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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
SELECT SEED CORN THIS FALL

Seed corn should be selected from
stalks standing where they grew, be-
cause then,with certainty, can seed
be obtained from
Stalks that have tendency to
yield we'll, as shown by their super
iority over surrounding stalks that
grew under the same conditions.
(Such seed inherits high producing
power.)
Stalks without suckers. (Such
seed produces fewer suckers than
seeds from suckerbearing stalks
Storm proof stalks ears at a de-
sirable height.
Seed corn should be selected as
soon as it natures, because
Desirable stalks especially early
maturing stalks with hanging ears
are then most found.
Freezing weather Injuries the seed
before it becomes dry.
Warm, wet weather may cause
kernels to sprout before drying.
If the selection is delayed in the
South the ears may become infested
with weevils, grain moths, and their
eggs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
ROMANCE ENDS

A soldier in the trenches br, shed
back his uakempt locks and took from
socks. ooh, Jane, or Anne, or Ger
trude, dear, or maybe it is Grace,
long to see your face"
Imagination pictured here a maid
with golden hair at work with MINI
BILE fingers for some soldier "over
there" Could she but know his graft
tude! Could she but have his thanksI
Or would she prize lire from ;ust
a private in the ranks?
He fondled and caressed the Gift
while screaming shells flew by. and
made a resolution to be worthy il her
eye. Though he might never see her
face he dwelt upon the thought that
he, with reverence, would wear the
gift that she had wrought.
And thin he found to his delight
a paper in the toe! With trembli,g
hand ne drew it out-ah, he was Soon
to know! His wondering eyes looked
on the words and then his Hps were
mute: EMITTED and closed by No 4
a fireman in Butte"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
HEAR THE HUN!

TT HE Allied Forces have not only got the
Huns on the run but they have got them
squealing in a truly typical manner
Months ago the Allies began to use gas, after
the Germans had started this method of fight
ing, the Germans began to harp on it not be-
ing civilized method of modern warfare. Now,
after months Of bombing French villages, Red
Cross hospital, cathedrals with their worshiping
inmates, and everything else that was bomba-
BILE, the Germans along the Rhine protesting
against the bombing of their property, asking
that air raids of open towns be prohibited on
both sides. They also ask the payment of in
demnity to the families of persons killed or in
jured and the repair of property damaged in
these raids Of course they suggest that the
two sides agree to abstan-and the Allied Fore
es know by this time just what Hun agree
ment is and just how little it is worth! We are
not vindictive but the Germans have earned
several doses of bombing along with several
things of like nature and we would have the
Allies pay their debts by all means!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
HELP THE SCHOOLS.

LLOW me to say that no greater service
II can be rendered the Nation at this time
of stress than to cooperate closely with
the Federal and State Educational Departments
in their efforts to maintain the schools of the
country at their normal efficiency and to keep
up educational standards during the war
trust that local authorities will be diligent in
the enforcement of all the laws now upon
statue books relating to school attendance, length
of term and standards of teaching. 1t should be
a matter of local pride that the boys and girls
of Minnesota shall not have lost in education
al opportunities because of the war.
Sincerely yours,
j. A. A. BURNGUIST,
Governor
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18th, 1918.
L AM AN AMERICAN
Ry Elias Lieberman.

