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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
II. r. M'MAHoN DEAD.
old-Time Resident Of City Dies in Des
Mojnes Hospital.

Death. at $50 this morning, in the
Methodist hospital, Des MONIES,
claimed Hiram r. Mcmahon, AIS North
Fourth street, for thirty years resi-
dent of this city, and for many years
IN the real estate and insurance bust
ness.
Mr.. McMahon's death was due to
heart failure, following an operation
for liberation of the stomach. per-
formed Saturday morning. MI NC
Mahon, who had been failing in health
for a year or more, owing to
paralytic trouble affecting his left side,
went to Des Moines ten days ago TO
remain Indefinitely at the home OF MS
daughter. Mrs. Grace Zug, 1886 Fortietn
Street Place. He was taken III
Thursday, was removed TO the hospltai
Friday afternoon, his case diagnosed
as ulcers Of the stomach, and an opera
ton performed, with the result that
/ one of the ulcers was found to have
eaten thru the lining of the stomach.
| Mr. Mahons condition has been criti-
| cal since the operation, altho he had
shown signs Of slight Improvement
| Monday He was stricken with heart
+! failure only few moments before his
death.
1
! of Knox county, Ohio, where he was
born Nov. %, 1855. the second child OF
| the late Andrew ". and Frances w
! Spindler Mcmahon. When their son
| Hiram was year old Mr.. and Mrs.
! Mcmahon moved from Ohio to Scot
/ land county, Missouri, and settled on
a farm near Memphis. There they lived
until they came to this county, in June,
1852. and settled in Albion. After
residence of year there they moved
to farm one mile south of Liscomb,
and two years later to farm they
+, bought four miles east of Liscomb.
Mr.. Mcmahon was united in marriage
April s. 1880, in Taylor township, with
Miss Sarah McLeland, a sister Of W. E.
McLeland and Mrs. r S. Patten, OF
this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon lived
on a farm in Liscomb township for
short time, then in Des Moines. and
returned to this county to go on q
farm six miles north Of town. in the
brides old nome neighborhood. In
1855 Mr. and Mrs. Mcmahon came to
Marshalltown, and Mrs. Mcmahon
died here March g, 1898. On Nov. II,
1906, Mr.. Mcmahon took as his wife
Mrs. Mary Conkling. Mr.. Mcmahon Is
survived by four children OF his first
marriage They are Mrs. Zug, OF Des
Moines: Miss Jessie Mcmahon, a
teacher in the schools at Hedrick;
Merritt Mcmahon, a student in the
state university, Iowa City; and Miss
Frances Mcmahon, teacher OF the
Moninger school in Marietta township.
One other son, Raymond, died at the
' age of in May. 1889.
In addition to his immediate family
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
THE GREATEST
CATARRH DOCTOR
IN THE WORLD
Medieated Air Kills the Germs Of Thi,
Dangerous Disease

Medieated Air Kills the Germs Of This
Dangerous Dissass.
Catarrh is disease caused by a Ca
branes. the blowing, hawking. splitting.
toms are merely conditions brought
about by these germs which have
found Judgment in your nose and throat.
There is preparation called Hyomei.
made from pure oil Of Eucalyptus com.
bined with powerful germ destroying
ingredients which does successfully
treat and cure Catarrh TO stay cured
by destroying the germ causing It. You
neither snuff up your nose nor do you
swallow It. You just breathe this med
icated air thru a little hard rubber in
haler which druggists furnish with it.
The penetrating germ killing air of
Hyomei enters every nook and crevice
OF your nose. throat ana lungs, where
ointments. lotions. stomach medicine,
etc, cannot possibly reach. You breathe
great drafts Of It far up In your nose,
throat and lungs. Its air soothes and
h Ills the inflamed passages. stops the
nasty mucous discharge. promptly re-
lieves the stuffed up feeling and makes
breathing easy And it does more. it,
powerful penetrating air is positive.
certain death to the catarrh germs
themselves. It seeks them out wher-
ever they are hiding and breeding in
your system and destroys them utterly.
When you have destroyed the germs
YOU have destroyed the cause Of Ca
tarrh and the disease leaves you. A
complete Hyomei outfit includes both
a bottle OF the Hyomei liquid and the
rubber inhaler thru which You breathe
II, BE sure to ask the druggist from
whom you buy for both as the inhaler
1. quite necessary. It IL packed right in
the box with the liquid. A. T. Elder.
Marshalitown. and other leading drug
xists In this vicinity sell the Hyomei
outfit this way on a positive guarantee
Of successful use or your money back.
Hyomei 10 without doubt the greatest
Catarrh doctor in the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

