Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-11
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
October's fine weather is a soothing
palliative for the coal question.

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palliative for the coal question.
| American firms have placed orders
| for 100000 tons of coal IN England,
| movement that is calculated to make
the coal barons sweat.
The only effect that the ordering ouI
of troops in Pennsylvania had on the
coal situation in New York City was Il
conviction that the strike is nearing its
end, tho prices did not fall.
Fishermen in and around Gloucester
Mass, are firmly of the opinion that
Rudyard kipling has "the evil eye" He
wrote a book about them some years
ago and named twenty fishing boats
therein. Every one of these boats has
met with disaster, the last two having
foundered in Il recent gale. Among
English soldiers there are not few
who also think that there is something
uncanny about Kipling;s eye.
F. P. Dunno is hard at work on the
new Dooley book which will be brought
out under the title of observations
by Mr. Dooley." MIR. Dooley" contin-
ues his hold upon the public as the
most popular humorist.
Prosperity has made it even possible
for chicken thieves to thrive.
Uncle Horace Boies has opened his
campaign with speech against the
trusts, but we don't observe the trusts
doing any extra shivering today" says
Chicago Journal observer.
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The Iowa idea Is moving along
smoothly and triumphantly. The Min
neapolis Tribune is impressed with this
thought in stating that the two sides
of the Iowa idea. AS presented by Sec
rotary Shaw in his Boston speech print
ed yesterday, and by Governor Cum
Minis. in his Chicago speech printed
today, do not seem different enough
to explain why Speaker Henderson
thought ii necessary to abdicate his
leadership. Both these speakers are
right In their contention that the tariff
policy advocated and understood by
but identical with the traditional tariff
policy of the republican party All
the republican leaders are in line on
this question.
Captain w. L. Rice, who has been
mayor of Bristol. Tenn. ever since that
place became a city, resigned the other
day. pleading that being 10 years of age
he was getting too old to properly fill.
the place.
Senator Allison's able speech is vim
ming wide approval from the Iowa re-
publican press. The Sioux City Journal
says: Senator Allison's speech jusI-
fies every word of the Iowa platform.
More important than that, the speech
brushes away a lot of rubbish, points
out the essential differences between
the parties and makes forcible. consist
ent and abiding ground for all repub-
licans to stand upon"
In a speech at the national encamp-
ment General Sickles declared that new
er in it's proudest day had Rome be-
held such a spectacle as was presented
by the Grand Army parade in Washing
ton Wednesday.
Bryan is reported to be Eat large" in
Nebraska. but is not arousing much en-
thuSiaSm.
Missouri country napers are stiD
making the big corn crop the subject
of prosperity editorials. The fruit crop
ranks second in this respect. closely
followed by the Missouri mule, as sized
up by one journal.
A richly deserved retort was tina.
made by a Sioux girl at the Hampton
Institute not long since. A silly visl-
tor to the school went up to the mag
nificent red-skinned belle and said:
Are you civilized?" The Sioux raised
her head slowly from her work she
vas fashioning breadboard at the mo- |
nent-and replied: NO; are you"
These fair October days are making
summer linger joyously in the lapse OF
FALL
Army veterans will find reason to
,isit California next fall in the meet
ng of the national encampment at San
francisco.
Here is the method by which one
housewife in New York has to a GER
ain degree overcome the pressing
question of fuel: She took four common
ricks and placed them in pail. Over
he bricks she poured a gallon of kerr
sene oil and let them stand until the
ricks had absorbed all of the oil they
you'd take up. Then she took out two
( the bricks and placed them in the
itchen range and set fire to them
hey burned fully two hours. and the
ire that they made was one by which
was possible to do any kind of cook
ne or other work requiring consider
BILE heat. The lady says in this way
will be possible in her home to get
long with the cooking washing and
roning without resort to gas. There
,as no unpleasant odor or any trouble
,hatever, for the oil just blazed away
Ike stove full of good wood.
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