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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18
A NEW POLITICAL ANGLE.

A NEW POLITICAL ANGLE.
One OF the paramount issues ii.
the contest between Harding and Cox
is this: Will the great American
people vote for man with only a
single syllable to his name? Or at
any rate, will they give him the pre-
ference over q man with two sylla-
bles?
There have been only Ave prcsi-
with monosyllabic monnickers. name
ly, Polk, Pierce. Grant, Hayes and
Taft. And none OF these, it Is to be
noted. has had less than four letters.
On the other hand there have been
thirteen presidents with two-syllable
names, to wit: Adams. Monroe. j. T.
Adams. jackson, Taylor. Fillmore.
Lincoln. Johnson, GARFIELD, Arthur.
Cleveland and Wilson.
The box score stands:
One Syllable ................... 5
Two Syllable IS
Three syllable .................. s
The American people seem to have
q feeling for mouth filling names.
Or don't they?
Recent financial operations con-
vince us that there is one born every
half minute, IL not oftener.
Red Is no longer the fashionabl bic
color it once was.
Darned II this age isn't so fnicky
that it expects presidential candi-
date to be grammatical and every
thing.
The Boxer indemnity promises to
be larger than ever this year, with a
large share going to Messrs, Dempsey
and Carpenter.
STANDARD LIES.
Greg. U. s. Patent Office. Parts
Supplied For Individual Needs).
Must you go. Mr. Proon? Oh,
we're SO sorry!"
"Yessir, a forty-hve degree grade.
I just gave her the gas and took 1t
on third as easy as falling down
stairs"
Guaranteed All Wool"
"Unaccustomsd as am to public
speaking"
"'Fraid can't get home to dinner.
dearle. There's q Job I've just got to
wrastle with at tho office"
Lines busy!"
why Ferdie! I wouldn't dream
of letting you kiss mel"
We've been married ten years
now and there's never been a harsh
word between u.s.
David w. Whossis 100000 Pro-
duction."
Sure it's homemade. But it's
better than you could get over the
bar q year ago.
Five minutes from the train"
And I said to him, Why, you
great big blanketty- blank"
Gracious. Mr.. Gulp--I thought I'd
paid that bill long aso!"
Secretary Daniels, returning from
his Alaskan trip says: 60 north,
young mani" Yes-but he told Sims
to go south.
The British have just perfected a
Big Bertha that shoots eighty miles.
II the range gets any greater it might
be. more convenient to telegraph the
projectiles.
johnson may be on the band
wagon but it sounds as tho some
body else were manipulating the slide
horn.
Beer, real beer has dropped. h25-
per cent in Germany. We repeat:
Who won the war? 5lsge 81 afG
The governor OF Guam has forbid
den whistling In the streets Of Agana,
the capital city. It's easy enough to
understand his order II "Dardanella"
has travelled that far.
IF. F. v.
Some State Speciaities.
According to the latest available
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18
lowa Newspapers

A SHINING MARK.
LOelWein Iowan.]
It's hard thing for a boy to aim
his air rife at q tree where there is
an electric light bulb within range.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

Some State Speciaities.
According to the latest available
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18
The W. ndmlll

THE ALPHABETICAL LIFE.
When was young went each day
AND sat upon my fathers knees
And thus it was learned to say
My A. 3. C.s.
But now less propitious fate
Has taught me sadder things to
spell;
The more l know the more hate
The II. c. l..
How tough and wearing IL that life!
Pray, someone, hearken to my plea
And stop the things my goodly wife
Sends G. o: D.
How often have I moaned and wept!
They've taken all my coin and
They've grabbed of everything ex-
cept
My I. 0. us.
A college statistican has figured
out that the average Student dances
eighty miles year. II you ask US
wen say It's a long way to a lady's
heart.
An unfallible method OF testing the
merits of any home brew is to 20 out
In the garden. pluck q bunch of for
sythia and pronounce one after each
drink.
How wonderful 1t would DO II all
the infant prodigies whose work
keeps appearing In the maya zines
could be suppressed under the child
labor laws!
Lots of fellows get regulations for
being humorists merely by laughing
heartily at their own jokes.
Some people look out at their own
mental horizons and imagine that the
world OF knowledge ends right there.
European cities are demonstrating
that one way to beat the high cost OF
living is to get killed in food riot.
Chileans say that threats of war
from the north are merely Peruvian
bark.
Japanese workmen have invented
what they call the go slow strike"
Shucks-American workmen have
been on that kind Of a strike for the
last three years.
The song Of the shirt Is all right
In a minor key-but some OF these
silk shirts we've seen this summer
are still echoing In our eyebalIs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

