Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-20
Friday. March 16. 1894.

| fiday, mdFCO 10, loof'
| Mr.. John Coburn. for many years
member of the old firm Of Coburn q
Rewey. who went to Colorado to i've
number Of years ago. has returned
to Marshalltown with his family to re-
main. He will cultivate the Rails
farm near town"
The candidacy Of J. T. Jackson for
| supervisor was announced.
Saturday, March II, 1894.
Miss Margaret Pence expects TO
! leave a week from Monday for two
months sojourn in California. She
will visit friends In San Francisco,
Coulton and Los Angeles and expects
| to be in the latter city during the
carnival week, which begins the hrst
of April"
| "The wife Of Rev. n. B. Foskett,
who was for several years pastor OF the
| Baptist church in this city. died at
Shenand oah Thursday the 18th inst,
aged 7s years. The many warm friends
Of Rev. Mr.. Foskett here will sincerely
sympathize with him in the loss OF MS
beloved companion"
| DR.. F.. II. Boucher announced him
self as candidate for coroner.
Monday, MAreh ~, loS@.
| Unless 1t should turn cold the rain
Of Sunday will give the grass an ex-
cellent start and materially aid the
small grain sown in sprouting."
| Mr.. j. F. Atkinson and family have
returned from their winters sojourn in
Los Angeles and other points in Cali
fornia and are now at home to their
Marshalltown friends
| DIR. Kibbey has been confined to
his home since Saturday morning with
an attack OF pneumonia, but is better
today.
Harry Gerhart is convalescent and
is acquiring an appetite as voracious
as house af1re."
"A little improvement Is apparent In
the condition of Miss Pearl Harris"
| At a meeting of the city council, in
which the new council was re-
organized, ]. G. Trotter was reelected
CITY clerk, j. I. Britton street COM
missioner, and william Bremner city
engineer. Joseph H. Johnston was
chosen chief of the fire department,
with David Coulton as first assistant.
| Owing to the illness Of Mayor Kibbey
Councilman Fred Grumme presided as
mayor pro tenn.
Tuesday, March 20, 1894.
! At his home, four miles northeast OF
Albion, Milton Marsh, aged "a. died
after an illness Of several months. Mr..
Marsh was a native Of Columbiana
| county. Ohio. and came to this county
in 1854, settling at Marietta, where
he lived five years. He then moved
to the farm which he had occupied up
to the time Of his death. He was sur
vived by his widow, and two sons. ..
r. Marsh, who lived on the home place.
land J. f. Marsh, OF Webster City.
Wednesday, March 81, 1894.
Impressive services at the site OF
the new Methodist church. Second and
Main streets, were held in the after
noon, when large audience gathered
to witness the ceremonies Of breaking
ground for the new church., Rev. Mr.
Stevenson, Of Conrad, led the singing
and Rev. f. w. Parsons, pastor Of the
Baptist church. gave the invocation
Rev. James Edmonson. representing
the churches OF the city, gave shors
address, which was followed by the
principal address Noi the afternoon d!
Rev. ). r. Cr!prsa, presiding elder oi
the Marshalltown district. The hrst
shovel full of earth was turned by Mrs
G.. F.. Boardman, president Of the La.
dies Aid Society, which had pledged
the first $1,000 for tho building. Miss
Susie Mills turned the second shove
full, representing the Epworth League
which had pledged the second $1,000
AS Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Westlake had
agreed to give $1,000 toward the
building fund. Mrs. Westlake was
called upon to turn the third shovel
full. The benedict;on was pronounced
by Rev. o. Holmes. THE church 10 tc
be a mammoth one for the population
J OF Marshal!:own. 1t is 7s BY I1s feet
and when all thrown open will seat
1,400 people. No work Of late years re-
fleets so much credit upon the active
participants or will bring 80 much ben
eft to the community as the one SC
hopefully begun
Charles Pettibone is now here
starting the work on his second d.
rectory. His first work was considered
the best directory ever given to this
city All first names are given in full
and directors Of all stock companies
and such other useful information as ID
given in all frst class city directories"
'Physicians performed a surgical op-
GRAFTON upon Willard Rhoades this at
ternoon for appendicitis yas a last res
sort. He islin critical condition but