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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-01

The body Of Rev. George Frederick
Kettell. of Baltimore, Md. who was
drowned in the river near Sparrow's
Point has been racnverad
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-01
Anxious Momsnts.

Some of the most anxious hours of g
mothers life are those when the little
ones Of the household have the Group.
There is no other medicine so effec-
tive In this terrible malady as Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t Is household ia
vorite for throat and lung troubles,
and as 1t contains no opiates or other
poisons scan be safely given. For sale
by B. A. Morgan.
U. H. Snowden, st. Paul-wife was
sick for years. nothing did any good
until we used HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. Now she's strong and
healthy. IS cents. Tea or Tablets.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-01
Very Low Rtaes to National Irrigation
Conoress, Ell Paso, Texas.

Via the Northwestern line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold Nov. 10, II
and IL, with favorable return limits.
Apply to agents Chicago & Northwest
tern railway.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

lance Of 100 miles, where's freight
traffic is exceedingly heavy, passenger
traffic light, and where the telephone
has been used exclusively for about
two years. For | ekiepi. IS. o snlii
two years. For like period the tele-
phone has been in exclusive use be-
tween Chicago and Aurora, a distance
of thirty miles, where both passenger
and freight traffic is very dense.
Between Hannibal and st. Louis,
distance Of about 100 miles, where
both freight and passenger traffic is
heavy, the telephone has been used
for some time as an auxiliary to the
telegraph wires, the former being
used in the operation of the block sys-
tenn and the latter in dispatching The
trains.
On line between Alliance and
Billings, distance of forty-seyen
miles, the telephone has been in ex.
elusive use for about three years.
Between Chicago and Burlington all
the connections have been made
which are necessary to an exclusive
use of the telephone, while west Of
there division headquarters have
been connected up with Burlington.
1t IS stated that to date there has
not been recorded single instance
of mistake in the transmission and
receipt Of train orders. In the opin-
ion of the Burlington officials this re.
moves the main objection hitherto
made to the use of the telephone tor
train operations, the objection LA
bility to mistake in TRANSMISSION of
orders. Complete records of all or
ders are of course, kept. The advan-
tages of the telephone as stated by
the management are that it greatly
enlarges the choice of men for the
operating service. Thousands of
good men can talk intelligently over
the phone where comparatively few
can use the Morse code. The new
system also lessons the possibility of
a strike and in the event of strike
makes it much easier to fill the posi-.
tionS.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
FROM JOHN RENFREW.
Tells of His New Location and His
Observations.

In a business note to the Herald
dated at Los Angeles, California,
John Renfrew, formerly manager for
the Oskaloosa Shoe Co., says:
you will note by the letter head
that have changed to the Mammoth
Shoe House. from the Royal Store
to which I came almost a year ago.
l have the advertising for this firm
and the assistant management OF
their store on Broadway, a very con.
genial place. We are all enjoying
ourselves and we'll We are quite
sorry to hear Of the storm and rejoice
with you in there being no loss OF
life.
I'VE note many encouraging things
doing in Oskaloosa. Boom the inter,
urban-it's a good thing. Los An.
geles wouldn't have half as many peo-
pie but for its magnificent electric
seryice-something over 500 miles OF
interurban roads. But more again
with best regards to old friends.
Yours truly,
John Renfrew."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
SOME IMPORTANT IFS,

Walter ]. Ballard, of Schenectady,
N. Y, the authoritative statistician
and writer on econAnic subjects, has
suggested some pertinent inquiries
that are calculated to keep the demo
cratic campaign managers awake
nights if they give attention to them.
Here are some of them, and their d.
rectness, aptness and relevancy will
be recognized at a glance:
If the business interests of our
county are going to the "demnition
bow-wows," as the democrats say,
how is it that twenty-five new ma
tional banks, with $1,130,000 paid up
capital, were started during July, and
266 during the first half of the calen-
dar year 1904?
If, as alleged, our protective tariff
retards experts, how is it that our
sales to tariff retaliatory Russia in
1902 were $31, 29O,0 900, against $780,
900 in 1901-an excess of $4,000, 900?
If the republican protective tariff
helped us to export $1,46O 100000 in
the fiscal year just closed, what would
we gain by substituting a tariff under
which our exports never exceeded
1882, 100000, or $57S,000,0OO less?
If Judge Parker is elected and the
house of representatives is again re-
publican, with the senate republican
for at least four years more, what
practical use would he be in the pres
idential chair?
If the democrats are afraid of the
so-called trusts, as the offspring of
republicanism, why have they put
forward trust nominee for president,
and a "trust"-one Of the wealthiest
for vice president?
If the democrats are sincere in de-
nouncing Roosevelt as sudden and
reckless" why did they, almost to d
man, publicly protest against those of
their own senators VINO tried to hold
up his sudden requirement of that
backbone of our nations commercial
future, the American Panama canal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
The Mikado's Poem.

