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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
"ssr POOR QUICK" spsculAroes.

Iowa hotels have reaped harvest
from the stock statesmen and pro
motors" that have filled their hobbies
and rooms and still crowd them. So
far. none except the hotels and the
enterprises represented by the
stock peddlers and promoters seem
TO have profted. Iowa has suffered
from the invasion of a horde seeking
the savings, liberty bonds large
profits and Accommodations generally
of the flush times of the war. And
the horde found what it sought and
has got away with it-so far.
LITIGATION instituted here and there
in Iowa is the forerunner of more to
come. The easy marks are beginning
to feel the stel beneath the velvet
hand of paper profts-dividends paid
out of the principal; a fictitious
market created only for the purpose
of deceit; kilograms OF big advances
in land: veins uncovered in mines:
gushers with their thousands Of bar
rels per day; all have served their
purpose and an unwelcome awaken
ing is due. Notes are easily signed,
are readily discounted, and payday
arrives long in advance of the an
! ticipated profits which the glib
| tongued promoter working for his
| big per cent, promised would care for
the obligation before maturity.
The savings of many months van
| ish-all because in a moment OF
weakness the person being worked"
| made q few scratches with his pen
on SCRAP of paper"
| A lot could be written against the
fountain pen. 1t is more easily car
red than an automatic, and requires
less courage to use.
There are two degrees of cowardice
one is the business man who will
remain silent when defrauded. The
average con" man always figures
that his victim will not "squeaI," for
few have the moral courage to ad-
vertise the fact that they have been
jobbed, Notwithstanding that, If they
| had resented the defrauding. their
neighbors might have been saved.
The lowest degree Of all, however,
is the local citizen who pretends to
invest in the enterprise-who exhib-
| its his check to his friends who trust
him, as evidence Of his confidence in
the enterprise-but who tears up the
check and shares the loot with his
partner, the promoter
After ALL what real chance does the
average citizen stand against the
manipulations of these promoters OF
blue-sky, climate, mines and oilf
They are well organized, and have
complete sucker" list of every
| SouiiIy. Iuey Know CNe UnanC1a
worth and frailties of their victims
They keep as far as possible "within
the law" But, worse than all this
they know the so-called prominent
citizens with whom they can form
an alliance for the purpose Of work
ing the rest.
The reports Of suits started in at
effort to obtain restitution are the
first drops Of a shower. Litigation
loss, suicide and tragedy follow peri
DDS Of extravaganza, hunko specula-
ton and foolish investment"
The hardest lesson to learn is bust
ness caution. the hardest burden tc
bear is prosperity. Each generation
seems to insist on paying dearly 70,
experience.
| During the war the nIITnher nj
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

a sob was stretched out In an easy
chair In tho Eagie Hut In London
after 4 strenuous week ut sea. A.
Tommy sauntcred up and entered in
to conversation with him.
II say, Yank. what's your bloomin'
payr
"Oh, bout ninety beans a month"
responded tho COB.
The Tommy pondercd minute
and then came back. "Blime me, do
they bloody we'll pay you In beans ?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
CONDITIONS AT MANSON.


If the people of Manson ever need
to to put Gods mandate, Thou
shalt love thy neishbor as myself"
into practice, that time is now.
Never before in her history has Man
son suffered from so much sickness
in her homes. Whole families have
been stricken and are Frustrated
with influenza. or Whatever II Is that
is sweeping the land and claiming
many for the grave. In many in :
stances the suffering for care and at
tention has been most acute. az nurs-
es are so engaged with the desperate
cases that it is impossible to get any
TO assist in those which. are not so
critical Every assistance that is
possible should be accorded the euf-
fering and every man and woman
should INQUIRE into the condition of
their neirhbors and he ready to lend
hand whenever and wherever nee
essary. The quarantine regulations
must he strictly observed, Of course,
but much assistance may be rem
dered outside Of the quarantine rules,
Do not fee from the plague-face it,!
/ Flight will avail you nothing, as II
| is everywhere. Abide by the advice
your physician gives Won. Observe
| every rule absolutely. II Won remain
well, offer your help to assist in car
ing for the sick and burying the dead.
| Everything will he gained by calmly
| facing and meeting crisis. Love
| thy nofrhhor as thvself' and prove
| it. now, by your deeds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

