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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
IN THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
lDee MONIES Capltal.l

/. M. Briggs, superintendent Of
schools for Guthrie county. has tDsued
or address to the school Officers and
teachers OF that county. The address
says. The teacher 10 an important
factor in the school curriculum. when
she accepts II school 1t is her duty
to make herself acquainted with the
present conditions OF the school, the
needs OF the school, and the acQuaint-
arice OF tho pupils 90 far as possible"
The superintendent suggests that tho
teacher call upon the parents of the
Sub district md that she take the
registration OF the preceding year.
The superintendent also suggests that
the teacher be at the school house ct
$3.50 O'clock in the morning, especially
during the winter months, ana that
the tescher frequently consult with the
SUBJ director in mattersS pertaining to
the school work. The teacher Is urged
to meet and sninsle with the patrons
OF tho school. The superintendent
urges each school director to visit his
school house; take am inventory Of
the surroundings, and. IL need be, give
the floors OF me school house thor.
opgh scru6bing and the walls and
ceiling cleaning: also suggesting
that sthe. stove -pipe and 4 Chimney
should be claaned. and that there
should DE chalk in the box and erasers
on hand. Abbye all fhere should Do a.
poker FOL. the stove; also shovel, and
that the windows and doors DO in
good working order, and that the coal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
IBy David Cory.l

Well, you remember in the last story
Robbie Redbreast sang song just as
Billy Bunny hoped away from the old
Mill Pond after seeing Uncle Builfrog
swallow his suit of clothes.
"Good-by little tadpoles, III come back
again,
Even if the sunshine turns to drizzling
rain"
Sang Billy Bunny.
And by and by, after q while, the
little rabbit came to an old field COW
cred with scrubby popular and white
birch with plenty Of sumach and briers
and thistles. And here lived Mr.. Jack
Hare and all his family. BUT, oh dear
me. They had a dreadful time TO es-
cape from Daddy Fox, Mr.. Lynx, MT.
Mink and Old Man weasel. Even Mr..
Black Bear tried to catch them when
he had nothing else to eat. But Jack
Hare and all his relatives were very
swift Of foot, and their long. large ears
told them when any one was coming.
Yes sir. Their long strong hind legs,
altho they had but four toes, could get
over the ground like lightning, and
thcir front feet, altho much shorter.
had five toes, and in tAe winter time
their long loose hair changes to pure
white so that it is difficult to tell them
from the snowdrifts.
Hello. cousin Jack Hare said Billy
Bunny as he hoped up close to an old
brush heap where Mrs. Jack Hare had
a nest Of soft, dry grass with five little
aares in It sound asleep.
They were only about week old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
Billy Bunny and His Friends

and Billy Bunny knew that In three
weeks or more they would be leaving
their nest to shift for themselves. For
hares are born. you know. with q good
dress OF brown hair. eyes open and
teeth well cut thru.
''Sit down and let me ten you what
narrow escape had last night" said
Mr.. Jack Hare. So Billy Bunny slipped
his knapsack OF his back and twinkled
his nose this way and that, and then
ne said, Go ahead, Cousin Jack"
II was coming home from the three
-one-cent store" said Mr.. Jack Hare
where had just bought some war saw
ings stamps for the CHILDREN, wilen all
Of sudden Mr. Lynx, WITH growl.
jumped at me from behind . little
shrub spruce. and II hadn't dived into
hole under some old roots guess my
name would have been on the casualty
list"
Goodness met" said Billy Bunny.
when did you get homer
Not for a long time replied Mr..
Jack Hare. "Mr. Lynx was dreadfully
with rage, and then he tore and dug
at the roots. But just stayed inside
as safe as you please, and by and by,
when he went away. I .lopped back
home as fast . could"
Oh, the little brown hare
Had better beware.
OF crafty old Daddy Fox
And the sly little minks
And bad Mr.. Lynx
Who Jumps out from behind the Dig
rocks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

house and outbuildings be in condi-
ton for use. The superintendent also
suggests charts. maps and the nucleus
OF q library. He thinks II these things
are done that on sept. 2. 1918, the
schools will open Up fresh and clean.
and that the teacher and pupils will be
greatly pleased. II all these things are
done, and the sehooiroom is made at
tractive for boys and girls there may
be q successful school year to the pro-
at Of all. The address by the super
intendent Of Guthrie county is a long
one, and by strange oversight he
omits to suggest that the American fiag
should be in the school room oil the
time and that patriotic music should
be sung either morning or evening Of
every school day. We suggest to SUI.
porintendent Briggs that this para
graph be added to this useful address
printed in the Guthrie County Guth-
rtan Of Aug. 8.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

