Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-09
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Does the Cedar Rapids Republican
include the Waterloo Reporter among
its collection of "ghouls" and "hy-
enas"? The Reporter. now willing to
bleed and die for Allison, standpatism
and the public print shop, was the
most bitterly opposed to Henderson.
There is crusade on in Michigan
for pure sausage. Next thing some one
will be insisting that hash be labeled
with a formula.
The Burlington Hawkeye is poking
fun at Governor Hughes whiskers.
Perhaps it thinks the germs of the
public utilities law flourish there.
The American Shipbuilding Com
pany has made known it's determine
ton to resume operations in nearly all
of it's plants on the great lakes during
January, necessitating the re-enploy-
ment of 10000 men. Other Cleveland
industries are said to be about to re-
open, the Sherwin- Williams Company
having sent out $50 travelling sales
men, Nothing pessimistic about TINS.
The grain and lumber Of the middle
west will be here to move next spring,
and fall, and the transportation COM
pany that lies down will lose. And the
homes of the agricultural states will
need paint and get 1t from those who
are out selling it.
Young man, while you are busy
learning a bank shot on the pool ia
BILE, three young sons of Prince Leo
pold of Prussia, nephews of the kali
ser, have gone to the manual labor
training school at Gross-Lichterfelde
to take a course in practical mechan-
les. This is in accordance with an
ancient tradition of the Hohenzollern
house The eldest boy. Prince Fried
rich Karl, who is II, is learning the
locksmith trade, and his younger
brothers, aged Is and 10, are being
taught cabinet makers work.
She-How many men owe their sue
cess in life to their wives?
He-And how many men owe their
wives to their success in life?-Picll
Me Up.
Probably the oldest minister Of the
Gospel in the world is the Rev. John
Schaeffer who recently celebrated the
1O2d anniversary Of his birth at North
Benton, O. For sixty years Mr.. Shaef-
fer has preached every Sunday.
In spite of the financial stringency
in it's last few month, last year set a
l.igh-water mark for voluntary bene-
factions Starting with 1894, when
systematic records of donations and
requests began. the annual total has
mounted from $2OOOO,O0O to 100000
900 in thirteen years. In 1900 they
reached s62,O00,OOO, and in the next
year, 1901, took squirt to s124,000,0o
Then they fell back to a low-water
mark in 1904 of $46,O000o0, and
climbed steadily thereafter as fol-
lows: 1906, s1O4,5ooO0o; 1906, $1Oe,-
000, 900; 1907, s15O,OOO,OO0. The dona-
lions for last year amounted to about
s10S,OO0 900, and the requests to $42,-
900, 900. The distribution was as fol-
lows: To educational institutions.
$7O,e15,542; to charities, $49,452,296;
to religious organizations, $9,343, 1872; to
museums, art galleries and public i'm
provements, s17,247,400; and to libra
ries, $2,943,OO0. John D. Rockefeller
led the list of givers last year, and
Mr.. Carnegie fell back into third place.
Mrs. Russell Sage took second place.
Mr.. Rockefellers huge gift Of s32,-
600 900 to the General Board of Edu-
cation placed him at the top. With
his other benefactions for the year,
the Rockefeller total reached about
s44, 500 900.