A Scotch minister was walking
thru street in the village one misty
evening when he fell into q deep
hole. There was no ladder by which
he could make his escape and he
began to shout for help. A passing
laborer heard his cries. and looking
down. asked who he was. The min
lister told him. whereupon the la.borer
remarked,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS CUES
TIONS:

!. When is tho raccoon considered
edible?
The racoon In considered Eame
only In the fall, or towards the close
of summer, when they become tat
and their flesh sweet. At this time,
cooning In the remote interior La q
famous pastime. AS this animal Is
entirely nocturnal in It's habits. It Is
hunted only at night. A piece OF
corn on some remote side-hill near
the mountain. or between two pieces
Of woods. Ia most apt to be frequent
ed by them.
IL It the Canada violet fragrant
had always supposed that our
Canada violet--the tall, leafy-
stemmed white violet Of our North
ern foods--waS odorless, till q cor
respondent called my attention to
the contrary fact. On examination
found that, while the first ones that
bloomed about May rs had very
sweet scented foliage, especially
when crushed in the hand, the
flowers were practically without
fragrance. But as the season ad-
yanced the fragrance developed, till
single, flower had a well-marked
perfume, and a handful Of them was
sweet indeed.
III. Why and how do hummfns
birds tfratch their nests?
The reason why humming birds
matched the outside Of their nests
with lichens Is doubtless this: the
nests are built Of a kind Of down
that would render them very frail
and pervious to the rain were they
not stayed and matched with some
firmer material The lichens and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
Eou'a Newspapers
FROM TAFT ON.
EVtufou FSaCle1

One Mexican newspaper says thas
about rs per cent Of the responsible
ity for tho strained relations existing
between the United states and Mex
leo is Mexico's fault. That IL q can
did admission. We might be equally
as candid and admit that the other
20 per cent fairly belongs to US. The
laundering which began in Mr.. Taft's
administration has continued with
nothing to interrupt the chain OF
blunders. Both governments have
made matters infinitely worse since
then.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
HANDY DIRECTORY
-OF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
visitors Always Welcome.

| MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os A.
II. A. NJ, Friday, Feb. IL, at Tso'
Business session. c. c. Jennings, W.
= NJ, John w. Wells, secretary.
siGNET CHAPTER, No. 80, r. A..
NJ, Monday. Feb. >, T;so. Royai
Arch degree. one team. Frank t.
Nokes, II. p; John w. Wells. secre-
tary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL No.
70. stated assembly Monday Feb. is,
business session. o. c. Fox, master;
John w. Wells. recorder.
CoNcLAvE ST. AI.DEMAR CON-
MANDERY No. 20 X. T., Tuesday,
Feb. 10, 1880 o'clock. Red Cross. Clyde
II. Stewart, commander; John w.
Wells, recorder
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81 o. F..
&. Regular meeting Wednesday,
Feb. II, 1880 o'clock, Business. Mrs.
". ]. Richards, W. NJ; Mrs. Archer
Walton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
ANOTHER SPACE CRATER.
IHampton ChnNnicle.l

Space Grafters are about the
smoothest fellows on earth. In many
instances they have stock statesmen
beat mile. Here is one from fell
low AT Sedalia, Mo-, wanting to To-
cate the owners of stolen automo-
biles" in your home town. No doubt
this same letter has been sent to doZ-
ems of newspapers in Iowa, and
many of them will fall for the graft
and give the space CRATER some free
advertising for his detective" bust
ness.
Here is n sample Of his letter:
"Sedalia. Mo-, Jan. 20, 30.
Chronicle, Hampton, Iowa: VIII
the marty who had a car stolen from
Hampton please communicate with
me at once? The capture Of three
thieves recently by us has disclosed
the location of q number of stolen
cars. "John thompson.
When YOU write 70 John you can
expect that he is not in the game just
for the fun of II. He is In the car
locating business to make living,
or get rich quick. who knows? At
any rate he is trying 20 get a lot OF
information for nothing, and he mo"
be successful. rs the suckers in -
newspaper game are not all dead
yet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Cant help asserting hat there
are one or two candidates for presi-
dent we'd like to see crawl into the
hole vacated by Hon. Ground Hog"
remarks the Waterloo Times Trib-
me. IL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

Strong vinegar will not affect belts
of good quality except to darken the
leather slightly. but If they are Of
poor quality their flbars will swell
and become gelatinous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

