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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Friday. Feb. 8, 1898.

George Trautmann's candidacy for
councilman from the Third ward was
announced.
Lewis Hambleton. aged Is. died Of
heart disease at his home at Bromley.
He had been resident Of the county
for forty years. He was survived by
his widow and seven children.
Saturday, Feb. 4, 1893.
"This was Just a little the coolest
morning Of the season, being a trifle
The southeast wind made It seem much
colder too. Trains are beginning to be
somewhat moro on time again, but 1t
IL bad weather for thsm."
Mrs. w. B. Wildman and children
left today for Los Angeles. Cal. to
spend the remainder of the winter with
Mrs. Wildman's parents"
Announcement was made Of the re-
cent death at Carroll Of Mrs. Julia
Ann woodring, wife Of N. Woodring.
and a former resident Of Marshalltown.
Mrs. Woodring died at the homo of her
son, r. r. woodring, where she had
lived since 1881. She was 70 years old.
Monday, Feb. 9, 1893.
Formal announcement was made
that Landlord Barnhart had decided on
The Pilgrim as the name for the new
hotel, which was to stand on the corner
Of Main street and Third avenue. ut
Is an assured fact that within O. year
Marshalltown will have one Of the nm
est hotels in Iowa, thanks largely to
the enterprise Of her travelling men
who originated and developed the
scheme and subscribed generously for
the stock"
THE same old etory-a little bit
more so. Railroad men say that last
nights and today's blizzard was the
worst Of the winter north Of US at
least. Yesterday was beautifully
warm and balmy; the very breath Of
spring was in the air, the snow melted
and settled with marvellous rapidity,
and when the sky grew cloudy in the
afternoon people wore afraid that it
would rain. Lovers Of snow and win
ter began to look sad as they saw the
condition Of the streets. The mercury
rose to SO or 40 degrees. Everybody
went out to get some fresh air that
wasn't altogether too fresh. And then
came the change. It commenced when
the good-who died young-were go
ing to church. A north wind that
sprang up bore down upon US. Snow
fell and drifted. The mercury fell too,
but it didn't drift. It Just took a leap
down to 10 below and staid there
a change Of nearly fifty degrees in not
much over twelve hours"
Speaking Of cold weather the other
day, Mine Host Cox. Of the fremont,
said he had burned twice as much coal
this year as during any equal length
OF time heretofore. Oh the coal dealers
and the ice men ought to be happy"
The early bird who was going to
his place Of business shortly before
o'clock this morning might have seen
a terrified little boy running around the
corner by tho Fidelity Bank crying
'Firei Our house 10 on frel' Our house
proved to be that occupied by p. e.
Downing, on the northwest corner of
State street and Second avenue. The
blaze caught in the kitchen woodwork
from the stove, which was too near the
wood and got too hot. The FIRE was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
ANOTHER MYSTERY MAN.
Oklahoman Can Talk and Walk After
Operation, But Forgets Kin.

Oklahoman Can Talk and Walk After
Operation, But Forgets Kin.
Rochester, Mimi. Feb. 5.-Rochester's
mystery man, the Tulsa, Okla, resident
who was restored to a near normal
state by remarkable operation at the
Mayo clinic, still is without knowledge
of his past.
the strange case, wrote the Rochester
authorities in the belief that he mlsM'
be her long lost brother. A photograph
was sent her and she advised that he
bore no resemblance Of her missing
kin.
The stranger, known in Rochester as
James Kelley, was found on the street
in the Oklahoma city with a fractured
skull. A wealthy oil man became inter-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
MesmerIsm and Hypnotisn,.

You may say that "mesmerism is
form of hypnotism," or you may,
with equal propriety. say that "hypno-
tism Is a form of mesmerism." 1t is
as broad as it is long. Mesmerism is
so-called from the fact that 1t first
sprang into prominence through one
F. A. Mesmer, German physician of
Merseburg, about 1850. The name
mesmerisrn has in these days been
eclipsed by the more familiar hypno-
tiSm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Learning From Tumblss.

