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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
CHINA GOING FAST
The Sale at Simmons is Proving Very
Attractive to Buyers - Prices at a
Point That compels Buying.

The Simmons Book Stores closing
out sale of china is proving an unusual
attraction. Prices have been cut to
figures so low as to compel buying on
the part of all lockers. It's rare OPP
portunity to get presents at prices
that will save you money. There are
still hundreds of beautiful pieces and
they are marked down to the sacrifice
point. You'll have to hurry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19

board of the Washington township
school district ordered the children to
attend the school No. Z, the district IN
which the Landons live. The CHIEF OBJ
lection to attending this school is that
the road is not good, and that 1t Is
lonesome and not frequently Travelled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
CONCERTS At LEGRAND.
Course Arranged by College to Blu.
Seats for Chapel.

For the purpose Of raising the money
to reseat the chapel Of Palmer college.
LeGrand, with opera chairs, an enter
tainment course has been planned by
the faculty of the college. The opening
number Is to be given on Dec ~. 1t
will be musical by the faculty and
members and students of the college.
Rev. James MCGEE, of this city, will
give his lecture Broken Pottery" as
one Of the numbers and President e.
G. Kerr Of the college, and Rev. II. M.
Hanson. of LeGrand, will both give
lectures. The other number will be a
musical by the faculty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
VAN NESS FOREVER DUMB.
Former Marshalltown Pastor Has Can
car At tho Throat.

Former MafshailtoWh PASTOR has ~"
cor Of tho Throat.
Forever speeches. is said TO be the
fate Of Rev. J. G. Van Ness, d. d., once
pastor Of the Methodist church of this
city, but more recently superintendent
of the Cedar Rapids district Of the
Methodist church. DR.. Van Ness lately
underwent a surgical operation for
what was pronounced to be cancer OF
the throat in the Iowa City hospital. 1t
was found necessary to remove one vo-
cal chord and a portion Of the other
one, as well as a part Of the upper ring
Of the trachea. Dr. Van Ness resides
on farm near Mt. Vernon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
PERFECTLY SUITED

To the Satisfaction Of Everybody.
Is the man who has his clothes made
to order by US. From the initial OPP
grafton of taking his measure to the
cutting, fitting and final finishing,
every garment we make Is made to
give the wearers every satisfaction
while wearing, and at the same time
look stylish and handsome to all criti-
cal beholders. Let us make trial
Suit for you and we will be often
given an order afterwards.
A. PSENICKA
~ East Main strssa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
Two Cases ASSIGNED.

Two Gases Assigned
Judge C. B. Bradshaw this morning
assigned two civil cases for trial for
the first two days of next week. The
cases assigned are as follows:
Monday, Nov. 23-Eva Doud, ct AL
VS.. A. L. Hrnicek.
Tuesday, Nov 24-Joseph H. Hollen-
beck, ct al, VS.. G. F. Capron.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
BATES PLEADS GUILTY.

shaIItown Man is Fined 500 for
1ootlegging.
Charles Bates, proprietor OF a board
ing stable in this city, pleaded guilty IN
the federal court at Des Moines We'd
nesday to bootlegging, and was fined
500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
Soldiers, Homo Band Concert.

The program for the soldiers home
band concert this evening is as follows:
March, cover the Border -. Rockwell
Overture Norma" ...... Bellini
Waltz, "Wilhelmina" ............ Hall
Patrol, "Siamesische Wachtparade"
49,. :. observation-disclosures. Linke
Caprice, Solitude" ...... Mercadante
Sextet, from Lucia" ........ Donzettt
CHARACTERISTIC, Ragged Thoughts
-. ..................... Mehden
National air.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19
National air.
Licensed to We'd.