II & I
alone. A good many Of them seem to
think the stripes are painted on for
political effect. But the things got
a kick in 1t with both feet whether or
not it is a real zebra or painted
jackass.
The rest of the state is waiting to
learn whether Sioux City is going to
recall its I. w. w. witnessing mayor
or carry the load itself.
The kaiser's former dentist, an
American, is telling long story OF
what the kaiser told him about the
coming war. But how the kaiser talked
with rubber dam and two hands tho
size OF hams in his mouth the doctor
doesn't explain and that's what every
one wants to know.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
-pull.r ''sAne.p -osAp Nur,n

When Lieutenant Bert Hall, aviator
ana acre in a French escadrille, was
In Marshalltown he mentioned his
fathers ipsistent advice written to him
constantly after the war broke out
The old man Is a ,Missourian down N
the ozarks where shotgun runs from
quail to deer according to whether II
y loaded with eights or buckshot. 90
casionAlly down there It 10 deemed nee
essary on special occasions to use the
favortte weapon TO stop revenue Of
ncen Or hog thieves and like annoy
a1ces. "Git ye shotgun. Bert. the
Old man kept on insisting, "0it We 4
shseEea and all 'sr full Of beckshot,, ~
mp close enough and cut both .barls
iooss q the Hun and yen git him
fsglaf and satisfactory.r -.
Ola Man Halls theory has been tusx,-
fied 4 new trench weapon il the
short hal1clled repeating shotgun bored
9 sprsad horizontally. Tried out AT
CaH1 Dodge It riddled the dummies
aad proved that in the hands Of ! good
shet anywhere within . hundred yards
Z Hum couldn't show himself Tor 1 Sec
sad ~iehout beilE .xot" Ia the .res,,ar
~ tactory'' fashion Is recon-
snsndsd ~ the older Hall. Tho dummy
tars0ts hAd DOZENS az buclushot r,vht
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
NEEDED. 4 I THOUSAND 4 WEEK.

Sturgeon General Gorgas has sent out
another hurry call for nurses. He asks
the Red Cross for 1000 graduate nurses
a week for the next eight weeks.
Cine reason more nurses have not
enlisted in the Red Cross is that we
sellishly desire to keep them at home
lest we or some OF our families should
need them.
The Red Cross says:
From now onward the use Of grad
uate nurses In private homes and for
any other purpose than war nursing
must be reduced to the minimum. The
Red Cross thru most OF IL chapters Is
Offering course on Home Care Of the
Sick" that win enable the women who
take 1t to handle the ordinary ills of
the household and so reduce the calls
upon graduate nurses.
We can get along without most Of
those nurses. We must get along. The
need of the broken mon in the war hos
pitfalls Is the greater. Those men must
have the nurses. Imagine the state OF
mind OF nation which would keep
the most competent nurses at home
while the soldiers lack capable nursing!
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

My Dream.
slept! I dreamed the war was won
That rghteous peace blessed christeA-
dom,
And,all the matin bells Of earth
Chmed forth in clear, melodiow mirth!
The Winds from far-each trembling
breeze
Brought wave on wave Of harznonies,
And every breaker on the shore
Beat rhythmically. "War no more!"
While all the stars together sang,
As through the world the message rang
The Gates Of Paradise stood wide,
Where angel hosts, war-mnltiplied,
Chanted from dawn to setting sun:
The Kingdom Of the Lord has come!
a voice! A voice
Broke on my, ear.
So low at first
scarce could hear.
y Persistently.
thrilled me through:
This wondrous 10Y
Is not for you.
NY cup Of woe. you. drank It
not
Parteok not OF my pain. II
s Those only who have sown IN
80. ears
shan reap ii Joy asain,-
cried aloud--awoke! know!
Lord. what will Thou have me to do ~
Emily Louise Whiting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
When THIEVES. FAIL our