I am an American.
NV father belongs to the Sons OF the heVo-
luton
NV mother to the Colonial Danes;
One Of NV ancestors pitched tea overheard
in Boston Harbor;
Another stood his ground with Warren;
Another hungered with Washington at val
ley Forge
Nv forfathers were America IN the MAKING:
They spoke in her council hall;
They died on her battlefields;
They cleared her forests;
Dawns Redeemed and paled,
Staunch hearts of mine beat fast at each new
star
In the Nations flag
Keen eyes of mine foresaw her greater glory;
The sweep of her seas;
The plenty of her plains;
The man-hives of her billion-wired cities.
Every drop Of blood in me holds heritage
of patriotism.
am proud Of my past.
am an American.
am an American.
Nv father was an atom of dust,
NY mother a straw in the wind
To His Serene Majesty
One of my ancestors died in the mines OF ST.
IBERIA.
Another was crippled for life by twenty blows
of the knout;
Another was killed defending his home dur
ing the massacres.
The history of my ancestors is a trail of blood
To the palace of the Great White Gar.
But then the dream came
The dream of America.
In the light of the Liberty Torch
The atom of dust became
And the straw in the wind became woman
For the first time.
"See said my father, pointing to the flag that
fluttered near,
"That flag of stars and stripes is yours;
1t is the emblem of the promised land
1t means my son, the hope of humanity
Live for it-die for it."
Under the open sky of my new country !
swore to do so:
And every drop of blood in me will keep that
vow.
1 am proud of my future.
I am an American.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
JUST PLAIN SCARED!

.'We are in favor of equal suffrage as far
as the vote goes but when it comes to wo-
men getting out in politics making soap.
box speeches and the like, that's where we
woman should not have the right to
vote as man has but to put them into po-
litics is unbecoming to woman Max
Johnson in Milroy Echo.
So Max? 1t might also be considered I'M
becoming for a woman to take mans place
in a munition factory-but women doing
it! 1t might also be considered unbecoming for
a woman to work side by side with her son or
husband in the harvest or corn fields-but wo-
men are doing it! 1t might be considered unbe-
coming for to take the places of men
in any one of the hundred and one occupations
in which they working in order that man
power may be liberated for those purposes where
physical strength is the greatest asset. 1t might
be considered unbecoming, but it isn't! If it
were it would be considered so only by few men
who, like Max, are afraid to have women mix
in the occupations and privileges of men (po-
litics being the greatest of the latter) for fear
we may see just how badly they have done
their work in the past. Soap box speeches is
a part of politics with which statemen and
stateswomen have little concern. They belong to
the old school of spell binders and cheap grand
stand playing which is not an essential nor a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
SMALL TOWN TALK

1t is an unfortunate thing that the first wo-
man to be member of the national governing
body should be Of the Rankin stamp. And
Jeanette's actions of the past week have out
ranked even Rankin for rankness. Better luck
next time, girls. There are lot of good Amer
lean citizens among us and some day one OF
them is going to land in the chair which j. r. has
SO disgraced. But at that she hasn't been any
worse than lot of the men, now has she? How
ever she has been pretty darned awful and we may
as well admit we are thoroughly ashamed of her,
and then some
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

The work or fight order is good thing. 1t
should be enforced. But the who soldiers on
the job just because he knows the boss can't very
well get along without him. isn't any better than
the fellow who doesn't work at all Don't sol
der on the Old Man because you know you can
get away with it. He has a hard time getting
by just now and undoubtedly does three times
the work you do. Hit the ball. Earn your money
like a nan.-Moose Lake Gazette
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
1T HAS TO BE DONE

TT HE who threatens to let his wheat
rot in the shock is building for himself the
= pleasant prospect of rotting in some Jail
for the balance of his life. You may not just
like the way things are being in this coun-
try in war times but it is certain that you had
better attend to your little patch of ground and
make it produce as it never has before and then
carefully gather the crop and market it without
any mutterings.-Herb. Sherwood.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Ira Reynolds is foursquare American all
right. He is a bit too old to enlist but he is
spending ten hours a day these days selecting
seed corn for next year. Guess that puts him
on the honor roll without doubt. Seeing Ira
hard at it reminds US that the week of Septem-
Der 10 is seed corn week-and what splendid
corn Redwood County has to select from, this
year!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

The Gazette has good soldier letters awaiting
their turn at publication. We hope our friends
who have so kindly sent them in well not get
weary waiting for them appear. We regret
that it is impossible to print more of them each
week, but with the quantity of other matter we
requested to put before the public, we are
foced to print them on the allotment plan
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

brainy part of the public lie OF today. we re-
greet to seem brutal in our advice, Max, but we
say, in all seriousness and in spirit OF great
friendliness, don't again use your innocent pa
per to display what ages and ages behind the
times you are. You local chairman deserves the
best support you are capable Of giving her. and
(for your own sake) we hope the above is not
it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Never mind that little, paltry, infinitesimal,
insignificant s13,8OOOOOOOO that the war has
cost us to date. Keep in mind the really big fl
cures it would cost US if Germany were to get
her paws our recources, and-carry on!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

