Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-04
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Tho city council OF Waterloo is
nightly exercised over the can rush
ing" habit that appears TO have the city
encognpassed in its Shiny tolls. When
Waterloo gets thru driving out the col
ored people it will proceed to abolish
cans and establish closer relations be
tween Waterloo beer and glassware. 1t
Is hoped that a Bohemian glass factory
may be thus secured.
Here is little volume, sir. SAID
the new clerk in the book department.,
that may possibly interest you. It is
entitled How to Win Woman.
4 guess that Will be about all from
YOU rejoined the scanty-haired Gus
toner. Show me q treatise on How
to Lose a Woman and fix Your own
price" Chicago News.
THE Waterloo papers which are con-
ductlng crusade against negro resi-
dents of that city might copy with adj
vantage the statement that Colorado
will make melon day at the worlds
fair memorable. for it is proposed on
enc day during the season to ship a
train of thirty refrigerator cars loaded
with the famed can,aioupes from
Rocky Ford. Busy yourself for min-
ute With pencil and paper. Tn re.are
fcrtN-five melons TO crate, and sou
crates to car, so this train will carry
nearly half a million melons to the
wor,afs fair and they will all be given
II visitors ON day 10 he selected by
Senator Swink and Frederic w. Taylor,
chief of agriculture.
Tie democratic Oskaloosa Times
Journal advises "one long pull. strong
pull and pull altogether and we shall
qualification is only temporary After
the pipe goes out and the dream fades
the III. Will be obliged TO cook another
pill and take another long pull and
strong pull or face the facts again.
Editor Henry, of the Coon Rapids
Enterprise. gave an address at the Car
roll county old settlers picnic on the
pioneer press, in which the Carroll
Herald was shown to be the oldest pa
per In the county. established in 1868
and printed at Jefferson until 1870. Its
first editor was n Mr.. Sugg. now {.
praeticing physician at Clinton, Iowa.
The Glidden Sentinel was the next,
which was later moved 10 Carroll and
became the Carroll Sentinel. The Man
ming Monitor was the third paper, es-
tablisihed by S. l.. Wilson, and the En-
ternrise the fourth, its present editor
being the oldest editor, N point on serv-
ice. in the county.
George Washington was asked why
he crossed the Delaware on the ice.
Because he answered. III l had
crossed the Ohio history would hay.
mixed me up with Eliza"
Here again he demonstrated his won
derflil foresight
New York Sun.
There Is an apparent danger back Of
the case of the st. Louis suicide who
Left a note declaring that the ghost O..
her dead husband urged her to the act.
So long as the dear departed confine
their operations to their own relicts
there is not likely to arse any particu-
lar cutlery, but second husbands are
wondering where this thing is likely to
stop.
TITS funny our minister never gets
married. remarked the young husband,
who had just refused his wife a bon
net in his endeavor to change the sub
jecl. 4 think he'd make good hus-
bard"
Well replied the wife, warmly, "he
didn't seem to make q very good one
whan he married u.s." -Tit-Bits