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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-29

"Tin sickness" a malady said to bs
caused by eating preserved foods, has
broken cut in Germany. Apparently
it's almost as dangerous to stay home
as 1t Is to go to the front.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-29

Where She Scores.
Doubleday-No man living admires
bis. wife's taste In neckties.
Mrs. Doubleday-Perhaps not; but
he always approves her choice Of .
husband.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-29

One writer says fashion rules inter-
ature as it does clothes and that pun
are going to come in again before long
When will all this calamity-howlins
stop, anyway
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-29

Take The Daily Commonwealth.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-29
Help Wanted.

Help Wanted.
Husband--When they were divorced
the Judge handed her a document CIV.
ing her control Of her child.
Wife-What WIS the judges hame3
Husband-Why do You wish to
know?
Wife, want to hunt him mp and
see IL / can't get a document that win
give us control Of our cook.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07

the proposed amendment will not be
pressed until the regular session Of
Congress which meets in December.
The proposal will be then pushed with
every influence that the League organ
ization can command.
To promote the idea, the Anti-Saloon
organizations have an elaborate suite
of offices in Washington covering near
ly the whole third floor of prominent
office building, equipped with an eff
cient staff of workers and from there
pressure is being brought on Congress
men all over the country
Supplementing the work of the Wash
ington bureau of the League, the ma
tional headquarters of that body, To-
Gated at Westerville, Ohio, is sending
out teams of the strongest speakers OBJ
tainable to promote the plan through
out the country, to raise funds for the
operations and to concentrate sentiment
in behalf of the proposal.
Among these speakers of nation wide
repute are such men as Hon. John G.
Woolley; DR.. Louis Albert Banks, ex-
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson,
Ex-Governor Malcolm R. Patterson of
Tennessee, DR.. Sam Small, and score
of others of the same calibre. Under
the system, an advance agent, who is
also a spellbinder, goes into given
State in advance and makes the local
arrangements for the halls, advertis-
ing, etc, in true circus fashion. In this
way, large meetings are assured and
the maximum of interest and results
are obtainable.
The League is now fully organized
IN practically every State in the Union
and maintains more than one hundred
sullyequipped offices in all of tie large
cities and political centers. It is rep.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Salient.

The word salient means ID stand
ing out prominently, conspicuous
striking; as salient features of land
scape; salient points of an argument.
(2) Thrust or bent beyond the general
line; projecting, as a salient angle. A
salient angle is a convex angle, that
is, an angle considered greater than
the sum of two right angles, being
measured by an arc that exceeds a
semi-circle.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Safeuuarder,

Here is an advertisement of an ex
tremely mannish vest lined with peat
de cygne, but even if we can't fin(
out in time what peau de cygne is We
suppose we can guard against putting
on our wife's by mistake by looking
Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Only One Guess.

A New York judge says that wher
wife takes money from her hus.
bands pocket he is entitled to a 81
per cent drawback. OF course he is
but what does that prove? Does he
get it? One at a time, gentlemen
one at a time.-Washingto Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Tracing Organ Mechanism.

When pneumatic power in the con-
struction of the organ began to take
the place of the hydraulic is uncertain,
although the invention of the bellows
mechanism dates from the time of one
of the later Roman emperOrs-prObably
Julian. But it was only in the tenth
century, when Germany had taken the
place of Constantinople as the center
of organ building, that the bellows
mechanism came into general adoption
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
How Spain Got Name.

Spain, etymologically, means Rab-
bit Peninsula. The word is, accord
ing to good authority, derived from
the Punic Shafan-rabbit This ami
NAL has been very numerous in the
country, often destroying whole
crops. African ferrets were kept to
drive the animals out of their holes
We find the rabbit often represented
on old Spanish coins.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Metal Lonn In Use.

