Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
Grinnell and Vicinity.

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Grinnell, Oct. l5.--Rev. $. X Robin
son was the high bidder on Saturday
afternoon anr secured the Mrs. Clare
! Hughes residence at 1875 Broad street
for -. 800. Mrs. Hughes sold some
furniture and plans 10 start with her
family for California about Nov. !.
Mayor White issued yesterday a
proclamation closing all places OF pub
lie gathering. public library, schools.
churches, places OF amusement and
| urged as little getting together in
groups as possible in the transaction
Of the necessary business OF the city.
Mrs. J. c. Stocks was the winner or
one of the state prizes in the conserSa-
ton OF sugar contest and Miss Ina a..
Thompson. OF Malcolm, and Mrs. Frank
Talbot. of Brooklyn. won the Powe-
shiek county prizes.
The present inadequate city hos
pital Is sending out an S. o. S. call for
more beds and more bed linen to ac-
con,modate the crowd Of patients now
there and the others waiting for va
| carcies.
Reports from the college are to the
effect that there are no cases OF IN
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convalescing cases in the S. A. T. G.
Mrs. Z. NJ. Whiting started on sun
day for Baltimore. Md, where her
daugher Mrs. Edwin P. Matthews. Jr,
is i'll.
John Darr. Ewing near Malcolm. has
bought the Charles W. Gorsuch farm
lying northeast of MonteZuma ana
having $50 acres. the consideration be-
ing 5000. and possession to be given
March I, 1919.
Ben 7. Foster. was called to Des
! Moines last evening by the news oil
the illness of his son-in law, Charies
HUFF, from pneumonia.
Funeral services were held yester-
| day morning at the home OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Henry p. Simmon. 1882 Reed
street, over the body Of their infant
srandchild. the little daughter OF MT.
and Mrs. Charles Jackson. The father
was at Camp Pike and the little lie
went out before he could arrive here.
Funeral services were held on sun
day Afternoon at the home Of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Will Laymiller. 1912 Sixth ave-
nue.. over the body OF Mr.. Laymiilef
mother, Mrs. Hannah Laymiller VINO
! died on Friday last. Rev. Mr.. WILCOX
| OF Newton had charge of the services
and the body was taken to Springfield
ILL.,, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
I.aymiller and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Iaymiller and family.
The funeral of Harry Won Draska
was held Sunday afternoon at the
Harpster undertaking parlors con-
Quoted by Rev. J. M. Brown. OF the
Methodist church. He was rs years OIL
age and was born in this city. He was
| taken to Wesley hospital in Chicago
| where pneumonia is given az the I'M
| mediate cause Of his death. The father
and mother and widow came with the
| body to Grinnell, also his brother. oh
| the way here the wife was taken SICK
| and Is now in the hospital here.
Mrs. ]. p. Ryan has arrived at the
home here with her two children after
spendips the summer ut Rockford. Ill
The Yeoman lodge OF this city
| donated a cunt for the Red Cross sale
| of Saturday that netted $50. ohei
donated articles brought the receipcs
up to 32l7.
Announcement Is made Of the com
ing marriage of Miss Blanche Rosanne
Bray, of this city, daughter Of Mrs T.
T.. Bray, to Edward M. stiles, OF BUR-
ington. The date given is Oct. "a al
the family home here.
| The news comes to Grinnell relatives
and friends Of the marriage Of MISS
MYRTLE Hargreaves to Donald Nc
Cready. of Jasper. Alta. Canada. The
bride Is a sister OF Mrs. F. II. Pearce
| of this city. She graduated from higr
schoc! here in 1915 and taught Tor a
time before going to Canada to keep
| honse for her brothers.