Emperor William is not the only
poetical monarch. The emperor Of
Japan has written poem which Is
translated by Arthur Lloyd for the
Independent. 1t is called "WisdomS
Goal" and runs thus:
The water placed in goblet, bowl Oh
cup, s..
Changes it's form to it's receptacle;
And so our plastic souls take various
shapes
And characters of good or ill to fit
The good or evil in the friends we
choose.
Therefore, be ever careful in your
choice of friends,
And let your special love be given &c
those
Whose strength of character may
prove the whip
That drives you ever to fair Wisdom's
goal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
There is just another point at is

There is just another point at is
sue in the upbuilding of Oskaloosa,
and that is,-the printing houses of
Oskaloosa are entitled to all the work
the city affords. The local Offices are
prepared to do as good work as can
be done elsewhere, and just as cheap
when merit is considered. The man
who sends away for his printing and
then expects the newspapers to cry
down mail order houses and say nice
things for his institution is asking
good deal for cipher with the rim
knocked off.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
THE KANSAS MAUD.

Maud Muller on the binder seat
Was helping daddy save the wheat.
The crop was big and hands were few
And, being a Kansan through and
through,
She had the grit to take the chance,
And rise above old circumstance.
1t cheered her heart to think she had
A way to hen. Nr dear old dad.
An old straw har monstrous size
Kept the sun from her big brown eyes
A red bandana held the place
That the rarest gems would not dis.
grace.
AS round by round the yellow land
She deity drove her four-in-hand,
The golden heads that stood close by
Bowed low to her right CALAMITY.
1t happened on that selfsame day
A stranger CHANGED to pass that way
He wore a uniform of blue
Bib overalls, bran spankin' new
And when he struck dad for a Job,
The old man up and hired the slob.
The fellow was an eastern chap
Had met sort of love mishap.
He'd scooted for the west to hide,
And faxed" his girl with suicide.
He went to work with right good will
And made the bundles fly, until
The binder came a-clicking by
And it's fair driver caught his eye.
To make lengthy story short,
Maud made quick work of this east.
ern sport,
She caught his heart at it's first re.
bound,
And wound her charms around and
round,
Until the captive sued for life
And asked fair Maud to be his wife
Now Maud had had her chance before
For the lad who owned the farm next
door
Had loved her long before he'd seen
Her run her fathers wheat machine
She kindly told the city man
To go to the girl in town again.
She gave her hand to the farmer lad
Removed the fence 'twixt him and dad
Planted more wheat than ever that fall
And rides in an automo now. That's
ALL .....-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
NO CALAMITY THIS YEAR

