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The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
Wanted-a Welee
~ DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

A Welee is person whom the Arabs
believe to be endowed with superhunlan
vision so that he can see hidden dan
ger where common mortals can not
On account of this power TO see what
to others is concealed, and to warn them
if danger, the Welees are called watch
men, or 'overseersn (Ashab ed-Darak).
To illustrate. A Welee saw a man at
a shop with a jar full Of boiled beans
before him from which he was about TO
serve his customers as usual. He picked
up a stone and broke the shopkeeper's
jar. The latter, enraged. gave the Welee
a good trouncing with stick The holy
seer did not resist or cry out, but after
his beating quietly went his way When
the man began TO gather up the pieces of
his vessel he found to his horror that
poisonous serpent was in the beans,
whereupon he exclaimed:
There is no strength nor power but
in Allah! What have ! done! This man
is Welee and has prevented my selling
what would have poisoned my custom
ers,"
The next day the Welee broke a great
Jar of milk at shop, and was again
beaten. Afterward the milkman found
in his milk dead dog.
The third day the Welee. seeing a SER
want carrying on his head a platter of
food tripped him up with his staff so
that he fell and spilled the viands. The
servant also beat the Welee. but seeing
dog eat some of the food and mmedi-
ately die in agony, he perceivd that the
dishes were poisoned. and that thus he
had been saved from a crime.
He implored the good mans forgive
ness. but the latter was so disgusted that
he prayed Allah 10 release him from his
job, and his prayer was granted.
All of which goes to show that the
Welee business, though very useful, is
quite thankless.
There are Welees also in this prosaic
western world.
The Welee parents. when they try TO
show their conceited son or their head
strong girl the perils of their way. are
apt TO get themselves disliked.
Many boy has fgurativey, beaten
mis- father over the head for spelling his
/ fun. only 10 discover that if he had fol-
I lowed the old mans advice it would have
saved him no end of misery
And did you ever play the Welce to
woman friend who was making fool Of
herself and do you remember what hap
pened TO you?
When we get along in years, and look
back over our career. We are struck by
the fact that good deal Of our hurtful
deeds were committed when we had the
best of intentions and verify believed we
were acting wisely and kindly.
| How much harm has been done by peo-
pie who were enthusiastic to do good
/ o that some Welee had come along
and shattered our jar Of beans before We
had sold them and injured our best
| friends.
Nobody can tell what will be the conse-
quences Of any given word or deed, so
complicated are the strands Of cause and
effect in the web Of destiny
What an opening there is for any num-
Der of expert Welees to kindly knock us
in the head when we are about TO make
fools Of ourselves
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
STATE FAIR NOTES.

young woman, somewhat on the peach
order. whose head appear on the body ~
huge spider in a trick cabinet announced
This IL merely trick and an illusion
She was very frank about IL.
The fair bas main building, but. appsr.
entity no sprinking cart
Monkeys drive automobiles But the
number Of accidents on Detroit streets taken
into confederation. why not To repeat,
why, indeed not?
The Wild West performance doesn't begin
TO compare with the recent one out by the
Burroughs plant
You 20 in with your automobile AZ the
main gate. drive through al A moderate one
and finally reach the race track where you
can bet on a tooslow one.
The womau's building isn't completed on
account OF scarcity 81 workers who may
be spending the week a. the fair.
Somebody ought 10 give the halfmile track
judges tickets 80 they could come into the
grounds
One u tho side shows displays human.
faced chicken.
The hootchy koo'chy show doesn't
There is a movement on in an Ohio
town 20 abolish handshaking. Started
we presume. by somebody with sore
thumb
If they want 10 popularize infantile
paralysis, just let EN- keep school closed
on account Of it.
Just now the oyster is staging its an
nual comeback, with the exception Of th'
one there ought TO be IN the church socia
stew, which never arrived.
"Asquith wants to borrow S2,225, 900
600" Sorry, old boy, but we are jus
putting in the coal.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

Re does not
know his food
should he com.
bIned In quantity
or element or how
n should be Va
Red 10 give hin
INC best return
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
Beautiful and Big and
Growing, But Whittier,
Fair Detroit, Whittier?

