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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
"MoIhER's DRIED Germ"

From Las Vegas. n. NJ, comes a post
shalltown, Iowa. preferring the fol-
lowing request:
My Dear Sir: If consistent would
you please help US in a small matter.
if convenient, etc. I am trying to get
some good dried sweet corn. The nice
kind our mothers used TO make, so 10
speak, back in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
etc, long ago, and almost despair of
locating the source of maker now. We
got some once in your section long ago.
There are a dozen families here and
hereabouts, bankers, etc. Will order If
located. Perhaps you can help us some
how? With thanks any how, yours
truly, a. H. Reynolds.
No, Mr.. Reynolds, the editors can't do
1t. The best they can :!o is &c print
the postal card as an echo from the
days when our mothers used to dry
corn and the winters of long ago when
that same corn came on the table
steaming and fragrant and good to ca.
beyond description. Mayhap some good
who reads this may be able to do
something for Mr.. Raynolds and the
other bankers who banker for dried
sweet corn. incidentally she will please
apply first to Room No. 8, Times
Republican. Marshalltown, Iowa, and
give an editor a chance. II there is
any left Mr.. r and the banking con-
tingent of Las Vegas, n. n, may have
Il.
OF course all of US older people re-
member mothers dried sweet corn.
Most of US however can't remember
when we had the last dish of 1t. All Of
US wish 1t were to be for dinner to-
day. That delightful liquid which sur
rounded and foated the kernels and it's
touch upon the palate Is not sensa-
ton to be idly forgotten. II was good
on cold winter day. wasn't 1t Mr..
Reynolds, Of Las Vegas? 1t would De
good such a day as this when the snow
is half a foot deep in Iowa and tho
lang Va ShiASlih1oo 40 AZ tiiC al Siip
Mr.. R? Don't we wish we had it
cooked as mother used to cook it back
in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania. etc.:
Huh?
May be you used to help cut the
corn from the cob with the sharp
knife and assist in spreading it upon
newspapers or cheese cloth on the
"shanty roof and put a strip Of mos
quito bar over it to keep off the flies
and hurried with mother at your heels
| to take in the corn with the first
| scattering drops Of a summer shower?
Maybe you've done these things your
own self Mr.. Reynolds and your as
sociates of Las Vegas where nice
snowy Christmas is unknown and
where you raise cactus and the devil
and can't raise sweet corn?
Here's hoping you get it, all of you.
the good dried corn that mother used
to make.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
Topics of the Times
It's a longer way to the hearts of a
few folks than 1t is to Tipperary.

It's longer way to the hearts of a
few folks than 1t is to Tipperary.
He kept his dime
At Christmas time.
And when he died
Nobody cried.
With cheers
Not tears
And smiles not prayers
His legal heirs
Grabbed all his tin
And blew 1t in.
If that firing annoys the Americans
at Naco, why don't q couple of them
take time to go over and take the
Mexicans' guns away from them?
The claim Of the kaiser that the Lord
mindful of the minister who pointed
out the adaptabiltty Of the crane to
gain his living fishing for frogs and
the mercy that SO created him. Blu,
the boy as he saw a frog speared by
the adaptable beak OF teh crane re-
marked, isn't it hard on the frog?"
Isn't It a little hard on the Russians?
-
If Marshalltown Good Fellow
looked like that cartoon Of the Sioux
City variety we'd simply rise up and
mob him here in the hub OF the Mis-.
sissippi valley.
Did the French call their official
war volume the yellow Book" AZ a
bid for the support OF the Hearst news
papers?
Suggestion to the new member o.
the legislature who is seeking fam'
and popularity: Don't open your heat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

