Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-06

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Gladbrook, Dec. 5.-Before this is in
print, the citizens of the town of Tama
will have settled the question whether
q mulct petition is successful or not.
AS the town has only little over the
requisite number Of citizens (2,5OO), and
the law demands so per cent of the
names of the voters at the last election,
it is evident the majority want the
open saloon, i.e., provided they secure
the necessary numebr of names. The
LOCKER On was told while there one
day this week that at that time the
canvassers only lacked fourteen names
to secure the so per cent. He was also
told that one of the ministers of Tama
last Sunday evening advised his audi
enee to sign the petition for the open
saloon, the argument evidently being, IL
was choice of evils, and to choose the
lesser. This is given as overheard, but,
if true, shows that some kind of change
in the matter of the liquor traffic in
Tama is necessary.
Taina now has chess and checker
club of sixty members They secured
the old X. p. hall and elected G. II.
Tainor president, w. e. Fowler treas
urer, and Seth Soth secretary. AS usu-
al with all chess organizations, they
treat the visitor with great courtesy.
till he engages in an across board
game, and then friendship ceases. The
writer dropped in there.
And Toledo also has a new club room,
and has several chess players who
kindly (?) entertain strangers who
presume to admit they play the noble
game. Their room is located in the bank
block, and is q marvel of convenience
and beauty.
This building has been thoroughly
changed and brought up to modern re-
quirements, some $4,000 being expended
on inside changes, such as steam heat,
| electric light, hot and cold water, clos
cts, and outside decorations. The bank
alone spent $1,000 in improved furni-
| ture and Office conveniences and decor
T! ations.
| Something unique in business circles
occurred recently at Garwin, where one
| of the coal dealers there shipped a car
of hard coal from Garwin to Chicago.
They had 1t "left over" and report has
! it they sold it in Chicago for SIS ton.
| 1t is superfluous to add, this kind Of a
! trade transaction will not be duplicated
| for while.
| Big improvements in one locality
some times work hardships in another.
The C. s. N. w. railroad, by the compile
/ ton Of it's double track. has changed
the running of its freight trains to the
main line, this from the west and
northwest, so that the writer is told,
whereas year ago there were thirty
five scheduled trains ON the Tama
branch, now only a few stock trains and
way freights are run over this branch.
The consequence is. the travelling man
can not make time," and citizens along
! the line cant get anywhere and get
home the same day" Voters and tax
payers living in the other towns are
very much incommoded In getting to
and from the county seats Of Eldora
and Toledo. This state of affairs has
been brought to the attention of travel
| ing passenger agents and division SUI
perintendents, and they have assured
| travelling men and hotel keepers that
they are using their efforts to have put
on a local passenger train to run from
/ Jewell to Tanla and return during the
/ day time. This would only be In line
with the accommodations furnished by
this big corporation over its entire sys-
/ tenn.
The going to church system has again
commenced, not only with the writer,
| but many others, whose strong religious
tendency shows after the hot weather is
over, and continues till his collar willis
down some hot Sunday in June. 1t so
| happens that for the past year the
writer has been attending all sorts and
conditions of church services, perhaps
neglecting the Jewish synagogue, and
| the Roman Catholic church more than
others. But here is a little matter that
1 has been forced on his attention and is
worth mentioning, and that Is the in
creased ceremonial in the services in
nearly all Protestant crurches, i.e., in
Iowa. 1t is common thing these days
to chant the Lords prayer and scrip
ture reading. A custom has grown up
Of prayer either before or after the Of
fering. this while the deacons stand be-
| fore the pulpit, and 1t is now proper to
say the altar. 1t is now absolutely the
correct thing for those who take UP the
contribution to march down the aisles
! two by two, keeping step to quick
march on the organ. All this referring
| to others than the Episcopal church,
where the ceremonial has increased
much faster than in other denomfna-
| lions. Somehow one expects big sur
| pliced choirs, lighted candles, robed
priests, musical responses, marching
and incense in this grand old organiza-
| ton, but isn't there something In the
claim of the Catholic priest who tells
the writer that the Protestants are
fast adopting our manner of service and
worship" And who says these innova-
| lions are not good ones? Don't we go
| to church to have our imagination APP
pealed to? Or what does the reader go
| to church for?
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