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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
IT WAS WORTH THE MONEY.


Billy Sunday left Des Moines with
$4,000 in cash in his pocket to pay
him for his seven weeks OF labor in a
great religious revival in the capital
city. He Is said to have talked TO
total OF $4,000 people and to have
converted 1854. He has stirred Des
Moines and central Iowa as 1t was
never stirred before in religious way
and those who admire him are loud in
their praise of the man and his work,
while those who dislike him are bitter
in their Pronunciation of his work and
his ways Be that as 1t may, If Billy
Sunday has actually converted one man
to a right way OF living; If he has re-
formed one drunkard so he will stay
reformed: if he has made wives, hus-
bands, children, fathers and mothers
happier and has made that happiness
permanent, the $4,000 has been well
spent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
NEVER TOUCHED IOWA.

One would think from reading the
frenzied articles in some of the Iowa
newspapers that the entire population
of Belgium is about to invade Iowa.
There Is nothing to indicate that Iowa
is to be over-run by Belgians. The sug-
gestion was made that 100000 Of them
be brought to Iowa and placed on small
farms. 1t was Just a suggestion and
when public sentiment was found
against the plan it was dropped. That
should end the discussion. There Is no
excuse for lot OF spread eagle agita-
ton on the subject.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
An "unprofitable' Pullman contras

An "Unproftable" Pullman Contract.
| The Pullman company, according TO
| a Chicago news dispatch. has just &C
cepted an order from the Northern Pa
cific railroad for $1,5o0.000 worth OF
equipment virtually on a cost basis.
1 1t prefers to keep its works running
and its men employed, 1t prefers to ada
to the wealth and means of the coun-
try by turning out completed ana
disable products of Industry TO shutting
| its doors, stopping its machinery.
sending its people back TO the dreary
homes OF idleness and want, and add
ing to the general stagnation and
pinch.
An official Of the company thus ex-
plains the unusual stroke OF business:
Maybe 1t wasn't good business and
maybe It was. We feel that In times
like these it is up to the big concerns
to set a good example by looking on
the humanitarian side"
The motive is most praiseworthy.
and probably the altruistic aspect OF
the Pullman policy Is that which VIII
attract most attention and comment.
But from ap tactical point OF view al
| most higher praise can properly be De-
| slowed upon the company's resolve as
ar act of enlightened selfishness. 1t is
| the sort OF farsighted stroke OF busi-
| ness shrewdness that would profit the
country UNNECESSARILY II 1t were multi
| piled on all sides in these hard times.
/ The Pullman managers in the &C
! ceptance of contract for the good OF
! their 5000 employees and to the advan-
Itage Of the Northern Pacific railroad,
regardless OF gain to their own con-
Germ. have displayed an admirable ap-
] probation Of the community OF inter-
| est that binds not only the business
world but all modern society in close
organiza ton. wherein the sood OF one
| is the good of all and one element can
mot suffer without all feeling the
strain. BY lining the pockets or its
men the company gives prosperity to
the retailers with whom they trade.
The help reaches the wholesalers ana
Ijobbers behind the retailers. extends
thru them to the manufacturing inter-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
FARMERS TELEPHONE LINES.
Mason City Times.1

The Interstate commerce commission
has pointed out that 1t does not require
smaller telephone companies to use the
bookkeeping system contained In the
system OF accounts announced for tele-
phone companies, and that statements
to the contrary on the party OF firms
selling supplies are incorrect.
The commission has decided to back
up from the stand taken requiring
telephone companies Of all kinds to
make detailed statements OF the busi-
ness done. Many rural lines operating
Independently are maintained by
volunteer work. Repairs are made by
the farmers who own them and they
maintain no system Of bookkeeping
showing costs of service. To require
them to go thru the same process re-
quired of commercial lines would prove
a hardship and drive many OF them out
Of business.
There are few strictly independent
rural lines at the present time COM
pared with the number a few years
ago. When they were established they
were put in by neighbors cooperating
and were maintained in the same way.
The changing OF landlord or tenant on
many farms made changes In the
mutual organizations. The upkeep OF
a telephone line is much more expen-
sive than original estimates and for
this reason many of the companies
have been gradually absorbed by larger
cnrnerns and the neighhc-hood lines
have become part of the general sys-
tenn
The commission, however. has acted
wisely in eliminating the Independent
rural lines from the red tape required
Of commercial lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

