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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

that admittance to the slide was de-
MED until later on, but 1t was in
splendid shape at night. The slide has
a natural slope Of over 1000 feet-a
great Improvement over previous ones
/ 1t is run under supervision of Messrs,
Burnell and Kihbey, and is brilliantly
lighted at night
Mr. George X. Kinney. son Of ].
n. Kinney, Esq, OF Cincinnati. o.. a
well-known capitalist, becomes identi-
fed with the City Bank, his interest
therein dating today. Mr.. Kinney Is
young married man Of means. and
will be quite an acquisition to our
town in the way of monied influence.
A new department will be connected
with the bank, whereby its patrons
may obtain loans on farm mortgages
at reasonably low rates and on long
time. Mr.. Kinney and his family Will
soon become residents OF the city,"
"a fire at 1:15 p. m. destroyed
portion of the roof of the Bowman
dwelling at los South Third avenue,
occupied by Peter Mayer and family.
Slight damage was done to the roof.
and some of the household effects
were damaged by water. The loss was
fully covered by insurance.
Justice Haradon united in marriage
William H. Mech, OF Timber Creek
township and Margaret Alice Luke
hart, of Jefferson township: Osman
Twedt and Bertha E. Bolstad and Nels
Twedt and Rachel Rasmussen, all OF
Marshalltown.
Thursday. Jan. 3, 1889.
Our sleigh manufacturers and deal
ers are having a big trade"
The changes in the court house this
January hardly seemed to revolution
ize things. Recorder viles holding
over. and Sam McLeran's genial face
not even being missed at present from
the clerks office Sam has made a
faithful and popular official. and re-
tires voluntarily after a long and cred
liable service. tho for the present at
least. he will act as deputy"
James Cammack. the new clerk OF
the district court. figured up the ma
rinonial business for the year just
closed. and found that 241 licenses had
been issued The greatest number IN
any one month was ttlirty-f IN De-
cernber. November was second. with
,weaty-nine. and October third. with
twenty-seven. July was the hsntest
month. when eigh. were issued
at. 6. Cartwright and son and }. =.
Manly. of Grinnell, are among the
BOWERS guests
Samuel Hopes. of state Center. and
Miss VI Butler Of Ames, were mar
ried at 2:so at the Wilson House by
Rev. ]. II. Rhea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
MANY AT sALcH FUNERAL.
Profusion Of Flowers Sent by Bushes.
Houses and Friends

a great many friends were present
Friday afternoon al the last rites Tor
Phineas s. Balch, cashier of the Mar
shailrown State Bank, whose funeral
was held at ?: 80 from the family home,
604 West Main street, IN charge Of Rev.
B F. Martin. The banks Of the city all
closed at O'clock that the bankers
might attend the service. The Mar
shalitown State Bank officers, direc-
tors. and employees. attended in a body.
as did also forty members of St Aide
mar Comnandery. No. 80, Knights
Templar. which took charge Of the
service al the grave
Mrs. r L Meeker sang with much
feeling Tennyson's Crossing the Bar.
to her own arrangement, and Face TO
Face"
The floral offerings were most num-
erous and beautiful, and included many
pieces from business institutions Of the
city and friends. The First National,
Fidelity Savings. and Iowa Savin Is
rectors OF the Marshalltown State Bank
and the employees Of that bank. The
First National Bank of Gladbrook, and
The Farmers Bank. Of Gearing, also
sent flowers Other pices we're from
ST Aldemar Comnandry, No. go.
knights Ten7plar; S;gnet Chapter, No.
3s, R. A. NJ: Marshall Lodge, No. 10s.
A F. and a. NJ; Za-Ga-Zig Temple,
A A o. y VI s. Of Des Moines; Mar
shall Lodge. No. 312, B. P. o. E, board
of trustees Of the public library. Sou
veni- Club. Twentieth Century Club,
C. A Durham Company, Britain &.
CO. Marshailtown Syrup and Sugar
Company, the faculty Of the high
school! and the neighbors
The flower bearers were Mesdames
Cora Wiley, j E. Lander A. G. John
son. ". H Thompson, and Marie Nc
Farlan6: Miss Wilma Robbins and
Alonzo ordwav, Roy P. Bradbury, and
Harry Jennings.
Pail bearers were chosen from among
the more intimate friends Of the family,
the neighbors. and the Madshalltown
State Bank directorate. in thu persons
Of Charles H Hull. W. H. "homps On.
F 5. Fynds. X. G Strickler, George
A. Turner, and W A Davis.
~ the grave in Riverside st. Aide
mar oonmandery took charge Of the
burial rites, with I. T. Forbes acting as
commander. and John ". Wells as pre-
Iare
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
TWO WIDOWS WANT PENSIONS.
Petitions Filed For Mrs. Rocky and
Mrs Peterson.

