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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19
DINNER STORIES

Uncle Hiram bought a clock % tai
that it was almost Impossible 0.4t 81
into the house.
The old man was extremely pspad|
Of it and found it very Sood COMPANY ]
tick
One night the clock got out of.w7
der and began to strike. Tho old NAM
aWoke and counted 1O2. He promptly,
sat up in bed and called to his we: !
BETSY, get up, get up! It's. lister
than I ever knew it to1b&"
A Philadelphia servant sought her
mistress with the announcement that
her mother was sick, and thAt she
therefore desired permission to 90
home for few days.
Certainly said the woman. bat
do not stay longer than neceaBxxX Is
we need you"
A week passed and not . word fum
the maid. Then note came WAch'
read:
Dear Mrs. Jones:-I viii b back
next week. Please keep my ptaeo for
me, as my mother is dying - fat As
she can"
'.Why fell in love with mt one
girl and then another before got
married." said the susceptible young
man. 81 scattered my affections all
over the map"
THAT is all right, son" replied tia
elderly philosopher. Nobody Vim OBJ
ject to what you did then. just 20 you
broke yourself of the scattering hhit
on your wedding day
Il wish I could skate better, INA
dub
"Why so?"
Then I'd be teaching that p1gtfy
girl as we'll as you"
stick around, anyhow. SescgR21se
YOU to fall on"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19
THE GERMAN DRIVE

Without laying claim to inside in.
formation of supreme military knowl
edge, Americans generally are becom-
ing convinced that there is a large
proportion Of blur IN the predictions
which Hindenburg, Ludendor6 and
the other German war lords have
made a fierce German drive on the
western front.
In a military way. Germany Is hAv-
ing veritable neld day in Russia.
Conquest, loot and easy victories are
the order Of the day as sequel to the
socialfstic offensive which German
propagandists have carried on through
the bolshevih, and 1t is apparent that
the kaiser is hoping to maintain
stalemate in the west while he sei1es
all Of the east which he can gain with
out great cost Then, having CON
Quoted socialistic drive within the
countries of his enemies, he hopes to
achieve peace by agreement next
fall or next winter, based on his oc-
cupation of middle Europe and urged
by the pacifists, pro-Germans and
socialists in America, England, France
and Italy.
This. we repeat, is bat the conclu
sion of many Americans, who do not
claim that it is infa1libte. But 1t is
logical and the fact that Germany
has delayed her military operations IN
France and Belgium so long lends
color to the theory.
If Americas fun fighting strength
were on the western battle line there
would be reason to hope for an allied
offensive and for its success. But the
, United States cannot hope to have q
sufficient army in France to conduct
decisive drive until 1919. This does
not mean that the allies cannot e1
pect to make gains there. 1t mean
only thxt 0e1 09 119.1~ -
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IOWA AND IOWA SOLDIERS.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
FOUR TO ONE FOR PAVED ROADS.

Within the next TWO years the state
every county is connected with every
other county by paved road. No road
taxes are to be levied for the purpose.
The automobile money which has here
tofore been sunk in deep Illinois mud
is to be conserved and applied for
twenty years upon state road bonds.
The auto owners Of Illinois Will keep
on paying the same license they have
always paid but they will have their
main roads paved and in use for TWEEN
~ years without increased taxation.
The rural vote in Illinois for the
$50. 900 GOO state bond issue for roads
was 35o,5s6 for and only So,e22 against
outside of Cook county and Chicago.
Cook county voted 2ol.923 for and
s9,lS5 against. To this extent the peo-
pie Of Illinois are better financiers and
less simple minded in their politics
than the people Of Iowa
mere IN iowa We Will pay appFoA.-
mately 100000 600 in automobile licens-
es during the next twenty years and
unless our mud road policy is changed
we will probably have just as much mud
left when our sixty millions are gone
as we have now. Twenty years of mud
| will cost us the same as twenty years
of paved roads will cost Illinois.
The people of Illinois have voted to
| sell sixty millions Of state road bonds.
| Such bonds will sell close to 5 per cent
interest basis. Sixty millions Of other
peoples money vii be brought into
Illinois and be spent there for labor
and material. For twenty years the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
GOLDEN DAYS ARE COMING.
Huntington Hawkeyt


