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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
THE SCHOOL BOOK BUSINESS

DF. Ninship, in the Boston Journal
of Education, INDUCES in a defense of
the school book publisher sufficiently
strong to lend suspicion to some minds.
His insistence summed up is to the ef-
feet that we have good school books.
the best the world has ever known and
that we should pay we'll for them, tina.
competition between the companies is
herce and that the man who gets out
good thing is entitled to what he can
get out of it. He compares school
made by the restauranteur on a pie
costing 10 cents and sold when cut in
four pieces for 20 cents, the retailers
profits which he asserts is s. cents on
a pound of chocolates that costs 10
cents to manufacture and declares that
the shoes sold at S. by the retailer cost
about 50 to manufacture. The cost of
manufacturing IS hat is, he says
s175. And he can not see why the
sSHoOl UOOh AOC Sct
this profit a well as the halter, the
shoemaker, the candy dealer and the
man who cuts the pies.
The retailer is likely to deny some
Of DR.. Winship's statements as regards
his profits. So is the manufacturer
All that is between the Journal of Edu.
cation and them. 1t is hard to see
where the doctor has done the schoo
book trust any particular good by call
ing attention to these large profits Il
they exist, and demanding similar pro.
hts for the book trust. The schoo
book proposition is one that the pur.
chasers and consumers OF school book!
are convinced should be brought dowr
J to a minimum of profit, because schoo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
sheriHs Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of special execution, issued
out of the clerks office of the district
court of The state of Iowa, in and for
Marshall county, and to me directed,
upon judgment rendered in district
court on the lst days of September,
1909, in favor of John W. Rank, and
against Charles G. Crarv and Agnes
Wyatt Crary.. I have levied upon the
following described real estate, to wit
Lot No. two (2) of Hughes sib- division
of a part of block No. twelve (12) Of
Jerome's addition to Marshall, Marshall
county. Iowa. Taken as the properly
of said Charles C. Crazy and Agnes
Wyatt Crary, and that on the 9th day
of October A. D. 1909, at the hour of
10 o'clock q. m, of said day, at the
front door of the court house. in the
city of Marshalltown, county and state
aforesaid, I will proceed TO sell said
property, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy said execution,
amounting to twenty-five hundred four
and 75-100 (s2,5o4.75) dollars, debt, and
cost OF suit, taxed at seventy nine and
90-100 (79s0) dollars, with interest on
said debt at the rate of tx per cent
from the date of said judgment, to-
gether with all accruing costs, at pub
der for cash in hand.
Dated at Marsilaiito0T, Iowa, this
doth day of Septemb Der, A. D., 1909
A. A NICHOLSON.
Sheriff Of Marshall County.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
Topics of the Times

Life is mighty uncertain nowadays.
If you go fishing gulf hurricane kills
you If you stay at home an autolno-
bile gets YOU. What's the use?
The aviators have the best of the
polar explorers. They have witnesses
and no rows.
If Robert Fulton had lived to be 16O
years old he would now be having the
time of his life
Boston is TO have a school for avi-
ators. But can Boston bring herself to
drop polysyllables and use plane
language?
Mary G. Baker Eddy is being killed
and concealed again by sensation
mongers. Mrs. Eddy certainly has ex-
IRENE vitality
Nebraska's new member Of its phar-
macy board is named Killen? Will he
be assigned to the patent medicine de-
partment?
A new invention applied to the tel
ephone gives each speaker a view of
the other. You'll have to look sweet
as we'll as speak softly when that
comes in.
The report that a French av-
iator was fatally hurt while flying is
erroneous The accident occurred be-
cause he ceased to fly.
Say" said the reporter who had
been assigned to interview society
woman as to a very successful func-
ton held at her home, Say, Mrs. Blank
won't talk about it." Dead is she?'
broke out the desk man, "well get ur
a thousand words for the obituary de-
partment.
| 1t is question how far Representa-.
tive Hull and Tawney will be able t
carry the ball behind even such strong
| interference.
/ Cook isn't as old a player as Pear,
but he uses headwork that is likely t;
put him at the top of the all American
/ team
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
ABSTRACTS AND TITLES,
ICharter oak Times.

