Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-15
Iona Newspapers
GOOD OLD OCTOBER.
[Waterloo T!mes Trihune. ]


The mellow autumn days are here,
the housewife makes her Jam, the nois!t
! hiackb.rsls mobilize and hike for Ala
bama. The gossirner rides on the
breeze, the summer birds are still, the
apples in the cider house are squash
ing in the mill, The piccalili season s
here. the housewife gets line OF where
green peppers can be bought, hen chops
/ her cabbage fine. She mixes cloves and
F., cinnamon and green tomatoes too. and
F., stirS around the horrid mess. and
brings ii to a stew Next winter when
| the cold winds blow she thinks no dish
viii beat il, and tho we gag at sight OF
I II, by gum, s1e'i make US eat it
! The hazy autumn days are here when
hazel nuts are ripe and truant school
boys pick and eat until they get the
! grippe The squirrels chatter in the
| trees and insolently bark. and possums
! hunt for ripe pawpaws when it is still
and dark. The cunning coon down on
/ the creek slips thru the tangled wood
| ard in the silence and the night he
prowis in search OF food. The moot ~
from the forest depths sounds his I'M
| canny call and startled by the sound Of
! the nuts let go their hold and fall. The
rabbits hide along the branch, or sour
~ fast afeld. the pumpkin vines down
in the corn display with pride their
yield.
The plenteous ! autumn days have
come the orchards Weld their wealth
and ozone fills the atmosphere and
brings us strength and health. The
! corn is cut and III the shock, the win
ter wheat is sown and plenty and
prosperity have markell us for their
! own The turkey gobbler wakes fat for
the Thanksgiving time; if he We're wise
! like other BIRDS he'd scel; some other
! cline The hen has done her LAYING
stunt and seeks rest to repair her jaded
! system and TO mend the seasons wear
/ and tear. The chances are her missions
| flied she's finished up her work. and
i soon her poor. nlucked carcass will be
4 shipped on TO New York.
The bounteous autumn days are here.
the ripen!ng Ualnuts fall and greedy
school boys roam the woods and Quick
IL hog them all. a boy viii walk five
i riles Cor nuts. or twenty If he could.
but thinks he is not strong enough 10
carry in the wood, The apples and po-
tatoes all are stored away with care,
the cellar shelves are fril Of fruit AMI
ieilies, rich and rare Tie apple hut
ter has been made. the fat'ening hogs
arc penned and one would think the
fs-mer'c work had surely reached its
end. Not 50. the war in E,urone. now
/ mis- whole attention claims and he must
! 6ercelv wrestle with those French and
Russian ranes,
NOW IS THE TINE TO BUY.
Des Moines Register ard Leader.1
II iE "A matter of common observa-
ton that the shrewd Spectator al
ways buys when the crowd is anxious
to sell and sells when the crowd is
wild to buy.
Communities and states ere merely
enlarged editions of the individual
: citizen. ana the successful eommnni-
; ties and states show in thsir growth
, and enterprise the same quality Of
sagacity and far sightedness that
characterize the men who make them
Every successful city has bought
what others were bound to get rid
of, or others considered OF TO value
Every successful city has houghI
: what large part. Of it's own people
! were in doubt about or bitterly hostile
to.
| What is the ituation TO-DAY? The
? war is demoralizing the general trade
$ Oh the country anu INTERFERING VIII
commerce But the war is creating
an enormous demand for what The
Mississippi valley produces and has Il
sell. And this demand must run in
creasingly strong for many years. M
matter now how speedily the war ma!
terminate.
The Iowa farm was never more
t assured Of continued high prices. ant
the Iowa city as the market place fol
the Iowa farm was never more as.
t sured of trade than both are today
with abundant promises for tomor'
row And yet the crowd is shouting
hard times and bad business. Ant
there are those who are willing to q
with the crowd.
] Iowa more than any ether com
munity should take long look ahead
There can be but one outcome o
: this war. The tide is going to gel
in towards America. The great indus
!, trial Development Of the next decade
is going to be within America. Th'
> food supplies Of the world more ant
more must come from America.
! This is a time for enterprise II
: Iowa, for initiative and increased &C,
I tivity Now is the time to buy. wheI
everybody il shouting to sell.
| A long look ahead today Tor Iowi
and for every city In Iowa means su
premacy in ten years.
The city that sees Its opportunit!
o is the city that Is COINS SS:ss :
: this Mississippi valley.