ISN'T he beautiful child?"
& ISN'T he a strong child?"
my. how fast he grows"
a foolish mother listened to all this.
Il 4 was music to her ears
Like as not she is paying monthly
visits to some prison today, to spend
With her beautiful" her strong and
NJ "fast-growing" boy the hour allotted
her by the state.
PARENT we beautiful city?
AREN'T we strong city?
b Ny, how fast we grow!
% Hut whittier?
Which way are we headed?
4 What kind of mothering is Detroit get
tn9 from its citizenship?
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
Health Questions Answered.

- o. D.; ''ls there a mouthwash
that will prevent infantile paraly.
sis9'
None that r. certain "a a prccar
lion wash the mouth with n two PER
cent solution OF peroxide IN water
also spray The nose with n in cave
u any strange symptom whatever
sac a physician!
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
IT'S Great To Be President
and Be Set To Wheeling
Political Dynamite

8 The threatened railroad strike and the
4 mai method esorted to for its avoid
>nce. has brought forth much unfavor-
~ comment from certain capitalist
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

Five years ago William Martin received a
worn Bible from his grandfather az his share Of
his relatives property a few days ago his sis
ter came across the BOOK Opening IL az random
che was surprised TO find $50 bank note Turn
ing through the leaves she found other Hills Of
various denominations until the total reached
$40.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
NOT FULL.

Rastus Cat the colorcd cabarcO Mandy, am
yoah programme full?
Mandy ALawdy. no. Mr. Applewhite; II takes
mo- dan two sandwiches an oupp oh tea fob
dat.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06
ONLY TWO.

Are you acquainted with any medical termsF
Only two.
What are they2
shake wei before using" and 80 a visit,
please
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

The average person has little
idea ~ the uutritiye value Of the
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

K ~ stranger came to town-a writer.
He came on an assignment from a
snaeaxine the Metropolitan magazine.
He was impressed, as all visitors are
s Impressed, by our river, by Belle Isle,
6ur city parks and our boulevards.
He saw great trainloads of raw ma
toFial coming into city freight sheds for
1lnloading.
He saw great trainloads of this raw
& material worked into the finished prod
I ut being carried out of the city.
He found prosperous city, of many
niIlonaires, recently made.
He found everybody working, at good
pay.
He found people riding in automobiles
until he marveled at the sight of them.
He found the municipal government in
the hands of corrupt political ma
chine"
Which Is to say:
He found this same beautiful, rich.
xast-growing city of Detroit GOING TO
THE DOGS, as the big, beautiful baby
I oon of the foolish mother went to the
/ dors. because she was satisfied that he
was beautiful.
A disinterested writer found this, and
found more:
He wrote to his magazine that he
found the Detroit News, the city's big
I 3est newspaper, once a power for much
fGood in government and a terror to evil
X doers, A PART OF THIS CORRUPT
pOLlTICAL MACHINE
Think II over, fellow citizens.
Think it over, Mr. Good Citizen.
Think 1t over, Mr. Home Owner.
Think it over. Mr.. Taxpayer.
Think it over, Mr.. Manufacturer.
Think it over, Mr.. Business man.
Think it over, Mr.. Board of Commerce
member.
Think ii over, mothers and fathers.
The child Is beautiful, indeed; strong
indeed. and fast-growing, indeed!
& How are you mothering the child?
Whittier, fair Detroit, WHITTIER?
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

a girl seldom kicks when an old
man lays his fortune Al her feet.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-06

\ long pedigree doesn't prevent a
horse from losing a short race.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Pig Not So Large

The Gazette made one of the
most absurd of several absurd
mistakes last week in stating
that Lee Winters prize pig
gained eighteen pounds per day.
F. L. French, who contributed
and signed the article had writ
ten on his copy that the pig made
a gain of 1.8 pounds per day.
When this number was written
in words it was made eighteen
by q combination of mistakes on
the part of compositor and proof
reader. While The Gazette still
thinks Lees porker was very re-
1narkable, it is forced to admit
it is not so remarkable as our
last issue made it. AS the story
was told last week this pig would
nave belonged in the same class
with that marvellous Hdlstein
cow that gave So pounds Of but
terfat per day, and the Brush
automobiles that sold for $3.50.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
VIM. F. CumminS
Called By Death
Son of MIR. and Mrs. E. F. Cum
mings Dies of Illness Caused
by Grippe

