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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-23
REMINDER.

For those Hho may have an ambitious bee in their bonnet to get the nomination at the pri- mary election for office under the territorial aw, we would remind them that they have no ne to lose February the 28th is the last day in which they can file their declarations of can didacy. Thus far we have heard of TO declara- tion. It maybe that we are all of the same nir5 n ths respect; and that is that are Fl agreed IS to our incompetency or that we believe in use lessness Of having an election during the war.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-23

IMITATION
 $ the sincerest form of flattery. that - Wby it pleases HIS to hear that other auudrles claim to do work just like Hrs i is a tribute to the excellence 15 oar iauderin' which we fully ap t#eia.r Bat why not have the origi- aaf2 Send us your washables and eou won't have to say they are as perfect as ours The work will be IFS and the teai thing.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-23
KETcHlkAN WHARF co,
 (. M. TAYLOR Phone 64 Ageni
Phone 64
COOK THE TURKEY

with our coal and it will be done to turn that rich golden brown produca lie only with strong even heat. Bet ter order some right now. You'll need it anyway. Phone us the size and quantity you require and we'll see that it gets promptly to you.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-23

E.5hzr case. offers good excuse for not filing a s-.istutiOn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

peat--that as much is at stake today
as hung in the balance at the battle Of
the Marine is surely to underestimate
the unparalleled Importance OF this
struggle But the very fact that Brit
ish generals like Haig and Maurice are
employing grave language and appeal
ing to their men to die where they
stand rather than give way"-the
Joffre version OF this universal message
OF inspiring adership-encoarases us
with the sure knowledge that the two
finest fighting races in the, world-the
Anglo Saxon and the French--have
risen to the sublime pitch of Nerdun
and will not let them pass" We re-
cord our confidence that two such
armes--two such nations-can not be
beaten.
1t will not be uniting, however, for
our people to stand with metaphorical-
ly barred heads while this tr;asic, this
devastating conflict RACES. 1t is our
lives which are being defended Our
liberties are at stake. Our democracy
will be in deadly danger if the lines of
khaki and disappearing blue" are
broken. They are but holding until we
come up. Tney are TIIitteGiy waiting
for ohr soldiers to deliver the winning
blow. But as they hoid-as many. sor-
rowfully many. of them fali-we can
bow gravely with the sincere and
heartfelt grief we so keenly feel and
then look up with the pride. the con-
fdence, the comradeship. their splen-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

1t is seldom that traitor is a brave
man. Courage and treachery do MOI
usually combine. When Bolo Pashe
was caught and convicted he endeav-
cred to extend his time by betrayal Of
his associates and accusation Of the
innocent And when he came at las
to face the firing squad 1t was founo
necessary so report relates to tie hin
to a post that he might remain up
right
It needn't interfere with the war II
We take time to look over the candi-
dates for office carefully. On the con
trary it is a war measure, to make
cautious selection between the men
who ask our franchise and our con-
fdence This is a poor time to put an
incompetent in office.
If Garfield's price fixing was respon
sible for the shortage of last winter 1t
can't be blamed for the apathy of the
coal operators this spring. Why not
store some few tons ahead at the
mines 1t won't slack worse there
than elsewhere
Whether or not YOU are willing to
cat less wheat the chances are that
for a year at least we shall all 20
short on the white bread product II
worst comes To worst the government
will take it. send it across ard we will
eat Johnny cakes and such like sus-
tanning food.
Well, we're taking those bonds about
as fast as the committee can handle
the crowds.
First a crazy assault without count
ing cost, a terrible slaughter and then
lull. But that can't keep up inde-
fnitely 1t takes 20 years to grow a
soldier even in Germany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
IBy David Cory. ]

