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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-03-01
Skull Fractured, Negro Lives.

Green Pipes, negro whose skull
was fractured by a falling sign sew
eral weeks ago, left Parker Memorial
hospital today. He had not been ex-
pected to live.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-03-01
/ teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of -four
~ cups of milk

Melt fat, add dry ingredients and
liquid gradually. When at boiling
point add peas and shrimps.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-03-01
ScallOped Fish and Rice

ScallOped Fish and Rice.
/ cup left over fish
2 cups cooked rice
2 tablespoons chopped olives
2 cups white sauce
/ cup bread crumbs
! tablespoon fat
/ teaspoon of salt
Cayenne
Melt fat, add crumbs. In creased
dish place half of rice. Add fish,
olives and seasoning, then other half
of rice. Pour white sauce over all.
Add crumbs and brown about 20 min
utes in moderate oven,
Creamed Shrimps and Peas.
! cup cooked shrimps
/ cup cooked peas
2 tablespoons of fat
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Graham Taylor, the great social
leader in Chicago, says:
The part which organized working
people are more and more lining up to
take against the drink habit and traffic
is indicated by the "wet or dry" March
issue of the Chicago Union Labor Ad-
v0cate By facts and figures, stories
and arguments. euitOrially and in con-
tributed articles, it urges upon the
workers their duty to secure and eAer-
else their constitutional right to vote
on the s''wet and dry" issue. Organ
lied labor, as an organization" the
Advocate declares, lis not on record
either for or against the saloon bust
ness, but it is on record for the broad
est and most far-reaching democracy:
And it applies the conclusion person
ally in this appeal to each workers
conscience and loyalty: while our
boys are in France rIsking their lives
in the attempt to build a world de-
mocracy, suppose you and I did our
bit toward providing a decent city for
them to return to when their task is
complets How about it, Bill, shall
we vote dry
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Remarkable new uses for the Iele-
phone are constantly being discov-
cred. Recently a test in London
showed that it is possible to diagnose
heart troubles by telephone at dis
lance of 100 miles. Four physicians
on the Isle of Wight listened to the
beating of woman's heart IN London
A stethoscope held over the heart was
attached to a telephone, by means of
which sounds are magnified. This Of
fers a suggestion to loving couples,
especially between BarGboo and war
camps.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
THE MEN WE NEED

God give us men! A time like this
demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true
faith and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill;
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot
buy;
Men who have honor; men who will
not lie;
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue
And dam his treacherous batteries
without winking,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
SOCIALISM IN ACTION

Lenine tells the Russian peasants
to take the lands and goods of the
prosperous peasants, just as they
would rob the aristocrats and the mid
die classes. When some of the new
proprietors show signs Of prosperity,
they are to be robbed in turn, and so
on to the bitter end. Such is Social
ism in action.-The PrOtectionist.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Viroqua had the distinction Of send
ing Chinaman with Wednesdays
quota of soldiers, and it may be said
to his credit that he was one of the
most willing and anxious in the bunch.
The young man, Yep Fook 10y, has
worked in ViroQua for ten years.
Some time ago he bought the Wise
brick business place and retitted it
so he has an excellent laundry outfit.
He is a good business fellow and we'll
liked. His father is a native of this
country, but Yep was born before the
parents returned to the United States.
Yep is % years old. When he was
called in the draft he responded and
was accepted. During his absence
his business is being looked after by
another Chinaman whom he called
here for the urpose,-Censor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

by Henry J. Raymond" the founder
of that paper, after her debut in New
Yoak city in 1859. 1t further says,
as attesting her financial success,
that she was the "only one who sang
for a $4,000 certified check which her
manager must present before she
would set foot on his stage" and that
as a result she is now worth a million
pounds sterling.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