Thursday evening, December
FL, occurred the death of Will
liam F. Cummings, the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Cum
mings who live four miles from
Redwood Falls. The funeral was
held, from ST. GATHERINGS Cath
Ole Church at 1890 Saturday
morning, Requiem High Mass
being read by Rev. Father Tom
elk. Interment was made in the
local Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. Cummings has been a pa
tient and cheerful sufferer for
many years, having been a vic
tim Of asthma from early child
hood. The Doctors Mayo of Ro-
chester and specialists in the
Twin Cities have been consulted
in the hopes of restoring his
failing health but to no avail.
An attack by grippe contracted
about two weeks ago, effected his
heart and he passed quietly
away, surrounded by his par
ents, brother and near relatives.
William Frances Cummings
was born in Blue Earth Co., Oc-
tober Is, 1886. In 1890 he moved
with his parents to Redwood
Falls, where they resided for a
number of years and where Will
liam attended the public schools
until obliged by failing health
to give up all study. He then
moved with his parents to their
farm where he has since resided.
Mr.. Cummings was a young
man of kind and cheerful dis
position and had a large circle
of friends. He was a devout
member of the Catholic Church
and belonged to the order of the
Holy Name Society. He is sur
vived by his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Cummings,
and brother, Edward, who to-
gether with many other rela-
tives and friends, deeply mourn
his loss.
Those attending the funeral
from away were Mrs. w. P.
Bradish, Miss Anne Bradish,
Mrs. Kate Mccormick and Frank
McC ormick of st. Paul, and
Matthew Cummings from Will
mot, N. D..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Y.M.C.A. Workers
At Redwood Falls
Team of Young Men from Macal-
ester College Spending Ten
Days at Work Here !,

The Manchester College Y. NJ.
Z. A. team, consisting of five
young men is spending ten days
working with the boys and young
men of Redwood Falls. During
the day the team members meet
the young men, and in the even
ings meetings are held at the
Presbyterian Church. The pas
tor of the church makes the fol-
lowing statement concerning the
meeting:
These young men are COM
ing to help us in our consecra-
ton. These men who are ac-
tive in college circles demon
strate to us that it is possible
to live a fine christian life in ev-
cry department of a young mans
life. For these men are active
in football, baseball, oratory, de-
bate and music. And yet these
men are very much consecrated
to the Master.
Parents! This is a golden
opportunity for you to get your
boy in close touch with christian
young men who eau be great
blessing to your boy. IF you fail
in giving these young men the
proper support, and fail to give
your boys the proper and neces-
sary encouragement, you shall
be the slooser. You shall suffer
loss. Give your young people
encouragement and you shall be
blessed.
Come tonight to the meet
ings. Come father, mother, sis
tiers and brothers.. Come, God
has a blessing for you"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Purchases Equipment

A. G. Burmeister Of Redwood
Falls very recently made a pur-
chase which gives him control
of the electric light equipment Of
the village of North Redwood.
The purchase includes transmits
sion lines, meters, ETC., and was
made from the Northern States
Power Company, which was this
fall granted a franchise by the
village Of North Redwood. Mr..
Burmeister has already taken
charge Of the North Redwood
lines and win continue the oper-
alton Of them with the same eff
ficiency he has shown in the
lighting of Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Choir Sings A
Beautiful Cantata
Choir of Methodist Church Sings
Light Eternal at Church
Christmas Eve