Director Hines has been granted
seven days to make up his mind
whether he shall pay the demanded
wage advances or the county take
the consequences.
Isn't it a terrible coincidence the
nineteenth amendment and the nine
teeth hole?
A Des Moines newspaper running
a contest OF women votes for women
leaders reports heavy voting The
highest number of so-called votes
given in the figures is 2l2. Some
vote Horatio, some vote out of the
600, 900 Iowa women OF voting age.
1t certainly should be decisive as to
leadership.
The president is reported to be
mfffed at Lord Grey's letter and it is
suggested that the British ambassa-
dor will be persona non grata at the
whitehouse. Such reports very
naturally turn the mind to inquiry
as to the presidents physical con-
! dition.
Perhaps the shortest way with
article 10 would be to cut it out OF
! the covenant altogether. Between
| complete excision and and Mr..
Lodges reservation of the difference
would be quite negligible, for In
| either case we would be counted on
! to take forcible steps to prevent war
| only when congress felt like it.-NeW
| York Times. Precisely. This coun-
try is not going to war except upon
the action Of congress or on orders
from Europe. The shortest and the
safest way would be to eliminate the
article; but we are reluctantly will
ing to sign up with the guardian re-
servation.
IF a raise Of wages meant in
crease in production perhaps the
ability to pay might tag along pretty
close behind the tendency to demand.
| R7lt IL doesn't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

During the war the number of
women bank employees in Great Brit
ain increased from 1900 to $1,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

The Perry Chief is convinced tina
iowa needs a few more Horace G
Larimers."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
John BURROUGHS
lNo o1oes
YOU ANSWER
QUESTlONSf
TH'EeE

I. Where are most OF the largest
springs in this country?
ii. Are there as many birds in
England colored blue as in American
III. Do meadow mice swim?
Answers In Mondays Nature Notes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

4p.dess' webs bind them together ana
Keep them In shape.
((Rtghts reserved by Houghton
Miffiin Cempany).
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

''The Jefferson Bee says that 1t is
firm in its republicanism, but it puts
the peace treaty above partisan poll
tics In other words the Bee, Nike
the Des Mones Register, has gone
democratic over Wilson's pet mea-
sure" asserts the Hampton Chron-
icle.
"As a politician Mr. Meredith is
not a success" says the Sac Sun.
"If he were a good politician he
might have been governor of Iowa"
The Newton News says: "There
are many people in Iowa who would
like to have Havner nominated for
governor of Iowa just to get a
chance to vote against him."
'Tf some Moses could smite the
rocks now and bring forth some
thing other than water, he'd have a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

IF a raise of wages meant in
crease in production perhaps the
ability to pay might tag along pretty
close behind the tendency to demand.
But it doesn't.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

"wesI. weei. 70 medina kick up
SIGH Noise, You'li no b needed
afore Sawbath. an this v only
wednesday nicht"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07
Topics of the Times

Director Hines has been granted
seven days to make up his MIND
whether he shall pay the demanded
wage advances or the county take
the consequences.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-07

Isn't it a terrible coincidence the
nineteenth amendment and the nine
teeth hole?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
lie M0YNE GRADUATION
PROGRAM EXTENSIVE

Commencement exercises at lie Moyne
Normal institute will begin next Mon
day. May a, in the evening at the
school when u musical program viii be
given, The primary program will b"
given Tuesday afternoon NAV IS, At
tienal Bible school program will be
presented Tuesday evening in the
school auditorium. ThC annual pro-
gram OF the seventh grade Will be pre-
scented Wednesday evening. May 26. ON
Thursday evening. May 81. the com
mencement program Of the eighth grade
.tll be presented.
intermediate grades will present the
pageant, America" on Friday even
ing. MAY IS. From Monday. May "a
until Saturday, MAY %, an exhibit Of
school work will be displayed In the
assembly room Of the school The bac-
calaureate sermon will he preached by
Rev r. W Brooke. a member OF the
faculty, in the school auditorium sun
day afternoon, May 30, at $3.50 o'clock.
The senior class play. Lady Winde-
Churchs auditorium on Monday even
ing, May 81, AT $40 O'Clock The an
nual prayer meeting will be held in the
school. auditorium, Tuesday morning,
June |. at 10 o'clock and the final COM
fnencement exercises Of the graduating
class will take place In Church's audi
forum Tuesday evening, June |. at
$3.50 o'clock, To which the public IL cor
daily invited
The alumni banquet will he staged in
the lunchroom AT the school on We'd
nesday evening June >, -r-~ -- =
The graduating class this year num-
hers 26 making "A total Of 66t graduates
since the institute opened. T.. Clip.
ptnger is president Of the school
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Peace Of Open Air
Prescribed Remedy
For World Anxiety

