Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-07
Topics Of the Times

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Hartman has succeeded in gaining
control and will GUST Fish from the IL
| linois Central. This is taken to NEAR
/ that it's stock will be used as chips in
the poker game of the stock market
and subordinated to the combination.
At Davenport an enthusiastic foo
ball fan in a mix-up with rival Rock
Island enthusiasts had his right foot
| torn off. Why not apply the new
playing rules to the fans also?
| Complaint is made that farmers are
sending bushel baskets that hold a
little over three pecks to commission
houses. Reuben, Reuben, he's beer
thinking"
| Editor Huston Of the Centervill;
Citizen, has won a prize as the best
gardener in the city. Raised his own
salary very likely.
| The republicans Of Iowa two years
| from now should try to pick out a
strong candidate for governor-Sioux
! City Journal
Is Uncle George limiting toward a
written himself into bad order with
real republicans?
Reports from Davenport are to the
effect that the saloons and breweries
intend to cornply with certain reason
able features" of the mulct law. Their
reason is that open and fragrant vio-
lation has been costly on account OF
''the demands, of alleged reformers who
they claim have "blackmailed" them
In short, they will comply with just 50
much law as will serve to protect them
against other outlaws.
Mr.. Haggie won't pay for that last
quart of milk My wife thought it
was "a chalk mixture and gave 1t to the
children for medicine.
Milkman-Then it will cost you IS
cents. 1 used to be druggist, and
prescription work costs money.
Minneapolis Tribune.
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Does 1t occur to you that Mr.. Bryan's
boom is waning?
Mrs. Eddy is alive and according tn
her own statement in sufficiently good
health to drive daily. But If Mrs. Ed
dy were too i'll to go out in "a carriage
or were to die suddenly, 1t would be
simply incidental in the daily grind of
the world, where women grow old AMI
dy at eighty-five has lived on borrowed
time for fifteen years. AS the head of
the Christian Science church she is of
Importance beyond ordinary women,
but that is all.
eyes, she had a collarbone broken in
bargain rush"
"How did it happen?
"Why, she tried the new forward
pass and was thrown for "a gain" =
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
governor Of Iowa "just for a joke" will
cost the state $4,000. Huh! Pennsyl-
vania is trying hard to appreciate u
s13, 600, 900 joke of that kind.-Philadel-
phia North American.
The day after the Ohio court had
convicted the Standard Oil Company of
being a trust reporter swooped down
upon Attorney General Moody as he
was leaving the white house and asked:
"Can you tell what action was decided
upon by you and the president con-
corning further prosecution Of the
Standard, OIL Company" Il could" re-
Piled Mr.. Moody, with unaccustomed
tartness, 'but won't" Then he step
ped into his carriage and drove off, but
returned in a few minutes. He found
the newspaper man and said: Mr.,
Jones, 1 realize that I spoke to you in
rather rude manner few minutes ago
and I've come back to tell you that
am sorry did so. What should have
said in response to your question was
that l COulQ tell you something dDou'
our future policy with regard to the
Standard Oil case, but that am not
vet ready to discuss that subject for
publication"
In a communication to the Crestor
Advertiser B. T. Nix, republican can
did,ate for the legislature, declares him
self unequivocally in favor of a two
cent fare bill.
The Iowa Journal of History and
Politics which is just out is an unus-
ually interesting number. 1t contains
three special articles, "rhe Origin and
Organization of the Republican Party
in Iowa. by Louis Pelzer, principal OF
school at Shelby, Iowa; "The Origin
Principles and History of the American
Party" by Ira Cross, assistant In
economics at the Leland Stanford Un-
iversity, and Federal and State Aid
to Education in Iowa." by Hugh s.
Buffum, instructor in education at the
State University Of Iowa. In addition
it contains the regular notes and gen.
eral comment.