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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
spEhcER's HOPE REVIVED.
Business Men Trying to Bring Eiectri'
Line Project to a Head.


Special to Times Republican.
Spencer, Aug. 14.-For many years
past, the project of a Sioux City-Spir-
it Lake electric line has continually
been bobbing up, and much interest
has been centered on 1t. The financial
backing seems to have been the great
est obstacle to overcome, but since an
article published in the Sioux City
Journal a few days ago, indicating that
the possibility of an electric line con-
Meeting Sioux City with Iowa's great
est summer resorts, has not entirely
faded away and that a new effort Is
now on foot to bring this long needed
convenience about. the business men
of this city are now exerting every In
fiuence conceivable to bring the pro-
ject to a head. 1t is readily conceded
that Spencer will profit by it fully as
much as any city on the proposed
route. With the railroad accommoda-
tons she already has, it would make
her the best railway center In north
west Iowa, and worth working for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
FACTORY SEEMS ASSURED.
Work Of Securing Stock Subscriptions
Pushed Rapidly at GrinneIl.

FuSheo hapidIy at Grinneti.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell Aug. 14.-Another meeting
was held last evening at the city hall
for the purpose of final consideration
Of the proposition made by the Thomp-
son Brothers Company to the citizens
OF Grinnell, to become interested f1nan-
cially in the patents on the Speed
Washing Machine" and in the manu-
facture OF. the machines in Grinnell.
The entire company, consisting Of the
two Thompsons and Messrs. Sloanaker,
Phillips and Snyder, accompanied by
Attorney McLain, were present from
Newton, and all points of the PROPOSE
ton were fully discussed. The Grin
nell committed appointed at the late
meeting, composed Of John Hall, A. Z.
Lyon and G. M. Ross, made an exhaus-
tive report of their findings and rec
concentrations. H. w. Spauldng was
very favorable to the proposition to es-
tablish the factory here and subscribed
for a generous slice Of the stock. The
proposition. looks like a good one IN
several ways for Grinnell, and the
work of securing stock subscriptions is
being rapidly pushed today, as it Is
necessary to know at once whether the
plant is to be here, that advertising
matter be prepared in time for extern
sive use at the state fair. By the prop
osition as finally submitted las teven-
ing, Grinnell is guaranteed that the
work Of manufacturing and the man
agement of the manufacturing end OF
the business shall remain here so long
as profitab1y conducted, while the
Thompson Brothers will manage the
sales department from Newton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
WILL LOWER PRICE OF GAS.
Maquoketa AcetyIsne Company Alb
sorbed by Clinton Gas Company.

Maquoketa Acetylsne Company Alb
sorbed by Clinton Gas Company.
Special to Times Republican.
Maquoketa, Aug. 1.-THE Maquoke-
ia Acetylene Gas company has been
absorbed by the Clinton Gas company,
the deal having been consummated
Thursday. Messrs. Lamb and Young,
of Clinton, have been in the city the
past week, making arrangements for
the sale, and the local company's at
torney was in Clinton Thursday to
close the deal, and turn over outstand-
ing stock.
About $4,000 will at once be ex-
pended for new gas. making machinery
and other necessary Improvements. 1t
cost the old company about Is cents q
hundred feet Of gas to manufacture,
while the new company will be able to
manufacture at 40 cents a 1000 feet
making gas cheaper than gasoline for
cooking purposes. Once the new plant
gets started, gas will Misplace other
means of light and heat in large
number of homes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
WILL LOSE HIS WIFE
Missing De. Moines stoekm.n Will
Encounter a Divorce Suit When He
Returns-Another Woman in the
Case, It is Said.

