Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-01

l tFgI. ". AHOIeWS, tOIf SSlSIIlOIlSs NtSltSu
friends in the city Tuesday.
w. NJ. Slough, OF ST. Anthony. was a
business visitor in the city Tuesday. &
Mesdames Albert and Jelmer Gund-
erson, of Gilman, were visitors in the
city Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall. of Grinnell,
visited in the city Tuesday with Mr..
and Mrs. HI. NJ. Vawter.
The Tirzah Club will meet Friday
afternoon at $3.50 at the home Of Mrs.
H. s. Hoffa, 2os Marion street.
The Pansy club will meet Friday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. q. w.
Kinney. 200 West Main street.
Dr. A. H. Bethke, formerly OF Van
cleve, but now Of Garwin, spent We'd
nesday in the city on business.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist church Will meet
Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the church
parlors.
Mrs Fred stouffer and Mrs. Pearl
Dieterich went to- Liscomb Wednesday
evening to visit the formers mother
Mrs. j. S. Powers.
The aid society of the Presbyterian
church will meet Friday afternoon al
the home of Mrs. w. w. Woods, 1131s
North Second street.
The Congregational Ladies' Mission
airy Society will meet at the church
Friday afternoon at $50. Miss Ordis
a missionary to Turkey, will speak.
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Mrs. S. s.. Page, who has been visit
| ing at Atalissa, arrived home Wednes-
day on account of the illness Of her
husband at the soldiers home hospital
Mrs. Lizzie Edsall. formerly Of this
city. is quite i'll at the home of her
| daughter, Mrs. John Hope, at Parker,
Kan. She is the mother Of III. p. Ed
sail, of this city.
Members of the Needlecraft Club
enjoyed hard times party Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Gus
Souvie, 6a2 West Boone street. The
hostess served refreshments, assisted
by Mrs George Wheat and Mrs. Ivan
Hurto.
Ralph Mitchell, operator at the NJ. &
st. l.. yard office, left this morning for
Minneapolis on a three months leave
OF absence. Mr.. Mitchell expects to
visit in several places in the north
west. and will go up into British Co
lumbia.
For Rent-60O- acre Thomas Swear
ingen estate farm-300 acres tillable-
500 acres pasture. Good water-joins
town of Albion, Iowa Will rent por-
ton II desired. r. L. Meeker special
administrator, estate Thomas Swearin-
gen, Marshalltown. Iowa.
Members Of the Lincoln Way Social
Club were entertained at their month
ly meeting Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. H. z. Ware and Mrs. w. E.
LANCER at the Ware home, 106 South
Tenth street Miss Bernice Ware as
sisted the hostess in serving refresh
ments.
Excelsior Aid Society members met
"Wednesday afternoon in the Odd Fea-
lows hall, when the members spent
the time in hemming dish towels and
! sewing carpet rags. Refreshments
were served by the hostess, Mesdamsa
w. T. Somers, Hannah Ackley. and
Sarah Hotchkiss E3s
Il. Members OF. the Wednesdays Bridge
Club were entertained very pleasantly
| at luncheon Wednesday by. Mrs Harry
| McCombs at her home, 212 West State
street. Red roses and valentine place
cards prettily decorated the table al
sisted by Mrs, Walter Scott. The
game of bridge formed the afternoon
| diversion.
Mesdames G. B. Pepper and Luther
Ray were hostesses Wednesday after
noon at the regular meeting of Busy
Bee Circle at the formers home, 412
| North First avenue. In a guessing
contest the prizes were won by Mrs.
Louis Grant and Mrs. Ray. The
hostesses served a chicken pie lunch,
assisted by Mrs. w. T. Huber. Mrs
David Troxel, Of Ainswortl1, Neb., was
a guest from out of the city.
The literature department Of the
Woman's Club continued it's study OF
modern writer's at the meeting held
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w. w. Doolittle. 102 South Third
avenue. Each member responded to
roll cain with topics Of the times. after
which drill Of parliamentary law was
held. Mrs. N. L. Mershon read Of the
life and works Of F. Hopkinson Smith;
Mrs. ]. c. Mears Of Felix O'Day";; and
Mrs. Arilla Kleespie OF 'tWhena Mans
q Man." by Harold Bell Wright, In
GLIDING a sketch Of the authors life.
"'Woman's Suffrage" was the subject
discussed at meeting q g.
T. u. held Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of DR.. Pauline Hanson. 205 South
Center street. Alleging fraudulence.
Icarelessness, and crookedness Of cleo
ton officials, when The measure was
submitted to vote last spring, and the
reluctance OF the state legislature in
passing a measure for fesubmission Of
the proposed amendment to popular
vote, the members held an indignation
meeting and decided to send out petit
lions thru the state. getting signers
for It. asking the legislature to resub-
NIT the proposed amendment to Z vote
OF the people Miss Jennie Paul rave
a reading during the afternoon
PLANS for q party on Ct. Valentines
day, when the husbands will be en-
tertained, were made Wednesday