Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
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leaves the association with $4,000 worth
Iof grounds and buidings practically
free from debt. Story county might
get pointer from Henry.
Hampton reports over ITO tickets
sold to parties en- route to the state
fair. If every city in Iowa turns out
an equal number the figures of at
tendance will throw that of other years
| in The shade.
Mrs Eliza NJ. Shrader. of Iowa City,
| is enc of the silnon-purc Daughters of
the Revolution. She was born in Port
land, Me. Jan. Z. 1908. Her father and
grandfather served In the same war;
the father enlisting when a mere boy
When she was but years old the fam
| lily moved to Ohio, and she we'll remem-
bers the meeting OF the soldiers as the
war of 1912 was just closing. In 1928
she was married to John Shrader,
whose grandfather was also a revolu
tioliary soldier and lived to be ia years
old The records show that Isaac Mel
win, the father. enlisted in Captain Abb
shat Browns company in Colonel Rob
insun's regiment on July I. 1177, not
being more than II years of age; later
he became a corporal.
An Iowa man has discovered a spe-
Gift, for lockjaw. While there are cases
whGre the remedy should be prohibited,
the Washington doctor should reap
rich harvest OF cash and congratua-
tons.
The Hawkeye and The Gate City
have qualified for the next Mothers
Congress in their discussion of the adj
visibility of spanking babies. Spank
bahies2 Certainly. Its the only sys-
tenn. When baby has slept all day
and proposes to turn the night into one
royal riot sentiment flies about a. m.
and practical realism delivers the
goods. Then silence ike poutice
falls to heal the scars of sound" Spank
EN-? Sure! ASK Cyrenus Cole.
A Joplin, Mo. nonagenarian is re-
ported by the Kansas City Journal to
be cutting a new set OF teeth. 1nnu-
merable instances in Iowa might BE-
quoted where elderly gentlemen had
their eye teeth cut, but none has yet
been credited with full set.
AS if dollar wheat and the cotton
No ,6rf
gloomy enough, hints are forthcoming
thai the oyster crop is failure, the
output of Goldfish Is abnormally small,
and that coffee growers in Brazil are
planning to reduce their acreage. In
spite OF the vas, local damage done in
Jamaica. however, there seems to be
decent outlook for bananas in other
places Should migration TO the tropics
become necessary so that minimum
of raiment would suffice and the food
question would be simpllfed, the pres
ent threat of race suicide would rapidly
grow less ominous.
"Nero wasn't half as bad as he
1nia;ht have been" remarked the man
who had been peeping into ancient his
tory.
But he was a tyrant," objected the
party of the second part
.Frue." reioined the otter, but sup
pose he had used a cornet or an ac-
corleon as an instrument of torture in
stead of fiddle?"
Chicago News.
]. ike other men Of prominence, Ad-
mirai Dewey often comes across the
irrcpressible party who always affects
to lie on terms of intimacy with notable
personages. Courteous and genial to a
degree, the admiral has q profound dis
like for this sort of nuisance, and does
not hesitate to show the feeling. Not
long ago, while out walking in Wash
stranger, who grasped his hand and
said: George I'll bet you don't know
me- The admiral looked his displeas-
ure as he answered grimly: You
win" and walked on.
Iidl al WoliIdii Can t'Ss'e q iii|'Nii''t
at coin counting has been demonstrated
to The satisfaction of the authorities of
the treasury department. The inventor
of The machine arranged with the head
of The department to hold n match be-
tween a human counter and the auto
matte counter. The machine had the
first turn. 1t fairly astonished the
spectators. Then woman clerk was
given an opportunity to show what she
could do She beat the machine by just
ten minutes. The department has not
contracted yet for any CT the new coin
counting machines.
Heers-Good mornin Could you give
n little relief to needy veter'n wot
fought wild Sheridan?
Business Man (without looking up
from his writing Fought with who?
Beers-Wid Phil Sheridan, de hero.
Business Man CATER a pause)-
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