Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-16
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y 4N.4ylOa4ICh.
liwnmowers were stacked in military
style in the street impeding all early
traffic n various lawnmowcr's races
up ana down the cement walk were in
progress.
We We're awakened by receiving in
inc PIT OF the stomach Il stray baseball
which had meandered through the sec
ond story amid Il shower of glass. We
lastened down and picked % the kid
WIN the dirtiest face. for lie somehow
seemed to SHOW a closer relationship
WIN the job than any of the others and
WAS TO all appearances, a true son of
The soil. He took three weeks for the
cutting and since then we have had IL
Others and candidate No. 19 is due on
'he Job next morning.
AT THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION
Inc great democratic national con-
vcntion settled down and with grim
determination to listen to the nominat-
ing speeches.
Alabama" called the clerk.
a delegate from Mobile arose and
AFTER Il pyrotechnic effort lasting the
lows:
1T is now my honor and pleasure to
present to you the name of our peer
less leader. William Randolph Taft"
What that?" demanded the chair
man bringing his gavel down sharply
on the incipient cheer or two.
Il beg your pardon said the gen.
tleman from Alabama, Il meant to say
William Jennings Hearst"
Put him out" yelled a delegate from
New York.
William Howard Bryan" persisted
the speaker.
Guess again." cries a delegate from
William RANKINGS %Jendorf," STAN
mered the speaker, desperately, then
William Randolph jennings"
drunk, sit down. said the
chairman.
"Ill not sit down." declared the
speaker. l came here to nominate
William Howard Bryan. of Ohio. and
I'm going to do 1T il 1t takes all day.
l now have the honor and pleasure to
present to you the name OF our peer
less leader. William Jennings RAN
dolph Howard" he said desperately, but
Bryan-Big Bill Bryan. of Ohio.
The chairman quieted the tumult
Alabama means Williams Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska, we will consider
his speech concluded. If not will
hamd MIN over to the police"
That's the name,' yelled the Ala
maha delegate. ~ knew it was some
thing like that. Hurrah for our next
president"
Huh, he's talking about Taft again."
whispered one of the other delegates
to his seatmate. Lets get out as
quietly as possible"
The gentleman from Alabama was
carried, struggling from the audi
torium. The heat of Baltimore had got
IN It's deadly work and the last heard
from hin was a tumble of William
Randolph Howard and Jennings.
PUNCTUATION, THE THIEF OF
TIME.
"A celebrated eastern educator comma
VINO mas spent much time in studying
literature comma tells US that the
modern writer used too many punctua-
tion marks semicolon that he often gets
them In the wrong place and that they
are a nuisance comma anyhow period
Another shark on literature comma
however comma says that it is impos-
sible for any person to write without
using punctuation marks period Being
OF a genteel turn comma we do not feel
IKE coming right out and calling the
latter gentleman a quotation marks a
liar quotation marks but we have DEM
onstrated comma to the satisfaction of
ourself comma at least comma that
writing can be done without the use of
any punctuation mark whatsoever per-
tod How do you like it Interrogation
point.
FROM THE CLASS b TRAINING
CAMP.
The team is looking simply great.
de're's nottin' to it boys,
Our a~ggregation's goin' to be the one
and only noise.
The
Yes. stree. hope t. die.
n every slugger in the bunch has
got his battin' y e.
We're going to make the other seven
teams look mighty tame.
n We can't figger out just how we're
gOtn' to lose a game.
There's nottin' ia the bunch at all ex-
ceptin' simply class
THEY'LL even win the plaudits of he
Teller with the pass
Just take this bunch right off the bat,
1t sOmeway seem as how.
Us folks have just as good as got that
pennant clinched right now.
The boy who writes the press stun to
US from the training camp
Is bound to view the matter with an
optimistic lamp.
He says we've got some runners who
could make John Hayes turn
pale.
His burning words Of fulsome praise
almost cremate the mail.
The big leagues overlooked a bet in
some uncalled for way
BY falling to sign up this crown that
we have In u pay
OF course the owner might say more.
but modesty forbids.
Although 1t will be Just like taking
candy from the kids.