera
ton in the city hospital here last reek
Mrs. A. c.. Jackson, who, passed thru
the same ordeal last week is reported
as making good recovery.
Walter Rule has returned to his
Canadian home at Young, Sask,, after
a visit Of the past two months at the
home Of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.