Beer, real beer. has dropped rs
per cent in Germany. We repeat:
Who won the war? 5ISge ST. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

Johnson may be on the band
wagon but it sounds as tho some
body else were manipulating the slide
horn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

From southwestern Iowa the Sid
ney Argus SIS glad the convention
saw At to put the skids under Ben
Salinger whom we have never con-
sidered a At man for the place."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18
Girls! Girls!!|
SaveYOurH Hair
With CutiCural
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

IN the district court q tAs state q
IOWA II Ard fer Aarshan osun4y. No.
1sH7S. september tsrm 1879,
sasnry A. Admann. plaintifk ~. D..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

Some people look out at their own
mental horizons and imagine that the
world OF knowledge ends right there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

Lots of fellows get regulations for
being humorists merely by laughing
heartily at their own jokes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

How wonderful 1t would DO IL all
the infant prodigies whose work
keeps appearing In the magazines
could be suppressed under the child
labor laws!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

European cities are demonstrating
that one way to beat the high cost OF
living is to get killed in food riot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

The British have just perfected a
Big Bertha that shoots eighty miles.
If the range gets any greater it might
be. more convenient to telegraph the
projectiles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-18

An unfallible method OF testing the
merits of any home brew is to go out
In the garden. pluck bunch Of for
sythia and pronounce one after each
drink.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
RED CROSS ASSISTS
 DISABLED VETERANS

The American Red Cross is carrying on a wide program of service for the disabled World War veterans receiving treatment in United States Public Health hospitals. and those being train ed through agencies of the Federal Board fer Vocational Education.
 In each of the Public Health Service hospitals Red Cross workers devote their time To the general welfare of the service men from the day they enter lh- receiving ward Gntii they are discharged After the soldiers dis charge tae Red Cross continues it's friendly service through the Home Service Sectjon in his own community.
 The Red Cross maintains q CouVale cent house Ht all of the hospitals, where PatientS can alnuSe themselves after they are well enough 10 he Up and around Parties and picture shows m the wards are also furnished, with ocea~3onal excursions wien eonvales. eCuce co!5rs
 Great service has been rendered by aIe Red Cross in mental cases Tn iden- ufging thcse whe have appeared in $ .5tp hospitals fot-the insane and help. m them secure compensation due from tle GHseau of War Fisk Insurance.
 la fbe Federal Boards various dis astsf o.Iiee~ Gle Red Cross worker, act r2 wIsh lEe Home Service section. =T.tsr@ ue"rsSar. loanS 10 the men ar -t.f.rs suitable living conditions. helps salIrct rNid auce and supply facts to the Eeard assi~,s jn "apaealius cases and s.ffaos NaiiaeS personal difficulties for tl Inch 1br# workers also follow Hp ...d u#d az meu wAo discontinue frain.
 Tae Red Cross agents find men "lost" 'a Ha Faprd help clear mp dcla5ed caSa~ uld aid tEe college ceunselorS in d",r friendly work with the meu &.nv Fed Cross chapters have set up rtf epH-n0 ficittt|es and in some in sluucc. living clubs so these victims ol ear "1a} have attractive surround r.s and The fan winch must go with -Grrt,vc -rhool work
 To tae American Red Cross Institute fer the R!.nd near Baltimore, Md, a,u~p tban ha'f of all the Americans andod in -he World War have conc fot ttat9ne The Institute, lhrnngl, the Red Cros~, leag ago conducted an exhaustive tudus,r.a survey io dcter. rf.ue she yoeaflous for which blind men rould he fitted As a result II is rn,ttu- forth well trained men eqrIp. prd to f0pPt the social, civic and eco. pomic reqGremen.s of their respective eCHfuuuitic~.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
PROPER FEEDING BRINGS TOp
 PRICES FOR S0E THERN HOGS

