The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-06-27

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He may not be a counterfeit, but the Kaiser's
a bad Bill.
It's a superhuman government that makes no
diplomatic blunders.
Queer Tom Lawson is not out with a plan to
end the war while-you-wait.
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Tickles the French to see Perish and Joff in
in their fat and lean stunt.
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No, Willie boy; there will be no manicuring
parlors in the training camps.
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McAdoo to liberty bond subscribers: Thanks,
two billions is all l need now.
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Still, if a people depose a king and are then
ruled by knaves they gain nothing.
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Poor Constantine hadn't even rep enough to
get an offer to work for the movies.
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Every murderous air raid on a city serves to
increase the war spirit in the U. S. A.
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Eventually European peddlers will be trading
secondhand crowns for household junk.
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Print paper hogs that can be fair and won't
should be made to and Uncle Sam can do it.
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That American steamer missed by two U-boat
torpedoes must have had a horseshoe aboard.
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Golly, we'd have insomnia sure, if we owed as
much as the smallest of the belligerent powers.
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! If this attempt to carry beauty and sweetness
into war succeeds, a world-old want will be filled.
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Congress has only put it's ear to the ground to
hear the chorus of the people, "Let Hoover do it."
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j Plenty of backyard gardeners who were sure
they knew beans have not been able to grow them.
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Besides, should it become necessary, we can
mobilize an army of women, armed with hatpins.
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Woody, in effect, to Hoover: Get ready; I'll see
that Congress comes across with needed authority.
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Somehow we always push things a year ahead.
The wars decision is now scheduled to come in
1918.
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Just a friendly tip, boys-don't talk economy
a box of candy.
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Russia has promised to stick, but just the same
. the allies will not be caught mapping should it de.
velop cold feet.
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All right, the ship of state can now 60 ahead
Senator J. Ham Lewis has thanked the people for
coming across with the cash.
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Glaring observation-disclosures had to in
definitely postpone mobilization of it's national
guard for lack of equipment.
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Seems the steel trusts offer of steel at cost
is not to include the mercantile navy, which is be:
ing charged $50 more a ton.
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Congressman Borland, of Missouri, is right
national" not draft" is the proper name of ou1
army that is now in the making.
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Many who read this will live to read of Europ
'ean thrones being used by street-corner s%pellbind.
ers in their presidential campaigns.
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There seems to be no good reason for treating
contractors who are caught robbing the govern.
'ment different from any other kind of traitors.
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Eventually it will have to be done so why not
now intern for the period of war, all who write OF
talk near-treason, whether they be foreign-born
or native.
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It might not be a bad idea for Wilson to give
'noice that he will make public the name of every
, politician who tries to get a registered man ex
l empted from the draft.
Ex-king Constantine wears no medals fol
braininess yet he probably knows enough not tc