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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
NeuraSthenia

OF weakness or exhaustion of the nervous
system. The patient finds difficulty in
Keeping his mind on his work, is inclined
to worry over trifies, is often depressed
and irritable, issubject to headaches or a
feeling OF pressure on the head is sleepless
and sometimes the digestion is disturbed.
= tendency to the disease may be in
her1ted or it may result from almost
any form OF excess, from overwork and
worry OF the use OF drugs or stimulants.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
Cancer Cured or No Pay

providing ycur case is not advanced
- +he incurable stage. We have had
over 30 years constant practice. we
5rnow all Of the old escnarotic and
s-,..ter methods of treatment. Our
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away. ahead Of them All. Two 70 tour
weeks cures the worst OF cases. we
fully explain our numerous me.hods
to the patient and then let them choose
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Sac City News.
70 Times-Ren,,blican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sac City, Feb. &c. G. Platt has:
sold the Peoples meat market to r.
is. and ]. A. Lane, who have taken
possession of the business. Mr.. Platt
also has disposed Of his residence
property, and will soon move from
here.
The Sac City Canning Company has
purchased the Storm Lake canning fac
tory, for $3.50. It cost OTIS owner
$4,000.
Company M, Fifty sixth regiment,
Iowa National Guard, will be ms
spected on Feb. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Meyer have
gone to Columbus, Kas., where they
may locate permanently, if the climate
proves agreeable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
LARGE PROFIT SHOWN.
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Com
o,.u oS N,ueeoo 1. EIouriehinn

=
pany of Owassa Is FIourishing.
Special to Times-Repuhlican.
Eldora, Feb. s.-The Farmers CO.
operative Elevator Company, Of
Owasa, Hardin county. held their first
quarterly meeting Saturday. The
books were examined and it was found
that there was profit of s6oS.S0 for
three months.
The board has voted to build an
additional store room, to handle flour,
feed, Irvine, cement and fence posts.
This record speaks well for Manager
WEIGH, and also shows that the farm
ers are capable Of holding together.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09

sation is that the contract was so clev-
erly worded that the average person
did not detect the fraud. These con-
tracts he is accused with sending thru
the mails
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
.EIks Clear $1,000.

Special to Times Kepubllcdl4.
Iowa City, Feb. 9.-In the recent
benefit given by the Elks of Iowa
City, $1,000 was cleared to furnish
the new club house. The benefit was
called "Piffle,, and consisted of a
weeks performance by local talent, in
the town arlnory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
HELD UNDER $500 BOND.
Young Farmer Accused of Writing De
famatory Matter About Lady.

famatory Matter About Lady.
Iowa City, Feb. 9.-Accused of writ
ing defamatory matter concerning
Miss, Maude Katzenmeyer, of Hills,
amounting to criminal libel Bert Rep
pert young farmer residing near
River Junction, has been indicted by
the grand jury and is held under $500
bond. 1t is understood that the young
man denies he is the author of the
letter. The parties are we'll known,
and sensational developments are eX-
pected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
Iowa Statistics Show Greater
Number OF Separations in
Twenty Years
CRUELTY AND DISCRETION RULE
Old Theory of Marry in Haste and Re-
pent at Leisure Disprewed = More
Couples Married After Attaining q
Years of Age and Over Than Under
Apply to Divorce Courts.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Washington, Feb. 9--Iowa, accord
ing to the official reports from the
United States census department, mas
increased its divorce rate within the
last twenty years over 100 per cent,
while the increase in population has
been about 25 per cent. Stranger, still,
is the fact that Dubuque county, The
old state of Dubuque" synonym for
lawlessness, with a population second
only to Polk county, stands twelfth IN
the list of divorces granted in Iowa
counties since 1887.
Cynics have decreed the moonlight
and soft word practice of lovers as
conducive to divorce court business.
Marriages on the impulse of the mo-
ment have been pointed out as fertile
fields for the barrister. Marriages en-
tered into hastily have been set forth
as producing fruitful and early crops
OF matrimonial tares. The record dis
proves all this. More divorces We're
granted to couples married twenty
one years and over than in the early
stages of the connubial journey.
Various causes have contributed to
the unhappiness of husband and wife
in the time recorded, but the most
common are cruelty and desertion.
From 1867 to 1906 there Were
granted in Iowa SLABS divorces. OF
this number 1871 were instituted by
the husband and 37,791 by the wife.
From 1857 to 1885 inclusive. the
plaintiffs ranged as follows:
Wife :. .................... .ll,Soi
From 1887 to 1906:
Husband =. .................... S,4so
Wife -. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 394
latter twenty shows an increase of
1880 This represents an increase
of more than 100 per cent. The fed
eral census returns indicate that from
1887 to 1906 there was an increase of
population not to exceed % per cent.
For the period of two score years
adultery, cruelty and drunkenness
were the chief causes Of action. For
the period mentioned these complaints
figured in actions as follows:
Adultery
Husband 49,. ................... 1902
Wife ). Observation-Disclosures. 4,O32
Cruelty
Husband j. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l.5S2
Wife ........... .......... l2,9ei
Drunkenness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
SAC CITY cHAuTAuouA PLANS.