purchaser. Right here is good place
to mention how some merchants lose
trade every day. A travelling man en-
ters q store intent on buying some
thing, perhaps, only a quarters worth
Of cigars. Said merchant sizes him up
for travelling man, don't want to be
bothered, does not even say, How are
you" but walks of to the other end OF
the store. Disguised. the travelling man
walks out, buys something next door.
Sometimes I'VE entertain an angel un-
awares."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Sometimes It would almost seem
amidst modern Christman celebrant1
Mary has scarce one kindred soul. i
10 by right q joyful festival. but IN this
ohullient age the advent festival has
become rather boisterous than beauti-
full in its gladness. We enjoy Christ
mas extravagantly. and in the RELIEF
from drudgery which 1t bringA In the
stimulus 1t gives to human kindness,
1t does the world good: but In spiritual
proft we are little better for II unless
we keep It thouEhtfully. More than
half the benefit goes to forfeit II No
find in it, no divine message TO be
"pondered." Let our homes resound
with the happy laughter Of guests. hat
let US not forget to keep in tho hidden
recesses OF our hearts silence where
we can hear the voice Of another who
10 dearer than all others.
And what thoughts the day brings.
Teachers in lands unilluInined BY the
light Of that star have dared to speak
OF men climbing up to God" But that
God should come down to mon WaS be-
yond their widest dreams. Let M NOT
see the day come and 90 without pom
dering It's meaning. It IL rs wonderful:
now az 1t WAS then. that the Lord Of al
life should accept equality with the
frailest and poorest Of his human ersa-i
lures. The anxiety OF infinite Iowa to
save remains 40 stupenlous q thought
to-day ~ It was nineteen centuries ago.
Shall We not. ~ the day which COM
msmoFatss the birth OF our Lord comes
around. onoe more reserve some hdUss
Of Il for quiet meditation, seeking that
We may b able BY communion with
the father Of our spirits, TO receive into
our hearts the eminent and vital In
port Of the advent festival?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
WHEN OPERA WAS OPERA.
[sioux City Journal.l


Thomas Q. Seabrooke and his comic
opera company in 1.-THE Isle Of Cham
payne" drew Z magnincent house at the
Peavey Grand last night-Twenty
Years Ago Item In The Journal
What, oh, what, has become Of the
old fashioned comic opera-the kind
which the showgoers used to talk
about weeks In advance and them
agains weeks in its wake-the kind
which, true to its name, was both
comich and operate. In contradistino-
ton, be 1t recorded with deep regret,
to tho more modern musical comedy.
which only too often Is lacking in
both music and comedy?
''The Isle Of Champagne" WAS one
Of the good old bits which will be-
remembered when nearly all Of the
musical comedies Of the Intervening
twenty years have passed Into thl
oblivion which already has been the
goal OF most of them. No ono who
saw him will ever forget the inimitablo
Seabrooke In his session with JOE
Miller's joke book. He was moro than
merely entertaining or amusing. He
was what is technically known In tho-
atrtcals as riot" or q Scream. In
addition, tho music was Of that haunt
ing sort. Thus the magnificent house
which greeted him in Sioux City and
which was only typical Of the audiences
which greeted him everywhere else -
Audiences which would open the eyes
OF present day managers OF theaterI
and make them feel that lie - worth
living after all.
It was then that altitudfnons Del
Wolf Hopper. tiny Della box pulcma-
tudinous LILLIAN Russell. agile JeR Del
ANGELS and others whose names are|
almost ~ familiar were n fhsir primoI
when comic opera was tnat popularI
that three Of, these stars appeared ~
one piece. Truly. they were the good
old daysl
In 1887 Henry Clay BesnaSeA Toan
Karl and w. II. Macdonald organisedf|
the unforgettable Bostonians and 9oal|
years that wonderful organisaton
made melody that delishted millionsp
Its personnel, ct one time or anothsr
included other artists, - well known
and popular a. tho osganisess thsm5
selves-Jessie Bartlett Davis MarS
Stone, Alice Nielsen. Eugsoe 5Cowld
and George B. F'rothingham. Al fd
the operas they sang. there - mus
and 10y in their very names-for tn
stance. the immortal sRobin HooA4
"Prince Ananias" and The Setet
made"
Previously had come the Gilbert 4
Sullivan operas. in the Joy Of whicI
the United States shared with EAgt
land, III NJ S. Pinafore." "The PtI
rates of Penzance," The MikaAct
and others-in their daintiness AMI
sweetness q contrast indeed to Uni
dressed offerings Of the present daf
like "The Follies OF 1914"
Tho world does move to DO sur
but now and then with reverse actjcf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
suNDAY.s tPoWER.


lDes Moines Register and Leader.]
But it Is not oratory, nor talent for
organization, nor an array Of effective
workers that will explain the power Of
the Sunday meetings. 1t il Mr.. Sun
days practical working knowledge Of
men and Of the devil in men. and his
front face assault on the citadels Of
sin. He knows the people he " tiHting
TO. he knows the temptations they arc
yielding to. and they know that he
knows. There is no come back when
he Is done with his arraignment. there
is no saying he does not understand.
The Register and Leader believes
that Des Moines will long feel the d.
rect effect Of this campaign, and will
never lose the indirect effect. Long
after many Of Mr.. Sundays doctrines
have been put on the shelf, and long
after many Of his harsher expressions
have been forgotten, men and women
will be dating change in their lives
to the Sunday tabernacle and the pur-
pose to go four square with righteous
ness that was formed there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
A. engineering Feat.

