Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-11
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tion is safe lead for minor cities t.
follow.
One of the worst features of Mr.
Bunan Varilla's bad break is to give
Senator Morgan reasonable excuse to
talk himself down.
I H. B. Marriott Watson an English
writer of fiction accuses the American
woman of being degenerate. Mr.
| Watson.s observation of the American
woman appears to have been limited to
the class of American girls who buy
English titles with a little lord thrown
| in. That's about the only evidence of
degeneracy to be brought against Am
erican women.
| DR.. Lorenz' treatment for congenital
hip disease appears to nave been COM
pletely successful in the case of Lolita
| Armour who has acquired freedom OF
movement and is learning to dance.
|
/ The new Panama minister who got
busy with United States senators has
the meat of the matter in him but lacks
practice The Rockefellian directness
| of the man leads to speculation of
what he might have become in the
oil business.
1.-The banks of Iowa We're never in
better condition" said Auditor of
State b. F. Carroll, to Des Moines
reporter. 1.-The Sheldon bank failure
was the first failure we have had since
1896, during the time the banks have
been under the supervision of this Of
flee. The Sheldon bark was an iso-
Hated case, and none of the other banks
has been caught in the net. All of
them show a prosperous condition, and
banking business in Iowa was never
upon a firmer foundation"
General Hookers sob1iquet of Fight
ing Joe Hooker" is said by Sidney v.
Lowell, of Brooklyn, in The Utica
Globe" to have originated as follows:
Il was reading proof on The New
York Courier and Enquirer and had
been at work from o'clock in the ev
ening until 3 o'clock the following
morning. Mcclellan had come into con
tact with the confederate forces and
was passing them back toward Rich
mond. Our press dispatches from the
front, written with carbon on mani
fold sheets OF tissue paper, told of des-
perate fighting all along McClellan's
line. Among his corlts commanders
was General Hooker, whose command
had been perhaps too greatly engaged.
Just then the last page from the front.
giving further particulars of the fight
ing in which Hooker's corps was des-
perately engaged, arrived, and across
the top OF the dispatch was written.
Fighting-Joe Hooker I knew that
this line meant that thu matter should
be added to what had gone before, but
the compositor who put it in type
knew nothing about the preceding mat
ter; consequently, he set the phase as
headline. Fighting Joe Hooker
Concluding that 1t made a good head
line, let 1t go. realized that IL few
other proofreaders treated the phrase
as ] did Hooker would live and die as
Fighting Joe Hooker Enough addi-
tional proofreaders acte likewise to do
the business"
Iowa republicans have had great
time this year fighting among them
selves. Next year they should har-
monize and get after the other fell
lows-Cla rksville Star
Madigan has magniiied an annoy
ance into fight All he heard was the
cats fighting in the back yard and saw
bootjack or two thrown into the
melee by nervous. republicans. The
great solid republican party OF Iowa
certified its unity at the polls No
vember g. A cat fight is not cata-
clasm.
Ties what call a good loser"
He didn't seem thar way to me-"
why, saw him lose $3.50 at poker
last night. and he didn't kick at ALL
Funny! You should have heard
him swear today wher. he dropped a
half dollar and 1t rolled down the cul-
vert."-Catholic Standard and Times.
When Judge W. H. Taft assumes the
war department portfolio he will sit at
the same desk which his father, AL
phonso Taft. occupied while holding the
same office under President Grant The
elder Taft occupied the post only a
few months, when he, became attor-
ney general, being afterward sent 70
Russia as minister.
Now Is the time of year when the
makers of calendars are busy. Many
OF the big insurance companies put
out from 100000 to 100000 annually
and it Is said that one patent medicine
firm alone contributed 100000 last
year. A conservative estimate places
the number of 1903 calendars made In
the United States at lOO,O0O,OO0.
A certain family in Buckingham is
the kind that would delight President
Roosevelt, not only in matter of size
but adherence to republication. 1t had
seven votes this year and all republic
can. by six sons and the father An
other son Is nearly old enough to vote
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.