The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-28
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It's catching-Italians are again licking Aus
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We could love laps more if our faith in them
was stronger.
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A pacifst silencer should be added to the Sen
ate's equipment.
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Did men are wise men, some times. But
young ones, always.
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Outhunning the Huns-Austrians bombing
Venice from the air.
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The U. S. may acquire more destroyers than
there is stuff to destroy.
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Every German-American can free himself from
suspicion, if he wishes to-.
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Strike the l. W. w." is the slogan in Montana,
Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
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1t requires stronger glasses than we have to
see loyalty in a shipbuilders' strike.
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Lincoln reached a copperhead in Congress, and
history does repeat itself-sometimes.
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Let's hope the destroyers we are building so
fast will soon begin to destroy U-boats.
Right now there is only one genuine brand of
Americanism, and diluting it is treason.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
French soldiers are entirely too busy licking
Germans to a frazzleto listen to peace talk.
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It seems the examining boards have had less
trouble with fiat feet than with cold feet.
Free tip to men in Congress: Better be careful
in handling soldiers insurance-it's loaded.
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Sugar kings sent a committee to see Hoover,
but did not call off their expert prce-jackers.
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A beef baron blaming the public for the high
price of meat is about the limit for unadulterated
gall.
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Give, and give literally to every deserving
fund, but use common sense about who you hand
cash to.
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Buying a car is all right, if you can afford it,
but do not be bunked into believing 1T will pay
for itself"
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Yes, we want the world safe for democracy.
But, most important of all, we want it safe for
ourselves.
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If the kaiser wants to jump from the frying
pan into the fire, he might try the job Of emperor
ing in Russia.
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If His Holiness expected a favorable reply,
he would better change his mind and soften the
disappointment.
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Small-fry traitors get their cues from the
prominent, and it is the latter who should be in
termed for the war.
The allies may give the Kaiser a dose of his
own medicine by treating those peace proposals
as a 'mere scrap of paper"
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The two ex-members of a New York exemption
board who pleaded guilty Of taking brides got off
easy-two years in prison.
Worry may be-, as a great man has said, worse
than drink, but it doesn't leave the same taste
in the mouth next morning.
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If the Daniels knockers keep it up they may
make the country love the Secretary of the Navy
for the enemies he has made.
Woody is not going to be bamboozled by any
Kaiser proposition, no matter who makes it, nor
how skillfully it be disguised.
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Bloody Bill expresses unbounded confidence in
his fleet, but just the same is mighty careful to
keep it out Of reach Of the allies.
Some genius can pull down all kinds Of money
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