The Webster City Freeman Tribune
says the railroads will gain the great
est political victory of their career if
they succeed in discrediting Clifford
Thorne. the foremost opponent to the
scheme to overthrow much of what has
been gained by the people in the way
of rate regulation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
The Lsesst study.

o 9 FhiladelphiA family feosue
the enooesmsot % : daughter va 49,
nounced. A friend calling was met at
tho door by the oologeA maid. who an
nOuncoda
Nom; Aiss Alice alMft AZ homo das
aft'noon-shes gone down 20 de class.s
'Wha< class7" inquired the visitor. 4
"You know. Miss SAlioe A. gwine to
be na'isd in de fall" explained the
maid. "an' she's taltin' 90 ou,se in do
nestle silence.--Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

with the railroads getting per
cent increase, it ought not to affect the
retail price of a single article of food
or clothes, but it still will be made the
excuse for doing so.r predicts the Ma
son City Globe-Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

open an account at the bank Of OPP
timism and make generous deposits
there daily" advises the Oskaloosa
Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

Most progressive editors, in trying
to get back into the republican party.
are overriding It," notes the Waterloo
Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
Manufaetursrs, Reports.

The manufacturers OF the city are
being furnished blanks for report Of
their doinss to the national depart
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

There has not been, and there new
er will be legislative session in Iowa
which does not remind an onlooker of
hen in a bunch of chaff With lot
of chickens" declares the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

IF Des Moines should go dry would
it be a joke on the legislature? Or
wouldn't it?'' asks the Sioux City Jour
nal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

The human family = subject to
about 1900 different kinds Of disease
and ailment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
TIMES REPUBLICAN MAasaAlLrowN IOWA. DECEMBER p 1914

isn't written in any part Of the bible
but les written In the history OF thou
sands and thousands OF misflt homes.
II one Of you boys ever run across
GIRL with her face full Of roses; with
eyes that would dam the lnster OF
Colorado sky and with g voice that
would make the song Of an angel seem
discordant, and she says as she comes
to the door:
II can't go for few minutes; I've
got to help mother with the dlsnes'
don't give her up. Stick to her ike
burr to mules tail. just sit down on
the door step and wait II she joins
you in two or three minutes. % mucn
the better but If you have to stay
there on the door step for a hAf hour
or an hour. you just wait for her. II
you don't somebody else Will ana IN
time you'll be sorry. For you'll realize
what you've lost.
Wait for her, boy. She's worth IT..
TRYING OUT THE BOOK FARMER.
[Council Bluffs Nonparedl.1
James w. Carter, Mills county
farmer has decided to test the practical
value of the states training for Scten-
tific farming. He has employed r. c.
McCord a member of the faculty at the
state college, to manage his farm. NC
Cord is to have charge and to rim the
farm on scientific principles. II Is SAID
McCord is engaged for one year, which
good farmers will concede will hardly
be q fair test. But as Mr.. Carter is
known to be wise farmer himself, he
will no doubt be sufficiently advised as
to whether progress is being made. Mr..
Carriers experiment will be great OBJ
ject lesson In Mills county. as there Is
little reason 20 believe that 1t will not
be a success II McCord makes good it
will be demonstration of the value OF
scientific training for the farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

BOYS: WAIT FOR HER.
Oakland Acorn.1
The girl who II unkind to her mother
Isn't worth q tinkers dOsgone. This
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
TERMS:

TERMS:
Evening edition by mail. ..4.0e
BY the month by mail ......... 80
Delivered by carrier by the month .6o
Later edition for morning circula- 40
Twice-a- Week edition per year.. 1,u0
Entered at the postoffce a. Marshall
town as second class mail matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

The trouble with most of US that fail
is that We keep on looking for step
ladder when we ought to be climbing
the tree.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29

If you are looking for any sudden
increase of business on account of the
raise in railroad rates you'll have TO
leave home and watch out around the
railroad offices.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
Drove Back British Raiders,

One hundred years ago one Of the
marauding parties of British that COZ
tinued making depredations along the
shores of Chesapeake bay after the
departure of the British fleet for the
South, landed at Deep creek, Is miles
below Annapolis, with view to hav-
ing "a frolic with the Yankees" as
one of their officers expressed it. But
the Yankees were on the watch and
gave the invaders a warmer reception
than they had bargained for. Small
detachments of cavalry and infantry
attacked the enemy as soon as they
had stepped ashore and drove them
back to their boats, with considerable
loss. No American was killed in the
engagement, though Captain Burd of
the cavalry was seriously wounded
and narrowly escaped being made a
prisoner.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
DOCTOR KNEW
Had Tried It Himself.