Two extracts from two. orxass 81 me
nquor interests ars reprinted be,oe
One = from tie special organ Of ne
brewers. The; other epresents the
iwhhky and dtstiliing antsrests, Placed
tosethAr they are i1uminaainx on the
prohtbition question. NE hrswess
tirpt:
The reason why q beer saloon = 4
succee - because q man can dt4nk a
ArSe quantity Of beer without eettinsr
drunk: He can stick axound ana tax
or play cards for the greater part Of
An evening and 60 home yober. lie can
not - that and drink WHISKY Tat A
why = whisky saloon u not . success.
xeWerla and Matter.
Nov the whiskyftes:
Any man who has any e1peeience
IN dEaueing knows It b possible to ret
eEAct9y - drunk on beer asson vhh.1sv.
II wo were to decide between the mer-
ftS Of the beer drunk and tho whisky
DRUNK We would say candtd1y that the
musna0t kind Of . DRUM IN tie world
= The beer drunk -AMdas Criterion.
Nov there = expert tsstimony from
those who have had experience In
drin1Iius'' ana making ana asa,fp~
The main reaaon anyone 6r4nau.
a1cohoiic liquors. = to get the p.anch
TIT "a them lies. Anything that WIN
not snake drunk come wa not m tho
biii. AZ ven asa !. confirmed ,.no,o-, to
MI sris pspe With corn sif,s.
Either beer Of whisky v,n n -.
Job all riKht a "a men .:vho h.pa 100,
experience in bringing. s,<row Also
evidence along this linA 49, "
r., - :. =. ..'p eno Tue lam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

was nowhere IN sight in or around
the convention and the only time his
name was mentioned was when some
democrat blamed him for the defeat
OF the party two year ago At that
time he was the whole convention. the
platform and the candidate and no.
body else had chance to say word.
which was probably one good reason
why they spoke 30 loudly at the polls.
In less than two years he had faded
out Of sight entideiy. ~ far as the Iowa
democrats are concerned. You can
never tell.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
THERE FROM THE START

About the most prominent person.
who first stood up for the principle
that Ne should enforce by arms the
treaty which we helped to make In
behalf of Belgium was Theodore
Roosevelt, but he was called down as
q radical. Now wes can seee that his
claim was correct. & He did not have
q chipi on his shoulder. He foresaw
II We allowed the Lusitania Incident
to pass. without resentment, even TO
the \ point of military activity. we.
should continue to be insulted and
wronged until we were forced into the
war. The eventuality came, but not
until after our rights had been fear
fully trampled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
!. RIPPL,ING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
USEFUL LESSONS.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
81
Masosie Meetings

i5 vlaiAoeo Always Wsleosns.
MARSHALL LoDon. No. 10, a. 2.
ssqHd a. NJ. Stated communication Frf-
day. Aug. 10. 8 >. "a. Regular business.
p. English. w. M: John W. Wells,
secretary. 4
oloNEr CHAPTER, Ne. =, r. 4. N.
stated convocation Monday evening.
August -. business seaiot,. f:Se
oclock. ma davenport. II. r, 1ohn ~.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King 80.
mon Council Nc. -, IN. q Q. M Mon-
+ Day AuE. ~. 1918. 500 .. m. RSsular
4 bssines& I =. Eusbes. Escottdse: QecrSs
Gregory. !. y. 4 Il
atatsd conciavs. 81. Alderman Gem
peandsry, No 50, K. r, Tuesday. Aug.
20. 3 p. m. RAgular busineGL J. =.
/: Frederick comslandef: !. 7. Forbes.
/. c6fnmAnder. {
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, q. Z.
/ Regular meeting Wednesday eve
ming. Sept. II. ! O'Clock. Ar busfness
and inttiation. Mrs. Archer walton.
aecretary;; Mr.. CurA WlIsy. ". ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
Io,Da Newspapers
RErusEp 70 PAY THE FEE.