II does not matter how many tumbIeo
you have In this life, 80 long as You
10 not get dirty when you tumble.
There is the greatest practical benefit
In making a few failures In life. You
learn that which Is Of inestimable i'm
Q trtance-that there are great many
people In the world who are just as
clever as you are and you
very soon find out il you have not
found it out before, that patience and
tenacity Of purpose are worth more
than twice their weight In cleverness.
Huxley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
In Bad Both Waya

During social evening woman
sang for the guests. One Of the guests
turned to meek-lool'ing little man
sitting at his side and said: "How
awful! Who can she be?' 'That,"
replied the man addressed, us my
wife," ooh, l b-b-beg your pardon y
suffered the other. she's really a
/ know she'd sing beautifully II she
made better selection OF her music
Who do you suppose wrote that songT'
II am the author Of that song" re-
piled the meek-l looking little man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Most Powerful Taiisman.

In Rev. James 4Ridley's italics Of the
CENT" one of the characters il Abu.
dab, rich merchant Of Bagdad, who
is haunted every night by horrible
bag. Seeking In dream the talisman
Of Oromanes, which insures earthly
happiness, he finds it in love Of GNl
and submission to the divine will. With
this talisman he is enabled to keep
the bag locked up and so free himself
from his nightly torment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Cold Snaps Specs Framea

Never leave glasses or spectncles
with shell or celluloid frnmes near 4
window III cold weather. and never
wear them out OF doors when the tenn
perature Is low. For rims OF this sort
contract with cold much moro than
the glass contracts, ~ they ure very
likely to break.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
SMUGGLING TO U. S. FOES.
Neutral Ships Used to Get Supplies &c
Germany.

New York Feb. 6.-In tho flfst few
weeks Of the European war, the Ger
man government realized that as the
war progressed and the British block
ade frightened. it was going to need all
the wool, cotton, jute, resin, and other
raw materials it could possibly SNUG
gle past the allied navies.
The result was the formation of a
great secret organization, principally of
banks, to go out into the worlds mar
kets and buy these materials and then
get them into Germany.
The men charged with obtaining the
raw materials were told to go into all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05

Scotland has well-osveloped 1870
oil Industry Giving smpleynsot - =
600 men, this industry being % yeass
old. Yet Scotland sAale u much IoWog
In oil than that found In The neanenao
state deposits Of this country. ~
United States department Of commseoe
predicts that sVonsr Or later THE srsae
source OF supply win b utilised -
supplant tho decreasing produotioa 6
the oil fields.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Improved Electric Fan.

A novel type of electric fan may be
suspended by its own feed cord from
any suitably placed lamp socket, the
space usually taken up being thus
saved. The fan is five inches in d.
ameter, and with its socket weighs but
little more than two pounds, but on
any alternating or direct current cir
cult of 10 volts is driven at q speed
that gives . good circulation Of air
throughout q room Of ordinary size.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Where Il Costs.

1.-THE average salary In our railroad
shops and stores" says 4 young man.
'Is SIS q week. Our boys say 1t costs
% of that to keep company with a girl.
The movies, the lake, the jitneys, boat
hire, an occasional show-it eats up
the dimes. And the boys say it must
be done-what we need In this town Is
q get-together club with the cost Of
counting cut down. Home
Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
shskespeare's schoolmaster.

In the London Times 1t was recent
ly stated that Rev. Simon Hunt, B. A.,
who was Shakespeare's schoolmaster
from 1871 to 1877. became Jesuit on
April Y, 1878, and died Mt Rome as
penitentiary (confessor) on June II,
1856.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05

ested in his case and took him to
Rochester. There an operation brought
back his major faculties. including
talking and walking. But he suffers
from lapse Of memory. He has no
knowledge Of his relatives or where he
lived formerly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
with tho Farmer,

