The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-20
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special star Correrpondsnt
- OMlNG into Kansas City the
IA other day tvo insignificant inei-
~ dents occurred on the Missouri
Paoihc train from the south.
A very intelligent appearing lady
sat just acroaa the aisle from me. She
LEFT her seat for . few moments.
When she returned. q copy OF The
henaoe FOR Jane tsth lay IN her seat.
She picked u up casually. scanned q
j for a moment. then became intensely
Interested and read even word IN the
paper. without pause
On the sane train. In the smoking
comSSTiraent Of TIE Pullman. a huge.
burly bartender found q copy Of the
same Issue Of The Menace In his seat
! aat jlgt opposite when he picked
the sheet up. aol lead a few lines.
There was an explosive grunt-the
Inuttered words. To Hell wid' all OF
yeI"-and The Menace left hurriedly
via the vin3ow.
The Annuneiation Catholic church.
iosa,ed Gt sixtb snt Ia Sale streets
o. ANlNAnH A0aH NMuNNl away y A0NNN
horse power automobile az the frat
prize nt their lottery.baIhar, Tuesday
evening. July End, The auto was won
By Prank Kuehne Of li0s North 3rd
81 A large fund was grated for the
benefit OF the -Annunciators." The
Cadhy learns that the above bis
game" which was pnlled on AZ the
Concordla Hall. az 1t4i Chouteau Ave.
had more similarity 10 an old-fash.
ioned Irish wake" than a decent lot.
tery where the gambling is all for
the benent OF God.
Leaving st. Louis on the wabash
Limited for Chicago last Wednesday
morning July -. sat directly be-
hind three nuns who were taking a
young lady. apparently about eight
cen years old. to a Chicago convent
This glrl was intently studying a
paper-backed ''catechism." The black
robed Harpy who sat beside the
girl went into another car for a few
minutes. The csr was very warm,
and soon the conventional girl be.
gan trying 10 raise the window by her
side. At once I volunteered my sery.
Ices which she accepted with a smile.
Raising the window / asked-"Are
you going TO SCHOOL," "No," she re
piled. To the Convent In Chicago"
A moment after. she spled a Men.
ace" lying by her aide. I was watch.
ing closely as she picked Il up and
glanced over Il. ntarestedly-then
she glanced hurriedly at the two black
garbed guardians, placidly talking in
the seat Just In front OF her--and
folded The Menace carefully inside a
st. Louis Globe Democrat The girl
perused the thus protected Menace
at least twenty minutes until her seat
mate, the little forelgn.faced nun
with glasses. returned. Then ! saw
her surreptiously slip the papers In
TO her grip. Puzzle-What finally be
came of this copy Of The Menace!
Decatur, nl.' lie nominaliy under
Catholic domination. As a natural
sequence. the entire municipal ad-
ministTation is unspeakably corrupt.
But find that there is a great wave
OF anti-Catholic sentiment sweep
ing over Decatur. due primarily 10
one poNeTtul dkouOgf iho MohaOcs
I flnd that Menace subscribers here
have no difficulty about securing their
papers on time. Postmaster Calhoun
is a member OF the great First Meth
odist church. and is as obstinately
opposed 20 Catholic domination as is
his well known and eloquent pastor,
Rev. John c. Nillitts, a man Of keenly
trained intellect. who realizes fully
the awful depravity and the devilish
designs and power Of Romanism In
Decatur.
Next week win appear an interest
ing collection Of notes by the way,
and comments on the curious Incl.
dents that constantly occur in the
life Of the Romish Investigation OF
your special stan correspondent.