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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

the same class with ABB Glick-and
about that time a change IN one school
course was proposed which would re-
!;,.:-c this class to graduate year lat
or than intended. Incidentally the class
did graduate, in 1877, with one mem
Der, the aforesaid Click. The change
was doubtless a good one but the class
didn't see it in that way and com
mittee of the boys undertook TO 90
something. and as starter went III a
body to the editor OF this paper, then
the Daily Times, for help.
"Old Grizzly" as Ed Chaplin was
familiarlv known, was in, and received
the delegation pleasantly. YOUNG
Windsor was made spokesman, ana
acclaimed with such earnestness that
the paper appeared that evening WIN
a long front page story. bearing dou :
bic decked scare-head OF Windsor
Munitv." 1t is recalled there was IN
utter absence of gaiety in the Wlndsot
household at supper that night, winch
was duplicated in some other homes
where members of the committee
resided
Chaplin Interested in Lad.
R,1t the incident led "Old Grizzly tc
take lively interest in Windsor, whc
at the age of 10. had declared his IN
tention of becoming an editor. Chapl,
gave the youngster reporting to 90 o"'
of school hours, and many an evehine
had the boy at his house, where ne
discoursed on the ethics of Journalism
in a manner which the student mas
gratefully acknowledged all his hle
Upon leaving the high school at 10
J Young Windsor divided his time pc
tween work on the daily and in the
| postolfice. of which Mr.. Chaplin wa!
postmaster, until enough money was
earned to study two years at Grin
nell.
Becomes City Editor.
While working in the postoffice IRON
| Z a. m. to p. m. young Windsor foune
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE,

Iowa was deluged with Canadian mon
ey, mostly dollar bills. 1t was drug on
the market, and finally nobody would
take it except at a big discount Wind
sor however, bought all that was rI-
fered at s. cents on the dollar, and by
expressing it to Montreal bank,
where he got par for it. made good
bit OF money.
First Trial at Publishing.
Leaving college he returned home
and became city editor Of the Times
for year. Editors in those days old
not earn princely salaries. and year
later he was offered a job as stem
ographer in the general passenger Of
flee of the Northern Pacific, railway at
ST. Paul. Here the pay was good, but
the editorial germ was in his system
and had to assert itself. With the con-
sent of the railway officials he pub
lished on his own account a monthly
land seekers guide, doing the editorial
work nights
Starts on Larger Scale.
This earned quite lot of money,
but ne wanted to getato larger city,
and, in 1888, at the age of 3d.. he Sc
cured position as secretary of the
| Chicago City railway. At the end OF
eight years. with $4,000 saved up, ne
| resigned to start a technical journal
| devoted to street railway interests and
| management. While at the street rail
way he published in book form de-
tailed description of cable railway con-
struction-then being built turnout the
world-50,0OO copies of which were
printed in all. He also started and
edited at the same time a twenty-four-
| page monthly church paper for Ply
mouth church, Chicago. the first large
church paper Of it's kind. Another pub
! LEGATION he started was Brick, then
and now the leading journal In the
world devoted to clay working arts.
! Conceives Popular Mechanics.
| It was during the ten years OF pub
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

1t will interest many readers of the
founder. editor, and owner of one OF
the largest magazines in this country
is former Marshalltown boy, who
takes great pride in the fact that he
began his editorial career in this city
as cub reporter on this newspaper.
This man is Henry H Windsor, OF
Chicago. editor and owner of Popular
Mechanics Magazine and other we'll
known periodicals.
In 1874 Rev. William Windsor came
to Marshalltown as pastor of the Con-
gregational church, bringing with him
as part Of the family baggage an uE-
dersized boy of the ordinary garden
variety, with round face and OF 40
special promise.
This boy. Henry. was born in a log
cabin in Mitchell this state. at a time
when ll.at town was 100 miles from
the nearest railroad. and Indians We're
more plentiful than money.
When the family arrived here Henry
was Il years old and, having de-
termined to grow up with the city,
rented an acre Of vilainously Weedy
land in the north part OF town and, BY
arising at a. M, and laboring faith
fully. undertook to increase his stature.
He planted cabha ses, and worked
steadily all summer. When cabbage
time was ripe, every farmer in Mar
shall county had acres of cabbages 70
sell. and it is an actual fact the youth
fUl farmer couldn't give them away.
While the financial results We're minus.
the lads physical growth was Very
satisfactory.
Enters High School.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

