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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
GOVERNOR JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA.

-got $40 q month, which he turned
over to his mother. He found time to
deliver laundry" washed and ironed
by his mother, his splendid heroic
mother, and also to deliver papers on
the carriers route-the town paper.
After two years Of this grocer's boy
life he got job in the drug store at a
slightly higher rate Of pay. From this
time on his mother quit taking in
washing. John supported the family.
In the years following three of the
little sisters died, and John Johnson
was in debt to the undertaken. The
boy studied hard while working In the
drug store. The little public library
was in the same block. He read many
books from the library, being chiefly
interested in history. Meanwhile he
studied pharmacy, too, and eventually
he became registered pharmacist.
Real Journalist With a Real JOB.
After nine years in the drug store
John johnson became journalist In
the cities journalist is sometimes de-
scribed as newspaper man out Of a
lob. In st. Peter John Johnson was
real journalist with q real Job, pay
ing for half interest In the Herald,
for which friends who believed In
him had put up the money. Johnson
had paid off the undertaken. He had
bought in the two room family home
stead. which was about to be sold Tor
taxes. and he had added other rooms
and improvements.
So this was the story discovered by
the st. Paul reporter. 1t was SO mag
nificently true that American Mime
sofa arose gloriously to the occasion.
President Roosevelt carried the al
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
G()V. JOHN JOHNSON
One Of the Common People Who
Looms Up in the Presidential
Limelight
HIS is A FoRcEFuL CHARACTER
Made Good in tho Face of Adverse Cir
oumstances in Early Lite - Real
Journalist With a Real Job--scttled
a Strike Without Riots-A Champion
Political joke.

A FTER all. the American people de.
n spise snobbery. There Is but a
very small class among US that
apes aristocracy and puts an
cestry upon pedestal to kiss the dirt
ut It's feet. For proof of this we have
only to look to Minnesota. wherein
dwells man who In these antecan-
paign days Is being exploited for n
presidential nomination by thousands
Of men who never saw him and never
heard Of him until three years ago.
why this mans presidential boom
Just because he has made good" de-
spite the fact that his fnther died In
the poorhouse and his mother took IN
washing. Nobody disputes the popu-
lar assumption that Governor John
A. johnson Is an able man and Of pres
idential dimensions. But. for all that,
he never would have been mentioned
for the presidency save for this poor,
house and washerwoman story. Upon
this foundation we base the proof that
America, heart, head and hand, is still
essentially antisnob.
In 1904 the Democrats Of Minnesota
nominated for governor country edi-
tor, the st. Peter Herald man. John
Johnson was pretty good country ed
itor. too, but there We're some 100 9th.
ers In Minnesota. st. Peter Is q
small town. and the Herald Is q small
paper. But 1t Is not necessarily true
that small paper in small town has
small man at the head Of 1t. Plenty
Of instances to the contrary might be
cited, but Johnson's is enough. For
fifteen years Editor Johnson had run
the editorial end Of the Herald, while
his partner, Henry Essler, had run
the mechanical end. Both took a hand
at the business end. Johnson became
secretary and then president of the
state editorial association. So tho other
editors knew him, and they liked him.
johnson had served one term as a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
A Burbanksr.

"A Burbanker.
A farmer who was up to date
In tones Of glee once said:
II shall not bank my celery.
Til Burbank It instead"
You should have seen the crop he raised.
Most celery just stalks.
But his could run and leap and jump
About the garden walks.
Nor with 1t could = person find
The slightest bit Of fault.
Among it's well blanched leaves there grew
Salt cellars full Of salt
The farmer who was up to date
In tones Of glee then said:
II shall not bank my money now.
I'll Burbank 1t instead"
You should have seen what happened then.
With interest it grew.
You have to draw most money, but
His painted, sketched and drew.
He never had to raise 1t, for
1t raised itself. you see.
It sprouted one fine pension and
A large annuity.
And 80 the farmer up to date
In tones Of glee then said.
when you desire to bank thing.
Just Burbank 1t instead
Blanche Elizabeth Wade in Iarper's
Magazine For January.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

= healthy man with q bad heart and
Q poor blood circulation?
Did you ever see a satisfactory heat
4 ing plant without good boiler In
stalled to proper system Of piping?
Did you ever hear a heating plant
\ pound? That's heart disease. and your
Sboiler and piping must be made right
Z or the coal will flow into your boiler
o. the dollars now out Of your pocket.
Consult p. w. Hecker. the plumber,
steam and gas filter. at % South First
street, Coulton old stand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Bear Make. Altoona Lively.

