Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-22
tropics OF THE TIMES


Judge c. NJ. Daily. of Savannah. Mo-,
sold forty-five mules the other day for
$100sO, an average of 1924 apiece.
In Indiana oil wells on the county poor
farm near Muncie pay all expenses of
that institution and net the county
about $500 annually.
| This thrust at our sisters is given by
the Sioux City Journal. which questions
the statement of the T.-R. as to its au-
thoritative source for the Statement
that the suffrage campaign is to be con-
Quoted with secrecy" in this ungal-
liant fashion: 1T would be interesting to
know what the Marshalltown newspa-
per regards as an authoritative source
for the settlement that the women are
to stop talking"
Iowa cases of marital infelicity are
not SO bad, comparatively speaking. for
there is Mrs. Mary Crowthers, of New
York, who is suing for divorce from her
seventh husband
Our soldiers are learning how to fight
the F'ilipinos successfully. Details of
an attack ION Filipinos by marines tell
that the Americans scaled 20o-foot
cliff, barefooted, on bamboo ladders,
and killed thirty, with no losses.
THE men folk of the Methodist Epis-
copal church of Usage City, says the
Kansas City Journal, served a supper
of their own get up the other night.
They didn't consult a cook book or any
members of the Ladies Aid Society.
The bill of fare included 'mince pie like
father used to make, roast humming
bird, served la carte petit du nois,
de plois, any way you like it; elephant
steak broiled in bread crumbs, Dutch
pudding (speaks English),' cherry pie
(full of pits),' pit pie Gull of cherries).'
and many other things too numerous to
MENTION The women of the church at
tended the supper, and got some point
ers as to what a really we'll cooked and
nicely served meal was like
sss
A prosperity item from Nebraska
comes in the statement that a sweet po-
tato Weighing So pounds was raised by
Hastings man.
A Texas man has purchased 1000
acres of land near Orange in that state
for a rice plantation. 1t is in the south
east corner, near Louisiana. Rice grow
ing is destined to be the great industry
of south Texas.
The Minnesota board of control Is IL
Illustrating the advantages 1t offers to
home dealers. The Pioneer Press states
that more than so per cent of the mon
ey expended by the board for supplies
for the quarter ending Jan. 81 goes to
Minnesota firms. The total purchases
of supplies for the state institutions for
the quarter aggregate s174,02O.34. Only
s13,439.47 of this amount will go to deal
ers outside the state The contracts
awarded to Minnesota dealers aggre-
gate Sill, 3l0.96 The superintendent of
the institutions are empowered to eX-
pend, in all, $40, S69.9l. Practically all
this will be spent locally. The only con-
dition imposed by the board of control
is that there shall be competition. and
SO far az possible the superintendent
Will receive bids. The articles to be
purchased by the superintendent are
butter. eggs, vegetables, and in some
Instances, where the institutions kill
their own meat, live stock.
$50
quail on toast and coffee" This
was the dinner order an unassuming
young traveller gave in a Rock Island
dining car which was standing in the
Omaha yards Friday evening. The or
der was served and the young traveller