II seems an established fact that the
barge lines are coming to the upper
river, which will again convert The
beautiful stream into a great freight
carrier. Some there are who still have
their doubts. During long time they
have been educated 10 the belief that
river transportation is thing OF the
past, never to be reSurrected. we
have been told that water transporta-
ton can not compete with rail trans :
port alton. That has been repeated IN
one form or another so frequently that
most of US have begun 10 believe IT,
and many are convinced that 1t is ao-
solute truth. They believe il as they
believe that a straight line is the
shortest distance between two points.
And yet. the very opposite is the
truth. Rail freight transportation can
not compete with water borne tranic
anywhere in the world. And least OF
all where modern levees and modern
machinery for handling and trans
shipping of freight have been Installed
and where modern freight boats OF
nargeS are in use.
There is little doubt that once the
new lines shall have been established
and the river towns have installed
twentieth century apparatus and
methods of handling freight, the river
trade will soon develop 10 proportions
that were not dreamed OF during the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
Billy Bunny and HIS Friends

, put the two quarters in his knapSack
and hoped along. and by and by. not so
very far, he raw Squirrel Sutc "a ckcs
Where are you going Billy Bunny!
asked the little gray squirrel.
Down to the postoffice," answered
! the little rabbit.
viii you buy me dollars worth OIL
thrift stamps. please" said Squirrel
Nutcracker. SO the little rabbit tucked
the lettuce leaf dollar bill in his waist
coat pocket and hoped along. And
pretty soon, not SO very far. he came
across Danny Beaver. He was plaster
ing the top of his little mud house and
was dreadfuliy busy. but when he heard
where Billy Bunny was going he put his
little muddy paw in his pocket and took
out a o1-cent piece and said:
Please buy me two thrift stamps.
for I've no time to go to the village, as
must finish my house before the frost
comes" sE4&rE
So the little rabbit put the 50-cent
piece in his knapsack and hoped along
and by and by Parson Owl, who sat
winking and blinking in his Hollow
Tree House. saw the little rabbit hop
ping along on the dry leaves and he
called out:
Hey. there! Billy Bunny: Where are
You going"
Down TO the postoffice to buy some
stamps" answered the little rabbit.
will you buy me ten dollars worth
OF thrift stamps If / give you the
money" asked the winky. binkey old
owl. And In the next story you shall
rear what happened after that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
TBy David Cory.l

by David Cory.l
On. Willie Wind, please blow no more
The leaves around the kitchen door.
1t takes my time till ten fifteen
To make the doorstep nice and clean.
This is what little Billy Bunny said
one morning after he had polished the
front doorknob and fed the canary and
filed the woodbox in the Kitchen with
kindiing wood. 1 ~
oh, my. yes: he was busy little rab-
bit. He had to help his mother in lots
of ways. especially when dear Uncle
Lucky was making visit at the Ola
Brier Patch. -
Well when the little rabbit had done
all these things his mother asked him to
go down to the postofice and buy three
war savings stamps ARA the RABBIT
willie Gazette" for Uncle Lucky. who
had to stay in the house, for he had
touch of rheumatism in his left hind toe
and didn't feel like hopping around
very much. So he pulled out his arm
chair on the back stoop. where il was
warm and sunny. and waited until Billy
Bunny should come back from the VII
LACE with the morning paper.
Now as Billy Bunny hoped along he
came across Jimmy Chipulunk under
the old Chestnut Tree; SO of course he
stopped and said good morning.
Where are you going?' ask Jimmy
Chipmunk And when Billy Bunny told
him the little chipmunk took two TWEEN
ty-fve cent pieces out Of his pocket
and asked the little ra bbit to buy him
two thrift stamps.
"All right" said Billy Bunny and he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

Marsha -
d. $ Collins vice president ana hoO ~
Of knowledge ana oee ina
Of bank
advanced
Of portion OF ts
$500 - = W. H. President
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". STEVENS. Cashta
BankSe
sworn W. H. Arney D. 8
Collins nd Robt.W November
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" Public in andf
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Attested by
F. D. DENNIS ,#.
Director
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
Topics Of the Times

