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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

Or Rora Liehig. MarshalltoWn who Is
in the government service as special
agent of the bureau of labor OF the
department of commerce and labor. ana
who is at present in Chicago invesu-
eating conditions surrounding work
ing girls and women. writes interest
ingly To the T.-R. concerning char
liable institution, known as the Mar
garet Etter Creche, a day nursery TOR
children of working women VINO are
unable to care for their little ones
while they are at work. DR.. l.lebis
says that an institution of this KIND
Is one OF the things she can see in the
near future fer Marshalltown If her
life is spared 10 take up her work
here again. Her communication which
is well worth reading, follows:
Editor Times Republican,: The
Marshaltown people, and especially
those who know me best. wonder what
II am doing, and | wish could tell
them all, but ] see so many things
which are interesting that have de-
cided to call their attention to one
thing that | have found which might
better conditions of the poor in Mar
shalltoWn, especially among the WON
en- who are willing to work. 1t is the
Margaret Etter creche (day nursery),
2421 Wabash avenue. Chicago. This Is
only one of several, but is the best
one | have yet visited. This nursery
was established in March, 1886, TWEEN
ty-one years ago.
Margaret Etter for whom the nur-
sery was named, was poor woman, d
district nurse from st. Luke's hoSpl-
tai who found in her work among the
poor so many deserted wives and Wild
ows with families of small children,
who could not work on account of not
having any one to care for the chill
dren when the mothers We're away,
that she conceived the idea of some
place where they could be cared for
broken up. Accordingly she looked
about among the Weathiest and most
charitable women Of Chicago, and sue
ceetlcd in interesting capital enough to
start temporary home of this char
acter at the corner of Clark and Nine
teenth street. 1t consisted of four
rooms and was opened with fourteen
children, Mrs. Sarah NJ. Stedman, the
present matron. being placed in
charge. From those proportions, the
institution has grown until
the present building, a beautiful brick
of three stories and basement, is
owned by the management, and has
sheltered during the last year 14,12s
children. with an average attendance
of forty-three. Work is furnished to
every woman who leaves her children
here. when it is possible to do so. and
she is expected to pay for such care
the munificent sum Of 10 cents for the
first child, and If there are more than
one in her family, 5 cents day for
each additional child. If she has no
work, and none can be obtained for her
at once, the children are kept free un-
til such time as she can obtain work,
providing she uses diligence in the
search. No child taken over years of
age unless by special vote of the board,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
Japan in Bondage.
(New York Tribune.)


Eyer since the war with Russia there
have been rumors of Japans pecuni-
ary straits. While there was at times
reason to suspect that these were eX-
aggerated, the conviction has been in
evitable that the costs of the war, for
which no indemnity was received, and
the expenses of the years of military
preparation which preceded the war.
together with years of poor crops and
various vast disasters. had severely
taxed the pecuniary resources OF the
empire. 1t must be remembered that
Japan, including half savage Formosa,
had scarcely 5o,000,000 inhabitants,
and that, having for ages been devoted
to military and artistic affairs, rather
than to commerce, it has been and is
conspicuously devoid of wealth. Now
we are told by a Toxic correspondent
of the New York Evening Post, who
appears to be we'll informed and tenn
perate, that Japan's foreign debt
amounts to $780, 100000, at high rates
of interest; that taxation is $31.5O
head of the population, that stocks and
shares were never lower in the history
of the empire, that the price of rice,
Ill6 great 1Oou St1plo VI Lily SoiAAAAiSA-
people, has doubled in the last year,
and that the eneral cost of living has
increased one-flfth in five years with.
out any corresponding increase in
wages or salaries. In such circum-
stances there is little eXaggeratlOn IN
SAYING, as the correspondent says, that
japan will soon be driven to struggle
for her existence as a solvent nation.
That she will win is hardly to be
doubted, but it will not be an easy
victory. Japan has not the vast, un-
developed resources which America
had at the close of our civil war. She
has not the reserved wealth nor the or
ganized industrial and commercial po-
tency which were the salvation OF
France after "the terrible year." She
has, however, ingenuity, enterprise
thrift, patriotism and indomitable am
bition, so that, tho the burden is heavy
and CALLING, we shall expect to SET
her carry it bravely and unwavering-
ly to triumphant end But since
there is no reason to suspect Japan o.
desiring to commit hara kiri, it is IN
conceivable that she should be seeking
war with any important power, or
indeed, that she should not be earn
estly intent upon keeping the peace
We believe that, at least so far as thu
United States is concerned, the polio,
friendly, no matter how prosperous ant
pecuniarily resourceful she might be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
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MAKING CiEMElNT TILE.
Thnrntnn Enternrisel