There is no place on the farms of
Iowa, or for that matter, among Iowa
citizens anywhere, for calamity this
year Not only are farm products
abundant and prices good;put the pro:
duce of the dairy, the hen-coop, the
barn-yard, the Jhog-pen and the pasture
lot, all bring good equivalents in the
coin of the realm. OF course every
farmer remembers that this has not
always been true. Eight years ago
and even four years ago, prices were
not what they are now. Statistics
are as a usual thing dry reading, but
at the same time they often point a
moral. In 1896, for example, when
crop conditions were ideal, and when
there was an average corn crop of SO
bushels per acre, and oats 4S, bushels
per acre, and the aggregate cereal
products of the state amounted to
521 ,638,000 bushels, the average De
cember list prices, in the local mar.
kets of the state were: corn, II cents
wheat As cents, oats 10 cents. In re.
viewing this season, Mr.. Sage said in
his report: But in that period of
general business depression, the De.
cember prices were too low to make a
satisfactory exhibit of the value OF
the years products"
At the average prices for cereals
which now rule, the immense output of
1895 would have been more than
doubled in value. While this may not
all be due to present conditions local.
ly, yet no one will deny that the pros
porous times have had effect which is
very marked. There is no question
but that the value of Iowa soil prod
ucts figured on the December prices
this year, will far exceed the value of
the products of any single year since
the records have been kept.
These facts are worthy the atten,
ton of all, for not only the farmer, but
the manufacturer, and, it may be said
that every class of our people are de.
pendent in the first instance, upon the
products of the farm. With these
glowing prospects before us, no one
need fear the outcome, and no one
need ask for change "Let well
enough alone" is a saying that has
been much abused by those who de,
sire to lead the people into devious
political ways, but it is good rule for
the regulation of political conduct.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

The general convention of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church now in ses-
sion in Boston will be an ecclesiastic-
al event of wide interest.
There will be three weeks of in
tense activity - frequently three full
sessions a day. Delegates will be
present from all parts of the world.
The official program is replete with
names which are readily suggestive of
eloquence, intellectual strength, and
the characteristics which might be
expected to distinguish such an as
semblage. The archbishop of Canter-
bury will be present and preach and
give several addresses. All of the
bishops and the most eminent preach
ers and laymen will attend the con-
vention.
Missions, home and foreign, and all
the diversified interests of the regular
church work will receive critical at
tention.
There are over 100000 Protestant
Episcopal communicates in the Unit
ed States.
Boston has been a favorite place for
the holding of great gatherings this
year. First it was the Grand Army
of the Republic, next it was the In
ternational Peace Congress, and now
it is the Protestant Episcopal conven-
ton that is to partake of Bostonese
hospitality.
The deliberations of the great con.
vention will be noted with much at.
tention throughout the Christian
world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

and vote for their candidate. Judge
Wade received some 1900 less votes
than did Mr.. Vollmer, the Democratic
candidate, who was defeated two
years before, but the Republican
nominee received nearly 5000 less
votes than did Mr.. Rumple, who car
ried the district TO rthe Republicans
in 1900. There is no question but
that every congressional district in
the state is safely Republican If the
voters who believe in the principles
Of that party will go to the polls and
vote.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
TRAINS BY TELEPHONE.

The Burlington road has been ex.
perimenting with the telephone for
some time on various portions of its
lines and is about ready to substitute
that instrument for the telegraph in
dispatching and operating both pas
senger and freight trains. The trials
of the telephone have been quite com.
prehensive and have proven eminent.
ly satisfactory. The main tests have
been made on the eastern division be,
tween Savanna and Galesburg, dis
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

ut IS typical of the American
business man that he gets. up, strong
er after having been knocked down,
says the Cedar Rapids Republican
"It is that spirit that sends American
manufactures abroad, builds burned
American towns larger and more
beautiful and makes American the
label of pluck and enterprise. The
American business man may not be
in every instance the personificatiou
of truth, but he is bound when crush.
ed, to rise again. 1t is the American
way"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The total crop production of Iowa
for the year is estimated 1T 1891, 000,-
900, for Nebraska, 1851, 100000, for
South Dakota $116,0O0,OOO, and for
Minnesota $122,90O,0O0. Thus it will
be seen that Iowa has neary 500, 000,-
600 more money in her stocking than
Minnesota and South Dakota together
and $70,000,000 more than Nebraska.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
The Red oak Express conclud,

The Red Oak Express concludes
that "The man who has never lived
in the country when boy, made cid
er, MIXED the cows, kissed the girls
at the husking bee, stacked hay in
the high wind, swallowed quinine in
scratched apple, castor oil in coffee,
ate molasses and sulphur and drank
sassafras for three months in the
spring to purify his blood, has lived
in vain"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
u letter to the Keokuk Gate ci

"A letter to the Keokuk Gate City
from West Point, Iowa, giving &C
count of the suicide of the railroad
station agent there, closes with these
words: Three years ago when he
came to this place, he was a steady,
promising young man, but lately dis
sipation has wrought his ruin" The
Gate City, commenting upon it, says:
"That tells the whole story and
breaches powerful temperance SER
mon in less than five lines"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
MANY GREET FAIRBANKS.
Two Thousand Men Turn Out in Ear
ly Morning at Rock Springs.