7 The levy for taxes on property OF
the first class in the city will be Ito
mills for 1915 This is the levy to be
made by County Auditor A. W. Dob
son. who has just completed making
the estimates of taxes in mills to pro-
duce the money asked for by the
school board. The levy of llS mills is
an increase OF Is mills over the levy
made in 1914 and being paid in taxes
this year. and an increase OF ~ Nuns
over the levy made in 1918.
Nearly one-halt OF the increase, ana
nearly one-half of the -rsitlage levy. Is
for the city schools. The levy Tor the
school district was increased nom
ass 10 6S5 mills. an increase OF |.
mills 20 raise s12S,oo0 the school board
asked for early in July.
Last wear the school board asked leE
$4,000 and Il is expected that the
levy OF ass mills being paid THIS year
will produce that sum
All But State Increased.
In addition to the increase in the
levy for the schools there was an ~
crease OF mills in the levy Tor eae
civ and an increase of - mills IN me
levy for the county. The levy mac
nv the state executive council ior 'le
state was the only levy that was
5-,ced il being lowered from ~ iasI
year TO As this year.
Belo wis comparison OF the to's-
,.s as made nv state county, city
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
PREPARE FOR CAMPAIGN.
All Captains and Teams to Meet at
PRESBYTERIAN Church Tonight.

The final meeting of preparation and
instruction for the one -day financial
campaign for the charging and i'm
proving Of the Deaconess hospital will
be held in the Presbyterian church at
8 o'clock this evening. All captains
and members of teams are expected to
be present to receive Anal Instructions
plans for the campaign. hear the pres
ent financial reports Of the hospital.
and be informed as to general details
Of the canvass,
Members Of the teams and captains
VIII star: outs Wednesday to obtain
ssa 900 in Marshalltown and Marshall
county FOR the charging of the Deac-
oaess hospital II is expected that the
canvass Viii be sufficiently thorough
10 raise this sum in the one day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
LOCAL MARKETS.
priees Paid 70 Farmers by MARSHALL
town Merchan ts,

priees Paid 70 Farmers by MARSHALL
town Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
Marshal.town dealers tor the different
varieties OF farmers provisions grain
produce and hides tallow. wool. pelts
and skins:
e u. Ea;esoie quotes the following
prices for country produce:
Bu,ter-2s.
Eggs-ss.
Benedict Flour and Feed Company
Will pay the following prices at their
place OF business in this city, subject,
however TO market changes:
Corn-5S.
Oats-31.
Wheai-aS.
H. Willard. Son & Co., quote the
following prices:
Wool, clear medum-2sd 80.
Wool heavy hne-l7I19.
Green hides, No. 1-12 cents
Wool. light fine-22 q IS.
Green hides. No. Ill cents.
Horse hides. large-3.0o q 400.
Reeswax-25 cents.
No. / tallow-5 cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
John 8. ol.on's Funeral.

Funeral services for John B. Olson.
Of Dunbar. were held Monday after
noon al O'Clock from the home, and
at from the Stavanger Norwegian
Friends church. The pail bearers
we're sons and sons -in-law OF Mr.. Oh
son. in the persons of George j.. Elias.
Thore. and Norman Olson. c. johnson
and r. G. Tweed. Burial was in the
Stavanger cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
SECURE RARE TALENT
Young Mems Club Of Baptist Temple
Induce the Metropolitan Bureau 20
Send Their Course Of Entertainers
to This city-comprissd Of Rare
Talant

the Metropolitan Lyceum Bureau will
come to the city this coming season.
having been secured by the young men
of the Baptist Temple. This course is
comprised Of well known singers mu-
sicians, readers and lecturers of ex-
traordinary ability. that seldom visit
cities as small as Marshalltown. There
are to be five numbers given during
the winter. The exact dates have not
yet been set, but will be announced
later. Prices for season tickets are:
adults sl.50. children s1.00. Tickets
are on sale at Times Republican Of
flee. Committee.
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Newspaper Man Reeommende I,