Two more widows. the fifth and sixth.
have filed applications in the district
court fer pensions fer the support Of
their children under IA years OF age.
The petitioners are Mrs. Alice L.
Hockey and Mrs. Francis Peterson.
Mrs. hockey says in her petition that
she has no home and that she is de-
pendent on her sister for home. Mrs,
Rockey has three children, Harold.
aged s: Lester. 4, and Frances. l year
old. Their father, Harry H. Hockey,
died May Il. 1912. Time for hearing
the application has not been fixed.
Mrs. Peterson has four children, two
of whom are over IA. The two for
whom she asks a pension are Emma,
aged II. and Fred. 9 years old. Their
father. ConweIl Peterson. died Sept. 20.
1909. and Mrs. Peterson says in her ap-
pIication that she supports her family
by doing washings and house cleaning
work. The application has been set for
hearing Jan. II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
New Bill at orpheum.

The change of bill at the Orpheur1
theater Sunday evening will bring tc
the city the famous Varsity Trio, 1.-The
singing and talking collegians," in
their mirthful musical sketch. "A Col
lese Rehearsal" The Varsity Trio is
known from coast to coast and one OF
the best singing organizations in vau-
deville.
Sam Rowley, 1.-The little man with the
big voice and the mysterious whistle.
comedian who has made millions
laugh. will occupy an important place
on the program and offer his talkalogue
which has caused more rnerriment than
all the joke books ever printed.
Owing to illness the feature act OF
the new bill was forced to cancel late
today. but the management was ad-
vised by its booking agents that a
strong feature attraction would be hu--
ried to this city in time for the opening
performance. ORPHEUM.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Notice.

Receipts Of hogs are heavy and
prices for fresh pork are lower than
last year. Our travelling statesmen are
having their usual holiday vacation for
two weeks. Thanking all our Gus
toners for their liberal patronage
given Britain & Co. the past year,
we extend our best wishes, also Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year. Brit
tain e Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
DICKSON PROPERTY SOLD.
West Main Street Home Acquired BY
T, S, Cartwright For $1,000.

7. S. Cartwright For 5000.
The residence property at lilo West
Main street was sold today by E. B.
Zines. trustee for the John Dickson
heirs, to T. S. Cartwright for $4,000.
Possession is to be given April 1. The
property consists of a lot with 100
feet frontage on Main street, overlook
ing the new boulevard in the Den
mead tract. and contains a house Of
nine rooms. It is Mr.. Cartwrignt's in
tention to remodel the interior extern
sively and use the property for home
for his sons family. with whom he his
been living since the death Of his wife
several years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Runaway Bow. c.uobt.

Two boys Of the industrial school at
Eidora. who ran away several weeks
ago were caught Friday at OeIwein.
They were brought to this city Friday
ni9hk D. Q guard from the school, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

later taken to Eldora. The boys names
were Rose and Davidson. The Rose
boy said his home was in this city. but
the Juvenile court record does not
show that q boy Of that name was
ever sent from this city TO Eldora-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Third Times a
Charr,,''- Mime. F.
Schcff-Fox. Jr.

eff at first you don't succeed, try Try
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Just Note.