Altoona. pam exciting bear
chase, in which nearly 500 residents
OF Altoona participated. was feature
of the New Years celebration here.
At. o'clock this afternoon bruin
meandered into Altoona from the
mountains and started on tour OF
inspection.
At first It was thought he was a
tame animal, but when the mistake
was discovered there was rush for
firearms. The animal was run into an
alley, pursued by small army OF
amateur nimrods. who blazed away.
endangering the lives OF the specta-
tors and driving the timid to cover.
The bear turned on It's pursuers,
jumped the fence and retraced its
steps towards the mountains. 1t finally
was rounded up in an orchard and
shot to death.
Oscar Himmel. boy. was shot In
the foot during the hunt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

ways ilepue4cu4 state Of Minnesot''
~ a majority Of 161 1852 IA hun.
Ired thousand above the normal ma
Iority But, hold! John Albert John
son, Democrat. was elected goyernot
gg majority Of 1890. Not very
lrgc majority that. and yet he tulne
l,lCO votes to get 1t.
The country editor closed down hi
desk ut ST. Peter, probably saying to
Henry Essler: "T'll be back In two
years Try to keep the subscribers IN
line. and don't let the ads. get away
|, from you. Keep the jobwork going"
Then he went to work at hls new
Job In st. Paul. his office being In Min
nesota's fine new state capitol build
Ing. Did johnson as governor of u
great state pose rs sickly sentimen-
tai friend Of 1.-The common peepul!'
Not bit of it--not he. Johnson made
no pretense OF being ultra democratic.
lie wore good clothes. the prevailing
style, and cut just as dignified figure
at n gubernatorial reception as he had
cut In the editorial sanctum at st. Pc
ter. He bad sense enough to adapt
himself to his environment.
He Made Good.
johnson also had the moral and men,
tai backbone to make him Johnny-on-
the-spot with his new Job. He had
had no experience as an editor when
he took hold Of the st. Peter Herald.
But he made good. He made good
also as governor of Minnesota. Do
you want proof? Then read the cleo
ton returns OF 1906. Normally the
Republican candidate should have won
by about 10000 majority. AS mat
ter of fact, johnson won by 1900 ma
jority. Somebody asked him how he
did it.
II only tried to make good" replied
Johnson.
No boomerang was thrown In the
second campaign. II Johnson had not
made good In his two years term us
governor he would have been sent
back to the St Peter Herald office.
Az 1t is, he now stands in the glare OF
the presidential limelight. The wash
erwoman circular promulgated by the
unidentified asylum inmate made him
governor, but az governor he made
good himself Those years of struggle.
OF self efracement, of mother love and
brotherly devotion in st. Peter gave
him the stamina to make good. When
some one asked him what he consid-
cred the most important result Of bis
administration as governor he replied:
Law enforcement. We have brought
about conditions by which the state
officers obey the law themselves and
enforce IT.
But Governor Johnson did not stop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Remarkable Chicago Infant.

Chicago possesses an infant Hercules
In the twenty month-old son Of Will
liam j. Shoemaker, a policeman, says
dispatch from that city. Lifting q
scuttle of coal, toying with five pound
dumbbells and walking up the per-
pendicular front of his father support
ed only by his clutch of the parental
forefingers are some of the feats OF
this forty pound infant. The boy has
been his own instructor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
New Industry For Boys.

Hvys who have been apprenticed to
no trade and who want to make ca
reer for themselves invent their occu-
pations. The knocker cleaner has been
knocking at the door. But two boys Of
Charlton, England, appear to be start
ing new industry, says the London
Chronicle. They called up the house
maid. as follows:
do your missus want any Kittens
IT cats drownded today? Penny each
)r four for th-'-~e~ce"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Champion Political Joke.