When the war is fought and won,
When our boys nave whipped the Hun
viii their mighty work be done?
Let us pause and make note;
When they lay aside the gun,
Public duty they'll not shun,
But the whole world will be run
By the well arilled soldier vote"
Chicago News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

fessor Pate. "How wonderful it is
that Nature should have wasted so
much efficiency on a mere fish and
then equipped me with such made
Quate vision that half of the time I
do not know a good thing when I see
it,"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Fortunes are sometimes made by
manufacturing little things. Do you
think it possible to make a fortune
from the sale OF yeast cakes? Such
is the case. Henry Boyle, the richest
man in Fond du Lac, died few days
ago at the age of 67, and the fOunda-
ton of his fortune was made by the
sale of Yeast Foam.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

1t will be recalled that Arthur
Oechner Of Plain recently sent this
office a defense Of Rose Pastor Stokes
Here is what happened to the social
ist on Tuesday.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes of New
York was Indicted by the federal
grand jury on three counts at Kan
sas City on Tuesday. Mrs. Stokes
was charged with violation of the
espionage act.
According to the new federal law
persons SO guilty are subject TO a fine
of $4,000 and imprisonment for thirty
years. Is it wise to openly defend
such persons?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

How many Jews are there in con-
gress?
Answer: Six, as follows: Isaac
Bachrach, Atlantic City; Julius Kahn,
San Francisco; Milton Krauss, Peru,
Ind; Meyer London, New York city;
Adolph j. SABBATH, Chicago, and Isaac
Siegel, New York city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
THE EXCEPTION

DO you believe in infant damna-
ton my brother?' soIemnly asked the
horse-faced stranger at the door.
mot unless they're too young to
take a club to-" replied Gap Johnson
Of Rumpus Ridge, Ark.
Ringing Brothers have again show
ell their loyalty by giving the use of
the Al, Ringing theatre for the
Jackie band concert. This is the
third time the fine building has been
placed at the disposal of Baraboo
public for patriotic uses, the other
meetings being that by Judge K. M.
Lands and the one at which Justice
Wnslow ard Frank NJ. HOyt spoke.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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A liberty loan poster bearing an
urgent appeal to buy bonds now occu-
pies the frame in which Senator Rob
ert M. La Follette's picture formerly
appeared in the university "hall OF
fame" at Madison. Just when the pic
ture of the senator disappeared no
body seems to know, and in any event
no attempt has been made to replace
II
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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What causes fights and qua&rels?
This and this alOne@
Winding others morals,
Instead Of our own!
Here is a unique definition Ct So
cialisrn from the Chicago Daily News:
Cosmo-c0mic
Social question;
Economic
Indigestion.
Mass confusion,
Glass delusion,
Paranolar
CLOSE sec1Asion!
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

It appears L. H. Hill, proprietor Of
the Warren, was largely instrument
tai in arranging the dancing party
for the members of the Jackie band
He gathered together part of the
local orchestra and arranged several
of the details.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

A private Of a well known regiment,
who was always wanting leave on some
excuse or other, applied at the orderly
room and asked his commanding off
Ger if he might have a few days leave
as his wife was i'll, and had sent him
a letter asking him to come at once.
But his commanding officer, getting
tired of his always wanting leave, said:
"This is strange, Private Cheek, as
only this morning | received a letter
from your wife, saying she did not
want you to see her any more, so
hoped l would not grant you leave"
Private Cheek-"Then / suppose I
can't have leave, sir?"
Commanding Of1cer-"No, you can
not"
Private Cheek (turns as he gets to
the door)-"Sir, may l compliment
you?"
Commanding Oficer-"Yes, certain
ly; on what?"
Private Cheek-"In having two such
lovely liars in the regiment, because
I'm not married at ALL
Buying a liberty bond is investing
in the future of mankind.
One-half of the quota in the third
liberty loan at Plymouth was rails
ed by the women Of that place.
The first to buy liberty bonds at
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Tall men, gun crowned, swno nve
above the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing"
j G. Holland.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

