Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-14

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plan of giving instruction to the older
| farmers was tried last year on a small
scale, and was so satisfactory that 1t
has been enlarged for this year. Ar
rangements have been made for accom-
tnodating fifty pupils. 1t is . movement
that commends itself as being in the d.
rection of better farming.
The T.-R. has received conimunica-
! ton setting forth one cause for railroad
disasters that might be obviated, from
railroad employees point of view. but the
writer failed to give his name, an essen
! tial requirement as a guaranty of relia-
bility.
to be after a young Des Moines man
| who is charged with the drugging and
murder of Mable Schofeld, and with
the drugging of other young girls. 1t is
hard to deceive and elude all the peo-
Pile all of the time. and If he is guilty he
will pay the severe penalty.
Tip to Legislators: Be sure your Des
Moines quail is right and then go ahead
and eat it,
Elbridge 9. Brooks. who died the other
day at Someryille, Mass, was the author
of seventy books for boys. From 1884 to
1887 he was associate editor of st. Nicho-
las. from 1891 to 1893 editor of Wide
Awake" and recently he had been lit
erary editor of the Lothrop Publishing
Company, Boston. Among his works
were Historic Boys" Historic Girls"
STORED Holidays, :" The Century Book
for Young Americans, "a Son OF the
Revolution" with Lawton and Rob-
erts,' - and large number of biographies
CT prominent figures in American his
tory. He was born fifty-five years ago
in Lowell, Mass, and spent his whole
life in that state, having made his home
in Somerville in late years.
The election of Iowa senators by the
legislature will occur next week at
which time w. B. Allison will be IA
vored with sixth term. j. p. Dolliver,
who is serving by appointment from the
governor in the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Senator Gear, will be
elected to I'LL out the unexpired term,
which will extend to the 3rd Of March.
1907.
II Nine. Nordica, the famous singer.
was not seriously hurt in the Georgia
railroad wreck, she has gained some
thing in advertising
Prophet Hicks, who sprinkled in sew
eral storms and severe weather in his
early January predictions, seems to have
missed fire. He had another one booked
for today and to continue until the 18th.
It is said that the manufacturers in
Germany are trying to curtail the habit
of beer drinking among their employees,
believing that 1t impairs the usefulness
CT their men. In one factory where such
kabit has been prohibited the output has
increased 10 per cent. Men with their
brains befuddled with liquor can not do
their best either in factories or else
where. It was once thought that beer
was necessary to the phlegmatic Ger
man. Thus one by one does the world
give UP erroneous ideas.
A Chicago professor has scheme for
prolonging life. But then-who would
want to prolong life ii he lived in Chi
|cago?
Professor Frank Parsons, who has
been in Berlin studying Industrial condi-
tons, Is astonished at 1.-The massive
health and good spirits Of men working
sixteen and seventeen hours day for 60
and Sc cents under conditions that would
rot be tolerated in America" And, he
adds, the German manufacturers feel
able to take care of themselves. They
ought to on those terms.
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If some of the people who are getting
cured could foresee the pictures of
themselves which the medical men win
use In their advertisements they would
never get will. - -
South Dakota's building at the LOUISE
ana Purchase Exposition at st. Louis in
1903 will be a duplicate of the original
corn palace which for eight years has
been standing in Mitchell as memorial
of times when corn palaces were adver-
Using the resources Of the northwest.
The Mitchell corn palace held its first
exposition in 1893, and each year since
that time the handsome building erected
at a cost OF $15, 900 has been coated with
split corn ears, and a ten days fair held.
Tt is believed that the building may be
duplicated at st. Louis for $4,000. and
that it will form a unique part Of the
fair.
A Bloomington, Ind, man entertained
his four mothers-in-law at dinner New
Years day. He not only survived the
ordeal, but proposes to repeat 1T next
year, If all are alive
M. Briac, French professor. has
originated plan to make the study OF
English compulsory in all French
schools without exception. and French
in all English schools, thus covering the
world with two languages.
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