Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-03
Grinneil and Vicinity.


GrinneN May 3.-Mrs. Pearl Frost
died at the family home. Broad street
south, on Wednesday, at the age of 81
years. Funeral services We're held this
afternoon from the Friends church.
conducted by Rev. Joseph Sopher. pas
tor of that church. and interment was
in Hazelwood.
Oscar Kruger and Miss Anna Terp-
stra were made husband and wife by
the ministrations of Pastor J. NJ.
Brown. at the Methodist parsonage, on
Tuesday evening. The bride is a Grin
nell girl, well known and highly re-
spected. daughter of Mrs. H. X. Terp-
stra. The groom has been in the
vicinity of Grinnell for couple of
years, coming from his former home in
Wisconsin. He leaves this city and his
bride on the 10th instant for jefferson
Barracks and an army life.
James Dee. of Sheridan township.
over 75 wears of age. had G "a, that
leaves him with broken ribs. frac-
tured hip bone and shoulder bone and
general shock which, for one of his
years. is very severe. He was in the
hay loft throwing down hay and by
some slip lost his balance and fell to
the main floor and then to the base
ment.
The Congregational church is likely
to be over full on Sunday evening
when Prof. w. II. Schofield, the present
Harvard exchange professor, will tell
the public of his personal experiences
in Germany before the beginning of the
present war. He gave a hint of what
he has t, e-tN r,,t,I, l.,
recent mass liberty bond meeting here
Two years ago the city OF Grinnell
thru It's commercial club largely, oiled
eight miles of country road extending
east from Shows corners. This has
proved so satisfactory that the club has
bought the oil to re-surface that strip
and has contract for oiing three
miles north. southland west of the city,
tho just when this will be done Is not
settled
All who were present at the COM
munity supper at the Methodist church
on Wednesday evening and at the ad-
dress by Prof c. H. Wassam later in
the evening are enthusiastic in praise
Of both parts of the annual gathering
Professor Wassam is member of the
faculty of the State University Of Iowa
His topic was THE Secret of Power"
There were some 300 at the supper and
the crowd at the lecture was measured
by the capacity of the rooms.
Since the dog tax in Grinnell was
boosted by the city council to IS and
so, according to sex, there seems to
be fewer owners than ever of the many
dogs that roam the streets. A dog
catcher ho haan
business Of lessening the dog popula-
ton is to begin at once.
A third carload of Red Cross hogs,
given to the cause by citizens Of Grin
nell and vicinity, is to be attached to
the regular passenger train leaving
here for Chicago at $40 on Sunday
morning. The car will be profusely
decorated with colors and banners tell
ing what it carries and from where and
there will be company of Grinnell
boosters to see that sufficient publicity
is given to the movement The hog
weighing $50 pounds, that sold from
the previous load in Chicago at so
cents a pound, was shipped to Buffalo
and there sold for $500, and then re-
shipped to New York to be third time
sold for the Red Cross.
The Red Cross dance staged In Long
shore hall on Tuesday evening took in
gross receipts of s45.25. The expenses
were so cents; leaving a net balance of
$4465, which was turned over to the
Red Cross. Mr.. Scar, who has the hall
in charge, donated it rent free and the
Swain orchestra donated their musical
services.
House Mover Electrocuted.
Special TO Times Republican.
Iowa City. May 3-Wayne Nc
Ginnis young house-mover of Lone
Tree, was instantly killed by electro
cution, when several thousand volts Of
electricity shot thru his body at Ma
Iona, when he touched a live wire
while endeavoring to remove a cluster
of such wires under the house he was
assisting his father to move. Three
hours Of work, by physicians and
others, using pulmotor,. proved futile
He was badly burned about the hands,
feet and neck. The youth was 16.