Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-30
TOPICS OF THE
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The old Apache chief, Geronimo, has
Joined the Methodist church. He
should develop into Embarrassing eX-
horter.
The action of the employees of the
Spokane, Wash, newspapers, who
struck after submitting their case TO
arbitrators and meeting with an ad-
verse decision. looks like case OF
whats mine is mine: what's yours l
/ go halves in"
Sans Souci Park at Waterloo seems
| to be sans police supervision also. a
Waterloo newspaper describes fierce
| five round bout between two young
women. one of whom objected to hav-
| ing her steady company" kissed by the
other. Sans Souci seems to be prim-
tive care free sort of place. Not long
ago two young men fought for the af-
fections of young lady in Waterloo.
That Reinbeck moving picture man
seems to be losing out on location.
It is getting SO that Uncle George
Perkins can't write on abstract subjects
without explaining himself to the Cedar
Rapids Republican.
| The Sioux City Tribune asserts that
"the man who stands pat on good
hand always worries the fellow with a
bob tailed flush. Which may or may
mot have reference to w. e. Curtis and
the Des Moines insurance people" This
| would appear to indicate on the part OF
the Tribune more thorough knowl-
| edge of poker than of insurance.
| The interstate commerce commits
sion's report on railroad accidents in
the United States for three months
ending March 81 last shows 300 persons
were killed and 1854 Injured in train
accidents. Other accidents, including
those sustained by employees while al
work, and by passengers getting on and
off the cars, making the aggregate cas-
ualties s27 killed and 11,4S1 injured.
There were 1850 collisions and LIS de-
railments, causing S2.96l,66h damage to
cars, engines and roadways. While
many of these accidents are attributa-
BILE to carelessness on the part of those
! injured. the number of casualties indi-
cates the need, of Improvements in
methods Of railroad operation.
Dave Brant. of the Iowa City Repub-
lean, is attempting to promote SYM
postum of profanity when he suggests
human interest" editorials on inflam-
matory rheumatism.
| Golden Rule" Jones. Of Toledo. Ohio,
confesses that he accumulated his large
fortune by "robbing" the people and he
| intends to pass the remainder of his
days telling them how he did it and
how they may avoid being skinned in
the future, which is a great deal like
stealing the melons and then stacking
the vines.
| The Coon Rapids Enterprise has set
tied its libel suit by letting the plain
| tiff dismiss his suit and pay his own
costs The Enterprise ssys that while
neither party has made any money
from the suit the lawyers have found 1t
| fair picking and thinks the plaintiff and
defendant might put their surplus (?)
cash to more profitable use than feed
ing these already we'll fed, sleek looking
| fellows-donate it to the churches, the
poor or, Carnegie like. found a library"
| The libel industry has been falling for
some time in Iowa.
| More than 100 of the non union en-
Iployes-men and women-of the Kel-
Ilogg Switchboard and Supply Company
| have been sworn as special police. They
have been armed and instructed to
make arrests at the first sign of trouble,
but to use care in handling their weap-
ons. Armed with a sawed off shot gun
and a sweet smile the police lady
should be able to corral the most tur-
bulent strikers without Serious trouble.
The little boy was asked by a Sun
| day school teacher to write all he knew
about Solomon and hand his paper to
her the next Sunday. The following
Sunday he handed her a slip of paper
on which was written:
King Solomon was a great and wise
man. He had 100 wives. After that he
did not believe in God"
New York Times.
Millions Of sockeye salmon are run
ming in Puget sound. Had they heard
of the Sioux City Journals editorials on
half hose for ladies ?-Des MONIES Reg
lister and Leader
May be not. May be they had only
heard that the Iowa idea" had been
thrown overboard.-Sioux City Journal.
On one occasion, says the Philadel-
| phia Record, Lindsay, who succeeded
Carlisle as a senator from Kentucky,
was coming east with Blackburn. 1t
was morning; the train was sWaylng
and rocking thru the Allegheny hills;
precisely the hour. the motion and the