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World's cresset., 1917-03-08
PUBLIC Sale.


I will sell at Public Auction on
Thursday March Is, 1917, On the
farm known as the Peter Colson
farm, now occupied by Fred Colson
& Mother. Laying 2 miles E of
Norwood, l mi. N. of Bruton spur
8 mi. w. Of MT. Grove, the follow
ing property to-wit;
4 Head of mich COWS. red cow yrs old
fresh / red COW 5 yrs. old fresh. 1red cow yrs
old fresh Jersy cow yrs old fresh; year.
ling calves coming yearlings, shoats about
so lbs. coming year old mule coming one
yr. old mule l horse colt one yr old.
wagon in good condition. l spring wagon
good condition. John Deere Buggy and single
harness, hay rake, Moving machine. 1cul-
tivator spring tooth harrow 2 No. 10 Vulcan
tongue ploWs, | set work harness.
Household and kitchen furniture to mention
TERMS
.E:-rhere will be
gvpnon sums ovr
securt o
on hesunr AEsums $40
will property e until sat- for
Sale to commence at 10 O'clock promptly
World's cresset., 1917-03-08

-Charlie Dawson has been on
the puny list iur g few daVs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
Pointed Paragraphs
Hope b dreaul a rnan hA, rh.n

Hope Is a dream a man has when
be IL awake.
When a girl Is engaged 70 be mar
red she IL sorry for all the young
men Who missed their chance
II Is etactly as difcult 20 keep
cut OF love As It Is 10 keep out Of
trouble.
BE careful Row you give advice.
Somebody might take H.
II takes The moon two weeks 10
get full and tro more weeks 10 get
over H. Men are different.
Too many people spend their time
oondemning tho eooGuct OF others
instead OF spending Il In improving
their own.
There arc many ways u getting a
living. People even have Teen
known 20 work.
There are two periods IN q mans
life when ho doesn't understand a
woman. ono is before marriage and
the other after
II sealskin sacks could be pIucked
from trees tho average husband
would have TO squnnder his coin on
other things 20 match
Don't tell all you know. Keep a
little for seed.
When a man meets one OF his old
sveethearts be realizes that he Is a
lucky dog.
Nobody ever ran n successful cor
her In happiness.
A woman has IS many ways OF
making = man ieel cheap IS she has
% using up stale bread
Love Is probably the only ming
that has more lives than a cat
The majesty OF the law isn't IN
u with the majestic bearing Of the
youthful lawyer when he IL making
his maiden speech.
Lots OF fathers who give their
daughters away would like 90 get
rid OF their sons-in-law as easily.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

gible quantity, they are not eager for
suffrage and not likely to use the vote.
Let US therefore be generous, whole
hearted, and throw this wonderful adj
vantage Representative government a
matter 10 be dealt with later) at their
heads. free from encumbering strings.
Suffrage for all? Why not?
II sounds better than with any quaIf-
cations.
1t is the noble, big way that free Amer
lea loves.
But the American woman is another
thing. in number, condition. influence.
We cannot risk this move
We will Try it piecemeal; little at a
time and let the body polite asSimilate
il if it can.
The little inconsistency OF states
rights" that escape valve for the admin
istration. gets n trifle mixed just here.
The suffrage amendment does not meet
with the approval of the president for this
particular reason.
IL deprives the states of their sacred
ancient privilege. II is not the voice of
the people.
Well, then, why take away this divine
right of kings, in the very beginning of
our administration, from the liberty low
ing men presumably of Porto Rico?
Is il fair?
Or Is it just TO laugh,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
Anniversaries

iIs IA. r w..ains,on i nr.s
In westnorsiAnd county. Va Died
In Mt Vernon. Va. Dec. IL. 1873.
islg-oxd.nsburx y L WAS at
tackled and captured ~ the British.
iSis-James Russell Lowell. PCT
born In Cambridge. Mass Died there
Aug u, 1891.
iL0-ThomAs Corwin vas nouai-
mated as tha whix candidate for
governor OF ohio.
issE-American national oonven-
tion nominated hllArd Fiimors for
prsssdent
iss3-Ground broken for the Cen
trail Paciac railroad at Sacramento
b. Gov stanford
isfl-Franc@ ard Prussia began
negotiations for psar.
iSSs-Msdars pAtu sang AZ q mu-
sicaie entertainment given By Prssi-
dent Arthur IN ths white House.
ltgs-Ths Confederate states ru-
scum In Richmond. Va. was dsdi-
Gated.
iaSi-Pacine Man steamship RIO
fe Jansiro sank 90 the Golden Gate.
gan Prancisco. after striking IN n
fog and 1873 lives were lost
tsos-Sev.nteen lives were lost N
the Psrkavs. hotel IRE IN New
York city
1907 - Honduras declared war
against Nicaragua.
iafs-A wreck on th- New Haven
railroad a. irdia River. conn re-
suited IN 10 killed and over sS In
tured.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

