Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-18
HAPPENINGS OF. INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN
Friday. pse. 1e. 1892.

Friday. Dec. 16. 1892.
l.. c. Fuller lO4 South Second street
a brakeman employed by the Iowa Cen
trail was killed at Chaplin when NJ
fell between the engine tender ana
car. He was survived by his widow
and three small children. The bod,
was taken to New Sharon for burial
-Four couples in q bob sled. chaper'
oned by driver and lantern, storm
ed the home Of c. A. Haskin' ten mlie'
south of this city, last evening" ane
gleefully partook Of an overgrown oys'
ter supper that was waiting their ar
rival. Then, after brief rests the re-
turn trip began by the way vi fersu
son and other foreign cities. The par.
ty got out of town about l O'Clock ano
managed to emerge from the sur
rounding country some six hours later.
The evening was a merry one, ana
these were merry makers: Messrs
Lisle Brown, Roy Kicker, Frank re-
! terson and Howard Kellogg ana
| Misses May WATSON, Agnes. sears,
! Cora Wilbur and Margaret Johnston.
Mrs. T. A. Dunlava died at her home
IN Gilman d1lSl iohS AAAA>~S -
sumption. Mrs. Dunlava was a sister
Of Mrs. H. J. Vosburg.
| Gilman correspondence: JACOB
| Lohr, one of our most highly respected
citizens, was found dead in bed yes.
terday morning by his wife, who Went
| to call him to breakfast. He had oeen
| a resident Of Gilman for the last nj
teen years at least, and universally
esteemed. He was 50 years Of age.
Saturday, Dec. II, 1892.
F. c. Nauberg. q merchant of this
/ CITY and Miss Josie Roshall. Of Quarry.
were married by Justice y. f. Hara-
don.
The spectacular extravaganza The
Spider and the Fly" attracted me
largest audience OF the season at inc
Odeon. e.-
At a meeting OF the directors Of the
Marshalltown Hotel Company the
plans submitted by Hyde & Castner1
Chicago architects, were accepted by
the board The plans contemplated
:our-story structure, with basement,
fronting 1876 feet on Main street ana
ninety feet on Third avenue. II was
agreed thai the plans would be ready
on or before Feb. l, 1888, and that bids
for construction would be advertised
for Immediately with the hope that
ALI contracts could be let by March ],
1898.
Thomas Tow and Miss Isabella
Johnson, OF this city. were married by
Justice s. Stotts.
Sunday, Dec. 10, 1892.
The rernodeled and enlarged Chris
tan church, corner OF Third anc
Church street, was dedicated at serv-
ices held both morning and evening.
President Aylesworth, OF Drake Uni
versity. preached the dedicatory SER
mon in the morning and conducted the
evening service. The remaining In
deb.edness created by the work OF i'm
provement, amounting TO $1,000, was
raised at the morning service. Rev.
| E. ". Bowers was pastor OF the church
Mrs. Phoebe Bash, aged S., died very
suddenly Of heart disease at the home
| Of her son. Lebbeus Bash. in Liscomb
| township.
Mable D. the l5-year-old daughter
Of ]. W. Cook an Iowa Central engineer
died at the family home, 201 South
Third avenue, Of rheumatism Of the
heart.
Monday. Dec. 1e, 1892.
| Mrs. Anna Haviland died at her
home, 40 Bromley street, Of bronchitis.
The body was taken to Salem, O., for
| burial.
Grinnell correspondence: "Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kicker and her father.
Mr.. Haskin. Of Marshalltown, passd
| thru GrinneIl last evening on their
| way to Kellogg, where they were sum-
moned by q telegram announcing the
sudden death Of sister OF Mrs. Kicker.
The Whitney Mockridge Concert
Company, an aggregation Of high class
| talent. presented a very pleasing con-
cert at the Odeon before a small audi
ence.
G. ". Anderson. father-in-law Of c.
A. Hanson and W. c. Eich. Of this city,
died at Dayton. His body was brought
here for burial the following Friday.
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 1892.
The gentle zephyrs of yesterday
never got warmer than degrees
Fahrenheit, and during last night their
temperature descended to 9 below
zero. according to the instrument at
the court house. At the soldiers home
the .epc-. was 1s below. and about
town 1s was reached. II was the sort
Of a night when the man who had
| wh,skers wished he was an Ice man and
| might realize a profit from his own
| ic.cles." .
Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1892.
Mrs. Anna Nelson, wife OF Hans Nell
son, farmer Of Marion township. died
Of dropsy. Mrs. Nelson was "a years
old.
! At the home OF the brides parents,
2N2 South Second street Rev E W.