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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Getting All the Facts.

Next TO the ability to grasp the news
value of an event or occurrence is the
ability to get the essential facts and
put them in writing in an orderly and
readable text. The Importance of the
use of good language and right mean
ing words, even in an ordinary news
story. should not be minimized by th.
correspondent, but it is not paramount.
The first great essential is to get all
of the facts connected with your story.
1t has been said that one never really
knows anything we'll until he is able
to mpart his knowledge to others. The
rule works both ways, for 1t is obvious
that one cannot tell story we'll until
he knows all the facts upon which it is
based. Call by telephone the news
editor or city editor of any reputable
paper to give him an important story
and you will quickly realize the neces-
sity of knowing all the details. A case
in piont occurred not long since in this
office. A correspondent who can write
a good story when occasion offers,
came down the street of his home town
one morning and learned that a tragedy
had occurred during the night.
prominent citizen had murdered his
wife with a hammer before the eyes OF
his frightened children and then at
tackled himself with suicidal intent.
Neighbors had rescued the family ana
the man from himself after 1t was be-
lieved he was fatally injured. The cor
respondent heard of the tragedy and
without further investigation hurried
to the telephone office and called UP
the T.-R. A few questions from the
news editor made it apparent to the
correspondent that he had only very
limited knowledge of the case. He
knew little or nothing about the actual
circumstances surrounding the affair
and it was absolutely necessary to
| make second and later call In order
to get a satisfactory story. His en-
terprise in calling up the offica
promptly was very commendable, for
| time is a great factor in publishing a
daily newspaper But he could have
saved both time and expense by q
| quick investigation.
The question of detail in the telling
of a story is of Importance. 1t is g
pretty safe rule to be brief, to give only
| the essential points and to stop wher
these have been given. Circumstances
| and the time ana place ana cHaTdcte'
of the event to be described should
regulate the amount of space to bt
given it. AS general rule one car
guage pretty accurately the value OF ;
| story and the space to give 1t by plac.
ing ones self in the position of the
reader, rather than following out one''
own perception Of it's Importance. Wha
may be of absorbing interest to the
correspondent might be tedious ane
firing to the average reader. and vice
versa. In an experience covering {
number of years, it has been our OBJ
se1vation that the average correspon'
dent, like the average man, place!
most stress upon some certain phase
of the news, habit which he should
guard against. unless he Is employed
for that purpose. If he has sporting
proclivities he is pretty certain to CIV
that class of news undue prominence
A ball game between his home tow
and the neighboring village is a bigge
thing to him than the county conven'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

is interest to CHARLES A. Van Buskirk,
who is associated with John H. Veg
ersley in issuing the paper.
We boil our water patiently,
Then boil it once again.
We sidestep fights and stay in
nights,
Avoiding hold-up men.
The town would be a healthful place
For people to reside,
If we could break the auto OF
The trick of homicide.
Chicago News.
The case of the girl who wrote
poetry to the president and was tax
en- in charge by the police should 1ur-
nish valuable precedent.
The Chicago Tribune says that:
",rhat those stories to the effect that
Iowa is falling off in population may
be taken with a few grains of corn.
Alderman Sloan of Kansas City, has
given a distinctive name to frame
structures veneered with stone or
brick. He calls them 'shirtwaist build
inss," and is making vigorous war on
a proposed law permitting of their
construction inside the city fire limits.
"Johnny who was Peter, and who
was Paul?"'
'.Thems the guys wat robbed each
other to pay each other without let
tim their left hands get wise. Gin
cinnati Commercial
rs Kildoran good for drink?' cried
the barkeper to the proprietor who
was UP stairs. Has he had lt?Y asked
the proprietor. He has He is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

Very Low Rates to Baltimore, Md.
Via the North Western Line, for tick
cts to be sold July /, and 8, with ia
yorable return limits, on account of
International Christian Endeavor Con-
yention. Choice Of routes from Chi
cago. Apply to agents Chicago &
North Western Railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Nc Secret About It.

It is no secret that for cuts. burns.
ulcers fever sores, sore eyes, boils.
etc, nothing is so effective as Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. ut didn't take long to
cure bad sore had, and it is all o.
K. for sore eyes," writes d. L. Greg
DRY, Of Hope, Tex. rs cents at Nc
Donald & Mahood Co.'s drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Mas Wasfinn Away.

