Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-11
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Transferring Mr.. Cortelyou from the
postotfice to the presidency of the
| Equitable would be no Small change"
Marked with red ink the following
paragraph In the 1Gdora Herald has
reached the exchange table:
There IL one newspaper which
seems to religiously avoid quoting or
clipping from The Herald. That pa
| per Is none other than the Times Re-
publican, for which this newspaper has
done more than for any other newspa-
per. 1t has too quoted that excellent
daily more often than amy other In
the state, perhaps. However, the
Herald makes no complaint. II has
only been puzzled a trille to know why
| conditions were thus, The Herald
| has never laid u straw in the way Of
the T.-R., but has on the other hand
|
The overworked exchange editor
pleads guilty, apologies and promises
amendment.
The superintendent Of schools fl
New York City who took ii upon him
self to rewrite the Star SpangleG
| Banner should not get wrapped up In
his job. 1t is against federal law for
hams to be wrapped in the flag.
Mapleton is to have another news
paper to be issued next Monday.
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! A movement IL on foot at st. Paul
for the registration of automobile driv-
ers instead OF machines. Each driver
wearing a placard with his number will
be living illustration OF what fast
pace generally leads to.
Judging by recent immigration sta
tictics, Russia's Jewish population un-
derstands the phrase land OF freedom"
as freedom to land.
The Lewis & Clarke exposition man
agemcnt are to wire Mt. Hood and illu-
inmate It's snowy summit and those of
| neighboring mountains for 100 miles
around. The illumination will be Wis
ible 100 miles out at sea.
Kansas has passed n bill similar to
the Nebraska law forbidding indul-
gence in sports on Memorial day, The
| next step is it's enforcement.
An English paper tells n story of life
outsde a public house. These men
| in here" he exclaimed, furiously,
| pointing behind him, have gone and
insuted me. Now watch me go In and
kick them into the street one afte,
another. You can count EN- as they
come thru the door, The friend stood
and watched, Presently human form
whizzed by him. "One" he called.
stop counting" said the other, It's
me.''
Nam Patterson says she wishes she
might again ne baby. No doubt, but
whose .baby?"
Mothers will be Interested by the
description of the czarevitch's winter
outfit His parambulators ledge is a
miracle of ingenious and dainty con-
structive art In order to maintain its
resemblance to a horse sledge 1t is
fitted with tiny silver bells which Rus
slams call 'bubentchiki" The panels
are painted sky blue, adorned with the
monogram "A. NJ" standing for the
heirs name, Aiexei Nicholaievitch. and
inside is soft upholstery Of blue silk.
The child is kept warm by a price,
less ermine perambulator rug. The
handles are OF ivory, and all the fit
tings silver.
If Brown comes up to you some day
and says with foolish glee
While proudly his parental chest ex-
pands,
MY little son--hes three years old
said, Pepper, who made God?'
It's etiquette to fell him where he
stands!
Life.
One of the results of divorce in AM
erica, according to w. l.. Bodine, sup
erintendent of compulsory education In
Chicago, is the cruelty of stepfathers,
stepmothers and foster parents 10 the
children whom their own parents have
deserted. II know of instances of cru
city to children" he says, that would
make an Apache hang his feathered
head in meek and lowly shame. The
country has gone divorce crazy. De-
sertion Ia the poor mans divorce, and
there are thousands of men who de-
.sert their wives and families to
leave them at the mercy Of the world.
This Is the real American peril
An arrangement has been made by
the British postoffice with the Mar
conf company, says the Electrical Re-
view, by which messages may be sent
quickly from amy point in the United
Kingdom to ships out at sea. The
local postoffice receives messages and
collects the full charge for delivery to
the person aboard ship. The message
is sent to a Marconi station--of which
there are sixty at various points along
the British coast--andl transmitted to