Exactly eleven minutes aftsr
Pennsylvania train moved over aH79q
foot three-span steel bridge. weighil|
1000. 900 pounds, which was In = tenn
porary position. another train passt|
over the bridge, which had been noye
sidewise forty-seven feet to it, pei
manent place. Between the brenkiEl
of the rails and recommending them. 4
minutes and seventeen seconds elapseI
The new bridge spans the Muskingu|
river 1t Tyndall, Ohio.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
Masonic Meetings.

" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge. No. los A. F. 8 A M,
Saturday, Dee. Is. $50 P: m, tor w seo y
second degree. John w. WeAs' sec
re,arv; 7. Forbes. W, NJ.
STATED coNvocATloN, signet
css,,sr No. IS, r. A. NJ, Monday
Dec 81 7:so p. m. Regular BUSINESS 5s-
ard installation OF officers. 1ohn "
Wells, secretary: A D, Meeker' T. b. =
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. R. & S. NJ. Monday a,le.
the third Sunday. I. T. Forbes recoFoe''
A. D. Meeker, T. NJ
REGULAR coNcLAvE St Aldemar
commandery No. 80 K T. ioesoa ~
Dec. p, 1880. Regular business
Wilbur E. C., NJ. S. Mcfarland. Rec
REGULAR MEETING Central chap
ter No. 81. o. E. s., Wednesoas ~.
cember 1s, 1880 p. m. Election Oh -
GERS Anna Downing. secretary Mary
Black Collins, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
CHARLEY RAwsoN ON SUNDAY.

Mr.. Rawson is very much interested
in the Sunday meetings in Des Moines.
He has seen the effects of reforms
brought about and the saving Of many
men who had allowed liquor to get the
best Of them. Regardless Of what the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
a. M~1@
Iona Newspapers
OR HIS CHARITIES.


The man who stops his paper be-
cause he Is "a little short" and keeps
right on smoking "15 cent or -two-for-
a-quarter" cigars lays himself open to
suspicion of being on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

The Grundy Republican says: Pref
ty soon there will be an awful road go
up about the amount Of money Des
Moines will give Billy Sunday for his
services in his evangelistic meetings
down there. And it's ten to one shot
that the biggest howl will come from
some fellow who helped donate Jack
Johnson. or some other prize fighter.
several times what Billy Sunday will
receive"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
"A COUNTRY CHURCH EXAMPLE.

Monticello Express.]
Much has been said OF the decad-
ence Of the country church, and too
often the deserted and tenantless house
Of worship with it's mute evidence OF
changing populations or diminished
spiritual fervor, gives reason for the In
quiry into the cause Of such condi-
tions. Now and then there Is an ex-
ample Of renewal Of spiritual enthus-
iasm that must rest like a benediction
on the pastor responsible for its lead
ership. Such an instance is that of a
little church on Buck Creek. west Of
Hopkinton. Its pastor Rev. Chalice,
served it while stationed at Hopkinton
and when he commenced that service
1t was difficult to raise $500 for the
salary paid for irregular or infrequent
services. The country congregation
now takes the whole Of this pastors
time. It bought him a parsonage and
sixteen acres Of land and pays a cash
yearly salary Of $1,000. Last October.
he added fortyfour to the member
ship of his church. This illustrates
what can be done in awakening new
interest In prosperous rural COM
munity. Nothing succeeds like sue
cess and likewise giving stimulates
more giving. This instance is but a
repetition also OF the experience of a
Castle Grove country neighborhood
where the people pay Mr.. Montgomery
the pastor, the salary of city minis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
sAwDUsT ON OUR SHOES.
rCrord Junction GIohe


