Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-10
crinnell and Vicinity.
q TImea-Renuhlican.

Special to Times
!. Grinnell, Aug. 9.-Wendell Lewis,
city mail carrier. is taking his two
weeks vacation in visiting trip to
his brothers home in Enid, Okla, to
see other relatives in Colorado and IN
Salt Lake City.
Aug. %, %, "a are the dates of the
Malcolm fair, for which unusual prep
arations have been made. James No
wax is the secretary, as he has been
for many years. A fine speed program
is published with $3.50 purses for the
main trots and PAGES. o. p. Updegraff,
OF Topeka, Kan, Is to be the starter
for the races.
Improvements for the sake of sefety
first and of convenience for efficient
work have been going on for some time
in the high school here. Fire escapes
are being placed on the Dur sides
of the building. and q fire scape is also
being placed on the old high school
building now. known as Center School,
in the rear of the high school. Tele-
phones, to, the number of twenty five,
have been put into the building, making
communication between all parts Of the
building and the superintendent office
easy and rapid. The Interior Tele-
phone Company of Grinnell, is doing
this work and the Des Moines Struc-
tural Steel Company is doing the fire
escape work.
Walter Nittetoe, one of the employees
of the Interior Telephone Company,
met with an accident that will keep
him from work for some weeks, as his
left forearm was broken and his right
wrist was badly sprained by a fall from
the ladder on which he was doing some
wiring in the high school building.
Miss Geneyieve Norris is holding a
house party this week with Miss Har-
riet Ray and Miss Jeanette Lowrey. OF
this city. and Miss Viva Barsaloux and
Miss Gretchen Maderis, Of Marshall
town, as guests. the last named lady
acting as chaperone.
Charlie Mcdowell, of Oak Grove.
seems, to be making satisfactory pro-
gress towards recovery from the Sc
rious injury he received on Saturday
last from the kick of horse. 1t was
at first feared that, he had received
internal injuries. . .
A couple of minor accidents have oc-
Cured here that might so easily have
proved very serious or even fatal In
both cases. W. 3. Tew. was cleaning
out his well at. the home on the COR
ner of Spring street and Second aven-
ue. While in the bottom of the well
a brick was loosened from the top ard
Knocked him senseless for a while The
well was tWenty-f five feet deep. When
ne recovered consciousness he managed
to. crawl out and get to a doctor and
is now recovering,
Pearl Abney was engaged with three
others in pitching a game of horse
shoes when one of the shoes. pitched
By a vigorous arm struck him just
above the right e. 1t was a close
call for the eye but all seems to be
we'll now.
Henry James Dotterweich has taught
pianoforte for the past two years at
Detroit. Mich. For six years previous
he taught in Ann Arhor. Mich. He
comes to Grinnell this fall to take the
place in Iowa College school of music
vacated by Miss Bertha K. Shuts. The
Arbor school Of music and has studied
under Lheyinne in Berlin.
]. W. Fowler has a large and costly
iSS IldHuldClEIltiS pant ludt WpIhS tHc
year around. He also has a separate
building for the storing of 900 tons Of
the manufactured product. But all his
resources have been strained during
this extreme and long continued heated
spell and he has had to ship in several
carloads from Clear Lake and Daven-
port. Other ice men here have shipped
in ice from Des Moines and perhaps
other points. -..-
The Grinnell canning factory man.
ayers are planning to start up the ma
chinery about the 22nd instant New
huskers and sealing machines have
been put in and the capacity will be
$50 cans per minute. With 1000 acres
planted to sweet corn all that is needed
is plenty OF rain soon and the factory
will be humminS with a business that
will make it a paying year.
A goodly number of Grinnellites
have gone today sto the big picnic at
Kellogg, where Grinnelrs aviator, o.
W. Timm, will do stunts with his new
b!plane with the powerful Robinson
motor and Elk Congressman SAINT Kirk
patrick is to make the main address.
Many Grinnell people are interested
in the item Of news that Ben Rhine
fort was married in Enid. Okla, to
Miss Winnie urson. The groom was a
Grinneli boy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E..