The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-26

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isn't it awful TO have to give up
your home and wife and go to war;"
said one of the 45-year-olds. my
only regret" said his companion, ais
that | have but one wife to give up
for my country"
The crown prince is warned against
taking the statements of American
prisoners too seriously. The Ameri-
can was joshing him when he said AL
SAGE was big lake. Everybody in
America knows Alsace is breakfast
food.
Many who have read the CORES
pondence from Mr. Tumulty to Mr..
Hays, and Mr.. Hays reply to the
same, are now wondering why Mr..
Tumulty ever opened the subject. And
among these who are wondering |
might possibly be found Mr. Tumulty.
1t is limited that the fortress of
Metz is a tough one, and the assail-
ants who can take it can take almost
any post in the world. And it looks
as if the task is in the proper hands
at present, and the defenders of the
German strongholds might as well
let the fires go out and pack up their
things.
One young woman admits that the
war has been entirely spoiled for her
She had just completed the nurses :
training course and was only await
ng Ne chance to go to France when :
Ter little brother chad the nose :
,leed.' At sight of the blood the ::
young girl fell in dead faint, and :
Ter father has forbidden the trip to :
france.
lethinks the scarlet poppies on the 8
fields :
If France-in this dark hour =
ire but the blood of our dead heroes, =
'lossom'd into flower.
o watch and wait, and not in vain; -
or, tho they blow and toss impa
tiently, 1
t last shall bow their glorious heads
nd whisper, "Victory" L
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Another trifiing detail which Aus
ia and Germany should get straight
/: That in all likelihood, the peace
rms will be discussed when the /
-oper time comes in the most con- 4
intent location. And the most con- z
nient location probably will not be
-ay off in some neutral capital, es-
cally when there are so many nice
g rooms right there in Berlin.
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1--WE couldn't hold 'em back" is the
e feature of the Americans fight
2 in Europe on which every officer
the big overseas detachment, now
,bilized at camps in this country,
rees. These officers vouch for the
18th of the story, of brigadier gen.
II who summoned one of his coionels
fore him because the colonels regi-
mt had advanced far beyond the
.nned objective in the battle. "Why
MT you stop them?" demanded the
neral of the colonel. "Stop them"
.laimed the colonel. "Stop them!
, how could l stop 'em if the Ger
n army couldn't?"
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The war has made the "cootie" re-
ctable. There was time when
n who had 'em believed he had
n disgraced for life. Our personal
uaintance with the "cootie" was
med when we were teaching school,
IN we were II years old. We con-
ted to let a sewing machine agent
re our downy bed one night to
e our boarding house landlady
N making up another bed. We
tanned intimate relations with
m for several days. We found the
otie" intelligent, active, industri-
and, in a way, affectionate. All
which are sterling qualities. We
er Delore duinlllcu SUCH aSq"~0
e, but now that war has made the
,tie" respectable, we feel that it is
ething of distinction to have
them.
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Bill Fargus was summoned for
duty and most of the farmers
moned with him tried to back out;
when it came Bills turn to be ex-
ned the judge was pretty mad. Il
IS We can't serve on account o. yer
ng, Bill?" he snapped.
lays all in, jedge," says Bill.
Wheat to cut, then, presume ?"
Wheat cut and threshed last Tues
,rat. honor "