The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-01

An old war habit-foating bonds.
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The lid now used on war news is almost leak
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Wives are practically unanimous for ~pokerless
husbands.
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The war can neither be won nor los: before a
battle is fought.
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That bear that walks like a man has OCCASION
al e~pilephtic fits.
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Just when everybody thought Russians were
coming they started going.
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Curious Susannah: The reply to your query,
"What do big guns shoot % is money, in big wads.
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Guessed wrong-those who Joined the cavalry
to escape hoofing it. They are being trained on
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William Randolph Hearst is willing to take the
Job Of running the war off Wilson's hands at any
time.
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No insurance company is quite sporty enough
to issue a policy guaranteeing the Kaiser his job
for a year.
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Uncle Sans boys in khaki must be mighty glad
they don't have to live on the war-diet prescribed
for civilians.
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When a Senator wakes up with crouch, he
wears it off by offering resolution to investigate
something.
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No matter how fast the government a~irplaners
work they will never be able to keep up with the
jawplaning bunch.
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Bloody Bill has been distributing decorations
again, and of course didn't forget the murderers
of women and children.
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It's the one best guess that there will be no
joint Congressional committee to help the Presi-
dent conduct the war.
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When it comes to cleaning up red light dis
tricts of towns, Secretaries Daniels and Baker
are a pair of hummers.
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Every pessimistic story wired by a Washington
correspondent makes the people more optimistic
about winning the war.
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All boquets and not a brickbat in the shower
on Gen. Crowder, provost marshal, the man who
bossed the successful draft.
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The King of Spain is willing to run for presi-
dent if the people prefer a republic. That's a good
campaign slogan to start with.
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To the dictionary meaning of commission
should be added, a body that spends most of it's
time ~disputing over who is boss.
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Woody has made it plain that no man is big
enough to have a strangle-hold on a job under him,
regardless of results produced.
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It's demanded that Mayor Thompson, of Chi
cago, be interned with Bloody Bills friends until
the war is over. There are others.
Capitalizing patriotism-the fag-makers who,
the Federal trade commission says have lacked
up profits from 100 to 500 per cent.
Easy to understand why Wilson wins every
scrap he has with Congress-what he asks for is
what the people wish him to have.
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The full garbage pail is getting a less irksome
proposition to the garbage man right along. Our
housewives are learning to put less in it.
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Wilson could very safely promise to carry out
any war policy that the editors Of the New York
World, Tribune and Sun would unanimously agree
upon.
The Macedonian cry nowadays is for us to
feed half the world and ourselves at the same
time, and to do it in manner so that nobody will
60 hungry.
After publicly suggesting icecreamless and
sodaless days, Senator Sherman, Of Illinois, will
have q hard time snuarinp himself with the GIRLS