John T. Naumann, farmer, aged 20.
and Tola Hathaway, aged %, both of
Written.
wayland r. Gray, druggist, aged 90,
of Eldora, and Edith c. Church. aged
%, Of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-19

The "can" and "can Not" Of Jesus.
Evangelist Gilliland spoke at the
Christian church last night on THE
Can and Can Not of Jesus" He t".ie
several of the sayings OF Chri,t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-14

Cambria Drawers, I'm
brella style, cluster of tucks,
lace Or embroidery trimmed.
Corset Covers of fine cam
brio, neck and armholes
trimmed with lace 0En
or embroidery, for. HOV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-14
$3.50 and $40 Silk and
Net Waists, $4.75

500 of them-a most beautiful
collection of so styles to select from.
Nets are deliberately trimmed with
Cluny lace and insertion. The silks
are in all the new spring shades,
also black and white: all "a 7E
sizes, "a to a. Price. 49,. H4.l0
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-08

nnMsaLaa NLDN.1 NJ --.Ene pHn no..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09

Publico, ''Veritas" and the rest of
them would like to burden with their
views, unreeled by the yard, but which
the editor guards so jealousy Not at
all
He beginsIwith the intention of actu-
ally writing an editorial; perhaps as
many as two. Then he modifies his de-
sign by resolving to steal" one if he
can find one that measures up to his
standard, but the composing room has
so much else to set up that he feels
there is no hurry about it and he can be
very choice in his selection.
Finally press time grows near and
there is the alternative of running an
editorial FOR sgetting an account of that
party, with the name of hundred per-
sons in it, Into type. The latter natur-
ally has precedence and the plate matter
again helps out in the emergency.
What handy thing that plate matter
is! How often in prevents the disaster
of going to press with blank columns.
There are indeed only two occasions in
the country editors life when he really
fells uneasy-when the press breaks
down and when the plate matter is
"all."
In the latter contingency there is the
horrible possibility Of having to use the
same stuff over again, and there are
few editors whose consciences are so
impaired that they will adopt this ex-
pedient with cold-blooded Indifference.
For the benefit of those who do not
know what plate matter is. it must be
explained that it consists of thin strips
of metal, with type surface, bearing
articles, jokes and useful information,
good at any time, all ready for printing,
so that all the country editor has to do
to fill up when his typesetters (the use
of the plural is Pickwickian) fail him, is
to saw off sufficient quantity of the
proper length and lock up the form.
Some of them may not care fig
whether they saw between the first and
last part of sentence and leave the
last part for the next issue, but such
carelessness. Some newspapers even
get their photographic news" in plate
matter by express.
In brief, plate matter is the chief
consolation of country" newspaper
office, an oasis in the desert, lodge in
a wilderness, demijohn in prohibition
town, and few other things like that.
Among the distractions that forbid
the devotion of time to Opinions for
which the editor is alone responsible"
are callers having various errands.
Some want to talk about advertise
ments, some tell where a news item is
to be had and some apparently drop In
talk about the weather.
1t is not the part of policy to cut the
latter short, for it may be that after
boring the editor for about an hour,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
LIFE OF COUNTRY EDITOR
NOT A LONG. SWEET SONG
He Has To Work Like A Galley Slave
and His Troubles Are Numberless.

Gazing alternately at the slowly di-
minishing pile of copy before him and at
the memorable motion of the minute
hand on the clock, the city newspaper
worker has often sighed and murmured:
"How | wish | had nothing to do but to
get out a weekly newspaper in some
small, retired, bucolic place where
weekly supplies all demands in the news
paper line. | could take things easy
for six days and with just one days
work get out far better issue than
any know of, and not have to watch
the blame clock so closely. I'll make
that boat somedav, too, quit this strenu-
GUS game, and be respected citizen in
some community that appreciates my
talents and needs waking-up."
1t is wish that doubtless springs
from the heart and there are few city
newspaper men who, at some time or
another, have not given expression to it.
Yet, sad to relate, it is a wish that
would probably not exist but for the
stolid ignorance of those who entertain
it
They cherish the idea that country
editor, " as they call him, spends most
of his time in the summer in ham.
mock, or fishing, and in the winter ex-
changing yarns with the frequenters of
the corner store or sitting in an easv
chair.
1t seems rude and unfraternal to at
tribute ignorance on subject to men
who have the wide range of knowledge
that subeditors and reporters in a me-
tropolis must have in order to be compe-
tent for their work, but ample proof of
the allegation exists in the delusion
that the man who edits a country
weekly has but one worry and that is
chow to kill time,
The truth is that many Of the scribes
in the provinces are so over whelmed
with work that they often have to fill
up their editorial column Chat sacred
department labeled Opinions for which
the editor is alone responsibility with
plate matter miscellany because null
titude of other duties has deprived them
OF the opportunity to search for and
scissor some editorial in a city news
paper that agrees with their senti-
ments.
One must not get the impression that
the editer starts the week with the de-
liberate intention of using plate matter
in that sacred column which "Pro Bono
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
SING a NEW SONG FOR NEW YEAR.