The following letter from Robert r.
Watts of Salem, Mo-, is instructive:
81 have been troubled with kidney dis
ease for the last five years. lost
flesh and never felt we'll and doctored
with leading physicians and tried all
remedies suggested without relief. FL
nally I tried Foley's Kidney Cure and
less than two bottles completely cured
me and am now sound and we'll.
B. A Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Carnival at Oskaloosa,

On account of the Street Fair and
Carnival at Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 10
"a, the Iowa Central Railway will sell
round trip excursion tickets commence
ing June 20, at open rate of fare and
one-third, with limit for return leav-
ing Oskaloosa until June 26, 1905.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
If in a kind of bilious mood,
Won wish an aid to digest food,
81, 3. lo1f .o ,ooa
No other pill is half so good

AS DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
The famous little pills, Early Risers,
cure Constipation. Sick Headache, Bill
iousness, etc. They never grippe or
sicken. but impart early rising energy.
Good for either children or adults. Bob
Moore, Lafayette, Ind, says: No use
talking, DeWitt's Little Early Risers
do their work. All other pills have
used grippe and make me sick. De-
Wits Little Early Risers brought the
long sought relief. They are perfect"
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
The chiIdren's Favorite.

For coughs, Group, whooping cough.
ETC.. One Minute Cough Cure is the
children's favorite. This is because it
contains no opiate, is perfectly harm
less, tastes good and cures. Sold by
all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
simply liquid electricity. 1t goes to ev-
cry part of your body, bringing new
blood, strength and new vigor. 1t
makes you we'll and keeps you we'll.
IS cents. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

b-u-r-r-d. we SellQ MN lllls PiPS'
every week and of course he reads IL
And, also, of course, he's learned now
it's done, so that when our KID taxes
hold of the business here, Taylor VIII
come somewhere near being able 10
hold the boy level.
ONE AGAINST 100000
Davenport Democrat
Iowa can lose Is. 900 now and 1a,0oo
more under the census five years hence
without losing a member of congress
under the ratio fixed by congress IN
making the last apportionment.-Slou
City Journals:
This may be true, but wouldn't 1t
be better for a member of congress TO
engage in some other business than
for 100000 Iowans to cast their for
tunes i'm other states, Iowa wouldn't
of IL; the other could answer roll
call and make speeches. But when it
comes to take away more than five
per cent of 1owa's population it leads
to embarrassing questions. Several
newspapers have been trying for the
past month to answer these queries,
but they have generally failed to do
So Give us back the 10000 and take
two congressman. Iowa will be some
thing like 149,99S ahead by this ex-
change.
EARLY SCHOOL DAYS IN PENNS
WILLIAMS Wasp.l
Jacob Aumiller has handed us q
clipping from a paper published in his
old home town in Pennsylvania. in
which the writer tells in most in
teresting manner of the early school
lengthy we can only reprint portion
of 1t which we trust will be of interest
to all:
'In the early days teachers We're
rated no higher than common labor
ers. If the contract was by the
month, IS or $40 was high wages
for men. Often the pay was by the
day = 2 to 8 cents for each pupil pei
day of attendance. Sometimes the
contract was for teaching the pupil a
subject. viz: To read English as, to
write Is, to read, write and cast accts
IS. Sometimes two bushels of whea,
was the pay per quarter. This the
master sold to the nearest distillery.
One dollar week and board was
common salary for a woman teacher
Twenty-six days of actual teaching
was counted a month; seventy-sever
days a quarter. When we had writer
the above we thought we had reaches
bottom prices for teaching, but ir
Wickersham's history we find that .
woman taught in Susquehanna county
| so late as 1912 for rs cents per week
and then in the same work we fins
in Tioga county, Mary Kelsey teaching
for 371a cents per week. and men Their
received in that county 21a and 3 cent:
per day per pupil. In 1925 the regular
price was cents per day. AT this
time Miss Magusre petitioned the
school men for an increase of her pay
to cents per day, saving that She
could not live on s1.25 per quartz!
which was only about liz cents pei
day for her.
| An act Of April II, 1893, exonerat'
ed all teachers and ministers from
| the payment of all taxes. This relic
and free board made it possible fol
| teachers to live"
| Wonder how our present day educa.
| tors would have enjoyed days of ole
| Lang Syne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
HUGE 7 ask.