There are 27.119.000 sheep in Great
Britain to its $4,000 square miles: New
York state has 1871. 900 to its $4,000
square miles. which shows how short
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Notina

Notice.
All merchants and others must not
allow water. from washing windows
and scrubbing out to run upon the
sidewalks during freezing weather. !.
S. Willard, mayor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

Licensed 20 We'd.
Arthur L. Sheldon, stenographer.
aged "a, OF Iowa Fails. and Florence
A. Pemberton. aged %. Of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

American farmers are in their under
standing OF the true value of sheep
Observation-Disclosures American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
AT HIGH SCHOOL

Last evening after school the
Watch Tower subscription contest be-
gan, the editors Of the local high
school paper having decided to start
the event then instead of waiting until
Monday. The interest which has
been aroused at the school has been
a surprise to even the managers of the
contest, and before O'Clock yester-
day morning there were very few
students in the school who had not
been asked, Have you subscribed to
the Watch Tower?" Before school
yesterday morning, representatives Of
the different teams were stationed on
the corners in the proximity of the
high school and the students passing
were asked TO take the school paper
Although no money was taken at that
time, the promises were obtained, and
the next few days will probably be
spent in collecting the money prom
ised.
The big contest will end one week
from Monday, and soon after the
close, the winning team will be enter.
tanned at a banquet by the. editors of
the Watch Tower. Monday morning
the first announcements OF the results
of the contest will be posted, and the
teams are working hard to secure the
lead. Last evening each captain was
given rs receipts for the use Of his or
her team during the next couple OF
days, and more will be given out as
needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20

times the management has been con-
siderably handicapped on account of
the scarcity Of labor. The company
has sent representatives to a number
of the larger cities in an effort to Sc
cure workmen. While more or less
successful. they have encountered
great difficulty in bringing men with
families here on account of the lack
of houses in which they could make
their homes. A large number have
come here, looked over the ground, and
being unable to secure suitable living
quarters, have refused the offer of po-
sitions and returned TO their home
city.
At the present time, in addition to
maintaining and enlarging the plant,
the company is, through the Betten-
dorf Improvement company, erecting
25 houses to relieve the situation to
some extent Already there are three
or more applicants for each house.
Mr.. Bettendorf states that, notwith,
standing the stringency of the money
market and the retrenchment policies
adopted by all the railroads which
| means orders for new rolling stock
only when urgently required, the Bet
| tendorf company now has a sufficient
/ number of orders on hand to keep The
plant working day and night for tht
remainder OF the year. They are turn
ing out and shipping a train load o
| its products every day These includ,
| finished cars and under-frames,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
THE WOMANLY WOMAN

ment, is patron of the woman ply
stefan, much prefering that sort. Yet
ar education seems to have missed
the fact that women battled their
way into the medical profession. The
grand-aunt of Dr. Pauline Myers Han
son of Marshalltown, superintendent
Of the Public Health Division, was
obliged TO take along on her PROBES
sional trips, in the good old New Eng
land days, the men members of her
family, the general trend of public
opinion at that time being that she
was acting in an unseemly manner in
administering epicac to infants.
\ An amusing incident took place at
porch party one evening this summer,
when a particularly tyrannical little
woman sought TO fiatter the men pres
ent by asserting quite firmly that
she was perfectly wiling to let Jesse
cher husband) do the voting" AS it
was very well known that the right"
she accorded Jesse was the only one
he, possessed that was immune from
her dictation, the smiles that went
the rounds were mercifully hidden
| from poor Jesse
These sneery little shadows in the
way of woman's progress are more
| than Offset by the womanly woman,
alive to her responsibilities. who has
taken as her motto that of Susan B.
Anthony, mo woman has a right to
die until she has done something for
womankind."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20

