West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-12-28

lhe only way TO guard against sub
marines is to aerialize all shipping.
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President Wilson read the hand
writing on the wall--and Just smiled.
Calling Bucharest the little Paris is
enough to make Won Mackensen
thankful for small favors.
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Now that the Dardanelles will 70 to
Russia, IL is only necessary for Rus
STA To go TO the Dardanelles
Nikola Tesla says that the next war
will be even more terrible than this.
Why not omit the next war?
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England has given Constantinople
TO Russia. but in this country there is
law against dealing in futures.
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The unhappy spectacle OF the blind
leading the blind may be seen i'm tho
palaces as well as the by-ways of Eu-
rope.
There is said to be strength i'm un-
ion, and 72.OO0.0OO eggs in one cold
storage plant is no exception to the
rule.
Texas is making sausage from lack
rabbit meat, and we expect To hear at
any time that food has taken another
jump.
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Roumanias fall has jolted the can
itals OF all the allies and bounced cab
met officers out of their cushioned
seats.
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The Waco bank president sentenced
To prison for 90 years will find the
way of the transgressor long as well
as hard
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The claims OF an Illinois man for
damage because his wooden leg was
wrecked ought to appeal to the aver
age Jury
If chap wants to preserve the
tragedy of his lifei intact. he should
never meet the girl that threw him
down twenty years ago
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Golf is not an amusement accord
ing to the dictum OF an Illinois Judge.
Nor is the alibi of the golfer a hilar-
iously entertaining thing.
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The way some OF the far western
states have gone in for prohibition
puts check on favorite line of bar
room chatter I'm cowboy fiction.
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According to a fashion note high
boots for women will go out soon, In
order TO save leather, but It's a far
cry from l2-inch boots 10 sandals.
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The average male American does
not know why there should have been
riot in Rome over Wagerian music
but the rioters have his sympathy
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One does not worry greatly as to the
other American made dyes, so long as
the red and blue continue to give the
right and lasting contrast TO the
white.
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On a day when the Supreme Court
hands down n few scores of decisions
there's temptation TO wish that legls-
latures could rush along their work I'm
the same fashion.
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There's many a slip twixt the cup
and lip" says an excellent proverb
We suggest. therefore, that the two
ends OF the Panama canal be named
the Cup and the Lip, respectively.
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Instead OF coming To this country
in order 10 make an aeroplane fight
back TO Europe. the two aviators who
have arrived In New York should have
flown over here and been done with II
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The fact that the United States Steel
corporation has untitled tonnage or
ders on it's books for more than H.
100000 tons OF material suggests not
only activity and prosperity for
long time. but also the reason for de-
lay in the delivery Of structural
steel
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Wall Street spectators who are
scolding the banks in relation TO the
Federal Reserve system for the higher
'ates now charged on stock market
ioans than for commercial paper seem
10 forget that this was just about the
way the Federal Reserve system was
designed 10 work.
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Mr.. Bryan deserves all the honor
accorded him in Washington. Tie quit
the Wilson administration because he
feared II was too militant. but. unlike
many others Of the same mind. he did
not rush into the arms Of Z, candidate
who was practically committed TO war
In both hemlspheres. In loyalty to
party principle as we'll as faithfulncss
20 an ideal, he has given the country
dne example Of fidelity and common
sense.
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