The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
IOWA PRE- IS COMMENT.

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Cedar Rapids Republican,. The
| flurries of snow have come early this
year, too early to suit the farmers
who have corn in the fields. But
these preliminaries OF winter may be
followed by long seasons of good
weather. 1t often happens that way,
but there have been years when the
SHOWS of November first have stayed
with us all the winter long.
Davenport Democrat: 1t must
have been a poet who wrote in urg-
ing the food conservation program
that every bunch of leaves you eat
for greens is bouquet on the grave
OF Prussianism.
Marshaltown Times-Republican
Sweden, her minister says. will be
strictly neutral" So long as the puck
ering strings Of the embargo hold.
she will have nothing wherewith to
be unneutral And that's an excel
lent precaution on the part Of the U.
S. A. There are none so technically
good as those who have no opportun-
| ity to be bad.
Des Moines Register: A study in
contrasts: A young women in frock
designed to allow considerable neck
exposure, walking with husky young
soldier with his coat collar turned up.
| Sioux City Journal: If you don't
succeed after while in getting your
sugar for cents, at least you will
have the satisfaction of knowing you
ought to get it for that.
Muscatine Journal: So closely is
| the world linked, that one phase Of
the world war is being fought out in
| the American kitchen where the
housewife will be the skilled general
who will drive back the menace OF
| starvation from the flanks of our al
| lies.
| Burlington Gazette: Most everyone
nowadays has some relative or friend
| in the U. S. service If they wish to
enhance the comfort and well-beins
| of this soldier or sailor they can
easily do so by assisting the work OF
the Y. NJ C. A.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The great
est success of the Liberty loan was
the demonstration that the people OF
! the United States, as individuals.
| know themselves to be parts of the
nation-feel that they are bodily and
mentally incorporated in the great
cause of world democracy, and by
their action, voluntarily taken, have
proclaimed their willingness and de-
termination to fight to retain the in
heritance of liberty handed down by
| the founders of this republic which
is the mother OF all modern federal
republics.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Regretful1y
| the members of some of the fire de-
partments have noted the passing Of
the horse. There was great sport in
! the tournaments and the different
| towns were wondrously proud of their
4 fine teams and records. But that was
again like the earlier days. when fire
companies existed for social purposes.
and for occasional scraps. and for
politics, and fought fires incidentally.
The modern fire department is for fire
fighting only and for nothing else
hence the superiority of the auto ap-
paratus is generally acknowledged
and acclaimed now.
Atlantic News-Telegraph: A large
number thought that the victory of
the amendment meant revival of the
Havner crusade, and they voted
against the amendment in self de-
tense.
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Won
der what old Samuel Pinckney would
think if he could return to earth and
see the preparations being made to
spend twenty billions of dollars for
war preparations His Millions for
defense" wouldn't make small change
today.
Monticello Express: Isn't it some
what aggravating to those who have
been giving the most of their time,
during the past three weeks, in an ef-
fort to get well-to-do citizens to do
just their share in helping our gov.
eminent, to find some one who pulls
back because of stinginess. selfish.
ness or disloyalty? Such people were
found and their measure has been
taken 1t will be preserved for fu-
ture reference. They can not hide,
for they are already well known to
their neighbors.
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