= NEE y SIZI = Y Z y = = - = - e.
webster City Fteeman-Journal]
It. is said that the attempt to or
sanize i branch OF the Nonpartisan
league In Calhoun county has been
given up as failure. Must be far
less pro, Germans In the coHnty than
is Generally reckoned. Manson Demo-
crat.
Same In Hamilton county. Not
many farmers In this county could be
found who were anxious ID pay $is to
Join . ponpartisan party.sss +
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
PERHAPS HE WAS BUSY
4 TManson DeYnocratl

Strange al it may seem that such an
eminent democrat should be absent
from his home city, the city In which
the convention was held. but that was
the case with Ed Meredith when the
recent state convention was on. for he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

Msabsr Of ths Associated Pres.
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication Of all news do
patches credited to It or not otherwise credited
Y this papsr and also The hpcal news pab-
All rights Of republication Of spseisl de-
patches herein are also rsssrvsd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
Topics y the Times

in Alsace. Lorraine wherehv ~. raonla
shall decide whether or not germany
shall keen tho PROVINCES. Germanv,a
plebiscttas viii be conducted about 4.
s,vh,ch - $500, ~. A.. eAs s.
..grrr,..a,s.. ..s ,,.s.....,s - ~. .e
rara., ! n-a 49, - A ssa" sul
i 9,,,,,,, va.,-' - ., $500.
sor- ss.,,,,.n - '''''. s's''ss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Thus far no successful movement
mas been started in Burlington to make
oootieggtng respectable" declares the
Burlington Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

1t IL waste Of money" insists the
Cedar Rapid Gazette, ''for Mike Heaiy
to hire 4 detective to locate pro-Ger-
mans when all he has to do is to
watch for the chaps who look like
they had swallowed folding potion
hook and pin cushion when news
boy tries to tell them the glad tidings
OF an allied victory"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

The war is not over. or half over,
oy a blamed sight. and win not be over
until our victorious armies, march
across the Rhine, $50 miles away" says
the Burlington Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

Half OF the supposed mad" dogs
nave nothing more serious than tooth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

Il -
The Emmetsburs Reporter thinks
that "the government could get alone
without taking the boys under q years
OF age. They are needed at home on
the farms and the older men should go
first. II the necessity becomes 30 great
taht the boys are NEEDED. why then there
Is plenty OF time to send them"
Speaking OF atnear riot at Rivers de,
Ia, "over the most insidious form OF
observation-disclosures classification. In
cidentally the alleged slacker's home
was given few touches of yellow
paint" the Davenport Times says.
Riverside 10 not the only neighborhood,
by tho way, where tongues are waggins
over the ability OF acme people to side
step the call to patriotic duty"
after aall. compared to deliberate
pronteer. pro- German has his good
points" concludes the Sioux City Jour
nal.
The Mason City Globe Gazette re-
marks that There seems to be quite a
GOOD sized American monkey wrench
in the perfect German military mach
| inew
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

In politics ~ in seven UP It isn't
good sport toAsree on a square game
and then turna jack from the bottom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

tion to the covering ships" These
latter, however, may well have
been armored or battle cruisers,
with heavy armament, as they per-
formed the same role as the artil-
lery in an infantry advance.
Lying well off shore, they un-
doubtedly laid down a "barrage"
with their big guns, while the
lighter craft crept under the very
noses of the harbor defenses to in
sure the success OF the blockading
process.
First Sea Lord Geddes has thus
figuratively struck Admiral Won
Capelle twice in the face with his
glove within little more than a
week, without drawing a response.
All indications point toward q
deliberate attempt by the British
navy to goad the Germans into .
sea fight of major proportions, in
which the enemy navy would be
oppose by the combined British
and American high seas fleets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
WAITRESS
FALLS IN
A|RSHAF |

Trusting her weight to the frag-
lie surface of a glass kylight in
an air shaft of the Carlton hotel
late Monday afternoon in order to
recover a japanese lamp shade
that had fallen there, Mrs. Blanche
Learmont, age %, waitress, fell
Is feet to a tile floor when the
glass collapsed.
She was still unconscious from
the effects of the fall Tuesday,
and physicians gave little encour-
agement for her recovery.
Mrs. Learmont was employed at
the Lotus Grill, and occupied
rooms at the Carlton. When the
lamp shade fell from her open
window into the airshaft, she OBJ
tanned permission to enter a room
on the second floor, in order to
recover it. The skylight was di-
rectly over a lavatory on the first
floor.
Walking out on the glass sur
face, Mrs. Learmont had just
reached the lamp shade when the
skylight broke with a crash, caus-
ing her to fall head foremost to
the floor below. Mrs. Learmont' S
husband Is an enlisted man in the
British army. She moved from
Seattle TO Tacoma six months ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
MASTERY OF NEW
PROBLEMS BUILDS
OUR STEEL SHIPS
BY EDGAR G. WHEELER.