Money may make the mare 60, but
what interests the average farmer
more than that is the fact that he must
keep the mare going to make money
EXCHANGE.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

advantage to the growing crops. al
though the cool, cloudy weather ac-
companying them has caused some
destructive work by cut worms and
wire worms. These, It seems, are
driven into the ground by hot sun
shine and this is the kind Of weather
needed. These pests. however, are
not confined TO corn, some clover hav-
ing also been destroyed by them.
The first cutting OF alfalfa has been
made by many In different parts Of the
county and it is said that the crop is
generally regarded as being good. The
outlook for other cereals Is good and
there is also very good prospects for
fair crops Of small fruits and berries.
The apple crop, especially. bids fair
70 be very good, although there will
few II any peaches in the county.
Probably more attention than usual
has been given 20 spraying this year
and the best possible results are ex-
pected to result from the fact.-sav-
annah Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
IT WAS TOO MUCH

When the men OF the national army
left a New Mexico town for their
training camps recently, a feature Of
the farewell ceremonies was the pre-
sentation Of a comfort bag to each Of
them. Some OF the boys were unac-
customed 10 the use Of the various
toilet articles with which the bags
we're generously supplied, and were
visibly more disconcerned than CRATE
ful when they received their gifts. one
Of them was heard TO exclain, as he
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
ANDREW COUNTY CROPS
One OF the largest in the History OF
the County Is Prom
lSed,

The crop outlook never seemed bet
ter at this time in the year than it
Goes at the present. The wheat crop,
which was regarded as almost q fall
ure last winter because OF the dry
weather, has been making Kingdom
Jumps" since spring opened, and at
this time a fine prospect is here and
as large a yield per acre. II not really
larger than last year, will be had. So
far as has been heard. the annual
complaint Of ravages by the Hessian
fly and kindred pests has not shown
up. and the outlook for big harvest
seems very good indeed.
A much larger acreage than usual
OF corn has been planted, and most
all seed germinated quickly and a
good stand is had most everywhere.
This is due largely TO the fact that
greater precaution than ever before
was taken In the selection Of seed,
most OF that which was planted hav-
ing been tested. In this connection
it is said that there proved 10 be
more good seed corn in the county
than was at first supposed, although
It is said that there were numerous
cases where even the best ears were
found to have very inferior as well as
very excellent grains on them. The
recent rains have no doubt been an
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

ing place for poultry and quickly ac-
cumulates dust, hayseed and other
trash. If live stock is stabbed in the
building the ammonia fumes given
off by manure will quickly ruin the
varnfsh on the car, iust as they will
the finish Of a carriage or buggy.
Your Property Value Increased.
There is, in fact, no question that
a garage is a first class investment
from the standpoint Of convenience
for you. protection and longer life
for your car; increased property
value, and economy in motor car
"upkeep," but II you are to fully en-
Joy these benefits you should keeE
these points in mind:
Build right in the hrst place.
Build with wood, because wooder
garage Is warmest in winter, coolest
/ in summer and dry all the time. A
good wooden garage will last longer
look better and give far more sat.
Z II
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

Suppose you close your store next
Tues1ay-lock it up and go away all
day-how much will you lose? Some-
thing. certainly. But suppose, tomor-
row morning, you display placards
over every coulter telling your Gus
toners that the store will not be open
Tuesday, that the entire sales force
is going to put in the day fighting
for the freedom Of America, and ask
them to buy on Monday what they
need for Tuesday. How much would
you lose then, even IL your competitor
on the next corner should keep open
all day and hustle for business? A
little. possibly. But don't you think
1t would be bread upon the water,
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
THE FARM AND THE CITY MAN

. Spend five minutes thinking .
over what you owe to the farm. =
. Very likely It gave you the .
stamina and strength Of charac-
ter that as made you a success in .
the business world. Certainly. it I.
has given those things to some OF .
. the men upon whom you rely for .
maintaining that success. .
In one way or another, directly .
or indirectly, It gives you a large .
part probably the bulk, of your
business. .
Without its contribution Of food, >
neither you home nor your bust .
ness house could continue in ex- .
istence. .
That Is what the farm means .
and has meant to most city men. .
You will know best just what It .
means to you.
Now, having thought Il over .
remember that the farm is IN .
such dire need Of labor as It has .
never known before. .
And get ready to do what you .
can toward repaying the debt you 4.
owe the farm-not repaying It so =
. much TO the farm. either, as pay .
fng II to your country in a gem .
uinely patriotic service. .
tivating. or harvesting, With this
information on the farm labor needs
and the number OF workers available,
the committee can assign the men
who have volunteered 10 help in this
emergency to the various farms in the
neighborhood."
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
Home-Built Garage Economical and
Convenient; It Pays to Protect Your Car

