Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-24
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lis likely to prove a valuable one an eff
fort is on foot to find out what he
smoked that night
The Gldden Graphic tells of a young
fman of German extraction and from
the rural districts who approached the
general delivery at the postoffice in
ICarroll. The weather report, which
hangs at the left of the window, at
Itracted his attention and he read it
aloud. Fair tonight and Sunday" he
read it the second time then asked the
clerk at the window. Var is dot fair
in de opera house,
The Hampton Recorder replies: "'rhe
Times Republican is informed that we
did not understand Hon. John +. Lacey
TO say in his speech at Des Moines tina.
he expected to oppose any modification
OF the schedules of the Dingley bill at
iany future time, but we did understand
him to say that he should stay by the
Dinsley bill until he could get some
Thing better" We sat within ten feet
Iof Major Lacey when he said it and
we heard him differently, but il the
/ Recorders version is what he really did
! say Congressman Lacey is the best kind
| of an Iowa idea republican we know.
For the time being. however. we shall
| cling to the suspicion that there might
be considerable difficulty experienced in
convincing these "standpatters from
Standpatville" that any kind of tariff
PRODUCTION would be something better
than the Dinghy schedules; and this In
spite of Senator Delivers admission
that many of those schedules We're
placed unnecessarily high for the pur-
| pose of trading.
A Grinnell firm is reported to have
offered a man a dollar an hour to shovel
coal only to meet a refusal. Tramps or
Imillionaires are the only people who
might properly refuse such an offer.
Which was it?
Wapello newspaper man has in
stalled a 2,o00-volume book library of
standard science. fiction, etc, In his
\
builder. All paid up subscribers are
members of the library association and
entitled to the use of books so long as
they remain paid up. The idea is good
one and the newspaper man is entitled
to quite as much praise as Mr.. Car
negie.
a Joke on himself as well as on another
He told this story in Springfield, Mo-,
the other day: After Robert L. Lee had
capitulated TO General Grant, Fitzhugh
started for his home on horseback.
After having proceeded a number of
miles he met a ragged, long haired vet
eran returning to the army from his
home, where he had been on Through.
Lee asked the soldier where he was go
ing. and he replied that he WAS going
to his command. You may as well go
back to your home" said Lee. Gen
eral Robert Lee has surrendered his
army and the men are all going home"
What" exclaimed the soldier. Il
don't believe a word of 1t. If anybody |
has surrendered it's that id Fftzhugh |
Lee
A recent editorial on Reed and Tariff |
Reformers" in the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican suggests to the close observer
that Congressman Cousins is writing
his own editorial comment nowadays.
Critics of the SHINING job done at Des
Moines had better see 20 their scalps.
We read in the Sioux City Tribune
that there has been such a slump in
stocks that the railroads of the country
could be bought now at about $1,000
DG0, 900 less than the valuation quoted
few weeks ago" About year ago this
same paper was demanding that the
executive council of Iowa assess rail-
roads on the basis of the combined val
ue of stocks and bonds. Wonder if it
would advise shrinking the assessment
this year in proportion to the above
stock market slump?
According to decision of Judge
the city of Cedar Rapids has
no power TO punish druggists for lille
sal sales of liquor A hotel druggist
had been charged with dispensing the
stuff that made Iowa's inebriate wards
famous and the Judge decided against
the city.
The Salvation Army at Iowa City has
tried the power of music as mosquito