The Thornton Cement Tile factory
which has just been established by
Messrs. Perry Bailey and Walter
Thada. turned out the first tile one
day last week and at once began a
steady run. filling all the shelving in
the building by last night, and the
first ones turned out are now seasoned
enough to be stacked just outside to
await the purchasers pleasure, when
the building can be thus cleared
ready for another run. as MIR. Bailey
estimates that 1t will take about
three days to FIJI up the shelves and
two to clear them out when the tile
are seasoned. and thus they expect
to be able to keep a fun force of six
or seven men busy all the time
The Enterprise visited the factory
Wednesday morning, when all hands
We're busy grinding out eight inch
tile and watched the "moduS oper-
endi' until we caught onto the
hang of the darned thing As the
Dutchman said when telling his
experience at the revival. The mo-
tive power which operates the ma
chnery. pumps the water and sup
pies ar pressure W loItt -lllt Nattl
thru a long hose to the machine
where the sand and cement IS. mixed
and to any part OF tho building to
keep the new tile wet while the
composition sets" and hardens.
The water is supplied from a Well
In one corner right by the engine
aud is pumped directly into a big
air tight supply tank. into which
water and air may be pumped at the
same time.
The moulding machine IS a pc
Guitar contrivance rather difficult to
describe in lirnited space, but set
of sheet iron moulds. which open with
a hinge on one side and close with a
clamp on the other. set in row
around a circular table. which re-
wolves and each mould in turn comes
under q plunger which has an auger-
the center to the wall of the mold
as 1t revolves and gradually comes
to the top of the mold and leaves a
perfectly formed tile adhering to the
inside of the hinged cap in which
it Is formed, like a lining an inch
thick. The composition is carried
in a bucket by an endless chain and
dumped in the top of a hopper which
feeds it In the proper quantity into
each mold as they come around in
turn under the boring ou." plung-
er. and different sizes Of tile are
made by simply changing the size of
the molds and plunger used.
Everything works with automatic
precision recurring six men to tend
the machine and carry away the tile.
which are set on end on shelf and
then the mold removed from around
it by opening the latter on its hinges
and the mold carried back and set
in it's position on the revolving table.
to be filled again in its turn six tile
per minute being the average ca
napjtr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
ona SURVIVING Globe circIer.
(From the Springfield, Mass, Republi

CAM
That was q weird tale, outdoins
Jules Verne's around the World IN
Eighty Days" which the French pedes-
TRAN Henri Mosse had to tell whea he
arrived in New York Tuesday. He Il;
the sole survivor of eight men who
started in couples four years ago, from
different points. to walk around the
world. Four were from the Tourists
club of France, four from the Sports
mems club of London. Three died In
Australia, two were murdered IN
Abyssinia. one was killed in China. and
the seventh, Mosse's partner, Georges
Moss, committed suicide in Turkey.
Mosse himself has had many narrow
escapes, but hopes TO live until June IA,
when he must be at Lyons, France, to
claim the $4,000 stakes. If anything
should happen to him it will of course
be tie between France and England.
Who can say, in the face Of such evil
dence. that the spirit Of romance Is
dead?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
porter's WAY,