Des Moines, Aug. 14.-When l.. r.
;Hough, the missing Des Moines stock
man, is found and returns to this city,
he will not only face a small army Of
creditors, who are now clamoring for
his appearance before the bankruptcy
court, but he will probably be served
with original notice of suit for di-
vorce filed by his wife, at least his
wife said that was her plan, and she
said more.
If he does not return it is more than
likely that he will soon become fugi-
tive from justice, for Mrs. Hough also
declared her intention of filing charges
OF wife desertion against her missing
husband If he does not appear at the
next meeting Of his creditors, which is
called for August 10.
Seated in the parlor Of the well ap-
pointed and almost luxurious Hough
home at 1854 Brooks street, last night,
Mrs. Hough told representative of
the press that She is greatly DESTROYS
81 having her husband returned so
that she can file her petition for di-
vorce, and sever her relations with the
man, whom she declares has deceived
her for months.
She declared that the events of the
past few weeks have placed her in a
wrong light before the public and that
she is entirely innocent of any of the
transactions now involving her hus-
band.
Another Woman.
And within the past few days, Mrs.
Hough declared, she has learned that
Hough left this city for Chicago with
another woman She declares she has
proof of the fact that he is with her
there now.
In fact, it looks as il the second
matrimonial venture of the once prom
inent society and business man is to
turn out more disastrously than the
first.
ssThese revelations have been tumb-
ling about me like a falling house for
the last few days." said Mrs. Hough
last night, land i am nearly Frustrated.
And they were revelations, indeed. Not
for once did suspicion Mr.. Hough.
suspected that all was not we'll with
him financially, but I never thought
for an instant that he was untrue to
me.
"since all this has come to light his
men friends tell me that his actions
away from home were very raw By
that suppose they mean that he did
not seek to keep his actions from the
public. But he did succeed in keeping
them from me. Not until intimate
friends told me what they say is the
real cause of his disappearance and
stay did I learn the truth.
Il have fully made up my mind to
sue him for divorce when he returns.
All the love ever had for him is now
dead. and wish to be rid of him as
soon as possible. All this has reflected
greatly upon me, but have been the
innocent factor all along"
Before her marriage Mrs. Hough was
Miss Laura Wilson of Bloomfield, Ia.
The couple were married in Knoxville
lust two years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
GOOD ROADS
What tho Convention At Waterloo Rec
o,nmends as Essential in the Con.
struction Of Highways in Iowa.

ommeno6 as ESSential III the NoU.
struction Of Highways in Iowa.
Waterloo, Aug. 14.-From the vari-
| Gus speakers at the Iowa state good
roads convention, held here, the fol-
lowing valuable pointers have been
culled:
The average country road should be
twenty five feet wide.
Any method of working the roads is
faulty if it tends to drive traffic away
from the center of the highway.
Sand roads, if not surfaced with
clay or other material, are best when
left perfectly fiat, thus conserving the
moisture. Traffic over sand roads is
carried on more easily when the road
bed is moist.
All roads require certain amount
| OF traffic to put them in the best con-
ditio1h
Tinte is an element in roadmaking
the same as in the growth of vegeta-
ton.
How to work the road with a King
drag: D. Ward King, the father Of the
"split road drag" which the newspa-
pcrs of the country have dubbed the
King drag, advises every farmer,
where the drag is not now in use, to
give this simple device a trial. Let him
hitch two horses to a drag so that 1T
will be at an angle of forty-five de-
grees, and drive to his neighbours or to
town. He should stand on the drag
and drive a horse on either side of the
high hand wheel track. One dragging
after each rain is sufficient. Let this
be continued for four or five times,
The center of the road win become
higher thnn the sides, thus accom- :
plishing drainage. II it is. desired to
increase the width of the road. let him
plough shallow furrow at either side
of the road, turning the land towards
the center Of the road. Then use the
drag to distribute the new soil evenly
over the highway. Another furrow and
another should be turned until the road
is of proper width.
Farmers nowadays are not distant
from. town so much in miles as in
time to make the journey. With, i'm
passable roads in the springtime,t the
country resident is cut off from town,
and, SO far as his ability to haul a
load, might as we'll be distant many
miles Thus it has come about that
where good roads are maintained it is
customary to say that one is fifteen
minutes, thirty minutes or an hours
distance from the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
Adams County Veterans Meet.
Special to Tfmes-Republican.

Corning, Aug. 1.-THE old soldiers
Of Adams county have been holding
their annual reunion at the, fair
grounds for the last three days. A
campfire was held where old associa-
lions were renewed. The usual program
was carried out, winding up this after
noon with a program carried out by
the younger people such as, tug of
war between different townships of the
county, and contest of the same kind
between ladies for prizes, offered by
the local merchants. BAIL throwing
nail driving, horse Harvesting and
hitching. and other contests were had
by our lively young ladies. Ninety vet
Grams enrolled their names on the reg
:ster. Nine died during the year 1907
and ave since Jan. I.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
n l1osI v sauaSae agent.

