Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
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| Union, Nov. 6.-The new NJ. E.
church, parsonage and barn building
at Traer are almost completed. All are
| of modern arrangement, style and
equipment. This at an outlay OF $27,-
| 600. OF this sum $1,000 was given by
will by Isaiah Showers, $4,000 was rails
| ed by contributions, and $4,000 is to
be pledged when the church is ded-
icated This building will long be a
monument to Isaiah Showers, and is an
example for other rich men to follow,
for few will dispute the good to a
community a church edifice occupied
/ by q church society. out of debt and
in financial condition to meet the
many calls that come to all church
members, for contributions to all man.
ner of worthy enterprises.
BY the time this is in print the eff
fects of the hand shaking campaign
conducted by Senator Stirton, for the
congressional position now occupied by
Bob" Cousins, will be known. In
one sense 1t will be peculiar cam
paign in that the democratic candt-
date attempted. the still hunt can
vass, against as eloquent speaker as
Iowas has in congress. At this writ
ing there is strong evidence that there
will be such strong falling off in
Congressman Cousins vote, that two
wears from now several republican
candidates for this position will be in
the field.
Some funny things occurred in this
campaign In one locality, where the
German vote is in the majority, ana
at a convention where they nominated
German for the legislature, in his
speech of acceptance, the nominee SO
far forgot the proprieties Of the occa-
sion, as to wax eloquent in favor Of
woman suffrage THAT settled his
hash.' The very men that nominated
him turned out and worked for his
defeat. Election returns will show the
result In another place, farmers
mutual telephone line, one where a rue
ton had occurred, was the cause OF
republican being scratched" by
many republicans. All over the state
democrats voted for Cummins because
Porter helped clean out the saloons of
Centerville, where he resides. And in
many places, good conscientious prohi-
bitionists voted for Porter because they
claimed Cummins once helped elect
Boies. Perhaps the worst dose, was for
the followers of Ex-Governor Shaw in
his early attacks on Governor
Cummins, which they enjoyed and as
sisted, to be followed by Shaw's getting
into line a few days before election,
and advising his friends to support the
entire ticket.
The annual fall opening of Jack
Frost was unusually brilliant this year,
the trees and leaves more highly col
ored than usual Another noticeable
thing was that. the fallen leaves in
man cases retained their original green
shade after being on the ground. The
first frost was severe, in fact freezer,
and somehow nature did not have time
to do the usual shading from green to
brown, so we had the spectacle of the
ground being covered with green dead
leaves, that a few days latere were
'sere and yellow"
Columbus Quigley, of Floris, Iowa,
when he left this world had a rec
ord of an Iowa farmer that never in
his life stopped at hotel. In all Of
his travels, many of them in an early
day, overland by team. he always car
ried his provisions with him and
cooked them on the road. Further
more, he never sold a pound of butter
nor dozen of eggs. Didn't believe it
paid to rob the pigs and calves of the
milk for the sake of buying store goods
with butter. Eggs were too small bus
mess Once when his children took
some eggs to town and traded them
for five pounds Of candy he was very
indignant. Why didn't they ask for
And finally, in all of his long
married life he never bought a pound
or a sack of flour. He raised his
bread" And this is not ancient his
tory, for he only died few years ago.
A. P. THAYER.
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