It was huge task to undertake the
cure of such a bad case of kidney di-
sease as that of c. r. Collier, Of Cher
okee. Iowa, but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: my kidneys We're so far
gone 1 could not sit on chair with
out a cushion; and suffered from
dreadful backache, headache and de-
preston. In Electric Bitters, however,
/ found a cure, and by them was re-
stored to perfect health. recommend
this great tonic medicine to all with
weak kidneys, liver or stomach" Guar
anteed by Mcdonald & Mahood Co..
druggists; price so cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
lowA nplNloNs AND NOTEs.

"Paltry politics is the partner OF
graft" sententiously states the SIOUX
City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Very Low Rates to Denver, Col.

Very Low Rates to Denver, Col.
Via the Northwestern Line for tick
cts to be sold June 80 to July 4, in
elusive, with favorable return limits,
on account of International Epworth
League Convention Apply to agents
Chicago &. Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

In view of the fact that a proprietor
of the Cedar Rapids Republican urged
press of business as an excuse Tor not
responding to the summons of the
court which desired to use nm as a
witness in the Dennison trial, 1T would
seem to the Grundy Center Republican
that the Cedar Rapids paper should
pipe low on this subject"
"There will possibly be a new skin
game at the country fairs and carni-
walls this fall, to be called The Equl-
table," predicts the Cedar Rapids Ga
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
"the discharge of Bowen gives full
satisfaction. The CLOSING over OF
LOOMS is not so pleasing. There IS
nothing to be proud of in the whole
case
The Cedar Rapids Republican de-
clares some how or other the coun-
try hasn't the fullest confidence in MIR.
Morton and it is right that 1t should
not have it-public sentiment by con-
demning those who do wrong in high
can teach men growing UP in such
places the strict necessity of doing
what is right all the time"
The Fontanelle Observer cannot see
any ground for the complaint that in
mates of the Mt. Pleasant asylum are
insufficiently fed. rs not each pa
tient examining himself with three
worth of food every time he puts his
feet under the table?" asks the Obser-
yer.
The Rockwell Photograph figures
eff George D. Perkins happens to hold
the key to the gubernatorial situation
both factions could claim a victory
anad substantiate it by quotations
from the Sioux City Journal"
"Why not remit the highway tax of
every man who will keep a half mile
of road in first class shape past his
farm?" proposes the Thompson Cour-
ier The tax is to make roads, so how
can it be put to better advantage?
Each farmer, if all had a section,
would have a half mile of road to
make. Let them who don't work and
non-residents pay the tax. Hold them
to a thorough use of the King drag and
give them a tax receipt for it,
The Dubuque Times assumes that
these speed trials are interesting to
those who pay special fare for the
privilege of travelling on the fastest
train between Chicop O and Nav, vorlx
but believes "the vast consuming
public would put safety above both
speed and competition. What it
would like to see is earnest COMPETE
ton in the matter of adopting devices
to insure the safety of railway pas
sengers and employees and the railway
mail clerks and express messengers.
The Times also argues that speed
competitions "also afford evidence that
there is no such community of interest
between these two lines as shippers
have heretofore suspected"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

On the first indication of kidney dl,,
trougle, stop it by taking Foley's Kid
ney Cure. B. A. Morgan
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
5000 t. ST. Paul & Minneapolis and
Return via Chicago Great Western
Railway.

Tickets on sale daily to September 80.
Final return limit October 81. Also e.
qually W rates to Minnesota, North
Dakota, Colora 10, Utah, and Wyoming
points. For further information APP
ply to any Chicago Great Western
ticket agent, Or j. P. Elmer. g. P. A,
st. Paul, Mimi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

"There will possibly be a new skin
game at the country fairs and carni-
walls this fall, to be called THE Equi-
table," predicts the Cedar Rapids Ga
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Iowa Newspapers

AN OLD SETTLER.

lWdoulIlSloil, Nld.) DoIHOefdI.l
Old Dad Whitcomb came to Iowa in
a wagon from New Hampshire in 1898
Do you know how early that was?
That was before the invention of the
telegraph. There wasn't a mile of rail-
road in Iowa. The Mexican war had
not been fought. Andy jackson was
president. The country was full of
game. There was plenty of deer, tho
Dad did not shoot any. He shot one
wild turkey and plenty of prairie
chickens, quails and the like. He set
tied eighteen miles southwest of Bur-
lington. His mother died when he
was kid, and his father placed him
with an aunt in New Hampshire, While
the elder Whitcomb remained in New
York. After many years he hunted UP
his father and visited him a few days,
and left for the wild and woolly west.
He has lived in Iowa ever since.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
TAMA INDIANS.