Tin was known to the Hebrew metal
workers as an alloy of other metals al
early as the time of Moses. There was
no tin in Palestine. Their tin in the
time of David was obtained from Tyre
and Tyre was supplied by the ship>
that traded with Tarshish. This tir
came from Spain, but doubtless tht
greater quantity came from the tin dis
trictS of Britain.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
LITERATURE BY THE TON

AS a part of this propaganda, there
is maintained at Westerville a publish
ing house employing nearly 200 men
and women and which puts out an aver
age of about seven tons of literature
daily. The publishing interests are
in charge of Ernest H. Cherrington,
who is responsible for all of the pub
licity operations of the organization
throughout the country.
So as to not interfere more than nee
essary with the campaign efforts in
the States that are now more or less
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
The Average Way.

One trouble with the country is the
way so many of our young men fee
that there's no chance to get to tht
top in this era of combination, consol
idatiOn ands big business, and so con
tentedly settle down to do as little
work as possible.-Ohio State Journal
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
For Your Desk.

A sheet Of corrugated paper is /
handy thing for your desk to hold we
pens or brushes. The paper absorb
the liquid and the corrugations holt
the pens or brushes in handy position
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Reducing the Household.

Some little folks were playing
keeping house" Robert was papa
Jane mamma. After much difficulty il
managing so large brood, Papa Rob
ert finally burst out with: "Say, there
are too many children in the family
one of you will have to be the dog
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
His COMPROMISE,

"You shouldn't have spun your tor
again, Robbie. Mollie can't say heI
prayers with it humming away like
that" "That's all right mother. It't
humming q hymn"
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
STATE CAMPAIGN FOR
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Anti. Saloon League Orators
Campaign Arizona
TO HELP MAKE NATION DRY

Phoenix, Ariz. - Ambitious to have
Arizona in line in concerted move
ment to promote national Prohibition,
the Anti-Saloon League of America is
opening a campaign that involves
national Prohibition rally in every
town and city in the State during the
next two months.
To open this campaign, one of the
strongest workers in the League, Mr..
Edward H. Daley, has just arrived
in Phoenix to negotiate the necessary
arrangements and make the dates.
The opening gun will be fired in
Phoenix on September 9, DIR. Louis
Albert Banks being the speaker. For
some years, DR.. Banks has been one
of the strongest advocates on the
Leagues big roll of spellbinders and
he will speak, following the Phoenix
date, with an address in every large
city in the State, speaking continually
until October Following the Banks
rallies, Mr.. Daley will continue speak
ing in the State for two months to
come.
The speakers expect to reach every
citizen of the State, presenting the
project of national Prohibition, for
which the &c dry States have banded
themselves together to promote. The
remaining wet States are having trou-
bles of their own and, for this reason,
the nationwide campaign is being
pushed in the States that have out
lawed the saloons and so know the
benefits of the dry policy.
AN ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN
By vote of approximately two to
one, the United States Senate recently
voted to submit to the States an
amendment 10 the Federal constitution
forever prohibiting the liquor traffic,
which amendment must be ratified by
the States within six years to be ef
fective The same measure is now
pending in the House of Representa-
tives, which must pass the measure
by two-thirds vote in order to make
it effective. Because of the demo
cratic caucus action in the House bar
ring everything except war measures,
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Diplomacy in the Home.

Every now and then wife urge
husband to buy some new clothes 70
himself, but if he is a pretty goot
talker he can get out of it withou
making her mad.-Fort Worth Star.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07

wet, this campaign for national Pro
hibition is being conducted chiefly in
States that have already adopted the
Statewide Prohibition policy and who
can thus devote their energies to this
movement without neglecting the work
in their own States.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Why Bows Leave the Farm.

