Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-06-29
coed IN informing His Thoughtless

coed IN informing His Thoughtlese
ness of prevailing conditions and tha-
right article was forwarded post haste.
The citizens came down town in doz-
ems, squads and companies. Erie
street was as full of people as q dande-
lion patch in the last stages of en-
bryonic throes. White was the pre-
vailing color and it assumed and en-
veloped lively femininity with becom-
ing effect. Gay girls, lovely maidens
and enhancing matrons were every-
where. And so was he-him-them-=-
those-the chivalrous, dashing, get
there, up-to-date tlremen. The city
and the city's contents had been given
and his bent and delight was taking.
The city dads had said so; the mayor
had proclaimed so and the iremep &C:
cordingly done so.
| The Odebolt X 7. band found time
Tn the same old place, dis
and tuLN .on,nus
penslng sweet strains and haln.
music to appreciative listeners. The
selection of a mixed instrumental med
ley, where the salaricd servant falls
down stairs with tray full of dishes,
was especially interesting. Several
Onawa boys gave an open air exhibi,
ton in front of the band stand. Robin
son and Hawkins especially excelling
in acrobatic and contortion feats. The
double shuttle and the pigeon wing
were cut in panels and cores, rufied
frilled and tucked and overlaid with
real lace.
Those who won prizes and those whe
failed enlivened the evening in jovial
ways, in mirthproyoking aptics and il
pleasing social oonquests. How il
happened, why it happened and the
causes of defeat and success were ter.
sely, briefly, emphatically told. The
track, appliances and excitement in
the supreme moment figured conspicu'
ously IN aedpstlops made. 1t might
have been, IT should haye been differ
emit. Some were handicapped b!
weight and weight handicapped 9th
ers; the track was bad, the gumbe
sticky and "mud" horse stood the besl
show. The decisions reached BY
judges were not questioned-the ele
ments and the tickle goddess luch
) were the responsible parties and the
goddess who bestows these destinies
received her share of aattery and scorn
"Those Marshalltown Indians" re-
marked defeated competitor, "car
thank the fates for their winning
streak. Missouri Valley san skin 'em
in more ways than one. For my par
I'm satisfied, but-you know"
Long Meter Ayers said, he said, and
he did, he did, come to the Valley fol
fun, recreation and good hard work
Anything in the fro line, extinguish.
ing and distinguishing line, found him
on the spot. Mr.. Ayers objects to be-
ing called Tom or Thomas. His init.
ials are I. M. and the born and bred IL
the bone illustrious name and descent
still remains Ayers. Pulling two
green peaches out of his pocket thu
veteran fire fighter remarked "That'l
what 1 am, peach; but I'm not {
green one; I'm one ofthe lucious, juicy
lend highly favored variety" and pro
dncing Medium sized beet he further
extemporized: "I'm not one of these
but I'm hard to beat. I've been u
Twenty tournaments and this is thu
twenty first, | hold the record, re
gardless Of being pronounced dead ap(
buried. Burns, of Marion, gave me {
neck -and-neck- race, but he throwed {
shoe in the finish but still remains sec
ond with twenty meets.
4 A lonesome stranger from Monda'
min while watching the merry whee
go round and drinking in the melodi
Gus trills aud MARBLES of the dealer, be
came so thoroughly entrsnced and los
in wonderment that he failed to motto,
or recognize the touch of the flight
fingered" gentry. Ihreo Of them will
dexterity and dispatch extracted {
large, fat pocket book from the insid,
of his vest and with due regards TO
his finer feelings modestly left the
book and papers at his feet. With ex
pressions sgoni2ing, in pantomin,
speech and feelings too deep for utter
ance he made his exit to the open air
thinking of mans duplicity and thieve!
dexterity.
THE gray haired, venerable and re.
fined looking Jack Kief, of Omaha
who has played checkers with his nose
IN every Jail of Importance in United
States, dropped in to see the doings al
the tournament, and if occasion pre-
sented itself to indulge little in the
grand Transformation act. He was
; nipped by detective just as he re.
moved his hand from the pockets of q
stranger, which contained healthy
and fat pocket book. In manner in.
dignant and insulted innocence, he de.
clared the stranger had attempted to
draw knife upon him and he was
only protecting himself from harm.
/ The kind-hearted limb of the law