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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
State Normal Educator Delivers
Excellent Lecture Before the
Searchlight Club Members
TEACH PUPILS TO DO THINGS
DR.. seerIey Holds the Public scools
Are Reflection Of the community's
Progress and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
Capacity Owing to Custom, Are
Comparatively Few-strong Plea
for Manual Training.

Before almost the entire membership
of the Searchlight Club. President IL.
III. Seerley, of the Iowa State Normal
School at Cedar Falls, Monday night,
at the Y. M. C. A., gave what may be
considered the strongest and most
practical address en- the public school
system ever delivered in this city. His
subject was 1.-THE American Schools
and the American People," and the
allotted time was fifty minutes, yet
so closely was he followed that he
spoke for an hour and a half.
Manual training and the instruction
Of the child in the practical things OF
life, so enthusiastically advocated by
our Superintendent Crane. received the
most rational and convincing endorse
ment that could be given Many went
away expressing the hope that every
body in Marshalltown could hear that
lecture.
President Seerley's plea was for a
broader, more practical school. more
responsive and interested public, better
home influences and public environ
ments and more capable and better paid
teachers. He said in part: THE pub
lie school Is American and thoroughly
democratic, and what the people of a
community are, so the schools will be.
They are individualistic and reflect
the public sentiment of the locality.
The prosperity, type and character
istics of school depends upon the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

velopment of the state OF Iowa than
the building Of this great trunk line
OF railway. He and the late Thomas
B. Abel founded the First Nationa!
bank Of Marshalltown, Iowa, and was
it's president and general manager un-
til his death. He was a man Of much
more than ordinary energy and execu-
tive ability and always took a leading
interest in the upbuilding Of the COM
munities in which he lived. He was a
man of positive and strong convictions
and no better epitome Of his charac-
ter can be given than the epitaph in
scribed on his monument at Riverside:
He labored to promote the public
good, to persuasive argument he gave
an attentive ear, but never was driven
to accept the opinions OF other men,"
Came From Fine Family.
Mrs. Woodbury., whose body will be
buried in Riverside cemetery Wednes-
day morning. came from one Of the
first families in the country, as stated
in these columns at the time of her
death. Professor Thomas Egleston, Of
Columbia University, New York, has
written a brief sketch Of the life of
CONTINUED On Eighth Page.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
He Has Signed Twenty-Eight
Players Who Will Try Out
For the Team
MANY OF THEM NEW ONES
Ten Of the Old Players Retained, AItho
Probably Not All Will Report
League Schedule For 1905 is Com
piled-.Has Not Vet Been Adopted
Practice Schedule Made Up.

Manager Warner has made public
today the list of players signed by him
up to date, who will try out with the
Grays this spring. There are twenty
eight in all, but probably not all OF
the old men will report. Among the
list will be found many new men,
whose records are not known, and a
number of others, who are young play
ers, who give excellent promise. AT
least there Is the advantage in NUM-
bers, from which Warner should be
able to pick out likely bunch.
The players signed by Warner are
as follows:
acknowledgements Blanford, De-
pew, johnson. Weighardt, and House
holder.
Pitchers-Johnson, Disch, Green,
Hurst, O'Kay, Spoerl, Rife, Petty,
Speiser and Pomeroy.
Inflelders - Williams, Middleton,
link, Metcalf, Alberts and Warner.
Outtielders-Hoy, Disch. Corkhill,
Bennett, Gale.
OF the list the old men are Brugge-
man, johnson, George Disch, Green,
Hurst, Williams, Metcalf, >Aaberts,
Warner and Hoy. 1t is not likely that
either Hurst or Metcalf will report, and
a report from Des Moines this morn
ing has it that Warner has sold Will
son to the Minneapolis club Of the
American Association. This could not
zoe verified.
OF the new catches Blanford stands
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

