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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
MADAM REED COMES
BACK TO SUPERIOR
Max Rosenberg, Underworld
King, Now Serving Sentence
in House of Correction.

Where the pickings are, there do the
redlight birds try to gather. When
the shipyards payday appeared on
Thursday Of last week, some Of the
exiled sirens attempted to sneak back
to Superior's Bad Lands in the vicin-
ity of Third St.
At least three Of the harpies slipped
back into little shacks in Bingoland.
Among them was the notorious Vir-
ginia Reed. That female follower of
the cause Of low moral endeavor was
exiled some months ago by Judge
Parker, under penalty Of serving sixty
days in the county Jail.
The vivacious Virginia was a will
ing and effective "gold digger" for
Max Rosenberg for several years.
After Billy Stevens shot up "Gefuellte
Max's" left wing, the underworld
king claimed to experience much relief
from Virginia's soothing hands. Some
weeks ago, he called on mayor Baxter
and begged that Madam Reed might
be permitted to return to his dump
of low moral endeavor so that he might
have her kindly ministrations in dress.
ing his injured arm. Mayor Baxte,
was compelled to refuse, having nc
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
DANCESBY LIBERTY CLUB
NEED STRICTER MANAGER
Girls Guzzle Booze From Bottles While Dancing
Young Brute Knocks Partner Down-Jazz
Music Is Demoralizing.

evening last week, at Liberty club
dance, a young tough knocked down
girl while in Jealous rage, after
which he cody walked out Of the hall
without any interference whatever.
There was not an individual, wearing
pants, who had size, weight, skill or
manhood enough to halt the brute and
turn him over to the police officer who
was on the stairs, therefore did not
see the brutal act. It was about
twenty minutes before the young
woman was restored to consciousness.
There is a considerable number of
young degenerates hanging around
dance halls, pool halls and other re-
sorts, making themselves obnoxious and
doing NO useful work. They were mill
tary slackers during the war and they
are moral slackers now. A tailor who
specializes on an elite women s trade
in the Oak Hall building, threatened
to move out some time ago because
young loafers stood by the entrance,
above the basement pool hall, ogling
women and making remarks about
them as they entered the building on
business. There are other such places
and instances, but all that is another
story.
The Liberty club pulls off dances in
Moose temple about three times a
week., if information is correct. Tues
day, Saturday and Sunday nights are
reported to be the regular times for
dances. Abe Bergstein is supposed to
be the manager. Marks orchestra
furnishes the music, which is very
jazzy stuff. Physical contortions Of
some of the dancers are extremely dis
rusting and suggestive. A member of
Duluth's police department is hired
to look after the order but he works
privately, after his days duty for the
city is ended, therefore is not there
under orders from chief Murphy. He
| cannot see everywhere nor be every
where at once. But if he were in
clined to complain and did see too
much, undoubtedly his job would
quickly end.
The regular prices of admission are
IS cents a couple, with 25 cents for
extra women. That makes it cheap
and easy for women of doubtful
antecedents to gain admission. But
there is no excuse for complaining Of
any women dancer when young men
can serve booze to their partners from
their hip bottles or even knock a girl
partner down and out if she looks too
fondly at another male dancer.
So far as the Rip-saw knows, the
Inter-church council never has investi-
gated and reported on these public
dances. They are increasing in num-
Der and soon will vie with other
loosely conducted pleasure places in
| the city.
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If any young girl thirsts for burning
booze, right out Of the bottle, perhaps
she can be supplied at some of the
dances pulled off by the so-ca!led LIB
erty club which holds public hops at
least three times a week in Moose
temple at the corner of Lake avenue
and w. First st.
A Rip-saw inspector declares that
booze galore was flowing at a dance
held in Moose hall on the night Of
Tuesday, June 10. 1t was a carnival
dance, therefore there was goodly at
tendance, with confetti, serpentine,
horns, ticklers and paper caps.
A Rip-saw inspector who was present
solemnly declares that the booze was
brought into the hall by young men
who had been to Oliver but who knew
better, both as to visiting Oliver and
as to introducing Intoxicating liquor
into a dance hall.
One cred" Meagher, or Mahar, is
credited with bringing the bottled
booze into the dance hall. His "girl"
got very drunk and fell down on the
floor. Several girls in the room had
flushed faces, CLASSY eyes and acted
most awkwardly as a result Of their
rotations from the young hoodlum s
bottle.
The Rip-saw Inspector declares that
"Red' Meagher and the girl regis
tered as man and wife at the La Sale
hotel on the night Of Wednesday, June
IL, under the designation of "Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Moore" The. girl wears a
wedding ring as camouflage. She came
to, Duluth from Superior some time
ago and has been put out Of at least
three different hotels for low moral
endeavor. At the Florman shes was
known as Myrtle Davis. One report
has it that, until recently, she held
some sort Of a job is the marble-ined
courthouse.
This frai1 creature, with an affinity
for cred" Meagher and strong red
liquor, is supposed to be of age. The
paterna1 home is alleged to be on John
avenue, Superior, and heart-broken
mother recently vainly urged her
daughter to come home, promising that
her sinful course would be forgiven.
Myrt1e's girl chum is known as
Minnie. She also belongs in Superior
and is believed to be not over 1e
wears of age. She had a job at the
Bon Ton bakery for few days, but
that was too slow and tiresome for SC
wise girl. Francis Meagher, o,
Maher, cred 50 brother, is credited
with consorting with Minnie to an ex
tent that seriously violates the laws OF
man and God, particularly the one con
corning girls under the age Of consent
From an entirely different source
the Rip-saw is informed that, on one
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0'BRlEN ADMITS DEFEAT BY BAXTER

