Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-26
Friday. July 81, 1893.

Friday, July Fl, 1893.
The board of examiners under the
civil service law for the postoffice of
this city has received returns giving
the result of the recent examination
held here. Out of eleven applicants for
carriers only four passed, Charles f.
Webster, William s. Stewart, Charles
Bay, and r. S. Patten. Miss Winnie
Cross passed creditable examination
for clerk"
Madison w. Monlux, agent of the
Iowa Central Of Keithsburg, H., and
Miss Blanche Hammel, of Gilman
were married at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Rapp, $40 East State
street. by Rev. J. A. Ward.
Saturday, July %, 1893.
"Marcena Stone is about to sell his
beautiful farm and go to California.
We hope this good republican will fore
go this idea at once and remain with
his old friends"
i Monday, July "a, 1898.
! Residents in the neiShborhood of
Fourth and Jerome streets were greatly
exercised over an outbreak of diph-
iberia which followed the death of q
child named Bird, whose case had been
diagnosed as tonsilttis. A public funeral
was held at which several children of
the neighborhood were in attendance
Two children in the Charles Durham
home and two Of w. III. Nelson's chill
dren were stricken with the disease
One of the Durham children, boy
aged s. died Saturday afternoon and
Anna, the 5-year- daughter of Mr.
n Nro in1 M A ~ -
other child of the Dughams, a son aged
Z, died the following Thursday evening.
"The hard times have affected the
Iowa Central shops to such an extent
that they are running one day short
and fewer hours a day than formerly.
Work is scarce because only necessary
things are being done"
Agnes, the Swear old daughter of S.
Kalinay. 900 Iowa street, died shortly
after noon as the result of drinking
concentrated I've during the forenoon.
'Marshalltown wheelmen travelled all
over the surrounding country and a
goodly share of the rest of the world
yesterday. Some of their doings have
been whispered about in this wise:
George Gregory (not the coal George
but the hardware George, AL Frazer
Charley Williams and A. S. Burnell
started out at the witching hour Of 4
a. m. and pushed themselves to Boone.
returning on the evening train. OF
course 1t wasn't hot. Lee Merriman, c.
". Miller, Harry Rodgers, and Frank
Heitsu bent their steps--excuse us,
their backs--toward Grinnell, reaching
that metropolis in just two hours and
fifty minutes by stop watch. After
such burst of speed they prudently
took the cars home. Will Terry, Frank
Elliott, Percy Eapes, AL Elder. Charley
Brown, Lyle Woodland. and Erastus
Cornell rode to Tama. Toledo, and the
reservation, wheeling home without the
aid Of any blood thirsty corporation.
Art Burgess and Charles Kallenberg
took the same trip out, but rode home
on the Northwestern. Cunningham and
George Tate pedaled to Ames and re-
turned on the train. And now the
question is why doesn't some one of
these wheelmeh ride a century,"
Tuesday, July Is, 1893.
"That which is destined to be the
travelling mans pride. the Pilgrim
Hotel. Is growing like Iowa's corn crop
and will probably mature about as
soon. Contractor John F. Atkinson
says that barring accidents, he will
have the building enclosed and the