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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

have to call on the public TO pay
their telephone bills.
These rotten dives that have ex-
isted for ages on the profits
wrung from slave labor, walled
in from the world and running
untaxed in opposition 10 legiti-
mate business have reached the
zenith of their perfdy-the peo-,
pie are finding them out-and
they are crumbling TO their ruin.
The Denver institution is two
hundred thousand dollars in debit
Think Of i'll
They are given the money To
build with--they are given free
slave labor to operate with-theY
are given money for sustenance.
and run without legal inspection
or taxation, and still can't keep
out of debt and out Of the hands
Of the sheriff
What's the matter with these
placesi
I'll tell you what's the matter
the money goes into the pock-
cts of the priests, and to the Pope
Of Rome, and is spent in an effort,
to hide the shame and perhdy Of
those who operate them-and as
result they are unable to nav
their bills.
Not only that but the sheep are
not so easily lead to slaughter as
they once were. Catholic faith
ers, mothers and brothers are get
ting wise to what takes place in
these institutions and they are re-
fusing to feed them with the flesh
and blood of their daughters and
sisters.
! Not only that but the people
are keeping tab on juvenile
judges who constitute themselves
slave catchers for these damnable
hell-holes Of vice and corruption
and are making Il uncomfortable
for them-making it so uncom-
Portable in fact that they cannot
be reelected to Office when they
persist in the practice, and they
are quitting it for self protection.
May the time come when they
will all be in bankruptcy and
forced to suspend business for the
lack of slaves and the subsequent
, lack of revenuel
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
Panhqndling the Public

The enoromus tax levied by
Emperor William on the city or
Brussels startled many readers of
war news a few days ago. Al
though in keeping with the rules
of civilized warfare (if there Is
such a thing) it was a surprise
because unfamiliar and few had
thought about it. But there is a
tax by a foreign power that comes
nearer home, and is being paid
every day by every American city
of size or consequence. Even
those who pay it do not grasp its
significance or real purpose. If
they did, they wouldn't pay il.
Taxation without representa-
tion was the cause of trouble be-
tween the American colonies and
England. We even went to war
to resist it snd like unreasonable
demands Of a crazy monarch.
But the Italian pope and his in
vading army of priests levy and
collect an enormous tax without
representation from the sleepy
offspring Of the old heroes.
To be sure, the method of max.
ing the levy is different, but the
effect is the same. To carry on
the Invasion and make America
Catholic, the papists levy their
tax by a most elaborate and sys.
tematie campaign of begging
Like the wolf that begged permis
sion to put-but his head into the
henhouse, they will be in a posi-
ton by and by TO take by force
and command what they now beg
The tax levied by beggary is but
the beginning Of a tax TO be levied
by authority. The wolf is at tn,
door. His head is inside by you
permission. Will you encourage
him TO come in, or will you clos'
the doori
Yes, dear people, purely from
the divine impulse to do good W,
are about 20 build a hospital, |
House of the Good Shepherd,
! convent, a church, a school, q re
formatory, or something else tina
is altogether good. OF course yoI
will help -, because you believu
in good things. II you com
across VOC gill get our smiles ant
blessings. Our people buy tn
: goods you sell, so if you are Il
. business you will soon get tn
money back and if you hsppel
to be working for wages our pee
a pie will help you to a job or hel
E you hold the one you have. Jus
= a few dollars is all we ask. lie
E us know wbGt you can give, an
\ make the payments to suit YOU
9 self.
A few assaults like that on on
whose generosity exceeds n
|. Judgment, and his name is dow
ION the swelling list for five, tel
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