1t is quite noticeable that it is the woman who
can't afford summer furs or the man who has
to buy the same who are making all the deroga-
tory remarks about them The woman who has
them blissfully puts them on, looks fussy and
fashionable and foolish and feels perfectly
happy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Those people who won't take off their hats
when the national anthem is played, or the Am
erican flag passes by, probably don't want to
give away how inferior sized heads they have
st. Peter Herald. q i III 81 -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

The food administration is preparing for a
long war. The war and navy departments are
preparing for long war. The shipping board is
preparing for long war. Let the farmers, min
ers, factory workers and everybody else do like
wise-and then there will not be any long war
-Winona Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Let us not overlook the little matter of Dave
Evans having million dollars more or less.
This is one more qualification for his being a
good Townley man. Aside from the fact that
he is not farmer, he has other virtues in Mr..
Townley's eyes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

"Lets quit worrying about Springfield,
Comfrey or Mankato. The entire country
will be dry by next July. There never was
better time to swear off.-Bob Forrest.
Spoken like true prophet, Robert, and as enc
of wide experience.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

"David Evans of Tracy, nominee for gov
ernor at the hands Of the Non-partisans and
laborites, once was a resident Of Mankato.
He conducted hardware store here years
ago"-Free Press
Joe, are you boasting or apologizing?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

The Yank have found more reason for
agreeing with Sherman in his opinion of war. They
can't chew tobacco and wear gas masks all at
the same time-for perfectly obvious reasons.
And they are letting all their friends know about
it too also for the perfectly obvious reason that
said friends will then the wisdom of send
ing more cigarettes across.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11
ssThere is Just one thing that seems to

There is just one thing that seems to
be as cheap as it ever was alk!"-Fred
Hadley.
Aha, Frederick! Had you attended the recent
and now notorians telephone hearing at Redwood
Falls last week, you would have learned that the
above is not only trite but untrue! We can prove
it either way-publcly Theoretically.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

'Bess Wilson, the Lady of Redwood, says
she reads the war news, hut not aloud 1t
is true that the boys "over there aren't en-
ploying pink tea circle talk when they ex-
press themselves, but inasmuch as war is he'll
and the boys got to raise hell to get
the devil of kaiser, what in his the
difference? No, we don't expect anybody
will read this aloud either, but what in
thunder is the difference ?"-Sherburn Adj
vance.
All of which goes to prove what very Sigh
acquaintance Editor Evans of The Advance ha
with the "Lady of Redwood. We have neve
yet hedged at devilish little hell, when we wer
reading aloud But just can't pronounc
those French names-and that's why
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Zach! 1t ss just like dose English to bomb
our defenseless cities! Dey hat no right to COM
nit atrocities dot We invented."-Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

1t is as easy, more satisfactory,
and much more profitable than selcc-
ting from cribs in the spring.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Larry Ho is going to talk at the County Fair
at LeSueur. Lucky LeSueur!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-09-11

Provost General Crowder says 81 want to
have every flag flying and every band paying
on Registration Day. That is certainly not a
great demand to make and if General Crowder
wants it, it would seem to be small matter for
the American people to see that he gets it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17

