Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-03
Grinnsll and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
! GrinnelL May 3.--April weather
shows some peculiarities, according to
the report of Weather Observer Brain
ard. of this city. Mean maximum
temperature, 5s.73; mean minimum,
3737; mean average, a.; highest, on
the 18th, 81: lowest, on the 9Th, 49,:
rainfall, 3.87 inches: greatest precipi-
tation in twenty-four hours LA
inches; snowfall, 1 inch; clear days,
Ii: partly cloudy. 8; cloudy, 10;
thunder storm on the 18th; aurora on
the 5th; prevailing winds, northwest
and west. white frost on six mornings.
The funeral of the late Julian Nor
rison is expected to take place at the
d. s. Morris home, 1871 Park street,
at o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Nellie Ross and Donald Ander-
son. both Of Washington, Iowa, came
to Grinnell on Monday and were made
husband and wife at the Methodist
church and took the mid day train
for Chicago to spend q honeymoon
week, after which they return to
Washington to make their home. The
bride is a sister of Mrs. Lester Minte,
of this vicinity. and was student In
the grades and in the high school OF
this city The groom is in business In
Washington.
Miss Viola Johnson. Of Grinnell. be-
came Mrs. Elton Rice and the weddea
pair made their home in Brocton'
Mont. Word has recently come OF the
birth of a daughter to them on the
Gath of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Williams had
the pleasure of brief visit from their
daughter, Mrs. J. P. Watson, and her
little daughter, who were returning
from California to their home In Iowa
City They have been on the western
coast some months.
III health from the indoor eontine-
ment has driven T. J. Carter. who mas
been with the Spaulding company
continuously for the past fifteen years
to buy the oil route in this city from
J. H. Hotchkin.
l.. A. Preston has sold his residence,
All Park street, to William P. wat
son. who is given possession the lath
instant. Mr. Preston owns another
residence a block farther north. into
which he will move his family
B.. J. Kicker has gone on business
trip for a week or more to Nampa'
Idaho. and will probably visit boise.
There was a goodly audience out at
the Congregational church on Monuas
evening to listen to the address against
woman suffrage by Miss Minnie Bron-
son, Of Des Moines- Prof T. 3. 1.
Spencer was the presiding onNeT.
Songs were rendered by a quartet OF
Iowa College boys. Miss Bronson
showed herself a pleasing as well as
logical speaker and gave her audience
much pleasure even when they may
not have been convinced She was the
guest of Miss Mary Chamberlain WINE
in the city. n
The meeting Of the Grinnen Country
Club at the club house, scheduied as
a social one for the spring opening TO-
night, has been indefinitely postponed
because Of the death and funeral OF
Julian Morrison, as the circfe OF the
relatives are members Of the CLUB.
The city council passed a resoiu-
ton authorizing the issuance or I'M
movement bonds and also one raising
the tax levy 10 mills for a ten-year
period. one mill each year for the pay
ment Of the city's part OF the paving
already completed
The coming May fes,ivaf9unde the
auspices Of the school Of music or
Iowa College is attracting widespread
attention and people have sent Tor
.skets and accommodations from
Manchester, Mason City. Des Moines'
Iowa City. Newell. Algona. Lake City
Eagle Grove. Corning. Marshalltown.
Dallas Center. Eldora, Newton, Otturn-
wa and Kansas City.
Harold Swisher suffered for time
from the poison engendered in his eyes
bv dust blown by a sudden puff OF
wind as he was standing in the yard
at home. SO severe and continued was
the pain that the attendance Of the
family physician was required but az
ter some days he seems to be himself
again.