Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-02
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.Lo0KER-oN IN IOWA

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Luverne. Sept. In these days OF
sordid money making ii is pleasure
10 run on to one case where even q
land agent deals in poetry as we'll as in
dirt and has mind for poetry. even
tho the same mind is full of business
cares. trials ana vexations. What
iirings out these remarks is the follow
ing printed on a card lying on the ho-
tel table:
t"Christian Behrmann handles good real
estate:
He will give you a deal strictly first
rate:
Reliable always Behrmann is found:
In prices for land his figures are down.
Sells land in Dakota OF excellent kind
Behrmann of Blankville, landseekers
should find.
Excellent Minnesota land he will sell:
Handles Iowa land where buyers do
we'll
Remember that Behrmann is honest
and fair.
Member of the church and deals on the
square,
And sells at commissions where few
can compare.
North Dakota land is going UP high:
Now is the time if you want to buy"
Some of us who do not think the pro-
hibition plan altogether the best tenn
perance measure do see great possibili-
ties for good in the work the Catholic
church is doing in some places. A wri-
ter in one of the magazines says that
che of the most encouraging anti
LIQUOR movements of the times is grow
ing out of the development of the Cath
Ollie Total Abstinence Union, which held
its thirty-first annual convention in
Dubuque, Iowa, lately. 1t was organ
lied at Baltimore in 1872. and now has
an actual membership of S5,129. The
important feature is that the union has
the backing of the entire hierarchy, and
i'm time will reach a multitude OF peo-
ple. In his letter to the residents OF
the United States the pope pronounced
the practice of total abstinence to be
the proper and truly ef11cacious rem
edy for the prevailing vice of drunken
ness. Accordingly he admonished pas
tors to do their best to drive the
plague of intemperance from the fold OF
Christ by assiduous preaching and ex-
hortation, and to shine before all as
models of abstinence" This is very
advanced ground, and brings CATHOLIC
cism into line with Professionalism on
the question of opposition to the use OF
intoxicating liquors.
Under the inspiration of these en-
couraging words and the agitations OF
the Total Abstinence Union, Father
Siebenfoercher, of Kenton, O., an
American priest, made tour of the
Catholic theological seminaries and
preached total abstinence to the stu
dents So great was the impression
made by this earnest and eloquent cler-
eyman that during the last year total
abstinence societies were organized In
nine Of the institutions where young
priests are being educated. A flourish
ing archdiocesan union has been es-
tablished at Dubuque, and in Missouri
the knights of Father Matthew have
added largely to their membership,
among which is a regiment OF boys
pledged to total abstinence. Individual
priests have also pressed the matter
upon their congregations within the
last year and have induced hundreds to
sign the pledge.
Recently Eugene Criss, of Sac City,
one of the old settlers of the town and
an Iowa pioneer, gave party that was
a party. Not to be exact in the figures
that follow, the reader will get an idea
of what was going on Mr.. Criss' sOth
birthday. First 300 invitations were
sent out and Mr.. Crisis friends and
neighbors were generally invited.
big steer was Killed and roasted whole,
1, special, oven of brick being con-
lstructed for that purpose, and the fact
that the crowd licked the platter
clean"is full evidence that all Of the
beef was eaten. AS one visitor re-
marked. "there wasn't beef enough left
to make hash the next morning.. Then
whole barrel of hams were boiled, an
indefinite number of chickens We're
killed and cooked and a whole bakery
of bread was contracted for and eaten.
And there are few men so years of age
who could make as lively host as Mr..
Criss was on this not to be forgotten
occasion.
In Iowa there Is a certain United
States official who is noted for his SYM
pathetic heart and an inclination to re-
lieve distress, especially if it's woman
who is In trouble. Our Uncle Sans
agent travels a good deal; It's In his
line of business. So WHEN riding in the
sleeper on the c.. r. I. & p. the other
day between Grinnell and Dies Moines
he noticed middle-aged lady in the
seat opposite having much trouble In
irving to open her hand-satchel. OF
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