Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-24
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
And the church federation acted
AS unit when 1t turned down the I'm
| ttarians.
! Senator Hopkins of Illinois on his
arrival in Washington said: In the
long run the senate will pass rail-
way bill substantially along the lines
Indicated by President Roosevelt"
Nevertheless the producer keeps on In
sisting that it be done on the jump.
rs
| Perhaps a strike is great moral
necessity" but 1t doesn't buy clothes
/ or coal. And a moral as we'll as much
discomfort attaches to the lack OF
these.
Consul Mahin, of Nottingham, Eng
land, reports a Belgian process of get
\ ting out the gold that is In sea water
4 and declares 1t success. The United
States method of getting gold out OF
the water in corporate stock is largely
a political one. That's the difference.
Both seem to be successful.
In the early days Of railroading In
this country horses were used to help
the locomotives up grades. Nowadays
they use United States senators and
congressman getting over the high
places.
When a visiting caller at country
newspaper office "renews old associa-
/ tons" it Is understood that he paid
for them in advance.
Mr.. Sundays platform for Burling-
ton highly approved by the Hawkeye,
demands: First, close the gambling
places; second, close every house Of
| III fame, and third close the saloons
on Sunday" But this is not stand
pat platform.
The schemes Of the passenger agent
are legion. Just now in Iowa City
story to the effect that Cedar Rapids
has a Jack the Hugger," whose mode
OF operation is to wait until dusk, ana
Law in wait for huggable material is
crowding the interurban trains every
evening with Iowa City women bound
toward Cedar Rapids.
The report of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company shows that for the
wear ended June 80 last that great COR
poration received In cash for the trans
portation of passengers. freight, etc,
over $4,000 every day in the year,
Including Sundays. It's receipts were
eighteen times as great as those of tho
state OF Maryland The total business
for the year brought in the vast sum
of $67,9s9,997, an amount greater than
1t ever before received in single year
during it's long career Out Of It's re-
ceipts 1t paid dividends on preferred
and common stock amounting to So
5s0,s01.
The old tavern at Brookf1eld. Massa-
chusetts, was built in 1860, has been
J closed, and for the first time in more
than 200 years the town is without a
hostelry. Were the registers Of the
house in existence they would show
LIST of signatures that would be well
coined by the most aristocratic metro
politan hotels. George Washington was
entertained in 1889, and a few months
later Martha Washington was guest.
John Adams, the second president of
the United States, occupied the best
chamber in 1899. In 1894 Jerome Bon
aparte and his strikingly handsome
bride. Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore,
grandmother to the present secretary
of the navy, were received Three
wears later Jerome Bonaparte was made
King Of westphalia by Napoleon. La
fayette stopped at the tavern on his
triumphal tour in 1924. From beneath
the roof Of the famous inn We're dis
patched minute men to Lexington and
Concord, and patriots who fought at
Bunker HILL With the advent of rail-
roads and the passing of stage routes
the institution failed to pay.
Formosa makes Japan the most i'm
portant producer of camphor in the far
east, and as camphor plays consid-
| cradle part in the worlds manipulation
OF picric acid an article in demand for
the manufacture Of explosives for war,
1t is easy to understand why Japan
holds up her production, says the Illus
tration," Of Paris. Camphor is now so
scarce that 1t can hardly be considered
| 4, oo,,rarniol itam The war has rails
ed the price of another product-the
bark of the black alder, an article val
ued-aside from it's medicinal proper
ties-as necessary for the manufacture
of srnokeless powder. It is very strong