Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
G1nneII and Vicinity.
|, n rimes-Renublican.

Special to Times Republican.
! Grinnell, Oct. '1S.-+The good news
comes from Mrs. Herbert Armstrong,
! who is in hospital in Des Moines.
that she. Is recovering and expects to
come back home soon.
| News of the serious illness of Zibe
Elliott in camp at Newport News, Va,
caused his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. a.
| Elliott to start for that point on Tues
day evening, expecting to arrive there
| last evening.
Death came yesterday morning to
relieve the sufferings Of Mrs. Fred
Taylor at the family home ten miles
south of this city. Burial will take
place at Blue Point.
Pneumonia claimed another victim
| Yesterday morning in the person. OF
| Joe Creamer. a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Pete Dreamer, whose home is eight
| miles south Of Grinnell. He was but
about 25 years of age but many of them
had been years Of agony from rheu-
| matism. He was in the ranks at Camp
| Dodge for a time but was honorably
discharged because of rheumatic dis
| ability.
The death Of c. j. Card has led to
a reorganization of the Card Shoe
Company. The. business is to be con-
tinued under the old name. Will lay
miller sells his interest to the c. j..
! Card estate. Carl Gustafson and
Harry Watson, who have been with
the company, now become partners in
the business.
| At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Mckay on Wednesday evening,
Rev. w. w. WOODBURY., pastor Of the
Presbyterian church. officiated at the
marriage of Miss May Stahl, Of this
kcity, to Charles Mckay, son of Mrs.
Ida Mckay, Of Gilman Only near rel
ativcs and few friends witnessed the
ceremony. A wedding supper was
served The young couple plan to
make their home for the present with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mckay.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans have just
received their first message from their
son, Harold, since he took steamer for
France six weeks ago. This message
tells fhem he is safely overseas.
| Mrs. T. J. Johnson, with her two
children, went to Glidden on Thursday
to attend the funeral of Mrs. John
sons father.
George Berry writes from Camp
Dix to his father, w. w. Berry. Of this
| vicinity, that the prevailing epidemic
attacked him and robbed him OF forty
pounds Of avoirdupois.
Funeral services over the body Of
Wendell Macy are to be held at the
Friends church at Lynnville on Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Wendell was but 81 years old and was
lin the mechanical training school at
Ames His father is a nephew Of
Prof. Jesse Macy of Grnnell.
A strip Of curbing. entirely hidden
by a windrow of leaves caused Captain
Norris Oliver, of the $. A. r. G. at the
! college, to fall and get severe bruisc
OF his knee.
Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon at the family home OF
John r. Wood, near Forest Home,
over the body OF his son. Roy. who
died at Camp Dodge on Monday night.
Mr.. Wood had just heard OF his ILL
ness and gone to him that day. Roy
was 81 years OF age and was well
known in and about Grinnell. The
family lived for a number Of years
south OF Newburg.
The surprise that the neighbors re-
Gently gave to Mr., and Mrs G. ..
[Keil when they prepared supper and
Invaded the Keil premises turned out
| very well for the Red Cross. One pie
was left from the supper which was
nut UP at auction and, Mrs. Arthur
tYss0bison turned into the ffsssa Cross
] TREASURY SIC az q result.