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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
J,ne 70 l,sIEn 10 ntvrRAls.

The attitude Of the English press
toward the president and the United
States because OF the attempt OF inter-
mediation by this country need not be
accepted as expressing he true feeling
OF the allies or of the people OF Eng
land. 1. is certain that those who have
suffered the brunt of the war, those
who have been in the direct path of
the struggle back and forth are anxious
FOR eace. 1t IS also safe to assume h a
the men in the trenches are ready to
go home to peaceful pursuits and their
families: that the common people upon
whom the poverty created by the wa
has fallen most are ready to flee star
vation: that the taxpayers who are be-
ing Impoverished at present and bur-
dened with an appalling debt are nos
so anxious over n strip of territory or
SO insistent upon the humiliation OF
, an enemy as To balance such an adran-
| tage against renewed hope of peace
and possible prosperity; that the
mothers and wives AT home who listen
for Footsteps are hoping and praying
for peace without diplomatic advantage
in mind. And SO it Is reasonable tu
assume that the democracy OF Europe
is not only ready but anxious TO bring
to an end the most terrible and ever
the most shameful exhibition OF sav-
agery of the christian era.
There is no occasion to be especially
have been unable to keep their coun
tries from a reversion 90 plain barbar-
ism. When Wilson and the United
States suggests hat one Of he ma
tons and one OF the peoples engaged in
the slaughter carnival is Very much
like another and that each is and
should be civilized enough TO desire
equal rights 10 all peoples and nations
the suggestion is a compliment that
outside Of France none of them has
especially earned. Moreover. this coun-
try and all other neutral countries
have rights TO maintain and interests
10 guard which have been ignored by
the nations at war. II is a pity that
police powers and demand a close o.
the war and make their demand good
under international law, But when q
great nation, the greatest leadership as
a land of freedom and democracy
OF other land proposes peace it should
be given the attention its pre-eminence
demands.
The proposition OF one side TO CRUST
the other and a~nnihilate il as a wcrl1
lower Is not to be considered. That
is the most complete reversion 10
The war can be closed to-
day on terms as equal n more just
than can De made two and perhaps
Eve years hence. 1t is time that neu-
trails were heard in protest. II the pro-
test is ignored then ii will be time for
such action as will force those who de-
pend upon THIS country for supplies 90
listen. The thing al stake is not the
repute or position OF diplomats and
but the democracy Of Eu-
rope which is being destroyed man by
in a useless and unchristian war
fare.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
AN OLD TIME BLIZZARD.

Editor Times-Repubhcan: These
winsry days remind me of the first
blizzard that / ever saw. 1t happened
on the twentieth day of Marcn, 1S42. !
was then living in Decatur county, In.
diana. 1t was the year Of the great
comet Of 1s4$. This ON was re-
markabIe for the great length Of its
tail, which was ahc3: zee Gee ::sies
and its near approach TO the sun. 1t
crossed the orbits of all the planets in
our solar system twice. once In traS-
cling toward the sun and again in re-
ceding from the sun. Astronomers pre-
dicted that it would strike the earth or
some one Of the. planets, and knock Oil
solar system into pi. And to make
matters worse, the Millerites were
preaching the end Of the world was al
hand. They said a babe had been
born somewhere, and before 1t had
been washed Or dressed 1t spoke and
said "a snow will fall fifteen feet deep
and all turn to oil, and the comet VIII
dip it's tail in II, and burn the world
up" J. Kidweil, a Universalist preach
er, of Philomath, Ind. made a ong OF
this story. He said:
rThe snow will fall, fifteen feet tall.
And all will turn to oil
And greasy stuff, will have enough,
To set the world on fire.
The thing is new, it must be true.
A child, you know, was e born a
liar"
s.:i! many believed .h:s grange de-
fusion. Some wen crazy over 1t, got
their white robes ready, climbed gu
on the roof Of the house ready to meet
the Lord in the air.
On the twentieth of March, 1S43, SURF
enough, a heavy snow storm came on
1t showed all day, and about the middle
Of the afternoon, the wind shifted 10
the northwest and blew a terrific gale
The snow flew 80 that n could not
see but a few yards in any direction
1T was. indeed, a frightful afternoon
and dangerous t o travel. But the snow
| didn't turn to oil. The comet didn'i
set It ON fire. So the old world is hers
yet, and Is likely to stay In spite o.
gospel peddlers. / don't remember be-
ing ever afraid of Z comet, but a sever,
snow blizzard is a sublime thing u
behold. +. NJ. Mfliken.
Company r. Sixty-Third Indiana.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
GRUMPY
lGrurd y Republican