he brought the ransom wrote him the following
letter the paper the sausagcs wrapped up in:
owe got your kid; don't say anything to the
police put it in the papers We got another picked
out, If don't get this from you tell them
to what we did to yours.
eff you want to pay this get Hecr's dry goods store
to lite their top Of their store Thursday mite
from 500 to 10 90 CLOCK and you start out by yourself
IN one-seaed car, have the top down and red lite in
front on left side have this money in S. $40 and 500 bills
Put 500 silver IN sack-no marked
goes Start at 10 100 o'clock go out Boulevard through
Galloway and keep main road to Ozark Take the
road going west straight to hixa. Some place along this
road you will hear somebody say, Stop then get with
white lantern and walk hundred steps back from
the and sit the lantern and the money in the road,
then get back in and 60 mile then back to
lantern and if you have left the rite kind Of money there
will be letter on lantern saying to go TO get the kid You
get him in hour after you leave the money II
don't get this you will have tough looking kid. When
you get him if you try to get Of IT'S will get YOU
The electric sign top Of the dry goods store
spoke about in the letter is high building 1t could
be the country from the top of the Crenshaw
mansion. One Of our gang, who known around the
town strike breaker told to get top another
tall building in the town, where there also big sign
and early in the evening, cut the electric wires and fix
switch key to them so he could fash that light and
off. Others in the gang ordered by Riley to station
themselves the Keet home and see that he started
out alone that night according the letter IL he should
take anybody with him lin the car, anybody followed
him. this to signal the top the building,
and the latter to fash the big sign and off three
times warning to those Of us Who stayed in the hills
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17

to get the ransom.
During the day the
baby slept nearly all
the time. The lauda-
nun the girl gave him
in the morning didn't
wear off until late in
the afternoon. Then,
when il awakened, It
cried again, but this
time it took its milk out
Of the bottle without
much trouble. 1t didn't
eat much, though, and
squilmed around a good
deal. 7 asked the girl
if she'd changed its
clothes any since the
night before, and she
said no, she hadn't
changed them at all, and
didn't intend to until
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17

condensed milk. She
fixed a nipple on the
bottle, which seemed
to work all right, but
the baby didn't want
to feed that way. The
girl was q little impa-
tient about it, and
said she couldn't un-
derstand why the
kid wouldn't feed if
it was hungry. She
said she had the same
trouble with it about
4 O'Clock in the morn
ing when it awakened
and cried. 1t had
gone to sleep, she
said, after whimper-
ing about feeding
from the improvised
bottle for nearly an
hour.
We supposed, Of
course, the baby had
been aned and
knew how to feed from
a bottle. We found
out q fterwa Yards,
though, that it was
not fully weaned, but
that its mother was
Just breaking it away
from the breast. I
guess t h at IS what
made it object TO the
bottle all the time.
While we were eat
ing the sausage and
crackers | had brought
we got frightened by
the baby's persistent
crying. Taylor Adams,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17
of the Baby

As soon as got dark prepared to slip of the
CAVE and take the baby into the Crenshaw house.
which had not been visited that day by the people who
made up searching parties We couldn't go for some time
though because the baby awakened tried to
move It, and began cry Ii acted kind OF strange toward
the girl this time If it wanted be held up close to her
and then if it satisfied could tell it wanted to
be kissed good night when it dark but it seemed
to realize that the girl WASH It's mother would let her
hold il while and smile and and clap its hands and
then ii would become restless and whimpcr again.
AT last we knew would have to do something so the
grit gave it another drop OF auanm and it soon went to
sleep Then we carried it into the Crenshaw house.
Continued Next Sunday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17
|g, Reveals the Secret Of
tolen from Its Warm Crib
Days of Ill I reatrnent;
ned With Laudanum

those questions round tboir oc,o Within H.,
eld heart OF mother who gathering children
OF about her, watched with intensely personal interest the
and progress of the search for this little one
by's In the confession bis nosnonor hoe seo-ed f,
eeh Claude Piersol the leader of gang kidnapped
e Lloyd kcct all these questions answered His
was secured and printed with the hope that it will stm-
I,c ,cfsl,,;on 10 rro,o,, , .o,a,,;a. &c ..,
Three times Piero hanged by each
mig Time cut down just before life the
him ulerc h,hx \y,o, ali t,,a a,,o
In taken-tlis before the body discovered
seven ropes swung from poles outside the Jail The
are mounancer stopped from executing the prisoners
ucl only because Mrs Kcc plcatcd With Thorn ,,, # tbev d
rcy her baby might be found
Inc Picrsol is beginning hir'yivc His
companions have been sentenced 10 lesser forms for
their participation in the crime.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17


