Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-30
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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The democrats of the Eleventh dis
trio, reached the tail end of y ,3 list
in nominating Mr.. link.
\ wise philosopher says the happest
woman is the busiest. But ii is by
ATTENDING to her own. not some ones
else, business that she achieves this re
suit. The same might be said of i,
man.
/ Cato Sells silver plume Will head his
county delegation to Des Moines in
favor of roailirmatiol.
In her card of thank" Z, Miami coun-
ty d<as.) widow. after thinking every
body else. concluded: Il also thank
the band for its consolins music and
Mrs. Avclintg, The nsililner who furn-
isiled mc such becorips mourning My
dear husbands farm is for sale as soon
as proper legal stops can be taken,
and will be sold an .; bargain. oh,
death, thou art terrible
Thrifty housewives may tide over
| any possible shortage OF crops or food
supplies by the canning route, with an
abundance of fruit to draw from
In .he Atlantic Monthly for Sep
ltembcr is IN article of very consider
able timeliness and moment The New
Navy, by Talcott Williams. LII. ID. Thu
recent publication of the naval pro-
grams of the European powers. and the
unusual elabolateness of the ntneu-
vers of the. Atlantic squadron have
but served 10 make more acute the in
terest in things naval. which, since the
Spanish war, has been steadily grow
ing among Americans. MIR. Williams
has been at the pains OF taking a
mcnt of the world; and he writes upon
the present and future policy of the
United states with exceptional abl-
ity and iinpressiveness, and with an
opulence of suggestive or picturesque
detail which makes excellent read
ing.
Anthracite coal prices arc dropping
in New York as the miners resume |
Hard coal scarcity may only have been
q scare.
There are some things to be dreaded |
as Well as desired in commerce With
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of the raNages of cholera on the other
side.
some Of Iowa's tall-corn stories are
matched by one from the east in regard
to another crop. George Ilibshnan.
a farmer, living about IL mile from
Ephrats, Pa, has this year beaten
growing fine tobacco. 1t stands ovet
live and one half feet high and is per-
feet in every respect.
case under the now exclusion law is
10 be tested in Kansas City, where a
federal judge has upheld decision to
ieport two Chinese boys. The Chinese
appear to have plenty of money and
seem determined TO test the law.
I'm twenty years the population of
he United States has doubled, wealth
las doubled and business doubled say ;
ng nothing of the price of hard coal"
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The FL Reno land Office in Oklahoma
Experienced the biggest rush OF its ex-
stence on The Goth. The published am
louncenent of the approval OF the Kid :
Ter survey OF the 9Sth meridian caused i
many hundreds of homeseekers to an t
,ly to enter hat part of the Chickas.,w /!
falling west of the new line !.
The land office was damned full of ex- :
itca applicants, all clamoring ITO file"
nd the officials tried to take care OF all,
ut We're swainped. The business OF !,
he town was almost totally abandoned {
lille everybody employer and ein- ! :
'Ioye, stood in line for "a file" The city q
i chickasilw site WAS filed on ten deep. II
NE decision OF the supreme court at 5
ached strip of land four miles wide Il
ion There are 1,500 farms in the
trip. !,
Yes, we are Fastening rapidly toward !,
\ charter has Just been !,
rantcC at Washington for the Imperial G
National bank of Chicago, With u capt. f
al of $1,ooo,o00. "