More motor cars find their way to
the junk heap because Of neglect than
as a result Of hard service. 1t is
misuse, more than use, that makes
dingy, wheezy rattle-traps today of
what a year or so ago were hand
some, smouth-running machines that
reflected the pride of their owners as
they sped about town and country,
the embodiment of practical utility
md luxurious comfort. The man
who gets the most service with the
least expense and trouble from his
automobile, is the man who gives IL
proper care-the care a beautiful
and wonderful machine deserves.
And proper" care includes adequate
housing when the car is not In use
Q garage that will afford protection
from The weather and extreme tenn
pcratures, safety from theft, and
facilities for cleaning, oiling and
making repairs.
Reasons for a Home Garage.
Every consideration of economy
and convenience urges the automo-
bile owner to have a garage Of his
own, whether he be a resident of
town or country. The man In town
who houses his car in a public garage
usually is paying in rentals annually
a sum that would build a garage on
his own premises, and he is in addi-
tion subjected to more or less in
convenience in getting out the car
and putting it away. Furthermore
the patron Of the public garage is
taking the risk Of his car being usec
without his permission, and some.
times suffers the annoyance anC
financial loss Of having wrenches
dash lamps, inner tubes, and othel
loose articles Of equipment mysteri
ously disappear" When your cal
is housed in your own garage it /.
under lock and key when not in use
It is at hand when wanted, day o.
night, or when you feel like dominic
your overalls and giving it a "goini
over; ard. last but not least, it i
not eating its head off in stal
rentals.
In the country, the car owne
MUST lrovide his own housing, fo
the very good reason there are n,
public garages available. Sometime
the farmer owner is tempted t
snake room for his car by remov
ing farm machinery from its prope
shelter and leaving it out in tn
weather. That, Of course, Is tn
worst kind of poor business, becaus
the implements suffer from exposur
and 90 ~ rack, Just as the automo
bile would under similar condition,
while the shed space provided is NOR
than likely unsuited to the storag
OF the car. Barn space also is unde
sirable as housing place, becaus
in that case the car becomes a perch
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

anything like the same cost.
Build economically-wnich means,
use good materials without wasting
money on unnecessarily expensive
construction. The best material for
garage building, and the most mod
crate in price, is Southern Pine.
Southern Pine is wonderfully
strong and durable. 1t is very work.
able and takes and holds paint per-
fectly. 1t is carried in stock by al
most every retail lumber dealer east
of the Rocky Mountains. With IL
you can build a home garage that
will give you a life time Of honest
service.
An interesting and instructive
booklet on the Home Built Garage,
with plans and working specifcnn
tions, has recently been issued by
the Southern Pine Association "
New Orleans, to whom We are id
debted for the illustrations appear.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

Volunteers to fight instantly grew
more numerous when newspaper
headlines furnished evidence of the
need for men. That death and mutt
lation on a stupendous scale were
the fate of others merely spurred
men to sign up to fight.
The tide of volunteers rose at
Offices of the British Canadian Re-
cruiting Mission with the food of
the battle overseas. Many recruit
ing offices have been opened recently
throughout the country and at all of
them men swarmed in reading the
press reports of stupendous conflict
II want to go. That Kaiser crowd
has got to git" one told Sergt. Net
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

