The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-02-02
GOSSIP OF THE PRESS

The old adage was, Dead men tell no
tales" The new version is: Dead mer-
chants don't advertise. "-Mankato Re-
view.
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Some bright citizen has suggested that
the Governor be allowed to pick out his
own private secretary. Why not.-Cam-
bridge North Star.
At this time OF year we are frequently
struck with the thought that a diamond
and lump Of coal are both varieties of
carbon. Mortified News.
Ex-Governor Eberhart will go into the
primaries as a candidate for United States
senator. The ex-governor will prove a
strong andidate.-Janesville Argus.
A newly elected bank cashier at New
Ulm bears the name Krook. Don't sound
like safety-frst precaution to us, but
maybe there's nothing in name anyway
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Some newspapers refer to Jim Peter
sons withdrawal from the gubernatoral
it looks like an act of prudence-Olivia
Times.
People who kick about the high cost
of living ought to be glad they're alive.
The cost of living is mere bagatelle
compared with the cost Of dying.-'Wa-
SEGA Herald.
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An exchange says that editors are
barred from hades. What's the reason?
Is the devil afraid the newspaper men
will beat him out of his job?-Mankato
Free Press.
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Men who fall off the water wagon can
not, in these warlike times, charge it to
the submarine. It is usually schooner,
sometimes more schoOners.- Saltwater
Gazette
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A mere man of our acquaintance quer-
les us as to why there is such a strong
connection between tatting and tattling.
We don't possess the art of throwing the
shuttle so how should we know?
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The narrow-minded individual harbors
the delusion that the few half backed
ideas humping against each other IN his
Uranium constitute the alpha and omega
of the worlds WISDOM Princeton Union.
Former Gov Eberhart, of Minnesota,
is a candidate for Nose Clapp's seat in
the United States Senate. He will not
find it so easy to tango his way to Wash
ington as it was to St. Paul-Sioux Falls
Press.
The Philadelphia Record refers to Col
onel Roosevelt as a dark horse" The
dark horses of history didn't kick the side
of the stable out every few days.-Min-
neapolis Journal.
Why not trade the PHILIPPINES to Japan
for bunch Of dreadnoughts. Japan wants
the islands and we need the ships. Be-
sides it would save lot Of heart breaking
oratory by the senators and representa-
tives.-Lake Wilson Pilot.
Perhaps Ford's effort is not altogether
wasted and there may linger in the minds
of all who watched him, the ideal for
which he has labored, for surely, now, as
in the old days without vision the oeo-
pie perish" -Alexandria Post-News.
Hiram Maxim says that people who
don't believe in adequate national defense
are traitors. In the first place, there is a
difference Of opinion as to what consti
tutes adequate defense, and in the second
place Maxim makes and sells munitions.
Little Falls Herald.
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If the republicans have the wisdom to
select a strong man for president, and
one who commands the confidence Of the
people, his election will be practical GER
tainty The American voters have had a
dose Of democratic ineficlency.
st. Cloud Journal-Press.
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Instead Of appointing F. c. Stevens of
ST. Paul as member Of the Federal trade
which he was instrumental
in forming, he should be renominated and
reelected to Congress from the Fourth
district. Minnesota needs him in it's dele
cation to the national capital.-Hasting
Gazette
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It is said that some of the big mail or
Ter houses employ clipping bureau to