Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-19
Topics Of the Times

A Chicago splritualistic medium
stays Stanford Whites spirit has told
her that Thaw should be acquitted.
However, some people will have their
doubts OF the credibility of any medium
who would voluntarily seek an inter-
view with stanford Whites ghost.
1t is estimated that at the present
rate OF increase the population of Eu-
rope will double In 100 years, At the
present rate Of immigration 1t VIII
double ours In half the time.
Little wonder the kaiser was leary OF
Harry I4ehr. 1t seems pity that
law preventing the expectation of such
cattle would be unconstitutional.
Could Uncle George Perkins anti
state administration editorials be
properly classed as mental explo-
sions"?
Someone has defined the difference
between the American man and woman
az consisting OF cent. The man is
always looking for the dollar and the
woman for the 99-cent sign.
The editor and postmaster at Chel-
sea. over In Tama county. having re-
Gently been made a justice OF the peace
In the county aforesaid, advertises bar
gains in tmarked-down matrimonial
fees. For one week In February the
charge for marrying people at Chelsea
will be but 80 cents. Kindly note the
fact that the regular price of this kind
OF dirty work Is put at 81 all over the
state of Iowa, and Is sanctioned by lazy
for the money" says the adv. Note,
also the fact that this low price sale
will last but few days, and is entered
into for the purpose Of letting Toledo
Judge understand that he hasn't got
the business all cut up into cookies and
put away in a crock. Note also the ad-
ditional fact that while we are making
this ruinously low price, we shall! not
on that while we artaoi taoinnnnaoin
on that account skimp the work. On
the contrary we will tie 'em together
so tight that the time will come when
they will wish they had never seen.
each other. II this Toledo man who
thinks he is Judge keeps up with us.
he sure'll have to go some"
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Farm auctions get more benefit for
the money from SO or 81 worth of
newspaper advertising than any other
class of business. The newspaper goes
everywhere In Marshall county the
T.-R. goes to 80 per cent of the farm
houses, and one good bidder at a sale
attracted by a smalla d will make the
owner ten times the price Of the ad
on q single bunch of cattle or hogs.
With sixteen states likely to put rail-
road fares at cents. the man with a
$40 bill can get over considerable ter-
rltory without walking.
The Ladies' Home Journal says no
man SIlOuiu tdhG IL OClOAC iio
wife. Down in Kentucky they go even
farther and insist not only that a gem
tleman must not drink first, but that
he is in duty bound to turn his back
when he hands the bottle to another.
$3.50
The proposal to make every c. o. d.
whisky peddler pay the mulct tax is
a GOOD one If it can be made possible
Of enforcement. When the vendors of
the various blends of man madness
owe each county somewhere between
$500 and $1,000 for the privilege of do
ing business, Iowa will get rid of
most undesirable class Of men and q
miserable business
Perhaps Mr.. Edison's bank account
contributed to the conclusion that men
should quit work at So.
What is this nonsense about the
democratic senators not being able to
agree upon a leader to succeed Mr..
Blackburn? They already nave one
leader in the person. of Theodore
Roosevelt. Do they want two?-New
York World.
At the Dayton, o. Soldiers National
home there has accumulated 100000
left by deceased members without
heirs. The state of Ohio claims the
money under the state law, and a
claim is also made by the United