The doctor who has tried Postum
knows that it is an easy, certain, and
pleasant way out of the coffee habit
and all of the ails following and he
prescribes it for his patients as did a
physician of Prospertown, N. ].
One of his patients says:
During the summer just past suf-
fered terribly with heavy feeling at
the pit of my stomach and dizzy feel
ings in my head and then blindness
would come over my eyes so would
have to sit down. would get so nerv-
Gus could hardly control my feelings.
Finally spoke to our family physi-
clan about it and he asked if drank
much coffee and mother told him that
did. He told me to Immediately stop
drinking coffee and drink Postum in
its place, as he and his family had
used Postum and found it a powerful
rebuilder and delicious food-drink.
Il hesitated for time, disliking the
Idea of having to give up my coffee, but
finally got package and found it to
be all the doctor said.
Since drinking Postum in place Of
coffee my dizziness, blindness and
nervousness are all gone, my bowels
are regular and / am well and strong.
That is a short statement of what
Postum has done for me"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum = must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
IN a cup of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever-
sese Instantly. 3Oc and SOC tins.
Z The &ost per cup of both kinds is
Anout the same.
Yhere's Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrOcers.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

to eat in hurry. Last Thanksgiving
l ate my dinner alone in Rectors, New
York, and was so lonely that ] had
one of their table telephones brought
to me and called up nearly everyone
| knew and talked to them-just to
hear the sound of friendly voice"
When the West Was WooIly.
Miss George Woodthorpe went back
to her childhood days for her reminis-
cence, to the time when the West was
really wild and woolly.
Il was very young" she explained,
'and was playing what we called juve-
niles then, but which are now known
as ingenue roles. remember l was
on the boat that went up the Snake
river to Dalles, Wash, and on that
boat was the governor of Oregon, who
was going up to see the great Indian
chief, Homelli, about some treaty or
other, the details of which forget, ex-
cepting that it concerned two other
chiefs that were being held prisoners
for their friendship to the whites.
This Thanksgiving day always
stands out in my memory and 1 shall
never forget the interest felt in
seeing this big Indian invited into the
cabin where we had our Thanksgiving
dinner, and sitting down to the table
with his blankets wrapped around him.
l scarcely ate any dinner, but just sat
and watched Chief Homelli enjoy the
turkey and wines that were served.
1T was on this trip that l heard the
first phonograph-an that was long
before the day of Edison. l remember
my amazement at hearing a voice
come from this little box-a box
scarcely any larger than my makeup
box here. At first we thought there
was yentriloquist in the room, but
after a while we. were convinced that
we were listening to real talking ma
chine. l don't know who invented this
all remember about it is that it con-
tanned a little cylinder that turned as
the voice proceeded.
And that" concluded Miss Wood
thorpe, "is one of the most interesting
Thanksgiving experiences 1 have ever
had-my first view of a talking ma
chine, and dinner with an Indian
chief"
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
HORROR AND COST OF WAR
Judge Ebert H. Gary Tells of Con-
ditlons as He Saw Them in the
Wake Of Armies.

On Sunday, August 80, in company
with another, I rode by motor car
about two hundred miles in a semi
ciFcle on the north and east of Paris,
going within ten or fifteen miles Of
the line of battle, but taking good
care, of course, to keep beyond the
limits of danger 1 was forcibly i'm
pressed first with the horrors of war
and secondly with it's enormous cost:
saw everything pertaining to war
except actual fighting; large numbers
Of re-enforcements going to the front
and many v 1unded returning to hos
pitals; troop of all kinds, and arma-
ment, ammA ition, supplies, facilities
Of every kind for offense and defense;
engineer corps, aeroplane corps, etc.
Thousands Of refugees were fleeing
from their homes to places of sup
posed safety.
The next day much Of the territory
traversed was occupied tby the forces
engaged in deadly conflict. The in
struments of destruction, the methods
of using the mand the facilities for
moving armies have greatly changed
and therefore as the destruction of
life will be lsGlnaarge and rapid it
would seem S though the war must
necessarily Le sooner ended than in
former times and under different con-
dirions. I saw temporary hospitals in
private houses, under the control Of
Red Cross societies, on every hand,
and many ambuIances in USE
France and Paris in War Times" J"
Judge Elbert H. Gary in National Mag
azine.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
rhanksaIvlnn Poem.