Information secured hg he puras of Markets. United States Dqar. meHt of Agriculture. iadicats Mt southern hogs will conmand priees K high as those paid for hogs from tte corn belt if fhef az properly fed and handled Nearly 6eeo hogs from | singh owner in Mississippi have lea received at he National Stock Yarls Illinois. within the past few mons and all Wpep da finished porktn which sold Weil iH line with the le that came from othcr sections of he country. < representative of the Bs reau of Markess made some inquirs into the Wauuer ia which these hg wert. fcd. He discovered that the Nns oWner has feeding Hpas i'll Iowa as vel as n Mississippi, and that be boughi his young pigs and fed them mila grain ration in connection with con and tankagc All the animals showed intensive feeding and weighed @ pounds or over when they arrived a the market.
 IL would be especially advantages to the southern farmer 10 study R uSe of wcll-halanced grain rations ana the complementary adaption ot Fs' nuts and velvet beans. which can grown so alundaully ill that sectloh
 Twelve carloads of Hogs were ceived from a single Tennesse oVn at the same stoelyardS These ailinas were of distinctly southern QF says inc Bureau of Markets repFesr tative. but they were well tihisnea corn. and sold readily If the lop the market. despite the fact thai lnp came from the S0-called 1aouOV~ territory" The owner received a ene' for S72.l17. the targets ever paid !" patron of that market TOT Il N's shipment.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
THEY KNEW \ RI BE.

She was neat and trim as any of
 He other thousands of aar sister s>aie~.adfas ia Now ari,. 6i@ aeP4.t @5H : ores. B,r companion 0as as eaa=sa4y tailored as aeg ef the other Haas#a4z af Ai- fe.iee ~s.e~mcH fh tAe same big department stores. Both were so patiently native Nes1 Workers That. though they wase#ia a shrne of -Ubm6aaitie< boaad .of .les>ey Giaz feefs taee coald=naf ha1e nlde any aae# of Che commuters tb.Hk for aa m ata t9at thcs were anything baf .u~t .a ive New Yor',ers.
 Bot topa2d for 2 moment. 4e ots= e.,~ had done .o s5zs through I store window at -mall flock of gray laul- mdu~tllousI2 scratching and peclsins in ihc aJaaN eG thc bottom of a large 4,Ge peu. l;aea of the eaee =s,.as ! ~iga. "Tha-a inc plHmo4tA Roci. nulets faH sale q N each and both read the pIaeara
 ..Pulpts:' "PaAets:" said fine t:im &orpE girl to hef rim 5e,a- rscort. m Il puzzled tone Why. lbey book exactly like chickens 2,
 50 they do" asSeated her campan= on" and wouldn't bct ta"y aint picked 'cm ID and put q fancy French label on 'cm just 10 ge. some of the ] erse3 Fu3es to pay faney price for 'eGl.a
 .Nnd then the twa ,upbis ic..l-a na. tive New Workers turned aHss and passed cH.-New York Times.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
THE COMING CITY.

This k story 20 years before it's time. II k story built upon an ieda eerB.as.iag in ae practical brain of Prof. |. IL Holden of the IateiHa= tio1nU Harvester Company. 1T yours k an Imagination as koenly alert as Hi~ eou ean ~it nith hm II h> oaieo and sec
 As=f. without esimHeyS.
 \ cify without smoke and >aot. | alts vifh= sucefs and buiflins clem as hounds tooth
 \ afty without ceal bins and eoal wards and coal vagonS and c2al cars.
 \ city Wi,Houl play soom, In t.te base mcu, ol homes. city where "hitt collars rl1 on in the morning can bz worn without shame to the thcater ih the evening.
 \ city where furaanees and boilers have gone tht way the mahogany hae is now passing
 In short. city lighted and heated hg elceirie.y alone, electricity gene rated a he coal mines and distributed to the hahitations of man over high tension wires.
 \ visitor te Prof. Holden's office had this modol city spread ont for his in- Speet!oH simply by putting the query, What. sir. do you believe to be the principal defects in our present system of coal distribltion:"
 "Of course" explained Prof Holden. what have in mind k ] topian, but if k that toward which we are being rapidly driven II can he proved, practicable. l think l should think tn" president of the United States would >tart il movement to haye the expert ment made Private enterprise. per haps. could he induced to put up pr'ZeS for the first electrically operated. heat cd and lighted city in the country. tine lawei to he generated hy coal burned at the source of production, the mines.
 With >uch system we should never lack for light and fuel hccaush of poor transportation or railway labor troubles. or any one nf the many things that now prevent distrihut on of coal at a reasonable price. The waste of fuel for which We Americans are notorious. would he eliminated. lnI time to com eve shall unqueationably lool, to electricity for heat and power to thc cNsluSion of everything II may be a number of years coming, but noth- ing, l believe, can prevent if.
 Eventually we shall have all water power harnessed and energy traS taken in hand will supplement power develop ed from burning coal at the mines. InI time there will be power houses out on the storing power generated from the waves
 When that time comes electricity will drive all our factories. It will heat our buildings and homes. WhenI we wish heat we shall press q button as we now turn on the electric light, II will lot he necessary then to heat an cnti.e building in order to gct one room warm. Cites Will be much c'ean- CT and more healthful. and the people who dwell in them will he happier because they are healthier We shall say g0od-hy to smoke and Soot with an easy conscience Chicago Daily ! News.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
THE NEED OF MORE THINKING.

