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The Harrison times., 1916-06-17
Cut Your Weeds

During the week ending Saturday
June oath every one must cut the
weeds and high grass in their yards
and on vacant lots and premises as
required by city ordinance Penalty
applies after that date.
r. NJ. Fellows, Mayor.
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17
M. {. Church, South.

Sunday School at the regular hour
9;45. Senior League at 7:l5. Preach.
ing at s.
The Children'S Day program will
occupy the II O'Clock hour, The
children will delight and instruct you
You are welcome to all these services.
C. W, Lester, Pastor.
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17

Dispatches from the st. Louis
Convention announce that Wilson
and Marshall were selected as the
Democratic leaders by acclamation
Yesterday.
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17
Christian Church.

The subject for Sunday morning is
"The Church and the Young Folks" "
For evening, Hunger and Thirst
+. NJ. CUMMINGS
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17

Colonel William ?. O'NeiIl re-
turned last Saturday from Kansas
City where he had been on business
for the past three weeks.
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17
Boone County Teachers Asso.
citation

Boone County Teachers Associa-
tion met Wednesday afternoon June
18th with President J W, Hill in the
i, ,chair Robt B. CASTOR of Omaha
>Nas elected president for the coming
year Miss Mona WiIliford Vice Presi-
dent, and Fama Holt secretary.
The teachers will hold their next
association in Harrison next Novcm-
Der.
lean uD now.
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17
Where We Live and What We Do.

209 Carlisle Av., SPOKANE, WASH.
May 50, 1916
The Harrison times., 1916-06-17

Clean up now,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
ONE RI u.H OF NATURE,

The president received in Davenport
the warmest and most enthusiastic
welcome given him in any city of Iowa
perhaps the most enthusiastic he shall
receive between the coast cities.
Davenport is democratic town, of
course. but the greeting held something
more than political appreciation Dav :
export is thoroughly favorable to a
complete preparedness policy.
Why? A United States arsenal is
located on an island in the Mississippi
at the gates of Davenport 1t Is an
asset of Importance. If it might be
doubled. trebled or further multiplied
and swarm with munition workers at
good wages Davenport of course would
share in the distribution of their
earnings.
One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin and there is no kinship so
complete as that of commercial inter-
est. The munitions towns of the east
are wildly for preparedness. Perhaps
they would not object to war. For all
else is often forgotten in the sight of
profit to be had. Communities, like
persons. are very much alike. Wher-
ever there is an arsenal or the hope Of
government munitions plant, or
wherever private plants are in opera
ton or contemplated self interest will
have its influence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03

The ostrich is tropical bird with
collapsible neck and q tungsten steea
digestion. 1t Is manufactured for the
sole purposes of producing willow
plumes, and on that account is looked
upon with suspicion and distrust by
every right-minded husband.
Men who have made a close, per-
sonal study OF the ostrich and have
observed his lack of table manners
tell us that he is not supplied with
the brain that ordinarily accompanies
the domestic cabbage. All the ostrich
knows how to do is to moult and shed
willow plumes, which are then run
thru a dye vat and sold to women who
are too proud to wear the wing of a
defunct turkey. After a fond hus-
band has paid for enough willow
plumes to ornament four-foot picture
hat, he will not be able to approach
an ostrich without shudder. We are
taught in our physiologies that the
man who invented the seamless garden
hose secured his inspiration by watch
ing the ostrich take down his neck just
before retiring and wind it around his
person. 1t is a fascinating sight to
see a tame ostrich open the top volve
of his neck and swallow some lumpy
article of food. like a can Of sardines
or a discarded coffee grinder. This
causes us 70 inquire why it Is that the
ostrich never chokes to death, while
baby which bites into a soda cracker
with its first teeth can throw the en-
tire family into a nervous fit.
The appetite of the ostrich has never
been sounded up to the present writ
ing. The nearest approach to this
appetite known to scientific research
is that of the winner of a pie-eating
contest. It costs more to put flesh on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
THE FIRST MONTH.