twenty, fifty, or a hundred dol
lars. And for WHAT What will
he ever get out of iti What will
anybody, with the exception of
the priestly promoters, get out of
iti When the thing you help pay
for is built, will you own any of
iti What can it bring you or
yours but another visit from the
beggar when more money is
wantedf
Listenl II the non-Catholics
Of the United States were to quit
paying this wheedle-tax to Rome,
the whole graft would collapse
like an exploded balloon. 1t is
this tax laid leech.like on we'll
meaning but thoughtless non
Catholics that builds for intended
charity the citadels owned and
operated by Rome. The papist
invaders are making America
Catholic with American non-Cath-
olic money. And in doing so, they
feel nothing but contempt for
those who give.
A revival Of the old sentiment,
"No taxation without representa-
tion," would stop the invasion
and rout the invaders.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
Rome Answers The Menace by
Circulating Absolute Forgery

dupes of Rome, as well as many
Protestant readers, are led to be-
heve that The Menace was really
cornered by this "holy" blather-
skite and forced 10 sign the above
document.
In fact the Romanists in GER
tain quarters have taken the thing
TO be genuine and are anonymous
ly circulating the naked "con-
fession without any introduction
or comment, and are using il as
the doctor y evidently intended
that they should do, as a bona
fide document when, in reality, it
is a bare-faced lie of the deepest
hue.
The confession" is one that
the doctor I'd concocted in 1912,
and one which he merely wished
that he might he able TO force us
TO sign, and that he should con-
tinue to circulate it, veiled in
such language that the average
reader would be lead to believe
that we did sign il, is evidence
enough that the Romanists will
not stop at anything TO injure
The Menace or the people con-
nected with il. This is the kind
of cattle that compose the "holy"
Roman Catholic church in Amer.
lea These are the people who
want America made Catholic and
who preach ITO hell with the
government Of the United
States" and yet we have Prot,
estants in the United States who,
perchsnce, have a decent Cath,
ole neighbor, and insist that the
thing is all right, that The Men
ace is attacking a religion
that we should be more tolerant
and that our language is toe
rough, and other rot equally a,
silly and nauseating to a RED
blooded American citizen. II
there are any subscribers of thi'
kind left on our list we recon-
mend that they read Matthew 2;
once a day and see their physician
for some kind Of a good nerve
tonic.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

The strange thing about the
holybone racket is the way that
otherwise respectable and reason
ably truthful newspapers take
the bait of holybone advertisers
and circulate the stories that ere
an offense to intelligence ard
common sense. OF the mass of
drivel printed about miraculous
cures by means of relics in the
past month not a single instance
gives particulars by which il
might be investigated and con-
firmed. Each and every story
bears all the marks of fakery.
IL the readers or The Menace
will keep tab on their daily pa
pers and demand either the whole
story about these alleged mir
acles or none, they can bring
enough pressure to bear TO stop
this foolery with benefit to the
paper concerned and relief to the
reading public. It is plain that
all such stuff comes from a holy.
bone bureau whose duty it is to
palm off lies on the press asso.
Citations and other sources Of tele.
graphic news. And they get by
with their silly stories because
no one questions them and because
the papers think they are pleas
ing part Of their readers by print.
ing them.
Let the editors know that wher
some prominent citizen of som,
western state has been touched
by the mummified tail o.
Balaam's ass and has sprouted {
new leg in place of one cut off
that you would like 10 know th'
gentleman's name, his place o.
residence, and such other Of tn,
details as might enable you Il
verify so important a revelation
The patent medicine men are be
ing numerically hammered b!
some papers which deny tn,
truth Of their testimonials and ad
vertisements, How can one elias
of healers be held up to ridicul
when such preposterous storie
are being circulated by such per
sistent and puerile methodist
The next newspaper that trie
to pass such a yarn on you woult
be benefited by a demand for al
the story or none of it. Let tn
news editors know that some
body cares, and they will be NOR
careful about what they print.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