4 big Chicago mail order firm will
turn over the entire proceeds from the
sale OF their stock OF German made
toys TO the American Red Cross. The
purchase price Of the toys before the
war vas In excess of 100000.
Canada's war casualties up To eleven
days before the armistice totaled 2ll,-
S5S. 1t was announced today. These
are classified as follows: Killed in
action. 3i.S7I; died of wounds or dis
ease. 1851; wounded. 152,17s, pre-
sumed dead, missing in action and
known prisoners OF war, S,eaa.
Every man drawn for army service
in the new draft will receive a hand
book from tha Red Cross explaining in
synopsis the war risk insurance law
civil rights bin and other statutes
framed for the protection OF soldiers
and their families.
Failure of many holders of Liberty
1 per cents TO convert them into i1es,
which privilege has expired. proved
their rather costly loss. as the second
T. sold off to $3.50 as compared with
9S. 30 on the day in which the CONVEX
sion privilege could be exercised.
The 81, 900 000 900 mark in war saw
ings stamps. maturity value, was
passed Monday, according to a state
ment made by the treasury department
in a communica ton to the district war
savings committee The total receipts
on this date from the sales of war saw
ings securities amounted to ssl2,oss'-
411.s7. this representing the purchase
of stamps TO the total maturity value
of approximately s.oos. 500, 36l.
Her local chapter claims a record Tor
Mrs. Hattie Chiies Of Sioux City. Iowa.
Since Feb. l, 1918, she has turned In
sixty-one pairs OF socks, sixteen
sweaters, eighteen helmets, three
trench caps, forty pairs of wristlets,
twenty pillow cases. sixteen towels
and three pajama jackets. Mrs. Chiles
did the work under the added res
sponsibility of caring for her family OF
five children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

people OF Illinois will ride on paved
roads from county TO county while
their same old auto license money is
being used 10 pay or the bonds.
IL Iowa should some day get the habit
il Nigh, not follow that all the main
reads would be paved for road ensi-
ucCr calm thai gravel Is good enough
on rural roads except in the vicinity
Of ci3cs of 1900 inhabitants and up
wards but the same plan could he
1d07' ioCuy in Iowa II county boards
Of supervisors would issue county
bonds. gravel their roads and let their
people have hard roads on which to
travel while county road taxes are
applied on road bonds instead of being
sank in the mad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

lean record In the past four years.
says the Buriin&ten Hawkeye. As 9
family Heirloom and n nemento oil
good citizenship there Ia no more de-
sirable heritage than OF loyalty to the
principles Of government OF the people,
by the people ana for the people
"Dr. Solf, German foreign secretary
is trying to solf-soap' President Will
SON." declares the Burlington Gazette
"The old rule. who breaks. pays Is
founded upon eternal Justice" SAYS the
Mason City Globe Gazette and con-
cludes thence that ''No terms of peace
should be considered that do not re-
quire Germany to pay To the uttermos'
farthing for the wanton destruction
and devastation OF the regions she
occupied in France and Belgium"
with the help of the United States
and it's allies the German women and
children ought to fare better. under
any Kind OF peace than they possibly
could have Jared with a continuation
OF the war; says the Davenport
Democrat.
The Rolfe Arrow advises Don
think for minute that the war VIII
be over when the armist!ce Is signed.
1t will take at least two years to
brSng order out Of chaos over there,
and If we don't assist with the work.
who will? God knows it's respon-
sibility. but let's face it."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
SHALL VI: WORLD b: P0licsO,

IL is now time for those who have
given small heed and only perfunctory
attention TO the movement creating a
league to- enforce peace to consider
that movement very seriously. In the
heat of the struggle the common pur-
pose was first to accomplish victory
and cross, the next bridge when We
came to il. We have now come to the
bridges to be crossed between the war
and the future. One of these is the
proposition TO create league of ma
tons that shall! prevent wars and not
only cultivate but enforce peace.
The whole wide world votes unan-
imously that wars shall cease. 1t has
been voting thus since wars began thru
ambitious rulers and statesmen. A,
the close Of every great modern war
those who had suffered. victor and
vanquished alike said aloud and to
themselves this is the last great war"
And they meant it. The impulse and
the intent we're there but the machinery
to enforce peace was lacking. The propo-
sition following this last international
murder mill is TO create the machinery
and evolve peace plant. constitute
police force in the world wherewith to-
maintain the peace of the world.
The Hague dream OF an interna tional
court was not a dream. The court ex-
isted without authority 10 issue a sum
mons for offenders. The hall of in
tcrnational justice, built 10y a peasant
become a millionaire and power in the
world offered nations a place to sit in
1t was hall of debate for the nations
without a tailiff or a master at arms.
Its rulings hacked the essential of au-
thority. II was a court without sher-
if. What is now proposed is to put
teeth behind the bark OF the watchdog.
The lesson has been taught thru long
years of useless warfare. 1t remains
whether we shall heed it or in the re-
lief that springs after war. continue
to sentimentalize make speeches. hold
meetings eat dinners and do nothing
actual toward policing the world, This
war has bridged the Atlantic. 1t has
taught us the propinquity of nations
and the nterdependence of peoples: that
war is world waste of men and
treasure: that il is a mortgage laid
upon posterity physically and financial
~.
There is no better reason to give
for the resort TO war between nations.
than for a resort to murder over a line
fence quarrel between individuals. And
there is no better reason to be given
why national murder should exist as
an argument of force between one
nation and another than that guns and
axes should settle neighborhood dis
putes.
The proposed League to Enforce
Peace" as brought forward by its pres
ent advocates may not be the plan best
adopted. That is beside the question.
! The quest n is shall we create a world
| police force to keep the peace Of the
| world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