Ii is given on good authority that an
sion OF the lesisia tnre I o change the
state senatorial districts, the object to
give Waterloo and Black Hawk county
a senator ali TO themselves. The new
plan links Grundy up with Marshall
county. Black Hawk is entitled to its
private a We suppose on the
population basis. and Marshall is a
good county, but we G~rundyitess don't
like the combination. Being a small
county we believe firmly in the bible
injunction BE we not unequally yoked
together. and we have no always
enjoyed the Black Hawk relationship
and We know we won't like h mar
riage with Marshall county. Why can't
they give US Butler county? Butler and
Grundy are nearly a match in popula-
ton and. IL one or h other insisted
| upon having all the covers on a cold
night. there would be some equality to
| the pillow fight which would be bound
TO follow. II a big county must be
hooked up with a little county why
not make the combination include two
or three small counties md then they
could combine and clean out the big
| county when il got to acting hoggish.
| There Is no use in a lot OF pleasant
! sounding talk in this matter. for it's
human experience that the big county
is going to try and run the senatorial
affairs of the little county. and we
| don't like that up here in Grurdy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
Topics of the Times

And a peace note should be sounded
at Christmas If ever. don't you think L?
Have to wait until after January /
10 know whether the Adamson law was
a Christmas present or hiyver.
The ancient demand for a white
Christmas has changed to a wish fo.
dry weather and a good automobile
road. Sleighing is an amusement now
adays like skating on a made rink.
There's such a thing as carrying a
0 boycott too far and coaxing 9TH
ers not to eat while we slip the eggs
and other truck under our own belts;
and some Of the newspaper writer's
look altogether too we'll fed to be TAX
ing their own medicine.
Blessed are the peacemakers even If,
they only try.
The beauty Of it all is that folks
bought the best things this year to the
satisfaction Of the merchant and the
recipient of the gifts. And as Iowa has
the money 10 spend that is satisfactory
all around.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
Christina. Time in ireland.

At Christmas time in Ireland how the
holly branches Irvine
In stately hail and cabin old and
gray
And red anon the leave the hoitS
berries brightly shine
Al Christmas time IN Ireland iar
way.
! And brighter the berries are the
kindly Irish eyes
And CHEEKY are the greetings OF the
day
The greetings and the blessings from
the Irish hearts that rise
Al Christmas time in ireland far
away,
AT Christmas time in Ireland you can
hear the chapel bell
A-calling ere the dawning Of th-
day;
You can see the people ihronging oyer
field and over fell
To the early mass in Ireland far
away.
And sanity are the soggarths that be-
fore the affairs stand.
And faithful are the .iacks that knee!
and pray
An. surely God must showr His choic-
est blessings on that land
At Christmas time in Ireland far
away.
A.. Christmas time in Ireland there is
feasting, there is gong,
z.,i--shA fsfa nnA GfalA- nfAy
And lightly dance the collcens and the
boys the evening long
At Christmas time in Ireland far
away. 90
There is light and there is laughter.
thera is music. there is mirth,
And lovers speak as only lovers a
All, there is nothing half so sweet IL
any land on earth
As Christmas time in Ireland far
away.
At Christmas time in Ireland there is
sorrow. too. for those
Who. scattered far in exile. sadly
stray,
And many a tear IN silence for a friend
beloved flows
At Christmas time in Ireland far
away!
But still amid the g~rieving Is a hope
to Danish fears
That God will send them safely back
some day
To know again the happiness that long
ago vas theirs
At Christmas time in ireland far
away! ga
Denis A. Mccarthy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

troubled him. In the morning he be
stirred himself % early that in the
gray gloom he had difficulty in finding
his horse. Day had just broken when
he struck tine old trsii again.
He rode hard all morning and halted
In q shady spot 70 rest and Craze his
horse. ID the afternoon he took to the
trail at an easy trot. The country
grew wilder. Bald, rugged mountains
broke the level Of the monotonous hO-
rfzon. About three In the afternoon he
came to I little river which marked
the boundary line Of his hunting terri
tory and followed 1t upstream.
III this Kind If travel and camping
he spent three more days, during which
he crossed : number Of traits, and ona
where eattle-stolen cattle, probably
had recently passed. He followed the
.saa until : Is.e henrS when s.:!k!n:
the willow brakes again and hence the
npelgbborhood Of the river, lle. pic1eted
is..!!ggs li.obs:st. and say dorm 20 rest KNt
$3.50 ~ IN 49, go 40 ~ - $50 = ZE- -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Attorney General Cosson, who is
mentioned for the Thorne succession,
probably would come nearer to filing
Clifford Thorne's shoes than any other
man in Iowa." says the Sioux City
Tribune. Mr.. Cossontis a worker and
a fighter and a not be reached by
subtle influences"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

A superior finish Is now given to
concrete roadwaJs by means OF a Deit
drawn back and forth over the wet
mass. The result is far better than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

While we are waiting for the ar
rival of national prohibition, lets trs
to secure a law prohibiting the use OF
the mails TO liquor advertising, pro-
poses the Glidden Graphic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
"chostr in the Movies.