Newspaper Man Reeommondo IS.
r. r. Wentworth, OF the st. James
(Mo.), News. writes: 1.-TWO months
ago took severe cold which settled
in my lungs and had such pains In
my lungs feared pneumonia. I got
a bottle OF Foley's Honey and Tar and
1t Strengthened me up Immediately. ]
can recommend it to be a genuine
cough and lung medicine" Many moth
ers write this reliable medicine cured
their children Of Group. Hay fever and
asthma sufferers say it gives quick 70.
lief. Mcbride 4 Will Drug. Co,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

Word from Des Moines today was
TO the effect that NJ. d. klise, 3o4
North Second street, who underwent
an operation at the Methodist nos
pital in Des Moines Monday. was set-
ting along as well as COLD be eA-
peeted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mccarthy, who
came here from Minneapolis obout a
month ago, when Mr.. Mccarthy took
the position of trainmaster for the NJ.
g. ST. l. here, have moved into DR.. G..
e. Hermance's new house at 1i2 West
Linn street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

BY means Of a new saW-carfying
frame q two-man saw Is now operated
by one person, and further, the cut
may be made at the ground level.
which has not been accomplished
heretofore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

a forecast Of more unsettled weather
and no change In temperature for
Wednesday. Today was entry DAY,
and was devoted to getting the enhib-
1t in order for the regular opening
Wednesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
Aptly Defined,

PA, wha: is an echo?"
An echo, my son, is the only thing
that can cheat . woman out Of the
last word."-Boston Transcript.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
.-a.se Values Small.

Wa The assessment of property IN
me city this spring been what a sreat
many people believed it should nav
beer. the uaillage levy woulc nos ha :
shown such a large increase Frop-
artv Of the first class. which pfoou.es
bv far the largest part OF TIE 'o.ai
fax budget. increased in taxable Va,.e
orly ses.se3 over 1914. The taxaoie
valuati ton of this class OF propere! IN
1a14 was seols. sol. and this year It IS
so11ses4 The latter amount includes
more than $4,000. taxable valuation
Of property discovered and assessed oE
county Treasurer s N. Cause tha'
the assessors had missed altogether.
There was a decrease from so4'oZ4
in 1911. to s4l,332 this year in property
If the second class agricultural lanH(
but there was an increase 81 si2s,o5 :
in the amount Of moneys and credlts
to be taxed. The totals for the latter
are s1,2Se531 IN 1914 and sl,ssl,los
this year.
Property Of the second class and the
moneys and credits are taxed for only
small part of the total tax collected
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

The increase Of Is mills VII. me-.
that each property owner WIN
1875 more for each siep oi
value. The increase on piop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

There are 51.4so passenger cars on
the railroads of this country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
TAX LEVY N CITY
D Be ||5 MILLS
AUDITORS COMPLETED ESrl.
MATES SHOW INCREASE OF
10 MILLS OVER 1914.
SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE
NEARLY HALF THE TAXES

County, City and Schools levies All
ncreased-Lsrses Increase, One OF
7 Mills, Made in Levy For Schools
Levy For State Only One That Is
Lowered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28

Premium hogs, over $50 pounds-s.s5
Good packers, up to 300-S.3o.
Good packers. over 3oo-6.05.
Coarse stays and packers: 30.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
Ioo.IIixa Stock Market.

Britain & Co to day quoted the fol-
lowing prices for hogs in wagon Load
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and duty and devote ourselves wholly
to the delights OF bass and trout fish,
ing. the like OF which never .
Censor extracts a page and a nalf).
But somehow at night we moped
and suffered long fits OF abstraction
like a young cub in love. We could
not enter into the spirit OF the party
and enjoy full relaxation like the
others in the camp. There seemed TO
be a forebodlng OF evil creeping upon
us which was impossible to shake
off.
True enough the rural carrier la
bored painfully up the hill with q
stupendous bundle OF letters bright
and early next morning. Angrily we
tossed the pile on a deal table and
reached for u pipe. our troubled
eye picked out an envelope with
familiar handwriting from the very
bottom. We hastily tore the mlssive
open. II ran like this:
DEAR HUSBAND: Have you forgotten
that you have a family? Or are you in
no 1T condition to WELD a pen? am
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DOCTORS VACATION is TIME
FOR PATIENTS TO PESTER HIM