Porter's Way.
Sixteen monster battleships in conscious
glory steaming
Down from Rio to the south and north
to Frisco bay
sight to stir the patriot. to set the
watcher dreaming
or Porter in the Essex when he sailed
the selfsame way.
Porter had frigate to sweep the broad
Pacific:
Half the seas were hostile, foes in every
port;
Porter and his men didn't think the task
terrific,
Didn't think the job was work, Just
bit of sailors sport.
SO Porter and the Essex did Job as
thorough
AS any ocean rover from Magellan to the
line.
OF all the fleets of whalers, not keel
dare pillow a furrow;
OF privateers and cruisers they didn't
leave 4 sign.
Porter and the Essex ruled the broad
Pacific spaces.
With his crew Of Yankee sailors and his
flag of sailors rights,
From Magellan to the line. Valparaiso to
Marquesas.
Till he lost the storm smashed Essex In
the bloodiest OF fights.
To the same serene Pacific tho battleships
are going.
Into friendly waters. peaceful in their
might,
But ready quick and ready, should any
foe be showing.
Like Porter in the Essex. to clean ev-
erything in sight.
-Wex Jones in New York American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

their places, fold their hands and bow
their heads and repeat in unison their
thanks for their care, and a blessing
upon the food before them, it is a les
son for selfish hearts who are never
satisfied with their own comforts and
do not trouble themselves about the
condition OF their less comfortable
neighbors. There is nd visiting day in
the Margaret lItter creche and all are
given a hearty welcome whenever they
come. ROSA I4lfBlGi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
Lateral Spread.

Mr.. Jagway was on his way home,
and in his devious wanderings from
side to side he was using the entire
width of the walk.
when fellers in thish condition" he
muttered. you've got t give him some
latitude"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
Missed 1t All.

What are you crying for, my poor
little boy"
"Boo-b boo! Pa fell down stairs"
Don't take on SO, my pet. He'll get
better soon"
ITS not that. My sister saw him
fall all the way. l never saw muffin
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
A Fortunate Texan,

E. W. Goodloe, Dallas, Texas, found
a sure cure for marlaria and bliousness
in DR. Kings New Pills. Csc. Nc
Bride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

with Hughes as vice president,
supported on the floor of the senate
by Cummins, LaFollette and Roosevelt,
that old body will wake up from its
ten years sleep and do things" says
the Thornton Enterprise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
He Was a Clipper.

(Chicago American.)
Daughter. you mustn't marry that
young man"
why not?"
His hands are crippled with rheu-
matism."
pad, you're getting dotty. That's
coupon thumb"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

The Sioux City Journal believes that
The trouble With the Register and
Leader is that it is trying to help
boost Allison out without getting on
the ground mulched by Cummins and
Prouty.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

recently had the distinction of riding
for about two hours on Pennsylvania
train with John u. Rockefeller. but
without knowing it until he had left
the seat and was near his destination.
Lem Williams is the distinguished
gentleman
The Manson Journal is sure that III
the republican party loses control OF
the next house of representatives 1T
can charge up a good per cent OF that
loss TO the fact that the party failed
to divorce Speaker Cannon from the
speakership.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil believes
Secretary Wilson would carry the
state literally by storm if he would
consent to be a candidate for the gov
ernorship nomination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

$50 far as known the Kensett News
editor is the only Allison man in his
community. But he likes the lone
some spell, doing honor to the grand
old man." is the confession he makes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10

The Enterprise of that town relates
that Coon Rapids has a citizen who
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Our Ice Plant.

Ice in Hannibal costs 40c per
hundred and the price is considered
cheap. In Monroe City and other
neighboring towns ice is SOC to 75c
retail. In Palmyra ice at the plant
sells at Csc per hundred and retail
ers charge S5c delivered. Mr..
Schnitzer and his sons assumed a
great responsibility when they put
up the ice plant They have not
had all the encouragement they
should have had, but our people
can this year see the benefit of the
plant. We get ice in abundance at
a very reasonable price. Nearby
towns pay twice as much as we do.
Stand by the ice plant. 1t is a good
thing for Palmyra. - Palmyra Her
aid.
Dealers in Monroe City and Other
towns are not pocketing the differ
ence in price between what they gel
for ice and the Palmyra price That
difference is being paid for freight
By all means Monroe City SHOULD
have an ice plant. Now is the
time to form the company, ordeI
the machinery at once so it will b,
ready for next season.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
THURSDAY, AUGUST27, 1908.
The Dust in the Air.

