Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-06
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There was not much doing in the
Irish auto race. A broken collar bone
and a few minor injuries furnished all
the excitement. Taken al! round it was
much inferior to an ordinary football
game.
The Missouri girl who has been adj
thru the medium of strawberry boxes
has found kindred Spirit at Lake
View and the Resort predicts a happy
union.
The chapters which lave appeared
from month to month in the Century
during 1902 and 1903, telling the story
of Pa GLADDEN., his simple faith. his
quaint optimism, his broad humanity,
will be gathered and published in book
form in the fall by the Century COM
pany, under the title of Pa Gtaddeff-
The Story of Common Man." Eliza
beth Cherry Waltz. author Of these
sketches, is authority for the statement
that the character of Pa GLADDEN. is
based upon that of her father, Major
John Nicholas Cherry, cavalry Off
Ger during the civil war. and man of
broad and genial charity, much humor
and quaint phraseology.
Readers interested in the literary de-
velopment of the various sections of
this country will find much to impress
them in the July number of the Allan
tic Monthly. The editors announce that
and the quality of the workmanship
and imagination with which it is filled
are abundant evidence of the rich liter
airy material to be found upon the Pa
cifc coast. The leading article, ''The
Literary Development Of the Pacific
Coast" by Herbert Bashford, is an elo-
Guent and incisive account of the ideals
and achievements of California litera-
ture. which is amply illustrated in the
papers that follow.
A minister at Stroud Okla, wishing
to cure vain churchgoers from attend
ing divine service simply to show their
nice clothes, and wishing also to give
those persons who stay away from the
Lords house by reason of having moth
ing to wear a chance to rear preaching,
proposes to preach hereafter in dark
ness. He will not have any lamps lit
In his meeting house during night time
and will darken his sanctuary when
holding service in the daytime. OF
course, those sinful persons who are in
the habit of going simply to see and be
seen Will stay away, but all that wish
to hear the word and worship in spirit
and truth can do so without being
stared out of the building" There is
likely to be a great awakening among
the young people and strict attendance
on church Sunday evenings by
"spooney" couples.
"Standpatters are very few in Iowa."
says William e. Curtis, The newspaper
correspondent. How was 1t possible for
MIR. Curtis 10 overlook Lafayette
Young Hawkeye.
LATE isn't SO many.
Willie-This is an excellent picture
of you, Miss Marie. wish l owned the
original.
Marie-You may have the negative
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Hartford Courant appeals to
Connecticut orators not to go on de-
flaming their state as they have been
doing these many years. 1t urges citi-
zens generally to be more careful in
their utterances. The Courant says:
DO not yourself, and do not let others
in your presence, allude 10 Connecticut
as the Nutmeg State 1t is a libel
and 1t must stop. 1t is based on the
malicious and unfounded assertion that
our ancestors used to mike and sell
nutmegs, and hams, too, OF wood, which
they unloaded upon their fellow coun-
trymen. This is a nice tradition for
us to maintain by ourselves about our
forebears! If it were true. 1t should
be forgotten; but, as 1t is not true, the
persistence in 1t is simply elf-defama-
tory and an insult which we give our