MinnesOta'S normal Republican ma
jority is between 10000 and 10000
The Democrats had little or no expec-
tation of electing Johnson. One reason
they picked him for the candidacy was
that he was Swede and would get
the Scandinavian vote, which in Min
uesota is a considerable factor. They
hoped he, at any rate, would make a
decent showing. and most of them
would have been satisfied with that.
But Johnson, having accepted the
nomination, made systematic cam
paign. His opponent, State Auditor
Dunn, was not altogether popular In
his own party. Dunn's unpopularity
helped Johnson, against whose record
nobody had anything to say. John
sons popularity increased as Dunns
decreased. Something had to be done
for Dunn. Then somebody done it.
The manner Of doing it, the madness
of its method, must stand forever as
the champion political joke OF the
ages. Did you ever see boomerang:
A boomerang is curved club. When
thrown by one who knows how, 1t
makes a turn around in the air and
comes back to the thrower. II the
thrower doesn't look out, the boomer
ang will smash his face.
Ten days before election some boom
erang tLrower in Minnesota printed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

i've to longevity. Born near Greenup,
KY, In 1871. she belonged to a pioneer
family and shared the hardships and
privations Of n pioneers life. In 1863
her husband died, leaving Mrs. Ran
dali In circumstances that compelled
her to provide for herself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Lofty Gam. Of Seven up.

Lofty Gamo OF seven Up
Not to be outdone by Mrs. Stella
Clapp, who climbed to the top Of the
175 foot smokestack Of factory In
Athol, Mass, to take photographs, four
Harvard students. according to a dis
patch to the New York Tribune, climb
ed the 175 feet and, with their feet
dangling over the side Of the chimney,
played game of seven up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Weak Women

To weak and ailing women. there 10 at least ons
way to help. But with that way. two treatmenta
tional, but both arc important, both essential.
Dr.. Shoop's Night Cure IL the Local.
DR.. Shops Restorative, the Constitutional. /.
mucous membrane suppository remedy, while DR..
Shops Restorative Is wholly an internal treat
ment. The Restorative reaches Throughout the
entire system, seeking the repair OF all nerve
al tissue and all blood ailments
The Night Cure. rs its name implies docs ito
work while you sleep. Il soothes sore and inilan,
cd mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and
discharges. while the Restorative. eases nervous
excitement. gives renewed vigor and ambition,
builds up wasted tissues bringing about renewed
ssrensth; vtx9r, and energy; Take Dr. shoop POI, ;
20 the system For positive local help, use as vol
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

statute books. BY his Influence 10
brought about the enactment OF new
Inws to meet conditions One thing No
did was to have the Legislature give
him n board OF tax equalizeSs. john
son appointed three Of the best men
In the state. Under the law this board
had only advisory powers. The 9ov-
ernor used his discretion. The steel
trust has immense mines In northern
Minnesota These mines were taxed
on valuation Of $3sO0GO00 when
johnson took Office Now they are tax
ed on a valuation of S194 100000, and
the poor taxpayer feels better. The
electric railways uniting st. Paul and
Minneapolis are paying twice as much
taxes MS they paid before the advent
Of Johnson. Tax dodgers have been
wincing since johnson became gov
ernor.
Strike Settled Without Riots.
The way Governor Johnson settled
q strike last summer shows his power
us conservative official. The miners
In the Mesaba range went out. and
there was imminent peril Of violence.
Instead Of sending his state militia to
the scene Governor johnson himself
went. alone. He talked with the strike
leaders and with the employers. He
visited the strikers and heard their
grievances. He gave them good adj
vice. II they remained orderly. he
said, no troops would be sent, but Il
they became violent he would be
forced to quell their violence with SOL
diers The strike was settled without
riots.
Some persons take pleasure In COM
pairing John Johnson with Abraham
Lincoln. This is due to the fact that
both men had immediate ancestors Of
the kind that, as a rule, do not pro-
duce society swells. johnson seema
to have much of the homely honesty
Of Lincoln and more dignity than
Honest Abe" Whatever he may turn
out to be In the future. we must go
back to the original thesis and assert
that II johnson had been a candidate
for head sheEk Of Fifth avenues Four
Hundred or for chief chimpanzee OF
the Newport set that lunatics circular
would have defeated him. But he was
running merely for the governorship
Of the plain. common, sensible, intelll-
gent people Of an American comm ,n-
wealth.
Smith--Did you tell your wife yol
-n,,i-3pst 1,o hnsy,n <f11 1ato9
Ribinson (carelessly)- Certainly.
"You did,"
Eyes, should think %"
"And what did she sayTs
"Well, as soon as I had told her ]
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

