Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-03
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Storm Lake Nov. 2.-Passengers OIL
the morning Illinois Central train out
of Sioux City the other day little knew
how near tragedy Was enacted just
q few feet ahead Of them. The train
stopped suddenly and they wondered
why. Here's the reason. AS usual the
train stopped out in the yards for reg
istenng The fireman got off the en-
CINE, saw something that needed fix
ing and crawled under the engine TO
do it. The engineer got off on the
other side went into the office. regis
tered came back, got onto the engine,
Opened her up" and then heard tn .
fireman yell. When the engine stopped
the fireman crawled out. uninjured,
only bruised. by hanging on to the
brake beams and being dragged twen-
~ feet. Then the fireman climbed into
the cab, began shoveling coal and on
we went as tho nothing had happened.
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just as other towns are throwing
out the trading stamp scheme Sioux
City is going into it on a larger scale
than ever. One of the big department
stores there recently added trading
assortment of premiums ahead of any
thing heretofore shown. Not to be out
done in enterprise, other large and
smaller concerns to the number OF
forty have formed trading stamp as
sociation. made a joint stock concern
of it. have hired a big store room on
the principal street. filled it with sew
eral Thousand dollars worth of goods
OF all kinds and descriptions, secured
the services of tirst-class man to run
the business. who has two lady assist
ants as well as office boy and porter to
help carry on the affair. The plan is
simple. Any one trading at any one
OF these forty stores can get a book
free by applying at any of these stores,
gets stamps of a certain amount for
each purchase, and when the book IS
pasted full of stamps can go to the
store and get any article to THE value
of the book. The simplicity of the af-
fair Is also shown in that each one of
the forty proprietors OF the different
stores buys his stamps of the manager
of the premium store. paving spot cash
for the same and thus furnishing said
manager with money sufficient to sue
cessfu1ly keep UP mis- end OF the deal
in buying new stock nor premiums as
needed. The writer is told that enter
prises OF this kind are successfully car
fied ON in New York. Even where the
manager of the premium store gets a
salary of $4,000 year.
Here's different political story from
this congressional district than that
told the writer on previous visits. 1t
comes from a very conservative re-
publican. whose name by request is
not mentioned. but who says in sub
stance that the Hon. Lot Thomas is
pretty sure to succeed himself as con-
gresham. That there are so many
candidates for THE position that no one
of them will have votes enough to
bard. OF Sioux City. can not go to con-
gress if Uncle George is made gov
ernor. 1t won't do to give Sioux City
too many plums. The same situation
Is true OF Le.Mars. ]. U. Sam,rlis and
Judge Struble both have friends
strong friends-and either faction Will
support Lot Thomas rather than let
"uhe other fielder get there" e. C.
Roach. OF Rock Rapids, and abe
Funk are both good stock to make con-
gressmen out OF. but their friends can
hardly get together TO defeat Thomas.
Rather let Thomas have it another
term. Then. as q final argument why
Thomas will be renominated, is that In
each of the fifteen counties compris-
ing the district there are several r5st-
M, ST eyrs who owe their nositjonS and