GCharter Oak Times.]
An abstract trust is being formed
at Des Moines by the different books
of all the city abstractors. This bus
mess of abstracting Is fast becoming
a robbery any way. and putting in tito
a trust is logical conclusion. Even
in Iowa, comparatively young, the
records are long and complicated, so
that when a man wants to sell town
lot he is obliged to give half 1t is worth
to show that the title is good. What
the state should do is to pass an OUT
law act for titles the-salne as 1t has for
debts. There is no kind of sense in
permitting some company or other to
question some little act committed per-
haps fifty years ago and put it between
the present owner and good title to
his holdings. There is no more sense
in keeping these old defects than in
permitting man to force the collection
of a debt fifty years old. If the one
Interested rather in the defect than in
the title does not care to pull his
gtrings and make his contention good
within ten or fifteen years, let him for
felt it. and let 1t be understood that
no title is to be questioned beyond that
distance of time. 1t is something tina,
must come. Suppose the man who owns
the original townsite of jamestown
should want to borrow a little money
on it. and the loan company should find
that the signature of Old Powhatan die
not contain the middle initial as i,
should, or that he had not made his
cross at the usual angle. The whole
deal would be forever off. Some limit
must be placed in these things, and i;
might as we'll be done in Iowa as any
place else.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
FOR PURPOSES Of CoMPaRIsoN.

New York is celebrating the CEN
tenary of the Fulton steamboat and
commemorating the voyage Of the Half
Moon at the same time. Great prep
arations are going on for the festival.
That city has not claimed any dates
for worlds fair or shown any desire
TO hold worlds exposition but her
arrangements for the Fulton celebra-
ton take on much OF the magnitude oH
the celebration OF world wide event.
New York is celebrating two great
events in a great way.
Il was a marvel when Fulton's
steamboat struggled and painted its
way up the Hudson and back again. Il
was a discovery as great as that Of
new world Ii differed from the dis
eovery of the great river by Hudson
in that it was dicovery of pos
sibilities and the application OF a
scientific and mechanical fact to
be the needs of the world. Hudson was
more the Argonaut. bold. adventur-
Gus, following the trails of the sea.
marine courier de bois seeking and
content 10 find what might lie before
the prov of his vessel. When Hudson
died and the Half Moon rotted her ribs
away they were done. When the Cler-
mont was junked Fulton had just be-
gun.
Along the shores where the Htf
Moon crept under reefed sails and
where the Clermont padded noisily
but feebly stand great cities and lie
magnificent palaces The waters of the
Hudson swirl with the rush of mighty
propellers and thru the rocky gateway
/ that admitted the Half Moon great
! floating cities pass and repass carry
ing swarnls of humanity and the COM
rnerce of empires. West across the
continent stretches a new world Of new
industries, new hopes, now possibilities
populated by a new race. The grand
children of the Clermont thread its
rivers ard skirt its coasts and weave
the oceans into patterns with their
! multiplying wakes The children of the
Clermont carried the immigrants who
have made this magnificent empire. III
the rivers and across the lakes to their
new homes. They brought them from
every foreign land beneath the sun, the
development Of the great new world ir
its rapidty was begun with the voy.
age Of the Clermont
1t is good to go back hundred year:
for comparison, good and wise. 1t i:
well 10 remember that men are alive
today who might have seen with thei,
own eyes the first trip of the Fultor
steamboat. We have raced with The
clock in our development, and beater
time. We have been going fast ant
ara going faster every minute with tn,
projectile force of the new century
And when we are looking at Fulton!
steamboat and at the airship, beginnin:
today where the Clermont began ;
hundred years ago. who shall dar,
speculate or predict as to what OH
great grandchildren shall see when the,
celebrate the centenary of 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
THE LODGES.


