Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-11
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST TWENTY .@
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWNs,

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sorrowful fact which their friends hsiS
will regret to learn" - asa
Thomas o'Brien, aged IS. for twenty
years an employee of the Iowa Central
railreads died at his home. 705 South
First street FfHs'
Mira A., ]. vauTIorn. aged 81. for.
mer resident Of this city. died at En-
[beron Of cancer. The body was brought
here for burial.
Tuesday. April II, 1898.
A deed died with the county recorder
conveyed the packing house property
from Britain Z Co., as private intavfd,;
uals, to RxittAin q Co.. as Z corpora
ton. The consideration was $4,000.
"A license to wed was granted Angus
EggeIs. a butcher. aged SO. and sophie
Busse. aged IS. both Of State Center.
"Wednesday, Ape'i Il, 1898
Announcement was made that 8. c.
lMcFariand. postmaster, had sent in hin
resignation 70 Washington and that
Indications were that Byron Webster,
editor Of the Statesman, would be
named by President Cleveland as NC
that Theodore Johnston. for many
years deputy postmaster, had resigned
and would be succeeded by Max Krus-
kopf. p. A. Hawley, late Of the
Ketchum Wagon Company, was slated
to succeed Joe Rhea, it also was
claimed.
Organisation Of = local temple Of
Pythiah Sisters was perfected at a
meeting held at the K. OF p. hall Mrs.
10. L Binford was installed as past
chief; M1. w. NJ. Clark. most excel.
lent chief: Mrs. w. n. Nelson. excel.
lent senior; Mrs. G. J. Allen. excellent
Junior: Mrs. Charles Glick, manager Of
the temple: Mrs. A. 8. Burnel. MIS-
tress OF records and correspondence:
Mrs. E w. Welles, mistress Of finance:
Mrs. @. W. ,McNeeay protector oe the
temple: Mrs. ". q. Schwalm. guard
of the outer temple. Miss, Dell
Phillips, state secretary, installed the
officers.
Thursday, April Is, 1883.
A large audience at the Odeon was
treated for the first time to an enter
tainnent given by the celebrated
Cherry Sisters, Of Cedar Rapids. who
were fast becoming famous for their
work on the stage. During the
middle ages and to some extent even
at the present day scarnivals are ire
quently heidi In various countries, in
which Inirth. Jointly and good naturcd
practical Joking reign supreme. In
italy everybody masks, dresses fan
tasticafly and hurls confetti at every
body else. In st. Louis they have the
Yelled Prophets show: in New
Orleans the Mardi Gras. In Mar
shalltown we have the Cherry Sisters,
and we hurlt vegetables. not confetti.
The Marshalltown cyclone came late,
but it brought widespread destruction
in its path. 1t filed the Odeon last
evening and scattered the audience
Hike chan before the show was over.
After the plaintive music OF solitary
piano and q lonesome violin had
tickled the ears Of . heavily laden
audience, Eric CHEEKY appeared, clad
m beautiful dun collorcd-terra ffma--
costume, cut en- traine. She was
greeted with applause and beans. As
she continued to sing the cheering
became moro and more deafening,
and the beans hailed right merrily.
The enthusiasm was contagious.
Everybody cheered. SO scarcely note
by the singer could be heard. OF
course she was sncortd ThencefortA
pandsmontuua fs.xnsa. Jimmie Crow
spoke Q piece, JSAs Cherry Little
Sweetness clothed IN white from
top to toe, rendered music of different
sorts with different degrees of Ineffi
cheney. Addie, the huntrcss, clothed in