With the end of January came the
reports of arrests in cities where the
saloon was banished by the repeal OF
the mulct on Jan. l. Those reports
are interesting and seem entirely con-
elusive when compared with the ar
rests in previous months. Thus It is
to be noted that in Cedar Rapids three
arrests were made in January of this
year for drunkenness against forty
three in the preceding January. The
fines paid last month aggregated for
all offenses $3.50 Last year in the
same month they totaled S625.50. Wat
erloos average arrests monthly dur
ing the past year was zoo. In January
of this year but seventy-two, of which
twenty-seven We're for drunkenness.
Keokuk cut her arrests in two. In
Davenport but five persons were ar
rested for intoxication despite the con-
tiguity OF Rock Island. And Iowa City
last month.
The police chief Of Davenport says II
IS prohibition. The chief of Cedar
Rapids says the same thing. So does
the Council Bluffs chief.
That's enough said If the first
month shows such results, If the police
chiefs are convinced that the absence
Of drinking places has made this mar
velous difference, why argue further
over a fact that is and has been be-
You'd argument this long time in Iowa
Why not now see to it that there is
no backward step taken and that con-
ditions continue thru the year as thru
the first month of the year. 1t is now
up to the people of the state They
choose the law enforcing officers
Wouldn't 1t be an excellent plan tc
elect a governor and attorney genera
who can be depended upon to carry or
the viii lof the people. And coming
right home to our own cities ane
towns wouldn't 1t be the course O
common sense to see that clean, capa
BILE men are put into city office ant
that county prosecutors are selected OF
merit and not on the lack Of it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03

ly with the mixed assemblages without
fear or shadow Of possible disaster
unless thru accident. $685..
True there is always an ever pres
ent possibility; but 1t 80 slight that no
marching bodyguard of troops convey
an American president from place to
place or surround him as he dimes.
1t is true also that America faces an
ever present possibility Of war; but
it is 50 vague and so remote that the
country need not include in it's pre-
paredness for probabilities vast
standing army more than the president
need include a Gordon of soldiers with
fixed bayonets as bodyguard.
Despite all our flippancy and SEEM
ing disregard for law such exhibitions
argue a deep seated respect for au-
thority delegated by themselves. And
that also is a hall mark of real de-
mocracy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
DROPSY TREATED FREE
BY Or. Miles, the Greet Specialist, Who
Sends 1878 Trial Treatment Free.
Many Report Cured After Other. Failed

& At first no disease u apparently more
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domen. Finally there ID great shortness
Of breath, cough, faint spells, some-
times nausea and vomiting. even BURST
ing of the limbs and lingering and
wretehed destA II The dropsy is not re.
moved.
DR. Miles has besn known a. lead
Ing specialist In these diseases for 80
years. His liberal offer OF $3.75
Treatment free TO all sufferers, 10 GER
tainly worthy Of serious consideration.
You may never again have such an op.
portunity.
The Grand Drorsy Treatment con-
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also Tonic Tablets and Pura-Iaxa for
removing theswater. This treatment Ii
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IL much moro successful than that Of
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the first day. and removes swelling in
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
ALIT1lE LESSON IN DEMOCRACY.

The passing of President Wilson
thru the various cities scheduled into
his itinerary is an object lesson Of
American life. 1t is an incident in a
free country able and willing to prac-
tice a real democracy. Where else on
in Canada which is essentially more
American than anything else might a
ruler pass in such a commonplace and
democratic fashion fearlessly thru the
conutry guarded only against the in
sane and mentally unbalanced?
It has been done over and over
again. True there is list of presi-
Dental assassinations written red on
the page of history but these have not
touched the democracy of America to
its discredit. Eliminating that MUIR
der Of President Lincoln, itself the act
Of an insane man in the delirium OF
demented sense Of patriotism the as
sassinations Of American presidents
may be more properly classified as acci-
dents than as assassinations; for they
| were In each case such crimes az
might have been practiced upon any
prominent person by the unhinged and
degenerate minds of paranoiacs.
1t Is a mighty thing to think Of
that a chief ruler of a continent like
ours may go safely and surely ou'
among those of different political be.
| liefs, pass thru a wide country PEG.
pied by such variant interests and b.
greeted by pushing crowds withou
danger except that which follows upor
the track of any celebrity.
It is the test Of real democracy
that an Iowa governor gets into a da,
coach at Des Moines. pays his far
and settles himself to his newspape
like any travelling man and as unat
tended; that he goes as he please
where he will without a thought 0
possible danger. And that presiden
OF the United States takes train Il
ride calmly thru the states speaking t
crowds at every stop. mingling close
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03

let VIII be very useful to the women'a
clubs which are studyins Iowa history,
~ well ~ to teachers and all other
persons interested In the history Of
this state.
In 1904 similar pamphlet was is
sued by the State Historical Society,
but It contained only twenty -fivo
topics, because At that time the litera-
turs on Iowa history was 80 limited
that comparatively few references
could be given. Now. however, nearly
every public library In Iowa contains
q good collection Of books on the his
tory Of the state, most OF them being
publications Of the State Historical
Society, which since 1904 has pub
lished nearly forty large volumes, b.
sides number OF pamphlets and Na
quarterly periodical.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
OF GOVERNORS OFFICE
Governors Office not Always Located
ut Seat of Government

