Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-19
GrinnelI and Vicinity.
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Gr.nneI, FEB. I9.--The irtorior fin
| ishing touches are being given 10 the
NJ asonic Temple and there IS pros
! pect of is being occupied az no very
I distant date. 1t Will bc BY far the
mos prctCnt!ouE lodge hCme IN the
city and the lower story Will give the
best mercantile display. When J. W.
Harpstcr moves his furniture and UNI
| dertaEiug goods there another hard
ware store is to be opened on Main
street, Fl. r. Ritter moving from Com
merCial street to occupy the rooms va
Gated by Mr. Harpster.
Plans are in process Of perfection
for a new feature in college athletics
here,--a dual track meet between Grin
nell and the state university of Iowa
some time In April, this being the first
| performance or that kind on the record
News has come from American Fork.
! Utah, Of the death Of boy who spent
most Of his life IN this city, Harold
| Rutl@dge, aged almost 20 son OF Mr..
! and Mrs. Frank Rutledge, formerly OF
! this vicinity. He had but a brief ill-
ness and died from diabetes. His sis
! ter. Mrs. Ralph Morgan. of this city,
" er7t TO him but did not arrive in time
! to see him alive.
| Investigations Of the south well Of
! the city show that at about 100 feet
| below the surface there was n stoppags
in the tubing that prevented a normal
| flow Of water Whether he removal
Of that Obstruction will restore the old
tinc flow is not yet known. H. &. Ford
! the state expert. has been here and is
] ,l.,. IA,
! council in nca" future as to- the rela-
tive advantages Of cleaning the south
well, boring Il new well, or bringing
noter from the river
a, the meeting on Saturday after
noon Of the Grinnell Farmers Tele-
phone Company the following officers
W ere elected: President, w VI. Sim
mons: vice president George Hafkey;
| treasurer, r. y. Harris; secret ary. Har-
vcy NlcF'ate. Motion was carried that
s. fish, Frank Wesco, nnd w. NJ
HAYES be Il committee to secure suit
| bic room in Grinnall TO install new
! switch board, and twenty-tour Dromi-
n<,..t farmers pledged themselves to
! share the expense of Installing such
switch board
| In connection with the enjoyable ban
quot provided by the women Of the
Methodist church for the Boy Scouts
Of this city the boys put on their fav-
orItc stunts and also initiated six new
mem bcrs.
| The 81 men recently examined for
! the army here are to report at this
point on Friday OF this week. They
are we'll scattered over Poweshiek
| county. From here they will go to
| Camp Dodge on Saturday under tho
| probable command Of l.. j. Cochran OF
| Deep River as temporary captain.
Miss Ava Blair, a niece OF G. A.
Blair, OF this city, in whose store here
she worked some time ago, was re-
Gently married at her home in Oska-
loosa TO Harry Hedges, a farmer near
that city.
! Leo Underwood, who has enlisted
, and IS waiting for his assignment in
the service left Grlnnell yesterday for
Council Bluffs, accompanied by his
mother.
Z. ii. Bel, former principal nf Grim
nell high school, but this year principal
at Monmouth, H., was a guest OF the
high school faculty here on Saturday
evening at a social party W It'll a two
course luncheon.
Mrs. Eugene Henely Is to be hostess
on Thursday evening OF this week to
the members Of the GriDnell chapter
OF the Daughters of tho American Re-
volution, at her home on Third avenue.
Funeral services we're held on Sun
day afternoon at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs Pinckney on Summer street over
the body Of their little child who died
on Friday.
Miss Gertrude Chaplin came from
Beatrice, Neb, some weeks ago for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry r. Chaplin. She has given up
| the position she has held for some time
In Beatrice and has gone to Des Mofnes
where she has a position in the Wolf
/ department store. gH-<f-