The choir of the Methodist
Church gave Redwood Falls a
musical treat Christmas Eve
when it sang Rene Bronner's
Christmas cantata, ''The Light
Eternal" Words and music unite
to make this cantata one of the
most beautiful ever written and
the rendition by the different
soloists and the chorus added
greatly to it's beauty.
The singers had been we'll
trained by Rev. N. de M. Oar
rell, whose understanding of mu-
sic makes his work as director
always fruitful of beautiful re-
suits and Mrs. w. B. Clement
who played the Accomplishments
on the pipe organ, added much
to the beauties of the program.
The local singers were great
ly assisted by the fine tenor
voice of H. Albrecht of Morgan
whose singing of the tenor So
los thrilled the audience. The
local soloists who sang were
Mrs. H. w. Ward, Miss Gertrude
Alberts, Miss Amy Barnes, Mrs
Clarecne Hilhg, Miss Edla Starr,
Miss Mable Whyte, Miss Linda
Schmidt, Mr.. Darrell and Dr.
Grapp.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27

cur next Tuesday, January 2.
Election for the second ward will
be held in the city hall and cleo
ton for the first ward in the
King building next to the w. T.
Wilcox warehouse.
There will be two aldermen to
elect in the second ward because
Of the unexpired term Of O. S..
Durham. Fred Banker was ap-
pointed to act in Mr.. Dunham's
place and is now candidate for
election for the remaining year
of this term.
The other alderman Of the
second ward, John Whittet, is a
candidate for reelection, and is
opposed by John Schilt. Mr..
Schilt is the only new man to
have filed for election. The bal
lot is as follows:
Mayor-C. A. Luscher.
Alderman-1st Ward-John
DIuIy.
AIderman-2nd Ward John
Whittet. (For 2 years. John
SchiIt.
Alderman-2nd Ward-(for
l year, Fred M. Banker.
Treasurer-H. A. Baldwin.
RecOrder-H. w. Ward.
Judge F. A. Gray of the NUM-
c1pal court still has one year to
serve of his two-year term.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Missionary Society
Elects New Officers

The ladies Of the Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Fred Dripps for the closing
meeting of the year. The presi-
dent called the meeting to or
der and Mrs. Christensen led the
devotional service which was
both timely and helpful. A re-
sumo of the chapter on Korea in
"the Kings Highway" was then
given by Mrs. Brainard. The
Program for the day was short
in order to give time for the
election of officers and other
necessary business.
Before taking up the regular
business, a letter from Mrs.
Dodds relative to the present
state of the treasury for this
district was read and considered.
A report of the program COM
mittee was then called for, and
in response Mrs. Robert Stew
art outlined the work for the
coming year as had been planned
and some points in connection
with this were discussed and
voted upon. 1t was also voted
to continue to appoint a calling
committee for each month.
The result of the election was
|as follows: Pres, Mrs. A. p.
Goudy; Vice-Pres., Mrs. David
McNaughton; Sec, Mrs. julius
Christensen; Treas, Mrs. VIM.
Steele; Sec. Of Lit, Mrs. G. G.
King Press Reporter, Mrs. vii
liam ROgendahI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Boys Go To Tracy

Lee Winters, Martin Hustad
and Stewart Mckay will repre~
sent Redwood Falls in the grain
and corn judging contest to be
held at Tracy, Mimi, during the
Tri-County Fair week. About
twelve or fifteen schools will be
represented in the contest, each
having it's team.
The tryouts for the team were
held last Tuesday with sixteen
boys taking part. The classes
judged were as follows: yellow
dent corn, white dent corn, bar
ley, wheat and oats. Fifteen
minutes were given to the judg-
ing and placing of each class.
After having his class placed
the boy passed to another room
where he gives hi$ reason for
his placing orally tn P. v. Fin
ley.
The ranking of the boys was
based on his placing with his
reasons for the same. Based on
the possible 100 points tb three
highest were as follows. Stew
art Mckay 1865, Martin Hustad
1867, and Lee Winters 1881.
|. ALI the boys showed up well
in the tryouts and we wish the.
team the greatest of success in
the contest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
GUILD MEETING THURSDAY

The ladies of st. Veronica's
Guild will entertain their hls-
bands and families at picnic
supper at the parish house
Thursday evening. The regular
business meeting of the Guild
will be held atsfour O'Clock and
AN members are urged to be
present.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Miss Maude Freeman
Weds Jesse R. Clifton