Only Ono "sRoMo QuINlNE"
That is LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE.
Look for the signature OF E., w.
GROVE Used the World over to Cure
q Cold n One Day. csc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Tn. Glad Hand

removes liver inaction and bowel stop
! page with DR.. Kings New Life Pills
the painless regulators. Csc. Mcbride
& Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

Total -. ..................' soo
The best that can be said by the
shrewdest political observers at this
early date is that Judge Taft has a
long lead over the field. and that 1t
Is going to be most interesting strug-
gle from now on.
WALTER WELIMAN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Sells Baby Buggy; Man Cots Divorce

Sells Baby Buggy; Man Cots Divorce.
Lincoln. Neb.--Divorced because she
sold the baby carriage to buy herself
theater ticket is the plight of Mrs.
Rudolph Bartzat, Jr.
In his petition the Womans hus-
band alleged his wife was extravagant
in her tastes and lacking in thrift and
providence. Whenever she wanted a
new dress or to satisfy some fleetlng
within she would dispose OF some arti-
Gle of furniture, usually at a fraction
Of Its value.
Bartzat said he did not like this. but
he thought the climax had come when
she sold the $40 baby carriage for 81
to buy ticket to the show.
Frog Eats First Meal in 1000 Years.
New York.--Pythagoras. a toad, took
his first meal In 1000 years today at
the Bronx ZOO Four flies and an
earthworm constituted the meal Of the
little black creature that had been
buried for so many centuries In lime
stone rock 800 feet down in n silver
mine at Butte. Mont. The ancient toad
is slowly recovering it's eyesight and
the use Of its limbs. and is gradually
turning green again, as II was In the
middle ages. Pythagoras has already
emitted several feeble sounds, but the
croak has not come back.
TripIets Bring Riches to Poor Family.
New York--Max Roseman, a pow
erty stricken resident of the East
Side, had no job. no money. and no
prospects until his wife presented him
with triplets.
How in the world am I going to
take care Of them?" asked the man
piteously
The triplets. howevr, brought their
own luck, and the news that they had
come to grace the home OF IA penniless
man spread SO rapidly that inside OF
four hours Roseman was set up In Il
small business. a fiat was provided for
him free, and he was given enough
money to make the triplets comfort
able for sc.ae time to come.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Too Many Kisses for Him.

Chicago, Ill.-Arthur Kehr, n musi-
clan, who has been married just six
teen days, has sued for divorce. Too
much love is the plea he makes for
dis-union. He married Mary Rogers,
a young widow. Here is his own
story:
"You never say anything like 1t in
all your born days. She would sit on
my lap by the hour, and II wanted
to go across the street for package
Of tobacco she would order me to stay
where was and do the errand her.
self, because she was afraid some girl
might run off with me.
"She wanted to be kissed in the
morning and kissed at noon and kissed
at night. I could never get away from
the passionate, despairing cry: Arthur,
kiss me-
II was prisoner in my wifc's
house. The week was there earned
only $500 because she wouldn't let
me so out to play. had to be with her
all the time, getting loved.
There was only one thing for me
to go and I did tran away
wouldn't go back to her for anything
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

and distributed circular setting
forth that Candidate Johnson's father
had been drunkard and had died In
the poorhouse and that his mother
had taken In washing. You cannot
find In Minnesota today the thrower
of THIS political boomerang. Most like
ly he Is aud was then an inmate of the
asylum for the insane
Some supporters Of johnson, tos
much excited to know a golden oppor-
tunity when they met 1t face to face
were perturbed by this circular and
urged the candidate to make a strong
denial OF the statements.
81 can'tn WIS Inhnson,s Quiet renlY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Story Went the Rounds.

