Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-21

Ambition now has ceased to roam;
There amt no genius in our home
Sence Silas cut his hair.
|%fLOOKER.ON In IOWAI
/
Renwfck, April 20.-Ncthing seems
more self-evident in these days of push
ing and %crowding of various business
enterprises than the fact that If n
wants anything he must go after 1t. The
day OF sitting down and waiting for bust
ness to come TO you has passed. New
%ertheless, few realize hoW far this idea
has progressed in some professional
lines. Fol instance, take that OF the
cure of chronic diseases. What follows
came to the writer from. one in this
line OF business. Down in Ohio is a
firm of doctors,- for all this scribe knows,
firm of doctors, who, for all this scribe
knows, are we'll qualified to do the work
they are now engaged in. They all over
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get lists OF names of those afflicted APP
parently with incurable diseases-chro-
n~iccases So called. Just who furnishes
these names, not only of town dwell
ers, but farmers, is not known, but they
get them anywhere and everywhere.
This doctors association then writes
these parties personal letters, laying
they have had great success in treating
such cases, n refer 10 a dozen or
more men and women who have been
cured by their treatmentn They say,
DO not take our bare statement, but
write these people and find out what we
have actually done for them, and then
write u.s." The next step is when the
chronic" who writes, inquiring the cost
of treatment ETC.. is to make a contract
(and it's a good solid contracO for q
course of treatment. so much for SO
many dollars This is sent to some dis
interested man in the town where the
sick one lives, where the signature OF
both parties is witnessed, etc. Some
times the contract is mo cure. no pay,
naturally the doctors make as few
of this kind as possible. And here let 1t
be distinctly understood these doctors
make no contracts without first ascer-
tanning that the contract is a good n
and the subsequent account is collecti-
BILE by law. But this Is not all of their
enterprising methods. Frequently 1t
happens that some chronic disease SUI
ferer opens up a CORES Dondence, n
then it ceases. And here's where the
fine work comes in. In a hotel office the
other day the writer and others could
not help hearing one end Of a telephone
talk. The party at the hotel office end
proceeded to call up one after he other
six different men and women, some in
adjoining towns and some farmers.
Here's what we heard. This is John
Jensen? Well, did you get a letter from
Drs. Sawbones, of FALKLAND, Ohio?
Have you written to those parties we
named? Don't you want to get we'll?
No use of my coming out unless you
feel like making a contract according
to the doctors letters. Well, write to
some of those men whose names we
gave you then write to DR.. Sawbones
and 1 will call On C in say three
weeks from now. Gave me John
Schmidt, rural delivery No. 3, from AL
ton. Hello! Is this John Schmidt? Mr..
Schmidt, l represent DR.. Sawbones, of
Plainland, Ohio. We have had some
correspondence in regard to treating
your wife. How is she. Dead is she?
Well, l guess / won't come out" Then
to the crowd in the office: Il saved q
three dollar livery bill there. Give me
Lawyer Smith, of Orange City. This is
Mr.. Smith? My name is Blankety
Blank, of the Sawbones 1nfirmary, Plain
land, Ohio. Say. is NelS JOrgensen
good for an account of $3.50? Not worth
ia d--n, eh? Have you collected that
note of Adam Jones" Well, tell him
we've got to have the money, and say
that you're instructed to sue him If it is
not paid inside of two months. And it
he doesn't pay, write Or. Sawbones for
instructions. Landlord, n out how
much this telephoning has cost. When
does the next train go 10 Hawarden?
We've got over a dozen parties for me
to see there And the wel1-dressed
travelling agent for Drs. Sawbones pro-
ceeded to make himself comfortable
with a cigar, rocking chair and a late
magazine.
one would hin those needing or
thinking they need a supply of beer and
liquors would rot have to be hunted up.
tlclT lIduG SOlltllGu dSFlt NCASt iiNoiN-
ing this referring to n not
dealers. But personal work even in this
line pays better than by mail. Our
Iowa towns are regularly canvassed by
the agents of wholesale CD liquor deal
ers. Our farmers are regularly called
upon by such agents. Our liverymen
get good money u of them for their
best teams and a driver who is posted.
The Looker-On has seer these agents
who every sixty days call on their S
toners In the country. They always
do business" The worst of it is they
frequently have for customers those
who can not get their supply of liquor
from the local druggist, because said
druggist is afraid of results because of
past experience. Perhaps some of this
kind of work is Offset by h travelling
agents, who go over the state continue
ally starting Sunday schools n new
churches. Even the Lords work, to be
successful. needs a first-class solicitor
In Iowa.
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