Oh the lollypop tree is wonderful
tree,
Did you ever see it grow?
The lollypops first are candy buds
On little sticks all in row,
And when the lollies are pink and blue
And yellow and mellow thru and
The Candy Man Comes with a great
big sack
And carries them off on his big strong
back.
And Billy Bunny never would have
known all this if Robbie Redbreast
handn't told him. You see, this little
red breasted bird was, very fond OF
Billy Bunny and told him lots and lots
of thing which were going on in the
Friendly Forest and the Pleasant
Meadow. And then Robbie Redbreast
would fly over to my windowsill and
pick on the windowpane. and when
opened the window he told me lots and
lots of things, so that's how I'm able
to tell them, to you.
Well. the lollypops We're ripe and red,
for it was just the time for the Loly-
pop Man to come around so Billy Bun
mobile and started off for the lollypop
orchard And when they got there.
who do YOU think they saw? Why, tae
jay Bird in his Airthip. He was picking
those lovely lollypops off the trees as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Billy Bunny and His Friends

fast as he could. but when ne saw tn
two little rabbits he was frightened
deatR For he knew that the lollypol
orchard belonged to Uncle Lucky.
What are you doing here?" INQUIRE
the old gentleman rabbit and h
honked the automobile horn three time
and hall to frighten the Jay Biz
even more.
I'm awfully sorry. but wanted
take home some lollypops to my litt
brides" said the Jay Bird, and h
looked at Uncle Lucky sorrowfully an
preened his feather with his bill. I'd
he was a kind hearted Jay Bird an
always took home some candy at nigh
to his children, you know.
well, think you have enough ION
pops for an orphan asylum" ~
Uncle Lucky "You might leave feI
you know, for the rabbit who owns i 4
lollypop orchard"
And just then. who should fly
but Old Mother tMagpie. And. oh id
me. Wasn't she upset. Her bonj
strings were nying IN the air and 4 |
black silk mitts were half on N
claws
II think it's a shame in war timeV
for You birds and rabbits to be eatine
lollypops." she said Don't you know
that we should save all the sugar w
can for the allies?" and then she picked
raspberry lollypop off a little tree
ard flew away with it. Wasn't that
mean OF her? And in the next stor,
You shall hear what happened afte5
that. :
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

on the other side OF the street speech
making and cheering wouldn't have
lifted that safe an inch in a million
years.
We're legal. We're game. We have
the men and the money and the spirit.
All we need is the organized and sys-
tematic heavc of 100000, 900 shoulders
on the rope. We need to get all our
weight on the lubber LIT.
FAN in. Take orders. DO your share.
If there's a better man for foreman
sooner or later he'll get the job. But
while we are waiting for the lets all
listen and heavc whom we are told.
IT'S the only way to lift the world out
of the bloody miro of war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
THE GREATEST PRESENT NEED

Now that we have settled down to a
long war and a real war with a victory
at the end: now that it rs decided not
merely thru our leaders but by the de-
termination Of the people themselves
that If necessary we shall throw 5000, :
600 men or as many more as may be
necessary into the great war and that
We snail finance it at whatever cost II
stirring speeches to loyal audiences but
coordination of effort along the lines
of service This is loyal people. an
awakened people and a determined ma
ton. We are bent on winning the war
We need to marshal ourselves into a
real and effective home reserve willing
20 take orders and serve. The great
lack in America is not loyalty or deter
mination but the organization to make
loyalty and determination most effec-
tive
Some men were raising a big safe the
oNhNi Nay 10 d SCNcilu SlOTS Cultt. II
went UP safely and surely with the
men on the tackle rope pulling to-
gether "An-together. heavc." said the
foreman and pull by pull the great
weight went up steadily. They had
started to take the safe upstairs. knew
they were going to do it. were ready
u stick on the Job until it was done
and the way they did it safely, surely
and in the shortest time possible was
by co-ordinating their strength and
taking orders. Perhaps some OF the
men on the rope didn't like the fore
man, perhaps some Of them thought
they could do his job better than he
and perhaps some of them could have
done it better but he was foreman and
the Job was on hand to be done in the
daylight and they all pulled and pulled
together each in his own place. And
the job was done, done well and done
on time.
iienoefoTth our JOB mere at nome is
TO furnish the men for the armies, to
supply the money to maintain them tc
care for these the men leave behind, to
increase production, to act as d re-
serve behind the line of battle We
must pull all all together, make oul
efforts count Tor the most, gain on the
rope We have discussed and come tt
conclusions. Now we must work or
the job, work together and finish i
quickly as il can be finished. There:
only one best way. Everyone must d.
his part, must have his place and hi:
grip on the rope and pull when TIT
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
BUCKS Just THE SAME.