Anticipated That 1909 Program Will Be
Unexcelled in Iowa.
Special To Times-Repnb1ican
sac City, Feb. 9-The program for
the 1903 session of the Sac City chau-
tauaua will be unexcelled by that given
at any chautauqua this year in the
state of Iowa. The assembly will be
held July to II, Inclusive. Lectures
will be given by Lincoln Mcconnell,
Judge George D. Alden, Thomas Brooks
Fletcher, Alexander Corkey, Ex-Gov-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
Home Treatment

DR.. Williams Pink Pills being per-
fectly safe as family medicine without
the necessity of O separate prescription
for each case, are sold in packages under
the we'll known trade mark which is our
guarantee to the purchaser of the genui-
ness, purity and harmlessness Of the
contents. Hundreds of nervous men
and women have cured themselves. at
home with Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
Am Iowa cure

Mrs. Q. j.. Schroeder, whose address
Ia Box 10, r. F. d. No. /, Dixon, Iowa,
says: 81 suffered from nervousness for
three years before I found a medicine
that cured me- It is almost impossible
to get help here and have been obliged
to do all my work. became much run
down in health and very nervous, was
troubled with palpitation of the heart
and became SO thin that weighed about
30 pounds. read of case like mine,
which DR.. Williams Pink Pills had
cured and started taking them at once.
i could feel change for the better
while on the first box and took the pills
until / was entirely cured. -
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IS PLUMBING TIME
comes to all families who have up-to-
date ideas for the welfare of their
homes and families. We accept all
contracts for installation as well las all
-5calls for repairs
IS WORK. GUARANTEED
and prices moderate Remember the
address when it is up to you to need
the plumbers services.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS co.
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DIR. Williams Pink pills
are sold by all druggists, or will be sent,
postpaid, on receipt Of price, 90 cents per
box; six boxes for ~. SO, by the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Z.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09

Among the counties of the state
Dubuque presents the best record CT
all, considering population. Many
counties had fewer DEGREES granted,
but none is within striking distance,
considering the number Of inhabitants.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
AVIATION WEEK

A WALTON WEEK being assured Of
u the regular sanction of the Aero
Club of America. preparations
will be continued with redoubled vigor.
The success of the big week is certain.
The entries are so numerous and so
important as TO warrant the assertion
Los Angeles will add another to her
glorious list of record breaking
achievements. 1t is also highly prob
able that the merit of Los Angeles and
Southern California as an aviation
headquarters or center will be demon
strated by record-breaking perform
ances. The people of Los Angeles and
of Southern California win have an
opportunity of seeing in action some Of
the pioneers and veterans of the mod
ern science Of aviation, as well as some
of the later recruits. They will have
an opportunity of seeing in actual use
some of the best aeroplanes in the
world. And they will welcome and en-
tertain thousands of people from all
parts of the United States and from
foreign lands, because Los Angeles.
Aviation week will be Of world interest.
All the world will appreciate and ap-
plaud the enterprise Of our city and
efforts of our citizens who have spared
and are sparing no pains to make Avi-
alton week a glorious success, a credit
TO California and the United States
and a memorable and mastery illus
tration of the Los Angeles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
NEW MARRIAGE LAWS ARE
NOT JUST, SAYS WRITER

