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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

, discouraged. Two or three weeks
ago l was pretty light-hearted, for a
lady in half mourning. The world
seemed to be a good little old world,
after all, ira la. l thought l heard
quite few little birds warbling mer-
rily, and it seemed to me that the
sun shone brightly every once in a
while. Then, Mr.. Megrim came along,
and the band played the Dead March
from Saul. The sky became over
cast, gloom enveloped everything,
ravens croaked dismally and wet blan-
kets fell with dull, soggy thud all
over the shop. began to realize that
all was vanity and vexation Of spirit.
No, there isn't one single ray Of hope
athwart the murky horizon, you take
it from me, dearie."
did Mr.. Megrim have anything
particular to say, Melissa" asked
Aunt Jane, with apparent careless
| ness.
He might have had, but he didn't
say it," replied Mrs. Merriwid. HE
forgot himself for a few brief mo-
ments and began to talk OF the joys
of married life and the charm of con-
genial companionship. There was an
unmistakable CLEAN in his eye.
Forget it. Mr.. Megrim,' l said,
firmly, yet sorrowfully. "Consign 1t
to abysses of oblivion. You know as
well as l do what the divorce statis-
tics are. You know the brutality, the
stupidity, the inconsistency and de-
pravity of man, and the vanity, levity,
flckleness. extravaganza and emo
tional folly of woman, and how per-
fectly absurd 1t IS to expect any
thing but misery as result Of their
union-excepting children, and you
know what children are nowadays
""There are surely exceptions, Mrs.
Merriwid,' he said.
81 said, My dear man, you must be
crazy to think so. Really, Mr. Me-
grim, I'm concerned about you. I'll
tell you what you do. Trot along
home, or better still, go to some res
| taurant and order q light repast Of
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
MELISSA WOULD HAVE NO PESSl.
MIST AROUND THE HOUSE.

eff you have tears, prepare to shed
them now" said Mrs. Merriwid, ad-
dressing her maternal maiden Aunt,
Jane. IF you have signs to heave,
heaye to, my hearties!-just so long
as they aren't too heavy and you
don't run any risk of straining your.
SELF"
why should I?' inquired Aunt
Jane, without taking her eyes from
the needle that she was threading.
ION general principles, dearie," re-
piled Mrs. Merriwid. Its world of
sadness and sorrow where the four
fusher is exalted, as one might say
If one used slang, and where honest
merit gets it about half way around
between the front and back collar
buttons, to adopt metaphor. We are
decadent, degenerate, tainted, auntie.
The trail of the serpent is over 1t
all and the canker is at our hearts.
It's perfectly scandalous!"
Aunt Jane knotted her thread, and
then looked over her spectacles at
her niece, who had pumped her
comely person upon the lounge and
was arranging the cushions to suit
her angle of reclamation.
THAT was Mr.. Megrim, wasn't it,
Melissa?" she asked.
1T was Mr.. Megrim, auntie, as you
surmise," replied Mrs. Merriwid. "Mr
Megrlm, all dolled up and looking too
sweet for anything. He would be a
handsome man if he didn't show SO
much of his lower teeth, don't you
think? But when society is rotten
to the core and the spirit of greed
dominates the nation, it's hard for a
man of any sensibility to keep his lip
from dropping. I'm afraid some time
he will step on it and have a seri
GUS fall. It would naturally be seri
Gus, If he had it."
Aunt Jane made few stitches and
remarked that frivolity was not an
altogether commendable thing in her
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

cucumbers and milk and lobster salad
and Swiss cheese and pie, and when
you've eaten 1t. you'll feel more like
your dear, dyspeptic SELF Well, he
got mad at that, and went"
Poor mani" said Aunt Jane, pity.
ingly. Il wonder If he isn't rather in
judicious In the matter Of diet"
"Well, I think he's careless" Mrs.
Merriwid answered. This Is one
time, anyway, that he bit into Dead
Sea peach and got q distinct flavor Of
lemon"
Copyright, 1912. by ". G. Chapman.)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
FARMERS Wife
ALMOST A WRECK
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Her
Own Story.
Westwood, Md am a farmers
wife and do most of my own work when

l am aDle. l na0
nervous spells, fe-
male weakness and
terrible bearing
down pains ev cry
month. / also suf-
fered much with my
right side. The pain
started in my back
and extended around
my right side, and
the doctor told me it
twas o~,.~-s a.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Man Made Of Horseshoes.

