Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-16
Observation-Disclosures
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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For the Illness Republican,.
Roland, March 15.-Scene also seen on
the train: Incoming weil-dressed pas
senger remarks to his friend, Now, we
can spit on the floor il we want to- Did
You ever see such an old crank as that
conductor on that other train was? He
Kicked because spit tobacco juice on
the floor, and told me TO take my feet
off the seat in 'front.'. This is a report
OF an actual conversation heard by the
ISwfiter and told in all seriousness. The
Looker-On only wishes he could pub
fish the name of the conductor as Well
IS that of the passenger who probably
spits tobacco juice on the floor at home
and puts muddy shoes on his uphol-.
stored sofa!
At the hotel table the other day there
was a woman guest, the mother of FIVE
children who accompanied her. The ell
lider was a motherly girl of ~, who had!
All were Well dressed, special attention
evidently having been paid to ceanli-
lress and arrangement of hair and
|sclothes. The three little boys were gem
IStlemen, the old-young girl with the
had her hair nicely braided with ribbons
| on the ends. Evidently all used tooth
brushes and manicure tools. The moth
! er, apparently a woman of % TO 49, was
a quiet, self possessed matron, who
Ill'ad the whole family well in hand. And
we all knew 1t was a farmers wife and
E1children from Illinois. who had arrived
lin S. the nigh before. for they were all
/ tosee the freight car at the stock yards
| opposite emptied Of its living animal
| freight. Some three pairs of big. fire
| door. And this family of hungry chill
Edren, followed by the smiling mother, all
/ left the table and went out to welcome
4 the horses from Illinois to their new
! h home. Hello. JIM, said one of the
4 boys, and Jim. a great, big 1.400-pound
i bay, turned and bowed to the boy!
There's old Prince" said the 12-ycar-olt'
! Girl, and Prince not only bowed but
spoke. i. e.. whinnied, Got along all
fright, did you. mother?v asked the ia :
Their leading the horses Hello, young
ster, he said. as the small chap tried to
get away from the staid 12-year-old
gial and go to dad Then they all
l..
They knew what napkins We're for.
Forks and not knives carried food to the
hungry mouths. They talked and
/ laughed and had q good time. but dis
turbed no one And one observer who
sometimes is hard run for copy to fill
lthis column saw something He saw a
lfnode family. He looked upon a farm
eys wife who was lady in the true
4 sense of the word. All of sudden 1t
struck him that he was looking upon a
woman with a mission. One who was
I carrying 1t out. He was looking upon a
real, true, noble wife and mother. Per-
laps back in Illinois she was the presi-
Edent Of the Society for the Uplifting OF
1.-THE Environment of the Hotten.ot
Women. Doubted
With al of the increased mileage 81
Railroads in Iowa il would seem as tho
The crops of our Iowa farms could be
i moved when farmers were ready to Sc!
i But month ago one Iowa road had or
dsrs for 300 more cars than they could
I3sefd out. One travelling grain buyer quit
the road because after he bought the
fluff he could get no cars. And an
soiher big trunk lire, with several new
eas5lis ~ ~ Oh y Is eStenSion, can not
i furnish cars fast enough 10 satisfy the
Eelsalers in the little new towns Proba-
I bly, month from nov. when the farm
ess get into the fields, il Will be the 9TH
or way.
During this Seek the writer has been
in some of the towns east of Hampton
On the Great Western Hartman has a
following along there for governor that
+ must be pleasing TO his political anbi-
istiof. One state senator says that Har-
lt,1faail Will go into the state convention
4 With the largest number of votes of any
I candidate; that the present outlook is
/ that Hartman VIII have all or north
eastern Iowa behind HIM. Furthermore.
that the Third districtis noted for stay
ing qualities, and that they have no sec
icnd choice. This sentiment also comes
from many in8the rank aud file of the
party, and other aspirants must make
jun their minds that the farmer candi-
Gate is in the race 70 stay.
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