Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-23
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ing defeat proved that tho beaten h'
was not bottled up.
Truthfully or not Mr.. Hearst's ex-
penditure upon his presidential cam
paign is said to total 100000 for {
possible 200 delegates. Seems as tho
he should be able to buy delegates
cheaper than $4,000 apiece even at the
present high livestock prices
i Good Deacon Marvin, of the Shenan-
/ doah Sentinel, tells of a crippled plane
dealer who left Shenandoah at noon or
! Wednesday and drove west thru FIRE.
gan and shot sixty-three ducks re-
turning the next evening with his piano
wagon about full Of the feathered game
1t is now the Worlds turn to tell one
of paralyzed man.
/ He: zone of the first things / must
1 do, my dear, is to hire your successor
at the typewriter"
She: Well, there's she thing you
must understand. You are not to pay
her more than half Of what you paid
me. You are altogether too easy"
| The Iowa Press Association will take
1 a weeks outing at st. Louis, Mo-. May
! 16 to 81. This is the week in which
the Press Parliament of the World, the
National Editorial Association and
many state associations will hold their
| meetings, and is the newspaper week
of the fair. Applications for informa-
president, Fairfield, Iowa, at once.
| Time is short and the size of the party
| limited.
An Ohio man pawned his watch in
order to get money to buy the revolver
with which he killed himself. Traded
time for eternity as it were.
The press agent story sent out by
the worlds fair management about the
man-eating Igorrotes who constitute
part of the Filipino exhibit wanting
dog meat on their menu is likely to
make the fair management lot OF
trouble if it does not put it to a lot OF
expense. The story has been taken
seriously in many places, and as there
is always q surplus Of CANNES in the
country, offers to supply the Igorrotes
with their fayorite article of food are
numerous.
Yves, she writes advertising rhymes
for a sausage company"
"Ah. see: doggerel."
Milwaukee Evening wisconsin.
A real estate deal involving the larg-
est sum ever spent by the United
States for such a purpose will be closed
in Paris this week when the formal
transfer of the Panama canal to this
country will be made Work is now
on under the charge Of the French
company, but the American commits
sioners are on the ground ready to
take up the task where the Trenchmeh
leave it, and in a few months excava-
ton will be well under way under
American auspices. The papers in the
case have been prepared and will be
approved at a meeting of the French
stockholders. Nor are any further obs
stacles likely to be encountered in the
French courts.
In the forestry building at the worlds
fair is an exhibit from farm near
Petersburg, Ind, of two remarkable
beech trees. They are called the Twin |
Beechers." They are separate trees, |
between which a horsman can ride,
but twenty feet above the ground they |
are joined together, forming one top
and making unique arch.
Electric services will take the place
of ticket sellers and gatekeepers at the
st. Louis exposition. Thirty-two turn
stiles are being installed at the Lin
dell entrance, which will be the main
gateway, and thru this one entrance
it is estimated at least 500 persons can
pass every sixty seconds. To gain adj
mission to the grounds person must
deposit a half dollar in a slot; the
coin releases Il lever lIldt uIllOChS Tue
turnstile for one person to pass thru.
A. II. Mertz. a radical Illinois writer
and editor who has been beaten and
sent to Jail for plain speaking and writ
ing, has issued a pamphlet on Evan
eelist Sundays revival meetings at
Ill. He thinks Sunday is
sort of semi moral that he is petty in
his attacks and does not strike at the
roots of evil as he should. He says an
inquisition was on in Sterling while
Sunday was there, in which citizens
forgot themselves entirely and became
ntoIerant inquisitors without rhyme or
reason.
There is a bill before the house of
which provides that the
secretary of the interior shall imme-
liately provide facilities for the edu-
cation of the EsquimauA and other In