Story Went the Rounds.
The reason he couldn't was that
what the circular said about his par
ents was true. A ST. Paul newspaper
which supported him sent n STAFF cor
respondent posthaste to the little town
OF ST. Peter. The staff man investigat-
ed the immediate antecedents Of John
Johnson. The reportorial assignment
would have delighted any good news
paper man. 1t Is not often that re-
color. The story Of John Johnson Of
st. Peter, as published In the st. Paul
paper, quickly went the rounds Of the
Minnesota press; also 1t went the
rounds of the corner groceries and the
drug stores and the country hotel Of
fees. where governors are made and
presidents are prepared from the raw
material.
The st. Paul reporter discovered that
Gustaf Johnson. blacksmith, had
emigrated from Sweden about fifty
years ago, settling in st. Peter. He
had been heavy drinker In his native
land and came to America In the hope
that he might reform. He did reform
for few years. He married Caroline
Haden, Swedish girl. also an imml-
grant She was utterly alone in Amer
lea The blacksmith installed her In
two room house near st. Peter. For
few years the brawny arms of Gustaf
Johnson earned living for the wife
and the little ones who came, John
being the first baby. born IN 1861.
Then REQUIRED an attac's Of the old
malady, the old disease, which In the
system Of the village blacksmith de-
handed alcohol. The blacksmith be-
came a drunkard. Like many others
of his unfortunate class, he went
"from bad to worse" Finally the local
authorities placed him In the poor
house, where after some years he died.
Mrs. johnson was left with six chill
dren to support. John was only twelve
years old, but he arose to the occa-
sion. He insisted upon quitting school
so that he might help. He got a job In
q grocery store. A grocer's boy has no
snap as Job, but some Of them have
snap as individuals John Johnson
they probably called him Johnny then
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03
Mole is Lucky for Baby.

WOt0 10 1uCNy TOT 0Hpys
Port Jarvis, N. Y.-The gambling
example set in the White House is
being followed. William H. Lent, an
Erie railway conductor, and John F.
Cross, a music teacher, offered to toss
coin or pull straws to determine
which Of two babies is Lent and which
Is Cross.
The babies came almost simultane-
ously to Mrs. Lent and Mrs. Cross in
the Deer Park sanitarium. The nurses
mixed the babies up. The mamas
were almost hysterical, but the ba-
bies, their first born, looked alike to
the rejoicing papas. The attending
physician Strengthened out the mix
up. He had noticed that the Cross
baby had a cute little mole on it's
round little "tummy."
Brothers 81 and AZ Meet for First Time
Tacoma, Wash.-Otto j. Drumm, a
merchant of this city and Jacob
Drumm of Wardner, Idaho, two broth
ers, met today for the first time in
their lives.
Jacob is 81 years of age, was born
in Bavaria, and came to this country
WIlSI he was tAIlcI vi ElllHs5 dIOuIlu
the west for some time he settled in
Idaho, where he owns a large wheat
ranch.
Otto was born two years after Ja-
cob left Germany. When still youth
he went to New York and in 1889
came to Tacoma and has prospered in
the mercantile business. They planned
frequently to meet, but not until this
year was the hope realized.
Otto knew his brother at once, for
not only do they look much alike, but
Otto says that his older brother is a
perfect image of his father.
New Year Ends Years Of Toll at Tub
Bloomfield. Iowa.-Thirty-f years
Of toll, with the six working days of
the week evenly divided between wash
tub and ironing board, were ended
today by Mrs. Lois Randall, SO years
old.
For years she has looked forward to
this New Years day when she might
retire to enjoy the fruits of her life
of toll.
Mrs. Randall is living proof that
hard work and plain living Is conduc-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-03

state senator, and some Of the politi-
clans knew him and liked him too. But
he was defeated for reelection, being
a Democrat in Republican district,
and when his party placed him at the
head Of the state ticket he was plain
John johnson, country editor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-26
lizard PRESSED.
PortugaPs Royal Family
Is In Hard Straits
Butcher Gets Judgment For
S210 Against Oowsger.
Size Of Last Years Deficit Shows
Francois Honesty.

Lisbon May 25-The royal house
hold of Portugal is being besiesed b.
it's creditors and the newspapers OF
Lisbon are filled with the notices of
suits brought by trades people against
its members. The courts already have
awarded a butcher $210 and costs, the,
AMOUNT of an unpaid meat mill against
Dowager Queen Maria Pia, and the
Duke OF Oporto.
This situation arises from the fact
that the members of the royal house
hold have not received a penny from
the state since King Carlos and his
son We're aSSassinated nearly four
months ago, because the new civil list
cannot be approved until after the
financial accounting of the late King
Carlos is completed and this is held up
by threatened revelations from Senior
Carvalho, who was minister of fin
ance under eX-Premier Franco, re-
gardirg moneys which went to men,
bcrs of the present government.
The official figures of the deficit for
last year show the amount to be only
100000. This has convinced the pub
lie of the honesty Of cX-Premicr
Francois administration.