The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
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Extreme Candor of the Newspapers Regarding
Mr.. Yerkes Beautiful Life Things Hidden
Are, as Usual, Shouted from the Housetops.
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There extreme candor of the New York papers re.
garding the late unlamented Mr.. Yerkes, his wives
and his possessions shows that the hard commercial
ism of that great exponent Of Special Privilege
dered his memory exempt from the DID, kindly feeling
in favor of saying nothing about the dead unless it
is something good Mr.. Yerkes' to be
particularly strong preaching the old doctrine
that we cannot conceal ourselves What we are is
shouted out from the housetops. We think
pretty carefully concealed from neghbors but they
have us sized up without fear and without favor
If you do not believe this, take some man of your
acquaintance and what you think about him your
self. Note how other people, his friends as well
his enemies, estimate him.
ssWe spirits clad in wells"
and the wells SO gauzy that people are not
deceived in the long The hypocrlte thinks he is
conceang himself and the thieves, big and little,
think they getting something by getting it away
from their brethren and png it up somewhere, partly
out of sight. Sold again! And the same old thirty
pieces of silver.
A susceptible gentleman in Pittsburg has been
poisoned by streetcar strap Many people will dis
tincty recall youthful friends who severely poi
soned by sections of trunk straps in the hands of in.
dignant mothers.
Mayor Thompson of Miller, S. D.. would never do
for life insurance president One of the societies
Of which he financial head attempted to raise his
salary but the mayor Indignantly refused to be a
party to the affair. South Dakota papers are show
ing considerable excitement the matter
Miller also bids for fame in weather prophet,
John Fletcher who proves by his correct forecasts
that he understands the sky signs even better than
Hicks. Millerites laying the warm weather to
him. 81 r. -
Editor satterlee of the Annandale Advocate re.
calls coored church in St. Anthony, before the
wah, made up Of some very dark trouble. He says:
sfThe peacemakers the white clergy and Aunt
Hesters cane, which outweighed blackthorn and was
about four feet long. On one occasion Aunt Hester
settled the church janor with her walking stick and
then announced Il done guy cents and two toll
bridge tickets to dis church, and done gon to wor-
ship de Lard right here And Janitor steben Hall
had cut across his forward that looked as If a
mule had tried to scalp him at one kick
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Ashley N. D.. has quick whistle, on its -four
mill. It became bent in way or other and when
the engineer let it 60 the other day he couldn It pull
off the noise again. There a steady stream of
whistle for long that the people thought the town
was fire and began to throw their crockery out OF
the second story windows
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William JONES' William Evens, Frank Richards
Collin Nurse Harvey Slader and Homer LueIlen
pupils at the Seventh ward school of Washington Pa.
have been arrested and it serves them right. These
boys secured bunch Of small pox signs somewhere,
ways that boys have of nosing around questionable
places like the health Office the morgue, and placed
them the residences of fine street in Washington
The whole street terrorized. Residents return
ing late in the evening feared to enter their owl
homes. The boys were overjoyed and stood aroun
witching with unspeakable delight various reputabl
residents suddenly became transxed with horror whe
the police nipped the whole bunch of boys and pu
them in the trunk for the night. "A. J. R. Z