Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-19
Topics Of the Times

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The Elliott Graphic tells Of towns
man who visited the krctchmer man
ufacturing establishment In the neigh
boring town of Red COAX and found
to his great surprise that they were
loading a car load OF knocked down
bee hives and supplies to Chicago for
Sears. Roebuck & Co. and now the
unwary bee keeper will send to Sears,
Rroebuck & Co. to get his bee supplies
in order that he may have the privilege
of paying the freight both ways" COM
ments the Graphic.
Judging from appearances an anti
splitting ordinance wouldn't be bad
thing for Sioux City-sioux City
Tribune.
Here's chance for bargain.
Keokuk has one it has never used.
Whatll We give?--Keokuk Gate City.
Now that spring has loosened UP the
frosty soil and made digging easier
the city scavenger of Muscatine has
buried twenty-five carcasses of horses
dumped on the outskirts Of the city.
Life is careless and easy in Muscatine
for the scavenger.
The Rock Island railroad has pen
stoned at $50 month Caleb Warren,
one Of the oldest conductors who has
served the company for twenty four
years.
A little love to sweeten well the heart
A little wine that fell from grapes all
red,
gentle hope, craving mild for art
And 10, lifes blessings have been
nearly said.
Will Chamberlain in Sioux City
Journal.
Bess-Which do men like to make
love to the most-little girls or tall
girls?
Jess-Well. it's the shorts that you
always hear of as getting squeezed
Cleveland Leader.
Possibly Secretary Shaw intends to
use that former grave digger in bury
ing the opposition.
Here is an eastern editor who says
you can buy today a. whole gallon of
kerosene for the price of one drink of
BOOZE"
81 wonder if that's plea for dearer
oil or cheaper oze?"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The search for Paul Jones' body
should have properly devolved on the
British navy 1t never failed to find
him.
Statistics would seem to prove that
marriage is becoming an unpopular in
stitution in England. The registrar
general shows, in his annual return
just issued that the marriage rate in
1903-15.6 per 1000 of the population
was the lowest since 1895. The birth
rate in 19O3-2s.4 per 1000 of popula
tion-was the lowest on record, and
the same has to be said for the death
rate-15.4 per 1000 persons living.
The personal liberty league of
Omaha is said to consist mainly of
saloonkeepers, brewers, and the class
that believe liberty and icense-high
or low-go together.
The report that General Stoessel is
to be shot is probably only half true.
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Mr.. Bryan's idea of getting back to
Thomas Jefferson seems to be much
the same as getting back at every 9th
er democratic leader.
This years celebration of Memorial
day in Philadelphia will be marked by
the participation in the exercises, in an
official capacity, Of a confederate lead
er, General Fitzhugh Lee. This will be
Grand Army in Pennsylvania that
general has delivered
Memorial Day Grafton under the aus
pieces of Grand Army post. General
Lee will be the guest Of Colonel Will
lam L. Curry Post No. IS.
The commissioners of Queen Vic
toria Park, on the Canadian side of
Niagara Falls, show proper sense OF
the condition now affecting that ma
iestic cataract They have just issued
their nineteenth annual report and laid