Charles j. Cummings, a pill
roller who puts the NJ. d. after
his name and resides in the state
Of Pennsylvania, who will prob
ably be sainted by the Catholic
church after he is dead and have
splinters Of his miserable carcass
placed on the various American
Catholic "shrines" in recogni-
ton Of his ability to lie for the
Catholic church and abuse The
Menace, is out with a pamphlet
entitled, Menace Calumnies Re-
futed."
The thing is not worth answer
ing except to show TO what depths
Of infamy these holy" prevari-
Gators will descend in an effort to
becloud the issue and pull the
wool over the eyes of the Roman
Catholic laity.
On page four Of this damnable
little "calumny" the doctor ~
publishes what he is pleased to
term "The Confession of Guilt, "
which purports TO be a confession
signed by the editor of The Men
ace the contents of which are as
follows:
TIE CONFESSION OF GUILT
I the Editor Of The Menace, fully,
freely and without reservation, confess
that / have lied about the Catholic
church, the Knights Of Columbus and
all things Catholic.
All this I did without one thread OF
justification, knowing that l was lying
my solo and only purpose being 20 stiI
up hatred against the Catholic church
and all things Catholic. realize thai
/ richly deserve the eternal contempt and
condemnation Of all honest men.
Upon my bended knees / humbly beI
the merciful pardon Of those pure, nobl,
and self-sacrihcing men and womer
whom / have sought, by my base lies
TO slander.
/ confess I am not only a liar, but ,
sneaking coward as well, who would turn
his back on his country's flag as shame
Iully Ao ulu DtAcaANN AEuotu an
prating, blatant, masquerading patrio
in times Of peace, but a whining, ering
ing coward when my country IL in dan
ger. Finally confess that my crime
cry 10 heaven for vengeance and that Al
eternity Is too short 70 make amends.
(signed) EDITOR THE MENACE.
November 81, 1912.
This blatant liar and "holy'
pill roller knows that The Men
ace never signed any such docu
ment-snd he does not claim tha
we did, for if he did, We woulC
bring him into court on a charg,
of libel and prove his guilt, bu
he is smooth-very smooth. IL
knows that the average reader
who reads hurriedly, is easily
fooled, and he worded the intro
duction TO this confession" il
such q way that the ignoran
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
HEARST EoR aLYNN

William Randolph Hearst, OF yellow
Journal fame. is out In a signed edi-
torial In the Chicago Examiner in de-
tense OF Governor Glynn. Of New York,
and is supporting him for reelection.
Glynn is the Roman Catholic, Nit
OF Columbus governor who recently
said in public that catholics should
band together and show, Instead Of
the teeth Of the lamb, the fanas Of the
lion."
Glynn has already shown the fangs
Of the lion, in that he has appointed
none but Roman Catholics to ONCE
since he has been governor, and II we
are not mistaken William Sulzer and
the American party are going TO pull
Glynn's fangs at the general election
in November. provided Glynn gets the
democratic nomination, and not one
believes now that he will fail
Sulzer has the Tammany crowd on
the run at this writing. and II the good
people OF New York will stand by him
he will give the state the only genuine
cleaning IL has had in q quarter OF a
century.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
Roman Catholic Slaue Pens
Are Hard Up For Funds