The st. Louis GlObe-Democrat tell!
a whole lot in a few lines when i
says: BEST reason We have heard ye
why boys leave the farm is because
Willie's calf grows to be pas cow"
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR

This year, there are three Statewide
campaigns in progress. In October,
Iowa will vote at special election on
a constitutional amendment making
the State dry. Some years ago, the
State Legislature enacted Prohibi-
tion law for the State and succeed
ing Legislature enacted what is called
a "mulct law" providing that the
Prohibition law was not to be enforced
in counties that got up a statutory pc
tition to that effect, securing thereto
the signatures of a majority of the vot-
ers of the county.
The last Legislature repealed the
"mulct law" thus leaving in full force
and effect the original Prohibitory
statute. At the same time, the Legis-
lature submitted to the people a con
stitutional amendment forever prohib-
iting the traffic, which is to be voted
on in October
At the general elections to be held in
November, two more wet States, New
Mexico and Ohio, will vote on the State
wide dry project In each of these
States, the campaign is now being
waged with the utmost fury In each,
the drys are confident of winning but
are taking no chances and bending ev-
cry possible effort to rolling up as large
majority as possible. Ohio has voted
on the measure twice before, but lost
each time by small majorities. Each
time, the drys were defeated by alb
normal wet majorities in Cincinnati
and Cleveland. Last year, the vets
won by very narrow margin and have
little hopes of success again this year.
BOOSTED BY THE WAR
The war has given great impetus
to the national dry game. The lesson
so well learned in European nations,
that alcohol not only makes for inef-
ficiency in the military operations but
also involved an enormous wastage in
foodstuffs has made a serious impress
sion in America. This idea has been
diligently promoted by the Anti-Saloon
League organizations with the result
that Congress tackled a provision onto
the Food Control bill, enacting that
after thirty days, the use of foodstuffs
in the manufacture of distilled spirits
for beverage purposes should cease. 1t
is estimated that this will save to the
people over 3O,OOO,O0O bushels of grain
that formerly has been destroyed annu-
ally in the manufacture of beverage
spirits.
At the same time, Congress, in the
same Act, authorized the President to
take the same action toward malt
liquors should he, at any time, deem
such an act necessary. If the Presi-
dent should use his powers in this di-
rection, there would be further saw
ing of nearly 70,000,000 bushels of
grain annually as there is more than
twice as much grain used up in tho
manufacture of malt liquors as in the
manufacture of spirits.
! 1t is to further arouse the people of
Arizona to getting in behind these ma
/ tional movements that the national or
ganization of drys is now conducting
these extensive operations in Arizona
: which has adopted the dry policy and
whose aid is now coveted in putting
the balance Of the nation dry,
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Invisible Asset.

She-"SO you are engaged to Mis-
Baggs. I'm sure l can't see anything
attractive about that woman" He
Neither can l see it; but it's In thu
bank, all right."-Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07

sented by agents in practically every
State capital during sessions of the
Legislature and in Washington the
year around. Nearly thousand men
give all of their time to the work, be-
sides thousands of volunteer speakers
who give part of their time with no
compensation except expenses.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Daily Thoudht,

Imperfections cling to man, which
If he wait till he have brushed off en-
tirely, he will spin forever on his axis
advancing nowhither.-Carlyle.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
The Commonest Generosity.

Some men are not only eager to give
the devil his due, but they insist ol
who usually finds collections poor
Houston Post.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07
Seems the Same.

Few men are reformed Dy marriage
although many are regulated,-Milwau
kee News.
The Winslow mail., 1917-09-07

Optimistic Thought.
Without danger, danger cannot b.
,surmounted. - -- --
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11
home ;5:* ::s"o SUCCESS.
More Than 3o6 Attended the
*widow mcGins@ @fay on Last
Monday Evening.

The home talent play "Widow Me-
Ginty'' given for the benefit of the
Modern Samaritans at the Princess
theater last Monday evening was
grand success. The house was pack
ed to it's capacity and several were
refused entrance, there not being
standing room inside.
The play lasted two hours and the
audience was kept roaring with
laughter from the comic of O'Holi-
gan, Muldoon and the widow. They
all had their parts we'll memorized
and acted perfectly natural
The specialties, singing by little
Rose Murphy and dancing by Mar
garet and Juanita Murphy, were al
so enjoyable features Of the pro-
gram.
Much credit is due Misses Bulman
and Schaller for the painting of the
scenery, which added greatly to the
appearance of the stage, also for
coaching the play which made it
success.
The music by the Broadway Or
chestra was fine and elected liberal
applause from the audience.
Request has been made to give
this play in Tofte and if the roads
are in condition it will probably be
played there in about two weeks.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11
A PRETTY WEDDING AT
ROSEBUSH LAST WEEK

