The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-12-09

THE PRINCETON UNION: I'll
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Yes, Indeed.
A friend in need is all right, if he
isn't in need too often.-Winnebago
City Enterprise.
And Some is Too Springy.
Some of the poetry presented for
publication is too long, too wide, too
thick and too soft.-Stillwater Gazette.
And Got the Credit.
The gasoline consumers have con-
tributed 100000 to Carleton college
John D. Rockefeller made the presen-
tation speech.-Springfield F,ree-Press.
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Sound.
Example is stronger than precept
Do your Christmas advertising early
if you expect people to do their Christ
mas shopping early.-St. James indie
pendent.
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Thoughts and Words.
The person who talks words is
common; the person who talks
thoughts is so rare he has become
classified as a genius.-Redwood Falls
Gazette. Z
But 10000 Would Nominate Him..
1t would be interesting, and per
haps beneficial, to have Jim Manahan
elected governor just to see him rat
tie the dry bones. But Jim has no
show. His 100000 men behind him.
will serve only to defeat Julius
Schmahl.-Hokah Chief.
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Why One From the State at Large?
Apropos the move for smaller leg
islature, how would one composed of
seven members do, apportioned as fol-
lows: Two from Minneapolis, two
from St. Paul, two from Duluth and
one from the state at large? That,
we imagine, would about hit the spot.
Red Wing Daily Eagle.
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America First.
When one reads in a news dispatch
that they consider cursing the King
of England "crime in ITSELF in
Canada and that this terrible "crime''
is punishable by death up there, one
is doubly glad that he resisted the
Canadian fever Of a few years back
and remained under the stars and
stripes. America First! Here you
can cuss the kink, the janitor or the
iceman, with all but two-fsted i'm
punity-and two can play at that
Jordan Independent. :
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Peoples Rights Are Going!
The South Dakota Supreme court
has decided that widow of an habit
ual ,drunkard who committed suicide
while intoxicated could recover $1,000
damages from the saloonkeeper who
sold the liquor. A week ago our su-
preme court decided that to pour alco-
hol on the shoes of a drunken man
sleeping in saloon and setting fire
to them constituted running a dis
orderly house. The courts are fast
infringing on inalienable rights
Springfield Free-Press.
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A Law is Needed!
And now it develops that Thanks
giving isn't legal holiday in Mime
sofa. We modestly suggest that
some member of the house or senate
offer little bill at the next sitting
to provide for the future and to legal
ize all Thanksgiving dinners of the
past. This oversight no doubt ac-
counts for the tens of thousands of
rebellious stomachs in Minnesota long
about this time o year. They have
been made to work over time without
authority of law.-Grand RAPIDS Her.
ald-Review. /
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The Hyphen Rightly Used. =
Hints are being handed out in high
official circles that the immigrant who
is not willing to be all-American might
better have staid over in the country
he came from. No man is to be blam.
ed for his sympathies with his faith.
erland in the present war. But when
it comes to holding the troubles of his
native above those of his adopted
country, he is putting a stain upon his
Americanism and helping the land OF
his birth not bit. The only possible
use for the hyphen when it comes to
describing Americans, native to this
land or immigrants to it, is in the
word "all-American.' -Luverne Jour.
nal.