RIVERSIDE. Dec. 1S.-[Editor Her
add: 1t is important that instant ac-
tion be taken by liberal people looking
TO the repeal of certain sumptuary sex
laws in various states of the Union and
against the enactment of proposed
sumptuary legislation.
A call has been issued for an assem-
bly, of "reformers" CD in Indiana look
ing to the enactment of laws prohib-
iting marriage unless n scrutiny of
the life history of four preceding gem
erations would justify the sapient doc
tors in granting a permit, with the
usual fee, and perhaps the usual graft,
in such cases made and provided.
This proposed legislation, if based on
Lombroso's theories, would have pro-
hibited the marriage of Abraham Lin
coin, of Ulysses S. Grant and his
children and grandchildren, of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his children, and
of every man or woman of genius
from the dawn of history to the pres
ent time. 1t would have included the
late Charles Darwin, because he made
experiments with the playing of a bas-
soon to see If musical vibrations had
any effect on the growth of plants
And this at tile diCtum of the late
Professor Lombroso, who is the dicta-
tor. in his grave in Italy, of sumptuary
Minnesota, Connecticut, Indiana and
in California. The sumptuary legisa-
iton in the last two named states now
consists in the aseXualiZation. or
sterilization" Of helpless conVicts,
who may or may not be guilty Of
crimes for which they have already re-
ceived one sentence in court and are
again sentenced, without trial, to un-
constitutional cruel and unusual pun
ishment-an acme of brutality and
barbarism hitherto unknown in the
darkest pages of the history Of In
fanny
The newly proposed legislation would
debar marriage to ninety out of hum
dred persons, for the reason that rec
ords have been lost in repeated migra-
tions and but few persons have the
means to search the family history for
four generations.
1t is interesting to note that the then
Governor Chamberlain vetoed a SINH
lar bill in Oregon last winter, on the
ground that it would be an insult to
the Christian citizenship of the great
state of Oregon.
1t is interesting to note that Major
Charles e. Woodruff, surgeon in the
United States army, says: THE Off
spring of normal people are not foreor-
dained to be normal. nor are the chill
dren of the degenerate necessarily
damned. +" II. ]. WHEEL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
METHODS OF NEW YORK
POLICE ARE DENOUNCED

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15.-[Editer
Herald: Permit me to add my mite
to the police discussion. In New York
city a novel departure has been made
recently, counsel of noted reputation
being retained by the courts to defend
penniless prisoners. Thus Samuel
Untermeyer found himself cast for the
defense of an italian woman charged
with numbering her husband. He not
only acquitted her but received $3.50
from one of the jurymen, to be given
her as compensation for the suffering
she had undergone. To this Inter
MEYER added his own fee of $780,
What | wish to call special attention
to, however, is the vigor with which
this distinguished lawyer denounced
the methods adopted by the police and
prosecution, saying that he could con-
ceive of nothing more shameful. The
administration of the third degree
was made the subject of a specially
bitter attack, and a fervent hope was
expressed that "the time may come
when a public prosecutor will not have
to depend for his reputation upon the
number of convictions he has had"
The Mirror of st. Louis comments
most forcibly on the whole case, adj
vancing its own local experiences as
and concluding with the
remark that Judge Gaynor's fight on
behalf of the poor and unknown lad
Duffy whom the police had insisted on
photographing, was the thing that won
him the New York mayoralty. This is
cited as proof of the extent to which
public opinion has been aroused.
WILLIAM C. OWEN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
SENATOR VESTS SPEECH
A TRIBUTE TO THE DOG