times. but the second year it advanced all
around my leg and the itching was terrible
i had to be very careful to have my clothing
around the affected part very loose. At
night time often happened TO scratch the
sore in my sleep. Then had to stand up,
get out Of bed and walk the floor.
Then read the advertisement Of Cutf-
cura Soap and Ointment and wrote for a
sample and got it. To my surprise was
feeling relief after the second application.
So got a cake OF Cuticura Soap and a fifty
cent box Of Cuticura Ointment and when
had used them was nearly over the itching,
so / got another box and that healed il
all up so it looked smooth and fine. but I
kept on with the Cutic'Ta Soap for six weeks
and the cure was complete. (Signed) S. o.
Gordon. Nov 20, 1912.
Cuticura Soap 25c. and Cuticura Ointment
SOC. are sold everywhere. Liberal sample Of
each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad.
dress postcard Cuticura. Dept T, Boston"
SFMen who shave and shampoo with Gu
ticura Soap VIII find i. best Tor skin and scalp.
AhvartisemsuG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
BY MARY AQUIN.

1t is to be hoped that along with the
other progressive ideas that are re-
shaping so many hide-bound hoary con-
victions, new vision as to what con-
stitutes an education may arise. APP
parently it now consists Of taking
number of prescribed mental pills,
regardless of the symptoms of mind,
and at The latest count, say 80 years,
TO be sufficiently cured to sit on a ped
estal, waving pennant inscribed,
"Now, when I was at college, err
long after the procession of real knOwl-
edge has passed on. Else how does
it happen that person given the ad'
vantages from babyhood of a COM
Portable home, common school and
high school education, a dose of col
lege, and some other experiences,
should be so lamentably ignorant OF
present day conditions and utterly un-
able to suggest even first aid toward
! betterment?
! Such an one with the vacuumnated
| innocence OF The Girl Across the
| Way asked do you think Mrs. Pank-
! hurst intends coming to this country
! to incite the women to militancy?'
To which we replied that in our opin-
! ion Mrs. Pankhurst is an intelligent
woman, of great fortitude, who knows
the condition of affairs in America
much better than the majority of its
fair citizens, and is confidently GER
| tain that the country which has re
fused the franchise only to the imbe.
! Gle and insane Of male extraction
cannot long under it's Thomas Paine
constitution withhold the ballot from
its womankind once she resolutely
| demands it.
Quite naturally and irreproachab,y
having received much standing" e1
ucation, the questioner of Mrs. Pank
bursts motive is not a suffragette
However, she is not averse to occupy
ing, quite comfortably, thank you, 4
niche in the mechanism of a mans
| world that in the generations preced
ing was valiantly fought for by &
few women termed foolish, misguided
and unfeminine, namely: the right u
labor for wage. In fact the very ed
uca-iOn Of this young woman, now sc
easily obtained by pater's money
was at preceding age a luxury
strong-minded women had fought Il
obtain. Stranger still, our non-suf
fragette, in her modesty and refine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
SECURE new HEAD
FOR BETTENDORF
&. II. Parks of New York, a
Man of Wide Experience,
Selected for Post.

R. H. Parks of East Rochester, n. Y,
at present general manager of the
works Of the Merchants Dispatch &
transportation company, has been ap-
pointed and accepted the position of
general manager of the Bettendorl
company. He will locate there and
take up the duties of his new position
on Oct. l.
Mr.. Parks comes to the Bettendorf
company we'll equipped with practical
experience, having been with the Mer-
chants Dispatch & Transportation
company for II years. This big COM
pany constructs all its own refrigera-
tor cars and also many Of the freight
cars for the New York Central road.
Prior to his connection with the above
company Mr. Parks held an executive
position with the st. Charles Car com
pany of st. Charles, Mo.
]. ". Bettendorf, president Of the
Bettendcrf company, states they are
greatly pleased in securing the serv
ices of Mr.. Parks. This was done OIL!
after negotiations of some length
For several years the company haC
been on the lookout for man capable
of filing this position, which is new
/ ly created one at the Bettendorf plant
| Mr.. Parks was favored from the yer.
start and the officials naturally fee
pleased in eventually securing his val
liable services.
The vast Bettendorf plant, covering
acres upon acres of ground, is verita
bic hive of industry. At the presen
time no less than 2,2OO men are en-
ployed and the weekly pay roll run
from 100000 to $4,000.
The present year will prove a pros
porous one for the Bettendorf con
pany. 1t is rushed with work. A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
IN wreck
is like MIRACLE
Passengers from the Oriental
Limited Pass Through
Rock Island.