Some years ago Mr.. Douglas, the
village smith Of Ellensburg, Wash, set
to work to construct giant figure Of
a man out Of old horseshoes which he
accumulated in the course of his work.
Up to date he has completed the legs,
which are composed Of no fewer than
$4,000 shoes. Mr.. Douglas is begin.
ming to wonder If he will ever finish
the figure, as the coming Of the motor
has an appreciable effect upon the
shoeing trade and materials for this
quaint colossus are not coming In so
fast as they used to do. The smiths
horseshoe man." even in its incom-
plete form, is one Of the sights Of the
town.--Wide Wori
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Hard to IMAGINE,


A sense Of the value Of money comes
to some people sooner than to others,
and some people never know its value,
but there is one little boy In a suburb
of Boston that has q keen sense Of
it. He was discussing a piece Of work
that he had done and telling his moth.
er how much he had been paid for It.
Now, the boy Is not yet ten years old,
and so the price paid for his labor was
email. To him 1t looked large, how.
ever.
But a boy know got four dollars
a week for working" he told his moth
er. He worked for a long time, but
he got sick and died. Now, what do
you think of fellow thatll die with
that salary ?"-Boston Traveller and
Evening Herald.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
For a Rubber Plant.

When the leaves turn yellow and
fall off the plant is dying. Feed it q
tablespoonful of olive oil every two
weeks. Also wash the plant once 4
week with warm soapsuds, letting the
warm suds moisten the earth thor
oughly. Sprinkle every other day.
This same treatment should be used
on ferns.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Analyzino the PHILOSOPHER.

Finley Peter Dunno was sympathi1-
ing, at New York club, with a play
wright whose play had failed.
Brace up" he cried. Take it like
a philosopher"
Then Mr.. Dunno smiled the whimsl
cal Dooley smile and added:
"A philosopher is one who has train
ed himself to bear with perfect seren-
ity the misfortunes of Others
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Taste.

Which has the best taste, you or
your wife,"
Il am sure my wife has,"
THAT is very generous of sou."
Il could not we'll deny it, in view
of the person each of US married"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
A Hard Choice.

What did the trust magnate de.
eide to do for his health?"
He has not made up his MIND
whether to take the hot baths abroad
or the immunity bath ct homa"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
inyigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar
coated, tiny granules, easy to take. Do not
grippe. ADV.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

It's easier for most men to pray
for forgiveness than it is to fight
temptation.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue best bluins
value in the whole world, makes the laup-
dress smile. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

1t is easier to write history than 1t
is to manufacture it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

The detective may be an earnest
seeker, but he doesn't always find.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

Anyway, the man who contradicts
himself may be right
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Better WAY,

oetter way.
Does your wife raise rumpus
when you stay away from home at
night?"
No; but she does when not
home"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
Solved.

Twelve persons for dinner! Aren't
you crazy?"
I'VE might invite thirteenth; thar
would perhaps take away their apps-
tite."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

Live and let live is a poor motto rpF
butchers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
ORIGINAL NOTICE..
State Of Iowa, Marshall Coun

State of Iowa, Marshall County, So.
In the District Court Of Iowa, In and
for Marshall County, September term,
1913. Katharine s. Howard, plaintiff,
We. Christian Rettenger, John A. Wal
lace. David w. Franck. William H. Cox,
H. H. Howey, j. H. BUREAUS, c. H. Toll
Jane Reed; all persons by names I'M
known who. by through or under any
defendant above named, whether as
executor. administrator mortgage. or
by marriage. grant, descent, devise or
otherwise, make any claim to the
Southwest quarter Of Section Thirty.
six in Township Eightytwo North.
Range Nineteen West Of the 5th P. NJ.
in Marshall County. Iowa; and all I'M
known claimants of said land, or any
defendants.
To each and all of the above named
defendants: You are hereby notified
that there is now on file in the office Of
the clerk of the district court OF Mar
shall county, Iowa. the petition Of the
above named Katharine S. Howard, in
which petition the plaintiff states that
she Is the absolute and unqualified
owner in fee simple Of the Southwest
Quarter of Section Thirtysix, in Town
ship Eighty-two North Range Nineteen
West of the 5th P. NJ, in Marshall
County, Iowa; that she and her i'm
mediate grantors have held the said
land by adverse possession for more
than ten years last past: that she is
credibly informed and believes that the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