We continually hear wonder ex-
pressed that Evangelist Sunday has
made such an impression on Des
Moines The eyangelistic campaign
down there has assumed tho proper
tons Of popular movement and has
become 50 marvelously effective be-
cause Of the effect Of individual cases.
For example. when the writer was Ill
the city the other day. he heard three
different men telling about special
cases Of down and cutters who had re-
former. You know Jones? Well, Sun
days got hint" Jones was perhaps
gambler or . sot. When he reformed
ali his neighbors began to talk about
Il; and 90 the movement grows like an
endless chain. It is admitted on all
sides that the town will go dry. Even
Bob King. notorious saloon keeper, who
had doubtless never known he has a
soul, IL said to be under conviction"
The chorus down there is growing
stronger NO more dancing. no more
booze; we've got sawdust on our
shoes"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

The Cherokee Democrat says iowa
doesn't need state song any more
than it needs state flag-that the
noise the corn makes in July and
August is song enough for anyone"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS.
H. H. Jenkins. d. D.. In Sioux City

Journal.1
But Mary kept ell these things and
pondered them in her heart" Upon that
first Christmas morning others were
excited, but the virgin mother was
thoughtful. To every mother the birth
OF a first child changes the face OF the
whole world. but the mother Of the
Christ child knew no previous had been
like this birth. Others repeated the
strange story--one told and another
heard--but Mary "pondered." Even at
this present time many keep Christ
mas. but few keep It thoughtfully.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

soldiers were sighting their rifies and
machine guns on positions supposed to
be held by the English. In such trenches
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

or introduce bill during the session
and SEQ how easy It 10 20 gain celeb
rtty and make popularity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
IOWA OPINION AND NorEa

"John B. Cough In his best days
might have CHANGED filling the Sunday
tabernacle twice in one day, with men
only, to listen to an address on booze.
But even that mey be doubted says
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
The Creston Advertiser says: Let
the Mann act alone. No doubt 1t Is
being used for purposes that were not
contemplated when it was enacted. No
doubt the black mailing adventures
finds 1t an effective weapon. But the
man who is clean and decent need have
no fear Of the Mann law and there need
be little pity for those who get into
trouble The rich men who associate
with women of this character may be
'stung' occasionally without any real
harm 10 society,""
will the big army and navy people
please tell US who is going to invade
the United States right away?" asks
the Rolfe Arrow. Possibly strong
enough foe could cross the country
from one end to the other, but WHAT'S
the use of spending billions to prevent
ii If they do not make start or have
the disposition to do it? We are IN
no danger, and our billions can be used
to better purpose"
THE editor of the Castana Times
has just figured that two bull moose
taken from three elephants leave
donkey. That was the way Connolly
and Hamilton figured the proposition
but the bull moose failef to subtract
and the donkey was left in the back.
graund" REPLIES the Sac Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

az this soldiers on both sides have, been
fighting for weeks in the, desperate
struggle Of the User.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Fire. Lightning & Tornado
INSURANCE.
Written at lowest ratea. AOTOA0.
BILE INSURANCE.. SURETY BONDS,
TaSmers see me about HAIL INSUR.
ANCE on growing cropA
W. q. CLARK
Tslsehs~s - Aesm -
Vlrvt National Bank Building
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
Boy Of Sixteen Ends Life.

A reprimand from his parents for
staying out late nights is believed to
have prompted Edward Kliez of st.
Paul, sixteen years Of age. to end
his life by hanging himself to a
bedpost with necktie. Members Of
the family told Coroner Jones that
the boy also had been respondent for
three days
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
ABOUT The St ate |:
News Of Especial Interest 10
Minnesota Readers.
ADMITS FIRING RESTAURANT 4
Dawson (Mnn.) Man confesses Set
ting Blaze Which Caused Death
Of Two Persons.

Two more deaths are expected as a
result of the explosion and fire at
Dawson which claimed the lives OF
Fire Chief Elmer Thompson and Her.
bert Farmen.
Mrs. A. P. Holton, wife Of the res.
taurant proprietor, who confessed to
setting the fire, has been confined to
local hospital suffering from leak.
age of the heart She was informed
of the catastrophe and Of her hus-
bands confession and arrest. It is
feared the shock will kill her.
Martin T.. Jacobson, who was in.
jured at the fire, took turn for the
worse and physicians have given up
hope of saving his life. He is a
brother-in=law of Holton.
Holton is confined in the county
jail at Madison awaiting preliminary
hearing. the date for which has not
been set He has obtained w. Ewing,
a Madison attorney, as counsel.
HoltOn's confession, according to Of
ficials, does not say where he pro
cured the nitroglycerin which caused
the explosion, and an effort is being
made to trace it's sale.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
SAYS FLAG NOT lNSULTED
Mexican Foreign Minister Discusses
Present Crisis,