jurisdiction over Judge Parker in the
first place and not wishing the red
light dame back in Superior in the see
ond place.
The police heard that Madam Reed
was housed down on Third St., but
they failed to nab her. She proved to
be as cunning as a pet fox. Orders
were promptly isued to catch the three
redlight ladies that had eyes on the
shipyard workers pay checks, or any
others in the same line of endeavor.
Max Rosenberg is now in Milwau-
kee, or soon will be, where he has an
engagement to serve 60 days in the
Milwaukee house of correction, thanks
to kindly Judge Sanborn.
When lawless Max serves that SEN
tence, other charges will face him. It
is believed that for the remainder of
his residence in Superior, he will be
buster than were the James boys, when
it comes to lodging the strong arm
Of the law.
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redlight dumps in other sections of the
city.
Twig people wish that Proctor buff
fers and bruisers would exercise their
energies at home. Chief Palmer has
been suggested as good practice mate
rial.
What's the matter with letting the
wise and unerring range editors de-
eide whether to macadamize the Mil
Ter trunk road or to parallel the D. M.
& N.
Now that the notorious Minneapolis
scandal sheet has thrown mud at
mayor Baxter, the desirable citizens
Of Superior prize him more highly than
ever.
If your corporation is making a
heavy profit and you wish to beat the
income tax, put as much as possible of
excess profits into new buildings and
equipment.
If the runty slackers. longing
around the sport places Of the city
cannot find useful occupations, the city
might invite them out to Fred Ward 8
work farm.
Even the county commissioners have
sane moments and do wise things. Sue
cess to their recent plan Of maintain
ing a purchasing agent for courthouse
office supplies.
Col. G. S. Mitchell, alias Cedric the
Saxon, has written quite number of
safe, sane and inspiring editorials
lately. He shows hydrophobia only
when he hears the name of Woodrow
Wilson.
Now that the News Tribune has
ceased to print the Rip-saw, the
Predatory Interests should increase
the quantity of their advertising. The
dear old paper will attend to the rate
per inch.
Rev. Schaibly is expected to, take
Madam Davis place as educational wet
nurse to little Kremer j. Hoke after
August l. The founding should have
care that the deadly Double Cross is
not used for a safety pin.
Members of the News Tribune staff
have admitted that the morning paper
ceased to print the Rip-saw "because
Of pressure from certain interests. "
There is nothing like letting others
run your business for you.
The underworld folk in Superior
raised $4,000 to hire Messrs. Near-beer
and Bevo to throw mud at mayor Bax.
ter in their Minneapolis scandal sheet
If Messrs. Near-beer and Bevo did not
get that much, then they may under.
stand that some brother held out on
them.
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endeavor. He may get fortune when
Bessie Rowan dies, for it is declared
she made her will in Miller's favor.
Since Bessie had that terrible attack
Of tantrums and then disappeared from
Superior, she may decide to change her
will in favor of. policeman who's
future is ahead of him and not behind
him, so to speak.
Henry Founder and j. E. Kelly are
credited with having turned over new
leaves and taken jobs at the shipyards,
where they will get acquainted again
| with real work. John Comfy now serves
the G. N. R. as Waterman.
1t is believed, however, that Comfy
will have to take a course of treat
ment for his eyes if he holds his new
job. A couple of months ago, his
eyesight was so bad that he could not
see drunken roughneck, alleged to
have been "Dusty" Hughes, and
companion tag around Rip-saw rep.
resentative when he was vending
papers one Saturday night.
The roughneck and his chum were
nasty drunk and they made serious at
tempts to embroil the vendor of the
Rip-saw. 1t was right on Conly's beat
but he made himself scare. It looked
like a put up job. Hughes, if it were
hughes, once staggered across the
street, bowling oaths and Third street
obscenity and believing how he would
kill the Rip-saw salesman. He even
knocked small bundle of papers from
the salesman's hand later on. Had he
struck the object of his dislike, how
ever, it might have been the last
worldly act of the disciple of low
moral endeavor, for the vendor was
armed and just one blow from the
roughneck would have brought a bull
let crashing through his rotten heart.
1t Later became known, too, that a
large number of the shipyard workers
were heavily represented in a crowd
that gathered and had the drunken
roysterer shown any serious violence,
would have been very roughly handled.
After the Rip-saw vendor had gone
down the street to catch a car for
ONE, Comfy came up tho street and
winked and grinned and talked to
"Dusty" Hughes and his sawed-off
companion. He even made a remark
that showed he expected to find some
one hurt. When called to account at
headquarters, he denied knowing any
thing about the matter. There is
ample evidence and that, alone, would
warrant Conly's discharge from the
force.
When Superior's discharged police
men howl and yell for a hearing be-
fore the police commission, they al
ways knock on wood.
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DISCHARGED COPS
SECURE new WORK
SuperiOr's Discredited Police
men Bluffing When Asking
for Investigations.