defendants Joined IN this action make
some claims to the said premises adj
verse to the title and the estate Of the
plaintiff therein, hut alleging that IN
fact none of the said defendants have
any claim. right or title to or interest
in the said premises.
The plaintiff therefore asks that hss
estate in the said premises be estab-
lished by a proper decree Of the afore-
said court: that the title to the said
premises be auietd in her; and that the
defendants ana each Of them be for
ever barred and estopped from havins
or asserting any claim. right or title
to, or interest in the said premises ad ;
verse to the title and estate OF the
plaintiff therein. and also asks for
such other and further equitable relief
as she may be entitled to in the prem
Uses.
For further particulars you are re-
ferred to the petition of the plaintiff an
1t now appears on file
And unless you appear In said action
and make defense thereto on or before
noon Of the second day of the next
term Of the district court Of Iowa. in
and for Marshall county, to be begun
and held in the courthouse in Marshall-
town. Marshall County. Iowa. on Sep
TENDER l, 1918, your default will be
entered and decree rendered against
you as prayed.
McELROY & CROSS,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
On this gath day Of July, 1913. the
foregoing original notice having been
presented to and examined by me IN
chambers at Toledo, Iowa. the same fs
hereby approved and ordered published
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
AtlMGNT or WELL. KNOWN PLY.
SlciAN DIAGNOSED As APP.
PENpicEAL AsscEss.
CONDITION DUE TO CASE
OF PToMAINE POISONING
Consultation Of Physicians Hold, With
Result That Operation 10 Decided
Upon-Will Be Performed Tonight
Patients General Condition Only
Fair.

After suffering for several days with
case Of ptomaine poisoning, resulting
from something that he ate at Newton
week ago Thursday, DR.. H. H. Nichols
was last night declared to be suffering
from a deep-seated abdominal abscess
doubtless due to an infected appendix
An operation will be performed at St
Thomas hospital tonight.
Following q consultation Of physi-
clans held Friday night, DR.. Walter l.
Bier1ng, Of Drake University, Dea
Moines, was called into the case. This
morning DR.. Biering confirmed the d.
aSnosis. The operation was decided
upon following the consultation Friday
night.
General Condition Only Fair.
Dr.. Nichols general condition is only
fair. A general toxic condition is pres
ent, due to the infection that has been
carried turnout the patients system
DR.. Nichols will be taken to the hospital
at about $50 this evening, and the
surgeons expect to perform the oper-
alton some time after supper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

place the electrolierS In the center Of
the street. permit automobiles to b
parked In the center crosswiss with
the street and there would then be
ieft wide thoroughfares on each side
tor passing vehicles and the result
would be q boulevard effect especially
II q circle Of flowers or foliage plants.
or even of grass were maintained at
the base Of each light pole. In the one
block on Center street this could be
done for not much more than 81 500
provided the present paving did not
have to BE lelaid.
The business men of Nc, shalltown
can prepare for a big fal! trade as the
crops now are assured in this section
and they are to be bumper crops in me
main. Nothing impresses this fact 50
forcibly as an extended trip thru the
farming regions of less favored local.
tiles. If we had in this vicinity the
Wonderful development of the dairy
industry which prevails turnout tho
New England states Marshal,town
would double in population without ad-
ditional factories.
And speaking Of factories ole has
but to visit the manufacturing WIS OF
the east to learn that all Is not gold
that glitters for communities in factory
developments. Marshalltown has been
unusually fortunate in her manufactur-
ing industries in that they have been
of class to employ skilled labor large
ly. Were we to be compelled to absorb
the importations from southern Europe
which the mills have brought to many
a clean residential town of the east all
of US who are here now would be
more than glad to pass on that kind of
growth to Mason City, Waterloo or
some overly ambitious community.
Tenement houses. slums and saloons
seem to dominate the landscape in
many mill town Of the east where the
generation Of men who look back at
those towns as the home of their boy
hood days can see only the pretty, clean
and thrifty town Of merchants and
farmers which they now know and
enjoy in Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

& q y Q Z (
F. q. Houshton, Of Albion, an insur-
ancs agent, has won for himself and
family q dne free vacation trip Of
three weeks. About Aug. Is Mr.. and
Mrs. Houshton and two daughters will
go to Chicago. and from there will take
steamer for the Thousand Islands in
the st. Lawrence. The expenses of the
trip for Mr.. Houghton and his two
daughters will be paid by the insur-
ance company for which Mr.. Houghton
Is employed.
Mr. Houghton not only won the trip
for himself by selling more insurance
during the last year than did any other
agent. but he won the trip for his two
daughters by selling enough more to
take them along. The company offered
an additional trip for member Of the
agents family for each 100000 o.
insurance above the amount necessary
to win the frst prize.
While away Mr. and Mrs. Houghton
will visit at Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

ernoon in the mayors court.
The police say Lockhart and a youns
man companion were arrested abou,
year ago for stealing two tickets to
Omaha from the ticket office Of the
Northwestern. The theft was discov-
cred and the pair was traced west on a
Northwestern train and arrested be-
fore they reached Omaha. Lockhart
was sent to Jail for thirty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
CITY ASSESSMENT FINISHED.
Valuation Of Property Finally Com
pIeted-Fisurss Being Compiled.