who believes in the future OF the city
and is not afraid to spend his money
or other peoples in new investments.
"M&tasrss!...cc!!..:.cwn Weeds and must have
another hotel. It need not be large but
modern, up to- the minute. The man
who first occupies the field is going to
make some money. All business houses
on Main street rent we'll where they
are modern with up-to date fronts.
dozen more such could be rented now
at a good figure. Marshalitown needs
some man with money to buy and plat
an addition in five acre tracts with
small cottages. With the extension Of
street car lines there would be big
money in it
"Marshalltown iss specially favored
over some other places OF its class in
that it has never had boom in real
estate, so no one has purchased prop
erty on fictitious values. so those nav
ing property to sell now are selling on
a rising market and as every indication
is Il will go higher, the purchaser VII!
also make money on his investment
The future Of the city certainly
looks very bright, and no one can
say that any special thing is making
it. but it seems to be the result of a
combination of many causes, that have
naturally awakened people to the be-
lief that Marshalltown occupies large
place on the map and are considering
themselves among the fortunate be
cause they own property in the city
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
Henry Windsor, Successful Magazine Gunner
and Editor. Started as Cub Reporter Here

fishing the two technical journals that
he conceived the idea of a magazine
which should illustrate and describe IL
language written so you can under-
stand it." the thousands OF interesting
events occurring thruout the world IN
engineering and mechanics, the loei'
being to bring to the great mass Of
non technical readers short, plain
description of these events. The idea
but all his publishing acquaintance
pronounced it an impossible and
worthless scheme.
Determined. however, to put the plan
in execution he sold his technical
journals and deliberately set out with
the expecta ton of losing money the
first four years.
AS year after year passed. and the
losses never missed month, his
friends urged him to quit the crazy
scheme. The total losses ran into six
figures. he used up every dollar he had;
he was unable to borrow at the banks
or of friends; he wore the same suit
of clothes two years: he worked from
7:3O a. m. until past midnight almost
every night: in four years he took fve
DAYS vacation and many night he
had not the faintest idea of how he was
going to meet a note the EeXt day.
But where there's will there seems
always to be way. and relief from
unexpected sources usually turns up
During all this time he never lost faith
in the final outcome for an instant;
and then. one day. after six and half
years continuous loss, the tide turned
and. well it's been coming In ever
since. The Popular Mechanics is read
in every land, over 100000 copies are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
PLANT BREEDER NATIVE SON.
Prof. Herbert J. Wsbbsr, Of Cornell
University, Born Here.

Prot. Herbert J. Wsbber, OF Cornell
University, Born Here.
A native son Of whom little 10
known locally. and who has been lost
sight of as result Of his long absence
from this city, is Prof Herbert J. Web
Der, OF Cornell University, Ithaca, N. 7.
Professor Weber, who claims this
city as his birthplace, is locked upon
as the greatest breeder among experts
in that line in the United States. He
passed thru the city few days ago, en-
route to California to establish expert
ment stations for the University OF
California. These stations will be in
Lower California.
Professor Weber has recently re-
turned from the south, where he sue
ceeded in establishing new cotton
plant. The new product has been
named the Columbia, and is already the
most largely planted in South Carolina.
1t is also supplanting other breeds Of
cotton in Mississippi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
MAY REARRANGE YARDS.
M. 4 St. L. May Make Extensive In.
provsments During Present Year.

