Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-20
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Iowans are looking with anxious eyes
across the swelling surges of the Pa
cific for the Fifty-first Iowa boys,
trusting that the fear of ocean disas-
ter may give place to joyful greetings.
A Nebraska City man has gained
fame. He Is John Bolts. young coll
ored man and is now engaged at
Spaulding's Emporium in Chicago. He
poses in one of the large front windows,
dressed in skin tights and exercises
with dumb bells, Indian clubs and pull
leys for the purpose of showing how
perfection in physical development can
be obtained by such exercise.
Rural mail delivery is constantly
gaining in Iowa in extent of territory
covered. There are now forty-t three
routes in the various counties where it
has been inaugurated and is appre-
ciated.
The F'ilipinos are beginning again to
seek secluded sylvan groves to get out
of the heated spell created by Uncle
Sans breach loading persuaders
Yes, Bourke Cochran and Carl
Cnh,Irz q 70 tl,., co mo ,,,.,, ,b,t ,,,,t .,,,
valuable assistance TO the cause OF
sound money in 1896 and the fact of
their presence among the ''anti-impe-
rialsts'' is about the only feature that
commands respect for that misguided
movement.
Big corn stories still come from Kan
sas. The Osborne Farmer is authority
for the following: Speaking of corn
lies. the story about a train being de-
rallied from the obstruction of stalk of
corn across the track, has been inn
proved upon. A stalk of corn fell across
the track of the Southern Kansas few
days ago and would have caused Sc
rious wreck but for the fact that one
of the ears growing on the stalk hap
pened TO stand perpendicularly in the
middle of the track, and the gentle
wave back and forth and serve as a
danger signal. The train was stopped
before it hit the obstruction and none
of the passengers was injured excep,
those who overworked themselves IL
removing the obstruction.
England sends America an order FOL
100000 pounds of dressed poultry, max
| ing about fourteen carloads, part of i
| for the use of her South African army
The Pllsbury- Washburn Flour Mills
company Tuesday purchased a site FOL
1.-The new mill which the directors re
Gently decided to erect in Minneapolis
The mill Will have twenty four-hou
lcapacity of about 5000 barrels. Tina
means that the capacity of the six mill
of the Pnlsbury- Washburn company
when the new min is in operation, viii
lbe about $4,000 barrels.
4 w. t. Ingham, OF st. Louis, who is in
! terested in real estate and business af
fairs in many western states, has re
GENTLY taken an extensive trip through
4 the west. In speaking in New York tn
other day Of what he observed there
Mr. Ingham said: The people west o
! the Mississippi river are as a unit i
4 UNFOLDING the hands of the admins
itration in its policy in the Philippine:
i Whatever they may have felt in tn
tpast as to taking the islands in the frs
place, of whatever they may feel as t
the future, when once the authority {
the United States has been fully an
freely acknowledged, the west think
that it is altogether by the board {
present TO discuss. What they war
TO see is the war ended, ended quickl
and ended in manner completely
| vindicate the sovereignty of this go'
! ternment throughout its far easter
: possessions. Strike hard, strike IA
! and strike with Overwhelming force
The idea there.
The San Carlos Agency Indians
Arizona resent a wanton attack
: United States negro troops and ha'
: threatened to exterminate the soldier
Chairman Jones. of the national cor
mittee. calls those persons marrow
who allow themselves to be influence
politically by prosperity. Commentil
1 on this the Louisville Courier-Journ
o remarks, "of course only those perso
g are broad who are Influenced solely
n hard times
= Here is one of Billy Bryan's car
paign stories. told in Kentucky: IT
n peoples attitude before the trusts i
minds me of the composure of the mi
s who was starving He finally got
II loaf of bread and was just preparing
n eat it when dog ran off with 1T. I
J, man didn't get mad, nor did he wee
J, He only said: Thank God. I've got I
appetite left That is just what t
people have left. Bryan has an enc
@ nous share of it left, for, apparent
k some sort of office trust dog has be
d running away with his loaf.
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