Robbie and his father went to a
moyie show: they came In just in
time to see the end Of the last reel,
SHOWING where the villain gets shot.
Starting on the first reel again, Robbie
shouted out to his father, dad, there
II the dead mans ghosti"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

coming investigation Mr.. Thorne VIII
be in his elemen, and will render con-
spicuously able service says the Sioux
CITY Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23
"A Masonic Meetings.
M Vtsleon alsays welcome

SPECIAL CoMMUNicATION-Mar-
shall Lodge No. los. 4. F. & A. NJ Fri
day, Dec. %. 1880 p. m. Work in First
degree. John Wells, Secy. b. 0. Fra
zey, w. NJ.
s,cNET CHAPTER. No. -. r. A. N.
Stated c~onvocation Monday evening.
Dec. IS, 1880 o'clock. Regular business.
Election of officers. ahrl Shafner, H.
P: John w. Wells secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. & S. NJ, Mon
day. Jan. 90. Regular business. !. l.
Forbes, Recorder; George Gregory
/. NJ.
STATED coNcLAVE, St. Aldema-
Co.nmandery, No. 80, X. 7. Tuesoay'
Jan. %, 1917. I. T. Forbes, Recorder
H C. Mueller. Commander
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. E.
Especial meeting. Initiation "eu-
,esdav. Dec. 90, 7:3e p. N. Eliza >
Battin, secretary; Cora NJ. Mcdowell
". N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

Then, too" suggests the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil, "a dry Washington
might shorten congressional sessions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

"A fool when literally financed may
become an actual source of danger"
says the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

There is another reason why Iowa
ranks so Might've have few labor
troubles and there is a better under
standing between employer and en-
ployed than is the case in a number of
other states" points out the Burlington
Hawkeye. "A better feeling prevails
and it is found better to get together
and to work together than to be fight
ing each other
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

The Muscatine Journal, commenting
on the proposal that anglers be requir-
ed to pay a license in Iowa, protests
that the fishing in Iowa is not worth
paying for" 1t asserts that fishing in
the vicinity OF Muscatine mas NOT been
improved thru the states activity; that
1t Is ludicrous to claim that fish and
game are protected; that the fact is
notorious hat in every part Of the
state Illegal fishing Is resorted to on a
scale so extensive as to virtually be-
come an industry; that until the state
fish and game department offers some
thing in the way OF protection to fish It
it not likely that the anglers will favor
a license law. IT Iowa streams were
properly stocked and the districts pro-
tected the inveterate discipline of Isaak
Walton would be pleased to pay a tax"
the Journal concludes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

Reindeer are more numerous In
Norway than horses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-23

"As advocate OF the shippers n the
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22

httlnG work. Is to turn out IL the end
or four year course reliable and ell
cient men-StudcntS whose characters
have been developed. strengthened. re
fined: men who can tackle hard prob
lens and work them ont successfully
TO finish: men who love their work.
even though SO much Of il is out of
human sight ana is not subject to the
immediate criticism Of every plSSrrhy
Hampton, in short, makes men as well
as mechanics whom the public respects
rather than ridiculcS.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22
PRAISE FOR MAJOR NOTION.
George Gordon Battle Believes Wash
ington's Successor to Be Safe Leader.


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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22
Tyler to Handle Life of Washinuton

Tyler to Handle Life Of Washington.
The publishers of the memorial c0i
ton Of the late DE- Booker r. WASH
Tyler Of Columbus, former auditor for
the navy, general agent for the book
This work is the only authentic story
of the life Of DR.. Washington. It wa&
written by DR.. Washington himself
and contains sixtyfour page supple,
mcnt by AlbOn l.. Holscy. This is the
only story Of the life Of the late Dr.
Washington that has the approval Of
Mrs Washington and Of Emmett j.
Scott. who for eighteen years was the
doctors secretary.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22
Increase In Farm Acreage in the West

Ihe latest farming statistics crcGi,
the colored people in six states of the
southwest with owning and efficiently
cultivating 100000 acres in farm
products. They arc increasing their
farm equipment from year to year. ana
III some states cattle and stock rHising
form large part Of their industry.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22
Cynical.

rs ne good after dinner speak kerr
IF there IS such thing rs q GOOD
h1ter dinner speaker I presume yo,1'9
eau him one.'-Detroit Free Press.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-01-22
N aturaIly.