N : L i s.
The glycerine employed in DR.. Pierce's
medicines greatly enhances the medicinal
properties which It extracts from native
medicinal roots ard holds in solution
much batter than alcohol would. 1t also
possesses medicinal properties of its own.
being valuable demulcent, nutritive,
antiseptic and antiferment. 1t adds
greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry
bark, Bloedroet. Golden Seal root, Stone
root and Queens root, contained in
sGolden Medical Discovery " in snbduing
chronic, or, lingering coughs, bronchial,
throat and lung affections. for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities.
In all cases where there is q wasting
away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak
stomach, as in the early stages of con-
eShdkibn, there eau be no doubt that gly-
ekrine Iacts rs a valuable nntritive and
ada The Golden Seal root. Stone root,
0nee6,s robt and Black Cherrybark in
hesh aH6ls (rength, controlling the cough
ana brinkhR sboul, a healthy condition
| az the while system. OF course. it must
not be eYIected to work miracles: 1t VIII
not cure consumption except In its earlier
stages. II will eli &c VERY sever. -QbStl,
nNte. hang-0h. chkQnlc coughs llQnellal
and Mfy1ge3l trQ4'hles apd chrome sore
YIN e a ae in suagns
FAang-on coughs, or those of long standing,
even when accompanied by bleeding from
lungs, that 1t has performed its most
Emaryelous cures.
P1of. Finley Ellingx0od, NJ d., of BEN
! nett Med. College, Chicago, says OF gly-;
cerine:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
DIES OF BROKEN HEART.
Young Bride Fails to Survive ShocI
From Death Of Husband.

From Oe0tn OF 0uSbano.
Mason City, Aug. IA broken
heart Is given as the cause Of the death
Of pretty Mrs. Evelyn O'Connor, whose
home is here, but who has been with
Chicago relatives for a few weeks Six
weeks ago II. j. OiConnor was drowned
in a large tank in st. Louis, where he
was working as a plumber. The body
was brought here for interment.
The shock was so great that Mrs.
OConnor did not at once recover. and
her friends became alarmed. Later she
improved, but showed a decided mel
ancholy attitude. resisting all efforts to
cheer her or to get her mind from
her bereavement. AS change, she
was taken to Chicago, where she died
Wednesday,. Both Mr.. and Mrs. O'Con-
nor were we'll known here, and lived
in this community most of their lives
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
TEN DOLLARS PER DAY.
Is the Wage to Be Asked by Iowa
Court Stenoqraphers.

Mason City, Aug. 14.-Ten dollars
per day, thinks Gordon Elliott, reparter
Of the Twelfth judicial district OF
iowa, and president OF the Iowa Assoc
citation of Shorthand Reporters. should
be the salary paid all court reporters.
An effort is now being made to In
duce the various representatives in the
coming legislature to place the salary
at SO per day. According to President
Elliott they are now receiving IS per
day for 200 days work, together with
their transcript fees, amounting to
something like $3.50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
Will Have More Track Room.
<o Tiynas.

Nevada, Aug. 14.-W. ]. Souder, SUI
perintendent of the st. Paul and Des
:Moines railway, was in the city yes
terday and made arrangements for
more track room in this city, which
move was made necessary by the
larger number of trains to be put on
after the Short Line starts it's thru
service in conjunction with the Mil
waukee.
The south siding, which has hereto
fore been used as a team track. will
be used exclusively as passing track
and a spur will be run northwest from
the elevator track, to be used as a
team track. Other changes will be
made about the yards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
RURAL CARRIERS MEET.
Hampton Delegates Elected to State
Convention, Meeting Next Week.

Special to Times-kepublfcan
Hampton, Aug. 14.-The Rural Mail
Carriers association, at the meeting
held in this city, elected Joe Glotfelty
and A. w. Monroe as delegates to the
state convention Of carriers which
meets in Des Moines next week
After the transaction OF the regular
business of the meeting. the members
were invited to the home of Carrier
A. w. Monroe and wife. for social
time. A supper was served and all
enjoyed the occasion very much. Those
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14

present were Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Super,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Palmer Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M. Field. Joe Glotfelty and
Charles Glotfelty, of Hampton; Mr..
ana Mrs. F. d. Hubbard and j. j..
Crawford, of Sheffield; Louie Chris
tiansen, Of Latimer, and Elem Jones,
Of Geneva.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
VICTOR FAIR DELAYED.
Will Continue One Day Longer. or
Account Of Rain.

