Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-18
"Marshalltown Illustrated Will
Reach City Subscribers to the
T.-R. Thursday
, PAGEs-5oo ILLUSTRATIONS
The Book Is Printed and Bound in
Newspaper Magazine Supplement
Form, So as to Be Circulated as a
Times Republican Supplement Is
Published by the T.-R., Under, the
Auspices Of Retail Merchants Asso-
citation.

The "M~arshalltown Illustrated mag
azine will reach city subscribers to the
T.-R. with Thursdays issue. While no
attempt has been made at high art
| printing, owing to the magnitude of an
edition of 10000 books of 20 large
pages each. a~ggregating almost a car
load OF paper, yet the magazine will
be the most elaborate effort to pre-
sent our beautiful and prosperous city
on paper that has ever yet been at
tempted. There are over 500 illustra-
tions presenting every factory and al
most every business institution. with
full presentation of all the social, mu-
nicipal and public organizations.
The v page will strike the eye
with a broad survey of Main and Cen
ter streets, showing a business district
that would do justice to a city Of 60,-
600 inhabitants. In artistic manner
the industries Of the city are grouped
in a single picture. In order to per-
nit of the widest circulation as a
newspaper supplement, it has been
necessary to keep the style of binding
in strict conformity with ordinary
newspaper magazine supplements. On
the inside pages no expense has been
spared to show our city as it is, and
to present accurate information as to
its advantages.
A descriptive article of the city in
general, with pictures Of the public
buildings and birdseye views of the
by one page devoted to the public
schools, M to the churches and their
pastors and one to the banks and
bankers of the city. Then follows a
page presenting in concise form the
whole field Of manufacturing interests,
followed by a presentation of every
factory of the city, giving full pages
to the leading plants, half and quar-
ter pages to others.
Two pages are devoted to the mu-
nicipal activities, showing pictures Of
the officers and department buildings,
n giving data as to city affairs. One
pag to the county, n to the travel
ing men, and their insurance company,
four or five to park, cemetery and river
n n social organizations about
the city. one to the Iowa Central in
t~erests, one to the soldiers home, a
dozen or more to the retail interests,
one to the lawyers, n to the doctors
and dentists, our to the slightly homes
OF Marshalltown, which will prove a
revelation to u own citizens.
There will be considerably more
reading matter han is contained in the
Christmas numbers Of any of the lead
ing popular magazines, and the time
and effort which has been required in
its preparation has been something
enormous The editors all join in the
promise that they will never welcome
a repetition of the performance. The
size of the book and the great num-
Der of copies printed required the use
of the largest specially equipped maya
zine printing press in the state, and a
strike OF the pressman in that office
delayed the delivery eve since Deem
Der 1, when the magazine was to have
appeared.
9 1t is hoped that the people Of Mar
.shalltown will now read every word
printed about their own city, and go
forth boosters armed with the facts.
Every citizen who aided in the pub
LEGATION by subscribing for copies
should use his utmost effort to see
that an intelligent and valuable circu-