Millions have been made to believe
that every fortune has / cen stolen, that
every corporation has been dishonesty
managed, that every success has been
due not to merit, but to fraud. Ard
yet the great corporation managers are
just as honest as the farmers. or the
merchants, or the mechanics; the rail-
roads are just as honestly managed as
the newspapers which have denounced
them, and beside the sins of the aver
age political agitator their sins would
appear as white is to black; the pack
lighthouses are more clearly than nine
out of every ten farmers diaries, the
meats are safer and better than what
half the farmers get from their own
nelds, for they are better handled; the
oil that lubricates the machinery or that
lights the lamps in the home of wealth
or the home of poverty is as honestly
made and sold as the produce from the
average farmer; the banker instead of
being a grinding money shark is doing
his duty in the business world Just S
faithfully and conscientiously as the
most honest statesman in the land.
And the ministers who have left preach
ing the gospel of love in order to make
sensation by preaching a gospel of
hate are not one whit more honest or
God-fearing than many of the very men
they denounce.
None of US is perfect-no, no. one,
but the average man is just about the
same in faithfulness, in honesty, in
realization of responsibility, whether he
be found in the great corporation, on
the farm or in the shop. Most of us
are trying to do right, and if we have
faith in ourselves, faith in our own
integrity, then we should have faith in
our fellow-men. He who broadly ques-
tons the honesty of others by so doing
casts doubt upon his own. Let us,
therefore, on the first business days of
the new year, retrace our steps, let US
eliminate the poison from our lives, and
with grateful hearts for our Astounding
blessings sing with new force and a
meaning which we never knew before:
'On earth peace, to men good will ="
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
8. & O. RETRENCHED.
At Cumberland, I'D, Clerks Laid
Of.

Since the beginning of the new year
the policy of retrenchment has become
quite effective and the B. & O. en-
ployes IN this city says the Cumberland
News. Particularly is this true among
the clerks in the yard, Transportation
and maintenance of way department.
There has been general shake-up among
the yard employees, a number of chalkers
and several clerks being laid off, or as
signed to other duties. In other de-
partments in this city several clerks
have been laid off or dispensed with al
together. 1t is also asserted that sew
eral freight handlers will be put off al
the warehouse here.
The policy of retrenchment on the B.
q. 0. may continue for some weeks t.
come. There was those who seem to
think that the resignation of Mr.. Fitz-
gerald has something to do with some
Of the clerks and yard men losing their
places. But those who have watched
the policy of the B. & 0. for wears see
nothing new in the retrenchment polic&
The b. d O. has retrenched before al.
has kept on retrenching until every de-
partment became so piled up with work
undone that reaction was imperative.
1t was SO under Fitzgerald, it was SO
under his predecessors and twill prob
ably be so under his successors whoever
he or they may be.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
Rainbow at Noon.