Thanks be to God for His wonderful love!
Praise ye His name for the gifts from
above!
Anthems Of gladness peal forth on the
breeze.
Echo His greatness O'er land and Ger
SEAS
Praise Him, ye sons of the blessed and
good!
Praise Him, ye mountains, and valleys,
and flood!
Praise Him. ye daughters and children
Praise - Him lin from hilltop and forest and
glenl
Thanks for the gift Of His only dear Son!
Thanks for His goodness life's journey
to run!
Thanks for the summers and winters be-
tween!
Thanks for the autumn and spring ever
greeni
Thanks for the air, and for winds, and
Thanks for the sun. and for the stars up
Thanks for the. moon and for day and for
Thank is Him for dew. and for rain. and
for light!
Praise His great nameI let the nations
adore;
Redeemer and Savior, God evermore;
Enthroned with the angels. blessed abovei
Praise Him. o earth. for HIS Wonderful
Praise Him. ye smallest 4nd greatest of
all!
Praise Him. ye kindred that rise BEN
the fall!
Praise Him. ye children Of week.-Mrs. ane
deathl b
Praise Him, o praise Him, All ye thsI
have breath
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

me, Old sa-ay, No, me good sir, no,
thank ye, kindly. Give thin to the
bes' friend I've had f'r NANNY years,
an more, Dorsey there"
"Arrah, no, Wolf Tone, avick," pro
tested Mr.. Dorsey. "'Twould niver do.
Dye think Ord shtand by an rayceive
all thin gorgus an ixpinsive prisints
whilst you had nothin? Old ta-ake
none of thin, be hivins. "Give thin to
Cassidy, tn noblest, ginerousest
frind-'" He stopped, suddenly, little
eyes bent piercingly toward a corner
Of his little garden.
"Phwat's thot?" he quickly demand
ed.
Whats phwat?" inquired Mr. Cas-
sidy.
Mr.. Dorsey brought a square fist
down into a receptive palm with a re-
sounding whack.
"A turkey" he exclaimed. "A tur-
rkey! An in my Yard! Tn Lord is
good to thin He lowest"
Bent, tiptoeing, he started toward
the strutting fowl. Mr.. Cassidy moved
over toward the fence and watched
him in helpless indecision.
Just as Mr.. Dorsey had his hands
extended to grab the turkey, Mr.. Cas-
sidy shouted, suddenly; and the tur-
key, frightened, scuttled through q
hole in the fence and into Mr.. Cas-
sidy's yard. Whereat Mr.. Cassidy made
a quick jump for It. But he missed 1t
clean and landed on the place where
he was intending to set out early let
tuce in the spring.
Meanwhile Mr.. Dorsey, half over the
fence, distended with rage, was yell
ing:
Lave my turkey BET Lave my
turkey bel"
Mr.. Cassidy picked triangular sec.
ton Of broken glass from his person
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
SOME POINT in OBJECTION
Chunky Applicant for Army Service,
Rejected, Had Proved Superb
orlty over Accepted Man.

General Arthur Murray said at q
dinner in San Francisco, apropos OF
the height Of soldier:
THE British army has raised the
height limit for volunteers to five feet
Eve. Short Britishers object to this
and with reason.
For consider the Japanese. They
are incompatible soldiers. Yet the
6ve feet five limit would bar most
Of them out.
Consider the Gurkhas, the Hill
Tribe soldiers of India. They are as
valiant as the Japs, yet their height
runs from four feet eleven to five
feet four.
"At one of the London recruiting
stations, just after the establishment
Of the new rule, a short and chunky
East Ender who had been rejected
by the examining surgeons pointed
with a scowl towards taller East
Ender, who had been accepted, and
said:
law, look at i'm: an 1 knocked
Is cad of lawst Saturday night!'"
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
Much to Ra Thankful For.

