Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-25

hand. Then add in the knock-kneed
politicians who would lick the hand of
the saloonkeeper to get his influence In
ing cohort which pats itself on the
back an talks Of personal liberty and
you will have the strength of the sa-
loon vote"
Now if the vice president might take
pattern from his son and pull off a
successful elopement with the presi-
Dental nominations!
Here Is peculiar state of things in
Davenport: The Retail Butchers Assoc
citation is about to take radical action
against saloonists who hold raffles for
ducks on Sunday. 1t would appear that
this special form of counting chance
is extremely popular in the river me-
tropolis, and consuming desire for
duck flesh on Sunday enthralls the
average Davenport household. Some
of the butchers were quite "oxcited."
Said one speaker at the meeting of the
association: I'VE have to close on Sun
days. and all our customers will have
to do Sunday mornings is to go to a
saloon and rattle for ducks. They
can't get their meat at meat market,
50 they'll go to the saloon and get it,"
Such citizens of interior Iowa as are
inclined to murmur over conditions
that exist in cities like Marshalltown
and Mason City should take heart
when they think of Davenport. where
the butcher shops have to close" and
all day and most of the night Sunday.
Bert Hamilton has sold the North
wood Anchor to l.. l.. Thompson. The
Anchor has been among the cleanest
and most capable of the county week
lies in Iowa, and its new editor,
state university man and successful
lawyer, promises TO keep 1t up to the
present standard. Under Mr.. Thomp-
son it will continue to advocate pros
gressive republicanism.
OF William II. Taft, secretary of
peace" Wallace Irwin, in the current
number of Golfers. unsteady declares:
"He's the brother of the little brown
Malay,
He's the uncle of the Panama Canal;
He's the cousin ,of the lingo who re-
sides in San Domingo.
And he's grandsire of the Moro
canni-bal
And he has the Porto Ricans on his
hands,
And he has the San Domingers on his
brain,
While his heart is beating juba to the
little woes of Cuba,
AS his waistcoat cries: "Expansion!"
not in vain.
o William, while, you labor at your
desk,
Your heart is chasing datos in the
highlands,
And the east-wind whispers gentle,
w I'LL Oll dSSSllk OlICASdls /
"Come back, Bill, and run the Fill
pino Islands!"
"The evidence shows, Mrs. Mulco-
hey, that you threw stone at Police-
man Casey"
1T shows more than that, yer Honor
it shows that OF hit him" -Minneapo-
lis Tribune.
my! exclaimed Mr.. Klumsay, at the
Summer hotel hop, this floors awfully |
slippery. It's hard to keep on your /
feet
"Oh!" replied his fair partner, sar-
,astically, then you We're really trying
10 keep on my feet. I thought it was
philadelphia Press.
Registration returns in Philadelphia
,nder the new law show an aston +
shing falling off in the graveyard vote.
over 10000 names were dropped, ow-
ng to the difficulties of getting the
light ticket into the box.
Thomas w. Lawson, since the death
IF his wife, is no longer interested in
life, and will give up stock
breeding. His brentwood stock farm
which is said to have cost $4,00O,0OO,
S to be denuded of it's 100000 worth
If thoroughbred horses and cattle TIL
If thoroughbred horses and cattle. The