People at home to dinner, returning
to work from south to north shortly
after noon Saturday of last week, saw
brilliant rainbow almost due north OF
town-a rare occurrence. The poets
write of the rainbow as 1.-The mild arch
OF promise on the evening sky" and as
hung on the shower that fronts the
golden west" but seldom, if eyer, Of
the one which Eliminates the dark or
spans the icebergs of the frozen north.
No one knows the elemental significance
of the event, if any, but a rainbow at
any hour of sun-lit rain should be ac-
cepted as Enthusiastically a token Of
good. -Frostburg Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09

There is one man in Western Mary
land who conducts weekly newspaper
OF the sprightly variety, who always
finds time to furnish sage homilies in
stead of plate matter for his editorial
column, who never carries important
news over week because he has not
had time to write it, but who is also .
druggist, lawyer, a real estate agent
and an insurance agent.
There are others who run him close
second, but enough has been said to
show that the country editor" while
ne may be Poobah, is not Sybarite
W. K. Hamilton, in Baltimore Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
GIVE THEM A START

lie does many chores around the office
which the Office boy has neglected, if
there is such a luxury as an office boy,
or which the foreman has put off until
some less strenuous day, if there is, a
foreman. And last but not least. he
reads proofs.
Reading proofs probably does not en-
ter into the calculations of those who
regard the life of the country editor"
as a primrose path of dalliance. ;"
That labor is accomplished in the cities
by men who have nothing else to do.
They constitute profession apart, and
their wonderful expertness is attested
by the infrequency of errors in city
newspaper. Many time the star
reporter and experienced editor have to
thank the proofreader for catching some
misstatement in manner that would
do credit to Sherlock Holmes.
The country editor has no such
kind, protecting friend In the midst
of his other duties he is called upon to
correct blurred and indistinct proof of
an item intended to inform his readers
that stormy weather kept many from
the picnic" and he makes a score of
marks thereon. But he finds out after
the paper has gone to press that it con-
tains the remarkable declaration:
Stormy mother kept Mary from the
picnic" and naturally concludes that
proof-reading is not the least among his
troubles
''The country editor" has to read
proofs of advertisements and lob
work as we'll as those of news items,
and it is no wonder that he sometimes
envies the village doctor, who can
bury his mistakes
The following is copy OF recently
printed tale of woe and Typographical
perversity:
Last week we printed a large sale
bill for Mr.. --. Although the cost
of the bill was only few dollars, we
feel confident that Mr.--- got $50
worth of good advertising out of the
bill alone. There wasn't an eye Of
single individual in the two districts
that don't see the bill Why? We had
two mistakes on it. The first man that
saw it thought his mission on earth was
not completed until his neighbor saw it.
Thus it spread from father unto the
third and fourth generation.
When the country editor" has learn
ed to wrestle with and overcome all
these problems, without the culver of
an eyelash or the risk of nervous pros
tration; has become known as the pub
Usher of a journal that is neat, clean
and creditable, and has increased his
circulation to the uttermost, he often
finds that if he wishes to have enough
money to put coal in his bin and eggs
on his breakfast table he must devise
means to supplement his income.
There are few fortunate individuals
who are exceptions to this rule, but the
majority of those who control the des,
TIMES of weekly newspapers are COM
PEELED to combine with their editorial
duties some other method of alluring
the nimble dollar.
Perhaps the favorite method in Mary
land is that of practcing law. There
are also preacher-editors, who conduct
telegraph Offices, who hold public office,
editors who sell something on commits
sion, perhaps even some who have fallen
so low as to become agents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