ICnelSea independently
No doubt there are people who
think they cannot get along without
the Traer paper. We are not one of
those! Not whatever! Some four or
five weeks ago the swell headed editor
of that weekly Gun-Wa rudely slash
ed this paper from his exchange list
having become angry thru a realiza-
ton of the fact that we were not as
easy as he had thought. But the
sun still rises in the east and still
sets in the west The earth still re-
wolves upon its axis, and the govern
ment at Washington still lives and up
to noon of Monday he heavens had not
fallen So more than likely no great
catastrophe will occur. Taylor evil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
"the discharge of Bowen gives full
satisfaction. The CLOSING over of
LOOMS is not so pleasing. There is
nothing to be proud of in the whole
case
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

IDENTIFY has about the equipoise of a
12-year- old boy, who. if everything
doesn't go his way, will take his play
things and go home. Taylor is a
We send him this paper
every week and of course he reads IT.
And, Also of course, he's learned now
it's done, so that when our Kid takes
hold of the business here Taylor VIII
come somewhere near being able TO
hold the boy level.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

rs Kildoran good for drink?' cried
the barkeper to the proprietor who
was up stairs. Has he had it?' asked
the proprietor. He has" He is"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24

The Chicago Tribune says that:
THAT those stories to the effect that
Iowa is falling off in population may
be taken with a few grains of corn
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09
Cure Without Stomach Dosing,

Hyomei Cures Cattaffh bp Simple Breath
ing Wood Bros Refund Money II
II Fails to cure.
A onG stride toward solving
the mystery Of curing cdtdrri
VAS taken with the discovery of
Hy"mei In fact, the percent
age OF cures by this treatment
pruve~ il opal 10 the final
test.
The folly # rakihG medicine
into the stomach TO cur- Catarrh
OF the nOS". throat and lungs.
has been realized by physicians,
but not uutiI Hyomei was
known, had they d pra ctiLal
method that would 0bv,ate
stomach dragging.
A complete HyOmei out fit
costs but 81. and consists % a
neat poke, iaha err that can be
used anywhere W thouI attract
ing attention, d medicine drop
per and Onttir of Hynmri Ex-
ira bottles # Hyomai cost bat
SOC.
Breathing Hyomei through
the inhaler. every plr,icle IF
air tndt enters the nose, throat
and lungs, is charged with a
healing nd 'Sam that ~pr,h-S
and avs TAI irritation. Il, :
the catarrhal germs anh enrich
es the blood with addlliona,
ozone.
Wood Bros. have so mucn
faith in the power of Hyomei
to cure catarrh, that they are
selling 1t under their persona
guarantee to refund the muuey
If it does not give positive r.
lief.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09

Glover is not a good crop to
sell off the farm, as it carries
too much fertility with ii.
Poultry raising is the biggest
little business in Missouri and
it IS one that will vastly in
CREASE.
Marcel anu April weather is
mi hty uncCrt4lu and the sows
to harrow Thea. uliesS Civ.
en- proper >le'tfr and care. my
o~' ~. ~ i jtr@" part of their
PIGS il "on!J lie rcuouml to
rNr"rd iu' value Ut o .. ~,,y II,
"'',e' II IT, prov dc pruprr >hr'
err lH ne u,HrrS aud npV ,
good IN" to attend TO a. :
n,d.I"r. --T2e Rur3lier.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09
New Tangled Schools.

