Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-26
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The clouds lifted and the good Lord sent
beautiful Easter day
That celebrated home remedy, "Wine of Car
dui" seems to be getting deal of advertising
these days as a booze substitute.
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The German incident seems to have at least
had the effect of awakening congress out of its
apathy on the condition Of the army.
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100000 is the approximate cost of the recent
primary in Illinois, and big BilP' is the result
on one side, and Roger S." on the other.
Some slams our president is receiving these
days And yet there are those who claim the Of
flee to be the most enviable position in the world.
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We all laugh at Henry Ford and his fallacies,
but the fact remains that he is a mighty good
business man and a splendid fellow just the
same.
Colonel Bryan has received an effective rebuke
from the Democrats of his own state an ans
wer to his latest foible. But ten to one the Colo
mel will have new issue in the near future.
Is Pancho ''Vee-yah" really dead? Eight to
five that he basks securely in some mountain
fastness, plotting grimly in his iiterate but ser
pent-like BRAIN new viIIainies against the "grin-
goes"
Nearly nineteen hundred casters have come
and gone, and the world is to-day plunged in
agony and bloodshed Christianity could save
the world if mankind would every really prac-
tice it.
In spite of all the controversy waged as to
whether or not Sir Francis Bacon was the real
author Of Shakespeare's works, the bard of Avon
seems to have the better of the argument, and
by long lead.
Wen all fight if we have to, but just remem-
Der, boys, that it's the common herd like you and
I that will do the fighting and act as cannon
food. The dignitaries and high moguls" will
keep away from trouble.
The Wilson organs are growing over the "tre
mendOus" showing the president made in Wis
consin. LaFollette papers call "Bob's" vote as
nothing short of an endorsement and the COVER
nOrs friends say that he absolutely hands
down. Nothing like everybody winning and all
being satisfied.
Away back in the dawn Of history before we
had many colleges, schools or modern civiliza-
ton and its conveniences we bred men like "Old
Hickory" and "Abe' Lincoln. What has been
said many times now would have been said just
once then and backed up by "Old Glory and the
American nation"
1t strikes some people as mighty funny to poke
fun" at a WOman'S movement for community or
national betterment 1t nevertheless, remains
a fact that women as a class are immeasurably
less self-interested when it comes to public mat
tiers than men are and more likely to get results
when they start.
ReminiscenJial over the late George w. Peck,
a Milwaukee exchange tells some characteristic
stories of the warm heart that beat in the grand
old humOrist's breast. Private Peck as he
called himself, may or may not have been an able
governor but he was good, kind man. There
is Just one faculty that causes every soul alive
to love the man who possesses it and that is a
power to sympathize with and help a fellow be
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