When Old John Barleycorn quieted
down so much in Superior that a
smaller police force seemed safe and
bunch of unfaithful servants and
winkers at low moral endeavor was
Topped off from the department, the
boys who got the black bean howled
long and loudly over not having been
given hearing before the police COM
mission. Of course that was all bluff
for, had they really desired a hearing,
they could have secured it by demand
ing it. But there was too much
against most of them and no one
knows it any better than they do.
For a few weeks they made a bluff
and kidded themselves along by re-
porting daily to headquarters. No
heed was paid to their monkey shines.
Chief McKinnon escaped annoyance
by being in the hospital, where he
underwent a serious operation. When
he RECEIVERS, he will not have to tire
himself out with a considerable mum.
Der of bad actors.
The heroes of the hours in the Bad
Lands are slowly laying down. their
cards and ending their bluffs. Al
ready several Of the dozen recently dis
charged have turned in their stars and
taken private employment.
Ole Peterson, the human lightning
rod, recently threw up his hands and
took decent job. George O'Brien
also has admitted defeat by turning
in his star. Isadore Lind gave up the
other day, as did Joe Mattson and Joe
Donahue.
Former detective Jack Mcdonald
has secured a license as a taxieab
man. When Stephens, Rosenberg q
bartender, recently appeared to plead
guilty to violation Of the dry laws,
Jack Mcdonald was the Jehu who
drove the culprit up to the city hall
The big fellow makes a fine appear.
ance. at the steering wheel and seems
to make special effort to observe
the traffic regulations. He knows VIVA,
Con. Kelly does to scorchers and othe,
violators of the road laws.
Before he became q policeman and
a favorite with the underworld ladies
A. Rabideaux was a molder. He re-
Gently took job in the foundry OF
the Duplex Manufacturing Co.
Sergeant Miller is credited with hav
ing turned insurance peddler, a re-
] putable and popular form Of human
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SAWDUST
AND
SHAVINGS