Rock Springs, Wyo,, Oct. 8.-Two
thousand men in overcoats were out
to meet Fairbanks at seven o'clock
this morning. The senator talked on
the issues and conditions under Re.
publican rule, also irrigation and i'm.
migration. Senator Fulton addressed
the meetings today at Rawlins, Han
ma, Medicine Bow and Laramie, and
tonight will speak at Cheyenne.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

81 believe in the doctrine of pro-
lection because the facts Of our ma,
tional experience thoroughly exem.
plify its truth. No great American
statesman, except tho half-forgotten
leaders of the slave power, have dis
owned the protective system. Hon.
T. p Deliver
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The mileage of the railroad, tele,
graph, and principal telephone lines
in the state is as fellows: Steam
railways, 9,799.63 miles; electric rail-
ways (interurban), 117.73 miles; West
ern Union Telegraph Co, 7,S46.2s
miles; Postal, LISP miles; Iowa Tel
ephone Co., 6,3605 miles.
The taxable value of the property
of the state being onefourth its actual
value, shows that the taxable property
OF Iowa has an actual valuation OF
over two and one-nalf billions of dol
lars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

--Oskaloosa is we'll represented in
the October magazines. The art
work Of Miss Dulah Evans is fea-
ture of the Red Book, and Prof. E. B.
Warman has an excellent article N
Health Culture. Miss Jessie Level
Ign, sister of Mrs. Jas. A. Dewitt,
of this city, and a young lady we'll
known to many here, contributes a
dramatic story to Wayside Tales, en-.
titled 'Dross of Justice"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The fact that while dressing a
chicken for Sunday dinner Mrs. Hen
rietta Borgstedt found a 81 gold piece
in the fowls craw revives the Mar
shalltown Times-R Republican, conten-
ton that there is good money in
chickens
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

From the report of the Iowa Bureau
Of Labor Statistics the following fig.
ures are derived, showing the com
parative condition of the laboring
men in these institutions by biennial
periods since 1896. Reports are from
institutions having at least five en-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
Newton News: oskaloosa

Newton News: Oskaloosa GER
tainly has hard headed citizen. He
was assaulted the other night by a
would-be murderer, got three bullets
fired against his head from a revolv-
er and his skull was not even crack
ed. 1t has been said that it was
sometimes hard to get anything
through the heads of Oskaloosa peo-
pie, but no one thought it as difficult
as this.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Husband: What! You don't
mean to say you are going shopping
in all this rain?
Wife: OF course I am. I've saw
ed up 81 for rainy day, and this is
the first opportunity I've had to spend
it-Chicago News.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Cedar Rapids needs new city
hall, and she now proposes to levy a
tax of two mills for three successive
years, to obtain the necessary funds.
The proposition will be submitted to
the voters for their approval. Oska-
loosa also needs a new city hall, and
the proposition will be submitted, -
well. don't mention it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13


adult male were $442.37. In 1902, this
average was increased to $5O191. In
1900 the average annual earnings of a
female employee were $1S3.86. In 1902
this average was increased to $241.40
In 1896 there were S,495 miles OF
railway in Iowa. Today there are
1913 miles and the railroads will pay
taxes this year on taxable valuation
Of $57,535, 100.
In 1896 there were 2S,165 persons
employed on the railways of the state
Last year this number had increased
to 42,4S4. The following table shows
the number of railroad employees in
the state and the compensation each
wear since 1S9h:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Col Swain has acquired the
typewriter habit since his residence
abroad and has become quite expert
in the use Of the machine. MY, my,
what blessing" remarks many q
typo VINO has followed the gentle
mans copy in the days agone.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Under the Roosevelt administra-
ton there are thirteen Afro-Ameri.
cans in the diplomatic and consular
service. This is one reason why the
representative race paper the Buxton
Gazette, advises all the negro voters
of that town to support the straight
Republican ticket.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Under the present administration
there are 1891 Afro-Americans en-
ployed by the District government at
Washington, d. c., and their salaries
aggregate about $S50,O00. These are
undoubtedly the ones whom Brewster
would like to have divide with him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