\ HCC0UnG OF n1Tns
Special TO Times-Republican.
Victor, Aug. 1.-THE Victor fair will
continue one day longer than original
ly planned, on account Of rain. The
track was not fit for the racing and
a great many We're disappointed, but
there was quite crowd on the ground
anyway. Never in the history of the
fair have there been so many shows
and other attractions. The cattle and
horses displayed are as good as will
be seen at any state fair. One great
attraction is that of Miss Cora Beck
worth She is the best woman swim
mer in America.
The fancy work building and veg
etable hall is quite we'll filled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
A Fierce Attack

OF malaria, liver arrangement and kid
new trouble, is easily cured by. Electric
Bitters, the guaranteed remedy soc.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
AckLEY POSITION BEGGING.
School Board Looking for a Manual
Training Teacher.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Aug. 14.-The school
board at Ackley is looking for man
to teach manual training in the public
schools and also teach in the seventh
and eighth grades. It is offering $50
month for a man to do this double
duty, but the combination is one that
is apparently scarce.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
A Bloody. Affair

A Bloody Affair
is lung hemorrhage. Stop 1T; and cure
weak lungs, coughs and colds, with
DR.. Kings New Discovery. SOC and
$1.00. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
Did He Get It?

(Boston Transcript
Customer-"Have you phonograph
records?'
arocer-"Hardly in our line, sir,
photograph records
Customer not; aren't they
preserved tongue?
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
VAST DIGNITY OF LONDONS LORD MAYOR

Mansion House. The Lord Mayor IS likewise
head Of the city police who work altogether in
depeudentIy Of the metropolitan police and OF
the criminal investigation department at Scot
land Yard. He has his own Jail. his own hang
man. his sword bearer. his purse bearer and his
marshal who is generally q retired officer OF the
army. and is sometimes Il barouet He has his
own chaplain, his gentlemen-in- waiting. his pri-
vate secretaries and all sorts Of other retainers
including a very costly chamberlain and an
equally well paid recorder; added 10 which he
is the coatroll-r of weights and measures Of the
City Of London the director I'm chief of its
\pubIlc markets and lord Of the manor Of Fins
bury.
London's Lord Mayor has the use during his
twelve months term OF Office Of n furnished res
idenco-namey the Mansion House q stately
building opposite the Bank Of England. and
designed early in the eighteenth century by Sir
John Van BrIgh. who likewise the archl-
tect Of BleuheiIu Palace. II possesses some
beautiful apartments. notably the so-called
Egyptian Hail. where many OF the minor enter
taInments are given. the more important ban
quets. such as those in honor of foreign rulers
visiting London. taking place at the GuidhaH.
The Lord Mayor receives salary Of $4,000
year that is To say. large that OF the
President of the United States, in addition TO
allowances amounting 10 almost half as much
again. But big as are the emoluments. they are
altogether inadequate to enable him 10 maintain
the dignity, and the traditions OF bOuntifu hos
pitaIity for which the chief magistrates of the
City of London have always been celebrated.
Indeed. it is estimated THAI the Lord Mayor Of
London retiring invariably finds himself out
of pocket to the tune Of at least s5OOOO over
and above what he has received in the shape Of
stipend from the city Treasury. This is so we'll
understood that poor is ever elected TO
the post.
The elections made by the Board OF AL
dermen from among those OF their number who
have already filed the office of sheriff. the
choice being made from two names submitted
to the board by the so-calIed Court OF Common
Council, which is composed OF the Liverymen,
that is TO say. of the members OF the various
guilds.
Should one of the candidates refuse to accept
the office without furnishing reasons that ap-
pear satisfactory TO the Board OF Aldermen. he
renders himself liable to a fine OF $500 which
can likewise be imposed upon any citizen elected
as alderman who refuses to serve as such for
the term of his life. Although the new Lord
Mayor, Sir George Truscott, whose father. Sir
Francis Truscett, hlIed the Office Of chief mag
istrate in 1850, was elected on Michaelmas Day,
yet IT Is not until November 5 that he will be
sworn into office, and the following day pre-
sented to the Lord Chief Justice to make the final
tice to which he proceeds with considerable
amount of civic state This has always been
known as Lord Mayors Day" and is observed
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
Even the King Must Ask
His Permission to Pass
Through the City.