They taught him to hemstitcb
and they taught him to sing,
And how to make basket out
Of variegated string
And how to fold a paper so he
wouldn't hurt his thumb.
They taught a lot to BERTHE but be
Couldn't
sum.
They taught him to mould the
the head of Hercules in CLAW.
Aud how to tell the difference
'twixt the bluebird and the iay
And how to sketch a horsie 10 a
little picture frame.
But strangely they forgot to
teach him
How TO
spell DIS
name.
Now Bertie's pa was cranky and
he went one day to find
What twas they did that made
his son so backward IT, his mind
II don't want BERTHE wrecked"
he cried his temper far from cool
Il want him educated" so he
Took him
out of
school.
Selected.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09
To Keep Eyes Bright.
aNbOOl,
Selected.

~ NSSP LySS DlISHt'
Never read facing the.light.
Do not read with the head
lowered.
Hold a book, on a level with
the eyes.
Don't read on a moving train.
Don't read while you rock.
Don't tax your eyes when you
are tired or hungry.
Don't use your eyes when
they smart.
Don't face the wind on dusty
day without, glasses.
Don't squint; it weakens the
eyelids. From the Chicago
News.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09

Nls7 Marguerite McC int c
,u~"' Sunday with rrlAtives at
lin, newell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-09

Mss Lille Bixler is spending
the week with Hannibal
friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
and th. anxiety Of his friend. we're


soothing to the profigs,e. 1t gave
him back a little of his lost self re-
spect. The doctors finally decided that
lie Would best lee1pelate in Florida
and advised Il month at least in the
7 warmth. He loaped at the PROPOSE
ton, but took The law into his own
Hands by ordering General Manager
harrison to rent st uiavt ana insisting
that he needed the companionehip Of
Peggy and Mis-. Gray.
"How soon can get back 10 work.
GoctorE" demanded Monty the day he
| fore the special train WIS to ratf! hInr
south. He was beginning IL see tine
dark side of his enforced idleness. Us
| blood again was tinGlinG with the &c
Sire to be back in the harness of Il
| Spendthrift
''To work laughed the phySjeiall
| And what is your occupation. pray
Making other people rich. respond
| ed Brewster Soherly.
well. aren't You satisfied with What
YOU have done for me: If You are Us
charitable as that you must he St!ll
| pretty sick. BE careful and you may
be on your feet again in five or ~
weeks
Harrison came in as Lotlcss left.
repgy smiled Il, him fr1m the window.
She lad been reading aloud lrola i.
nvNri >Q ga. ,l.ou- ,hai ii fairly ci',.',.
aloud tor Interruptions.
Ne, Ne.9. N.s,dt l'ez'alnr !" .!s
Aali ! w.:s @,ing Ia 4lNei:@ dcpi"a>e=
Monty. Il trouhl"d 10 X IN his eyes.
W. "" e5|ic! il of, >aid Ne.
| cl III surprise.
J - z ll5t "a eH. Y u, :" a.
esl iegIs. looking up= l.si:NN AND wt..
e'i..n2 if III IL nj "a I ne 'rai IN :
| of
4 know we d dn't give il. Of coarse
! but What ,:.tte cd YOU hi' upon.
w. Gi,iH, postpone i, at all SAID
| NoIller. "How could We: We Nieilt
| know whether mean. it wouldn't
| have been quite right to DO that sort of
thing
81 understand. Well, what has be
come of the orchestra and the flowers
and all that!'
'"rhe orchestra is gallivanting around
| the country, Quarreling with itself and
everybody else and driving poor Gard
ner to the insane asylum. The flowers
have lost their bloom long ago"
well, We'll get together, hopper,
and try to have the ball at mid Lent
| think III he we'll 10y that time
Peggy looked appealingly at Hairi.
son for guidance, but to him silence
seemed the better part of valor. and he
went off wondering if the illness had
completely carried away Monty's rea
son
ITO Be Continued)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
Special Excursion.

On Sunday, July 30th, 1906 the st
l.. l. M. and S. Ry., will run a special
excursion train from Pine Bluff and
Little Rock to Fort Smith and return
Train will leave Pine Bluff 1 a. m.
Sunday, July Both and returning will
leave Fort Smith at 9 p. m. A grand
opportunity for the people of Pine
Bluff and Little Rock to unite and
spend day in the interesting city ef
Fort Smith. Fare $500 for the round
trip Special train through to For
Smith and return For fruther partic
ulars apply to
H. N. Atwood, Ticket Agent.