There seems to be something that distinguishes an
American and particularly an American from the
west call it love of freedom or live of adventure or
what you will.
This characteristic, whatever it u.s. frees him from
one narrow groove of endeavor. When he tackles a
new job he grasps it like lightning. You can't stump
him. He's bound to see it thru.
AT work vessel discovered among others a
prominent Tacoma lawyer IA Tacoma real estate man
(whO drives to work every morning in his $4,000 carr
a minister OF the gospel (who breaches in Tacoma on
Sndays) newsboy (who sells papers on the streets
of Tacoma in the evening" DOCTOR an osteopath a
former county official, drug clerk, several bakers
and half dozen former Tacoma policemen!
In another part of the plant across three for
.mer Tacoma school principals, and number of
teachers
How do they do it? How, for instance, can man
who has spent all his life deving in books or figures
or sitting in office chair suddenly switch his entire
course, bringing absolutely untried abilities into
play-and make good at it?
found the best answer in HI. A. Magill steel ship
builder. Until very short time ago Magill was
schoolmaster, principal of the Willard school in Ia
coma. found him in the fabricating plant dressed
in overals, jumper and battered-down cap.
His face was bronZed and his muscles were sleek and
hard In his hand, where the ruler ought to be- was
man-sized hammer and he was bringing it down with
healthy wallops a man-sized chisel He was punch
ing dents in great steel plate, laying out an intricate
pattern.
He gave the secret in two short sentences which he
let drop as talked with him there:
II believe there are great opportunities here.
y. They gave me new job today don't know any
thing about it, but I'm doing it,
III bet he doing it right!
The adventurous American will to master-abity
and intelligence to advance quickly in school of ex
~ Continued on Page Two)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
SLAYER ADMITS
BURNING BODY OF
STEINBACH GIRL

DETROIT, April 23.-Helmuth
Schmidt, in Jail here, admitted
this afternoon that he burned the
body of Augusta Steinbach, New
York housemaid, who disappeared
at Royal Oak a year ago.
Schmidt insisted Miss Steinbach
killed herself. however, by taking
poison in his home following his
refusal to "elope with her"
He admitted putting the matri-
moniai I'D in a New York paper. j
Suspicion was directed against
the Schmidts when officers,
searching their home as alien en-
envy suspects, found Miss Stein
bach's trunks.
Later stained waist belonging
to the girl was found under a
porch. Jewelry said to have been
hers was discovered in an organ.
Stories that Mrs. Schmidt was seen
burying furnace ashes instead OF
dumping them as usual, escaped
the police theory. Officers as
serted the girl was murdered for
her jewelry and $500 which she
brought to Royal Oak and that her
body then was cremated in the
furnace.
The girl answered two matri-
monial advertisements, one ad-
dressed in care of "H. Schmidt,
Royal Oak" and a second to
Herman Neugebauer, Royal Oak.
She chose to marry Neugebauer
and started from New York with
$500, some jewelry and an elab-
crate trousseau.
The Steinbach disappearance
was one of a series of activities in
Oakland county which, unchecked,
caused the suicide of Sheriff o. II.
p. Green last winter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
BRITISH NAVY rs
SHAPING FACE OF
GERMAN ADMIRAL
Nv. P. SUMMARY


The British navy, in its chal-
lenge to the German high seas
fleet, is becoming increasingly
daring.
Following the destruction of
enemy armed trawlers in the
Cattecat, Apr. $500 miles from
an English base--the British
early today raided the destroyer
and submarine bases at Ostend
and Zeebrugge, bombarding the
harbor defenses and sinking five
concrete ships in the channels.
The measure of courage neces-
sary for this operation is evident
from the fact that the shore bat
teries In these ports are known
to be among the most powerful
In the world and the ships, to
have accomplished the desired
blockade, must have been sunk
we'll inshore.
The British forces, the, admir-
atty said. consisted only of aux
Hilary vessels and six obsolete
cruisers--five of which constitut-
ed the blo.isadirg fleet. in add