Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-25
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Grinnell, SEPT a5-E. r. Stilson,
Montezuna dealer in galvanized iron
| water tanks. had q new one on an
empty lot near his place of business.
and during the big rain last week it
filed with ~ inches OF water during
twenty-four hours over towards
Deep River small streams were higher
. than even the oldest inha hitant re-
members.
A merciful man is merciful 10 his
beast so says the good book. Very few
town horses have ! country residence
But the eighteen horses working for
the Grinnel Cooperative Delivery
Company, after putting in hard days
work. are turned loose every night
.sbou, 6 so and walk out TO a pasture
ture mile or so from the barn, and
spend their nights and Sundays eating
and sleeping out of doors. In the
morning Mr. ]. Buswen manager of
the company. drives OUT. lets down the
pasture bars and the eighteen horses
u,eekly follow him 10 the stables,
there TO be harnessed and deliver
SPOOL Of thread and 10 cents worth of
porterhouse steak two miles from the
public park Some % this credit for
50 quietly going To and from the pas
tlire without halter mr. bride should be
given to a pair OF setate. sensible
mules, lea ie-s always going and COM
ing Mr. Boswell is of the opinion If it
Vas not for the danger OF the railroad
crossing ne could send the
bunch alone, and perhaps in little
while the mules would bring them
in promptly every morning. Still it
would be expecting TOO much for the
mules to know when Sunday came
around. so pe-hsus NJ. Boswell VIII
not Try the experiment.
Travelling men are having hard
time these days 10 dress for the
Weather Tsy" .YeeEs ago they were
freezing 10 death" because Of lack
c< ;;fsts-F Is say, vests an2 nvareaats
TIE next day il rained' and their
rain coats We're al home. Las, week
ali come prepared for cold weather and
rain and some hot DAYS were expert
ren;. To be- fully prepared every
travelling man should have wardrobe
trunk. This would be great thing
Tor the travelling man who carries an
umbrella He could put i, in his trunk
and the rest Of US would he safer get
ting of and on TIE trains.
The assortment; OF fresh fruits in
the stores of all towns Of say over 500
inhabitants. IS the largest ever known.
Think wha; is offered Melons Of all
kinds. grapes. nome grown and shipped
MoEE and batt-T peaches tnan ever
seen IN Iowa Same OF pears. Apples
are here but even fan varieties are
shipped in. 50 cents q peck for good
ones. Some OF the stores have shipped
IN barrels OF crabapples. California,
Idaho. Montana, Michigan and New
York al! are sending fruit TO Iowa.
When il comes TO Vegetables this is
the month Of plenty. Ands.h strange
part Of IL is, in the s;rtaii towns OF Iowa
there are very feE vegetables in the
stores. more fruit in these towns than
vegetables. Stranger. still, in the no.
te2s in the small towns. yegeta hies.
that is. such things as onions parsHips
carrots. spinach. green corn. tomatoes.
sqGash, egg plant, lettuce. rashishes.
ca 5ha &c. cucuulbers beets, string beans
and mane-other kinks grown in every
garden in the town some OF the gar
dens in plain sight from the hotel
dining room are not served. Perhaps
an exception should he made. we do
get canned corn and caed tomatoes.
The above list Of fresh vegetables is
given in hopes il viii remind some
landlords such vegetables grow in
Iowa
The Eldora bank. now closes al ..
m. same as city banks. They tried
il as al experiment and j; VAS such a
big thing FOR the employees OF the bank
public. il has become permanent
arrangement. Hts true while they
close a 5 p. n. and the curtains are
pulled do%n the door is not locked for
a few minutes after three, so forget
ful patrons can still get IN. but any
tire after II may be closed and
locked az some prccrastinators have
found out. fsut the bank men say this
O'Clock deal has stopped quite a uni
versaliy needed practice OF Coming
down after supper to finish the records
OF the days business.
Think Of Iowa towns Of 1000 inhabi-
tants finding II necessary TO have a
traffic police t.ldora on Saturday
has one in the center OF the four cor
ners on Main street telling automo-
biles and teams when to come on and
which way 10 turn. GFinnell, so the
writer is told. finds it necessary TO
have two traffic street policemen or
Saturdays. fair days. etc. SO great is
the number Of autom obiles and farm
ers teams. It's more than proba bic
in the near future Grinnell viii have
an airship traffic police, so great is the
interest there in aviation. and the
probable number to be manufactured
there.