Editor Ira III ;JiTiafi. Of Grand Junction,
demonstrated his bravery a couple of
weeks ago by firing double column
broadside at Governor Harding and
calling upon Clifford Thorne to an
nounce candidacy for governor. En-
listed in the crusade with the Grand
Junction editor was Senator Doran. OF
Boone county who was one of the
governors chief fugelers two years
ago. The Journal man would have
joined the Grand Junction neighbor
in this move il he had cared to wear
his hair off by butting stone wall,
but it has been plain fer many months
that Governor Harding would be nom
mated for a second term by the re-
publicans We don't think he deserves
the position, and for that reason. If
Claude Porter is nominated the jour
ma; man will vote for a democrat for
governor, just as he did two years ago,
and quite probable, with the same re-
suit
The Globe mentioned a splendid
man for governor however, when it
nominated Clifford Thorne. Perhaps
We shall hear tren, him in two years
from now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Member Of the Associated Press
THE BONDS ONE SHOULD Guy.

An interesting computation as %
how much Of tax this war is to put
upon our people as measured by then
estimated incomes has been made rs
the statlstieians of the Bankers trust
Company, CT New York City and re-
published in the Literary Digest. Chl-
cago Tribune and other publications.
In round figures the war must cost
US fifteen billions per annum out OF
estimated combined incomes OF all tn
people OF fifty billions. The stausu-
clans estimate that the banks must
loan from the peoples surplus or saved
capital about three and q half billions
and that one and half billions will he
collected in indirect taxes which We
pay in the price OF the goods we buy
This would leave ten billions to come
out of incomes either in the form oil
taxes or OF loans TO the government IN
the purchase Of its bonds or savings
stamps.
One-tifth Of all income must be in
vested in the war upon an average, but
Of course circumstances alter the
amount available for bonds. The small
income when combined with a large
fami leaves very little available for
bonds. The multimillionaire income al
ready loses two-thirds Of itself in war
taxes which leaves that much less
available for bonds. The income 10
Gated in a large city carries with it 4
higher rate of expense for living than
the income located in the country or
small town. Those. too who prefer low
incomes of guaranteed stability which
come from land, mortgage or govern
ment bond securities owe a larger per
centage TO the defense OF the govern
ment than those incomes which are
earned by personal services in more or
less hazardous ventures. No rule is &C
curate or infieXiblc, but generally
speaking the statisticians figure that
men should expect to invest in each
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Masonic Meetings
Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903, A. F.
and A. M.-Special communication
Wednesday, April "a. 7:So p. m. WORK
in second degree. r. Z. English W.
NJ; John w. Wells. secretary.
sIeNEr CHAPTER, No. 49, r. A. NJ.
Stated convocation Monday eNenlhT =
April 90. Business session, O'Clock,
IRA A. Davenport, II. r.; john W.
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & s. NJ" Mon
day. April %, 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. T. T. Forbes, recorder: George
Gregory I. M.
Stated coneiave, St. Aldemar
conmandery. No. 80, x. T., Tuesday
April %, 8 p. m. Regular business.
]. f. Frederick, commander; /. l.
Forbes. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No, 81, Q. E.
S.-Regular meeting for business We'd
nesday evening, May IS. o'clock. Mrs.
Archer Walton, secretary; Mrs. Cora
Wiley, w NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
WINNING THE WAR.


The is
and
did ma
only onein and all that matters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
did courage calls up in our hearts
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Same Dilemma.