X MAeoNlc NOTICES.
xIvisltors always welcome.
/V\Hall over 105-7 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10s A. F. & A.
M.-Wcrk on LIST degree Friday even>
ing, Sept. -. 1880 p. m.
III. q. Hoeck, w. NJ.
n. 8. Lawrence. Sec'y.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. rs, r. A. NJ.
Stated convocation Monday, Oct. IS,
1880 p. m. q. II. Bogie, =. p.
: Willard. Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. 4 =
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Oct. is.
1880 p. M.
4 D. Mesksr. T. I. NJ.
!. +. Forbes, REQ.
ST. AI4pDMAR CoNMANDERY No,
80 K. T.-stated- conclave Tuesday ev-
ening, Sept. 81. 1909. at o'clock
F. M. Wilbur, p. G.
Fred Wallace. Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o :.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, Oct.
10, at s p. m.
1rfa Geo. Downing. w. NJ
Edna G. Fularton. Recy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
Iona Newspapers
A FAMILIAR SIGHT.
rEremont Tr,hnne1


An object deserving of the maximum
of human sympathy Is the mother who
travels with a brood of youngsters. She
may be seen on nearly every railway
train and she presents the same worn
and woebegone aspect. She never
takes a sleeper and she Is compelled to
spread her little ones out over the seats
at night like biscuits are set out In
pans to raise. OF necessity she has
a drayload of bundles and boxes and
baskets and hercondition Is real pre-
dicament calculated to evoke sympa-
thy from a stone image. The husband
who will send his wife alone on a
journey with such impediments and
handicaps deserves to be boiled in acid
that is, when 1t is within the range
of physical possibilities for him to ac-
company her and share the burden.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
Investing in Nature.
A man must invest hims,

A man must invest himself near at
hand, and in common things, and be
content with q steady and moderate
return, If he would know the blessed.
ness of a cheerful heart and the sweet.
ness of q walk over the round earth.
This is lesson the American has yet
to learn-capability OF amusement on
low key. He expects rapid and ex.
traordinary returns. He would make
the very elemental laws pay usury.
He has nothing to invest in walk:
it is too slow, too cheap. We crave
the astonishing, the exciting, the far
away, and do not know the highways
Of the gods when we see them-always
q sign of the decay Ut faith and sim.
plicity of man.-John Burroughs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTIFY

President Taft had an experience in
Colorado where a Jealous committee
man held him up and made him estao-
lish his identity. The committeeman
die not propose TO have any other port
~ man posing as the president of the
United States, and he insisted on being
shown. President Taft showed him.
This was funny as well as annoying
but judging from great deal Of the
comment that has followed the pres
ident in his progress thru the middle
west there has all along been some
questioning of identity. The west
thought it knew the president. It be-
came pretty we'll acquainted with him
before he was president. Indeed Il
grew enthusiastically friendly when 1t
read and heard his speeches and listen
ed 10 his views on tariff revision and
the Roosevelt policies. so much 50,
indeed that after he came west to see
bow he liked him and how he liked Us
the west simply insisted on his nom
nation and as the west is very much
considered before election whatever
may be the attitude of party leaders
after election. Mr. Taft was nominated
mainly on the approval and insistence
of the progressive and Rooseveltian
west
Judging from the comment current a
strong element in the west has been
much in the same perplexed condition
as the Colorado committeeman. They
did not recognize Mr.. Taft in his WI
mona speech There seems to have bean
some subtle change that gives him q
different appearance, mustache
shaven or a policy dropped, or some
thing or somewhat that makes for mis-
taken identity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
Probate Notice.

Office of the Clerk of the District
Court, State of Iowa, Marshall coun-
ty, SIS. District Court, October Term,
A. D. 1909.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled to appear at the courthouse in
Marshalltown, Iowa, in said county, at
10 o'clock a. M, on the eighteenth day
OF October, 1909, to attend the proof
of and probating an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will
and testament OF Hattie E. VIII, late
of Marshall county, Iowa, deceased, at
which time and place you will appear
and show cause, if any, why said will
should not be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof, have hereto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal Of the district court, this ninth day
of September, A. D. 1909.
F. M. HARADON.
Clerk Of the District Court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
Physicians are Naturally sPreIudlced

against proprietary or advertised med
icines,s as the sale of these remedies
decrease their incomes.
However this may be. the general
public is benefited by the use Of such
standard medicines as Lydia e.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, with it's
wonderful record OF thousands OF cures
among suffering women. We are very
glad to say. however, that there are
hundreds Of honest physicians in the
United States who do not hesitate to
recommend such medicinesY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

