Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-24
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A new variety of potato from IRA
quay threatens on account of it's enor-
nous yield, to supplant the ordinary
America will ever be able to push the
Irish off the police force.
There has been peculiar labor trou-
bic at Bellville. Ill. BY an arrange
ment with the clerks union all places
of business but drug stores and sa-
looms, were opened at o'clock in the
morning and closed at $40 p. m. Moth
ing was to be bought or sold outside
those hours. But the drug stores aud
saloons took to selling soap and to-
bacco after hours and cut into the
trade of the regular merchants. A
new arrangement has been made by
bought within the hours named and so
the saloons and drug stores have lost
their advantage. Peace reigns.
Captain John A. Sherman of Fair
field. is likely to prove a strong cam
didate for department commander of
the Iowa G. A. r.
Osskaloosa is still agitating an in
terurban railway to connect the city
with the mining camps and smaller
towns of Mahaska county. The pass
ing of Muchakinoch practically took
away 1900 of Oskaloosas trading pop
uiation, which an interurban to Bux-
ton would bring back with interest.
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There were 500 Iowa doctors in con-
vention in Des Moines, and there was
less disorder than half that number
of politicians would have made.-Dav-
enport Democrat.
The fact that very few of the med
ical men are democrats might be ac-
copied as at any rate partially explain
atory of the absence of riot. And
anyway Hearst wasn't an issue be-
tween the doctors.
The car may have to go to the front
after all. Previous appearances indi-
Gated that all that was necessary on
his part would be to sit still and
wait for it.
The battle ship Rhode Island was
launched recently. Now IL 1t had been
possible to have showed Rhode Island
off into the Atlantic and left the bat
tlesllip, salt water might purify her
politics in time.
Now children said the Sunday
school teacher, busting them into the
street car. you must all sit down and
keep still. and when we get out to the
picnic grounds, We'll pick wild flowers"
..Ftonest, don't 1 have to pay no
fare?" asked one of the children.
Mo-
"yvhy don't. II" persisted the child.
"C'h, keep STILL kid" spoke UP the
tough little boy in the rear seat. DO
you s'pose she wants everybody to
know she's got the conductor on her
Indianapolis Sun.
The next house l build I'll leave out
all the woodwork
why SOL"
Because at home now every time l
get poor dinner my wife says: There
was no time to bother with cooking,
Henry-we had to wash all the wood
work today."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Eighty young fellow from Kas
Was awfully gone upon Fras.
Il " L., =, ,|1y
With flowers he was dandy,
And he took her to all of the das.
indianapolis News.
There are nine thousand burning
lights and signals stretched along the
American coasts, forming perfect
link, so that the navigator never
need be beyond sight of one of the
beassons. One thousand Of these are
located on the Atlantic coast, 1900 are
scattered along the rivers and inland
waterways, 500 on the Great Lakes,
and 200 on the Pacific coast. OF the
grand total, including lighthouses CT
different classes, buoys, beacons ana
danger signals. 5000 are lighted, CIV
ing forth their warnings at night time.
OF these score or more throw beam
of 100000 candle power. To maintain
the lighthouse service corps of over
1000 men Is constantly employed and
fleet of more than fifty vessels. No
service in the world exceeds our own
in completeness and efficiency. A
modern American lighthouse of the
first class costs between 100000 and
5000 OOo and Of this about one-thiri
is spent for the electric light and APP
paratus alone.
The 1000 year old pitcher at St.
Louis looks like bunch for Water
loo.
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
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