Sans friends were reasoning with
him patiently At the street corner.
Nov. Sam. IT'S time you went 'omoI
That's the best place for you" ITS
this way" argued the erring brothe1
III 90 'ome now she'll say I'm uru1
If ! don't 60 'ome she'll say II
drunk. It's this ere suf1ra1ette mod {
ment that's ret EN- harguing. rye
good mind to 80 'ome and break d
winders London Tit-Bits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Iowa Newspapers
WHY DIDN'T HE TELL WILSON?
Sioux CITY Journal

And now they theyy US that Col
House was the man who first dscov-
cred the approach Of war in 1914. that
he endeavored frantically but vainly
10 convince the French and British OF
what was coming, and that, indeed,
the gaunt Texan has been the domi
mating diplomatic figure of the world
since the president sent him abroad
the first time. just before the storm
broke II is all very Hattering, but
perhaps one will be pardoned Won
dering why the worlds first diplomat
did not tip off 10 his most intimate
presidential friend a little something
about the kaiser's program.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Remedy for prsws,nsss.

N0VtV0y WI SVV"OuVVOOs
Drowsiness during the day. II , p
son has slept well the night before,
often caused by Indigestion. Often Il
is remedied by drinking somethh
very hot like cocoa or coffee. tn
brain needs mild stimulant LASd
.ude OF the body II not always m q
dication OF illness or laslness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Commenting on the late health rules
regarding certain diseases the Cedar
Rapids Republican says but there is
no reason under the sun why persons
afflicted with sucn diseases should go
about among other people, no more
than persons with small poX should be
SO permitted to contminate others
Those who are sufferers have only
themselves to blame for deprivsng
themselves of their Liberties. The state
owes something to those who are in
nocent and decent
-They have caught Jim Pierce's
Homestead giving encouraging advice
g d Stacker VINO sought TO eNade the
Liberty loan notes the Anamosa Eu-
reko. Along with that advice there
was not single admonition to the
Stacker to do his duty as patriotic
citizen. There was no effort to bring
him to a voluntary acceptance Of his
share of the burden. But it's the ma
ture of Mr.. Pierce to be against some
thing. and for that reason his Home
stead can take kindly to any man who
is against something
Tn years to come young men whose
fathers had pub to get them into the
commissary or some other place where
bullets do not enter, will carry the
shame Of such parental pull" predicts
the Iowa City Republican. we st!il
hear some of the veterans of the civil
war sneer at some man who bears
title won in the commissary. II men
are assigned 10 such duty by superior
officers, it is different. but such cases
are rare. The fellows in the soft
and safe places generally are there be-
cause somebody has pulled for them
Newspaper waste baskets are
stuffed every day with Washington
circulars that simply can't be read,
complains the Sioux City Journal. III
ten men in every medium sized news
paper office were assigned solely to
the task Of reading aud disposing OF
the publicity matter that somes from
the host Of governmental bureaus they
would have to put in long hours doing
it. The actual tonnage Of paper waste
must be tremendous
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
1--WE are lighting to make the world
what most of us though; 1t was in
August, 1914"
THE fellows who cramp about war
bread and other restrictions shoul be
sent to Belgium for thirty days" sug-
gests the Knoxville Express.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Mirror Of Politics.

mIFFVF OF TOSItIGS.
Tell me what kind OF a man COVER
a people, you tell me, with much exai
ness, what the net sum total Of soci
worth in that people has for sone til
been.--Carlyle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Tn. uneonauerable British.

The British have reached the strate
gic position in which their enemies
have ever found them the most danger
Gus. =
with Our backs to the WALL says
/ Haig
J With our backs to the wall said
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
M,eeie.s Hooka

Mice can be kept away from book
with ease Il pieces OF gum campho1
are laid near them on the shelves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
I'VE are lighting to make the world
what most of us though; 1t was in
August, 1914"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22

THE fellows who cramp about war
bread and other restrictions shoul be
sent to Belgium for thirty days" sug-
gests the Knoxville Express.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR.

