Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-19
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The value to farmers of county mu-
! tual insurance companies is shown in
/ Appanoose county. where one of these
companies has been established eight
cen months with bu; one assessment of
/ 10 cents.
The Iowa City Republican pleads
clemency for the person who sent the
alleged Mrs Shaw interview TO the
IChicago Americana The Republican
knows OF case where the American
sent a reporter to look up a certain
/ matter and he was given the facts in
detail. When the paper came out
thing misrepresented. The reporter
! apologized, with the remark that he
should not be blamed as he prepared
1 the story in exact acco"d with the in
formation attained. He said the man
aging editor wrote the bogus story.
/ The general attitude of the American
forces a belief in the correspondents
story.
Today is Clermont's big day. The
Henderson statue Will be unveiled, the
presentation Of the Lincoln monumeni
! is to take place and the Twelfth Iowa
4 infantry holds its reunion there. The
Opportunities for an overflow of pa
triotism are certainly present at Cler-
mont today.
.t.,i,
Roosevelt for about two hours. 1t was
worth the money. but Fort Dodge Is
glad he didn't stay week.
A Museatine drunkarG. who has been
incorporated in the Mount Pleasant
hospital. makes two complaints. He
was allowed but three cnews of tobacco
qaily and his wife took IN washing dur
ing his retirement from booze" fight
ling, in order to support herself. If he
had taken more interest IN his wife and
less in whisky and chewing tobacco he
might have kept outside the asylum.
! An earthquake recently occurred in
Bohemia. The principal inn at Graslitz
owns musical penny-in- the-slot ma
chine which had been ont of order for
a long time. When, however, the
earthquake shook the house the ma
chine began to work. ard "Hoch der
kaiser." rang out above the cries of
the ntinnidated guests. Many of the
latter being old soldiers, the patriotic
air did much to quiet the natives. par
ticulary as the machine went on play
ing without stopping for pennies. 1t
"hoched" the kaiser for the rest of the
fetal of the company had not come
along and readjusted tie machinery.
The editor of the Lisbon Sun has re-
Gently been elected justice of the peace
and proposes to hold bargain day on
July A. when he advertises to marry
publicly and without charge those who
wish to thus celebrate the republics
natal day. Private ceremonies at reg
ular prices.
Billy" Sunday and his singer, the
pastors of the Centerville churches and
the women of the w. c. I. L. led sew
eral hundred children ic street pa
rade last Sunday at Centerville. They
carried banners protesting against the
establishment of the mulct saloon in
ICenterville They marched around the
square, stopping Frequently to sing a
religious song or nation3l air. The pa
Ilade largely increased the attendance
at "Bllys" meeting.
Bishop Turner, of the A. NJ. F..
church, favors establishing a colony in
Africa for American negroes, so that
/ This plan the Davenport Democrat
thinks feasible. However. it would
seem that a race unfit for minor share
in an established government as the
democrats assert is scarcely fitted to
build successful republic on a conti-
nent where established government is
The exception and not tie rule. If the
negro is fit to make new nation he is
worthy TO become a part of this.
The Memorial University at Mason
City announces a bequest OF $4,000
from three generals OF the civil war.
Ex- Governor Drake. of Centerville, has
pledged one-half and the others are
said to be sure for the remainder.
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A righteous strike is threatened by
the journeylnen BARRIERS at Davenport,
who have decided to shave no more on
the Sabbath. The boss BARRIERS insist
on sunday work and 1t is likely that
the wind will sport with Davenport
whiskers thru the Sundays following
July IL. Perhaps the stand of the bar
bers may induce the Sunday closing of
the saloons in time-siy a couple Of
centuries.
Under instructions Of Postmaster
IGeneral Payne an interesting postotfice
exhibit is being prepared for the st.
Louis exposition. Among the features
already in shape which has never been
: seen at former expositicEs, is quaint
wooden chart used in the postoffice at
Manila The system in vogue in that
city before American occupation was
very rude. The names of those who
had letters in the postoffice were writ
ten on a slip of paper and pasted on a
strip of wood which fits into it's proper
niche on a wooden chart. When a per-
, son went to the Manila postoftlce he
/, ,o,r,,lta1 tho bulletin hoard. Ii his