We take the following article
from the Denver Register of July
Both, and would ask that you give
it careful reading:
'The telephone at the house OF the
Good Shepherd was put out OF service
last Thursday by the phone company
because the Sisters, due to the extreme
financial dificulties under which the
institution is lAboring, were unable TO
pay their bill, which was due for two
months. Oficers OF the Good Shep-
herd Aid Association did not learn un-
I'll Tuesday Of the condition OF affairs.
having merely been told, when they
attempted 20 call up the institution,
that the phone was "out Of service" !"
The bill was S3s66. Ladies OF the Aid
Association on Tuesday contributed
enough to put the home back into
communication with the outer world.
The financial condition OF the Good
Shepherd home at tho present time
is so desperate that IL IL a constant
problem OF how enough food is to be
obtained. ''' One thing is sure: Un'
less something Is done for the Good
Shepherd home In the near future,
that institution will have TO close. II
is kept open now merely because OF
the kindness OF it's creditors. Its laun-
dry is not a money and its rev
enue Is decidedly sparse. The friends
OF the home feel certain that the pub
lie will rally to its support II a well
organized campaign Is launched. Balls
ball games and the like help Il temper
arily, but Il needs more aid than can
possibly come from these. The entire
state should aid Il, for all Colorado
as we'll as Wyoming and other states
send inmates to IT,
1T is almost certain that a definite
campaign will be launched within the
next several weeks TO save the GooC
Shepherd home from closing its doors
/ A leader seems TO be lacking, though
Somebody will have TO take the initia
tive. Four plans 20 raise money hay,
been proposed.
zone aims to clear the institution o
all indebtedness, in order to give Il |
fresh start. As every one well knows
Il will take large sum OF money to d.
this. II the bonded and floating debt
were both 20 be cleared OF, IL woult
take about 100000"
When The Menace started
three years ago, the Roman Cath
olic slave pens of this countr!
were profitable institutions, fol
they were being fed daily with in
! nocent girls and young women b!
the modern Romish white SLAYER
who preside over the juvenil
courts of this country.
But now the scenes are some
what changed, and in the city o
Denver, where the police fore
and the fire department and IN
r public schools are honeycombe,
with members of the Roman Cath
/ olic church, that politico-ecclesia:
= teal monster whose claws an
: fangs drip with human bloc
throughout all history, the "si:
tiers are getting hard up an
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

UTHEN he becomes q fourth degree knight Of Co
" lumbus, how does the knighty Nit sweari That
is the question agtAting pspist publishers since
the original oath printed In the Congressional Rec
ord Of February Is 1913 The explosion that followed
and the eruption that continues 20 date both
caused by one Eugene C. Bonniwel who introduced the
document evidence in eontestng the seat Of Thos s.
Butler member Of congress from the seventh district
Of Pennsylvania.
Since Bonniwell was papist pretender trying with
out success TO oust the legally elected member, The
Menace made mention OF the matter example Of
Romish activity in American politics, and incidentally
printed Bonnwells document And then came the FIRE
works The Nits repudiated the oath fabrication,
and have been trying since TO get away from IT,
Strange 90 say although they have had several oppor
unities TO bring their ritual into and make show
ing they have not done IT, Instead Of that they have
recently offered the public brief form Of obligation
which they declare 90 be the real thing The obigs-
tion reads follows;
promise support Constitution the United States,
power to protect purity integrity Of ballot generally %
70 conduct ourselves in v Affairs 20 reject honor and credit
church and 20 continue loyal to civil authority"
This makes the third proposition in regard to the
much mooted OATH From the three il is the privilege
Of each reader take his choices first that the Congress
sona Record oath is the thing second that there
oath used by the fourth degree Ns; third that the
brand new recently discovered, obligation is genuine
and all others spurious.
The third proposition has some pretty strong points
in its favor The Nts and their patron saint great
dscoverers and f the original Columbus discovered the
new world il would be easy for his Nts TO dis
cover new oath when badly needed More than that
we have TO take off hats and acknowledge that the
obligation is the best thing discovered by Chris
topher or his Ns 20 date But does the discovery
belong 10 themf Is il their own or did they find it in
the books Of the Boy Scoutsi
The Nts would be willing for us to take their word
for it. and let it 60 at that's but that kind Of testimony
doesn't 60 in court and why should it go with us Fail
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
Holyboners and Boneyards

Nature abhors a vacuum-even
in a human head. The human
mind must be filed with some
thing: if not with sense, then with
nonsense. The priests of tom
foolery know that, and fill the
void in the minds Of their dupes
with miraculous stories of saints
relics. mostly bones, to keep out
information that might free the
foolish and confound the cunning.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

In the seventh grade final exami-
nation questions for the May exami-
nation. prepared by Supt II. c. Souder,
OF Milbank, was this question:" Make
a list OF the books. newspapers and
magazines you have read outside of
school during the year" The superln-
tendent Of one OF the largest counties
in the state reports that for the books
read, at least three-fourths OF his
pupils answered that they had read,
The Girl OF the Limberlost," and
that for newspapers, even a greater
per cent answered that they had read
The Menace" Now here Ia some food
for reflection.-South Dakota Educator
lJunel.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