ers, but when he arrived home had
no place to put them. HE was in a
worse quandary than the man who
bought the elephant" Mrs. Chaplin
writes "No cellar, woodshed, meat
house or barn. Finally Mrs. Woodbury.
proposed the old joiner's bench that lay
out of doors-place them in it, heads
and, points, and cover them up with
the wagon sheet, which all emigrants
had at that time. Often in the winter
the wolves would come in the night for
a snack, Notwithstanding the formid-
able whizzing Of an old rifle that Fred
erick and John, sons Of MI. Wood
bury, kept standing by the bedpost.
When the family wanted meat they
were obliged to whack off with an ak
the frozen slices"
Many other interesting incidents Of
this nature are told, included among
which is one relating to az journey Mrs.
Woodbury. took when accompanying
her husband over the country on a
collecting trip. Mr.. Woodbury., who
had established his mill here, had also
built grist mills at xenia and Alden,
in Hardin county. He sold flour to
the farmers on credit, and was sup
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
TAKEN FROM MOTHER

Judge Burnham, at vinton, Gives Gus
tody of Late r. r. Wrieht's Child
rem to Their Uncle, as Their Guard
ian-Mrs. Wright Was Married Five
Weeks After Husband Ended Life
BY Suicide.
Sheriff c. S. Hutson and Clerk Of
Courts II. G. Lounsberry arrived home
this morning from Vinton, where they
were subpoenaed as witnesses in a
case in the Benton county district
court, before Judge q. w. Burnham.
The case was one which Delbert A..
Wood, of Hawarden, guardian of the
children Of his brother-in-law. the late
r. f. Wright, of this city, sought to
have the court give him custody OF
the three minor children, taking them
away from their mother, now Mrs.
Lee Bown, of Belle Plaine. The court
granted the prayer Of the plaintiff. and
the children were ordered turned over
to Mr.. Wood, who is brother of Mrs.
Bown.
r. +. Wright ended his life by hang
ing in this city on November IA, 1904.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

people, and what that school will be
depends upon the standard. aims and
conditions with which the people OF
that locality are satisfied. What is
taught in our schools is encouraged
in the home and by. the public Inc
school reflects the public sentiment,
and If the schools would be good and
of high moral tone, the public must
be good and the town or city must be
clean morally. Civilization leads and
the schools follow, not the opposite, as
is generally supposed. The schools
will not reform our civilization, it twill
but present that civilization as it is to
oun children. The home, the church,
and the schools must be combined.
"Our schools cannot be too practi-
cal, and for that reason our children
should be taught in the schools to do
things. The business, capacity, sagac-
ity, and power in business cannot be
transferred BY the father to the SON.
The son must learn those things for
himself, and fight them out as did his
father before him. For that reason
practicability in the schools cannot be
over-estimated. The pupil must be
able to do something for other people,
and he must be taught self-control
and the power Of the divine spirit. In
all this the teacher plays the large
part.
Elm a sense the profession of a teach
err is looked down upon, and for that
reason the work is avoided by many.
owing to the lack of outlook for those
following it. The teachers pay is so
small that she is handicapped. She is
not able, in many cases, and never does
in many more, visit the homes, mingle
with the people, and keep in touch with
the public whose children she teaches.
For that reason the teacher is unable
to teach the child. Therefore public
interest should be aroused, that teach
ers may be put in the school room to
make men and women of the children,
to make them full of power, capability
and good habits. This age and this
time demand the best, and the vital
|.thing is to have teachers who will stand
before their pupils, having something
to say, and to be able to say it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
LYON FOR SOLICITOR.
Fourth Candidate is Backed by the
Home Protectionists-For Peace and
Prosperity.

