Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-05
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Peanuts for good Councilmen!
Gibbe da gooda monk peanut.
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Who said they were peanut Coun-
cilmenY'
Too bad Mr.. Walker failed to find
the watermelons.
Why not have a regular taxpayer
bring that injunction suit2
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What does the gentlemen of the
saffron hue care about. the city's
finances?
1t would be more polite If Mr.. Nc.
Millen would say negro instead of
niger"
This Mr.. Kenfield is the gentlemen
who was a candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney once upon u time, is he not?
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The announcement that confetti
throwing will be allowed at the next
meeting of Council is probably correct.
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Poor Director Kendalls idea that
boys who beat their mothers ought to
be killed, might very nicely apply to
other offenders also,
If Dague Bros, O'Neil & Co., the
Upham Brouse Co., and few others
keep on spreading out, there will have
to be II large number of new business
blocks within year or two.
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The Tallender Is 80 used to de-
pending on the Cleveland papers for
its news that when it did discover n
semi-local item In the so-called Lea.
der, one day, 1t Immediately labeled
it ''scoop" and forevermore rejoiced.
Not long ago farmer sold a beau.
tiful potted plant to a Main ST., res.
taurant, man. The Main St, man paid
80 cents for the posy and thought he
had bargain until he discovered that
the rare plant litters the back yard
Of almost every farm house,
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Tho street car conductors familiar
cry, Move forward, please!' Is thus
done in rhyme by w. j. hampton, of
Columbus;
Pack em in,
Wedge 'em in,
Whack 'em in,
Edge 'em in,
Jack 'em in,
Sledge 'em in.
Any way to get 'em in.
This verse exactly fits the condl-
tlons not infrequently existing in AK
ron.
1t Is sincerely to be hoped that the
Louisville Times man referred TO no
Akron knight Templar when he wrote
the following;
You Templar guests, from near and
far,
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We think OF you whcre'er you are,
Good knight, good knight.
Some girls are wearing crepe, they
say,
You didn't do them right,
You robbers stole their hearts away,
i Good Knight, good knight.
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None of these popular successes
win survive decade. Have we, even
now, a definite Impression of the char
acter of Janice Meredith? Do We re
member the heroine of "Richard Car
VEL" or its hero, either? "rrilby" /;
extinct as the Dodo; when knight
hood Was In Flower might have had
greater vitality II II had been writer
with n measure OF art, but as II
stands II IL not literature; Miss Mary
Johnston's two novels, even, are popu
lar without the promises of prolonged
life; Quo Vadis,' has passed; ''Ber
Hur" stlll seems to hold its own, and
Dr. S. Weir Mitchelrs two novels still
receive attention,
An aged woman with very clever
scheme for gain Is often seen on the
down town streets, She Is attired IN
} gingham and sunbonnet, Is totterinl
! and decrepit, and as she walks alonl
the street many pitying glances ar,
. cast IN her direction.
: She usually carries huge marke
e basket, swinging from her left arm
and In her left hand is usually, firm
ly grasped big umbrella.
= The old woman walks down In from
of one OF the big grocery stores an
: stops to inspect the fruit and vege
! tables displayed for sale. She eS
Z nmlnes the specimens carefully an
Z then, II no one is thought to be lool
e ing, she drops them deftly into he
!, market basket and moves along I
l. the next place.
" In foragihg tour along East Ma,
r ket ST., Wednesday, the old lady gatl
J. cred In ten potatoes, six apples, thre
onions and a half dozen pears IN abol
=. ten minutes time.
TO 1t is probable that she Is able, b
nj this meaps, to almost supply her pc
m sonal needs.
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