Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-16
Grinne!! and Vicinity.
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Grinnell, Aug. 16-About 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon the fire depart
ment had some lively work for a brief
time at the Mrs. Mabel Burt dwelling
No. SIG Park street, where the flames
had broken out in a small summer
kitchen separate from the dwelling but
reached the house and did probably
from 800 to 5000 Of damage, fully COW
cred by insurance.
H. w. Somers, who has been stead
lily confined to his work as secretary
and business manager of the college
here, has been granted leave Of abb
sence for six months and he and Mrs.
Somers will take a vacation. They
have sold their commodious modern
home on broad street because too
large for their present use but have
not decided upon a new home when
they return. F. A. Ford bought the
home.
The last three days of the Grinnell
fair have been as fine as the manage
ment could have wished and the YER
dict now is very successful fair. B.
j. Carney reports on nearly $4,000 Of
receipts on Wednesday and Thursday
on the sale of tickets, and an attend
ance for both days and evenings of
nearly 1900.
Only one misdemeanor is Of public
record during the fair. D. E. Car
penter, of this city. lost his new Ford
on Thursday afternoon.
T. f. Goodrich, who has been suffer-
ing for some weeks, is now taking a
course of treatment in a Cofax san
atorium.
A change has been made In the
union services on Sunday night in the
Congregational church. Prof. G. p.
Wyckoff, who recently returned from
sevedal months IN the south, will
speak oil the Red Cross construction
work there. It Is also announced that
Miss Zaroohi Mesrobian. the Armenian
| woman who was recently here, will
speak in behalf Of the orphan cam
paign of the American committee for
| Armenian and Syrian relief.
Vernon Blank has been given three
months leave Of absence from his col
lege work in Grinnell that he may go
| to New Orleans to take the position
or director of publicity Of the gulf d.
vision for that time. His work will
begin Sept. /.
| r. F. Pratt has been at home for
three days from the family camp near
Rochester on Cedar River. He goes
back tonight and he and Mrs. Pratt
plan to spend the rest of the month
there.
| Paul Somers, Of this city, and Grin
nell College has gone to Des Moines
where he accompanies the Y. NJ. c. A.
| boys on a camping trip to Okoboji as a
! starter on his years work as secretary
of the Y. NJ c. A. Of all the Des Moines
high schools.
| Mr.. and Ms. F. NJ. Bartling are back
at their home in this city after a
couple Of weeks outing with their new
auto their objective point having been
Lake Geneva, Wis.
| Mr.. C. S. Barnes, who has been with
his daughter and her husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry. Porter, at Choteau
Mont, has come back to his home
here, accompanied by Mrs. Porter. He
and his children took a trip into Glac-
Ter Park. Mrs. Porter will visit rel
atives and old friends here for a
couple of weeks.
Mrs. John Lynch was brought from
her home in Sheridan on Monday last
to the Community hospital in this city
and passed thru serious surgica.
operation.
Mrs. Uhl. OF Maxwell, an aunt OF
Mrs. K. f. Nuckoiis, Of this city
and mother Of Miss Ellen Uhl
who ia a iunior in college here
for next year, has rented rooms in the
Professor Wyckofr home on Park street
and will move here as soon as prac.