The manner in which man has reT- olutionized his cnyirnncment hehit~ of conduct and views of Hfa#i iz Maa- tions is perhaps the @ozi astonishing thing in human history, II is iii 3b- scurc and hitherto rather neglected subject. Ent, t k clear enough, from the little tfat has been said here. that since the Middle AecS. and r~i aeiafff in the past hundred yeatz. science has so hasteaed thc process ef eHaHse tha' it becomes increasingly difficult fe. mans common rnn af thinking h kesa pace with tae radical altg.a.,oas fa his actual practices and eon1i ious of living.
 Man las never been ah.e To adjust himself very perfectly to his c.viliza- ton. and there has always been a=tieai of injustice and maIadjustment which might coneeiyably have been greatly decreased by ntcllieencc But now il would seem hat tHi, ehreaie malaise has become &eate and soi3e= eaelHl observers express the quite honest con Yiction that unless thought be raised to far higher plane than hitherto some great >cthac., to civilization k ineYitahe The chaos anu uaefin2 iH the world a"c daily evidence taat tisa ideas appropriate mayhar. a etntuy or more age. quit atsufte5' to lhe mIprcccudcatod c1adi ioa, ot day Nci H,fe4d of ubioetuig traditional ideas and ruies to ihoroH~..g 3iue reconsideration. et,r impulse j. l3 fas- len te 1e>f;tr existing and haf;tlal notious of human eonduct. Ehen' are even those who fla ter themselves thal hy suprressing >aosilrd @rad.e.4i2 thought and it> diffusion the Pfetnt system can bc made =to=Wer., sati>faot orily on thc basis of ideas of q hundred or hundred hoHsand wears ago. Tuc new Knowledge k ~Gil#tes9 taf ff"@ being common pus~csSioa aud mo~t of uS >til cling ta bauperius ideas aboE, rau and his development which would no hear scientific .cratiuN. nor the test of modern disoNerics Ne have, in short permitted our free thought in he natural =e.eHce~ ta spoil tbc old world. Whilc M. allow oul. schools and even om. universities to continue to mcucatc hclict~ and ideals which may or maN na haYe been appropriate to lha p8,t=bEt which are clearly anachron'smS now Iadctd. thc social science taught in cur schools iS m orderly preservation of The coii- rentioaal properties. rather than a summons to srapplc with hc noEol and disconcertiug facts that surround nS on every side.
 Al the opening of the Twentieth cen turn the so-ealled sciences of nam. dos- pite some progress. are in much the same position tha. the natural sciences were three centuries earlier. Hohbes NaAN VI AtlA' NNittiAFNlt lltiilfNtliIA lAl'li il went on one brazcn leg and one of an ass. This seems 10 he our plight .u day Our scientific leg k is lustF and grows in strength daily it's fellow member our thought of man and his sorry eState-is cupriciou@ and halting We have not realized the hopes of the Eighteenth century illumination when confident philosophers believed That humunityy was shaking off its ancient chains that the clouds of superstition were lifting. and that with the new achievement Of science man would boldly and rapidly advance to- ward hitherto undrea med-of concord
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
ALd for spanIsh Bed crcsa.

The lherian chapter of the American Rcd Gross, composed of AmcricanS resident m Snajn, has just contributed SlSo 10 a fund being raised by the Spanish Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies for the purpose of lSitt.u2 malaria.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
American Red Gross Roll Call.

The Fourth Annual Roll Call of the American Red Cross will be held this year from Armstice Day. November II, to Thanksgiving Day. November -, inclusive, During this period the men and women of the United States will pay their annual dues and renew their membership.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
SECRETARY HOI ST0N ANNolN
 CEs PEACE TIME PoLi'i

Secretary Houston takes occasion l., 7 say that the issue of Treasury Sa'ns, Y, Securities has become ihe pefn''p'. pcacc-t!mc poIicy of the G0'e'nn's p, and that the work of the @ ,.,,,', Organization will Ike P"'si'' fhe com 'ng year,
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16

and happiness. We can no longer eoua- tonase thc spacious precision of the English classical school of economic, Nho-e pgsmisa> have been given rh' Ie=n= thought experience. Ne have=reailE "a stMf @a0 James tuaey kaa.asou in liorpar's Magazine t..E ECcGmngr
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16

