Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
An Advertising FAX er.

Davenport, July 26. - Yesterday a
well-dressed and pleasant-mannered
man appeared in the Office of DIR. lie
Weber in the Whitaker block and tried
to get advertising for the kimbail
House on the strength of forged let
ter.
The stranger approached DIR. Weber
with the usual. Is this Dr. Weber,"
and on being assured hat he was in the
right office he began TO tell his story.
He said he was the representatives of 50
and so. whose business 1t was to place
advertising cards with house rules on
l5them in the rooms of hotels near the
| call buttons. He said that In DaNen-
| port he had contracted to supply the
| l<imball House with the necessary
lcards ard that he had been referred to
DR. Weber as a leading man in his pro-
| fession. etc. and then the visitor
4 tiashed letter written on kimball
! House letter head aud commencing in
i the highest terms one I. owens. who
/ was the bearer. OF the letter The letter
\ of introduction was not addressed to
any one iii particular.
4 But the letter was signed by what
appeared to be the signature of Land
.|5lord Margerum. DIR. Weber. Who is ac-
j customed to have people try to trick
i him occasionally. WAS not slow to see
1 that there was something wrong with
1.-THE mans letter. He laid it on an
4 opened medical book. and after engag-
l ing the mans attention toward some
|tthing else he shut the book on the let
tier. The solicitor explained his plans
i and DR.. Weber agreed to take one Of
/ the spaces In the card, which the So
i licitor was alleged To he preparing for
Il the Kimbal House, Whereupon the So
i licitor Wrote out receipt for the
4 amount of the advertising and handed
a 1t to DR.. Weber.
Il DIR. Weber refused to pay the amount
lin advance and told the man that he
i would pay for the advertising cards
8 We're in place. All right" said the
man. but you viii haNe to call at the
liimbal House and pay there, That
II will be about two weeks from now.
When DR.. Weber was passing the
Kimball House he showed the letter tc
a MIR Margerum and the clerk. MIR
. Margerum stated that he had seen nc
such solicitor and that he had signed
"A no letter The clerk stated that no mar
had talked to him about sign cards anG
q that no L. owen vas registered at this
hotel.
Search was at once instituted for the
solicitor. but he could not be found
I5Clerk Fineteld says that the people al
7 the Kimbal House would like to gee
J, hands on the fake advertising man. HI
would land at once behind the bars.
II
HIS HEARTFELT PRAYER.
An old mani Georgia named Jacl
i Baldwin, having lost his hat in an Ole
l dry we'll one day. htched rope TO {
? stump and let himself down. A wicked
t wag named Neal came along just thel
I land quietly detachng bell from Bald
wins old blind horse, approached tn
g we'll bell In hand and began to ting-a
ling.
l Jack thought the old horse was com
. ing and said: Hang the old bin,
; horse; he's coming this way. sure. an,
e he amt got no more sense thanto fal
h in on me--whoa, Bail!
r The sound came closer.
: Great Jerusalem! The old bin,
!. fool will be right on top of me in
], mint-whoa. Bal--whoa. Bali.
o Neal kicked a little dirt on Jack
n head and Jack began to pray:
e "0h, Lord. have mercy on-whoa
d Ball--a poor sinner: I'm gone now
8 whoa. Bal-Oui Father. who are in
3 whoa, Ball--hallowed be thy-gee, Ball
gee! Will / do?-name. row l la
e me down to SIEGE. Ball! Dust then |
: fell more dirt) Oh. Lord. if you eve
3 Intend to do anything for me-bacE
d Ball! whoa-thy kingdom come-get
Ball! oh. Lord, you know I was bap
y tized in Smiths milldam-whoa. Ball
il ho up. murder! whoa!"
e Neal could hold in no longer an
e shouted laugh which might hav
Z. been heard two miles, which was a boz
: as far as Jack chased him when he sc
8 out.-Atlantic Journal.
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J. HE FORGOT ABOUT THE EFFECT
Inability easily to concentrate hi
Y mind upon the special issue OF the snt
-Iject under discussion was always NJ
i Sherman's weak point In debate. Eve
. In discussing financial questions h
l. would sometimes stammer and s.umb
i, until5it would be painful to attempt
= follow him. At his best his deliver
was marked BY earnestness and Oh