Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-31
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tSIsOsXSyOsIYOOsI.SsS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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i'ei''.oi.A, Juis 5V-i!ie Wet harvest
M We a u tast week mas. strange TO
l...l. o1iis prous NJ OUT a rev croakers.
Nn'if .he nay crop mas Deen injured IN
s'i'ie siiil'l siIlaii gram IN some
cases Eases. couio not pc cut soon enough, the.
ai'u ' 70 pasturage ana the corn
acreage IS IS large enough ana nothing
UNI occurs Iowa = corn crop OF
lsVv WI, oe me aseest IN history. Inc.
writer mas 1faVe!eu Wllhlh the last
Week from the minnesota me down 10
tne hocR lslana ralitoad ana the ned
OF corn snot tasseisc out ana shooting
ears ears WIS shaT ' 70 De hoticeu; Ana "
WI! pe news TO many mat uplin mime
sofa, =! HIlS 20 SeNentS-HNe miies
norm % she iowa me. harvesting COM
inehcea Garner THAR IN f'oWeshleK couh-
", Iowa. sblndefs We're IN operation py
me loth OF july IN this TERRITORY. ana
many neias on corn We're tasseien out
on that GATE, rms on land that only
rev Years ago was covered WIN Tor
eSis ana sTupped out WIN man
StfshSth al!c aWRWaraHess. ActuallS
hundreds OF settlers bought TINS forest
land q, $40 TO s2o an acre and cleared
u. Whlle at me 81 tlne me same M
vessinen. sWeuin nave given, .hem "a an !
these sewers aoinlt tnelr sWlhlstS. az y
n niue longer. IN allInn . me
shara coal burner starts Sil a pout SEPT. 10 -.
and we DO not let the nre 60 our III
the hrst OF May.
-And rlght mere an open confession IS
IN order me Writer mas mas oeen a -nshihs
up Mhe:e 'si''t's = iie We''. 20
I tle exact spot Where 7. ,.ooA .Mo a'''e-
podled men ana three saple- pooleu Moil'-
4 en- TO hoio up5a strlns oi 1lsh Ga uRnt ~
f l.ake. " heH 51ne , write! arriSea
! the nsnins Vas poor. 'ne lake.gW az
! low. ~ was working, winch means
j lhe growing moss ~ .1le - - Eilhu io9s-
Iened ana the water appeared IS inc
/ something vas green IN me @ater as
4 we'll as IN me ooal on Ill hosts - nv TN
i nellltes mat We're SO hungry ior hsn
from this source need not imagine the
i Whole trip MAS waterman: taf&iro1ll
l1t. fhe writer scausht pass, pkg, crop
I pies and psrch N quantlty, nut a1nsS
,3scame nlgh. We're zoe expensive eatlhs
4 for the Inhabitants OF saints Rest
EThink Of ca ting hsh that cost se:o5 per
& pound! Ihat actually happened 10 the
4 writer.
II must be Giscouraging to The mem
\ bers OF the peace societies to notice how
the war spirit not only Affects the whole
world just at this time. but to notice
fright here in Iowa what fascination
anything lnsthes military line mas Tor the
4 Hampton the state guards started ons
mornlng for the regimental training al
Perry And althoit was an early hour
for their departure. the whole towt
IGNORE or less) was at the depot to ses
n the soldier boys off II was not such q
parting as occurred when the same
u company started for the Spanish war
Still, many of the same scenes oc.
& curred. That "awfully nice girl" at thu
lend of the depot could not bear III.
Of having that soldier go ava,
L for even a few Days to "a training
Why shouldn't she show II? And IA
Ethers and mothers We're there. proud o
.|their soldier boy, and unusually glat
that this was only camping out for
], few Days, and not real, cold, cruel war
And as the writer glanced over the tw,
sass q sSssy yeans msn
f that the Fillpinos objected to meeting
such specimens at close quarters TIL
i ! writer does not belong 20 the peace so