Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-12
TOPICS OF THE
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The Charles City School of Journal
ism is still breaking out of the Pulitzer
class.
Keokuk has raised 100000 for 4
starch factory and $1,000 for a baseball
club, and on second thought is Won
dering whether there would not be
more fun in thrty-one baseball clubs
than in any old starch factory.
| Henry Watterson will speak under
the ausp ices of the Tri- County Press
Club at Davenport. Thursday and
Davenport newspaper men are praetic-
/ ing to eliminate the pretzel accent
from their pronunciation of the Ken
lucky idiom.
| The legislature of the state of New
| Hampsire. one of the small New Eng
| land states, numbers nearly 4oo mem-
| bers in both branches. the ratio being
| one representative TO every l.l4O OF
| population. In the state of New York,
| With its much greater area. ana pop
! ulation. the ratio is one member TO
every As, 700 of population. The small
est legislature is that of the state OF
Delaware. which consists of nine sena-
tors and twenty-one representatives.
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An item in this column last week
referred thru a Typographical error to
Iowa Central conductors having been
laid off. For Iowa Central read 1llt-
nois Central. Iowa Central conduc-
tors are in the Mrs. Caesar class.
General Adna r. chaffee. the newly
appointed lieutenant generaleto succeed
General Young. is a graduate from the
ranks He was an enlisted man In
1861. ana climbed by successive steps
to become colonel OF his old regiment.
the Sixth cavalry in 1890. He was
made brigadier Of volunteers in 1898.
promoted to a major generalshlp of
volunteers during the Spanish Amer
lean war. made a major general of reg
ulars following his service in China.
served with signal success in thu.
Philippines and assigned to department
OF the east as It's commander upon his
return His brilliant record and rap
ia promotion offered splendid oppor-s
tunities to Senator Hanna's Investigate
ing turn of mind.
~ &c
pontments made to see "Bluebeard on
that eventful day. had met in the Iro-
quois theater as intended. the death
list would have exceeded the capacity
of the house ten times over.
way Company has established record
railway run. The American boat ex-
press. which usually runs from Liver
pool to Easton. without stop. was pull
ed up at Crewe. The journey from
Crewe to London, 1857 miles. was
done in exactly as many minutes, not
withstanding that on two occasions
speed was reduced to almost walking
pace.
His Other Cheek-"When an enemy
smites me- said the pious looking hyp-
Why" asked the man who knew
him. do you want your enemy to go |
around with both hands disabled?'
Chicago Record Herald.
King Edward is good deal OF a |
an eye on things this side of the water.
some one asked him what he
would do to earn living, should he
ose his present job. He replied that
pc would go to the United States and
make a lecture tour.
Lynn. that notable center OF the
making of shoes by machinery. was
,usier in 1903 than ever before and
Is production surpassed its highes;
otals OF other years. No one in the
vide world will be allowed to go bare
ooted provided Lynn can get a chance
o supply them with footgear
Other Fremont county newspapers
ire contesting the award of the coun
y printing to the Hamburg News on
he grounds that the News lowered Its
rice TO 10 cents and gave the solicitors
line- tenths of that This would leave
ne cent net to the publishers
4 the news, and If anyone should know
he actual value OF one annual sub
cription to the News its publisher
would appear to be the man. Usually,
Iowever, the man who sells his paper
or nothing, has nothing to sell.
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
The Boone Republican, noting the
act that Tiilman has endorsed the