tails about it would impair the cred
Utility OF the story. Enough to say
that Canandaigua Lakes far famed
. there the censor again cuts
out half "A page.
For n few days everything ran
smoothly, until the mai brought his
startling message:
DEAR DocToR Little Harold just fell
in a rain barrel negiisently left uncov-
cred In our neighbours doOryard. We
fear he has swallowed some OF the wa
ter, in which mosquitoes were breeding.
Kindly wire instructions. D~istractedly,
MRS ALICE BEN SINTEARs."
OF urs we rushed a reply TO the
poor woman the very e. day:
DEAR Mrs. SINTEARs Without a per-
sonal examination it is possible to give
only general suggestions. The parent or
some ~bystander should endeavor 10 re-
move the boy from the barrel. taking
due precautions against undue force
upon the barrel. II breathing seems at
| all shallow, try Laborde's or Sylvester's
or Schaefcr's method OF artificial respl-
ration. II respirations are exaggerated
and accompanied by marked vocal fire.
mltus audible on auscultation anteriorly,
turn the boy over and administer coun-
ter irritation posteriurly to ward off pull
monary ndema.
BE sure to beat our nelghbor to a
justice of the peace to obtain a war
rant on the ground OF maintaining a
nuisance. Cordially, &c
A loyal patient managed TO prepe-
trate his ~atrocity in the same mail;
DEAR Doctor You will be glad to
hear that ! am laid up at the hospital
hsra with a~upendiCitiS reCalcltranS The
staff surgeon urges that ! should have
that old appendix removed forthwith.
"Of course | want to do the right
thing, but you will no doubt recall hav-
ing removed nay appendix two years
ago,
please wire your opinion and charge
It. Hoping they are biting well. AS
ever. GEORGE"
Postponing the bait digging that
morning We sped Georges reply:
DEAR GEoRGE | do recall wildly your
operation. and If YOU can remit the bal
ance Of 5000 still due 1t would come In
very handy just AZ present.
! "If you had your appendix out, as yoC
, seem 10 believe, that ought to suffice, !
should think Maybe tho doctor gave
| you only a cursory examination. Isn't
the home team playing a series this
week? or maybe you are twins,
"Georgie, don't keep silence-tell the
surgeon your whole history and IL nee
ossary refor him to the hospital records
for confirmation Of your claim. A dag.
nosis is never quite complete without an
accurate, truthful history, You know.
VERY truly yours, &C"
From this point inward we endeaN-
| ored to put aside all thoughts Of home
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Though Captain Kidd Made His
Headquarters Here, New York
Citizens Are Not Pirates

