The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-11-20
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waste of good paper,
The quickest way to do a thing is
to go ahead and do it.
When woman falls to get a man
she often gets mannish.
Do your Christmas shopping early
and your limiting earlier.
The real fight of Europe will come
! later and will be for bread.
Yes, we escaped the income tax.
And the income escaped us.
II germs lurk in kisses some girls
must be remarkable for their courage.
Some people talk a little and say a
lot. Others talk lot and say little.
If this war lasts twelve months
longer Europe will have to borrow a
shirt.
Some women argue the way craw-
fish walks, but it is unwise to tell
them SO.
Hard to remain neutral? Not bit
of it. Forget which countries are
fighting.
A diplomat is man who admits to
his wife he is wrong when he knows
he is right.
All Of us millionaires are joining in
the movement to wear goods "made
ia America"
What with the mailed fist and the
iron heel Europe appers to be getting
somewhat squeezed.
Christmas Is advancing with giant
strides, but Of course we are not
throwing out any hints.
Ducks are to be used next summer
fighting mosquitoes. or course it
will be a quack remedy.
To the Presidents Toss few balls
Of prosperity over this way. Our nit
is out for a lightning catch.
Our right and left wings are stand
ing up manfully under pressure, but
Christmas is appallingly near.
The country is sadly awakening to
the fact that our war correspondents
are not war correspondents at al.
What Europe needs most is an
alopathic dose Of common sense.
good spanking and hole to crawl
into.
They say it costs $25, 900 to kill a.
man id war time. We've always con:
tended that one live man is worth a
dozen dead ones.
A man in this town remarked re-
Gently that he would rather have
clear conscience than a million dol
lars. He has neither.
A Chicago banker says this country
is on the eve Of the greatest wavs. of
prosperity in history. Eve, indeed.
Give us the full glare Of day.
Just how thick is the film Of soap
bubble? Figure it,otit and you will
know the thickness Of some of the
dresses women have worn thissummer.
If, as a Chicago doctor says, one
fourth OF the cancer fatalities are due
toa wrong diagnosis, it would seem
to be in order for some oie to dag
nose the docs"
In polite society they whiten the
hands by rubbing little glycerine
and lemon juice over them at night
and drawing on an old pair Of gloves
Personally, we use soap andwater.
A story comes across the water to-,
the effect that Germany and Austria
have 100000 men in reserve. And
then there are the babies, too. Even
yet it may it may develop into re-
spectacle sized scrap.
Last year our farmers realized over
eight billion dollars on their crops.
And yet some long-legged, gander-
shanked. Anticipated and brainless
nincompoops assume an air Of conde-
scensioh when honoring themselves
by addressing the man without whom
the world would starve to death.
Much Of the welfare of this country
is in the hands of the young men on
the farms. If they remain there and
prosper the country will prosper in
like manner. But If they fersake
the fields and rush of to the over
crowded cities it will be a sledgeham-
mer blow to the veal Of the country.
We received letter from George
Klabaugh who homesteaded in Rose
bud Valley, this week in which he
states that he is again, working for the
Santa Fe railroad between Newton
and Dodge City, Kansas. He. says
that heioftep thinks of bis Mellette
County home and many times wishes
| himself back here. He says Kansas
is very prosperous this year.