Train No. 4s on the Burlington,
from st. Paul, was about three hours
late in arriving here yesterday, having
been delayed on account of the wreck
of the Oriental Limited, which ran
into a burning bridge near Trempe-
leau, Wis, at l o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon. Several of the passengers
from the wrecked train passed through
Rock Island on No. As.
The Oriental Limited ran onto the
burning trestle at the rate of 80 miles
an hour. A sharp curve prevented
the engineer from seeing the blaze.
CINE had practically passed over it,
( when it gave way, and the tender
/ and seven of the nine coaches were
ditched and soon caught fire, being
completely wrecked.
1t seems like a miracle that not a
person on the train was injured
| to the slightest extent. 1t was
unnecessary to use a single bandage
This fact is attributed to a large ex,
i ICIIL " luO use VI SLCSl COdCHSS III
the train. The passengers climbed out
of the cars through the windows and
the vestibule doors were broken open
to offer further means of exit.
While the wreck at first indicated
a heavy loss of life it was soon found
that it terminated very fortunately.
No. So, which arrives here from the
north in the evening, ordinarily con
meets with the Oriental Limited a
Savanna, but Thursday evening NJ
train from Lacrosse came into Savan
ma. No. As ran from st. Paul to L;
Crosse over the Milwaukee tracks OF
the west shore of the river THURSDAY
evening. 1t picked up some of tn,
passengers from the wrecked train a
Lacrosse.
Miss Daisy Oden, passenger agen
for the Burlington here in Rock Island
who had been attending the passen
ger agents convention at st. Pau
last week, and then took a trip {
Yellowstone park, came in on No. 4
yesterday, but she was not on tn
Oriental Limited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
mrs ELIzAsErH TEeHpSon

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hands
are far from pretty. They have such
large pores and are rough. l don't
do any amount OF work, hardly. There
are girls / know Of who really work,
but still have pretty hands.
There are also some tiny warts all
about my wrists and a few on my
hands and arms. My hands are red.
too. Please advise me
DAILY READER.
Hands need exercise like every other
part Of the body, so work is not al
ways bad for them. Suppose you ex-
ercise them a good deal, twist them
about, rub and squeeze them and mas
sage them with cold cream.
You will have to keep after your
hands all the time if you want them
TO look we'll Begin by cold Dreaming
them we'll at night, then put on a pair
OF thick loose, clean, white gloves and
wear them all night for several nights.
During the day, after bathing rub into
the hands a small amount of a lotion
made Of ten cents worth Of glycerine,
five cents worth of witchhazel, five
cents worth Of bay rum, ten cents
worth Of benzoin, all added to a table
spoon Of flaxseed .eeped in half a
pint Of hot water (strain before add
ing).
Applying witch hazel often to the
hands during the day will reduce the
pores. A few drops Of benzoin in
the water used for bathing the hands
will also refine the skin.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ] am a cir
twenty-one years old with a good
home. plenty Of nice clothes, etc, and
p great many things to be thankful fer
but there is one thing lacking. Ny
popularity has died out all Of a sud
den. ] never have a date or a tele
phone call any more. All the fellows
l used to know are married or have
steady girls.
Now there is a fellow am yer!
Interested in, but do not know hin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-20
MEET TO ORGANIZE CLASSES,

MISS MILDRED WARNOCK IN
vited the young people of the United
Presbyterian church to her home, 423
Second street, last evening to discuss
the advisab.lity of organizing mission
classes among them. Seventeen young
people enrolled as members of class
that will meet once a week for eight
weeks TO study mission works the first
OF which will be "Daybreak in the Dark
Continent" a revised copy Of the Liv-
ingston edition especially for young
peoples class work. Rev. J. L. Vance
viii be IN charge OF the study meet
ings and the first one Will be held next
Monday evening at the home of the
Misses Noller. APO Fourteenth street
\ number OF games were planned for
last evening and there were musical
numbers ard the hostess served re
freshueuts.