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|-©4" !f y*i rfc, I Or *1 &Z *i IT* A lmu« •Met Mmr Th«t T* ef HMk OMlfc. Tteltor td the Carlylss ta Btoek «Ui vu mock •truck with ths Asia and Burop# '"J4'1- LADIES CAMBRIC MUS LIN GOWNS, slip over style, embroidery trim med 7Q_ tonight I yHn room which the sage had for himself In the attic, from the top, and where no or noise from outside could pene* "My conscience, this Is An*," mj otihi«iig«i uii ""»i appened to flail. During the ®®0 tha old friend, with unconscious up to this period the plague p. "Here ye may write and mated to have killed more than »WV all the reet of your life, and no 000.000 human beings la Burope ana Ijjjgga^J^elng^be one hit the wiser." THE PROFIT-SHARING STORE E E O S S O E I N IH THE HEART THE AFTER SUPPER SALE Tonight onlv, you can secure the mer chandise listed below at these prices. ROSE POINT INITIAL STATIONERY, excel lent grade of paper, 50c box for... Candy Department GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR CANDY DEPARTMENT. PEANUT CLUSTERS, chocolate covered, 50c tonight lb. 20c Limit B. WOODBURY FACIAL SOAP f* fl.lv A SANITOL TOOTH PASTE, 35c tube MILKWEED FACE CREAM 3 AT see* Annex. ORANGES, "Sunkist", large sizes, 60c 4T grade, dozen ... 4JC I Limit 1 dozen. HP RSHALLTQWlf For Tonights Selling Extraordinary specials for Toilet Goods Department. LADIES GORDON FULL FASHIONED SILK rQ LISLE HOSE, 75c grade, blk. and colors, pair From Your Grocery Store Perhaps You Didn't Know— That lots of batteries die of thirst— That many are ruined by neglect— That thousands are overworked and under fed— Yet these and a lot of other battery abuses are common. Be sure that you are treating your battery in such a way that you will get^ the best from it. If you are not sure, we 'will be glad to tell you what to do. McCarten Electric Shop Elks Building, Marshalltown, Iowa We test, repair and re f, charge storage batteries, and always carry a full supply of battery parts, new batteries moA rental batteries. -:**8 «pw«"w this black death had aarrM ot 0A0(000 persona In ®ur«pe and •».' 000 la Ail*. 1b street* and road th. dead decayed where they, year» 39c I Limit 1 box. )X. I FRESH SALTED PEA NUTS, pound for 20c MEN'S PURE SILK NECKWEAR, attractive patterns, 65c grades wC COLUMBIA CROCHET COTTON, Nos. 3 to 70, all colors, ball for tJC Men's Store. Notion Department 21c 20c 50c OjC Hosiery Department. BOYS BLUE CHAMBRAY BLOUSES, all sizes 50c grade for 39c Annex. I I BOILED HAM, thoroughly cooked, 65c SERVICE STATION Copnlah* (TdaUnd. 1911 50c value, lb. Limit 1 pound. -Visit the Grocery Department tonight for good things to eat for the Sunday Dinner. HOT TO POT 01' SUNDAY TRAINS M. a ST. L. WILL NOT RCtUMK SUNDAY DAYLIGHT PAMCNOCN SIR VICE. GENERAL MANAGER 1REMNW SAYS TRAINS UNPROFITABLE Railroad Oflioer Authority For State* ment That Passenger Trains That Wars Takan Off Aftar W*r Was De clared Lost tha Company Money Be for# Thay Ware Discontinued. The daylight Sunday passenger trains on the Ft. L. are not to be put back into service, at least not for a time. Thta is the answer that General Manager W. G. Bremner has given to the petition of the Marshall town Club and commercial bodies of Mnson City. Oskaloosa, Eldora and other cities and towns that Joined In a movement to have this passenger serv ice restored. The reason given Is that even before theae trains were taken off, after the United States declared war, they were unprofitable. Mr. Brrmner indicated that If con ditions in the business became normal again that he would be glad to con sider placing these train* back in service. So definite promise, however of when this would be was given. Trains Not Self Supporting. General Manager Bremner went Into the question of this train service very fullv and explained why it was Im possible for the company to consider resuming the service. He said that not only was the company losing money under federal control, but that these Sunday trains had not been self supporting before they were taken ofT. The cost of operating the two pas sengers, he said, was $S5 a round trip and the fares never paid the cost of operation. They had been operated for years simply to give service, but under the present conditions the company was not warranted In putting them tack into service. ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATH. Clark S. Cole. Former Local Trainman, Dies in St. Louis. Clark S. Cole, a former M. A St. L. conductor, and the brother of M. H. Cole and Mrs. F. S. Wing, of this city, died at St. Louis Wednesday. Death was caused by paralysis that developed from an injury Cole suffered ten months before while employed as train foreman for the Merchants' Transfer Company, of St. Louis. He had been confined to a hospital since his injury. The body was brought to this city Fri day night and the funeral will be hHd at the Wilbur parlor Sunday at I o'clock. The body will be taken to Ire ton Monday for burial. Mr. Cole w^s a conductor employ"! here by the M. ft St. L. for thre. years prior to about six years ago. He wis horn at Ormo, Wis., July 6. 1870. Be fore coming to this city he was a fire man and later an engineer on tpe Illinois Central running out of Fort Dodge. He was a veteran of Company "5, Fifty-second Iowa infantry, of the Spanish-American war and a member of Division No. 3, O. R. C„ and of the Switchmen's Union of Xorth America, of St. Louis. Mr. Cole was the eldest son of Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Cole, the former for many years chaplain of the soldiers' home. He was united in marriare witl: Miss Minnie Lindr-rman. of St. Louis, in flie fail of 1914.- She and one s-jtv Ralph, survive him as do two brofhers in addition to M. H. Cole and Mrs. Wing. The other brothers are Willis B. Cole, of Everett. Wash, and Earl P. Cole, of St. Louis. DIES IN CALIFORNIA. Mrs. Charles Crouse, Former Albion Woman. Dead at Long Beach. Mrs. Xeil ""rouce, aged f.O. the wife 'if Charles Crouse. and a' former Al bion woman, died at Lonir Beach. Cal.. Friday. News of the drnth came fta a telegram to Mr. Oouse's brother. Ed Crouse. of Albion. The cause of death was not given hut Mrs. Crouse had nepn in poor health for a number of years. The funeral was held at Long Beach this afternoon and the body was buried there. Mr. and Mrs. Grouse had not lived in Albion for nearly twenty years. They moved to Denver on account of his health and about three years ago went to Long Beach because Mrs. Crouse was so poorly. Mrs. Crouse was Nell Tucker before her marriage. She was born near Albion and for many yeans the family lived on a farm Just west of the village. She was the last surviving member of her family. The husband and one son, Wlnfield, survive her. MRS. GRACE FLATHERS DIE8. Melbourne Woman Victim of monia TMB8*RaPUBLICAJtt •AfcftWUMWlf, Pneu Following Influenza. Mrs, Grace Flathers, wife of R. H. Flathers, residing one mile east, of Melbourne, clied at 2:30 o'clock this morning of pneumonia following influ enza. Mrs. Flathers had been ill for about ten days, pneumonia developing two days ago. Mrs. Flathers was born Grace Craw ford, on a farm east of Rhodes, Oct. 27, 1886. She is survived by her hus band and one son, Robert, aged 2 years: her parents, Mr. and Mr». S. H. Crawford, and three sisters and one brother. The latter axe Mrs. Bert Aves, iMiss Lulu Crawford and Arthur Crawford, of Melbourne, and Mrs. A. E. Mead, of ithodes. Mr. and Mrs. Flathers were married at Bbodes Jan. 29, 1913. The funeral will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock Monday after noon and will b8 private. Union Moulders Out. Three or four union moulders em ployed by the Marshalltown Man facturing Company are out, leaving work, so the company avers, because of the announcement of a change from a closed to an open shop on Jan. 1. The refusal of the company to grant an eight-hour day, as had been asked, in stead of nlne-hous day, was the reason the moulders went out, the ihen say. Next number community lecture course Monday, Feib. 10, Criterion Male Quartet. Best quartet oq road today. A high grade musical nupaber. Com mittee, '?vr- •.)/*.• J^a A scene frpm "The Unmarried Mother" The most vital "problem that concerns humanity today. To be seen at the Odeon Theater for two days commencing Tuesday. Matinee daily. AT THE CHURCHES Pastors of the city have announced their sen-ices and sermon subjects for Sunday aa follows: St. Paul's Episcopal. Rev. O. C. Fox— Morning. "The Religion of Democracy, or Divine Impartiality", also a Short talk on Theodore Roosevelt, "A Far Sighted Statesman and An Unselfish Patroit". Congregational, Rev. B. F. Martin— Morning. "Fathers and Sons In the World's Program of Today" vespers, service by the boy scouts. Baptist. Rev. R. B. Davidson—Morn ing. "The Second Commandment, or. Shall We Worship Idolsr* evening "The Treasure and the