SOvVSUos SIItSO UOS ~bW0yU @OO0tOO
1T Seat Of Government.
The Organic Act establishing the
Territorial seat OF government of Iowa
contained no provisions requiring the
governor or secretary to keep offices at
the seat Of government according to
Mr.. John +. Briggs. the writer of an ar
ticle recently published by the State
Historical Society OF Iowa. Thus when
the capital was removed to Iowa City
it did not include the removal of the
executive offices. Governor Chambers
took an aversion to Iowa CITY, declar-
Ing he would reside in Burlington. 1t
appears that he had an office at Iowa
City only during sessions Of the iegis-
lative assembly. In 1914 memorial
was addressed to congress asking that
the governor and secretary be required
to keep their offices ut Iowa City. The
question was raised again in l84s. but
nothing came of 1t. Nothing until 1864.
indeed. was an act of such a character
passed. Then law requiring the gov
ernor to keep the executive office at
Des Moines, in which shall be transact
ed the business Of the executive depart
ment of the state government" was
placed upon the statute books.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03

best and always strive to keep quarter for
fellow who has place to sleep The boys are
always needing shoes the girls for dresses call. and
strain weary thews. to raise the wherewithal.
Down we're always bent, to meet each
pressing need and have quarter the gent who has
place to feed. We turn beggar from the door.
hard we're pressed; think Ere many years
are DER, like may be dressed: like him may
be unemployed. and look tough he and have dull
and aching void where fodder ought be- Like him
may be glad sleep abandoned well; the
Of living is steep who fate foretell7 And
when handout plead. for hungry kids and frau.
may people help in need help others
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
Topics of the Times

No one has a good word for a boot
logger. The Cedar Rapids Republican
says: "A bootlegger is more contempt
! IDLE than a horse thief. He is about
the lowest of all Gods creatures" The
Republican hasn't dug deep enough.
The most contemplate person in the
liquor traffic isn't the saloonist or the
wholesaler, the brewer or the drunk
ard but the wealthy realty owner who
abstains from drink, fights it away
from his own friends and family but
supports the traffic with vote and in
f1uence because he can lease a build
ing to a dram seller for double rent.
A bootlegger is a prince Of the blood
compared to whiskey supporting
deacon.
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan will be able to
straighten out the dents in that
cooked hat However, he doesn't seem
TO be SO Immediately interested in his
own hat as anxious to put few
hollow places in Mr.. Wilson'S head
gear
Preparedness is merely insurance
against war. Are you in favor Of in
surance davenport Democrat.
But over insurance is always a sus-
the insured is likely to have kerosene
hid on the premises.
That idea of letting loose Of the
Philippines within four years will APP
peal TO a goodly number Of thrifty Am
orleans who have always considered
those islands as dead horse.
The surest way to satisfy a man
with his job is to find a dozen others
seeking it.
It is certainly complimentary to
Clifford Thorne's ability and persever-
ance to see the corporation newspapers
start the game with attempts TO dis
credit him. Looks as tho the first
move is 10 get Thorne out of the way.
Iowa laughed with pleasure and
shook hands with cordially when the
president came but 1t was purely So
cial 1t didn't look forward to voting
in elections or the like Of that. Far
different. A president is president
and entitled to high respect. Mr.. Will
son is Mr.. Wilson and has earned
very pronounced personal liking but
the democratic party is the democratic
party and that ends the argument.
Villa is making for the u. 8. border
with a mule train load of gold. If he
gets across with 1t intact there's moth
ing much to hinder him becoming one
Of our prominent citizens
Estabrooks threatens to come into
Iowa to dispute the state with Cum
Minis If Cummins refuses to stay out Of
Iowa. 1t appears that Estabrooks once
Estabrooks will get as far into Iowa as
his boiler plate would swim in the
ocean And that isn't far.
The grocery men can't see why they
should not sell Epson salts by the
pound but the pharmacists are certain
that the grocery men should not he
permitted to thus trihe with the pub
! lie health.
Sioux City Jews will contribute So
| 900 to the relief OF Hebrew war suf
| ferers in Galicia and elsewhere where
| the war has impoverished them. Which
! is mentioned as confirmatory of the
! assertion that the Jewish people care
! for their own in a way that furnishes
comparison that has no odium for
the Jew however it may affect other
| races.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03

hotel. This is why the genuine willow
plume roosts so high In the department
store advertisements.
II there is anything the ostrich ts
good for except to tantalize reluctant
husbands with the price of its wear
ing apparel, nobody has ever discov-
cred what 1t is. Nobody would think
Of eating an ostrich for Sunday din
ner. and 1t has sour and highly in
fammable temper. II it should be-
come suddenly and irrevocably extinct.
nobody would mourn except the
Snil1ipera
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
THE ETERNAL ROUND.


