Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-09
AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

A ludierous mistake occurred Sunday
evening to the great chagrfn of our
venerable night marshal. Rev. and
Mrs. Wordsworth occupy rooms in the
O. A. Neff house. Sunday evening Mrs.
Wordsworth went home from church
before the preaching service began but
found on arriving that she had no key
to the house. She decided on an en-
trance thru back window as the sim
plest solution of the problem but Mrs
Neff, who was alone in the house, nat
urally concluded that none but house
breakers prefer windows to doors in
entering and rushed out to inform the
night marshal that her house was being
robbed Armed to the teeth and sup
ported by couple of assistants equally
we'll prepared Mr.. Head soon appeared
on the scene with visions of capturing a
bold. bad man and earning everlasting
fame. The situation can be better
imagined than described when the real
facts became known.
PRIMARIES TOO EARLY.
IIowa Falls Citizen.]
There is considerable feeling in this
part of the county that the republican
primaries should be held later. For a
number of years some of the candidates
have conceived the idea that an early
primary would shut out possible COM
petitors and give them a clean Held, the
interests of the county not being con-
suited. To this end the suggestion is
made thru the chairman OF the county
central committee to the various town
ship committeeman that a certain date
would be acceptable and the result has
been an early primary, largely by de-
fault. And if anyone offered criticism
a stereotyped answer came from ster-
eotyped source. What's the use of hav-
ing a perpetual turmoil over politics.
Let's have rest. Next June or July or
August, or even next September Will be
early enough. This will give ample
time for the most available men to en-
ter the contests. These snap primaries
for the purpose of shutting out the
many in favor of the few who are doing
the manipulating are getting rather
monotonous.
THE STRUGGLE FOR ACCURACY.
dubuque Telegraph
The newspaper has no parallel in the
business world. 1t is prepared and pub
lished in eight hours or less. Infre-
uuently more time is devoted to it
that is, in the preparation Of the matter
which appears in it's pages. Every news
item reaches the reporter or the corre-
spondent as a report. In the brief time
he has he seeks to verify at least the
principal facts. The newspaper desires
more earnestly than the public appre-
ciates to be exact and correct. That 1t
often fails is not it's fault save In few
instances. The newspaper that made
no attempt to be accurate and truthful.
would soon lose caste in the commu-
nifty. The measure of esteem in which
the people hold a news paper comprises
it's biggest asset. 1t is highly improba-
BILE. then, that a newspaper would con-
sciously prevaricate and willfully do in
justice.
Still, the newspaper enjoys rare
privileges, not more than it should en-
joy, certainly, but privileges which
newspaper workers should appreciate,
should be ever conscious of and which
they should be careful not to abuse.
there are some who
bring newspaper work into disrepute,
but the trend of the day is to the high
ideal