Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
Topics Of the Times


A C.reston marble firm has inserted
this advertisement in its home paper:
'"The best time in the year to buy mar
BILE and granite monuments is in DC
tober and November. Cali and ge.
prices" Probably anticipating a l :
post election business. But then they
should remember that it is not always
well to mark political graves.
It is said that Alice Roosevelt has
adopted an English custom and will sit
on tie platform at her husbands po-
litical meetings. 1t is to be hoped that
papa will have good sense enough to
call Alice down.
The, Des Moines newspapers, are de-
voting much space to humor which
should appear in their comic supple
ments. The democratic chairman Is
using advertising space to appeal fran
.tically for campaign funds. while the
anonymous circulars keep going out
twice week at $1,000 per for postage.
TIL, new natural- ltion law necessl-
tates more red tape to go thru Wits
than ever before. Under the new law
the county clerk is required to post
in some public place in the cour.
house list of persons asking naturali-
zatiol1 together with the names of their
witnesses and other similsr informa-
ton. This notice must remain posted
for ninety days prior to the issuance of
final papers.
What are you doing in the garden,
Mildred?"
I'm looking at the autumn moon"
well, tell the autumn moon to go
home, It's after II o'clock
The Cleveland health officer who de-
clared there is really no danger in kiss
ing, no doubt made strong bid foc
popularity among certain young peo-
pie who have not yet settled down to
housekeeping.
When it is considered that there are
such corn fields irl Iowa as Adams
15,000-acre ranch at Odebolt, produc-
ing $4,000 bushels every season and
emp Dying regularly 105 men, it is lit
tie wonder that the state Of Iowa has
40O,OOO,000 bushel corn crop for 1906
Before long 200 men will start on the
5000 acres of corn which will all be
husked from the shock. Then the
stalks will be shredded for the fat cat
tie before spring, This corn field is
the largest in the world. The full 49,
600 acres was planted with tested corn
and is expected to yield an average of
more than thirty-fve bushels to the
acre. This is considered small av
erage for Iowa corn this season.
If drops of water condensed from the
atmosphere were collected from tbs
walls OF close room and injected into
rabbit the creature would, according
to DR.. Scofield, of london die in
agony. This is one lesson in hygiene
and physiology to be read from the
current news columns
During caucus of precinct leaders
in Indiana, a gas tank exploded with
disastrous results. This" says the
Washington Post, should be a warn
ing to politicians to leave their gas
tanks at home"
Two Irish farmers who had not seen
each other for a long time, according to
THE London Tribune met at a fair.
They had much to tell each other
"Sure, it's married am" said Muir
ply.
"You don't tell me SO" said Moran.
"Faix, yes" said Murphy, "and I've
got a fine, healthy bhoy, which the
neighbors say is the very pitcllure of
me-"
Moran looked for moment at Muir
ply, who was not, to say the least. re-
markable for his good looks. and then
said. "Och, well, what is the harrum
so long as the child's healthy ?"-New
Y ork Tribune.
Candidate Porter is wondering about
he state making an appeal for repub-
lican votes. After election he may
make matters right with his own par
y by pleading one of these strange
lapses of memory which we SO often
read about.
Disfsured.
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