PASADENA, Dec. 19.-GEditor Her
add: l would like to submit the fol-
lowing eulogy on the dog, by George q.
Vest:
The best friend a man has in this
world may turn against him and be-
come his enemy. His son or daughter
that he has reared with loving care
may prove ungrateful. Those who are
nearest and dearest to us, those whom
we trust with our happiness and our
good name may become traitors TO their
good faith. The money man has ne
may lose. 1t flies away from him per-
haps when he needs 1t most. A man
reputation may be sacrificed in mo-
ment of ill-considered action The peo-
pie who are prone to fall on their knees
to do us honor when success is with us
may be first to throw stones of malice
when failure settles its cloud upon our
heads. The one absolutely unselfisn
friend that man can have in this selfish
world, the one that never deserts him,
the one that never proves ungrateful
or treacherous, is his dog" A mans
dog stands by him in prosperity in
poverty, health and in sickness. He
will sleep on the cold ground, where
the wintry winds blow and the snow
drives fiercely "if only he may be near
his masters side. He will kiss the
hand that has no food to offer, he Will
lick the wounds and sores that come in
encounter with the roughness of the
world. He guards the sleep Of his
"pauper" master as il he were a prince.
When all friends desert he remains.
When riches take wings and reputation
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

~ HRISTMAS is a season Of loving
and giving. 1t is the season of
" the eXaltation of fair play, and
of square dealing. For years it has
been the custom Of the civilized world
to suspend all animosities during the
Christmas season and unite in a world
wide festival-the only worldwide fes-
twain celebration of the birth of
the Founder of our modern civilization.
Even persons who are not Christians
by religion realize how much they in
comm On with their fellow men owe to
the Christmas child.
If they don't, they are stupid or ig-
norant or dull. Enlightened Hebrews
In all the great Christian centcrs are
beginning to acknowledge the ethical
beauty of the Christian civilization
which has made possible their prosper
ity. without regard to their race or
their religion. True Christianity knows
neither jew nor Gentle" but looks on
all mankind as members of one big
family.
The Christmas spirit is liberal in
every sense OF lndl WuIu. II ~ IltlSIl-
borly. 1t is kind. And it is not neigh
borly and kind in a spirit of conde-
scension. Whose is the fault if there Is
poverty in the world? Would there be
poverty, would there be hardship,
would there be un~' aasantness, would
there be picayunc policies, would there
be peevish follies would there DE ir-
rltating idiosyncrasies, would there be
unpleasant asininities, In this big,
beautiful world, if all mankind would
learn to obey the central and golden
rule of Christian conduct, to treat their
fellow man exactly as they would wish
their fellow man to treat them?
With a universal demonstration of
the Christmas spirit, what a bencfcent
and progressive altruism would be
substituted for the niggardly policies
and petty despousms which mar our
present day civilization.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
GOOD APPOINTMENTS

MAYOR ALEXANDER'S appoint
MI meuts are businesslike and will
IVA meet the warm approval of the
citizens of Los Angeles. Every tax
payer and every resident must recog-
nize the fact Mayor Alexander IS look
ing after the welfare of the community
in his choice of public officials and is
following a course which will strength
en- good government and bring about
the greatest good for the greatest num-
Der of the people
The mayors appointees are men of
the highest type, men Of affairs, and
busy professional men who if they
were considering only their own pri-
vate interests would find it to their
financial advantage TO decline office.
In accepting the responsibilities of
public service they are sacrificing their
private personal and selfish interests
to the general welfare, and this, and
this alone, is true patriotism.
Mayor Alexander is to be congrat
ulated on the fact citizens of the high
est type are so deeply interested in
the prosperity and progress of our
great maritime metropolis they are
willing to contribute TO the further
ance of its best interests their time,
talent and experience.
Greater Los Angeles is fortunate in
having secured for itself the good
government that is Indispensable to
its permanent prosperity, and Is to be
congratulated on the fact the impor-
tant auxiliary work Of good govern
ment and the special care of some of
the most yitally important interests of
the city have been entrusted to citizens
of integrity, ability and discernment,
who viii diligently, faithfully and Wig
ilantly 10 their part toward making
Los Angeles the greatest, most impor-
tant and most prosperous city of the
west both by shore and by sea.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
THE HOUSE ACROSS THE WAY