Government statistics show tha the average increase in electric light and power rates is but slightly in excess of eleven per cent, as compared with increases of from G5 per cent to 350 per cent ill practically all other items entering in 0 community life.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
DEAR LITTLE GEISH8S."

cannot imagine any foreigner who h3s trayeloa in Japan supporting the ..'6ssyfoot movement for fhe sup pression af Gci9has. They are the most harmless aud delightful of little efeaz .rrez that ever fitted their WAY joy eHsly through life.
 Some people suppose that q geisha < young laaf wh2 is hot over par ticu2ar what she does They confuse her in their minds wiih quite diff zareHJ type of JapaHrze girl Ia type which. he il said. is not peculiar ta Japan alolc or desirable in any couu- tryl
 'f.iS i~ complete error. \ scisha E class apatf: she bclong> to I call M2. CT profession. just as he stage i= a profession in Great Rritian. She loses DO more caste hy becoming Il seiSha than q young English girl would lose hv oining musical comedy company On the contrary. like her European sisters. lhe Japanese gcisha very often ma.,,'S Il brill. ant marriage Her role k that of official cntrrtaineg in Japanese life.
 Before she can become Il geisha Il .lapalesc girl receives long and careful training in the ant of magine herself agreeable aHd amusing She has the orpor unity CT rising To grea distinct. ien ilI her profession.
 remember. Inc first time landed H Japan. going to a famous art shop h Yokohama Among the painted scrcene aad prints. and porcelain. I noticed d stutucttc in bronze of Yery beautiful girl. In inquired about il and was old that i wa> Il Statucttc of o- san
 What was 0:San:1 | asked
 Thr proprietor shrugged his shoul- dcr.. II was aS though I had asked q Frenchman Who k Sarah Bern hardit:"
 Miss Q San. he told me was one of t6e most famous gcisla@ in Tokyo Perhaps if went to the capital | ~hould see her
 Chance look me 10 the capital and ehancr fure her provided that 1 Shonld see 0-Sau T. was at dinner party given hy Janancyc gentleman.
 wa~ not loo over comfortable, d> spoke ne Japanese and the other guests poke little English But life be. came very pleasant when Inc geisha joined us.
 can still remember the delightful little creature who Sa' by me and the white chry~anthemum Sho wore in her hail She showed me The hest way to shell peanuts. and she toubht me the same of "ehinque" properly Chinese same of counting fingers. bui some times played by the .IapaneScl. Alto gehter she made the evening pass most pleasantly
 She spoke Il little English. l asked her how she came to have learned our language.
 Fl wcna down to the college at Hong Kong she answered. "cspce ally to learn, " Arthur Mills in the Con tincnul Edition of the London Mail
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16
,pPLEs-.iPPLEs-lPPLfS

Another car of fine apples An ,l,. M located on East Front sli'ef doors south of postofi'ce ..,o,
 Henry Neiin'''
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16

Every man, woman and child in the land should be interested in the fight against tuberculosis. Buy Seals.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-16

lou will find Christmas Seals on >ale at many places in Prescott Buy them. and aid fH tae fight against the dread disease tuberculosis.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-24
COMPLETING PLANS
TO-DAY FOR STATE
MERCHANTS meet
Committees Will Confer al
Luncheon; Partial List of
Speakers Is Announced.

Seven committees from the Great
Falls Merchants association will meet
at MONDAY luncheon at the Park hotel
today Thursday to complete arrange
ments for the convention Of the State
Merchants association, which will be
held in this city July II. 13 and IA.
Plans for the convention have been un-
der way with the committees for the
past two months, and 1t was stated
Wednesday by Secretary A. c. LeFebvre
that the finishing touches will be given
the program at today's session. The
campaign for funds is proceeding very
successfully, Secretary LeFebvre' said.
A partial list Of the speakers who
will address the convention has been
announced NJ d. L. Rhodes, secretary
of the Northwestern Mutual Fire as
sociation, will come from Seattle to
make a talk, and Paul Findlay, of the
California Fruit Growers exchange, will
also deliver an address. c. L. Thomp-
son, Of the health service department of
the American Red Cross; Robert G.
Line Of Columbus, Mont, and e. b.
Moon of the Orange Judd Farmer will
be other speakers on the program.
Indications are that at least 300 Mon
tana merchants will be present at the
convention.