not to open except under extreme
pressure. All the way to the big city
Sallie travels with her hand over the
resting place of the channels bag.
When a red capped porter comes to
her in New York and offers to assist
her with her luggage she all but
faints. She thinks he Is one OF the
lineal descendants Of Captain Kidd and
hat the old family telescope Is In
deadly peril.
I'll thank you to let my things
alone. suh," she bristles. trembling al
her W temerity. Il know all about
how you take advantage OF ladies
travelling without escorts"
At this point Sallle's fourth cousin
arrives on the scene and saves the
day. When he explains that the
porter was only attending to his duty
and trying to he polite the visitor
from Arkansas thinks her host IL
e~ndeavoring to concea the wlckedncss
and piracy Of the great city. The
chamois bag never leaves her. awake
or asleep.
Now for the facts. IL New York
really infested by bands of polite
pirates? DO bold bad bandits roam
the city streets on plumber bent? IL
everybody trying to do everybody else
before some one does him? Is 1t a case
OF what is yours is mine and what Is
mine Is my own? Is property a mat
ter OF possession, or Is II a matter
of ownership? Efguratively speaking.
do all the natives carry blackjacks and
n set of burglars tools? Is New
York a city Of pickpockets and second
story workers? These. be 1t under
stood. are only a few of the charges
against New Workers. And here are
a few incidents by way of answer.
In the very nucleus of downtown
activity is a rcEaurant for the hur-
ried and hungry. 1t is arranged on
the help yourself aid pay for what
you eat plan. Piles Of food are placed
about. The patron helps himself to
a plate. knives. forks, spoons and the
like. Then he goes from tray to tray
! and selects what he wants to eat. In
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nushers or social gangsters who try
To put up n good front by being seen
in the good hotels where they are
liable To pick up al acquaintance with
worth while people. II Is very Easy
to spot this type. The minute they
are caught they are quietly hut firmly
requested to absent themselves from
the hotel, and you a wager the tip is
strictly enforced. Both men and
women are in this precarious game.
They may get away with n check once
or twice, but hat is all.
1T IL easy for an experienced hotel
man To tell the difference between "A
person who has forgotten tn pay his
check and one who deliberately walks
out. We never stop the man who has
merely forgotten. Almost invariably
We will get n note in n few days en-
closing the amount of the check, with
the explanation that the check slipped
his memory and an apology for the
oversight. From ten TO fifteen such
letters come into our offices every
day. | believe there are a hundred
honest men TO every crooked one. and
that this is "A conservative estimate.
Not long & a sweet old fashioned
mother was suddenly called upon to
hurry to California. Until hen her
travelling had been done mostly around
the three floors Of her home, the
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this he is absolutely a free agent.
No one IL there to take a list of his
selections. He makes them. eats
them. and that is all there is 10 II.
This help yourself idea is much the
same as the honor system. IL is up to
you to cheat or to play fair. If you
want to take w pieces OF pie and
pay for n you can get away with
II. There is no one to point the
finger of shame at you II drink
two cups of coffee and charge yourself
with one. II q VA sense Of honesty
is SO warped as to permit you to
take advantage OF trust placed in you
the proprietor figures YOU are more
TO be pitied than Censured. II Is easier
for him to imagine n man stealing
$40. 900 than II IL to imagine him
stealing 10 cents.
"HOw does the honor system work ?"
was asked of an employee of this
restaurant.
Best In the world" was the reply.
81 don suppose we lose so cents a
day by putting II up to the patrons
to pay for what they get. and most
of that is something they forget they
have eaten. by this | do not mean they
forget ii on purpose. The best proof
OF the absence of such forgetfulness
Is that often patrons will return IA
day or even a week or a month af-
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terward and explain they were five
cents short on a check and they wish
to pay 1t. II you want your faith
restored In the innate honesty Of New
York this is a fine place to find It,"
But you are speaking OF business
and professional men, Is the cry OF
the sceptic.
Very true. What then OF the pleas
ure seeker. the man with money and
plenty of leisure?
4 nan close to the cash drawer
in tho Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is au-
thority for the declartion that New
York men and women maintain a high
average of honesty. II Is the policy
NJ the house never to embarrass a
man in the restaurant by asking him
10 pay his check unless the cirCum-
stances are exceptional. II would 10
possible to &c to a table in the hotel.
order "A meal and leave without pay
ing the waiter.
II might he supposed that when
the accounting anne there would he a
tidy little fortune i'm deficits. The
temptation to walk out and tuck the
check in your pocket. 1t might he
thought. would he too strong for the
weak spined to resist.
O the contrary declared my in
formant, "a check beat is almost an
anomaly. There are a few four
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scenery OF which to her was the
most beautiful in the world.
OF course she was upset by the
prospect of going all the a to Cali
fornia. The morning Of her departure
she put "A white stocking on one foot
and a black one on the other. Then
she pinned her hat on wrong side
before and started away with fathers
cane In place of her beloved umbrella.
Finally she reached the station n
her tickets were purchased-a couple
Of yards of them-and put safely away
in her generous black leather handbag.
At last came the ina good-bys.
Mother was kissed and sent through
the iron gates with a "~godspeed." She
had reached the bottom of the cement
steps when a man dashed up and laid
his hand on her arm.
Pardon me- he said, rs this your
poCkctbook?"
She looked down where the black
leather handbag should he and saw
instead n q OF candy suspended over
her arm by a string. The candy had
been given TO her to sweeten the long
hours of travelling. In her excitement
she had dropped her handbag and
slipped the string OF the candy box
over her arm in place OF It. All the
money she could spare for the trip
was in that bag, as well as the return