pAlQR ~ - - river. Decasse
while the hosts had = moacpoay q
that time. the upper valley was -
thinly settled. A fringe Of farms ana
villages along the rivers, and practtc-
ally nothing back OF the fringe. when
one ton OF freight was carried In those
days, there must be thousands now
And the river had TO come In again
because the roads were taxed beyond
their capacity and unable TO take care
OF traffic that was growing VITA
leaps and bounds,
There Is no doubt OF the future OF
the river. nor that the golden age OF
the Mississippi lies, not In the past.
but in the future.
Pistols were first brought into Eng"
land In 1895 from the town OF risto1a,
Italy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
Masonic Meetings
vfsssors Always Welcome

Vf3fSoN A'~Wys "s
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903. A. r
A. M.-Special communication Fr1oa''
Nov. 3. $50 D. m. Work in second de-
gree. 2. r. English, W. NJ; John W.
Wells. secretary.
sloNET CHAPTER. No. 80. r. A. NJ
Stated concocation Monday evening
Nov. Is. at 1880. Business session. Ira
A. Davenport, n. P. John w. Wells
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. Kina Solo
mon Council No. 90. p. 4 6. NJ. Mon
iav. Nov -. 1918. $50. Regular
business. 7. r. Forbes. recorder: George
Gregory, 7. NJ
Stated coneisve ST. Aldemsr Com =
manderv No. 80 x. T., Tuesday Nov.
-. at 7:3o. Business session. j. r,
Frederick. commander. ]. T. Forbes
recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. ST. 0. E. S.
Special meeting Wednesday evening,
Nov. s. $50 o'clock. for initiation. Mrs.
Archer Walter, secretary. Mrs. Cora
Wiley. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

Experience seems to indicate that
lightning does the most damage in
level. open country. Towns and cities,
with their numerous projections, are
practically exemept
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

1t is not wild, FETCHED belief
tina. many Stacker, pacist and pro-
german in the United States now
wishes he had made a more pro- Amer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-15

~ yos get up at night7 sanel =
EDueejy tie best for all kidney Or
AlAAd@ troubles. SSsns; gives reiisi
Isia ~ hours from all backachs and
sblaA1sr troubles. eanol + . guar
FsAnloSd renedy. 50 cents and 41.Oo
(se 1920 81 ~ AcBrtAs . VIII DruS
4 1sc. q llsl h
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
UNDERS TANO|NG AS TO
DELAWARE AVENUE
Agreement Reached on Widening
Project Except as TO Three
of the Properties.