The usefulness of dust is pro
claimed by science despite all the
housewives of all ages. Dust is
part of the machinery that pro-
duces cloud and rain. 1t is also a
protection from the sun. Without
it the suns rays would be unbear-
able. The reason that sunburn
is more easily acquired on the
mountains than in the lowlands
is said to be probably because of
the comparatively dustless air of
the mountainous region.
A dustless atmosphere during
rain would mean a much greater
degree of discomfort than rain ever
brings. Trees and buildings would
be dripping with moisture, our
clothing and the exposed parts of
our bodies would be constantly
wet, umbrellas would be classed as
useless curios, and instead of try
ing to conquer the dust in the
house we should have to face a
much greater enemy in wet floors
and dripping walls, In every drop
of rain and in every particle of
cloud there is a particle of dust. A
sample of air may be taken any
where and the number of its dust
particles accurately determined.
Dust, too, produces the glorious
sunset effects in the evening sky,
thus causing the faint obscurity we
call twilight.
Twilight is always a reflected
glory. The light comes from the
sun, which has in the meanwhile
sunk below the horizon. The re-
Hector is an upper layer of dust.
Were the air perfectly dustless
there would be no twilight. Dark
ness would Immediately follow the
sunset. - Exchange.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Negro Law and Order Leagues.

In Chicago the negroes have
formed a law and order league to
stamp out lawlessness and crime in
the black belt" of that city and
prevent any such happenings as
have disgraced Springfield. For
self-prOtection the negroes in other
places should do this sort of thing.
They should organize to rid their
respective communities of the de-
based, criminal members of their
own race. The respectable, hard
working negroes must have become
aware of the fact that their worst
enemies are of their own house
hold. They commit crimes, and
riots are apt to ensue in which the
innocent may suffer more than the
guilty, truthfully says the St. Jc-
seph News.
1t is idle to say that the rage of
the Springfield mob was against
the one or two negroes who COM
mitted the crime. 1t first at
first against them: or, rather, would
have been had they been within
reach. But they had been taken
away. So the mob turned upon
all negroes, venting its frenzy upon
those against whom it could not
have had any grievance. The riots
were therefore in the true sense
merely race riots, the outbreak of
the hate, OF wrath. or contempt, or
all with which in the last analysis
white men regard blacks, criminal
or innocent. Apparently there is
but one way to minimize this wick
ed spirit of race hatred. Because
of it the consequences of black
criminality are likely to be more
serious than those of white Grimm
ality. While this is irrational, it is
fact, and the influential negroes
should take it into account. When
the negroes become less tolerant OF
criminals of their own color, there
will be less provocation for
race war. Hannibal Journal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Poultry Facts Wanted.

Do you raise poultry? If so,
what kind? How large a flock
have you? What did your sales
amount to last year? How many
eggs did you gather during the
year? How many during the best
month? The poorest month?
How do you house and feed your
birds? Have you a good local
market? Secretary Geo. B. Ellis,
State Board of Agriculture, Co
lumbia, Mo-, will appreciate answers
to these questions; also anything
else concerning your experience
with poultry. Mr.. Ellis would also
like to get some pleasing poultry
pictures to be used in a pamphlet
soon to be issued. We hope that
many of our readers will write tt
him. Our county should be repre-
sented,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate OF Eliza E.
Paris, deceased, was granted to the
undersigned on the 18th day Of
August 1908 by the Probate Court OF
Monroe County, Missouri. All per-
sons having claims against said es.
tate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the executor within one
year after the date Of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft OF such estate, and II such claims
be not exhibited within two years
from the date of this publication they
shall be forever barred.
This 9th day of August 1908.
WIN. Il. YATES, Executor,
r. s. MOCLINTIc, Attorney for Exec
utor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27

The GlObe-Democrat is making a
great to do about Dave Ball beating
Cowherd in the country outside of
the big cities, or trying to make it
appear that Ball was swindled out
of the nomination by the big vote
Cowherd got in the two big cities,
in order to raise trouble in the
ranks of the Democrats, and give
HadIey a show to sip in Office in
November. Ball carried 81 counties,
Cowherd 80 and Wallace S. and
Staple 8. Balls plurality over Cow
herd outside of Kansas City and St
Louis won't exceed 1000. and if the
St. Louis vote was thrown out en-.
tirely Cowherd would still have him
best. - Huntsville Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
N. Hume Real Estate Agent
Monroe City, Mo.

