Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-17
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Benevolent assimilation in Porto
Rico has reached the point where that
island wants its share of the "pork" APP
preparations. We must educate-edu-
,cate.."
An assault upon The muse of English
I oetry entitled "Bub and Sis 14S pages
OF continued provocatioh. is published
bs the Woonsocket r. l., Publishing
Company and acknowledged by Simon
burst on its title page. The curious who
sttempt its perusal will hope that this
failure will so abash Simon that he
.dursnt" Milton Curtis. the sweet sing
err of Sway2ie street. might write more
sense and poetry into q quatrain than
Simon burst get into an epic.
An Ann Arbor professor has discov-
cred that athletic girls are becoming
smaller at the waist. I; would be in
teresting to learn the sources of the
professors data on this subject.
The friends of Judge S. f. Prouty
have the best of ii in the Polk county
delegation to the republican state con-
vention. which has been named by
Governor Cummins and Chief Justice
Bishop The Prouty men are in large
majority on the delegation, which con-
.;r,te Of r.
atively few Hull men. altho in each
case where a,precinct expressed pref
erence it was observed. Senator c. G..
DoweIl heads the delegation. Judge
Prouty, Mayor Brenton and ex-Auditor
c. G. Mccarthy are among other prom
inent men on the delegation. For the
first time in years. Colonel Lafayette
Young is left off the delegation, owing
to the bitter antagonism between him.
self and Cummins. Furthermore, the
rule as TO proxies is such that ii will
be impossible for him to get on.
Lottie Lambfdn was given an hour
wherein to divest Clinton of her pres
ence, whereupon she skipped.
In a recent will case a New York
Judge ruled that for 90-year-oid man
to fall in love was not necessarily in
dicative of insanity. In this the pub
lie will agree. But it would look rather
crazy to the average observer IL his
affections were placed on some lady OF
approximately his own age. 1t is per-
fectly natural for 80 to become enam-
ored of 10, but 80 with 30 is stark mad
ness.
If love rules the camp. the court, the
grave" hatred evidently has its innings
where courts are concerned.
l:can. made two columns OF fuss over an
attack OF infiammatory rheumatism,
but he might have gone on ad infini-
tum in solid nonpareil and failed to de-
scribe one tenth of its terrors. If the
attack continues it is certain to accen-
tuate trouble for the president OF the
State University.
One of the readers Of the Grundy
Democrat recently died in Texas. 1t
learned of his death thru the postmas-
ter in the town where the paper was
sent, and looking up his subscription
account found that he owed for six
years. And then the Democrat thought
of getting in an order for asbestos
wrappers that it might keep on send
ing him the paper TO his new address.
Looking up accounts once in six years
or at the death of the subscriber is
plan likely to increase a demand for
asbestos wrappers.
The electric railway idea is conta-
gious. Perry is agitating for a system
and now Coon Rapids is talking of an
Carroll
E. H. Martin, of Webster City, has
proved the adaptability Of the automo-
bile by running his telephone system
from his horseless vehicle. He had his
telephone lines and ran the system with
power from the automobile while the
regular battery to the telephone system
was being repaired.
SiXty-nine new lawyers, the entire
senior law class of the State University.
have been given the RICH. to practice