At an expense to the tax payers
OF Muscatine, Alderman Sullivan
called special meeting of the city
council and devoted the greater part
of that meeting to a denunciation OF
this newspaper. declaring and going
to great lengths to prove that a tri-
vial statement concerning his activ-
tiles in council made by this paper
was untrue.
The whole issue was simply whether
Alderman Sullivan changed his vote OF
merely changed his mind. The record
Of the city council as kept by the re-
corder does not show that the Alder
man from the first changed his vote SO
1t stands among the eternal verities
that he only changed his mind
Why the time Of the city aldermen OF
the money of the city taxpayers should
have been expended to establish this
important matter does not appear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
Masonic Meetings.
COMMUNICATION

w SPECIAL GUM WO NISN INV
Marshall Lodge No. los a. F. and A. VI.
Work in third degree Friday, Feo. T.
7:SO p. m. John w. Wells secretary
B o. Frazey, w. NJ.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. 3s, r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday evening
Feb. I. for work In Past and Most EH-
cellent Degrees. Carl Shaffner, h. ~
John W. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20, r. & 8. M. Monday
Feb. 81, regular business. I. T. Forbes'
recorder: George Gregory. L NJ.
STATED coNcLAvE, st. Alderman
Commandery No. 80. K T., Tuesday.
Feb. %, 1890 o'clock. Regular busl-
ness. I. T. Forbes, Rec: II. c. Mueller
e. C.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. o. E. s., Wednesday, Feo,
1e, 1880 q. m. Business. Eliza 5. Bat
tin, secretary; Cora N. Mcdowell
w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
Iona Newspapers
BRANDEIg CONFIRMATION.

A dispatch from Washington is to
the effect that II Senator Cummins
concludes to vote against the con-
frmation Of Mr.. Brandeis, many of
the progressive senators such as Ken
yon of Iowa, Clapp Of Minnesota,
Borah of Idaho, Jones of Washington,
and Norris Of Nebraska, will be in
clined to follow his lead. Mr.. Cum
minis is good lawyer and if he ad-
heres to his better judgment should
he counted upon to oppose the APP
pointment of 80 temperamentally I'M
fitted for member of the supreme
court as Mr. Brandeis is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
Had cause sor, Pride.

Traveler-''I say. what are you peo.
pie 30 proud about! Last time !
came here everybody was very friend.
~. and now / can hardly get . per-
son to speak," Uncle Eben You'll
pardon W. but It's our town pride.
You 80, Joe Dummers picked up :
guidebook that fell out Of Z motor car
last week, and we found that the old
tannery swamp 10 Z mountain tarn.
Simmons stone quarry precipice.
Bill Moodler's beerhouse . waysIde
inn and the whole blooming country
chock full Of historical antidotes and
deluSions."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
BOOKS ON IOWA HISTORY.
Great Increase in Number Of Dool
an A;sforx ~ 9kats

Great Increase in Number Of Books
on History Of State.
The number of books and articles
relating to Iowa history has more than
trebled during the past twelve years.
This fact is revealed by booklet en-
titled zone Hundred Topics in Iowa
History" which has recently been sent
out to nearly Ave hundred women's
clubs in Iowa by the State Historical
Society. The topics listed in this book
let cover the main features OF the his
tory Of Iowa from the coming OF tho
first white men down to the present;
and underneath each topic may be
found number OF references to books
and articles containing information on
that particular topic. Thus the pamph-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
PORK" IN TOWN BOOSTING.
TSi0ux (ffv TrjhI,no


Wallaee's Farmer is published in
Des Moines and is not willing to admit,
outright, that the Des Moines army
post is a pork" proposition, pure and
simple. II does intimate quite strong
ly. however, that the project was con-
ceived and pushed Just to boost the
town. In very cautious discussion
OF political pork" the publication
says
Suppose. for example, there is a
move to establish an army post. Wo
have one at Des Moines, and we hap
pen to know who urged its establish
ment here-nearly every prominent
man in the city, and many who were
not SO prominent. The owners OF real
estate, who expected the value to be
advanced by the proximity Of an army
post. were Of course in favor Of It.
The saloons were in favor OF II, be-
cause they believed 1t would bring
them greater patronage, which 1t did
The men who owned property In the
red-light district, and others inter-
ested in 1t. were in favor OF 1t for the
same reason. The big stores were In
| favor OF 1t, because they believed they
would sell more goods. Society folks
were In favor OF 1t, because they
thought 1t would add to the gaieties Of
the social season. All this WAS done
in the name Of boosting the town
which, by the way IL quite legiti-
mate thing; but 1t IL not legitimate q
boost town thru contribution BY
the general government, where no goos
reason exists for that contribution Of
| expenditure.
The tendency to palliate and excuse
local pork" allotments has enabled tn
vicious system to survive for 50 ionE
time. Only a9few years hack tb'
!. standing OF congressman wAs hxe'