Property bought and sold, loans negotiated,
city property insured rents and taxes. In.-
surance looked after for non-residents.
Some cheap farms on my list.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27

The DemOcrat Govern che Dad.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Fools Cap Philosophy.

The fisherman who angles with
bottled bait has a corner on the sea
serpents.
The world owes every man a liv-
ing, but it takes heap of dunning
to collect.
1t is a safe bet that the knocker
is trying to hide some Of his own
shortcomings
Don't boast of your virtues until
you have taken an inventory Of
your vices.
Opportunity must be caught by
the horns. for his tail is the tail Of
! a goat,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Local Option in Columbia.

Thirteen barrels and a half of
whisky were sold on prescription in
Columbia during the month of July.
A total of 1869 prescriptions were
filed by the five drug stores that
handle whisky. The prescriptions
were filed with the county clerk,
according to law. In each and
every case the whisky was neces-
sary remedy. 1t says so on the
prescription. In every case it was
so necessary that the amount pre-
scribed runs from a pint to a quart,
very nearly half of the prescriptions
filed being for a quart Of spirits
frumenti. Columbia Tribune
Mrs. Lester Keithley, Of Rome.
Miss, has arrived and will have a
nice visit with her parents, ]. H.
McCIintock and wife. of near
Hatch.
The Democrat covers the field
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-08-27
Some Pointed Questions.
Why do you buy out of town.

why uO yOu Uuy Jul VI tO"h'
You say, save money" but do
youY Every dollar you put out of
circulation her at home makes it
just so much the harder for you to
find another dollar to take its place.
Is that saving money?
Your home merchant extends to
you credit when you need it and
you know how often that occurs
and for how long you hang him
up" but when you do your cash
buying you send your money to
some distant city because some
things on which the regular price is
widely advertised, are sold there a
few cents lower than the price at
h ONE.
And this mail order house
makes up" on something you do
not know about or on the quality
of the goods.
When you buy of a home mer-
chant and you find your purchase
is not up to the standard" you can
90 to him and and have it out"
Can you do that when you make
your purchase in Chicago?
You may argue that you do not
sell your purchases in this town.
Perhaps you don't but couldn't
you do so if the town was larger
and more prosperous? Do you
think this town will grow if you
persist in sending to an out of town
firm for goods which you can wait
to have delivered?
If the millions of people sending
their orders to the mail-order
houses would spend the same
amount of money in their own
towns, these towns would be grow
ing just as the larger cities are
growing. The would be a larger
demand for merchandise, a demand
for a larger force of clerks to handle
the increased trade and demand
for houses for the new clerks to
live in. There would be a larger
demand for farm products for them
to live upon, a larger demand for
the produce" that the average
farmer raises and is willing to raise
more of it if the demand makes it
necessary. Think it over and see if
your trade would not be of some
help toward bringing about these
new conditions. Exchange.
We heard an Iowa travelling man
say the other day, that he had
voted the republican ticket all his
life, but this year he expected to
vote the democratic ticket straight;
that he believed Bryan was the
man to carry out the policies the
people demanded and to finish the
work along these lines that Roose-
welt had begun. He said, further,
that he believed down in his heart
Roosevelt would like to see Bryan
elected. This travelling man said
that during the past year he had
talked to at least $500 drummers
and every single one of them was
going to vote for Bryan. Their
make it 2,501," spoke up a drum,
mer from the other end of the bus
in which we were riding. for here's
another" The Iowa man said hi
would vote the democratic ticket in
his own state on account of the is
gushing fight the republicans wer,
making on Cummins.- Lancaste
Excelsior.