Naturally.
Il saw Mabel buying rouge the other
DAY"
Ihat gives color to the report that
she paints. s.'-BaltiInOre American.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-12-15
BEGINS UNIVERSITY COURSE
WITH 81 IN HIS POCKET

The beginning of Tom Cores Uni
versity career reads like a page from
a boys fiction magazine. His home
is in Maplewood, Mo, At the begin
ming of the school year, he decided to
take four-year course in journalism
at the University of Missouri. His
capital when he arrived at Columbia
was four silver dollars. He paid this
for his board and room for the first
week.
At the end of the first week he had
earned enough to pay his registration
fee of $12 and had bought all Of his
books writing sign cards for Columbia
merchants. His income has steadily
increased with his fame. He is now
painting tigers heads for University
students and many of his drawings
are hanging on the walls of students
rooms. He is not worrying how he
is to pay for his education: He has
his paints, his brushes, card board and
demand for his work.
Tom Gore is only one of the many
students who are paying for their ed
ucation with their own efforts at the
University of Missouri. Fully one
third, if not more, of the students OF
the University are either self-support-
ing or contributing to their own sup
port. An employment bureau Is
maintained by the University Y. M
| C. A.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-12-15
THE MORAL POWER OF BRYAN

Mr.. Bryan is neither an executive
nor a political economist. But there
are bigger things than either, and one
of these bigger things he is. He is
prophet. He has the capacity to feel
deeply the great moral issues of his
age, and the courage and sheer ear
nestness to follow unfiinchingly the
voice of conscience in his utterance
and in his acts. 1t is to this, and not
to gifts of oratory, that he owes his
continuing influence.
In his championship of prohibition
and his advocacy of universal peace,
Mr.. Bryan appears at his best. He
is not trying to go with the age, to
follow the direction of least resist
ence. He is setting himself against
many of the mightiest forces of the
age because he believes that con-
science must be made the dominant
force in public affairs before true
liberty and stable happiness will
come to stay with US.
1t is beside our purpose just now
to discuss Mr.. Bryan's specific pro-
posals; what we are concerned with
is the spirit of his leadership, the inn
portance of his attempt to make all
public questions give account of them
selves to the heart and conscience of
mankind. We can afford to differ of
ten with Mr.. Bryan on ways and
means, but we cannot afford to ig-
more either the moral greatness of his
conception of public life as fight for
righteousness or our duty to apply
unfinchingly-the test of agreement
with conscience to every question of
this strenuous day.
Shall we all come to think with Mr..
Bryan on peace? Whether we do or
not, we must test our thought about
peace by the highest standard of NOR
al obligation. Shall we all come to
think with Mr.. Bryan on prohibition ?
Whether we do or not we must try
our thought on prohibition by the test
of social justice and the Golden Rule.
Of all blindness and folly, that which
ignores the factor Of conscience is the
most disastrous to the thought and
life of nation.-Editorial in Mon
days Rcpublic
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-12-15
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

The girls in Mrs. Byington's room
are completing the sixth week of per-
feet attendance. This is a commend
able record and one hard to equal.
The boys in that room have fallen
slightly below that standing but many
of them have been present every day
in that time. Such friendly group
contests greatly help in the manage
rnent of a school room. Wise is the
teacher that avails herself Of that OPP
portunity =,
Upon investigation the High School
faculty has learned that several stu
dents in that department are pretend
ing to carry a High. School course
without home study. As a rule it is
impossible for any student to do sat
isfactory work with less than one
and one-half hours of home study for
every school day in the week. Many
need two or more hours home study
every day. No parent should be sat
isfied with any explanation to the con-
trary. If it is possible for student
to make medium grades by studying
less than one and one-half hours, he
should be able to make superior or ex-
cellent by a longer period OIL nome
study.
The South Ward teachers and pupils
are preparing an entertainment to be
given in the High School Auditorium
on Friday night, December 18th
They expect thereby to pay off the
indebtedness on the playground equip
ment recently installed in that ward
The cooperation of the public is ear
nestly solicited in behalf Of the under
taking.
Considerable disturbance has re,
Gently been caused in the High School
building on account of the great num-
Der of telephone calls made by pa
rents and others for the pupils in the
different rooms during school hours
The tendency to make such calls
seems to have been on the increase fol
some time past, and the school man
agement has found it necessary, fol
the good of the service, to request tina
parents refrain from calling Their
children at such times except for ur
gent necessity. By carefully OBJ
serving this request much valuabl
time of pupils and others will be say
ed, and many rooms saved from un
necessary disturbance.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-12-15
MISSOURI FARMERS TO SEE
DEMONSTRATIONS OF WORK

Hearing farming discussed from a
scientific standpoint by the United
States best scientific farmers and
viewing practical demonstrations in
courses of improved farming meth
DDS will be the privilege of the Mis-.
souri, farmers who attend the annual
Farmers Week at Columbia given by
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity Of Missouri and the State
Board of Agriculture. The week be-
gins January l, and ends January
with a banquet at which prize steers
from the University farm will be
served. A call has been sent out tt
all oranges and other agricultural so
cieties of the State, urging them tt
attend the meeting. Each year large
delegations come from majority Of
the counties of Missouri.