(By Ananias Slopoff our own special liar)
Kaiser Wilhelm is much misunderstood
man. He means we'll by the world, but-"Whom
he lOveth he chasteneth'
Senator LaFollette is also misunderstood. He
is saint. "He would save US from ourselves
Theodore Roosevelt, w. H. Taft, and the
other big men who are supporting this imitation
government Of ours are crooks and rascals.
Never mind why-they are.
President Wilson is tool of England That
is when he is not taking orders from the house
of Morgan
The Red Cross is q graft The people who
selves. We know.
The Liberty Loan is another fake. The money
is divided among the members of the National
Defense Council who are growing enormously
rich.
The story about the rape of Belgium is lie
The Belgian people are happy and prosperous
under the benign German rule. So are the Ser
VANS and Armenians
The ninety per cent of our population who
say they are behind their government and who
foolishly buy Liberty bonds and subscribe to
the Red Cross are lot of traitors. They prove
it by their actions. The only real Americans are
people like me. l know lots more about this war
and will tell some more later.
Yrs. truly,
Ananias
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
WHERE THE CARDINAL STANDS

Cardinal Gibbons, of the Catholic church, has
exactly the right idea of the great war and the
efforts for peace. Denouncing the "endless
chain prayers for peace which some unknown
persons have endeavored to circulate among the
members Of the Catholic church, the cardinal
says 'let the literature be thrown into the waste
basket and continues:
1--WE all desire peace, but only through the
success for which our government is working.
We are not wrong to pray for peace; but we shall
be wrong if by trying to incite the people Of these
states to aid the propaganda that is now being
directed by seditious and wrong minded persons
we hamper the civil and military authorities
we are committing a crime against all that we
should hold DEAR
It would be difficult to state the matter more
cOncisely or in more unmistakable language. We
must not, by any peace agitation or talk, ham
per the civil and military authorities in their
work, which aims at the accomplishment of real
and lasting peace. The government of this coun-
try is working for peace, not by cowardly sub
mission to oppression but by the only method
that promises lasting peace for the future We
must not, by any kind of discussion or agitation,
hamper their efforts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
LITTLE TESTS OF A TRAITOR

He is loud in his protestations of patriotism,
always adding, But
He is not moved by all the Prussian atroc-
ties but is profoundly stirred by fear for the
rights Of the poor, conscientious objector.
If the government seems likely to take an
other forward step in the war, he gets up new
peace society.
He reads the war bulletins from Berlin first
and stops there.
He celebrates with zest the quadricentennial
Of Luther, but forgets the anniversary of the
Lusitania.
He is proud of the heroic independence Of
La Toilette.
He remembers the wrongs of Ireland, the
Beers, the Congo, and America in ITS, but he
forgets Belgium Poland Serbia and Armenia.
And he reminds us that History shows that
Egland began the war. December Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
BINGvILLE CORRESPONDENCE
Yrs. truly,
Ananias.
(By Hector Magoon)

By Hector Magoon)
Uncle Obijah Doane has new red necktie.
Steve Fornoff went to Onnion Center the
other night and came home drunk
Mamie Sullivan is wearing one of those new
tangled bussels. Look out Mamie-some one
will hit you a kerWhallop.
Inspectors were here last week and looked
over Squire Wilson's cheese factory. They said
the squire had the dirtiest place in the state.
Otherwise it is all right
Uncle Jabez Belcher, aged "a and veteran Of
two wars, tried to enlist the other day but was
rejected on account of springy ankles Uncle
Jabez is much peeved; says he can whip the
kaiser with both hands tied behind his back and
his fingers crossed. All by hisself
Bingville is agog over the proposed checker
match between Henry Jones of this place and
Ock Drew of Dogtown. Championship of the
valley is at stake. Our money is on Henry, you
bet.
Bill Casey who an outer and out pacfst
before the war, goes around breathing fire and
thunder nowadays. Bill knows it is safe. But
look out, Bill your gray hairs may not save you
from draft.
Moss Curtiss fell down the big hill the other
night and rolled all the way to the bottom. Moss
is SO fat that he rolls like barrel.
Busy this week looking for eggs so will close
Hector.