Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01
TOPICS OF THE TINES

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The elopement of Massachusetts,
woman with a boy OF Is is rightly
en- are so numerous that some of them
are willing to take desperate chances.
Candidate Phillips says "a demo-
cratic legislature will pass a local OPP
ton bill and democratic governor
would sign the same" Well. not this
year nor the next. Iowa has all the
local option she needs for all time.
Coal men who are advancing prices
say they can't help it; that the man at
the other end of the l;ne is doing 1t.
A suggestion emanating from high
source in Washington proposes that
the name of Philippine islands be
changed to Mckinley islands. The
proposition is meeting with favor. and
has u better reason for its adoption
than the continuance Of Spanish ira
ditions.
Stock turnout the Panhandle Of
Texas is in better condition than for
several years past, and the cattle men
do not anticipate any, severe losses dur
ing the winter.
The territorial officials of Oklahoma
are planning to bond the territory for
100000 to redeem all the outstanding
I 6 per cent warranted indebtedness.
They believe they can place the bonds
at per cent and thus save Oklahoma
a big sum.
In England and Scotland the acreages
sown to wheat and barley are smaller
than they were last year. and there is a
decline in the number of cattle, sheep
and pigs kept In England. In many re-
spects 1t leaves British agriculture In a
more restricted light than for years. In
Scotland the position is not go bad as in
England.
The Sunday issue Of the Keokuk Gate
City consisted of forty-four pages, and
was a special one in commemoration of
the founding of the paper ftfty-five
years ago. 1t was in 1916 that the first
number greeted an expectant conmun-
ity and since then the paper has APP
peared regularly. In the beginning Of
Its career 1t was published weekly, but
In 1S54-eight years later-The Daily
Gate City was established. A brief his
tory of the paper is given. together with
interesting facts relative TO its founder
and his successors. Including the late
brilliant writer, S. A. Clark. The Gate
City is still ably edited, the present
chief being S. w. Moorhead, who keeps
the paper up to the best standard of
journalism.
The Gate City says we are not to
| have Indian summer till we have had
sauaw winter. The September incident
must then be as a robust squall Of the
papoose variety.
lowing to the crowded condition of
| the schools is a prelude to many a
western paragraph that reveals a condi-
ton showing that people have taken to
| heart the axiom. We must educate"
SIS
| A man came into TIL police court TIL
other day carrying a friend of his on
his back. TIL judge says, What's the
trouble?' The man says, Judge, this
man is u friend of mine and his name is
IGun. Now, Judge, Gun is loaded!
know it's against tn law to carry a
loaded gun in tn street, so I brought
him in here" TIL judge says. Gun.
YOU'RE discharged" And tn report
was in tn papers next day.-Exchange
| An optician is thus quoted in the
Philadelphia Record: "Nine-tenths OF
the railroad men, pilots and men In
whose business keeness and correctness
Of vision are necessary adjunct pos
ess blue eyes. Haven't you ever noticed