We have much to be thankful for.
The year has been one OF progress.
The corn crop is still enough and to
gra1s. The wheat crop exceeds that
Of former years. We are still the
Lords chosen nation, and he gives
us the blessings.
Thousands of new families find
homes on American soil each year and
rise from poverty to independence.
They constantly increase the nations
strength.
Science and invention are on a con-
slant march of progress.
National calamity has not visited
cur shores. Minor evils have called
attention to what might have been
great ones. We have profted by them
and taken steps to avoid future recur-
renee.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
Ate Euidence: All Freed.

Happy and well fed, group of wom-
en-, with their children, appeared be-
fore Magistrate Conway in the Long
Island city police court to answer to
= complaint charging them with vio-
lating the health laws in keeping pigs.
We'll, where are the pigs?" in
CURED the court.
I'VE ate them, your honor" chorused
the group. "And they were good. We
raised them to keep down the high
cost Of living"
Under the circumstances I will dis
miss the complaint" said the Judge.
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

I'm THE days when Harlem was 50
far west that little boys used to
long desirously to go out there and
kill bufHaloes, Indians and other
unprotected game, Matthew Dor
Sey and Wolf Tone Cassidy shook the
peat from their feet and emigrated to
America In the bowels Of ship that,
like all vessels OF the aching past,
went four feet up and down and six
sideways to every one ahead.
On landing at Castle Garden, they
remained in the city long enough to
purchase gold brick apiece and get
held up and robbed; then their bucolic
desires ameliorated with metropolitan
disgust and they trekked to the afore-
said west and constructed for them
selves two little shacks, perched high
on the edge Of Somebody or Others
cliff. And there they lived and pros
pered, though not to any alarming de-
gree; for they never achieved more
than one pair of shoes at time, al
though, on the other hand, they never
went beyond three broken window
panes simultaneously.
And so passed nigh unto half a
century; and it was Thanksgiving
time.
Mr.. Dorsey, having finished the
breakfast dishes and lighted his du-
deem, went out to his front door to see
what Mr.. Cassidy was about; and Mr..
Cassidy, having done precisely the
same thing. did precisely the same
thing.
Good morning, Matehew!" he
called across the little gardens.
9TH same to yez an NANNY of
thim!" called back Mr. Dorsey.
"'Tis foine da-ay, Matchew, avick,"
commented Mr.. Cassidy, putting ex-
pansively. "'Tis tn da-ay Of rajjoicin'
an givin' thanks and prisints, Mat
chew" went on Mr.. Cassidy. "'Tis
sorry OF am taht OF hov nothin' to
give yes"
"Th' sa-ame here an nanny Of
thim," replied Mr.. Dorsey. "Ofd glad
ly give ye tn shirt of me back r tn
roof over me hid on'y Old loikely
ketch pnoomony an die. But tn love
In me hear-rt is this same
"'Tis me own sintimints yez is ray
paytiR' aven befuree they's spoke be
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
UnavaIIino Wisdom.

Money makes no real difference"
said the ready-made philosopher. "a
poor man may know as much as
rich one"
"He may know as much" replied
Mr.. Growcher. But his knowledge is
too likely to be of the kind that keeps
him thinking of what he could do if
he had money"
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

ma-an came along wild a segar r a
millyon dollars, you'd say, Give it to
pe friend Dorsey He snorted, dis
Eustedly, "'Tis divvle of a ma-an
yez ARE! Pwhy don't yez kape yer
wur-rd?'
"Kape me wur-rd, is it?' cried Mr..
Mr.. Cassidy, hotly 'Whin tn ma-an
wild tn millyon dollars comes, Oi'n
kape me wur-rd. But did OF sa-ay an
nythin about amy turkeys? Answer
me thotl'
"Qi win an OF viii not" rejoined
Mr. Dorsey, angrily. @But an-nyhow,
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

you lave me turkey be. you th!evin
ouid omadhoun or Of'll brain yez-
"A. p Az said Mr.. Cassidy. insult
ingly.
@Phwat's thot?" yelled Mr.. Dorsey,
looking for an opening in the fence
large enough to admit passage to his
portly frame.
When one Kerry man asks another.
"Phwat's thot?'' it is time for peace
loving people to retire to distance,
Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
The LIloher ExpIanatlon.

Father, what is this higher criti-
cism' read so much about?"
ct is method by which a man con-
vinces himself Of the falsity of some
thing which he knows is not true
Philadelphia Ledger.