Putnam patriot., 1912-02-16
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Editorial Scraps

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 Fifty years ago Ericsson's Monito was launched at Greenpoint, \. Y. and soon after proceeded to Hampton Roads, where the historic battle witt the Mefrimac was fought on March 9 1862. The Monitor, the first of the fed eral iron.cIass, displaced 800 tons, ex actly one-thirtIeth as much as the most recently designed of our super. dreadnoughts.
 Iowa has officially decided that the production Of babies Is of greater i'm portance than that of pigs. Al the next state fair the Board of Agricui. ture will offer S50 as a prize for the best baby, wbereas the pig, with all the perfection he can display, may draw only s25.
 The multitude of editors and pub fishers who attended the great meet ing in Philadelphia Friday evening were pretty well agreed when the din ner broke up that LaIfollette was a
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 Baden.Powell's welcome to thfs country should be warm one; If our indebtedness to him is not yet as i'm mense as England's, it Is a great in. debtedness and growing greater daily. He's lieutenant general (retired1 has his well-earaed decorations. has a''Sirn to his name; but the world of today knows Baden Powell and history sill remember him as the Father of the Boy Scouts.
 RepresentatiyeTilson has introduced in the house bill ITO promote a pat, riotic spirit among the citizens and youth of the United States and for thu encouragement of rifle practice.p II authorizes the secretary of war to issue without expense to the United States, for use In target practice, United States magazine rifles and appendages there to, not of the existing service model, and that are not needed for proper re. serve supply, to rifle clubs organized under the rules Of the National Board of Rifle Practice, and to schools hav- ing uniformed corps of cadets and carrying on military training in stuff. cient number for the conduct of proper target practice.
 "l notice thnt them as has 'em, wears 'em, is the remark credited to Fiugy Connors, the Buffalo politician and Democratic boss, when 1t was suggest. ed to him that he be less lavish in his display of diamonds.
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