Fourth Candidate is Backed by the
Home Protectionists-For Peace and
Prosperity.
Geo. M. Lyon has announced his
candidacy for city solicitor. The Home
Protectionists have endorsed him for
that position, and have confidence in
his ability. Mr.. Lyon says he believes
in individual protection, home protec-
ton and city protection. He believes
that men may be restrained by leg1s-
lation, but not reformed. He says
that he has found that the worst are
not wholly bad, nor the best wholly
good. He believes that the question OF
prohibition is not the paramount issue
in this municipal campaign, but rather
the selection of city Officers who will
be the servants of the people and in
whom the people have confidence, that
all parties should have IL square deal
and that if the saloons are licensed and
permitted to run that they should be
treated as fairly as any other business,
if they live up to the law, Mr.. Lyon is
a lawyer of twenty years experience,
having practised in the Marshall county
courts for the past six years. He is max
ing no demand for this office, and is
even saying to his friends, if you think
the other fellow will better serve all
the interests of Marshalltown then vote
for him. He says that the time has
come in Marshalltown when the peo-
pie demand that the selfish claims and
demands of all candidates shall be
relegated to the rear and the interest
of Marshalltown shall be first.
His platform epitomized is for peace
and prosperity in Marshalltown."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

plying all of the northern part OF the
state. His wife was accompanying
him on one of his collection trips and
~ became necessary for them to ford
Lake, in Wright county. Mr..
.dbury at first tried to drive the
horse thru the lake with the entire
load, but the horse got down and the
buggy became stuck in the mud. The
horse was finally Embarrassed, the
baggage was taken across, and Mr..
Woodbury., with his wife on his
shoulders waded thru the water to the
other side.
A sketch of the life of Greenleaf
Moores Woodbury. written for the gen.
eoogy Of the Woodbury. family In
America, now being compiled in Bos-
ton, Mass, will be of interest, and
shows the stripe OF the men who laid
the foundation for the future success
of Marshalltown. The sketch is as
follows:
"Greenleaf Moores Woodbury. was
born at Washington, Vermont, July IL,
1911. He died at Marshalltown, Iowa.
April Ia, 1873. His father, James
Woodbury., was soldier In the war OF
1912, and was cousin of Judge Lew
Woodbury. of the United States sup
RENE court, who was also secretary or
the treasury under President Jackson.
&c. M. Woodbury. spent his youth In
Vermont and New Hampshire. lie
emigrated to Monroe county, N. Y, in
1929. where he became a merchant and
married In 1892 Miss Frances Venl-
lea Paterson, daughter of the late Hon.
John Pierce Paterson, who was a son
of Major General John Paterson, of the
revolutionary army. He removed with
his family, consisting of himself, wife
and two children to Peoria county, ILL.,.
in 1870. He lived there and In tha
counties of Schuyler and Kane, and
was engaged In farming. merchan-
dising and the milling business for the
following fourteen years, when he re-
moved to the state Of Iowa, settling
in August. 1854, at the then hamlet OF
MarshalItown, where he built the
Woodbury. Touring mills on the Iowa
river, the nearest mills at that time be-
ing at Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and
Oskaloosa.
ut was largely thru his hard work,
untiring energy and liberality that the
county seat was moved from Marietta
to Marshalltown. He was almost who'll
ly instrumental In securing the build
ing of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri
River railroad, which now forms that
portion Of the main double track line
Of the Chicago g. Northwestern rail-
way from Cedar Rapids to Omaha.
This was accomplished principally by
securing the United States land grant
from the legislature Of Iowa for the
RAILROAD which he organized, and In
which he interested Boston capitalists
to invest, and to which he was elected
q director and It's first vice president.
No one enterprise did more for the de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

high. Warner claims his hitting is
away above that of either Of last
years back stops. He also says john
son, Householder and Weighhardt come
to him with the best of recommends
lions, altho he does not know them
personally.
OKay is the only south paw among
all the pitchers. Spoerl is q Sioux
Falls high school boy Of last year who.
Warner predicts, is a conner. OF the
ond hand knowledge.
Among the new fielders Disch is a
brother Of Pitcher Disch, and played
in the Texas League during the season
Of 1903. Sickness prevented him from
playing last season. excepting; during
the closing weeks. In 1903 he hit bet
ter than 300, and led the Texas League.
Corkhill and Gale are very promising
young players. The latter lives at
Warren, ILL.,, and Warner expects things
of him. Bennett comes from the
Northern League, where he played last
year with Duluth, and is fast and a
good hitter.
Practice Games Arranged.
Manager Warner has arranged for a
number of practice games for the two
weeks from the time the team will re-
port until the opening of the season on
May f. The list as compiled to date
is as follows:
Sioux City, Western League at Sioux
City, April Is and 16.
Cedar Rapids at Marshalltown, April
IL and IS.
Highland Park College. Des Moines.
at Marshalltown, April 10, 20. 81.
Jack Flynn's "unknowns" at Mar
shalltown, April %, % and "a.
Grinnell College at Grinnall, April
rs, q, % and 90.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