Pearl or The Great Value of the Kingdom". Central Church of Christ, Rev. W. -i. Baker—Morning, address by Miss Myrtle Furman. returned mlsslonary from Bilaspur. India, on "The Call of India" evening, "Rejecting the Corner Stone". Presbyterian—Rev. Daniel M. Scott, of Muscatine*, will preach both morning and evening. United Brethern. Rev. O. S. lying— Morning. "Sanctiflcatlon": evening. "The Anti-Christ. His History and His Doom". Methodist. Rev. W. O, Orowder— Morning. The Philosophy of Life" evening. "Blue Blood". Church of Christ. Thomas Ketcher side—Morning. Bible Study: evening. "The Word of God". Friends, R»v. H. W. Cope—Morning. "Aspirations": evening, song f*st by the Christian Endeavor society. Elim Lutheran. Rev. A. J. Anders— Morning, no service evening, program bv the Luther League. First United Evangelical, Rev. G. J. Roths—Morning. "Premonitions'*: eve ning. "A Distracted Mind". Spiritualist. Rev. Eva McCoy—FJ^e ning. "Sublime Truth and It's Mys tery". First Church of Christ. Scientist— Morning, "Spirit". Notice. All checks Issued for premiums at the 1918 fair will be declared forfeited under printed rule No. 47. premium book of 191S, if not presented for pay ment before March 1. 1919. Marshall County Fair Association. A Threat A cavalry regiment was storting for the front. Just before the column reached the railway station where they were to entrain the noisy cheer ing of the crowd in the street caused a big bay mare ridden by a weather* beaten sergeant to grow very restive and troublesome. She reared and plunged so that her rider was over heard to remark as be held her firm ly with one band and patted her neck with the other: "Be done, Lucy! Be done! A little more of this and you sha'n't go with us at all. I'll leave you at home, I will." Capacity Always Within Call. It is certainly true that no one know6 the resources of his own mind and body until some great sense of duty comes to him, rousing him to play his part well In the work of l»'e. There are unused capacities in brain and nervous system, In mind and mor al nature that are capable of develop ment and effective use. Who knows the potentiality of life force in him self until he gives it opportunity for full expression?—Exchange. ,'i' tv t- lik"* 4 Choosing Brass Diss Last Long. With proper care brass dies fo printing upon wood have been know to make more than 2.000,000 in presslons before wearing out. VWfifl S-ltt [p—1 PHi i!wgBa|i,uiiMiiiiii' iiimi "I'm coming, I'm coming For my head is bending low I hear those gentle voices calling 'Old Black Joe.'" Criterion Quartet (This bTgTook, "Better Built Homes," shows you, in photographic pictures, the exteriors and in [tenors of over a hundred homes that have actually been built. Accurate floor plans indicate their *interior arrangement, and a complete description tells yOu^f the ipecial features of.each house. -^j'410 East Nevada Street—One Block East of Chicago Great WeB^rn Passenger Depot..Phone 945 If & Ulk ONE are the days when my heart was young and gay gone are my friends from the cotton fields away. The old slave days of the South are past and gone, but the memories of them will live forever in Foster's immortal folk songs. Who is there who has not been thrilled by the Simple tune of "Old Black Joe?" It is as familiar to us, almost as our own names. Yet we never tire of it, always feel the same old tug at our heart-strings whenever it is sung. The Criterion Quartet^ probably the most popular male quartet in America today, noil sing "Old Black Joe" at their concert at Methoiist Church Community Lecture Course, Monday, Feb. 10 You must not miss this quartet rendition of "Old Black Joe part harmony enhances tremendously the song's appeal. Hear the Criterion Quartet at their concert, at our store CREATED voices singing "Old Black Joe on Hie NEW EDISON "The Phonograph with a Soul" At the concert you will see the Criterion Quartet and hear the voices, on the New Edison you will only hear the voices. 'But they are the same voices—indistinguishable from those you hear at the concert. The Criterion Quartet will be gone, but the RE-CREATED voices you may hear as often as you desire. WILBUR'S mm ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY February 14th, and every other day, send flowers to you* nearest and dearest ones. 4 JAMES L. DENMEAD Flower Shop 109 East Main St. MARCUFf C-IM J. 5*$ V" its four their RE- Home jrr iL 'I y*u i- »v. ¥t I 1 4,,