the sale stu remained perpleIing.
From the top OF the Crowley Mil
her building. great yellow banners
swing and nutter In the breeze ON
them In boz car letters ID printed
"LockhArt's MnLEcnd sale
The interior OF The store r. a
veritAble riot OF yellow paper pen
nants bearing the announcement
'L>ockhsrt's MnLEnd sale"
The color scheme In every show
case and on every roor seems 70
be IN yellow and the words Lock.
bar, Min.End" and sale" bob up
everywhere.
This Il Advertising that 'takee Z"
II IL part OF the scenery tina, makes
this kind o. bargain hunting suc-
cessf1i
The suits having b~-n returned
and the Ad.Mirror man satisfied
that be had not been cheated" he
sought An interview win the bar
gain day -revivalist--Mr Lockhart.
Mr. Iockhart demurred.
az the Advertising manager
brings you TO me for an interview
u will be- All right. but cannot talk
FOR publication otherwise. he said.
We often scratch the backs OF tho
newspapers With advertising. and
sometimes the newspapers like 70
scratch our backs with a story
The Ad-Mirror man. however. WAS
'scra'chingT for the truth about
hr. Lockhart's advertising. and not
for the purpose Of crtticising II un-
less criticism was warranted.
'You call this q 'MilLEnd' sale"
pursued he Mirror man.
Yes .h-end that IL wha. II IL.
We have shipped IN more than
100000 or $4,000 worth o, mer.
ohandise and We are now buying
fOr our August sale"
"Bui vas told by your salesman
% whom bought two suits for iii
that they we're the regular Crowley
Miner stock, and had been In stock
Tor some time"
Certainly"
II e not then Mn-end' m you
afvor'iser'
'No-but n IL ~ mf1l-end price.
Everything IN this store IL At mill
end prices"
BIT your advertising Is u1isiead-
ing when you call these goods In
stock mill end"
"It f. selling AZ mIllend prices. /"
repeated Mr. tockhard rather
notified and anyone who think. We
are conducting a fake II a damned
fool"
Mr. Iockhsrt was NJ least frank.
= have be~n coming To this town
for - ysar," he continued. and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
How Would You Like To Be
President At This Time?

While the country is hanging on the
ragged edge Of war, President Wilson
must be hanging on the ragged edge of a
most difficult question.
How overt" must Germany's act be
to warrant the president going to con-
gress for declaration of war, backed by
popular approval?
Doubtless another Lusitania or Sussex
affair would force the president TO such
action But repetitions of those horrors
are scarcely possible.
The destruction Of few American
passengers on ships of belligerent nations
might do il, although there is some strong
sentiment in the country TO the effect
that Americans who jeopardize the peace
Of the country by so travelling should do
It at their own risk solely.
Then the thing may come thru an
aggravated case of violation of interna-
tionl rights and laws.
Make no mistake In believing that
when our billions of export trade is throt-
tied. property pressure will not be
damned upon the president. Indeed, il
begins to look as if all our industrial
prosperity might be held up by the sub
marine blockade.
President Wilson must feel somewhat
like hunter standing watchfully before
a big. dark forest that he knows is full
of fierce beasts of one sort or another.
He doesn't know what sort of beast
viii charge forth, or from what spot it
will issue.
He can only stand ready for anything.
Under such conditions, most men
would surely have buck fever" pretty
bad
Mr.. Wilson shows no signs of having
this affection, but how would you like 10
be in his place?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
But III the Women of the
United States Want a Vote
They Can Whistle for 1t

