Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-02

Sorry to learn q your big loss BY
fra Call on us for anything we can
do to help get out the Times Repub<
lican for your subscribers" was the
kind offer OF the Waterloo Times
| Tribune. while Muse & Conroy, pub
fishers OF the Mason City Globe
Gazette, wired, we sincerely regret
your misfortune. Command II We
can hels In any way" Herbert L.
Adams publisher Of tho Daily Chie6.
at Perry, wiredi REGRET to learn OF
the Times Republican fire. II any Of
our material would be Of use to you
we will be glad to loan you all We
can possibly spare until you can re-
place." The News-Republican, OF
Boone telesraphedi "You have our
sympathy. Can We be Of service?
II so our plant Is at your disposal"
to hear Of your misfortune. Call on
us for any help we can give you."
and J. NJ. Rhodes. editor Of the
Newton News, said: we are ready
TO help you. Feel free to ask US for
anything We have"
Many Editorial References.
Many editorial references ex-
pressing sympathy over the Times
Republicans loss, appeared In the
Iowa press. Extracts from q few
Of the many which came to the
notice OF the Times Republican in
dicate the kind feeling that pre-
vailed. The sentiments voiced by
the state press follow:
Des Moines Capital: The Mar
shalltown Times Republican is again
on it's feet after a bad fire one night
last week. The building and plant
were badly wrecked but 1t SO hap
pened that the presses and type
setting machines were not destroyed.
The Times Republican Is a splendid
newspaper IN one of the splendid
cities Of Iowa, and the publisher, Mr..
d. W. Norris, and those associated
with him, are to be congratulated
upon their swift recovery from what
is always a disaster TO any line of
business, but a special disaster 10 a
daily newspaper.
Boone News Republican,: We SYM
pathize sincerely with the Marshall
town Times Republican In its almos.
total loss Of plant by fire. In cities
Of this size we know what it means
TO be crippled in getting out paper.
In Des Moines or other large cities
there Is always co-eNtensive plant
which is offered in case of fire or
other disablement, but the Marshall
town Times Republican will be a
long time getting back on its feet,
and in the meantime II will have to
employ what facilities It can scrape
up 20 get out some kind OF a paper.
The Times Republican is the kind,
however, that will master all diff
culties and come out bigger and bet
ter than ever, 1t has an enviable
patronage
Toledo Chronicle. Despite the
fact that FIRE practically wrecked the
plant Of the Marshslltown Times
Republican last Tuesday night, there
has been no interruption in the
service Of this popular Iowa daily.
The loss Is great, altho to large
degree covered by insurance. A loss
of this nature, however, can not be
measured In dollars and cents, but
the Chronicle predicts that in the
end the Times Republican will be a
still bigger and better institution.
Carroll Herald: The Marshall
town Times Republican experienced
disastrous fire the day before
| Christmas. the loss amounted to
some $4,000 and badly Gripping
the publication. Among the papers
coming to our exchange table the
T.-R is among those most noticed.
1t presents fine mechanical ap-
| pearance and has a state news serv-