Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Friday, Oct. q, 1892.

Columbus day was celebrated gen.
orally turnout the city. business houses
being closed, and flags flying from pub
lie buildings and housetops. Every
school room thruout the city had It's
program beginning at 3 o'clock, and
later in the. forenoon all the school
children Joined In general program
at the Odeon. following parade thru
Main street. headed by the Marshall
town band. An escort Of veterans from
the soldiers home was furnished the
school children. BY noon the program
at the theater opened. 1t was esti-
mated 1000 people took part in the
parade, which was over a mile in
length. Especial mention should be
made of the recitation of Master Jo-
seph Whitacre, whose clear, strong,
childish voice could be heard In every
part of the house as he acclaimed with
remarkable power "A Tribute to the
American Flag Miss Mamie Weles
recited The Columbian Ode in pleas
ing manner. The song, christopher
Columbus, 1892 to 1892 by Misses
sic Speers, Bessie Kreutzer. Marie
Beebe and Mamie Campbell was well
received. Miss Leora Crabtree sang
4 beautiful solo with violin obliga- %
by Mr.. Louis Nathan. Colonel Keat-
ley's address was essentially a sketch
of the life and labors CT Columbus and
an eulogy of the great Genoese. Dis
missal with America Joined in i'm
pressively by the whole vast audience,
took place shortly after / o'clock"
At the G. A. r. hall in the evening
another Columbus program was given.
1t included a vocal trio by Tesa Jones,
Mona shorthill. and Winnie Fisher;
recitations, christopher Columbus"
by Fred Grumme; THE Voyage"
Fern Dean; Our Country" Ethel Ell
lott; ''Ingersolrs Vision" Fred Ack-
ert; "October's Party" Pearl Beckett;
a defamation, "Spartacus," by Joe
Whitacre; dialog by Joyce Kauf-
mann and Grace Gillette, and vocal
solo by Winnie Fisher. The address
of the evening was made by Col. J. NJ
Parker,
Saturday, Oct. e, 1892.
who says the baseball season is
over? Yesterday afternoon teams from
the Second ward and Arnold schools
took advantage of their holiday and
played an exciting game, which was
Won by the Second ward boys by a
score Of Is to Is. Roy Bailey and STAN
ley Sieg constituted the successful
battery, doing excellent work"
George Gregory has demonstrated
the faith that is within him regarding
Marshalltown's future by purchasing a
fine building site on West Main street
west Of Mr.. Pappe's residence, and will
erect thereon commodious home next
season. The boom in that part of town
has fairly begun. and another year
will no doubt see wonderful changes
and big improvements"
J. D. Fox, an Iowa Central brake
man, died Of typhoid -malarial fever at
his home. 10s East Nevada street. The
body was sent to Perry for burial. Fox
was survived by q wife and one child.
Sunday, Oct. %, 1892.
Mrs. Mary c. Khile, aged 20, wife
of John Khile, 213 Arson street, died
Of peritonitis.
Lulu the 4-months- old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Meade. liz North
Sixth street, died of inflammation Of
the bowels.
Monday Oct. "a, 1892.
Yesterday was the coolest day thus
far this fall. King Mercury descending
as low as % Saturday, night and last
night and not rising higher than IS
all day Sunday"
"A meeting Of young men interested
In football was held Saturday night
for the purpose of trying to organize
q local team among former college men
and, others. Messrs Fritz Haradon. F.
g. Pierce and c. H E. Boardman were
appointed a committee to work up the
project"
Travelling mems column: &C. H,
Ruth. the handsome representative Of
the Standard Oil Company. was hav-
ing difficult time in getting thru
with his business at town a few miles
east the other evening. It is a ques-
ton in the writer's mind whether it
was the slowness of the merchant in
giving the order for car of oil, or
the lovely smiles Of the good looking
bookkeeper that kept G. H. all the
SVeuuI6s AuoWlnS MS DaCkWarQneSS
among the girls, we can hardly bring
ourselves to think the latter reason
kept him away until train time, but
such thing might be-"
Before good-sized audience at the
Odeon DR.. F. W. Gunsaulus. pastor of
Plymouth church, Chicago, delivered a
scholarly lecture on the subject, "A
Chapter in the History Of Liberty"
Tuesday, Oct. rs, 1892.
Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, wife
Of President Benjamin Harrison, died
at the White House at 1:4O in the
morning, after long Illness. Mrs
Harrison was 60 years Of age. She was
the second wife of president to die
in the White House, the other being
Mrs. James Tyler, who died Sept. 10.
1912.
At the home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Jones, 118 West
Main street. Miss VERNE Estelle Jones
was given in marriage to John H. Mer-
ton, Of Chicago, Rev, William Bryant
officiating
w. E. Bromley, OF this city, and Miss
Louise McMillen, Of Ottumwa, were
married at the brides home by Rev. DR..