No word was left as to why the act
was committed 1t seems. from later
developments, that only five weeks af-
ter Wright ended his left, Mrs. Wright
married Lee Bown, young man lit.
tie over 20 years of age, who was maxi
ing his home with the Wrights at the
time Mr.. Wright committed suicide.
The wedding took place at Marengo,
and the couple now lives at Belle
PLANE. Wright left in life insurance
$4,000, and this money will be held in
trust by Mr.. Wood for the children,
Mrs. Wright having assigned it to him
as guardian before it was known that
Wood contemplated taking the action
in court to take the children from the
custody Of the mother.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
Women as We'll as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and characterization beauty,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
~E D..
~ED.
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from his nephew. oodpury, of

2 x:sa; s: ;: :; 4: !!
Pasadena, Cal, received this morn
ing from Kansas City, announced that
he had been delayed in reaching KAN
sas City with the body Of Mrs. Fran
ces " Woodbury., which was expected
to reach this city at 10:30 this morn
ing. Mr.. Woodbury., who is accom-
panying his grandmother's body from
Pasadena to this city, did not reach
Kansas City until / o'clock this morn
ing too late to make connection with
the Great Westerns train that reach
ed Marshalltown at 1920 this MORN
ing The body of Mrs. Woodbury. will
therefore not reach the city until 1855
tonight 1t will be taken to the parlors
of Wilbur & Sons, and the interment
in Riverside will take place at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Carriages for
those who accompany the body to 3iv-
erside will be in waiting at the Wilbur
& Sons store, and at Riverside where
the body will be laid to rest beside that
of the deceaseds husband, G. M.
Woodbury. in the Woodbury. family lot,
Rev. Elijah Brown Jones' pastor OF
the First Baptist church, will have
charge of the brief service. The pail
bearers will be Messrs. George West
lake. N. S. Ketchum, u. Wlligrod.
William Battin, A. +. Birchard and L..
S. kilborn.
A glance mt the early history of Mar
shall county shows that much could be
written of the life of Grandma"
Woodbury.. The late Mrs. Ncttie San
ford Chaplin, in her history of Marshall
county refers often to Mrs. Wosd-
bury, in connection with her husbands
career as one of the most prominent
citizens of an early day. The name
Woodbury. will be forever linked with
that of Marshalltown, and much that
Marshalltown. and even Iowa, has to-
day, can be attributed to the untiring
efforts of such men as G. M. Wood
bury, and other pioneers who braved
the terrors of what was then an UNI
civilized country. forsaking the COM
forts Of good homes in the east, that
they might develop this land OF the
wild bison and deer, in which the In
dian was found in his native haunt.
Mrs. Chaplin refers to one incident
which occurred shortly after Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodbury. came to Marshalltown,
in 1854. So many new settlers were
arriving that the supply Of provisions
were becoming short. Some enter
prising farmer, seeking a chance to
make a good stroke of business
brought to town wagon load of
slaughtered hogs Mr.. Woodbury.,
thinking Of what might result in the
future, invested in three of the pork
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

to this city the schedule is almost
identical with last years. excepting
that the Grays close ut home instead
of away. In compensation for this the
local club is given the maximum num-
Der of Sunday games, ten in all. One
or two other teams of the league play
as often as that at home, and none
oftener. The schedule, which appears
on this page, will probably be adopted,
altho both Waterloo and Fort Dodge
will doubtless vote against it, owing
to neither team opening or closing at
home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

vlgor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncoill-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted witt,
weak ki,lneys IF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
MAY LOSE AN EYE:
Carpenter Suffers Severe Accident
While at Work on Roof.

