Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-19
Topics Of the Times

| Mrs Matte Conner, Il little no.
! pound woman at Delta, husked nine
| ty-nine bushels and a quarter of corn,
cooked her own dinner, and was get
ting supper at shutdown, all in a single
day. You can't lose Iowa women!
Senator Jackson, of Woodbury.
| county, will introduce in the next ses-
sion of the legislature a bill prohibit
| ing either party to divorce from
| marrying within six months after the
decree has been granted. Then, if I'm
Gle George should be divorced for de-
sertion, he might become semi-an-
| nual instead of a national" republican,
Facilities for fool election bets con-
tinue to increase. The peanut crop in
the United States now amounts to H.
100000 bushels annually.
An Ackley newspaper describes
! narrow escape from death in. the fol-
lowing language: "a farmer near
Robertson had a narrow escape from
death last Saturday while picking
corn. He lost his balance while
plucking the topmost ear and plunged
head foremost downward. After fall
ing two stories he caught another ear
and hung on, load of hay was push
81 l.; h
Most of us need an elastic bank ac-
count more than elastic currency.
In Woodbury. county. the hotbed of
sedition in the late political campaign,
Governor Cummins received 4.57S votes
and w. C. Hayward, the standpat cam
didate for secretary Of state. received
1857. This shows the size Of the
bolt and is a pretty fair census Of
Woodbury's corporation standpatters.
fs<s
Money is his religion"
yes; his wife is afraid to ask for
any. It's subject too sacred to men
ton. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
A half section of Calhoun county
land without building on it has just
changed hands at 500 an acre. And
there are plenty of men alive who
drove over it as virgin prairie on their
way to the Nebraska and Kansas
sandhills-and back
A New England weather prophet |
says the coming winter will be an open
one, declaring that he "can smell it in
the air. He notices that the birds
are staying later than usual this fall, |
which is always taken as a sure sign
that winter will not come until after
Christmas. The hens have hardly be-
gan to shed their feathers yet, and in
most years they have moulted and
started in to lay by October 1. The
cartridges are thinly clad with feath- |
ers. The corn husks are very scant |
and gauzy. Burrs on beach and ha-
eel nuts abe so thin and soft that
child can, bite thru the toughest Of |
them. Cattle and horses out at past
ure are looking as sleek as they did in
June, indicating that they have not
begun to think of putting on winter
overcoats. Woodchucks, which should |
have retired for the winter in septem
Der, are out loafing at the entrances to
their burrows All these signs, ac-
cording to the sage quoted, are infal-
lible.
Eye call me chief" said Hearst, "but
why?S
And not guest could make reply;
They could not wound to such ex-
tent
Twas chief Of sinners that they meant
Philadelphia Ledger.
Perhaps the queerest city in the
world is that of Nang Harm, the home
Of the royal family Of Siam. This
city's popularity lies in the fact that
it is composed Of women and children
alone. 1t is in the center of Bang
kok, has high walls around it, and in
it's population Of 5000 there is not
single man, tho the king occasionally
pays d VtSll ne lldlllc ANdIlS
means "veiled women There are
shops, markets, temples, theaters.
streets and avenues, parks, lakes, trees
and flower gardens; a hall of justice,
judges, executioner, police, generals
and soldiers; all the positions, official
and otherwise, being filled by women.
The only man in all Siam who can
enter this city is the king. 1t is the
home of his family and of the family
of the king before him. The rules of
Siam may have as many wives as he
pleases. Each wife has her own chill
dren and slaves-therefore small city
is needed to provide accommodation
For them all.
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
Reviewing the situation, the Usage
Press says: 1.-THE usual large republi-
-.