tadned by this scheme, the consul says:
1.-The value Of these courses II seen
when the agricultural progress Of Boz
hemia during the past years is noted.
In forestry alone the result has been
astounding; 100000 trees have been
planted and especial attention has
been given to the forestation Of bare
slopes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

sues within party lines. They are not
after the spoils Of office and only ask
that one part Of the country shall not
be enriched at the expense OF another.
Mr. Taft is starting his administration
in a poor way by attacking the very
element that made him president. 1t is
to be hoped that he does not intend to
give the country another r. B. Hayes
administration"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

The Baxter New Era says If Taft
is making the attempt to read out Of
the party" progressive republicans that
when he shall have succeeded in
reading out such men as Cummins,
Dolliver, Kendall, Woods, Haugen,
Garst and Clark, with their following.
the electoral vote of Iowa at next
counting time, will not go to the re-
publican column. But the president
can not drive or coerce a single pro-
gressive republican into thes tandpat
harness" insists the New Era. They
are going ito stay and fight out the is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
In thu sun.et az Life

We all find life is very short, but If
we give the last ten years of our
lives in solving the innumerable prob
lens that are around us, we shall
feel the better for 1t wherever we 20
afterward.-Countess Of Warwick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

1910. Thirty machines were sold by
this dealer in one week. And when one
realizes that every enterprising town
has one or more dealers in automobiles
and all making large sales 1t looks as
tho Hardin county was going some''
az M~1A1-4r
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

The Creston Advertiser notes that
THE primary election law is still on
the statute books and is today yet a
pretty live statute. The law has not
been in force long enough to be re-
legated to that class of legal enact
ments denominated by the team dead
letter."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

of the republican party that party will
be smaller than the socialists at the
next general election" predicts the Mt.
Vernon Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

a bit slow about strating and arriving y
says the Sioux City Journal.
| The Creston Advertiser, altho never
in favro of pastel savings banks, be-
lieves that the republican party
should redeem its promises and enac;
law establishing a postal savings
bank system"
The trouble yith DIR. Cook" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. has been
that he has not done things according
to the theories of the scientists and the
professors. He has just done them in
his own way and without asking any
mans leave. That is why he is liked
by the people and why he is believed
by them. They like the man who does
thing rather than the man who talks
about them"
Commenting on Taft's remarks on
| legal procedure the Algona Republican
/ says Whenever it becomes evident to
! the eyes of violators of the law that
/ there is small prospect of obtaining 9
release or settlement for the crime
committed, and that justice will be
meted out swiftly and severely. 1t will
cause some at least to hesitate before
entering upon career that is certain
to land them in the penitentiary or al
/ the gallows'
While it may not be true that his
old admirers are living awake at nigh
to love him harder, it is also true that
]. P. Dolliver has more friends amons
I the republicans of the state than any
man in public life today" asserts the
Carroll Herald. Those who are tenn.
porarily alienated will come to him
with genuine enthusiasm when his can.
didacy is to be passed upon at the
polls"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

"Peary is great traveller, but he is
a bit slow about strating and arriving
says the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

eff Taft is right, there are very few
republicans in the west" observes the
Manson Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-24

Life is mighty uncertain nowadays.
If you go fishing gulf hurricane kills
you If you stay at home an autolno-
bile gets you. What's the use?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