The suffragists Of the United States
viii no doubt be glad of the extension Of
suffrage TO any women on the whole broad
earth
They may conclude, with reason, that
this augurs the trend of public opinion
toward suffrage, and that public opinion
is the necessary backing of government,
Ill well and good, but they may also argue
this wise:
why should the women Of Porto Rico
be given this privilege while the women
of the United States are denied voice
In government?
They are not natives of the United
States.
They have not mothered its citizens.
They have not done half its work
They have not paid large part of its
taxes in money, labor and self denial.
They have not stood shoulder 10
shoulder with its men in pioneer days in
helping to clear the wilderness.
They have not taught its youth. sue
cored its sick and made its homes"
In other words we take the priceless
gift--the best we have to ofFer-and
magnanimously, freely, lay it at the feet
Of the native Porto Rican woman, who
has never raised her voice to the merest
whisper, in our behalf; nor turned her
hand to do one stroke Of work for US, and
let our mothers, wives and daughters
stand helpless and empty handed. with a
sugar stick promise, that If they are good
children and wait long enough. each state
may eventually decide this little matter
70 their liking.
IL Is pathetic or ludicrous, according TO
the way we look at ii, and. like everything
else, IL has its roots deep in politics and
special privilege which, in vulgar English.
IL called graft"
We have done bad things in Porto Rico.
but the press has been muzzled and the
public knows them not
We would. therefore. make amends and
D1nnats the people.
The women Of the island are a negii-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

nesdsy mornings Free Press
So a representative OF the Ad-
Mirror visited the clothing depart
ment on the second soor. He found
ne 10-dollar suits in the far end
OF the department There were
two classes-those for SO straight"
and those thai soid-tw for 81.
TIE "straizhts" were spring
styles. and occupied considerable
space above the SUIT cabinets on
one side % one OF the main Aisles
The two for 81" occupied table
apart from the cabinets. the table
being about IL feet long and three
feet wide.
The "two-tor" were apparently
well picked over. and probably 30
per cent % this stock was Of one
pattern. One suit from this LOT was
selected. An expert In moderate
priced clothing said Il was pur
chased probably for not more than
80 Wholesale.
The Ad Mirror man selected one
Of these brands. The expert called
u cotton mixture brilllanune."
The Crowley Miner salesman had
represented the garment az "all
wool"
Pat This latter description may
have been force Of habit" All
wool and yard wide" IL an old
saying yon know
The I'D Mirror man paid so for
the cotton mixture and the required
81 extra Tor the second suit which
was 81 better quality. but which
The expert said had probably been
IN stock FOR more than a year any.
way
The style, color and pattern OF
the second sGit was not bad. n
was az good a. any value in ~.
troit f9r SO. In tho opinion OF The
sNpcrf
The sd Mirror man then returned
20 The store with The s1its. and
stating that they were not satlsfac.
tory for his use which vas true
he vas given bis money back. No
questions were asked
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

the mouth often the germs OF dis
ease are introduced into The body
IN this way.
Many persons wet their fingers
with saliva before counting money.
turning the pages OF book or per
forming similar acts. In This case
the process r. reversed. the infec-
ton being carried 20 tho object han
died. there 10 wait carriage 20 the
mouth OF some other careless per.
son.
The hands should be washed be
fore eating before handling. pre-
pairing or serving food. after at
tending The sick and after handling
anything dirty. These simple rules
OF hygiene will prevent a whole lot
Of sickness. II carefully followed.
The little tin whistle sold 10
children Is another prolific germ
carrier.
Some time ago a meteorological
examination was made OF Il
Whistles bought from bush-cart
Five OF them had metal and seven
had wooden mouthpisces. The av-
erage number of bacteria colonies
developed from the wooden whis.
ties was 90. from the metal
whistles IS
a large variety Of microorganisms
we're found. In nine instances strep-
tococci were found this IN tho germ
~ tonsllitis. and many other die
eases These germs were tested on
mice 70 determine their virulence
Eight % the mice died. i've within
- hours. two within the merit -
hours. and one four days Aher inocu
lsffon-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
Does This Give You An
Idea Al To Why Certain
OF Our Citizens Want War?