The pope has recently established a
permanent college at Rome for the
education of priests, who, when they
have finished their tWo-yeAr course, are
to follow italian emigrAnts TO America
and continue to hound them into the
pspal corral with the same old superstl-
tions and religious intolerance. Ubiqui-
tous Romei ever doeging the footsteps
Of those who would rise from her thraIl.
dom.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

"The church in Italy is quite aptl,
typifed by Mt. Vesuyius - quiesoeut, and
dignihed outwardly, but fun Of forces
that may At any time explode with great
violence. And il viii " well when this
happens, for the signs are that It Il
impossible that the church can or viii
purify itself. The trouble is with .
powerful organization back Of the pope
that selnshly wishes to retain its lord
ship over the people"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

Peters wife's mother lay sick Of a
fever" Peter, therefore, was q mar
ried man. Being such is il not the
least bit strange that he should be
selected as the head and foundation OF
a celibate Priesthood
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
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shss1 rsss- thr.s -s.ks a ssv.ass of De en-.
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Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-05-22

(gnpeiuuo: gas q pItsrath" ~ a lin if aus Der 2dturg huausiusebeu,
ne ppraefhet suanmen su Ieaen unh memaI n d urtsu NIB ndnaI lad
ehtsnufbufhnetb then. 60 1T hmn in &Nffprm I'M aafoenabreu uhh 9inbtn
ben AM Gubt eben SabreaAes)
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-05-22

Icn Gincm tpbte man allcrtudrfs,
Gr bate ant + c III t IT = le # oas Scrs;
9pdb ipas CT ers'cft mno tuaS CT erftrebt,
Gr bats nit1t erreidbt, or BATS niobt crlebt.
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Bon jesfid1ce 0cr5cnsonfclei,
limb itcts errcidte CT icincn 3 10 f
@r bate bas W III ant &c cb tens sled.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-05-22
Snbalt Oicier Nummer.

5eiten p. &eiieitissen oss @eiunobeitsraths.
llnieren iun9en 0onen ms Stommbuh @twas
Iber Stnblregultrun9. gteuee aus Aaturs uno
0eiltunoe.
Seiten Sill. 8~rieftaIten Reg @eiunbbeitsratbs;
pleber Die 8ebanolun9 uno Sur BON otutem
M}agentatorrb". Gin @opiteI iber bas &oIer ais
Setlmiitel", II. ID.
5etts 12-l5. 9eoattiOneass. Surge Gr5dbIun9en,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

The latter in his eyes are solely fitted
to act as the handmaiden, nay, even as
the slave, Of the stronger sex. The
native woman Is fortunate indeed II she
can secure the sort of contemptuous
liking and plying indulgence with
which men are accustomed to regard
pet animals. In many Of the Asiatic
countries the birth Of a girl Is even
looked upon as a cause for regret and
for lamentation, and the mortality of
infants OF the weaker sex throughout
Asia. more especially In China, il elo-
quent Of Indifference to uheir existence.
Perhaps the most amusing illustra-
ton Of the contempt which men in the
Orient entertain for their women is to
be found in that story current through
out the Moslem world. according to
the rib of Adam, but from the tail Of
a dog, that is to say. OF the animal
which is regarded by the Koran as
ranking next In uncleanlinesu to the
hog-the dog being the scavenger
par excellence Of Asiatic cities. towns
and villages. 1t seems that Allah, hav-
ing cut out the rib from Adam, had laid
II on the ground be side him. while en-
gagged in sewing up the wound made by
the excelsior. A pariah dog hap
pened along and, catching sight Of the
rib. snapped 1t up and bolted herewith,
Allah in hot pursuit.
Allah had difficulty in catching the
dog. He finally succeeded. however. in
clutching the animals tail, with such
vigor that II remained In his hand.
the dog escaping with his booty. Allah,