-"Our attention was called not long
since in a thrifty county seat town
in northern Iowa o a 100000 school
house on one side of the street and a
$4,000 jail on the other. The Jail was
empty. the school house full. This
tells the whole story of Iowa's civil
cation. Joe Trigg.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Minneapolis Tribune: Our at
tention is called to the fact that the
greatest butter contest at st. Louis
between Minnesota and Iowa pro-
ducts has ended in victory for the
Hawkeye state. We suppose Iowa
won by hair.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

THE state fair association has a
cash surplus Of 100000, but" suggests
the Mason City Globe-Democrat, "the
people of the state will hold their
breath in amazement if the legislature
is not asked to appropriate again for
the fair"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Never in the history of republic
anism," asserts the Glidden Graphic,
has there been so many substantial
reasons for voting the ticket and SO
few for voting against it."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The first voter should be honest
enough with himself to read the rec
ord of the two parties for the last
twenty-five years. Republicans will
be willing to abide by the decision
made after sucn reading.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

mississippi has i'll its state treas
ury balance of 70 cents-Which, the
Chicago Tribune observes, is just 40
cents above the danger line.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Owing to the scarcity Of labor
and to save the fast ripening crop,
planters at Augusta, Ca, have putsla-
borers to work picking cotton by
moonlight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Iowa permitted her solid Repub-
lican congressional delegation to be
broken into two years ago, solely
through failure of the Republicans in
the second district to go to the polls
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The Dubuque Times thinks that
Mr.. Parker, in the way he takes issue
with President Roosevelt, concerning
pension order No. rs, grasps the hot
end of the poker
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The fame of OsKaloosa made
goods is far reaching. You should do
as well by the home goods as the for
eign trade does.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Russia is sending about 47S,OOO
sets of fur caps, cloaks and boots to
the far east. Those who are watch
ing events there may expect to short
ly see the fur fly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Judge Parker's faith in Jefferson
ian simplicity is demonstrated by his
having fifteen suits of clothes made
since his nomination.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Colonel AL Swain secured relief
from consular service" notes the
Spirit Lake Beacon, "that he might
get in a few ticks for the old party at
home. He is just aching to get into
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Grover Cleveland says the demo
cratic party has returned to sanity.
What the democratic party wants
most, however, is to return to office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The disheartening feature of the
political situation, for the democrats,
is that the people seem to be doing
their own thinking.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Your vote may decide the town
ship election. See that it is cast for
the right men,-which means, vote
the straight Republican ticket.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

-Footpads held up MarshalItown
editor. The Dubuque Telegraph ex-
plains that it was very dark.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

"A country school near Knoxville
is attended by seventeen pupils and
of these thirteen belong to the Smith
family.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The Cedar Rapids Gazette says
that although Senator Allison will
make only few speeches, he will tell
lot of other people what they should
saw
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
IowA,s BALANCE SHEET.

The report of J. R. Sage, the direc-
tor of the Iowa Weather and Crop Ser
vice, gives the following figures as
the value Of the total soil products of
Iowa at the December LIST prices each
,-oo, f.o,o, lone a. 1oao.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
No. Employes. Compensatior

The increase in value of the prop
erty of the state is indicated by the
assessment figures. The total assess
ed value of Iowa property for pur-
poses of taxation since 1900 is, by
wears aS folInwe.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Bryan mentioned sixteen reasons
for opposing Judge Parker and only
one for supporting him. Mr.. Bryan
is still true to the sacred ratio.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

the fight. but it is hard to find any
thing to tackle in this jug handle
campaign"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

The Chicago Tribune concludes
that Buffalo Bill must have all the
best Cossacks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

@-~What are you doing for Oska.
loosa? IrIyou can't suggest anything,
get busy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

They burned their corn for fuel
in democratic days" recalls the Web
ster City Journal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13

Election comes next month and
do not forget that the Republican
candidates of county and congress