the seniors. raising his voice above the
uproar. English or Irish?"
Irish for a dozen!" a voice an
swered. Here. Paddy, where's your
papers?"
"Ay. be tabers!" in an exaggerated
brcgue; its the broth of a boy he Is,
and never a face as long as his in ould
Ireiand!"
Gentlemen" the colonel said. getting
in a word ut last. Gentlemen. I ave
been in many companies before this.
revelers retorted. And ID Have him in!
Fetch him I'M" roared a dozen voices,
amid much laughter. Half as many
young fellows leaped from the windows
and surrounded him. "Who-whoop!"
cried one, "Who-whoop!"
STEADY, gentlemen, s~teady!". the
colonel said, a note Of sternness in his
voice. I've no objection to Joining
you, or to a little timely frolic, butt
Join us you will. whether or moi"
replied one more turbulent than the
rest. He made as if he would lay
violence, the latter suffered him to be
helped from the saddle. In a twinkling
he was through the doorway. leaving
his reins in Bales hand.
Boisterous cries of Halo. sober
sides!" and Cock! cock! cock!" greet
GA SA0 So4OAlSA, d. partly u ulS own
accord. n partly urged by uncere-
monious hands. he crossed the thresh-
old.
The scene presented by the apart
ment matched h flushed faces which
III windows had framed. A corner of
the table had been cleared for a main
at hazard; but to make up for this
the sideboard was a wilderness of
broken meats and piled up dishes. and
an overturned card table beside one
OF the windows a strewn the floor
with cards. Here, there, everywhere.
on chairs. on hooks, were cast sword
belts, neck cloths, neglected wigs.
A peaceful citizen Of thai day had as
soon found himself in a bear pit, and
even he colonel's face grew a trile
longer as hands, not too gentle, con-
Quoted him toward the end of the ta-
bic. Gentlemen. gentlemen" he be-
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gan. II have been in many companies.
as I said before, and"
"a speech! Old Gravity's speech:'
roared a middle aged. bold eyed man.
who had suggested the sally from the
windows and from the first had set
the younger spirits an example of
recklessness. "Hea to him!" He filled a
glass of wine and waved 1t perilously
near the colonel's nose. "Old Gravity's
speech! Give it tongue!" he cried.
THE f1ure's our own. and we're list
enin2."
Colonel John eyed him with a slight
contraction Of the features. But the
announcement, II i'll meant, awaited to
procure silence. The more sober had
resumed their seats. He raised his head
and spoke.
Gentlemen" he said---and it was
strange to note the effect OF his look
as his eyes fell first on one and then
on another, fraught with a dignity
which insensibly wrought on them.
Gentlemen. I have been in many
companies. and l have found 1t true
all the world over that what a man
brings he finds. I have the honor to
speak to you as a soldier to SOL
English or 1rish?" asked 6 tai.
sailow man-sharply, but in q new
tone.
"Oh, be jabers!" from the man with
the wine glass.
Continued Next Weekl
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
Business Men Refuse to Hire
Men Who Indulge in
"Paper Pills."

had come up from the bottom and
knew What the cigaret did to those who
were climbing. Therefore, he did not
smile nor bubble nor hesitate. He
knew he had serious work on hand, and
he signed the bill as seriously as he
would have signed a measure to supply
funds for the public schools.
OF course, some other states nave
passed laws more Or less Interfering
with the cigaret business, but that is
about as far as the campaign has gone.
1t is also true that the campaign a
just started. 1t will go more and it
will go far. Business will furnish the
spur. The West with its quicker senses.
has felt the spur first. but the rest
Of the country will be %'prodded into lire.
Business rules the whole country. Ev-
erybody in the country-Or almost ev-
erybody-has to earn a living. And the
cigaret, by interfering with effective
ness, lnterferes with making a living.
What cisarets Do.
Ask any doctor why this is so. He
will tell you that the cigaret has q
peculiarly baneful influence upon the
nerves. A man who smokes too many
cigarets has difficulty in keeping his
nervous energy within banks. The tide
is forever swirling, boiling. intent upon
going anywhere except through the
wheel that drives the mill. A photog-
|Tdpuet WOulu say CndV SuCn a man was
like a defective camera that could new
er be focused so an object would come
out sharp and clear on the ground
glass.
Cigarets also put a crimp in the
heart. Smoke 40 or so a day for a few
years and then apply for life insurance.
Ask the medical examiner hat no
hears when he unbuttons your coat
and puts his ear to your breast.
Maybe he'll tell you; maybe heIl not.
But at any rate he'll tell the company.
Heart action rapid, weak and frreg-
ular." He'll say more. but that will be
enough. He will not recommend you
as a risk, and while you may live to
serve as his pallbearer. the chances are
that you will not. No Insurance. COM
pany wants the violent cigaret per-
former. His money is never worth TAX
ing. A fire insurance would
as soon take a risk on a barn stored
with oil-soaked rags.