Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-27
Topics of the Times

After the divorce had been granted,
airs. Fladger. your former husband
married another woman. didn't hep"
yes"
"You could have prevented that.
couldn't your"
20. yes but 1 didn't care to do it,
Baltimore American.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer declares
there is a sea Hon in Lake Erie. Now,
at last, the silence of oyster Bay
should be broken.
City officials may Doodle and en-
bezzle under the commission plan just
as they do under the old form of muni-
cipal government. but there is a chance
under the new system of getting rid Of
a rascal. and evil intentioned officials
Will profit by the experiences of the
Cedar Rapids alderman who got in
wrong and jumped down and out be-
fore the recall could get him.
Just imagine Iowa democracy meet
ing in Ottumwa. such weather as this.
mailing a prohibition plank to their
platform. Not if we know the town.
Not if we know the weather. And not
If we know the party. Not if we
know the mayor of Ottumwa either.
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to prove that the old world is only
small place after all.
Aviation has raised the question as
to legal jurisdiction of the air but hot
air will ever continue unrestrained by
statute or common practice.
No less an authority than the gaek-
war Of Baroda says. american women
are the most beautiful women in the
world" 1t is not known whether or not
the gaekwar has fallen in love with a
chorus lady.
Racing has died again in New York.
Isn't il strange that the ponies can not
run successfully unless the book
M ker is allowed to have hand in the
fra me-up?
Standpat newspapers are now COM
planning that the insurgents are per
hitting the party bark to sing. Strange.
Only a few weeks ago the same organs
argued that the ship couldn't sink if al
the insurgents were thrown into the
sea.
For the next ten weeks the corn
grower will worry about early frosts.
Colonel Billy announces himself as
free lance" In other words. Colonel
Bryan is open to proposals from third
party. If such an organization can be
pereec ted.
Jim Jeffries was not the only man
who spent the Fourth in Reno and
found it difficult coming back"
The Toledo Blade says, the emperor
of China has made hit among civiliz-
ed nations by deciding to wear his
shirt inside his trousers" Still at this
time Of the year he could not have
been blamed If he had sacrificed the
shirt entirely in the com promise
The Outlook containing Colonel
Roosevelt's prize ring article, failed 10
pass the censor of the Hutchinson,
Kan, public library, and now the fear
is entertained that the society of Molly
Goodies and several other famous clubs,
now almost totally extinct, will be re-
vived.
In comparison 20 the authors "Cy
rano De Bergerac," Rostand's latest
play. '-Chauticler," suffers greatly. This
latest effort of the French master is
silly twaddle, whereas "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac' is a remarkable composition.
full of life and action. 1t has been
favorably pared by some critics to
the plays Of Shakespeare. and should
Of the dramatist's fancy. with brag-
CART farm yard fowl as its leading char
acter, will not outlive it's creator. 1t
possesses the one salient characteristic
necessary to make it financial success,
novelty, and the author will undoubt-
edly realize greater financial returns
than he did from his masterpiece
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