Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-04
with the Princess Pat regl-
He also made several friends In Des
Moines that he touched for loans Of q
considerable amount.
Grinnell and Vicinity.

Special to TimeS-kepuDllcan.
drinnell, Sept. 4.-Following is the
official weather record for August as
reported by d. w. Brainard: Mean
maximum, IS; mean minimum, 500;
mean average. 1895; warmest day
4th, %: rainfall, 1875 inches, most OH
the 1cth. 81 OF an inch: clear days, IL;
partly cloudy, 2; cloudy, S.
Prof. H. F. Evans preached at the
Congregational church at Ames on
Sunday last. He has recently come
from Frankforth Mich, where he de-
livered a. course Of lectures.
s. b. Smith and Miss Thea Peterson
both formerly OF Rice Lake, Wis., were
made husband and wife in Minneapolis
at the parsonage of the First Congre-
gational church. The groom has been
in Grinnell for some time. where he has
a position in the Bartling 4 Nuckoils
jewelry store, and the young couple
are at home at 1908 Park street.
Prof. Raymond Hartman, of the
state university at Salt Lake City, has
been visiting his parents, City Clerk
and Mrs. A. c. Hartman, of this Guy
ellis Mayor, vino worked =" me
fair grounds at Dies Moines during the
state fair, lost valuable gold watch
at the hotel where he stopped Saturday
morning and has no clue to the thief.
Lieut.. Carlyle l.. Brown, OF Troop
B, First Iowa cavalry. campcd here
took charge OF sixty picked men yes
terday morning. going to Newton to
put on the army stunts such as nave
ELECTED high praise from the crowds
~ sDect atOrS here
The following ladies have forme
themselves into thrift committee
and are taking up as one Of the nrst
measures Of saving the distribution OF
apples that are plentiful on the ground
and will soon rot if not put to some
rood use These are gathered up and
brought to central point in the city
and disposed Of at a merely nominal
price to any who want them. Ine
members of the committee take turns
in overseeing the gathering and dls-
tribution. Mrs Elmer Gates, Mrs. w
n. wheelock, Mrs. Ethel Stewart. Mrs
Frank P. Marvin, Mrs, Alex Fraser
Mrs. G. B. McGuin, Miss Harriet BUCK
and MisS tAlmeda Woods. ;
The fearful appearance OF the clouds
and the heavy rain with lightning kept
many away from the fair grounds yes
terday morning but the skies cleared
and the Labor day parade took place a
little later than scheduled. The mill
tary band headed the march. Governor
Harding delivered a stirring address
bEfore noon with good sized audience
considering the weather conditions
There were very heavy showers In tn"
e, noon and at night. Today is sol
diers' day and a large attendance IS
expected.
In the midst of the fierce electrical
storm and rain yesterday morning
lightning struck the home of Ralph
Lamb, SOB Park street, and did some
damage. lrhe fire department was
called out but found no flames. About
the same time lightning struck the
very heavy chimney on the residence
of William RAIDER, 1910 Summer street
cracking it down to the roof SO that il
must be rebuilt. The family were near
but received no injury. Some glass
was broken in the greenhouses by me
falling bricks.
The historicsSold Grlnnell House on
Main street has been reopened to the