Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-22
Grinn.ll and Vicinity.
,cial 70 Ti,nes-RepuDlican.

Special TO Times RepuOlican.
Grinnell, Nov. 22.-The news mas
Just been received here OF the wound
ing again OF Rev. L. w. Cross, OF the
Congregational church Of this city, now
chaplain at the front IN France. he
was acting as stretcher bearer for the
wounded. He makes light OF the
wound. But he did the same with
former wounds yet one Of them was so
serious that 1t Is not yet healed. Mrs
Cross. who Is living with her mother
at Glenwood Mimi. also received
the sad news OF the death at the front
in France OF her brother, Captain
Dougherty, from = shell explosion
which killed also a major standing
near him and wounded another officer
In the case Of Mr., Cross thirty
stretchers We're caught in barrage
and obliged TO fiatten themselves to
the earth for an hour, during which
two were killed and twelve wounded
Mrs. Weston Anderson, who died at
her home in Newburg on Tuesday
evening, was n Grinnell girl before her
marriage, living with her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Adams and
known here as Jessie Adams. She Is
survived by husband and two daugh-
tiers. aged two and four years.
Marcus David Blatt, son of MI. and
Mrs. William Blatt OF What Cheer
died at the city hospital here on We'd
nesday evening and his body was taken
to his parents home today. He was
member OF the $. 4. T c. at the COL
lege and was hut little past IS years
OF age. He was taken sick at the bar
racks and treated there until a day or
two before mis- death, when the case
became so alarming that he was re-
moved to the hospital and his parents
were notified OF his condition. and were
able to reach bis bedside while he
could give them slight recognition.
/ Dean Ryan reports again today thal
conditions al the barracks Of the ,.
A. T. c. are Improving. Three OF the
company were so seriously i'll that 1t
has been thought best 10 remove them
from the barracks to the city hospital.
They are James R I>orenz. of Bloom
field: o. W. Perkins, OF Corydon; and
r s. HAM Of Mitchell Conditions in
the women's quadrangle are said to
De improving.
DR.. John Hamilton, state bacteria
loeist who mas been investigating the
sources of possible and probable ty-
phoid contagion, has visited some
thirty cases of typhoid and reports
that about half of them are secondary
cases. spreading from one TO another
in the same family. He intimates that
a full report Of the water analysis will
show that there is no danger from that
source. In company with the mayor
he has visited the diaries in this vi
Cinity from which the milk and ccream
supply con-. City Health Physician
E. B. Wiley mas accompanied and as
sisted him. a full written report WI
be made by DR.. Hamilton as soon as
he has all thu evidence in the case.
The city council has instructed the
mayor to put a placard on every home
where the prevailing epidemic exists
with the word Flu" as a warning to
outsiders. The council and the mayor
have decided it is not necessary to
put the city again under>Quaranune
regulations Superintendent Henely
says that extra precautions gre being
taken in the schools to detect the ear
Hest symptoms of colds or other dis
ease and to send the affected one home
at once and the health conditions IN
the schools are better today than on
the average at this time Of the year.
At the recent meeting of the stock
holders Of the Grinnell Fair Associa-
ton there were sos shares OF stock
represented. F. ". Sprung gave his
report OF the condition Of the associa-
ton, after he had carefully audited the
books, and showed a deficit for the
year past of s912s3. The total four
days receipts we're almos. $1,000. The
following directors were elected for the
ensuing year: F. L. Abel. H. l.. Boyer,
Ralph Sherman, Charles Cessna. Floyd
Eichhorn. March Green. J. Henry Hink,
A. c.. Rinefo-t, George F. Thomas,
Grant Ramsey. J. A. Bangham. /. 5.
Bailey and j. H. McMurray. Eichhorn,
Ramsey and McMurray are new mem
berS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simmon and
their little son have just started for
Seattle where they hope to find better
health conditions for Mrs Simmon,
who has been failing for some months.