The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-02-03
ales of the Town

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!. Never abuse the rich. If you liv'
0 in Gem county long enough you're liza
( bic to be one of them yourself.
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e / would give nothing for that mans
religion whose very dog and cat are
not the better for it, Rowland Hill
The great European war now ex-
tends into the Garden of Eden, but as
yet no soldier has found the ruins of
that old fig leaf.
"Cotton stockings will cost more,'
says headline in daily paper. Had
the commodity been wheat, the head
writer would have said it was going
up.
Old Bill Misgivens says he will be
glad when it gets warm enough to
unwrap the water pipes so he can
have his bed clothing back and keep
himself from freezing.
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Some farmers make nearly enough
from their. crops to pay for the ex-
pensive implements they leave stand
ing out in the weather until they
ready to use them again.
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II has been observed that about a
week after a fellow stops his sub
scription to the home paper he begins
to inquire around to find out whether
the plant is still in operation.
After wearing skirts almost up to
their knees all winter, American wom-
en- will run the spring ones down over
their ankles, also wearing either
wee smidgin Of hat or a whopping
big one.
We have received a circular letter
nquiring if we will lend the influence
IF this Great Family Guide to the
cause of Better Babies. We certainly
will We have never seen one yet but
what could be improved.
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After reading of Chicago hotel
steward who has invented dishwash-
ing machine with capacity of $4,000
dishes an hour, we have come to the
conclusion that there is always some
body trying to beat poor mother out
IF her work.
A fellow can swallow doctors
without an investigation of
what he is taking, but when it comes
10 taking campaign pills, it will be
pest for the patient to investigate the
ingredients and take the one he con-
,iders will do him the most good
1t is probably more pleasant in
some ways to live in this modern age,
,ut there is one thing to be remem-
,ered, the pioneers who lived in log
houses and dugouts on the claims at
east enjoyed immunity from frozen
water pipes and plumbing in general. {
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By the blue fjords of Norway they
dine on picked fish,
And find it to their liking, most S
delicious dish.
But sometimes trouble happens, a
we'll known traveller notes,
When INSTRUMENTATION get GROSS I
wise in their tjhroats.
Why get married? Two colored
nen were reading an article in pa
er about Sumatra, where a wife can
e purchased for as little as $4. -Four
ollars!' gasped Rastus. If a Mig
abs got four dollars he don't need
o wife"
The Harvard students say that if
GU have any kissing TO do you should
o it outdoors, preferably in the sun
ght. Danger from grip germs is
,ast under those circumstances and
ne kiss should be applied on the :
heck. Then the neighbors will say :
GU are piker. I
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Telephone girls are telling a joke
n one of the operators who was
bout to oversleep the other morning.
eing in a playful mood, her mother
ed string to the young woman's
reat toe and gave it jerk. ooh,
on't break that connection" the OPP
rator protested as she awakened,
they're talking to Boise"
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An evangelist at camp meeting
/ Alabama went down among the