Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-10
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There seems to be a building boon
at Centerville. where the lumbermer
e and workmen claim that more and bet
/. ter buildings are being erected than ir
( any year of the past ten.
f. b. Stllman. of the Jefferson Bee
objects properly to allowing PA
Smith, of the Scranton Journal, to call
him "Old Gentleman Stil,man," and re-
torts upon Mr.. Smith Will. odd Gentle
) man p. A. Smith" Neither is fooling
, anybody by assuming the burden OF
years. Every one knows that both are
under 80 and always will be-
The Eddyviie. Iowa. city marshal has
lone murder charged against him. Too
manv men consider star gives them
the right to do almost anything.-Dav-
enport Republican.
From the account received by the
Times Republican the marshal was
simply attempting TO enforce law and
was entirely within his duty when he
shot ST. John practically N self-defense.
The charge the Davenport paper makes
against an official brave enough TO do
his duty in the face of drawn firearms
speaks i'll for either it's news service or
its judgment. What the country needs
lis more marshals like the one Eddy
willie is fortunate enough to have Sc
iIected.
| A Greene county correspondent states
| that the democrats of that county are
having trouble in keeping their ticket
full. The situation in Greene is unique
and suggests that the druggists are not
taking advantage of their privileges,
Ten airship builders have announced
their intention to compete for the $780,
600 prize offered for aerial cars at the
st. Louis Purchase Exposition. The
last three machines described differ
widely in many features. a mining en-
gineer of Monte Vista. Col, is building
a machine of aluminium. thirty feet in
diameter. with length of $50 feet, |
which has no gasbag 20 lift it, Mr.. |
Reiferscheid, of Denver has a balloon |
which is pointed at both ends. and |
are the prcpellers, six in all, to be used |
in raising and lowering the machine |
and to assist in guiding it. A six |
horse power gasoline motor will pro-
vide the motive power, and the balloon
will be filled with hydrogen gas and !
dramatically sealed. Large fans viii, |
provide a safety device to permit the
ship to descend slowly in case the bal
loon collapses. A. +. Kinder, of Dem
yer, has dirigible balloon with cur
tains three feet wide extending around
1t, which will fill as parachutes in sud-
den descent. A storage battery fur
nishes the power. A model is said to
have described circle about fifty feet
n diameter. rising, dipping and FINALLY
descending to its moor.ngs without a
hitch in its mechanism.
The New York negroes are going to
petition Roosevelt to "ameliorate" their r.
condition This reminds the Sioux City
Tribune of the delegation of colored
men who visited Horace Greedy once L,
lpon time to enlist the help of his ,
ito ameliorate the condi- I
ion of the coiored race" Which caused {
Greeley to exclaim: "Ameliorate the
OF the colorea race! What !
AN ! do to ameliorate the condition? :
Let the negroes go home. raise potatoes .
md ameliorate their own -- condi- :
;on.' Z.
A Morning Sun girl went to Musca- :
Inc in an open work waist and the city +
marshall went to peekins. 1t ended in d
he girls arrest and the imposition Of o
fine of $685.. This should give the
'iouX City Journal a text for elabora- S
ion.
According to a Ralston, Mo-, paper, /.
colored preacher recently enlight-
ned his congregation II regard to the ;,
onditions existing in the Internal re- +,
ions in the following manner: fc
Brethren l has been asked how hot A
! hell. an l will say, after glvin' re r;
lbiect considerable reflection, dat If Il
0 took all de wood In York state an D
II de coal in Pennsylvania, an all de I.
Il in he WORT an set all on fire, an -
IN took man out OBJ he'll an put him e.
dat burnin' mess. he would freeze to b,
ef befo he bar'ly lit! OATS how hot is w
ell" 81
80 r
Sir" cried Mr.. Pecksniff, indignant fu
how dare you accuse me of such M
ings? My reputation, sir is spot WI
80 tie
Your reputation may be, sir" re- 90
led the detective, but you're not. We
otted you some time ago. TO
Philadelphia Press. be
The embezzing treasurer of the ha
ethodist Preachers Aid Society of Os
aw England should be brought back UP
Dm Canada to condisa punishment II
is hard to conceive a meaner theft W. W,
an his from the sick and INDECENT old No
srgymen whom he robbed. wi
de
Every one admitted that Mrs. Thorn &c
Is an excellent discipl'narian. She ma
is widow with three boys, whom de
e had brought up to obedience and no
ithfulness, If not to JOY, says the sh
,th,s Communion. ar.
children. I have something to tell -
!. ;, c,,,,, the
: return of the family from church. p;,