The assessment Of real and personal
property OF the city. and the compiling
of the assessors books and records.
has finally been completed by j. G.
Weatherby. city assessor, and the
books have been turned over to the
county auditor. The assessment OF the
city property was the last in the coun
ty to be completed, and the work Of
making 1t required more time this
year than ordinarily Usually the task
has been finished during June. The
auditors office force Is now compiling
the figures for its reports to the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
caner.I condition ONLY Fair.
ALLEGES HE WAS HELD UP.
Dean c. Place Has Loekhart and Pry
or Arrested For Robbery.

or AfFeSSoO FOF hOOoeTys
Guy Lochhart and Bruce Pryor, mex
Their Of whom are of age, were arrest
ed by Desk Sergeant Cummings and
Merchant Police Leo Mcnamara about
midnight Friday night for highway
robbery. The young men were arrest
ed after Dean c. Place. a cook at the
Pilgrim hotel, had filed charges with
Sergeant Cummins, in which he al
legged that Lockhart and Pryor
had held him up on North Sec
one avenue earlier in the night. Place
told the police that Lockhart and Pry
or had assaulted him ard attempted 70
rob him. but did not get any money.
Icckbart and Pryor, while in jail this
forenoon. claimed that Place got them
drunk. but denied that they attempted
TO rob Place
The hearing was Sc. Cor late this aft
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Prices Paid for Cattle, Hogs, and
Sheep on Local Market.
MarshalltoWn prices on livestock
were quoted by Britain &. Co., today
IS follows:
HOGS.
Premium hogs, over 16o-s.50.
Good packers-3.00.
CATTLE.
Phone Us for quotations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
Rogue Tourney M.teh...

town Rogue Club Friday afternoon
Walter Hixson beat T. I. WATSON and
DR.. p r. Wood won from John Crab
tree, two out of three games
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
Local Comment

| The Mason City councilman who
writes to the effect that Marshall
towns STREETS are not as well kept an
those Of his city had better make us
a visit. for the editor Of this newspaper
and many another citizen Of Marshall
town who goes to Clear Lake occas-
ionally all we'll know that Mason City
does not even pretend to keep its I'M
paved streets in as good condition as
does Marshalltown. Last summer
! shortly after rain it seems as tho
"a road drag was wholly unknown
| City. while the unpaved streets Of
| dragged quickly. We have much more
paving than Mason City has and we
have had some of it SO much longer
| that it has worn out. leaving us a few
paved streets in bad condition. Mason
City can outshine US with few five
story business blocks and she has an
| interurban to lake resort but in the
matter Of street Improvement she must
take second place.
Residents of West Main street are
more than pleased with the results Of
oiling their street to keep down the
dust. The cost is l cent per front foot
to each lot owner. In the eastern
states almost all villages Of few
hundred inha bitants are oiling their
dirt streets in the business section and
oil and tar is spread pretty generally
over the macadam streets OF all the
large cities.
Extension of the electrolier street
lights is a decided public Improvement
and should be encouraged. The prac-
ticalibity of the concrete post should
be investigated, however. Along the
north side boulevards in Chicago and
for miles out along Sheridan road thru
the most beautiful residential sections
the concrete electrolier pole is in evil
dence and it far excels any iron pole
for beauty. 1t is cast in Grecian column
design of brown tinted concrete with
pebbles cast in so that the effect is of
brown mosaic marble and is very
beautiful indeed. This concrete cleo
trolier Is also found in many another
eastern city. One mold and little ex-
perience would be all the equipment
necessary for the city to manufacture
its electrolier poles and property own
ers would soon be willing to pay the
cost of installation in order to get rid
of the unsightly wooden poles which
now carry the arc lights at street in
tersections. In Chicago where the
streets are very wide these electroliers
are fully sixteen feet high and look
well.
The Michigan avenue, Chicago,
custom of parking automobiles in the
center OF the boulevard between cleo
troliers, also suggests an application
Of the idea already proposed of widen
ing Center street along the court house
square for the purpose of accommo-
dating automobiles. Now that the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
Husband Sues For Divorce.

Charles H. Wiley. Of this city. has
filed suit in the district court for n
divorce from Mrs. Nettie Bartlett Wi
ley. whom he alleges is now in Chica-
go. The couple was married In this city
Oct z 1911
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

Shown here is charming summer
costume including a gown Of soft white
bengaline silk which accompanies a
blouse coat Of oyster white cloth. A
close fitting hat of white straw
wreathed with daisies is worn with it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

once each week Tor four consecutive
weeks In The Times Rspublican "
newspaper Of general circulation pub
lished In Marshall County, Iowa.
CD. BRADSHAW.
Judge Of 18th Judicial District OF Iowa,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-04-11
When We Put
Up Your Order

for groceries here we go over care
fully to see that nothing is left out
and that everything is just as order
ed. And you'll find our delivery SER
vice delightfully."- prompt. Price and
quality are not the only things looked
after here.