Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-31
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Doty, SOC Doty
street, Miss Bess Doty was given in
marriage to Howard Goldwood, Of Chi
cago. Rev. ]. H Rhea performed the
ceremony.
| Articles of Incorporation Of the Whit
| ton. Carr & Mcconnell Company,
| wholesale grocers were filed with the
county recorder. The company had an
| authorized capital Of 100000. George
Whitton was elected president; c. NJ.
Carr, vice president, and Hugh Nc
Connell, secretary.
A class of six members was grad
uated from the normal institute at ex-
| ercises held in the Methodist church.
The program was made up Of the fol-
lowing essays: Unconscious Tuition"
Mary Hostetler; Sunlight and Sha-
dow Mrs. Leila w. Vertz; Our Coun-
try School," Annette Moore; 1.-THE
Home and the School," Mabel Dewey;
"F'roebel and the kindergarten"
Blanche Weatherly; Patience in the
School Room" Laura Bruner The fea-
ture Of the musical program was a duet
by the Hall sisters.
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1892.
Fred Bailey had an exciting run
| away at the depot last night, his steed
getting frightened at a trunk in his
cart. upsetting the vehicle and break
ing it all to pieces"
At a meeting Of the school board
George Gregory was awarded the con-
| tract to furnish coal for the district
| at s1.25 for mine run, $3.50 for soft
| coal and $685. for hard coal.
| An interesting game Of baseball was
played at the fair grounds between the
! Marshalltown Packers and the Des
Moines Stars, being won by the Pack
| ers, 5 to 8. THE game was marked
| by some brilliant playing both on the
| part of the home team and the Wis
| itors. In the home team Haradon, es-
| pecially, did some very effective work
at the bat and on first base. In the
! first half Of the sixth McKibben hit
liner to Goss on second, who stopped
| Ford and put the ball like a shot into
| Haradon'S hands on first in time to
head Mckibben off and bring that half
of the inning to sudden termination
| with three zeros chalked down against
the boys from the capital city, Reed,
in center field, made some splendid
long catches, in making one of which
he had to jump the ditch in the back
of the field. Jacobs, on the part >of
the Des Moinesnen, made some SPLEEN
did foul catches behind the bat and
the other boys of his side also did
some brilliant work on long flies to
field" On the day following the Stars
won from the Packers. Is to 4, and in
the third game, played Saturday, beat
the home team to /. "the Packers
being unable to hit the ball, while the
Stars batted some good runs
Thursday, Aug. q, 1892.
Rev. Chester Smith Perceival, for
two years chaplain Of the soldiers
home, died after a six weeks illness
of typhoid malaria. Rev. Mr.. Pcrceival
was native of Oneida county, New
York, where he was born March ~,
1922. He was graduated at Hamilton
College, New York, and was ordained
an Episcopal clergyman. He was unit
ed in marriage with Miss Elizabeth
Hodges April 81, 1886. In addition to
his widow he was survived by three
daughters Mrs. Byron Webster, of this
city; Mrs. j. E. Dietrich, of Beloit,
Wis, and Mrs. w. B. Emerson, Of
Rockford. Ill. Mr.. Perceivars body was
taken to Beloit for burial
Announcement was made Of the
death by suicide at Williamstown, n.
Y. Of Frederick Pilbeam, the young
man who. In the fall Of 1890, made a
numerous assault upon Marcena Stone
and wife, who lived at Haynes Grove.
Pilbeam attacked Mr.. and Mrs. Stone
with Ratchet. After his release from
Jail here he went to New York state,
and on July made a similar mu--
derous assault upon George Chase, at
lacking him with a wrench. Pilbeam
escaped and a few days later was
found in the woods near the scene Of
his crime with his throat cut Fits Of
hereditary insanity were ascribed as
the cause Of his actions.