The peerless" Patti celebrated her
diamond jubilee recently, her seventy
fifth birthday occurring February 10.
The New York Times says that "the
first published notice rating her SUI
preme artist and singer was written
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

video, Mimi, writes us this week to
say there is widespread change TAX
ing place in the German element of
Minnesota in favor of the government
and support Of the war. He says:
"The curse of the l. w W., the Nom
Partisan league, the Socialists, and
the pro-German sympathizers has been
upon the state, but is being removed
as the people realize what hideOus
thing treason is. | look for a ire
mendous change in favor of out-spok-
en-, unflinching loyalty. The war news
is a bit disheartening, but We must
and will win and God help the man
who continues to sympathize with the
enemy, for he will get little help here.
I can look forward to the time when
our boys will come home. Where will
this gang Of traitors and semitraitors
be then? The country will be run by
the boys who didn't shirk. Small mer-
cy will they give to those who did
shirk." - Former Governor w. D.
Hoard in Fort Atkinson Union.
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Present abnormal prices Of Califor-
MIA navel oranges are explained in fig
ures showing that only 10 per cent OF
the normal navel crop Of California
came to maturity as a result of the
heat wave last June. California
oranges will not be on the market in
abundance until the new shipping sea-
son opens in May. The summer crop
of California Valencia oranges prom
Uses to be good.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Some autograph letters of James
Russell Lowell were recently sold in
New York. One of them contains this:
keen characterization of Grover Cleve-
land: 81 have been to Washington
where | saw Mr.. Cleveland-a doggeG
man with the neck of minotaur, and
we'll fitted, should say, for the rough
and tumble fight that is in store for
him. He is Of distinctly American
type, and yet in England might easily
pass for an Englishman. | told him
that came like st. Denis to make my
bow to him with the head he had cut
off under my arm, which seemed to
amuse him" Mr. Lowell had been
minister to Great Britain, hence the.
allusion.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

The Red Book magazine for May
contains another Interesting story by
Jack Boyle Of Delton The plot has
a war flavor and the incidents follow
each other with breathless rapidity.
The story has to do with safe brow
ing and procuring evidence under
heart humping conditions that grip
the reader to the very end.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02


kee Sentinel. 5.
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German newspapers will soon be
curiosity.
On orders from the Haskensack, N.
T., home guard, news dealers there
have discontinued sale of German IAN
guage papers. Protests of German
publishers in New York are unavail-
ing. There were about 10000 read
ers Of the German papers in Hacken-
sack, and about Is per cent Of these
can read English.
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Col. r. H. Spencer, formerly resi-
dent of Madison, but now living in AL
coma, Ia, is the father Of the second
pair OF twins in two years. Col. Spen-
Ger is rs and Civil War veteran. He
enlisted from Madison and was cap
tured at Chikamauga- He served a
year m the famous Libby prison, es-
Gaping when being transferred by
jumping off train.
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jeff Davis, king of the Hoboes,' -
and one time proprietor Of the Hotel
de Gfnk, in New York, is complain
ing over the fact that builders have
added improvements to the modern
freight car which make it unsafe for
travel
every hobo in the land will be
eliminated" he said, unless railroads
make the trucks of their freight cars
higher" The genuine hobo will soon
pass into history, he says, because
they have no means of travelling for
their health.
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When I. L. Lenroot took his seat in
the senate at Washington, Senator
La Toilette was not present. The new
senator was escorted to his seat by
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota
in the absence of the senior senator
from Wisconsin.
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O11C3hlldCI HAL has OoCu q AOppACC'A
because he was operated on for ap-
pendicitis by mistake They mlstook
him for another man. The moral of
this that you should not consent to be
operated on until you have been prop
erly introduced.
s s
The importance of local traffic to
railway system is indicated in the
statement that passengers to and from
stations on Long Island make up near
ly three-fourths of the total number
who use the great sation of the Penn
sylvania Railroad on Seventh avenue
in New York city. In 1917 the total
number of passengers who used the
terminal was 18,148,605, of whom 49,
224,25S were from Long Island.
Dogs and other animals are won
derful mind readers" says Henry c.
Merwin in one of the Atlantic Clas-
sizes" volumes. II have known three
cases in which some discussion about
the necessity of killing an old dog,
held in his presence, was quickly fol-
lowed by the sudden, unaccOuntable
disappearance Of the animal. . .
Horses are inferior only to dogs in
this capacity. Men who ride race
horses have told me that sudden
conviction in their minds, in the
course of a race, that they could not
win has passed Immediately to the
horse and caused him to slacken his
speed, although they had not ceased
to urge him.
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The love of dogs and other animals
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

