Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-10
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Topics Of the Times
Observation-Disclosures.


Big ears may not be sure sign OF
generosity but they certainly indicate
a good corn crop.
Lee Mitchell, city editor of the l<eo-
kuk Gate City, was assaulted and
pummelled by a worthless fellow, a
! notice OF whose arrest had appeared
| in the police court column of the pa
per. AS this is the second city editor OF
the Gate City beaten by the same
tough the paper proposes TO see to his
proper punishment. 1t would seem TO
be about time
The International Peace Congress,
in session at Boston, adopted resolu-
lions urging the Gear of Russia and
the Emperor of Japan ito put an end
to the awful slaughter of their sub
jects now going on" This is all proper
enough but the guns keep on popping.
The peace congress must lend its at
| tention to the future. 1t may ''resolute
/ till the cows come home" without eff
feet upon a war already beyond con-
troll Neither the Car nor the Mikado
Is in the mood or position to listen TO
resolutions while watching the deadly
push of the armies in Manchuria.
The death of Henry C. Payne re-
moved another Of the old time repub-
lican campaign managers--a new or
der of things is al hand--Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Is this another case Of recognition
of the handwriting on the wall?
What may prove a case of the alb
normal development of natural appe-
| tite is given in a press dispatch from
La Crosse which says. Rev. Nathan
Wood. Of Winona, Mimi, formerly pas
tor Of the Methodist church at Money
Creek, Mimi, is locked up in the po-
lice station here charged with stealing
| chickens.
| Automobiles to the number of 427
| were brought to America thru the port
Of New York during the nine months
ended Oct. /, according to figures Is
sued by Appraiser Whitehead. This is
almost double the number imported
| during the same period last year. The
total value OF the 427 machines was
| 81 100000, giving an average of about
$3.50 for each. The duty paid on the
machines at As per cent amounted to
$4,000 These figures only include au-
| tomobiles entered in the regular way,
and on which duty was paid. In addi-
| ton, there has been large number
| imported under bond for touring pur-
poses.
The big hotel st. Regis in New York
has been straining it's air. From out
side air pumped into the hotel in one
week, which was without rain, one
barrel of dust was obtained. But that
was not a marker to the dust that
came in thru the cash register.
Japan with a population of 10000
900, has 4,302,623 children in school.
Russia, with a population of 100000,
900, has 4,193,594 children in school.
The figures throw some light on the
operations in Manchuria. What chance
has a fat Russian who has never
known a cane rush. raided freshman
meeting or bucRed the center, against
education?
AS the result of a decision of the
supreme court, handed down Septem-
Der 10, the state Of California will be
compelled to pay $2S7,615 to the hold
ers of coyote scalp claims. In 1891
law was passed placing a bounty Of SIS
each upon every coyote killed in the
state, so great were the ravages of the
coyotes among the sheep and chickens.
The scalps, when delivered at county
seats, were to be destroyed. But the
state asserted that the scalps were
sometimes used more than once, and
the scalps were imported from Nevada
and Arizona. So when it had paid out
100000 it stopped But it could not
prove it's case.
PenelOpe-ln Boston we saw Tile lliC-
est thing.
Pauline-What was it?
Penelope-Oh, a slot machine; you
think of a word, put in a penny, and
out drops the correct pronunciation
Puck.
Our opponents, either openly or Sc
cretly, according to their several tenn
peraments, now ask the people to trust
their present promises in consideration
Of the fact that they intend to treat
their past promises as null and void.
President Roosevelt.
eff there is one thing that tires me"
argues the first citizen, cit is peanut
politics"
YES" agrees the second citizen.
Peanut politics is almost as ad as
chestnut platforms. Judge.
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