A pretty wedding occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kuck last Saturday morning at
nine o'clock before a small COM
pany of friends when Miss
Maude E. Freeman became the
bride of Jesse R. Clifton, Rev.
Darrell, pastor Of the Methodist
Church., reading the marriage
service. Miss Maude Peterson
played the wedding march and
Miss Florence Eischen sang 20
Promise Me-"
Immediately after the cere-
mony a two course breakfast
was served and at noon Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton left for a short we'd
ding trip. They will be at home
to their friends at Mankato af-
ter January Is.
Mrs. Clifton has been an eff.
ficient teacher in the public
school of Redwood Falls, having
charge of the primary depart.
ment and has made many warm
friends during her stay here
The groom is an assistant ir
the Mankato flour mill and en-.
joys a large acquaintance there
The Gazette joins their many
friends in wishing Mr.. and Mrs
Clifton joy and success.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Good Fellows Club
0rganizesfor 1917
Churches Unite in Organizing
Charitable Work of Redwood
Falls for Coming Year

The Good Fellows Club he'd
its meeting Thursday afternoon,
December FL, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lobdell for
the purpose Of electing officers
and appointing committees for
the year 1917. This Club has
undertaken the work of looking
after the welfare of the needy,
and helping in the betterment
of their condition.
Officers and committees were
elected as follows: Pres, Leal
Lamoreaux; Vice-Pres., John
Kuck; Sec., Mrs. B. G.. Hail
Treas, Mrs. P. O. Callaghan
Financial committee; H. N. Bell,
H. j. Heilman, E. A. Luscher,
Investigating committee: Frank
Lobdell, up. O. Callaghan, John
Kuck, L. Lamoreaux. Lookout
committee: Mrs. P. O. Callag-
, lf,s,'e i Mrs. c. q. Thompson; Mrs.
B. G. Hall, Mrs. Ned Dripps,
Mrs. H. F. Buechner, Mrs. L.
Lamoreaux.
The Good Fellows Club will
have a room in the City Hall for
the purpose of preparing pack
ages for distributing and any one
having old wearing apparel, es-
pecially children's clothes, that
he wishes to contribute, may
leave the garments at the Club
room or notify any member of
the Look Out Committee.
Any one wishing to contrib
ute cash to the Good Fellows
fund to carry on this work, may
do so by seeing any member of
the Financial Committee.
Any people that are in need
may call at the Club Room in the
City Hall between ten and twelve
o'clock or between two and four
O'Clock, and the Club will be
glad to fit them out with clothes
or shoes that it may have on
hand
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
Firemen Give An
nuaI Ball Jan. l
Citizens Invited to Attend And
Enjoy Good Music Dancing
And Luncheon

The Redwood Falls Volunteer
Firemen Will give their annual
dance at the Armory New Years
night. The well-known Thor
burns orchestra will furnish the
music and the committee on ar
rangements assures everyone
who attends a thoroughly good
time.
Tickets will be sold the last
of the week and everyone is
urged to buy one as the pro-
ceeds will be used to help defray
the expenses of the motor truck
which the boys are so anxious
to purchase at once. This pur-
chase means a heavy expense
and this expense should be
shared by all the citizens, who
will all share in the benefits de-
rived from the addition of a mo-
tor truck to the fire-fghting
equipment.
Luncheon will be served by
the boys in the dining room of
the Armory, and the ladies of
the city are urged to furnish
cakes for this purpose. Those
who are willing to furnish cakes
are asked to notify G.. A. Schild-
knecht.
A charge of twenty-five cents
will be made for all spectators.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
LUTHERAN CHURCH. /.
Rev. A. Schaller, Pastor.

German services and Holy
Communion Sunday morning, be-
ginning at 1880. Those wishing
to attend Communion are kind
ly requested to register at the
parsonage next Friday. New
Years Eve services will be held
Sunday evening at half past sew
en- in the English language. Ger
man services on New Years
Day at 1880. The annual bust
ness meeting and election of Of
ficers will be held Tuesday, Jan
uary 2, at one o'clock.