A Mexican general has just died at
the age of 81, which shows that in
Mexico soldering is not an unhealth-
full occupation
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Why do paor' say God bless you
after a person sneezes?
Answer-The origin of this express
sion is rather obscure, but the most
plausible explanation is that it orig
mated during the great plague of 55S,
when violent sneezing was a sign OF
almost sure death.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

ton of the school board of that city,
because the board was appointed. At
the April election the question OF elect
ing the school board was presented to
the voters. Women took active part
in the campaign, through the newspa-
pers and the circulation of hand bills,
and 100 women voted. The measure
was carried by a large majority.
The Fort Scott Tribune says the
man who fed cattle u"eG to be able to
borrow money easier than anyone else,
but it's the man who milks COWS for
his revenue who obtains the easy cred
it nowadays.
Query from the Topeka Capital:
What has become Of he old-fashioned
tramp who was forced by the exigen-
cies of existence to offer for sale the
ring his mother gave him?
Attorney John A Malone almost
went over the top before breakfast.
When he was given his allotment of
cards on the liberty loan drive he
launched his campaign before the
frost was off the roofs. He was one
Of the first to make his report on the
billions of dollars drive.
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One day Barab0o woman was Civ
ing instruction to q man about placing
some cement. At last the man arose
from his task, elevated his head and
said MADAM l won't be bossed by
no woman"
We'll" replied the lady, "you will
accept money from a woman for work,
will you not?"
EYES,"
'oWen then, l think you will take
my orders"
The cement work proceeded with
ont delay.
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Laz;ness, Encouragement ana pow
erty follow one another like ducks in
a puddle.-Youth's Companion.
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Track walkers are vigilant and often
prevent wrecks, as was demonstrated
few days ago when q big boulder
rolled upon the Chicago E Northwest
ern rails at the Devils Nose, near
Barab0o, but the Vigilance of the track
walkers of a railway cannot always
prevent accidents from falling rocks,
A recent accident on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad not far from Harrisburg
was caused by the falling at midnight
of a huge boulder weighing nearly
three hundred TONS from the top Of a
cut about seventy feet deep. It fell
Just as the cars were passing, being
possibly dislodged by the vibration OF
the moving train.
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Tn a well-knoWn restaurant IN New
York city's Chinatown tea Is served
at various prices, from tEn TO fifty
cents cup. Tire fifty-cent tea rs
called "Yos Ban Yen" A Chinese
waiter in this restaurant, on being
asked the reason for the high price of
this particular brand, ~sR0d: '"Hin1
nigh up on rocks Have get monkey
pick him. Tt would seem that the
high cost of living must have affected
even the monkeys rate of wages in
.China to warrant This price for sim
8le cup of tea.
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r. +I,o~o - .arTI,7yfSq,, IF ICyFSxo oc a Eyyrxy-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Had the Use of the PIG

Pat bought a pig in the fall, paying
$3.50 for it. During the winter he
bought $1,000 worth of feed for it and
in the spring sold the pig for $3.50.
A neighbor asked him how much he
got for it, and when Pat told him he
said: "Well, you didn't make much
on it did your"
mo" Pat said, "but, you see, I
had the use of the pig all winter
Girard (Kan) Reported
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
1T HAPPENS TO AL

