Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-18
Iowa Newspapers
uNwRITTEN LAW.
(Ackley Inter- County JournaD
Rev. ]. r. Hargreaves of Iowa Falls

seems to be neglecting the exposition
of the revealed law to expound the
unwritten law. THE unwritten law"
is without a standard and is the ac-
ton or outburst of emotional or
angered instincts that can be satisfied
only by acts of violence prompted by.
motives Of retribution or revenge. 1t
is law which preceded that adopted
by society to meet the wants Of civil
ization. It is law that is antagonis-
tic to civil laws by which all civilized
countries maintain the governmental
protection and security OF its people,
1t is a law abhorrent to the revealed
law and cannot coexist with divine
doctrines and precepts as expounded
by the Master.
WANTED TO SEE THE BABY.
(Manson Democracy
A little girls papa had been very i'll.
with appendicitis and had lain for
the doctors had come and removed his
appendix. The little girl had been
told to be very quiet and very good.
with the promise that she should go
in to see her pape at the earliest
possible moment. At last she was
permitted brief interview. She stood
perfectly still gazing at her father with
loving eyes, but when the nurse came
to take her away she held back
moment.
Haven't I been very quiet, papa?"
yes" whispered the fond parent
"And haven't I been very good?"
Her father admitted it.
"Then won't you do me favor
papa?"
Certainly. What is 1t. my child?"
Let me see the baby"
THE COUNTRY EDITORS GRAFT.
(Afton STAR Enterprise)
The editors of the big city dailies
make great sport of the editor Of the
country weekly, but we look in vain
thru their columns for the announce
ment that one Of their good subscribe
ers had left at their home a basket
filled with nice fat tender Iowa chick
en-, and good, juicy ham, and other
delicacies OF like nature. Not even
every country editor can boast of such
good luck, but lightning is likely to
strike anywhere, and this week it is the
editor of this paper who is living like
a king at home, in fact off the fat of
the land, the result of one of our good
friends near Talmage leaving a basket
of fine eatments to replenish our erst-
while frugal table. We would mention
the name of this good Samaritan, but
we promised we wouldn't lest she
would quit writing for the paper, so
we will leave you to guess to whom
we owe these special thanks
NEWsPAPERs-oLD TESTAMENT.
(Odeboldt Chronicle)
Thus far we have seen nothing SER
iously Objectionable in the reports of
the trial. We read the New York Sun,
the Chicago Tribune and Record Her
aid and the Iowa dailies; and while we
should not advise young children to
read the evidence given by Mrs. Thaw,
we find nothing up to date that tends
to corrupt the morals of virtuous
adult. The mails are open to the
bible, to the medical journals and the
reports of supreme court decisions, all
of which contain more obscenities than
it is possible for the Thaw trial to
develop. If there is a more obscene
piece OF literature tLdIl INC OlQ 1eSld.
ment we have never seen it. 1t con-
tains many sublime and elevating
chapters, yet the language of many of
it's pages could not be printed in this
newspaper without subjecting the pub
Usher to prosecution. Nevertheless, the
children of nearly every household have
free access to the Mosaic law, the story
of Lot and his daughters and other re-
pulsive descriptions of ancient immor-
atty; and many of those who are con-
demning the newspapers are constantly
urging people to place the Old Tesla
ment in the hands of their children and
insist that they read it. Every child
should read the New Testament, but
the Old is certainly not work for
youth.
There is another side to the contro-
versy, however. If the newspapers did
not publish the details of crime the
guilty would be shielded. The press