Copyright 1905 by the brentwood Company
Tuesday next is the Feast Of the Translation
Of St Edward the Confessor. which day in
oden times, prior 10 the Tudor kings, the cleo
ton took place Of the Lord Mayor of London.
But the date was altered TO Michaemes by an
act Of the Common Council IN the reign OF
Henry VIII. This will serve TO convey some
idea Of the extreme antiquity OF the office.
which goes back to the times of King Alfred
the Great, who in A. D $50, appointed his SON
in-law, EtheIred, to be Port Reeve and Chief
Magistrate and Ealdorman, or Alderman, OF
London. The municipal institutions and auton-
omy CT the city are. however, OF still more re-
mote origin and have always been defended with
so much vigor that it was not until eight years
after the battle Of Hastings that William the
Conqueror was able TO obtain possession Of the
capital Of his English kingdom. and then only
by means Of a charter. still in existence and
bearing his signature, in which he assured to
Godfrey the Port Reeve. and to all the Burgesses
OF London, that they should continue TO hold all
the prerogatves and privileges which they had
enjoyed under Edward the Confessor.
It during the reign of King Rufus that
the old Anglo-Saxon title Of Port Reeve was
transformed into the Norman equivalent of
baini, OF bailif, which by Richard Cceur de
Lion was again altered into that OF mayor the
first chief magistrate OF London to bear that
designation being Henry Fitz Eylwin. It was
on the latter's death, in 1914. that King John
bestowed another charter upon the citizens OF
London. confirming all their previous rights and
authorizing them to elect a mayor each year
on the Feast Of the Translation OF King Edward
the Confessor. Since then--that is TO say, for
nearly seven hundred years-one citizen has
succeeded another IN the chair OF the chief mag
istrate, many of them playing prominent role
In the history of the kingdom and founding fam
HES which now figure among the oldest and
most illustrious houses OF the British peerage
In number OF instances the destinies OF the
nation have been determined by the action Of
the Lord Mayor Of London.
No Office Is invested in the eyes of the public
at home, and more especially abroad with a
greater degree OF prestige than that OF the Lord
Mayor OF London. who the Continent of
Europe is indeed accounted a more important
digntary than the Archbishop Of Canterbury
the Lord High Chancellor and the Prime MIN
ister or even than all three combined For is
not the King himself compelled to crave the
Mayors permission whenever he has occasion TO
pass through the City OF London, that is to saw
his own capital? In this connection Sir Henry
Drummond Wolff relates in his entertaining
"Reminiscences how. when ambassador al
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
:, FRANCE AND THE

be played on Saturday. special consolation event
will be arranged for Friday. so that all defeated
eiShts may have a chance TO play through 70 the
end of the tournament. Entries viii close on
Wednesday evening. November T. and should be
made with Walter T. Edge. secretary Efforts are
being made by the tournament committee-Wa1ter
T. Edge. J. Haines IAppincott. Frederick s she--
man and Frederick c. Robbns-to get some OF the
crack players OF the country. so that the tourna-
rnent may c. cate greater interest.
The bathing season officially ended last Sunday
afternoon when Mayor Stoy withdrew the beach
guards Il had been cold for several days and few
people had been bathing.
Bishop william c. Doane. head OF the Episcopal
Diocese Of Albany, is among the visitors at the
Hotel Chelsea. He IS accompanied b. his grand
daughter. Miss Gardner. OF Buffalo
Father J. J. Keogan and Father James F1tZSim-
mons, two we'll known priests OF New York, are
spending couple OF weeks ~ the Hotel Rudolf-
The Hotel Morton is headquarters for several
young women OF New York State who have won
4 tour by their energy in getting subscribers for
a Newburg newspaper. They Miss Marie Z
Kane and Miss y G.. Kans. OF Craigsvie; Miss
Mary w Schmidt. Of Windsor; Miss Alice
Thompson. OF May5rook; Miss Maud BrIndage.
Of Highland Mills. Miss Carolyn Lamb. OF Corn
wall, and Miss Bessie Heating. OF 1Iatteawen.