Last Saturday evening at eight o.
clock the wedding of Mr.. Andrew
Shold and Miss Freda Backlund was
solemnized at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Back
lund of Rosebush.
The nuptial ceremony was read by
Rev. C. E. Oberg of Duluth. The
bride was attended by Miss Signild
Soderberg and Axel Backlund acted
as best man. After the ceremony
wedding supper was served to a
large number of guests.
The young couple will make their
home in Rosebush where Mr.. Shold
has farm we'll under way The
News-Herald joins with their large
circle of friends in wishing them
happiness and prosperity.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11
vAlOR AND DISCRETION
OF CONGRESSMAN MILLER

spirit is prevalent is not a risky pro-
ceeding. But if it requires any
bravery at all, credit for possessing
that much may be bestowed on Con-
gresham Clarence B. Miller of Min
nesota. That he is brave enough to
do an absolutely safe thing is demon
strated by the following excerpt
from a letter to students of Macal-
ester College of St. Paul who had
sent him resolutions urging against
a declaration of war:
"You say the munition manufac-
turers are conducting a campaign to
get us into war. That is the cry of
the yellow streaked and coward soul
when confronted by duty, seeking to
justify its welching by ascribing i'm
proper conduct to others.
''You say you deprecate the spread
of militaristic spirit in this country.
You really deprecate Americas call
to duty, a call to her citizens when
she suddenly finds herself in gravest
peril. You say you denounce the
"jingoistic, unneutral and militaris-
tic policy of the press" and con-
demn> it's 'base and unreasonable
treachery." The press is preaching
patriotism and loyalty to our coun-
try, it's institutions and it's missions.
What are you preaching"
Be it noter that the students thus
addressed are residents of St. Paul,
which is outside of Congressman
Miller's district. Mr.. Miller had re-
ceived resolutions from his constitu-
ents in the Federated Trade Assem-
bly, Of Duluth, as follows:
"The Federated Trades Assembly
protests against plunging this coun-
try into war on account of differ
ence in Interpretation of so-called
principles Of international law.
1--WE protest against ships carry
ing passengers of neutral nations
leaving American ports, when engag
ed in business of carrying contra
band cargoes to ports within the re-
stricted war zone.
'The people in the last election de-
clared emphatically for peace. We,
therefore,, insist that violations and
reparations for damages be adjusted
by arbitration rather than bv she'd
ding of more innocent blood. Let
this country be a shinig light in her
profession for permanent peace bv
commensurate action in the pending
crisis"
For some reason best known to
himself the valiant Congressman did
not choose to send reply to these
constituents like that he had sent
to students with no votes in his dis
trlct. He unquestionably received
the resolutions, for he acknowledged
receipt, but with remarkable self-re-
straint he added nothing to his ac-
acknowledgement that might lose him
any support.
A comment on his letter to the
students which further explains it
is furnished by the St. Paul News.
After showing that the students had
expressed their convictions in man
ly, straightforward way, and further
pointing out that "it takes deal
more moral courage, at this particu-
lar time, to sign such resolutions of
honest conviction than is displayed
by the Honorable Mr.. Miller of Du-
Continued on last page)
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11
GATHERED FROM ALL
SECTIONS OF THE STATE
Of the Week Briefly
Told for the Convenience of
the Busy Reader.

