Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

TOPICS OF THE TIMES
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The soldiers quartered in one section
of Wyoming are fighting snow banks.
$50
Prosperity item from a Kansas pa
per: 1.-The superintendent of the How
ard county poor farm turned over $4O5
to the treasurer last week. This is the
first time in. the history of the county
that a surplus was ever received from
that source"
All is not lost. A Berlin firm has
agreed to give the Boer general DeWet
$50 900 for his book on the South At
rican war;
when a man dies and the widow
marries again, and the second husband
dies, is She the widow of the first hus-
band, or of the second one, or of both?"
lis asked by an exchange, which ex-
plains: THAT was the conundrum re-
Gently before the pension authorities.
The widow of federal soldier was
drawing a pension as such widow. She
married again and the pension stopped.
Then the second husband died and the
widow made application for reinstate-
ment as the widow of the first husband,
and the claim was allowed Conse-
quently, under that ruling, a widow can
never be a widow of any but her first
husband"
Bob" Cousins will attact big crowd
and give it something to think about
when he opens the republican campaign
in Muscatine on the 18th.
Two churches in Neodesha, Kansas,
have offered their bells for sale. The
rest of the churches have none, The
church trustees and the pastors agree
that the bells are an unnecessary an
noyance. Perhaps they jangle together
like a fire alarm, as they frequently do
in a city not a thousand miles from
Now see what you get in left
handed way for living in Iowa. j. NJ.
Calvin of Council Bluffs, who has re-
Gently invested $4,000 in Boone coun-
ty Missouri land, said the other day:
"A great many Iowa people are buying
more will be bought in the near future.
Land, which is just as fertile and as ac-
cessible to market as are Iowa farms,
can be bought here for great deal less
than what 1t would cost in Iowa. The
excellent schools, too. are a great at
traction for settlers. OF course, we have
good schools in Iowa, but you can't buy
land for farming purposes near them
without paying an exorbitant price"
Mr.. Calvin also said he expected there
would be a decided advance in the price
of central Missouri real estate in the
near future, in which case it may be
prudent to move back TO Iowa.
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The estimates for the rural delivery
service will aggregate $12 ,655, 500 for the
next fiscal year, as against $5,126, 400
for the present year, but the farmers
will not kick over the increase. In fact
rural delivery is convincing all of its
desirableness.
The fall opening among umbrellas Is
getting to be rather monotonous.
My dear" said the young husband,
"did you ever speak to the milkman
about there being no cream on the
MILK"
Yes, told him about 1t this morn
ing, and he has explained it satisfac-
torily, and think it is quite a credit
to him, too"
what did he say?''
He said that he always filled the
bottles so full that there is no room on
the top for the cream
The Oskaloosa Herald has improved
it's appearance and now comes out In
quarto form with an enlargement of
news features that will appeal favor
ably to its readers.
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Little credence is placed in the re-
port that Secretary of War Root con-
templates resigning. He is one of the
ablest members of the cabinet and has
accomplished great things in his de-
partment. His withdrawal would be
distinct loss to the country. He has
authorized denial of the report.
In letter to the Boston Transcript
on the subject of misquotations a CORE
spondent says: Il have in my scrap
book three notable examples of quota
lions from the thanksgiving proclama-
tions of the governors Of different
states. Governor Bell Of Texas began
his with Now Is the winter Of our dis