Taking as his text the injunction Of
Jesus 20 consider the hleS o. the
field" Or &. II. Williamson thrilled a
large conerega tion at the First rreshy-
terisn church SUNDAY with an Rppra'
to people to fiud peace that VIII alldN
present day anxiety from which the
world is suffering
Il plead with YOU" he declared In
conclusion. go into the open WIN God
and find Gods peace
In opening his sermon. l'r William
son traced the great md growing un'
rest NJ the world today asserting that
fhis Ia an anxious day
"Anxicty is very gl"yous SIN, ne
said The big need today is tran
quality Of mind The weak are fsilins
daily the process Of selection Is going on
rnerciIessly and unrelcnUcSslN. Tn" nus,
hsndman Is winnowinG ont tho 'hai
from the wheat character today Is
speaking in resonant tones for the ri
are to survive. And the III are those
who have the vision ~ God
He told OF a friend who operates
sanitarium for nervous diseases ana
how startled he was on visiting the Ia
sutntion to lind so many OF ne n%a,ii-
tents under 2h years Of age. br. W.T.
hanson then said that the ply stefan
asserted the hig majority Of his patients
were below Is years OF Hge
"TheSe men and women. he asserted.
''are the ones who have violated Mother
Natures laws. Whenever we tr"at
with Nature. whenever ~" lose our
play spirit We are lost indeed The
individual has not been born who IAN
fight the law Of his lte successfully.
Jesus today is pleading for the perpel-
uatiou II the play spirit In the ma
ture Of mankind
THE struggle for the bread and but
ter Of life is the supreme struggle to
day That is why mankind ~ anxious
These men who are oNcrhurden"d ran
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
WOMEN DECLARE SHOE
PRICES UNJUSTIFIED

SAN FRANCISCO. May lT--Htdes
are stored In California warehouses by
thousands and are selling at decided
~ lower prices than In 1919. according
to an announcement today by Mrs
Edward f Scanlon, president Of the
local branch of the State Housewives
league,
members bf the league delegated
to make this investigation have made
a personal canvass OF the leather or
the tSan Francisco bay district and
the findings are startling" Mrs Scan
Ion said THE finest grades OF hides
that brought 70 cents pound in 1919.
are selling today for ~ cents We
have made q careful study Of the dit
fent elements that make up the re-
tail price OF shoes We find that the
labor cost Of pair OF shoes never ex-
ceeds 81 so
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Sunday SerU4o uonr
Prove Unu Iris
Several Ch,,s

Features Of unusual interest md
services IN the churches sunday T.
Guiding the appearance of the Rowing
Marines band at the Unitarian service
at the Majestic where Rev William u.
Clark delivered a sermon In which 4
high tribute was paid to the men IN
The nation . military service, service
at Union Avenue Methodist church
sunday evening conducted entirely by
women, tho speakers being Miss Neil
wynn, d"3Coness in charge uf Wesley
house. ana Mrs Hodges, daughter OF
AdJutant Wager Of the salvation Army {,
and a sermon by Rev Robert George at
the First Congregational church sun
etN evening. l.. MntCn ne HrTdlgUcd po-
Nttcgt and moral conditions IN the Unit j.
ed S'7'.s
While the world waits and the wei
fare Of mankind Is In the balance the
minister declared "our politicians are
suaTliug among Themselves ON the one
hand stubborn president refusing to
abate one lot or little Of the league or
nations, on The other hand a stubborn
senate refusing to compromise
As the only remedy to present con
ditiOnS Rev. George said.
we must get back to the good old
day when II VAS considered sin 10 cheat
and lie and To do a uctghbor wrong,
and a crime 10 forget God and holy
worship
sunday was observed as Children $
day in many Methodist churches here,
with appropriate sermons and pro-
grams In which various classes Of tho
schools took part. Special offerings
which are made on Chdrcus day for
Sunday school work In foreign fields,
were unusually large sunday
one Of the most prctentious programs
was rendered at the First Methodist
church. which has one Of the largest
Sunday schools In the So''tN with an
enrolment Of 500, and 50 ckA iseR Each
department had part in me ChHfiren s
day service. John r Pcprrr who for
81 Years has been superintendent OF the
FIRST Methodist sunday school was
presented with a huge bouquet OF roses,
with rose for each year OF. his ser
VICE
There were many interesting features
of the services at all the churches OBJ
serving the day. and children were bap-
tl2cd by the ministers in most Of the
churches.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

