Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-05

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4 respectively the dates of 1907 and 1916
4 They are in state of remarkable pres
! eryatfon The earliest map is believed
4 to have been drawn under the personal
supervision of Columbus. German ge-
4 ographers consider this find the most
important of modern scientific times
/ For years the maps were regarded as
/ bopelessly lost. Nordeskjold, in his last
4 work. referred to their existence as a
legend.
At the Cotton Belt railway shops at
! Pine Bluff, Ark, negro was put to
work Saturday morning. but the super
intendent was compelled to discharge
| him Immediately to avert a strike.
Since March the health authorities
at Havana faye employed 100 men to
Kill mosquitoes During seven months
up to October / there were five deaths
/ from yellow fever. while the average for
/ the same months under Spanish rule
was 2s6 The average total number OF
deaths for September in Havana for
| ten years has been STI, but during last
1 September was only 339. which goes to
| show the value Of active warfare on the
pests.
Like his grandfather, Emperor Will
| liam is a soldier, even when he goes to
bed. for he sleeps on a regulation camp
bed, such as his officers use. The bed
clothing is of the rough regimentaI
pattern. He retires at II p m. and is
iup and dressed soon after D. m.
1t is all over but the counting.
The first period of snow and cold
body the shivers.
A Washington letter to the Mime
as we'll as a hot fight over Isthmian
as we'll as a hot fight over iisthmian
canal legislation in congress during
the winter. Some bill" says the
writer, lis pretty likely to be passed.
but before it is decided to choose the
Nicaragua or Panama route a lot of
congressman will be Influenced Col
lis p Huntington. who. by the way,
used to take lively interest in canal
Legislation, was wont to say that it had
cost him $4,000 to teach congress
it's duty. There are successors to the
late Pacific railroad magnate who are
quite as intent on teaching congress
what IT ought to do. 1t would take a
Philadelphia lawyer to untangle the
network of conflicting interests mixed
up in this canal business. Monsieur
Hutin represents French interests
which amount to millions. With the
Panama people 1t is all or nothing.
Then there are the Maritime company
the Gragin Ayre syndicate and dozen
other cliques. all with itching palms.
There will be something doing in the
lobby line
A Boston woman will agitate for
Law prohibiting the boiling or roasting
of chestnuts, on the ground that it in
Wives painful death of worms whose
right to life. liberty and the pursuit of
most highly lowered man."
Mrs. Nations home in Medicine
Lodge is advertised for sale for delin-
quent taxes.
The growth of persimmon trees in old
fields in the south has been looked upon
az a curse. The persimnon trees will
spring up almost like corn. 1t takes a
lot of digging and gruhbing to keep them
down. But valuable use has been
found for persimmon wood. which is
dense in fiber, heavy and capable of pol
ish. This is for shuttle blocks in the
looms of coffin mills. A few days ago Il
solid train containing eighteen car loads
OF persimmon and dogwood shuttle
Llocks was shipped from Grimes shut
tie block factory at Chattanooga direct
to England via Norfolk.
Hotels in the towns of Oklahoma are
so crowded now that travellers must
engage quarters in advance.
South Australia apples are now SOLO IN
European markets at from cents to 10
cents each! choice ones are even higher.
The apples are packed and shipped i'll
small, long boxes, containing 100 each.
They are wrapped separately in tissue
paper, and are packed in wood wool Eek
celsior) and the leaves of corn husks
That Throbbino Headache
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