While at Work on Roof.
John c.. Block, carpenter, of 705
North Fourth street, while at work on
the roof Of the residence of DR.. George
w. Harris, corner of Second and
Church streets, late Monday afternoon,
suffered severe accident that may re-
suit in the loss of his left eye. Block
was placing patent rubber roofing on
the house, and in cutting a piece broke
the blade of his knife. The broken
piece struck Mr.. Block in the eye, en-
tering just back of the pupil. The in
jury is very serious, but there are
hopes that the sight of the eye may be
saved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches ali
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, tlecause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. Tins unpleasant.
trouble is due to diseased condition OF
the kidneys aud bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made fnlser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
BY druggists, in fifty fH-r-
cent and onc-dollar ; F;
size bottles You may
have sample bottle !!es:ssisss sAs
by mail free, also Homo of swamp.1soot
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
Including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swatnp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
sTINEMAN BOUND OVER.
Laurel Man Held to the Grand Jury or
Bonds of 5000,

Walter Stineman, the Laurel man,
charged with breaking and entering the
Doody & Vessel store in Laurel on
the night of November IL, was Monday
bound over to the grand jury by JUS
tice Gus" Smith of Laurel. His bonds
were fixed at 5000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-05
SUPERINTENDENT BENE.
DICT SAYS CHOCTAWS
FAVOR IT
UNDER THE CURTIS ACT
Schools Will be Closed
March 4, 1906.

Muskogee, T. To- June supernteud-
en- John ID Benedict who has just rec
turned from Armstrong and Jones
academies, says tnere is strong scnu-
ment among the Chcctaws TO keep the
Indian system OF schools in force tim
statehood is granted
This win require an act OF congress
and the leading Indians of that nation
are discussing the question Of appealing
TO congress to make provisions FOR main
tanning the Indian schools after March
g. 1906. Under the Curtis act OF 1888,
unless special provision is made for
these schools they must close after
March 4, next
When the Curtis act was passed dis
solving All tribal relations in 1906. IL
was believed the territory would have
| been admitted TO statehood and a new
system Of public schools stabished to
take the place Of the Indian schools
/ The act also authorizes division OF
| tribal funds. consequently no funds Will
/ be made available for the Indian schools
/ leaving the territory with only a few
schools IN the Incorporated towns Few
/ Indian children live IN the towns. ans
the leading men Of the nation win pro-
badly petition cor.ress TO make pro.
vision for the schools from March {,
June J. 1906. They want the children tC
and the following year II the state sys
tenn OF public schools has not been or
ganized by that time
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-05
ARE nLoNDs 70 DisA5
Probability That IN the Futul
Shall All Be Rrunettes.

Probability That in the Futul
Shall All Be Brunettes.
The somewhat startling sta
has been made that the blue
golden haired and light compile
variety Of the human race Is
course Of extinction. and that.
few more generations. blOn
likely to become so rare in the
population that they may be
upon as curlosities. somewhat
biuos are today The blond {,
been so often chosen by artif
poets to represent their noble
ceptions Of human beauty that
can regard even the bare sug.
OF its extinction without (
Moreover. some OF the mcrld's
est races and many Of its MOI
terful personalities have belor
this type. and It's admirers havf
times gone 30 far as TO aver N
compilations. ard IN particula
colored eyes. are the favored Il
the highest genius.
This is undoubtedly an extre
untenable claim, yet II cannos
MED that history shows an 4
dinary number OF men and We
the first rank In ali the highs
Of intellect who possessed the
teristic marks Of the blond, q
not only in countries where n
type prevails. but also IN Ian,
/ Italy. where the general compl
the population Is dark succ