Perhaps some light Is thrown on the
extraordinary war fever which has seized
section Of the metropolitan press by the
! following daily market letter" issued by
Wall street broker. George Graham
Rice, on Feb. s.
This letter does not discuss rights
or national duties" but its explanation
Of the response of the stock market to
the threat of war is blunt TO a degree
and should be kept in mind: it is the
key to the pressure now being steadily
exerted upon the administration TO
plunge Us into war.
Here is the letter:
when on Saturday, at l1:15 a m. the
news was flashed that Ambassador Bern
storff was handed his passports, uncer-
tainty changed to certainty. and the
stock market began 10 recover. Today
the rise was continued"
The situation in a nutshell. as ex-
pressed by the highest banking authori-
ties, Is about like this:
I'VE are on the verge Of war with sew
erSl Of the great nations of the world
These nations are cribbed, cabined and
confined by the navies and armies of such
powerful governments as England
France and Italy.
The American nation is, in fact
shout TO enter upon a national joyfest.
This country. with it's untold resources
F1cher than any other country in the
gorid. Is about TO engage in war witt
nations of the first class and enjoy all the
thrills of war without being compelled
- do any Of the real fighting.
we shall now place ourselves upon {
Wax footing equal to that Of any Of the
warning parties and with only the re
hottest possibility of an invading army
n m invading navy reaching our shores
Ito place ourselves In proper position
~ are about to spend $4,000. 900 900 OF
American money and spend it at home
~Unbounded prosperity is at hand.
Practically everything that is needed
eue war purposes in this country can be
supplied in this country and the govern
ment's treasure, which will be poured
Into the lap Of producers and manufac-
turers, viii remain here.
~Posterity may pay the debt in in
creased taxation and posterity may fee
ne burden, but at this time the country
md its fourishing population are bound
- fed the quick and fun effect of the
snloosening."
So much for George Graham Rice, a
patSiotic. red-blooded American we pre-
sumo, and his little juggling act with the
tnxpayers of the United States.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
Your Use of Words
nv u. ADDINoroS BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF parson-
atty. Psychology and
Parenthood." etc

Here are a few suggestions spe-
cially intended for the young man
ambitious to excel In his chosen vo-
cations
Be careful about your use OF
wordA Try always 20 use words
which mean precisely what you wish
10 say.
Be sparing. however. In your use
Of words OF many syllablss. Speak
and write as simply and COZ recly A.
you possibly can. Yet do not be con
tent with . small vocabulary. Have
many words At your command
II n surprising how many men
fad 10 appreciate the importance OF
having an ample vocabulary. This.
no doubt IN largely a result OF the
fact that for everyday purposes a
limited vocabulary enables a man 20
get along we'll enough
But let = man begin 20 enlarge his
vocabulary. thru reading and study.
and he will soon discover that with
bis growing knowledge OF words and
their meaning be n able 90 get
along" better than he has ever done
before. There has come &c him
marked Increase. not merely IN pow
or 20 express his thoughts. but In
The possession OF thoughts worth ex.
pressing.
The rcsnit 10 inevt'abla. because
thinking IL done BY association OF
ideas. and the wore words a man
really knows the more ideas he will
have for easy and productive asso
citation Language. n Il often said.
is the tool N thought Also. most
assuredly. II In a creator OF thought
But II WI not do TO enlarge ones
vocabulary By any mere memorlTA.
ton process. Observe that use the
phrase. The more words man
really knows" Large or stan. 20
be OF thought expressing ard
thought-creating value. tho vocshu.
larry used by a man must be confined
20 words clearly understood by HIN.
This r. ail.impoTtAnt
There are not q few men who ac-
cumulate words as children pick up
pebbles on Gis shore
The great desire % the children is
20 get as largo a number or quantity
shaped or co'orcd pebbles as they
can find II u the odd appearance
% the pebbles that attracts them
SO With these word aocumulaiors
They are always On the hunt O..
oddlookng and big sounding wor,.s
Eagerly they add them 20 their men.
tai collection. bat pithou, troubling
20 get moro than hAHy IN
derstandlng OF their meaning Con.
sequenly when they use these
words in talking or writing The ef
feet Is pathcticaily ludicrous
vsinly they imagine that they are
| impressing others with their learn.
ing Actually they are making
revelation OF ignorance. For man
who does not know the meaning o.
words no uses r. certain 20 make
wrong use Of them
Besides which. words wrongly
used cause confusion In the mind ~
tho one using them. Through estab-
fishing false associations Of ideas
they lessen the power 20 think cor.
rectly Therefore beware ~ enlarg
ing your vocabulary too hastily
Ponder every new word you come
across Look up its meaning IN tho
dictionary. Note how II differs In
usage. rom words OF closely similar
Significance
This takes time ard trouble But
q. IL time and trouble taken 20 great
pront "a regards your mental devel
opment
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
GOD
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Crans)