Mexico City, April 2O.-The Next
can foreign minister, Senior Portillo
Rojas, announced that it is impossible
to agree to the demand of the United
States that the flag of that country
be saluted Internationally, because
that flag was not insnlted, because it
was not flying from the launch and
because the marines were set free
even before an Investigation and the
ohcsr responsible for the arrests was
himself arrested and held for trial.
The foreign minister further an
nounced that the Mexican govern
ment will agree that both flags be
saluted. the American flag first and
then the Mexican flag, this arrange
ment to be made by protocol sign
ed by the American charge d'affaires,
Nelson OShanghnessy and the Mex
lean foreign minister.
The United States government, Sen
or Portillo declared, has refused per
mission to Charge O'Shaughnessy to
sign such = protocol and demanded an
unconditional salute by Mexico.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
1urner II all

Program of Glasses in Gymnastics.
Boys class, ages to IL: Wednesday
afternoon, 80 to $50; Saturday fore
noon, 800 to 1915.
Boys class, ages IL to IA; Monday and
Thursday afternoons, 4:3O to $50
Youths class, ages IA to It: Monday
evening, 1870 to S:45 and Friday eve
ming, 7:30 to $3.50.
Girls class, ages 6 to IL: Tuesday after
noon, 4:30 to $50, and Saturday fore
noon, 1915 to 1870.
Girls class, ages II to Is: Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, 4:30 to $50.
Misses class, age over Is: Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, 1880 to $50.
Ladies' class: Thursday evening, 1900
to9:O0.
Mems class: Tuesday and Friday eve.
nings, $50 to 9:45.
Fencing class: Sunday forenoon, 100
to 1l:30.
Sunday School: Sunday forenoon, 1920
to ll:45. HERMAN HEN,
Instructor
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
CENSUS PRAISES MINNESOTA

Leads States in Efficient Handling Of
.. 49,. Public Debt
Minnesota stands at the head of the
states in the matter of efficient
handling of it's public debt, according
to a statement made public by the
census bureau. The statement fol-
lows:
In 1880 the total debt of Minnesota
at the close OF the fiscal year, July 81,
was $6,140,O0O; in 1890 it was $4,552,-
600; and in 1912 it amounted to ST.
345,O00
The population of the state in
creased from 7S1 900 in 1880 to 2,14S,-
coo in 1912. In 1880 the per capita
debt Oess sinking fund assets) was
$6.94; in 1890 it was $1S5, decreasing
to $0.G3 in 1912.
''In contrast with the state of Min
nesota we find that, taking the entire
debt Qess sinking fund assets) for the
forty-eight states, the per capita debt.
according to the latest repolt. is
1882, or $3.50 more than the per fapita
debt for Minnesota.
comparing the decrease in the per
capita debt of Minnesota and the
forty-eight states for the thirtyyea.
period we find the ratio for Minnesota
far greater than that for the forty
eight states: the SEAS falling to 1882
on the average for the forty-eight
states, and 1884 to $O.63 in Minnesota
AT the present time about % per
cent of the total population of the
United States will be found in the
state of Minnesota and only a pei
cent of the total debt (less sinking
fund assets, is attributed to that
state
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22
sAGENG NOT A CANDIDATE
Refuses to File for Governor of Min
nesota and Tells Why.

Senator Ole Sageng, .'the man be-
hind the plow," will not file for the
Progressive nomination for governor
of Minnesota. He made. this announce
ment in statement he made pub
lie at Fergus. Falls. His reason,
briefly, is that he wishes primarily to
contribute to the defeat OF the brew
cry and saloon interests of the state,
which, he says, will continue their
domination in the event that either
Governor Eberhart is reelected or a
Democratic governor is chosen.
The only hope Of defeating the
liquor interests, Mr.. Sageng believes,
is in the nomination of William T..
Lee of Long Prairie on the Republic
an ticket Hence, in order to further
the cause of Lee, Senator Sageng will
rot file, lest his candidacy might de-
tract from the interest in the race of
the Long Prairie aspirant