Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Men Who Make Rochester, Mimi, Tire
Of Surgical Gossip at Meal Times
One Moved to Poetry - Several
Changes Among the Road Men =
Rock Islands Mileage Book Scheme.

1.-the greatest day in the history of Mar
shalltown. There will be a band con
cert by the two MarshalltNwn bands
two ball games. one for the U. c. I
championship of Iowa, the other, {
league game between Marshalltowi
and Ottumwa, besides number Q
other events in which the travelling
| men and their families will compete
and We want you to remember tina
| everything will be free to you all WHIT
wish to come, SO bring along YOU
lunch baskets and stay all day. Th'
| headquarters will. be at the council
chambers in the court house. where
you can leave your wraps and they
will be taken good care Of by the U
| c.. r. committee.
The following poetry was written by
one Of the jolly knights Of the grip, G
j. Miller, salesman for the Plant Rub
Der Company, of Minneapolis. The
boys who make Rochester, Mimi, viii
no doubt appreciate what he says:
Anticipation.
For commercial men who take
Sample grip in hand, to make
The town of Rochester in southern
Mimi;
It's a question at the best,
Whether we shall get a nest,
Perchance i may be late when we get
Now I've something good to tell
All you boys with goods to sell,
There's q better time in store for US
ahead;
For in KahIers new Annex, s
They'll put cripples of both sex,
And 1t looks as tho We then may get
bed.
In the dining room, boys, too,
How much better we can chew,
II we don't have to smell, the disin-
fectant
From some patient sitting near,
With bandage round his ear,
And for this glad day We long have
been expectant.
We have heard re1teratlonS
OF some "wondrous operations"
Till Its got so we expect it every meal
"Oh! didn't mind at all
When he scraped my left eyeball,"
Or some other still more nerve dis
turbing deal.
Then to hear about some tumor
Never puts one in good humor,
Especially when we want to eat a
lunch,
And we hear appendicitis,
Tonsilitis, and bronchitis,
Till we wish that we could shake the
the whole darned bunch.
So Cheer up, Mary" and be gay
For ''bimeby'' there'll come a day,
When all patients to the "cripple's
Sf roost" will go
Cooks hotel will do first rate,
When the cripples all migrate,
So the jolly drummer boys will have a
show.
Z Everyone knows Charles finnish, of
Dubuque, and when Charles gets blue
he pulled into FIT. Dodge. It so hap
pened it was his birthday. No trade to
speak of that day. He called for his
mail; the clerk replied, Not any, To
say that he was blue does not express
it. He looked around to see if he could
see familiar face, when he spied his
old time friend. A. C. Snyder. Come.
Snyder, congratulate me, as it is my
birthday. There was such handshak-
ing and goodfellowship offered as you
seldom see. After a good visit they
started in, for game of whist. Among
the party was stranger, and they
played until 10 a. M, when the strang-
er pulled out his watch and said:
Boys you will now have to congratu-
late me. as today, April 8, is my birth
day. You can imagine the rest, as
not one of the crowd retired until
early morn.
w. F. Hirst, of Cedar Rapids, sales
manager for the Moneyweight Scales
Company of Chicago, spent Thursday
last in our city. Mr.. Hirst is one of
the most successful men in his line in
Iowa.
A. G. Ramsey, until lately salesman
for M. L. Marks Grocery Company. of
Davenport, is now out in the interest of
a wholesale grocery firm Of Peoria, Ill.
A. ]. Manassa, who has been repre-
senting Sherwin, Williams Paint Com
pany for over twenty three years,
spent the latter part of last week in
our city, showing up the qualities of his
paints.
Charles Reismen, of Oskaloosa, who
has represented Durand, Kasper Com
pany. wholesale grocers, OF Chicago, in
their coffee department. for SO many
years, resigned his position with the
firm, to take out a line Of coffees for A.
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