Altho no authoritative statement has
yet been authorized, it is believed that
the Minneapolis & st. Louis Railway
Company may make extensive i'm
provements in their local yards during
the present year.
The company has. for long time.
been cramped for yard room in Mar
shalltown, and General Manager w. G.
Bierd hopes to be able to bring about
the change during the coming season.
It is planned to extend the present
yards to the east. from Third avenue
to about where the Standard OIL Conn
pany plant is situated, and put in sur
ficfent tracks to relieve the congestion
that takes places daily with the pres
ent yard facilities. The alteration Of
the yards will result in the razing Of
the old general offices building. 1t is
said
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

probation. it would have been worth
all the effort and cost which have been
spent upon II.
Officers for the past year have been:
J. l.. Williams. president: r. w. Nc.
Creepy, Z. ~. Wilbur, C. w Darling
vice presidents: G. f. Thayer. financial
secretary; r. r. Bradbury. treasurer:
E. ID. Hamilton, Elmer Peterson. NJ l..
Mundy directors; club secretary, (ap-
pointed) Charles Myers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
BOOM IOWA CLIMATE.
With Third Of Winter Conc Iowa Has
Had October Weather.

II some good. live. enterprising real
estate man would take advantage Of
the present season to boom the Iowa
climate, he could easily make ten-
strike.
Not for years have the people of this
state experienced such delightful
weather as this season. With third
of the winter gone with the close OF
December, 1owans look back upon a
month that has proved ideal for fall.
The month has compared favorably to
an average October, which is generally
looked upon as the finest of the fall
months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
HAVE ENJOYED VACATION.
Mild Weather Has Given Youngsters
DeiiuhtsuI Outjno,

The public school children have
made the most out of their holiday va
cation which is now nearing to a close.
The mild weather has permitted the
youngsters to be out Of doors much of
the time, and enjoy the rest from
school room labors to the utmost.
school will reopen next Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01
Coming Year Best Vet,

c. Bell. in discussing realty condl-
tons of 1912. said:
comparing the realty conditions OF
Narshalltovn during the year Of 1917
with conditions in 1911, I would say
that sales. rentals and values are much
better If We're TO commit myself to
actual figures I would feel safe in say
ing values generally were % per cent
stronger. and that the general increase
in business has been fully one-fourth.
Houses are we'll filled up: there are
mighty few houses a the present time
which are not occupied. There is
dearth of medium priced houses, in
fact there is nothing in this class Of
fered for rent. We could rent any
number of such houses at present if We
had them There has been a decidedly
better feeling in every way the past
year. and from conditions now pre-
vailing ana frcm prospects at hand. l
t. 81 confident 1913 will be the banner
year in Nar&halltoNn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

time to learn shorthand, which he did
by getting up at o'clock in the morn
ing to study. That hour is little early
in the winter months, but he insists it
eventually paid him well.
That first winter in the poStoffice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-01

While working in the postoffice from
a. m. to 9 p. m young Windsor found
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
DIES OF RARE DISEASE

A rare disease caused the death of
man at Baltimore, Md, recently.
With his right leg swollen to four
times it's natural size through the
rapid accumulation of poisonous gas
in the tissues, William Schrickling of
Fullerton died in local hospital from
one of the rarest diseases known.
Forty hours after his leg had become
infected with germ-known only as
the "gas bacillus"-he was dead. The
Infection, which in a short time had
gone from his ankle to his hip, start
ed from the, breaking of a bone in
his right ankle. So little is known
about the disease and the germ that
causes it that it has only an impro-
vised name, describing it's chief effect
upon the victim. According to the au-
thoritieS at the hospital, the germ en-
tered the mans leg at the time Of the
accident and began to multiply, throw
ing off all the time a poisonous gas
which swelled the tissues. So infre-
quent is the malady that there is no
known method of combating it, and
while Schrickling lay on his bed dying
in intense agony the doctors looked
on powerless to help or save him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
USE FOR ROLLER SKATES

Roller skates may be profitably used
to enable employees to traverse the
distances of large warehouses with
greater speed, thus giving the injunc-
ton to "get your skates on" new
force and potentially. The Electrical
World cites an actual instance:
Employees in the storerooms of GEN.
trail stations where the distances trav-
ersed are relatively large might find
their work facilitated by the aid of
roller skates, novel departure which
is actually in use with considerable
success by the Union Street Railway
company of New Bedford, Mass. This
company's storeroom attendants are
fitted with skates to accelerate their
movements, and they thus save consid-
cradle time in getting at stock. When
one of the men receives a request for
material at the delivery window he
skates back to the section of the store
room containing the required article
and promptly returns with it to the de-
livery window. The use of the skates
does not hamper the storeroom en-
ployes in mounting ladders for the
purpose of reaching elevated bins in
which material may be stored, as ex-
perience has shown that they are able
to mount ladders to reach such places
without removing their skates"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
WRECK DRIFTED 1000 MILES
Schooner Lottie r. Russell, Lost on
April is, Is Found by Revenue
Cutter Seneca.