green from the country, sunburned
and hard as hickory. The fact that
they are now among the best business
men in town does not prove that they
couldn't still do good farm work.
Why. not so long ago, when Bill
Of binder twine, and to put little
extra money in the bank and chaffed
you about the ease Of your Job and
how soft you were. you probably
boasted that you could shock wheat
or walk between the plOw handles
with the best of them. OF course
you could-and of course you can.
Maybe you can't hold it as long as
some of them, but you can do it as
well. All right. The time has come
for you to do it. You never made
boast that you couldn't back up, did
your
II your town falls down on this
matter, the country will suffer-a lit
tie. II will not suffer great deal,
because most of the towns are not
going to fall down on IL. But IL your
town falls down on this matter, your
town will suffer more than little.
You know what happens to trade
when the farmers all around are
short on crops and have barely
enough money to scrimp by with.
Commercial Clubs should Act.
Take the matter UP at the next
meeting OF the commercial club or
board OF trade. or, better still, call
special meeting. You have influence
enough to do it or have it done. Here
is what Clarence Ousley, Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture Of the United
States. says about it:
"To render this assistance to the
farmer and to the Nation. the local
commercial club or business mems as
ISOLATION should appoint labor
representative or a small and active
committee on farm labor. This labor
representative or committee should
I q Nt1iA NeiSS VI lAlN bAs4iltSS Iltllt
clerks and others in the town who
have had farm experience and who
are willing to close or leave their
places Of business on certain days or
afternoons, or for long periods, and
out on the neighboring farms to help.
This labor representative or commit
tee should either get in touch with
the farmers themselves or with an
agent representing the farmers, such
as the master of the Grange, the pres
tdent of the Union, the manager of
the cooperative creamery or store,
or the county agricultural agent, and
ascertain Just how many men each
farmer can use to advantage during
good weather and particularly during
certain rush periods IN planting, cul-
I
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

To obtain maximum service and
satisfaction from your automo-
bile, proper housing and protec-
ton from weather wear are as
essential as intelligent care of its
internal mechanism. A garage
should be considered part Of the
necessary equipment of a motor
car.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
- ynAChvS oOy-

tie Mcpherson, who is on recruiting
duty at one depot. 81 want to CO."
The officers and men of the Mis-
sion read the headlines with tense
lines in their faces. To them, who
have endured the deafening crash Of
shells the stupendous roar of artil.
lery, rifle fire and machine guns in
such an offensive as the Germans
had begun, the press dispatches
brought wildly back some desperate
dnys in the trenches. To those
"men who had come back" many
wearing the military Cross or Mill.
tary Medal and wounded" stripes,
remembrance Of the need made them
redouble efforts to send forward re-
cruits.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

gazed resentfully at the bag dangling
from his forefinger: And now, on top
OF everything else, I've got this darn
thing to contend With"
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

what Is the liberal beach,"
"a place where feminine bathers
are not required to wear more clothes
than they do on the street"
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
FARM LABOR-IT'S YOUR
PROBLEM

The farm labor problem is one Z
that affects not the farmer alone. Z
1t is one that the farmer alone {
can not solve-one that the
farmer can not solve even with Z
the aid Of the Department OF Ag- Z
. riculture, the Department of Z
. Labor. and all such agencies.
1t is a problem that affects the
= city man and in the solution of
. which the city man must help.
. Practically every business man
. in an agricultural region is de-
pendent. in large measure, on the
. farmers. If they fail, he suffers.
He owes It, therefore, to himself
not less than to his country to
give every possible assistance.
Write to the Department of
Agriculture. Washington, d. c.,
for a copy OF 'The Farm Labor
Problem-Manpower Sufficient If
Properly Modified by Co-opera-
tion and Community Action"
. Study the problem as it applies
to the farming communities on
which you and your business de-
pend for the largest measure of
success.
And get busy helping with the
solution.
That is a business duty you
owe yourself and your customers,
patrons, or clients. II is equally
patriotic duty you owe your
country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08

A Liberal BEACH
"Where are you going this sum-
mer?"
"Oh, to one of the liberal beaches"
The St. Joseph observer., 1918-06-08
Men Who Were Farm Boys

You know, very large proportion
OF business men have been farm boys.
Just make a mental canvass OF the
men in your block or your building.
You remember when they came in