Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-27
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Maclay is not only the common sort Of
clay but crank who thinks he is great
er than the government.
That bauble, reputation, stands men
in good stead when the powers that be
are looking for statesman.
The bottle which is to contain the ma
tive wine with which the battleship
Missouri is to be christened Is ready to
be filled, having just been completed by
St Louis firm. 1t is encased to the
neck in solid silver. The federal coat OF
arms appears in high relief under that
Of the state of Missouri on one side OF
the bottle, and on the opposite side is a
large shield bearing a suitable inscrip-
ton. with the date of the launching.
The Kansas City Journal remarks
.This is what might be called Funstons
busy year-caught Aguinaldo, made
brieadier- general, had appendicitis ana
became q dad.
The little town of Marmatown, kas.,
is practically run by women 1t has
women school teacher, a woman teie-
graph operator, postmistress, a Wo1i-
an pastor in charge of its only church,
and a woman letter carrier.
w. Abraham NJ p. the Welsh labor
leader. has been deeply impressed with
his visit to America. 1T seems to me,
he remarked in an interview, that l
have bounded ahead q century from the
country in which have been living.
II Camerford Martin, editor OF the
Electrical Review and an expert on
electrical matters, does not believe tnat
wireless biography. no matter how Wen
established, viii supersede ocean cables,
for a long time at least. So Ear as Is
known he says in an interview, there
is no means Of preventing successfully
the interference OF wireless signals, ana
until they become automatically selec-
tive 1t would seem that only one statioh
on each side of the Atlantic. or even on
each side OF New York bay, would en-
ora pe In the business Even during the
recent yacht races the wireless teie-
graph signals were in utter confusion
until peace was patched up, enabling
each party in rivalry to send messages
for a few minutes at time. Even
should this difficulty be overcome, as IT
doubtless will be, find it hard to be-
lieve that 1t will be SO entirely removed
as to involve the complete supressions
Of cables"
A recent investigation has shown that
81 per cent Of the pauperism in Sweden
is caused by drunkenness.
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Prof. n. r. Meyers declares that
daily newspaper should go into every
school room there to be discussed like
any text book. He regards the study OF
civil government and the English Ian
guage as incomplete without this ac-
cessory.
It was the after-dinner oratory OF
Judge Charles II. Darling, just APP
pointed assistant secretary OF the navy,
that first attracted President Roose-.
velt's attention to him. He Is q lver-
monter and the only writ in the depart
ment.
Merchants are now taking account Of
stock in cheerful mood after a splen-
did holiday trade.
with more banks than any other state
according to the number Of people
Iowa ought to be able to furnish imam
ciers for the world.
I'D. F. Coon, whose SON was recently
married to Miss Hattie Combs, is enc OF
the best natured men in Fort Scott" re-
marks the Fort Scott (Kas) Monitor.
After the ceremony he kissed the bride
and gave her $1,000, at the same time
remarking that it was worth another
hundred. The bride then walked up and
J kissed him, and he pulled out sos more