Washington.-A bottom-up derelict
which the revenue vutter Seneca
found $50 miles east of Halifax and
towed into that port recently proved
to be the American schooner Lottie
r. Russell which was abandoned
seven miles east of Cape Henry on
April Is. In five months the wreck
had drifted one thousand miles and
its final capture in the path of GEN.
merce by Captain Johnson of the Sen
eca was regarded as one of the most
unusual incidents in the history of
the revenue cutter service.
The schooner, lumber laden, left
Charleston, S. c., for New York on
April II, and few days later met
disaster. The crew was taken off by
the British steamer Georgian Prince.
For several days the revenue cutter
Onondaga searched the shoals of Hat
teras for the disabled craft, but it had
been driven to sea and lost. Early in
September a derelict was reported
In the path of commerce off Halifax.
The Seneca, on September 5, started
on the 700-mile chase which finally
solved the mystery of the Lottie R.
Russell.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
SWEARS AT HIM, NOT BY HIM
Atlanta Woman Explains Fine Dis
tinction in AIimony Case
to the Court.

Atlanta, Ga.-Mrs. Grace Keefer,
formerly Mrs. Grace Macy, testified
in suing Daniel H. Keefer, a lawyer,
for alimony and attorneys fees, that
she drinks, smokes and swears.
Swearing is commonplace. Nearly
everybody does it," she said. "And
BESIDES" she added, there is no harm
in swearing at anybody or anything.
The Bible itself says only that you
must not swear by anything. 1t says
nothing about swearing at people"
Mrs. Keefer declared, however, that
she did not swear at her husband Eek
cept when he started swearing at her.
"He set the fashion," she said.
AS to drinking, Mrs. Keefer declared
that she had always had wine on her
table, but was never intoxicated ex-
cept when her husband brought home
cocktails (which were doped." She
formed the cigarette habit, she said,
through Mr.. Keefer's example.
Judge Ellis declined to grant all
mony. saying he would leave the
"maas" as 1t was.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
| NO GENIUS WITH RED HAIR

History shows that no great genius
ever had red hair. Alone among the
poets of the world was Swinburne,
whose hair was distinctly reddish, and
among the great reformers only John
Bunyan's hair was really red. The
simon pure carroty head, however, ap-
pears nowhere linked to world fame.
The flaxen-haired blonde or the
man whose hair when an adult Is a
true yellow also remains marked
apart as being unlikely to possess gen.
ius. Should one such be, his only
companion will be Thackeray, whose
hair is described as yellow. Charles
Kassel has reviewed the biographies
Of most of the eminent people of the
worlds histories, and tabulated his
results SO far as the color of the hair
Is concerned.
Dark brown to black is the prevail
ing hue on the heads of great men.
A list of so names has been compiled
in which the color of the hair is
given by biographers, and 80 per cent
are dark brown or black. There is
not, strange to say, a single mention
of premature grayness, nor a single
case of brown hair known as "singed"
or mouse color"
The structure of the hair-whether
straight or curly-is given in 20 of
Mr.. Kassel's list of geniuses, and of
these all but four possessed curly or
wavy hair. 1t is extremely notable
that of the remaining four Napoleon
and Andrew Jackson were the two re-
markable for "wiry hair" and that
James Russell Lowell and Grieg were
those having lank, straight hair.
The poets "ringlets" and the mu.
sicians shock of hair are by this list
seen not to be mere accidents, but in
some strange way are co-ordinated to
their powers and the general popular
instinct is not at fault.
The color of boards also arouses
many points of interest All the an.
cient tapestries show Cain and Judas
Iscariot with yellow or red boards,
and Pontius PLATE in ancient art al
ways was given a beard. (Being a
Roman OIL gOOQ Ianliy, he pTODdDly
had no beard; but those details did
not trouble the old masters.) A red
dish beard, however, does not carry
the significance that goes with red
hair, for a large number of eminent
men with dark brown hair have had
reddish boards. Sometimes the eye
lashes have been rudy, Savonarola,
who had almost black hair, having
startlingly red eyebrows and eye
lashes. But, as a general rule. here
also silky brown beard, when accom-
panied by fine, curling dark brown
hair, is the most usual characteristic
shown in the biographies Of those men
whose names have been handed down
to fame.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
TEXAS INVENTOR MAKES FIND
Lone Star State Man Discovers Way
to Use Wind Power to Operate
Agricultural Machinery.

