Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-30
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Many feeders are shipping in stock
o fatten on Iowa's soft corn.

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The Minnesota beet sugar plant at
Minneapolis started operations Satur-
day. Beets are going in very freely.
One hundred cars are already in, and it
is expected that they will continue at
the rate of sixty cars day. The quail
ity, shape, size and fineness are better
than ever before, showing that the far
mers profited by the Instructions given
year is 5000; yield, $4,000 pounds of
beets. The total output of the factory
will be 100000 pounds, as compared
with 100000 last year.
President Roosevelt has now submit
ted to the second operation. and the
doctors may succeed in
Very general regret will be felt over
Mason City's 100000 fire. which de-
stroyed some of her newest and finest
buildings. Her fire facilities proved in
adequate and this will probably spur
the city to enlarge or improve them.
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Northumberland shouted for joy as
he was turned into the grass patch.
Suppose he said, they had tried to
make me eat breakfast food!"
With violent shudder as he passed
the sawdust pile he started his dinner
with choice piece of clover.-New
York Tribune.
Even the trolley can nit run fast
enough to get away from the merger.
There is good reason to believe that the
deal by which several important trolley
systems of New Jersey will be merged
and will fall into new hands will be
carried thru this week.
Farmers will probably be hauling in
loads of those big corn stalks to supply
the fuel market
The Buffalo Express refers to Col.
Henderson's Shallow" statements at
Atlantic City in this way: IF the
speaker has no better explanation than
this to offer. he would better keep still.
If republican sees his party going in
a direction which he believes to be
wrong, 1t Is his duty to try to set 1t
right especially II he Is convinced. as
Mr. Henderson processes to be, that the
majority of the voters are on his side.
Mr. Henderson puts himself In the atti-3
tude OF a man who would deliberately
leave the majority of his party to
leadership that did not represent 1t
rather than subject himself to the an
noyance Of making fight. This is too
shallow. What Henderson means Is
that he is angry at the Cummins fac
ton and wishes to embarrass 1t and
does not care how much he may embar-
rass the party in general by so doing.
Fortunately, clear understanding or
the matter Of the public and the reve-
lation Henderson is making Of his men,
tai lightnesss will destroy his power for
HARM"
When Paderewski was introduced by
Walter Damrosch to the champion polo
player of England the other day he Is
said to have remarked: Il know We
shall be good friends, for you are q dear
old soul who plays polo. whereas ! am
dear Pole who plays solo"
It might be shockingly imprudent to
gather all the divorce statistics Of dis
trict courts Of Iowa this fall.
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The wire nail manufacturers OF AUS
tria are in favor of the formation of
combine. In other words. they desire
to protect their interests thru merg-
ing Of them to hold up prices and to
keep off competition.
It is said that Mr.. Ohashi, Harvard
student, who has been preparing for
philosophers life by years OF hard
study, has now determined to become
newspaper writer. In hashing up the
news OF the day. says well versed
critic, he will find use for all the sys-
tens of philosophy he has read about,
end several previously unheard OF.
"You can never tell" concludes the
Ottawa (Kas.) Herald. This week be-
gan without excitement of any kind,
hut on the second day the news came
that an Ottawa man is teaching ag-
ronomy in Iowa.
The Chicago Tribune thinks that II j.
Pierpont Morgan decides to align him
self against President Roosevelt Editor
Bryan may have some difficulty in TAX
ing sides.
The Gate City has just issued a
printed illustrated edition
to show the salient industrial feature
OF Keokuk. The reader gets excellent
views of the chief buildings and at
tractive features of the city, together
with a fair knowledge of the enter
prise and push of the city down In
the. "pocket" only In q geographical
sense.
A well-known lawyer and writer, a
resident Of Oneida county, New York,
who has long since passed away. used
to tell joke on himself. His story
was to the effect that he called for
a bootjack at country hotel at which
he stopped. Now, this lawyer had
very large feet, and the hostler to
whom he made the request, after cast
ing glance at the big boots. ex-
"Why. man, 1t isn't a boot
lack you want for those! You need
the fork Of the road!"