Booze bugs are steadily decreasing
in Superior.
Get ready for the road election, next
Tuesday, July l.
The Rip-saw has grown like Jonah g
gourd but as solidly as the oak.
Do not deny YOUR family the neces-
sities-subscribe for the Rip-saw.
If you do not see it in the daily
papers, you probably will find it in
the Rip-saw.
If you cannot afford milk, you can
drink Lake Superior, thereby beating
the Food Hogs.
When you can get the Rip-eaw an
entire year for 5000, every we'll regu.
lated family should have it.
The News Tribune still prints that
I W. W. paper. Fat profits excuse
much in Duluth's inner circles.
Supt. Hoke soon will be an orphan
Madam Davis will retire from the
school board about month hence.
4 y
The school election comes Saturday
July 10. On that day, the local tenn
perature is likely to rise to rO5 in the
| shade.
What would Duluth and st. Louis
county do, anyway, if good old Fred
Ward should cash in his chips some
fatal night?
If Fred Ward keeps on piling ny
public jobs and acquiring officia
titles, Sen. G. E. Adams soon will begi1
to show jealousy.
Vice and crime are making a last
stubborn stand in Superior. Good citi
zenship, decency and regard for tn
law are gaining E rapidly ? !:
Let Judge Gary, Chawley Craig
Hank Cheadle, ct al, bring along thos'
plate, wire and nail mills for this city
They promised, you know.
|
Some Of the bad actors in Superio
have been admitting their deviltry an
then trying to blame mayor Baxter
the man they hate and fear.
| \
Commissioner Murnian and chic
Murphy must be praised for sticking
a number Of blind pigs. Their energie
need not be confined, however, to tn
St. Croix avenue belt. There is an,
number of blind pig nests and eve
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BEAGLE BROKE THE RECORD.

j. H. Beagle, who is in business at
Ray, Mimi, but who has his official
home in Duluth, came to the Zenith
City to celebrate his wedding anniver-
sary, the forty-seventh, if the Rip-saw
has figured it out correctly.
Mr.. Beagle took up his residence in
the state of matrimony June 13, 1872.
He has an idea that he holds the record
in Minnesota for early attainment of
grandfatherhood. He was a grand
father when only 33 years. of age.
Many man with only seven years
of work in double harness looks older
and much the worse for wear and tear
than Mr.. Beagle does after At years as
a husband and father.
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plans and were a couple Of badly
disappointed outlaws. The drunken
disciples did get that crooked Oliver
policeman, Joe the Wop, to listen to
their lies and lay the village liable for
false arrest and Imprisonment of the
editor, as told in the previous issue.
Roy Gleason was on the Superior
police force less than year. He
lacked the natural aptitude of O'Brien
for such work and proved utterly use
less and worthless, as well as dis
grace to his name, blood and church.
He did not even become the King of
the Rafflers.
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BRUDDER sHINBONE's GUESS.