Austin, Tex.-If all the power o.
wind, sun and water that is wasted
on the earth could be gathered and set
to doing some useful work, the amount
of money that would thus be saved
would, no doubt, make many people
''sit up and take notice" Already
some inventors are giving thought to
ways and means for Harvesting the
forces of the elements and some GU
rious contrivances, more or less sue
cessful, have been evolved.
Of course, men have long been used
the wind for pumping water, and in
some cases for grinding, ETC., but this
is only a very small fraction OF the
work it is capable of doing. 1t is al
together probable that the necessity
occasioned by a diminishing fuel sup
ply and other economic forces will
stimulate inventors more and more as
time goes on, and that they will sue
coed in producing engines capable OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20

utilizing these great natural energies
for the production of light, heat and
power.
A traction plow run by wind power
has been invented by H. M. Fletcher,
of Plainview, Tex. Some years ago
he began experimenting with wind
power for operating plows and other
agricultural machinery. He now
claims to have perfected a mechanism
which makes it possible to put the
wind at work in a practical way on
the farm. Seated on his "wind-plow"
he made a trip Of 70 miles in the vi
cinity of his hopae with the wind as
the only motive power.
The winds are usually strong and
steady in the Texas panhandle"
where Mr.. Fletcher lives, so that his
machine is especially we'll adapted for
use in that section. By means of fans
ingeniously adjusted, and so arranged
as to resemble the wheel of an ordi'
nary windmill, he can guide his ma
chine in any direction he wishes ir-
respective of the quarter from which
the wind happens to be blowing. His
early experiments convinced him that
the problem of lost motion was the
one which presented the most difficult
features, but he obviated that be de-
vising a special kind Of gearing by
which the outfit is moved rapidly and
with sufficient power to cut a 10-inch
furrow, even though the wind force
may be comparatively small.
1t is said that F1etcher's neighbors
gathered about him while he worked
on his pillow and laughed at him, just
as Noah's neighbors did when he was
building the ark. But like Noah he
kept on with the work and followed
the plan outlined Until he attained
success. !
That he was successful is shown by
an account which says that no greater
wind pressure is necessary for oper-
ating this pillow than is necessary for
flying kite.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20

do in the administrative work. That
they were capable of this was prov
en- by the fact that 155,80o women
were already employed in departments
of state.
OF the 1880 subalterns in the re-
serve and in the territorial forces,
4,137 were employed in administra-
tive functions. 1t is the work of these
men that Madame Dieulafoy considers
women are fitted to take, thus freeing
the men for active service. At the
close of her conference, Madame
Dieulafoy announced that the minister
of war had ordered an inquiry to be
instituted into the possibility Of her re-
quest being put into force.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-20
PHONETIC BIBLE

A gentleman living in Cleveland,
Mimi, has just completed transla-
ton of the Bible, using a system of
phonetic spelling which he devised.
The manuscript is being kept in a
safe deposit vault, while the four
books of the Gospel and the Book of
Acts are being put into type.
The translator began his work Fl
years ago, when he was sixty years
old, and he has devoted most of his
time since to the translation. He
has acquired considerable fame in his
specially of phonetic spelling, hav-
ing originated method which elm
ipstes all silent letters and substi-
tutes. His system of spelling has
been in use in the English schools of
China nine years. and the Chinese are
particularly enthusiastic about the
method, as making it easier for them
to learn the language.