Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-31

should be candidate. Judge Hubbard
has been in Sioux City in connection
with damage suit against the North
western railway, for which he is coun-
sci.
NEwsY NOSE AT CHAPEL.
Capital City's Wealthy Newsboy Ads /
dresses Drake University stu-
dents.
Des MONIES, jan. 3l.Turn him
loose Trot him out. "Poipers: all
about the great fire Uxtry; uXtry;
who wants an uXtry?
Fifteen hundred Drake students
awaited Nose Jacobs and enlivened
things in Drake chapel "Wednesday
morning by shouting for Moss and
preparatory to the appear
ance5 Of the hero of the occasion.
And thus Nose Jacobs Went to chapel
There wasfone overwhelmingly disap-
pointing feature about NOSE chapel
appearance at Drake; he arrived
dressed in his best sunday magazine
supplement-. art-chromo clothes, and
left his regular, weekday edition at his
home MDse. in standing collar, a
frock coat and Respondent snecktie. with
cision of nicely. With every hair num-
sbered and locked in its proper place,
was the Moas of the chapel. This sues
stion OF clothes bothered Nose consider:
able (not but what he has plenty and
then sonle) but because he didn't know
whether he was booked as a newsboy or
aga successful business man. He asked
Chancellor Craig what suit to Wear.
a
him determine his mind, but that IS the
best part of his chapel talk and Will
come in in due course of time
The successful newsboy and business
man, whose integrity, perseverance, aud
attention to business has Won him the
highest respect of all. gave an address
before the students, Of Drake I'niversity.
at the chapel exercises The chapel was
crowded. Chancellor Craig introduced
Mrse. who launched into his speech
With the ease OF veteran platform
speaker. He vas not so bashfu as he
had thought he would be. he said
Then he told something of his life; said
he came To Des Moines when he was g.
has sold papers on the street twenty
five years. and is nov 81. He performed
the sum in addition, he said. for the
benefit of those who don't know fig
ures. This brought down the house.
and from that instant Moses had his
audience with him. They Interrupted.
him with applause after every second
or third sentence
He told OF his meeting with Teddy
Roosevelt and Russell A. Alger, to
whom he sold papers of his travels to
the south. ard to the Atlantic and Pa
ali al oil
In his business Nose said, his success
had been due to his liveliness and en-
terprise" He got George Huffman's
enlargement Oh Geographic order for,
100 copies of Bryan's Commoner a few
days ago He was the only dealer in
Des Moines shat handled the paper. His
selling about 400 copies in ali. He had
the same success with HarmswCrth' q
issue of the New York World A Gus
toner called him monopolist. but
Nose said any other man that had the
enterprise could have competed with
him in these sales
have been acucsed of being rich. ;"
Nose said. one paper said was
worth $1,000 The photographers took me
up. and raised me cipheyat a time, till
II was quoted ds d slIllllOU. - must De
worth about slo,0o0000 by this time.
This is my first lecture. I've never
spoken in pubic before. ] hope to APP
pear on the platform again, but don't
intend to go into the business regularly.
nor compete with John Il, Gordon. I'm
going TO stay with the newspaper busi-
ness the rest Of my days tho don't ex-
pect to be on the street much longer. I
am just waiting for the right opportu-
nifty TO locate inside somewhere.
Nose was congratulated by all the
Drake faculty on his speech, and by nu-
merous students including number of
pretty Drake girls. He spoke about
thirty-five minutes. Moses father was
h in the audience. He said after the
speech: II thought you would be scared
and run off the stage, but you didn't"
NO" put in Chancellor Craig. "a man
who is as sincere and earnest as Nose
need not be bashful anywhere.
Nose said the paper business is bet
ter now than years ago, but FELLOW has
TO work much harder for his profits. All
papers used to sell for cents Now
they go for 8, and cent But ten
people buy papers now where one
bought ten years ago. Nose said Gus
toners frequently ask him about the
price of rooms in Chestnut row, which
is labeled Moses Block. People think
there is only one Nose. But the owner
IOf Chestnut row ia another