Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-18
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

sense.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay have issued
invitations to the first cabinet dinner of
| the season, in honor of the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt. The date selected
is Jan. 3.
Sailors are awful forgetful, amt
| they" asked little Elsie.
why, what makes you think that"
inquired her papa.
Because every time they leave a
place they have to weigh their anchor
If they weren't forgetful they'd remem-
her the weight"
Ex-Governor w. J. Stone of Missouri
| the United States senate. He claims
| sixty-s seven members of the legislature
| instructed to vote for him and has the
promise of twenty-five additional votes.
which will give him q clear majority in
1 the democratic caucus.
| The practical value of the wireless
/ lGiSSIuHi was SIioNh SSStSiddS III tliS
/ transmission of message from Ha-
wait to San Francisco, distance of
over 1900 miles.
/ Jeremiah Buckley. a newspaper pro-
prietor of Limerick, Ireland, has just
been sentenced to four months impris-
| onment under the crimes act. Still, they
! ,o,,, nd for
the wearing of the green
! ooh, the boys won't do thing to
t'Uncle Joe Cannon and the appropria
tons committee this session., said an
observer of the speakership contest in
Washington the other day. Just think
of how the fellows he has turned down
will go for him when congress meets.
IL can Just see them now, first giving
out little interview declaring them
selves as still on the fence on the
| speakership candidacy, and then going
around to Uncle joe and saying; Well,
now, how about that little matter
1 that appropriation for my ditrict I
/ have been trying to get into THO sundry
! civil bill for SO long, Huh! it seems
! to me they will have Uncle joe be-
tween the devil and the deep blue sea.
! don't know which would be harder for
him to do-to have to give up some of
boys or see the votes slipping away
from him. It's kind of rough on Uncle
/! Joe but it will be nuts for the boys"
| So
| Recent rains have greatly benefited
| the winter wheat sown in the wheat
belt, of which there is large acreage.
The American Federation Of Labor
at the New Orleans convention declared
war on the tobacco trust; 100000
members will boycott it's goods and
stores that sell them. Now will you be
good?
1t is observable to the Omaha Bee
that under the operation of the new
Iowa law the prohibition counties still
continue their full quota of inebriates
to the insane asylums.
1t is remarkable what results can be
obtained from small 15-cent For
Sale or want" "ad" in the Times
Republican. Expert advertisers esti-
mate that $4,000 people read single
edition of newspaper with circula-
| ton like the IRIS, and out of that
great number some one is always sure
| to appear who wants the goods adver-
tised or can supply the want" pub
| lished.
| According to Rams Horn, Happiness
depends not upon the things the heart
has, but upon the heart that has the
| things"
| Chicago has changed the name of
Fake street to Glover avenue. The new
title may be just as inappropriate to
| those who are looking around to find
the people in clover.
Mrs. Youngthing (solicitously) =
Aren't you hungry this morning,
George?
Mr. Youngthing-Yyes, my dear, but
this predigested, already prepared
breakfast food doesn't taste like the
predigested breakfast food my mother
used to serve me.
1t is gratifying to learn that the big
Armour & Co. packing house burned at
Sioux City is to be rebuilt at once. 1t is
an indication of faith in the field that
all Iowans appreciate.
The bonded warehouse of the On
aha custom house is filed almost to its
capacity with tea, which will not be
delivered until after Jan. 1. This Is the
largest quantity of tea which was ever
stored in the city, it being estimated
that at least 5000 packages will be de-
livered after the beginning of, the year.
The reason for this large amount In
duty of 10 cents a pound, which is now
collected on tea, will be removed. Re
cent purchases of tea in China and ia
pan have been as large as usual, but
shipments for immediate delivery have
been limited closely to the actual con-
sumption.
A wayfayer tells this story Of the
southwest: "Once while travelling in
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