The CITY possesses all the land required
for the widening Of Delaware avenue be-
tween Tatnall and Van Buren, streets
except strips desired from the front of
No. 323 Delaware avenue, on which
fotion Iaskan has a two months lease,
No 1908, owned by Mrs. Elizabeth
Speer. and No 1905, owned by Matthew
ID. Murphy
Judge Rice on April IL appointed
Fred l.. kurtz Henry. T. Bush, David
Lindsay, Sr., George @. Lobdell, Jr.,
and j. Edgar Rhoads a commission to
condemn the aforementioned strips and
also plots in front of the properties of
Daniel Cauffiel, No. 600 Delaware ave
nue., the Tourist Garage and Motor
Repair Co, No 9Ol, Mrs Emma Wood,
No 905, the estate Of J. Parke Postles,
deceased, No 1901, and Edmund Mitchell
No 1909.
The commission met yesterday after
noon and organized by electing Mr.. kurtz
chairman and MIR Rhoads secretary
Announcement was made that com
promise had been effected with Mrs
Wood, Messrs Cauifiel and Mitchell,
the Tourist Garage and Motor Repair
Co. and the Postles estate and that the
commission could award them but sin
cents damages each. as prescribed by
law The terms Of compromise were not
stated. Ii also was announced that Mrs
Speer and Messrs Laskan and Murphy
demanded positive damages. After in
spectIng the properties Nos. 323, 1908
and 1905 Delaware avenue the COM
mission adjourned until ii O'Clock Thurs
dav morning. 1t will make return TO
Judge Rice Nav f
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
SHIPYARDS CHANGE HOURS.
In Order 10 Avoid Trolley Congestion In
Camden and Gloucester.

Due to serious congestion on the trolley
lines between Camden and Gloucester
City, n. j., which carry thousands of the
workmen to the plant of the New York
Shipbulding Corporation and the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania yards of the
Puscy q Jones Co, new schedules of
working hours were inauguratcd yester-
day in the plants. At the Pennsyl-
vania yards workmen start Mt 6.45 and
quit for the day at $50. At the plant
of the New York Corporation the work
ers start at 7.45 and quit Mt $50. Hun
dreds of men have been reporting late to
work and their excuse has been that they
could not get trolley service. There have
been several accidents, due 10 crowded
cars.
Commencing yesterday a special train
is operated To the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey shipyards by the West Jersey and
Seashore railroad from the Vine street
ferry, Camden This carries hundreds of
workers who live in North Philadelphia.
1t has been years since a passenger train
was operated over the belt line.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
w. c. r.. q. INSTITUTE.
New Castle Union to Meet at Eastlake
NJ. T.. Church Thursday.

The New Castle W O. r. r. Insti-
tute will be held in Eastlake NJ r Church
on Thursday Among the speakers will
be Mrs Luln Sheppard Of Utah The
morning session will begin with devo-
tlonal service conducted by Mrs Adam
'Stengle at 9 30 o'clock Greetings will
be gwen bv ; Ella Davis, president Of
the Eastlake [ mon, with a response by
Mrs Sarah Foster of the North End
Union. Then will follow appointments
Of committees on resolutions finance,
kilograms and c0urtesies Reports Of
the Union Signal and Crusaders Monthly
will he gwen. The remainder of the
morning will be devoted 10 reading Of the
minutes by Mrs. Elsie Fislin Of Marshall
ton, secretary; report Of the treasurer,
Mrs. 4. H. Truax; report Of the execu-
tive secretary. Rietta NJ Emerson, and
an address at 10 30 o'clock bv Mrs Dal-
ryrnpie. Y VI. G. A.. Fort du Pont
Following a meeting Of the executive
committee at 30 o'clock, the afternoon
session will open with devotions led BY
Mrs. Lulu sheppard. Mrs. Sheppard will
make an address, for women only en-
titled, "War and Polygamy."
After this address. the young peoples
hour will begin at 3 oclock Mrs vii
liam : Hilles will make an address at
$50 o'clock Mrs. Lulu /. Sheppard
will also make an address at the even
ing meeting.
Mrs. Sheppard will make an address
Ia First Presbyterian Church at 3 clock
on Friday afternoon on the subject,
Equal Suffrage and Temperance
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
SOLDIERS IN BLACK
FACE FUN FOR NIGHT

Many Of the men of the Sixth Com
pany now stationed at Fort du Pont
entered the service of their country dl-
rect from the professional stage. Since
they have been in garrison they have
formed minstrel company and not
content with amusing their mess-mates,
they have arranged TO give a show for
the benefit OF St. Pauls Church, Della
ware City largely because Of their devo-
ton to their chaplain, the Rev. John +.
DOlan.
The entertainment viii be given to-
night in Pythian Castle and the boys plan
to doif their khaki for the time being and
to appear in the old time black face. They
are real minstrels and will arrange a show
that is entirely military in character,
Familiar names in the olio are: Larry
Harkins, Bob Kelley, Eddie Borrell, Lew
LeLr, Jack Quigley, Al and Dick CurtM,
Eddie Edmondson and Jack Welch.