Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-02
Topics Of the Times
Did you write it Jan. /, 1906?


Did you write it Jan. /, 1906?
Well, it's all over for another fifty
one weeks. Go to work again.
Not long ago thief was captured
east of town by reason of an item in
the newspaper when the sheriff's posse
was going west OF town on the run.
This often happens with the man who
advertises his wants after searching in
the wrong place. The newspaper goes
everywhere. Advertising at cent a
word is cheaper than shoe leather.
The frequency and appalling loss OF
life in railway accidents should bring
about a series OF strict investigation
into the causes Of the disasters and the
responsibility for them. Someone is
responsible; all the horrors that have
been piled one upon another within the
past few months, are not to be classed
as the workings of providence. Cheap
help, cheap human lives at $4,000 per,
are obstacles in the path of a protect
ing providence.
Congressman missing the Daily Mes
sage from the white house are request
ed to notify the publishers at once.
Any failure to deliver will be rectified
at once. Now is the time to subscribe.
t.,
York city. Pretty hard to beat at the
price.
Has anyone noticed the scarcity Of
old maids? The distinctive spinster
with the cats has gone somewhere.
Perhaps it is because maiden ladies
have become bachelor girls and rarely
grow old beyond thirty years. At any
rate, all our unmarried women are
young women nowadays.
II an incom petent and careless tele-
graph operator is a criminal when he
sends two trains together on a single
track, what of the management that
hired him because he is cheap?
Count Boni threatens to become a
waiter and his wife is willing to let
him wait.
King Oscar Of Sweden is one Of the
most remarkable Of European mon
archs. Besides being a voluminous
writer, he is first-rate musician, an
expert linguist, a good speaker and an
all-round sportsman. In his younger
days his majesty was possessed Of q
fine tenor voice and, had necessity de-
manded, he could easily have made a
substantial income as vocalist. He is
also devoted to the sea, having been
himself reared a sailor.
Ice cheap enough to skate on now
will be worth good money when the ice
wagon stops next summer.
A. A. Robinson, until recently presi-
dent of the Mexican Central railroad,
will be made manager of all the rail-
roads controlled by the Mexican gov
eminent. He was very close to Pres.
ident Diaz during the ten years he was
at the head of the Mexican Central
Mr. Robinson was raised on farm,
and from childhood until he reached
his majority he was engaged in farm
labor except for one year, when he
was clerk in general store. His work
on railroads began in 1869.
II cannot cure you," said DR.. Fox,
unless you promise to do exactly what
/ tell you. Do you solemnly promise 9"
Il do" said the patient.
"All right Let me have your check
for that old account that has been
standing so long."-Philadelph Led
ger.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
one of the finest collections of political
scrapbooks in the United States. They
are indexed under various heads, such
as truth" NEARLY truth" almost
lies" and there is one upon which ap-
pears this label, "Just lies" This sets
ones curiosity on edge to know in
which book the Storer and Chandler
episodes are pasted.
Have you indigestion, constipation