Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

An item OF IS expended for bologns
and crackers with which to feed tramps
has been allowed the mayo of Iows
City by the supervisors of johnson
county. The hoboes seem to have
hustled for the liquid material that goes
with this sort of lunch st Iowa City.
The date of the seventeenth annua
banquet of the Grant Club in De-
Moines is set for April u. Hon. CLARK
Howell, of Atlanta, Ca. will speak or
Grants Life as a Peac s-maker." The
introductory address VIII be made by
President Edward G. Pratt, of Milwau-
kee. Other notables on the program
are Charles L. Pickett, OF Waterloo, and
Senator Charles L. Reavis. of Falls City
Neb.
An aide de camp of the king of Greece
suffers from the length OF his name
He is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. In the or
binary course of things the gallant
colonel would accompany his Hellenic
majesty on his travels abroad every
summer, but his lame was found to
leave a train of dislocatad jaws In ths
royal wake; moreover, it was charged
as two words in kilograms ana vas
mutilated by telegraphists beyond all
recognition, so he is nov left at home,
and a gentleman of the name of Thom
takes his place in attendance on King
Gnz..~ ~ IT., 49,, ,,;e;4 ~ Ayv fa,
Bains and Paris.
A pretty snub delivered by a profess
sor to a very young and very dogmatic
undergraduate is refurbished in Il work
of fiction. "Dogmatism,'' said the don,
sadly, lis puppyism which has reached
maturity"
The Butler county board of super
visors at their April session passed a
resolution to refund all back taxes col
.lected by the tax ferrets on assessments
levied prior to April, 1896. This vas
done on account of a supreme court de-
be collected where the assessment was
made more than five years before the
notices were sent out. The Butler
county parties were first notified In
1901. The total refunded amounted to
S2,ST3.93. AS 15 per CEN of this amount
when collected went to the ferrets as
commission, and under the contract can
not be recovered, the county is $431
poorer than ii the taxes had not been
collected.
If Mr.. Shaw's new portrait is any in
tary of the treasury is not carrying a
club. no matter how softly he speaks
Burlington Hawkeye.
1t would be interesting to know
whether the Hawkeye has yet searched
Mr.. Shaw for u razor.
The Nevada Representative hopes
that a vigorous warfare Will be made on
the English sparrow this spring. and
notes that Ohio proposes giving a oun
ty of 9 cents for every dead bird. Illi-
nois tried the 2-cent bounty on the
Parton. IL vi vi y ldP " liz
small boy and an added zest in living
to the sparrow. No p%erceptible diminu-
ton of the rufflanly little birds attended
the law, however.
President Andrew johnson lived at
a town of 1880 population,
and one of the Oldest in The state, about
miles northwest of Knoxville. The
building he occupied for "a shop when
following his trade still stands, and the
old sign is allowed to remain in its
place over the door. reading, "A. john
old citizen turns UP one of his r%eceipted
bills for making or repairing garments.
left no son and the Patterson fami-
ly, the descendants of his daughter, still
occupy his former residence.
Payne & Smiths Bank, has re-
been merged in.o the Union
Bank. The bank has been in the Smith
yer two hundred years. Thomas
of Nottingham, in 16SS-five
years before the Foundation of the
Bank of England-under.ook, in addi-
ton to his business of mercer that of
banker, such was the high esteem in
which he was held by the merchants
of his own and neighborii.g towns. This
is heightened in effect when 1t is
recalled that 1t was only in the previous
reign of Charles /. that London mer-
accustomed to dapositing bull
on and cash in the towerfor safety, had
1t seized by the king to the amount of
& 80, 900! The year 1T5S marks the
partnership of Mr.. Payne and an ex-
to London, Nottingham and
and just before the nine
teenth century dawned a Robert Smith
was raised to the peerage as Lord Car
rington.
Don't complain because you must
read about T.-R. want ads in every is
sue. Realize for a moment hat every
body would hear just as much about
what you had to sell If your ad was in
this newspaper.
why all my moneys sone!"
Yes, l tool 1T, dear"
What under heavens did you do that
for?"
why. i knew you wouldn't let me
lave it If / asked YOU Life.
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