Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-27
Topics Of the Times

Il oats seeding mas not DeguH pul
seems like it.
r. C. Mccall, of Tama, spent 81 fo1
a sale ad in the mes-Republican blu
he sold his meat market and is salts
Lfied. That amount Of money would run
the aid ten days to two weeks.
The combination between the chair
man OF the democratic state committee
and the Des Moines Capital to enlbar
rass Cummins works about as eff
fectually as the combination the SAM
1 gentleman made with the railroads t.
beat Cunmins at the polls.
The Rankin state marshall bill ha
passed a senate committee and is on
for debate. Such persistency deserve:
reward for this is. the third legislator,
that has hunted way around the
proposition.
Cedar Rapids has voted q city hal
at a cost of 3125,000. Its voters evil
IDENTIFY believe that the city corpora
ton needs a decent place to conduct
the business of the corporation, pre-
cisely as bank or wholesale house
requires respectable quarters. And
they are not wrong.
Special for Iowa-Ss per cent re-
duction on railroad tickets.
p 4 :
"My objection to your proposed leg
islation is that it would be confisca-
tory
"Confiscatory!"
Precisely, sir. The cost of a lawyer
who could tell the railroads how to
evade such a law would come to more
than the evasion would profit them.
They would actually be money out OF
pocket. New York World.
IL as now stated John d. Rockefeller
is worth only paltry 100000, 900. he
is only another disappointment.
80 .
The Thaw trial may evoke interest
but the 81 hog pays it.
Begins to look like early roasting
ears ard new potatoes, doesn't it?
Extra roosters in the flock are about
as welcome at meal time as your first
wife's relatives. If they have any
breeding a small ad will exchange
them for some other mans money oth-
erwise consult the cook.
A sign Of returning sanity in the
publishing business is found In the de-
cline in the vogue Of the monstrosity
known as the "comic supplement" says
the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. It is
bound to remain q menace to the ris-
ing generation for years to come, but
it has reached the high tide OF it's
favor and will decline from this time
forward. None of the Journals that
have resisted the plague will now be
compelled to yield to it for circulation
purposes, while publishers who did
yield will now free themselves from 1t
one by one until a reas enable degree OF
decency is reached in the country as
whole.
ALL WELCO AE-This placard was
lately to be seen displayed outside a
church building in Manchester;
Next Sunday, Evening Service, $3.50
B. IN. Balaam's Ass Speaking. All in
vited.-Daily News of London.
Teacher-"What is the meaning OF
aperture
Glass I'm c1lorus) An opening"
Teacher-"Tommy Smith, give sem
tence containing the word aperture
Tommy-"All the big stores have
had their apertures.' Baltimore Am
erican.
Announcement is made in Spokane
that the Skykomish Power Company.
capitalists, will build an electric power
plant, to cost $4,000, at Index, Wash,
and also pulp wood and sulphite mills
and a plant for the manufacture of
print and wall papers. The plant will
cost $1,OC0,O0o and will give employ
ment to 600 persons The mill, it is
announced, will turn out seventy tons
of print paper a day.
signor Caruso and Mr.. Conried came
to an understanding yesterday in refer
ence to the tenor's future contract with
the Conried Metropolitan Opera COM
pany The result was a moderate VIC
tory for both of them. Signor Caruso
did not succeed in raising the price toI
$4,000 for every performance, with a
guarantee OF not less than so per-
formances during, the season. Caruso
will receive under his new contract
which begins a year from next Octo-
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