Why do we not all talk and write more
frankly about Godf Why do we seem 10
consider God as some sort Of dangerous
half shameful secreti And why when q
person speaks Of God do we at once sst
him down as an enthusiast of some sect
or cult or fad7
Come, let US clear our thought and -
what we mean when we say God. La
US, saint and sinner, believer and agnos-
tic, put away all suspicion ths& We are
trying to get some one to join our sroun
let us think Of ourselves a. human b.
ings. and discuss the question; What
does God signify to usl
First, any idea Of God at al must I'M
ply that He is the Source from which
we spring. He is the Creator. He made
US and the world we live In
He Is . Person. That n, He has -
telligence and affection, a We have. for
If He has not then He Is less than We.
and lesser being could not maks ons
greater than himself.
He is intelligent He knows me- He
knows with what strange fires He mixed
my clay. He Is the One, therefore, whom
/ am glad 10 have as my Judge, bscann
He alone can understand how 10 tain
every circumstance into account
He Is intelligent. Everything thsG
happens has some part In His purpose
Ny life is plan Of God Because He
does things for reasons that ! cannot
see does not prove that He does things
for no reason at all. SO when you AK
why He allows war, poverty, crime. md
sickness, my answer Is that, while / do
not know, | must believe He knows and
If ! had the wide intelligence He has
probably could understand also.
He is good Few believe He h M
lcious. Some believe He In Indifferent
or hooking. But the serious minded
must believe that this humanity, with tn
tremendous conviction of goodness, could
be made only by good God.
But the main thing to be noted is that
il makes little difference as TO our notion
of God unless We use Him. The God-idea
is disable, practical, healthful, normal
idea The time TO think Of God Ia when
we are in good health and in the midst
Of the daily struggle.
There is a common persuasion that W
should never talk about God unless W
are thoroly miserable, or have committed
some crime, or are going 10 die We re-
gard Him very much as We regard the
physician, TO be called in only on ssri
Gus cases.
But just rs preventive medicine b
growing in vogue, and we are thinking
more Of hygiene than Of disease. and
studying how 10 keep well more than
how 10 get well, so there is general
and wholesome movement abroad to
bring the God-thought more into our
daily life, into our family, our business,
and our continuous personal problmA
And surely the man who takes God
into his consciousness, makes Him com
panion Of his usual reflections, and brings
his life more and more up to the Level
Of fellowhip with the idea of the eternal
goodness. justice, and intelligence Of the
Supreme Being, must reap rich reward
in inward poise, in increased self-respsct
and in greater resources Of satisfaction.
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
From Another Point of NeD
By C. T. S.

Here's hoping there1 be somebody
handy at the gate TO return the comph-
ment and see that good old Doc" Camp
bell is provided with pass.
As we understand the statement Of
Superintendent Marquardt, Detroit is
free Of desperate criminals" with the pos
sible exception Of the pair that beat that
Michigan-ave shoe dealer to death with
a hammer. and those other two who shot
a policeman dead in his tracks.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
REVERSE ENGLISH

Detroit alderman; ~ support the mayors
position that our common council should be
cut down 20 ore alderman from a ward. II
has long been my contention that our
present system, OF representation 10 cunnber-
some ard makes for Inefheleney. ~ the
council 10 cut down 20 alderman for
ward. am the representative from my own
ward who should 90"
A Detroit husband has been awarded
$500 because he found his wife in another
mans arms. She used TO set the stage
i. e. get rid Of her husband-by sending
him after pop. 1t is charged.
Five hundred dollars will buy lot Of
pop.
A man convicted in the recorders court
Of cutting off horses tongue az an act
of spite against its owner, was remanded
for sentence 10y Judge Connolly. Please.
judge.
Hardly know what 10 tell you 10 do
for that sore throat, Phyllis. Try giving
1t a rest"
Neither port, as we understand, nor
import
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

dim iniahed TX tho
human rare would
learn 20 keep the
unvashed hands
from the mouth
We handle infec-
tious matter moro
or less constantly
and continually
carry the hands 90
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

Mlstress-Bridget sorns OF the
oedclothlng In missing. Was any
a. II left out OF doors over night
Bessie fage siXD--Bridgst isn't 20
blame. mamma know where n is.
Papa's got a.
Mother-What DO you mean.
child?
Bessie heard some ~ the folks
nert door sayin' this morning they
cav papa with three sheets in the
wind
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

pany during the
Iockhart NH
End sale" attract
ed the attention
of the AID Mirror.
especially the
stores Offer on
i0dollar suits ad
vertised IN We'd
~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22
The Keep Well
Column
GERMS

Disease germs lead hand 70
mouth existence.
Human disease would De greatly
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-22

Getting two suits for the price
OF one. plus one dollar-&s adver-
tised by Crowley. Miner & Com