Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-17
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system that shall consider an APP
pontee's qualifications more than the
necessities of the politician
Already s16.o00,000 has accumulated
under the provisions of the new irri-
CATION law Time will snow this meas
ure to be one OF the most important
ever passed by congress.
A Hoboken Russian, who has just
finished celebrating his 103d birthday
attributes his longevity 20 total absti-
nence from water There are few
native Americans who manage to get
along nicely without drinking water,
but most of them have taken bath
since 1900.
The Kanawha Record is authority
for the statement that a brother of
John G. Whittier is living in Hancock
county.
The Glenwood. Mo-, Photograph
takes exception TO the Iowa newspa
farmer as one of Missouri's drawbacks
and says: NO, for Gods sake don't
compare Iowa TO Missouri. Iowa may
be one vast cornfieid, ard as you say 1t
may be great pasture, but we are from
Missouri. and have Travelled over some
of Iowa. and find as many lackadaisi-
ca, crackers in Iowa as you can ftnd
in Missouri. Missouri Is not only one
o. the grandest states. but she Is the
grandest state in the union The
Phonograph editor has evidently stayed
close to the Missouri line. Northern
and central Iowa would be revelation
TO him. There are no crackers here,
but craekerjacks.
The mint at Philadelphia has
stopped coming pennies because OF the
enormous output of recent years. IL
the last five years o0o,00o,3a3 pennies
have been shipped from the city. and
the coinage between July 1, 1902, and
June /, 1903, was Sa,600.000.
The annual report of the Interna-
.onal Paper Company. the trust own
ing practically all of the print paper
mills east of Lake Michigan. shows
meat sum of s1,1S6.0 600 transferred from
the years earnings to the surplus fund.
similar report for the Mergenthaler
Linotypa Company, the type-setting
machine monopoly, also shows profits
OF over million for the year. When
newspapers talk about trusts they do
so with some expert knowledge. The
Kansas City Star has in process of
erection a paper mill OF its own and
it is recently reported that Alfred
Harmsworth, owner of the London
Daily Mail and, and twenty five or
thirty other papers have just pur-
chased two wood pulp mills and large
timber tracts in Newfoundland. The
International directors explain as one
Of the reasons for their prosperous
year that the product of your COM
rany has been sold TO better advan-
tage."
Public resentment against the Min
interest on a $40 loan, and is still try
ing to get back the principal, Will be
tempered by its establishment that he
could find debtor foolish enough to
pay It.
Blackhawk county's docket shows
but twenty three criminal cases. How
ever, there are twenty-one divorce
cases, most of which very likely might
with propriety be included with the
twenty three.
The national convention Of milli
ners divided all women into three
types, which goes to show how little
women know about their own sex.
That there are as many types as there
are individual women. The confessedly
expert opinion of the esteemed Cedar
Rapids Republican will confirm the
T.-R. in this statement.
Rev. DR. s. w. Head. whose death
AZ Usage, was a playmate and school
mate of j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin
of Lincoln This shows how life works
at cross purposes. For instance Booth
might have been an early PLAYMATE of
Wesley Elkins!
"Children,' asked the school COM
mitteeman, what is political econ
| omy?"
Political economy" answered the
precocious son of the district boss, is
getting men TO vote for you as cheap
as you can" Green Bag.
Admiral John G. Walker. president
Icf the isthmian canal commission,
wears long Dundreary whiskers which
give him familiar nickname in the
navy. One day young ensign entered
/ his office and in a cheerful tone ad-
dressed the colored messenger: Hell
Ito, Bones. where's Old Whiskers? ?" Be
/ fore the conversation could proceed
any further the admiral stepped out
from behind the screen. drying his
hands upon the towel and remarked
quietly to the young officer Take a
/ seat. I'll be with you in one moment.
/ AS the floor did not OPEN to swallow
linn up the ensign sank into the near
est chair with heavy and remorseful
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