Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-31
much as tho they bought and sold but
ter and eggs in their own stores.


Now for the other part of the bust
ness. Storekeepers IRE as anxious TO
get hold of these aluminium dollars as
the coin of the realm, Tor this reason
They can go down to the emporium
any day ana get dollar for dollar by
exchanging aluminurn for silver, bank
notes or gold. 1t seems to be an end
less chain of fiat money and very elas-
tic in moving the crops. /. e., poultry,
butter and eggs. The farmer likes the
plan, for he is sure of a cash market
for all he has to sell. If he takes alum
mum dollars, they are good any time at
any one of dozen or more places OF
business, and 1t requires no pass book,
no due bills or book accounts at the
store. OF course there are some cap
t,ous critics. other dealers in Will
Jams, who did not 60 into the scheme,
and many more in o.her nearby towns,
who say business transacted in this
way and on this plan will result in
financial loss. Time will tell.
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The writer has an idea that he reads
the Iowa news quite extensively, but
here's a good bit of copy taken from
the Hartford Gonna Courant, cred
tied to st. Paul Dispatch special
from a western city correspondent.
Even If 1t is ten days Old the writer is
going to run it in this column as one
more Illustration Of the old saying
"One must go away from home to get
the news"
Hundreds of persons staring In
awe at Bong Bong, the wild girl. as she
bit off the heads of live rattlesnakes
at the county fair, were Mortified to see
Ed Stolp. an East Fort Dodge team
ster, leap fearlesslv into the den of
kissing rattlers and grab the savage
pigmy by the collar. With affrighte5
faces they turned away, anticipating
that the man would be torn to pieces.
when n fearful yell assailed their ears.
"A moment later their attention was
attracted by spanking sound, and
they were surprised to see the team
ster with the savage wild girl over his
knee administering a sound spanking
with the fiat of his hand.
The shock headed girl. captured in
the wilds of the island of Borneo, who
all day long had been tearing savagely
at raw and bleeding meat, swapping
off the heads Of rattlesnakes and tear
ing great chains in two in angry fury,
was seen to have become suddenly
tanned. With intuition born only of
long experience, the hump backed.
swart little savage was seen to place
its hands behind It's back to ward off
the Transfers lusty whacks Its grunts
of savage ignorance suddenly changed
to walls that sounded fearfully like
Don't. pa! oh, dub -dud- don't'
The audience. which had heretofore
been awed and aff-ighted at the fear
full grimaces and feats of strength of
the savage. suddenly began to smile.
The wild girl turned out to be the IA
yearoid son of Ed Stolp. He had run
away from home two months ago, and
had not been seen by his parents since.
At Minneapolis the boy had fallen In
with showmen, and they had persuade
ed him. with promises of future glory
and a big salary, to eat raw meat and
daily with fangless rattlers for the
dimes of the gullifle public. The boy,
after being soundy spanked in sight
of all who were attending the county
fair. was taken to the county jail and
locked up by his irate father, who
swore he would brighten him thor
oughly before effecting his restoration
to the family circle.
Next NOR. ing when the Jail was
opened the boy was nowhere to be
found In mysterious manner he had
escaped thru the iron bars. 1t is SAID
by the night owls of the city that a
hack drove up to the Jail at midnight,
and that a boy was seen to enter and
be driven rapidly off.
"Mr. Stolp has again lost his boy.
and he says he is positive that the lad
ran away with the showmen to be-
come Bong Bong the wild girl, once
more. The lad Is small of stature and
weakened. When stained, painted and
clad in wild skins. he presents most
formidable appearance.
'Stolp says he recognized the boy by
the voice in which he sang his Indian
songs. He requested the managers of
the show to allow him to scrutinize
proceeded on peremptory measures.
He says the most startling thing thar
ever occurred in his life was to gaze
down upon what he had supposed to
be wild man and find him to be his
boy.
"The lad in telling his story to his
In the Jail said that he had
been hired to impersonate wild girl
at salary Of 800 per month. His
whole body had been stained with wal
nut juice. He had then been painted
up, celluloid fanl,s attached to his
teeth, and a fiery red wig placed upon
his head"
Maybe this Will be real news to some
Of the IRIS Webster City readers.
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