There were 5,249 births and 2,785
deaths in St. Paul in 1916, showing
an excess Of 2,464 for the former as
compared with an excess Of 1858 in
1915, when the births numbered s.
29O and the deaths 1857.
Mrs. Mary A. Ludlum, for sixty
four years a resident of Minneapolis,
is dead, aged eighty-six. She reach
ed Minneapolis from England in 1853
and had lived since that time in what
is now St. Louis Park
Archie Fox, brakeman, was drown
ed and two others narrowly escaped
similar fate when a switch engine
dropped thirty feet from a bridge
through ice four feet thick in the St.
Louis river at Cloquet.
Minnesota's 2-cent a mile passen-
ger rate will be abolished and rate
Of "a cents, the same as the inter-
state commerce tariff, will be substi-
tuted if a bill introduced in the SEN
ate by E. J. Westl&ke of Minneapolis
becomes law.
Fifteen teachers of the Sauk Ra-
pids schools have gone on technical
strike because of the failure of the
faculty to reappoint two others at
the annual meeting. The fifteen re-
signed soon after the appointments
were announced.
The bill providing for nomination
of candidates for supreme court JUS
tice by nonpartisan conventions has
been passed by the senate by a vote
of Al to Is. Delegates to the con-
'vention are to be chosen at the pri-
mary, the bill provides.
Complete primary election returns
from Duluth place John T. Armstead
and C. R. Magney as mayoralty nom-
inees on the ballot for the general
municipal election April g. The final
count was Armstead 5,327, Magney
5,287, Prince $40.
AS a precaution against a possible
raid by German sympathizers schools
hin the Twin cities, where military
training is given, were requested by
government officials to take meas
ures to guard all rifles and muni
tions of war in their custody.
Lack of patriotism, cowardice and
a betrayal of America were charged
against the Manchester Neutrality
and Peace association of St. Paul by
Representative c. B. Miller. The
communication was sent in response
to statement from the association
which described it's members as A.
merican citizens and students of Ma
calester college and declaring they
upheld the action of members of con-
gress who voted against the presi-
dents armed neutrality BILL ~
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11
The BOY SCOUTS AND
8 THE PRESENT CRISIS

1t seems wise at the present time
to inform the parents, friends and
the public generally, that the Scouts
are not military organization and
will not and cannot be called on for
military service in war or peace.
Their object now as formerly, is
to promote better manhood, citizen
ship, patriotism and loyalty to God,
our country. our homes and schools.
to be courteous, kind and loyal and
helpful and to do some good turn
every day for others.
There duty now, more than ever,
is to help older people bear the bur-
dens which the times bring upon GUS,
to be useful at home, studious and
orderly at school, cheerful and kind
ly to all whatever their opinions, to
show their loyalty to their country,
not by loud voiced speech, but by
kindly acts of service for those in
need of help. To respect the flag
and the things for which it stands.
To refrain from criticising the gov
ernment, not to allow hatred and
malice to warp our love for our bro
ther scouts in whatever land they
may be found. These sentiments
are worthy of the respect and sup
port of all friends of the movement.
M. R, BEEBE.
Scout Master and Commissioner for
the County.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-11

C. C. Monker returned from Du-
luth Saturday.
Roy and Jim Parrant of Schroeder,
spent Sunday and Monday in town.
County Auditor Carter returned
Monday evening from Duluth.
The Norwegian Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Matt johnson next
Friday afternoon.
School commenced again this morn
ing after the Easter vacation, which
commenced on last Thursday morn
ing.
A vast blanket of "shove ice" cov-
ers the lake as far as can be seen,
as the result of yesterdays north
east gale.
Gilbert Thoreson Of Minneapolis,
w: s tesvii, tow, sttswesl He~expects
to return in a short time and may
enter business here
The Congregational church will
serve a lay1nens' pancake supper at
the Sterling Hotel Friday evening, at
eight o'clock. Everybody come. Price
35 cents.
At a meeting of the Congrega
tional church held on April 9th, the
society voted unanimously to enlarge
and complete their present building.
We think that this will ad to the
beauty and appearance of the town
and that the community as a whole
should take an interest in furthering
this enterprise.
The Swedish Lutheran Sunday
school gave an Easter program at
the church Sunday evening. There
was a large attendance the church
being packed to it's capacity. The
program, which consisted of songs
and recitations by the children, con-
veying the Easter spirit, were very
we'll rendered. The johnson quar-
tet also favored the audience with
several songs. Rev. Larson and Rev
c. E. Oberg of Duluth, both made
short addresses to the children.