While we were aat Not Bother Locking Up the
ing the sausage and huhappcis Al f1As JAIL because
crackers had brouoht He Said, They Know Better
got frightened by man TO isu1 away from Me
the babys persistent ne Finally Lsnoea ihcn1 IN
crying Taylor Adams, inc Fetentiary tor Long Terms
who had raised family, the only one who could dc
anything with it, The child would whenever Riley
Carter went it, but when big Taylor Adams took
it it would stop crying for mnute-and sometimes
would laugh little But as the girl would take
it again it would bee gin to whimper.
At last the girl said she d make it go to sleep She
took Of her stocking little case which, when she
opened it, revealed hypodermc outfit She going
to inject dope into the little fellows body, but Taylor
Adams stopped her. He said she'd better not do that
until she positively had to- there telling what
the effect of it might be- The girl then said she d brought
laudanum along too and Riley ordered her TO give
the baby drop of that its tongue She made the baby
open its mouth, and dropped little of the laudanum
couldn't how much, into his mouth asked her if
she thought that all right and she laughed and said
she d taken enough drugs of every kind all her life to
know what would hurt and what wouldn't. In little
while the baby went to sleep
While the baby slept we made our plans to get the
from Kcct We decided to ask Sc 900 from Feet
and then when he brought it, would capture him and
hold him for $4,000 more. We knew who would
to him. because his closest friend was Ed Holland
cousin and business associate and also very wealthy
We figured that if Holland came with the $4,000
for Kcct and the baby after had captured the father
too would then hold all three for 100000 more.
We had route all mapped out for Keet to take when
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17

Sheriff G. w. Mackey, Who Did
Not Bother Locking Up the
Kidnappcrs in His Jail, Because,
He Said, "They Know Better
Than to Run Away from Me
He Finally Landed Them in
the Penitentiary for Long Terms
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
COLDS,
F~EVER|SHNESS
------la-=---
Black. Draueht Is Used by Vlr-
einia Lady for Colds, Fever
and Other Troubles With
Fine Results.

Rocky Mount. Va .-Miss Mae chit
wood, Of this place, recently stated; u
have used Black praught for colds and
stomach trouble and certainly have
found II very satisfactory,
when / would feel bRd' and feverish.
as though I Was taking a fresh cold,
would make a good cup Of Black
praupht tea and II would soon set me
all right.
I can recommend it AS a splendid
laxative and gladly do so, You may
publish my statement
when you feel chilly, tired, teverish,
headaohy and fear that you are taking
cold, take 8 good dose OF tho old, reli-
able liver medicine YOU have heard 30
much ahout-Thed'ord's Black praueht
Ii Is made from purely vegetable luere-
dents. acts IN n gentle. natural way,
ana by helping to drive out poisonous
waste matter from your system. II will
often, n taken In time, prevent a chill
from developing into n cold.
Thousands OF people, during the past
70 years, have found Black DrAnRht OF
benefit in such cases,
Try Il, the next time you chin or
sneeEe. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
SELF-PROPELlED
GUN RIVALS TANK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O--An eight
inch gun, self-prorelling OF its cater
pillar track, and prototype Of n fleet
Of similar monsters that was being com
structed for the American army when
hustilitiea ceased, was demonstrated
here before Assistant Secretary Of War
Crowell, Mai Gen. Snow, Qkicf OF ar
tillery, and a large group 81 American
officers and engineers.
Gun and machine alike had success
fully passed the firing tests Mt tho ord
nance proving ground before the test,
which wa under direction OF Pliny r..
Holt and Col. j. Il. Sallard, the de
siGners.
Tho tractor gun drove its %, 900
pounds OF bulk up a 45 degree ravine
wall developed a speed OF four miles
ished large trees with the same ruth
lcssness that its war brother, the tank,
showed IN action in France.