There is a house across the way
Where last year childish shouts were heard;
But all is silent there today,
Save for the sadly whispered word;
Nc holly wreaths with ribbons graced
In yonder windows shall appear;
No letters in the frost are traced
They'll have no Christmas tree this year.
There used to be sliding place
There in the yard where children played;
BY one who had merry face
The loudest noise was always made;
But not a child is sliding now
And all is sadly still today,
A shadow seems to rest, somehow,
Upon the house arcross the way
No child peers from the window there
To see the pOstman come and pass;
No toys are piled in corners where
The doors last year were locked, alas
Within tho house across the way
No pleasing, festive signs appear;
They speak in whispers there today
And have no thought of Christmas cheer.
S. f. Iliser in Chicago Record-Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
SANTA CLAUS

" OW general is the belief I'm Santa
III Claus among our Youngsters is
H shown by the number of letters
mailed to the venerable benevolent
saint which have reached Mr.. Flint.
In the circumstances, the postmaster
feels justified in acting as Santa'e sub
stitute But his inability to fiji the
bill in the way he would wish is Civ
ing him the blues.
Children whose parents are well to
do need not be pitied for probably
Santa Claus viii attend to them. They
won't be forgotten. But there are
many tots who have been scrawling
confding little notes to the Christmas
saint, confding to him their fears that
Santa Claus may be so busy with 9TH
er matters he may forget them this
year if not reminded, or asking the
saint to be sure to bring Johnny what
he has been longing for and to carry
to Door little Jenny her hearts desire
We sympathize with the postmaster
who has to open the Santa Claus let
ters and wish he could be Carnegie or
Rockefeller "just for Christmas"
We hope all tbe poor little boys and
girls will receive something To remind
them this is the republic Of the poor
as we'll as of the rich, and that Santa
Claus does not forget folk merely be-
cause they have not a big bank ac-
count.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23

wrath and 10 make his power known.
endured with long suffering the vessel
of wrath fitted to destruction, that he
might make known the riches of his
glory on the vessels Of mercy" NO
free will there. 1t says that God has
fitted vessels to destruction on Whlch
to wreak his wrath, that the vessels
of mercy might be shown and be
thankful that his wrath was not
against them.
Kind readers of the Letter Box, is
there any trace of moral in such a
deed or in such belief? If God has
given us free will and forbidden its
use, or is preventing us from using it,
what then is the wisdom of blathering
about free will?
| believed in free will until l read a
book entitled Fifteen Years in He'll
IT became clear to me that the author
of that book would have liked to be
rid of his desire for liquor, but he had
not power to choose. Before l read
that book I condemned all drunkards
and said that anyone can quit drink
ing as we'll as / can. But | do not say
so now. CHARLES u WhAIH'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-23
SAYS BELIEF IN FREE
WILL is GONE FoRENE r

POMONA, Dec. 19.-[Editor Herald:
Julius Scheltema has given us what a
certain French catechism says about
free will. But we can see the absence
of anv reference to the Bible. Mr..
Scheltema says: Freedom is the alb
solute inevitable attribute of the sou" ="
If it be so, why should we be ruled,
as to be ruled denies freedom? When
God said: Thou shalt not take of the
tree of knowledge of good and evil he
barred Adam from free will. Pharaoh
had not freedom to choose. God hard
ened his heart so he should not let
Israel go. If God can harden then lie
can also soften a heart. certain
religious paper tells of a father and
his daughter He was a sinner, but
she was a converted Christian. She
tried to convert her father, and at a
revival meeting prayed that God might
have mercy on her father and save
him. Her father, who was working in
a railway car unloading coal Qt is al
ways work people that are sinners),
suddenly left his work and went to
the revival meeting and forth to the
mourners bench because of his daugh-
ter's prayers. God brought him there,
saws the paper. No free will there.
BIT it was luck for him to have such
a daughter or he might have to land
in the eternal bad place, too bad to
mention by name. Where was the free
win of the multitude to which Jesus
spoke in parallels that they should not
understand and be saved?
Paul denies free will when he says:
"It is not of him that wills, nor of him
that runs, but of God that shows
mercy" HE has mercy on whom he
will and whom he will he hardens."
What if God, willing to show his