In single year, the number of for
eigners coming to America was fully
equal to the entire population of West
Virginia. Thoughtful citizens have for
years looked with deep misgiving on this
inundation of aliens, and increasing pro-
portion of which show little tendency
to assimilate itself to American citizen
ship. Nevertheless the greed of steam
ship companies, mining and manufac-
turing corporations, and real estate
boomers, aided by the yawp of senti-
mental goodygoodies, has caused the
flood to increase year by year.
But there are now multiplying signs
that our American people are becoming
aroused on this matter and will insist
that their civilization and their instltn-
tons shall not be put in hazard by hordes
of foreign-speaking people who care
little or nothing for them They are
also making haste to possess themselves
of land before the diminishing oppor-
tunity to do so reaches the vanishing
point. There are also signs that foreign
labor is falling into disfavor. Even the
corporations, which are most at fault
for this excessive immigration, are
coming to see that the foreigner is less
efficient than the native.
People are asking themselves whether
it is true patriotism to shove aside the
native workman who spends all his dol
lars In his native land, and aims to live
on decent scale of comfort. They are
all the more quick to ask this question
when they behold unassimilating for
eigners living in filth and draining our
country of no inconsiderable amount of
wealth through their practice of send
ing home very great share of their
earnings.
Sentimental foghorn blowers who
ought to be sent to the chain gang have
been telling us that Europe is over
crowded, that our country has room for
all, and that it is the duty of America
be refuge for the poor and oppressed
Such speech is not patriotic. 1t is al
most reasonable. Europe is very pop
ulous, yet it is not overcrowded snd
never has been. Her governments are
taking alarm at the drain on her labor
ing population, and are now showing an
inclination to cooperate withIus in re-
straining it. Much of this "over-
croWding' tommyrot is due to the NAL
adjustments Of European society, and
we cannot hope to see much reform in
this direction so long as we provide a
safety valve for the benefit of the no
bility (?) of Europe. In government as
in other things, charity should begin at
home. Neither is our supply of land
without limit. Far from it. Thanks
to the land thieves and land spectators
OF the West, land famine is already
imminent, as any one may see who is
aware of the dimensions or the tide of
settlers into our Southwestern states.
The present restrictions on immigra-
amounts to very little. The number of
aliens admitted from any given country
should be limited to definite number
each year, and not only should the pass
port test be rigidly applied at the port
of entry, but no one should be admitted
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09
PILES! PlLESi PHI ESi

Williams Indian Pile ointment win cure
Find. bleeding and Itching Piles 1t alb
serbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts
as pOultlce, gives instant relief. Williams
lndlam Pile ointment is prepared for Piles
ana itching OF the private parts. Sold by
druggists. mail 80 and Sl.0O.
Williams Mfg. Co, Props, Cleveland, O.
So-l "a stsIglss' Pharmacy Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09

LoST-On Second street between
Green and Alder streets, grey fur
neckpiece. Finder will please leave at
0ffutt's store and receive reward. =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-09

to naturalization who cannot pass as
good test of Americanism as the ma
tive himself.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-04
Florlne.Bently

To the great surprise of their many
friends in this city, Miss Lilly Florine
and Elmer Bently slipped away to
Georgetown last Wednesday and were
united in marriage by County Judge
Roy Blackman. The happy pair did not
stop in this city upon their return but
went directly through to Denver and
from there to Longmont where they will
visit for short time with the parents
of the groom, after which they will re-
turn to Idaho Springs and go to house
keeping. Both are popular young So
city people, and will be the recipients
of hearty congratulations of host OF
friends -.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-04
~Curley" Dresses Up

Curley Wall is now the envy Of all
the expressmen. He has treated him
sell to spanking full suit of navy
blue uniform with delicate lines OF
of white cords running in all directions
maverick like, through it. He claims
that he gets this rash notion about once
in twelve years 1t is now fifteen years
since he visited Denver and he is
threatening to go there in the near
future. 1t has been suggested that he
take an ak along with him to blaze his
way from the depot to the points he
may visit SO as to be sure to get back.
He replies that he is right at home in
this blazing business as he has prac-
ticed it in the forests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-04

them hearing at once, and on motion
Mr.. Bush was designated to present the
case, which was done, and remarks
were also made by several of those
present. The council, by unanimous
vote appropriated five hundred dollars
toward meeting the expenses, and the
action met with loud applause by every
one present. After returning to the
place of meeting, the executive comm
ittes, with c. S. Birkins, R. r. Graham
John Owen and Howard Evans, was re-
quested to attend the Press club meeting
in Denver next Tuesday night. When the
general meeting adjourned, the exec
utive committee met and organized, by
selecting V. l. Noxon as chairman, and
Guy Stumm for secretary, and appoint
ing J. ]. Sherwin as chairman of the f.
nance committee