to be a Marine. You see. a Ma
rinc lives on ana near the water so
much that he's web footed, and
where there's salt water there are
FISH, And in tropical waters there
are FISH such as fish stories are
made of--fsh and turtles that
would make a New York chef weep
for joy
And game. How would It be II
this morning we had started on a
hunting leave way UP into China
in search OF deer or bear? OR sup
pose we were guarding Uncle
Sans big ditch at Panama and
got leave to go out and pot a
iaRuar to make somebody a leop-
ard skin coat
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
MRS. THOMAS BURIED,

The victim of brief illness. Mrs
Emma NJ, Thomas, we'll known Mem
phian. WAS buried Monday in Elmwood
cemetery. Funeral services were con.
Quoted at the residence "a North Ev-
crgrcen place. Mrs Thomas. who died
At CARLY Ramsay hospital Sunday
morning, was IS years OF age. For
some years she lived at Bartlett Five
CONS and one daughter survive.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
sATuRoAY, MAY IS. 1890.
QCbe 5F'

'treots, along with few Italians
3 kre Serbs and a RumaEian or two
I IA the Senegalese. the WYScc'fP'c hud
! arNGs, laboring troop ase ~
/ MY ue'Nats queer. Matthews case has
/ been renewed lie has a real case Of
smallpox, according to pr. Graves. Be
cause ~ the exposure. the county Jail
| Is closed to visitors.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Work Time for the Marine


Tn" Marine NE IS not All play.
ThFre work 20 h' DOVE hnt II
a mans WORK ana interesting
There are short snanDF drt'lS
mat teach man 70 ne on ms toes
There are sei''nE-up eFerc ISeS
mat give man q 'hesi IKE har-
rel Th"re are krs, snort ones NJ
hrst and erad"a lly lnrfeaslnE'
mat tNa'h man 20 Walk on ms
own TWO tee'' ana Ike II. ana
'heres r'Ne Nra''ic" hut mat
'Sn' work. tnaI $ sport mere IS
wireless t"Ieff'0N' and slEnal
WON. 20 he ''1rhfd. mere IS
"a lhInE IN SCOUT .nA ana WOOD
'rati MaEi. ''I d.1N I Know
Ihat every N'Rr''" - regular
''"nIn~'n russo. "''n u comes 10
making h''0Se" '"lhfor'a"ie IN
Nud country
Iher' - ar. ..r'' N'ari''" ana
something or st'I. ne. rowing and
SeamHnShIn f"r N3r'0" is
sailor |s Wei as soldier. But
" T. N' ,.5',,,n - ~ ~' wa,
n.e ID ,,ar, ",,,' ' Cr 49, Lt,.o.
nIentv - crro-tvr.fv for learning
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

nations, designate as the place OF the
meeting some European city rather than
Washington. as was originally planned,
win he forwarded 10 him soon By dele
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Home Life of the Marines

No Marine ever seems to stay in
one place long enough to get rusty.
When he is not lust of for for
eign ports or just coming home
from service abroad, he is on one
OF the big battleships which are
always on the move from one port
20 another. Today he may he in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the
next hound for France or Con
stantlncple. or goodness know
where
And when he's on duty in tho
States he may Ne at any one OF a
number Of interesting places
Cu1ntco. the station just out or
WASHINGTON. :rr League Island
Nav YARD at Philadelphia; the
Hroohlyn Navy Ward a. New York &:
or he may re at Sau Diego. in
sunny California or Mare Island,
in San Francisco Nav.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

been retained as counsel for thel suf-
frage amendment ratification campaign
OF the National Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION the organization announced
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

gates OF the league. according to re-
ports prevalent here
-
NEW YoRK.-Charles f. Hughes has