Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
Topics Of the Times

The Swedish government has noti-
fled its legation here that Swedes mar
rying in this country must obtain per-
rlission from Swedish consuls in ord
err to have such marriages recognized
by Swedish law. Thus Swede wish
den would find 1t necessary to secure
such permission or find the marriage
null in the home country.
Tailors who have been conducting
"suit clubs" will be interested in the
decision of the Georgia supreme court
which defines "suit clubs ELS lotteries
and convicted the defendant of con-
Quoting lottery. The decision will be
given Thursday in another column un-
der the head Important Decisions"
A magazine article of uncommon in
terest is that by Frank Foxcraft in the
March Atlantic on ",rhe Drift Away
From Prohibition" Considering the
contradictory facts that there is grow
ing sentiment in favor Of temperance,
and that strict prohibition laws have
been repealed in many states, Mr. Fox
croft shows that these are reconciled
by the growing belief in the advan-
RACES of local option. He has studied
the operation of the local option laws
in many towns in New Hampshire and
Vermont, and comes at the end to
some interesting conclusions.
The report that an Iowa man be-
came intoxicated on jug Of shipped
I'M" whisky and paid for his local pap
er twenty years in advance sounds
like a deep laid plot to win over the
county press to the support Of the
c. o. D. liquor traffic.
In "The Old Red School House"
published in McClure's, Eugene Wood
bemoaned the apples of his youth.
The one particular apple of old delight
was the "rambo." Dear me, how good
it vast" he said. "I think I'd sooner
have one right now than great riches"
Thanks to the power of sentiment and
the tender hearts Of his readers, Mr..
Woods has had his apples. Gifts Of
"rambos' crowded to his house in
Brooklyn. and smoked sausages, too
the good time home stuffed, home
smoked brand. He has had promises,
too. of barrels of 'rambos" for next
fall.
Once again the haze Of springtime
1lovers in the sunlit sky;
Once again the soft south breezes
chase the cloudlets swiftly by;
once again the hens are laying nice
fresh egglets, and, oh, my!
Once again we have for dessert
great, big gobs Of custard pie.
Manson Democrat.
Tho uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown" the lips of most crowned
head lie easily enough to keep an even
balance.
1t would seem that the T.-R. is not
the only journal tobe completely floor
ed by the Cedar Rapids Republicans
characteristic argument for the Sun
day issue of that paper contains all
editorial opening with the statement:
"The editor of the Grundy Republican
is not only narrow minded faction
alist. but he is liar" The type must
have been left standing from the old
Cummins- railroad machine controv-
ersy. /.
The number of workmen employed
in the automobile industry of France
in 1904, according to the president OF
the automobile syndicate, is at least
$1,000 skilled mechanics and 25,OO0
employees, clerks, etc, to which should
be added about 10000 chauffeurs, max
ing total Of 100000 persons who are
directly identified with the industry.
Soma years ago an American ento-
moloyfst had sent to him for exa1nin-
alton a few specimens OF the gypsy
moth, and he accidentally allowed
some half-dozen to escape. These in
creased and multiplied in such an a
farming fashion that the moths spread
over a certain locality, in which they