Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-18
A MANLY EXPLANATION.
Grant Fullmer in the Marengo Sen

tinel
During the past week the editor OF
this paper and his helper, Mr.. Z. T.
Murphy, have been out of town Tor
several days. There has been much
speculation, as to this absence from the
city Some of our people have inquired
that we had shook the Gust of the
village from our feet permanently.
Some went so far as to make the as
sertion that we were in Chicago look
ing for business. The town marshal
predicted that We were off on sous.
But all of these people have another
guess coming.
The facts of the case are these: For
twenty years past the writer has been
addicted TO taking a little too much
stimulation once in while. In fact,
this once in while gradually grew
into twice or three times in while.
A month ago we decided to cut out all
stimulation foolishness in the form of
bug juice. The battle we had was
something fierce, but we have won the
day and the valleytan hath no more
temptation for us. We are on the
water wagon to stay
The plain truth is that we went to
i,
entered the state university hospital
went with own free will and told
the doctors that we wanted all that
thsy had in the shop. The course OF
treatment was complete success For
a couple of days it was SO complete
that we did not care whether school
kept or not. But the appetite for the
stuff that inebriates is gone and we
feel like a new man.
We publish these facts without feel
ing any humiliation. We went to the
| hospital for the treatment Of disease
and the disease has been cured and
there is no more humiliation to be con :
nected with it than there is In getting
cured of the measles or the mumps.
The treatment given at the state uni
versity for men who have desire to
| quit a booze habit OF years standing
/ is positively the best to be found. Less
than one in a hundred who nave been
treated at the hospital have gone back
to the old ways. When good results
| have been secured the cure is com :
plete. and the house doctor assured US
that the results attained in our case
were of the best.
The Sentinel office is now sober. 1t
| is sober to stay sober. Neither the
editor or any of his assistants drink
anything in the line Of intoxicants. No
person will from this time forward be
allowed to bring any in,oxicants into
this office. No BOXERS will be allowed
to loaf in the building. We are not 60
! ing to Join in with Mr.. Bohstedt and
Mr.. Whitlock in crusade against
liquor, but we want the people of Ma
rengo and Iowa county to know that
| there is nothing doing in the BUN line
around these diggings. We are not
running a sanatorium, hence no con-
valescent jays will be allowed to Sit in
| this place and sleep of the erIects of a
debauch, nor will the good-natured
drunk be allowed floor space here from
this time forth.
| We are now here for business and
! for business alone, and sye want all Of
those who have, been saying that they
have been withholding business from
us on account of the pcrEonal habits
| of the editor TO come in and make good
Now Is the time to subscribe and now
! e .he tine re hrtny IN that advertise
ment and also that job work. Let tbs
good work go on.