IT HAPPENS TO AL
odd Age walks in upon us,
And how we rue the day
When he sets down his hour glass,
And says, 1--WE corae to stay"
-Tennyson J. Daft.
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The trouble with Hindenkurg is
that he seems to have nobody in his
old army that knows how to kick goal.
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Since the Wisconsin senatorial cam
Daign we all know who it was that
put the Tom in Tonrmgrot.-National
Republican.
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Although Berger was defeated, his
friend, Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee, was
reelected. There are 100000
voters in Wisconsin who call them
selves Americans who voted for La
FoTlette's man, Thompson, defeated
in the primary by Lenroot, and fer the
Socialist, Berger That is the hard
cobbaestone Of fact which underlles
the rivers Of gush that have enanated
from political sources in Visions n.
All Wisconsin needs is jolt,
and the sooner it comes the better.
Lenrool is not strong enough medi-
cine to cure Berger and Hoan ard the
thousands who voted for them.-Pe-
oria Transcript.
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Vernon county people will recollect
that for a year or more during the
early eighties a young lawyer named
James A. Peterson practiced in Vlro-
qua, officing with Walter S. Field.
Peterson moved to Minneapolis, where
he has attempted to ape La Toilette
in most respects, especially at office
holding, being most of the time can
didate for governor or United States
senator, his latest trial being an eff
fort to defeat sturdy old Knute Nell
son for senator. Now James is in
serious trouble. Some time ago he
was indicted for the publication OF
newspaper articles alleged to be dis
loyal. A jury found him guilty in
Minneapolis last Saturday, and he
awaits sentence.-Vernon County Cen
sor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Millions for defense, but a war saw
ings stamp cOsss only quarter.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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Is there a collection of Chinese PROV
Ierbs? Here is a specimen which for
pith and point will appeal to Ameri-
Jeans as. worthy of preservation: "a
iroad is good for ten years and Ihza1
EffOr ten Thousand"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

The first to buy liberty bonds at
Glenbeulahg, Wis., was German,
Philip Fischer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Madison women have not heretofore
been able to have a voice in the selec-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

|Oid Age walks in upon us,
And how we rue the day
when he sets down his hour glass,
And says, 1--WE core to stay
-TernysOn J. Daft
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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Some days ago this paper contained
an item about the engagement OF Miss
Dorothy DOrsett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Dorset, Chicago, formerly
residents of Baraboo. Another item
iii the Chicago Herald says:
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Mr.. and Mrs A. DeWitt DOrsett,
sos Woodlawn avenue, accOunce the
engagement of their daughter Dorothy
To Daniel ,Jerome Fisher, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Lewis Beafs Fisher, 1873
Kenwood avenue. MT Fisher is dean
of Ryder divinity school Of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Miss 'DUrsett is
a junior at the University of Chicago
and is a member of the Pi Delta Phi.
Mr.. Fisher was a member Of the class
of IT and was center on the football
team and captain Of last years cham
pion track team. He won highest in
dividual honors in the annual track
carnival at 7Urbana last year. He is
a member 81 Sigma NJ and If Owl
and Serpent, the senior honorary So
ciety, and a university marshal. He
is Row a sergeant in Base Hospital
No. 10 stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
Georgia.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

A method for Kidding western farm
ers of the rabbit pest other than by
poison is suggested by resident of
North Dakota. His township organ
lied a jack rabbit drive last Novem-
Der. There were two teams of hunt
ers. The drive lasted all day and in
the evening supper was served to
the hunters. The team that shot the
fewest rabbits paid fifty cents each
for their supper; the winners paid
only twenty-five cents each. A total
of 257 rabbite were killed: these sold
for So dozen, and the proceeds of
both, supper and hunt went to the Red
Cross and the Army Y. M. G. A. Good
work!
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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We have set the clock ahead an
-everywhere-to save daylight.
But the only thing the average hired
man on the farm will save will be an
other chunk of darkness. The aver
age hired man, going to bed, meets
himself getting up, even as it is now,
says a writer in a New York paper.
With the new rule in vogue, he will
no more than get the second boot
pulled off before ii will be time to
pull the first one on again.
All of which is remindful OF the
story of the farmland out III Indiana
who went to his employer and want
ed to work for less money. He didn't
believe he was earning the SIS a
month.
'WhyY' asked the farmer, dunn
founded.
Because" said the hired man,
there are three hours Of the twenty
four that | waste. | don't do a
darned thing but sleep"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Weird William Hohenzollern has
shot another, albatroSs-the bird OF
good omen.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-02

Whiskeg is now too expensive for
anybody bait profteers to drink, and
the sooner 1hey drink it all the b@tter.