"Ah amt pussonally 'quainted wiz
dis var cootie,' remarked Shinbone,
"but All reckon he amt muffin mo ,
dan sartin onmentionable insec' wiz
er military trainin '."-Boston Tran
script.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

Be thankful for the fact that it is
cool in Duluth, even if that GOODNESS
is bit excessive in its humidity.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
FAMOUS RAFFLING KING
HANDS STAR TO OSBORN
BOOZE, WOMEN AND GRAFT RUIN POLICEMAN WHO
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS

George OBrien Rafes Off Alice Powers Belongings Police
Refuse to Give Money for Sick RedGght LadyAOle
Peterson Gets Mrs. Vehie's Green Parot-Frank
Fischer Now Owns Madam Powers Cutglass Lamp
O'Brien Too Strong for the Skunk-Roy Gleason Gone
Where Woodbme Twineth.
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CALL Main 81 when you want iire'
tornado or auto Insurance. 50 Madison
h. 5, brooks g. Co
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FOR SALE,
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK.
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to Is head Of good, acclimsted horses,
suitable for logging farming and gem
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ll2-l14 S Second st. Phone Main 50Sl
FOR SALE-A nee family COW and
seven months old heifer calf, Apply sl5
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FOR SALE-Two Young horses and >
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SHIP your poultry, eggs, butter, rab-
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mailed on request.
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ROOMS AND BOARR
ROOMS FOR RENT.
ORIENTAL FLATS.
219 e. Court Ave.
Rooms, with or without bath,
For gentlemen only.
Steam heat. modern and up to-date
in every respect Rates by day, week
or month. Main 4077


VA SALLF HOTEL.
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ONE LARGE urstars front room,
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gentlemen or a business couple. Break
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4026
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$500 per day Special rates by week
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ONE LARGE upstairs front ROOM
newly decorated and furnished, in fur
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gentlemen or a business couDle. Break
fast II wanted. oS7 North Bellevue, II,
4o26
HOMFSETKFRS' EXCHANGE,
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2415. Do YOU want rooms and board?
We can refer you to best place IN city,
202 Union and Planters Bank bldg,
FOR RENT Beautiful furnished
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1893 TUTWI1. Err one neat furnished
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also garage and breakfast II desired.
Phone Hem, 4s91X1.
FOR RFNT-LarFe front room, well
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1447 McLemore. Wal. 192b-W
FOR RENT-Iarge front bedroom in
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TWO large front connecting rooms
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FOR RENT-Lovely front room to
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W. s. Barr, with
G. ID. Hook & Co.
Realtors
Lee Building

FOR SALE stock farm, t55 or 62i
acres we'll improved good land on public
road, Tor quick sale, SIG $50 well i'm
good Investment. rented for 1890. $50
an acre; S37 we'll improved on public
road, well waterod, good stock farm
or general farm, strong lRnd, S35. II
YOU want to buy n farm for personal
use or as an Investment, see us. Look
over our holdings Seeing Is hclieV-
ing" Let us show you.
WOOD REAL ESTATE co,
Winuna. Miss.
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rEMALE HEL1 WANTE0
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$50 ACres-Fiue Arkansas cotton land
about 50 miles west of Mem
phis, about 500 acres In cul-
tivation. all good rich, level
land, quarter mile from rail
road station. Memphis To-
Little Rock road being built
right by the place This
road is already finished go
the west line VI this place
Fine lake on place. Small
residence, several tenant
houses and barns This is
fine stock or general pur-
pose farm and owner Will
take part or all IN Memphis
property
$50 Acrcs-In Kcmper county Miss,
only two and half miles
from railroad station. 300
acres " open land, 100 IN
actual cultivation, fenced and
cruss-ferrod. good four
room residence. barn and
tenant houses. mostly dark
sandy lNam soil, some lime
soil all farm implements
and tools, two mules, three
year-od filly, brood mare
nine Jersey cows out of reg
istered stock. but not regis
tered % nurnC Jersey hogs,
including SOW with eight
pigs; all registered or sub
iect 10 registration Price for
all, $40, 600 Owner win trade
this place for home in Mem
phis or some good town in
the South
| 800 Acrcs-StN miles west Of West
Point leo acres two miles
Of Okoona Miss ! 90.
acres near Wlliford. Ark,
and others to trade for 9TH
or property write for de
scriptions of above Tell MS
what you want and what
Won have to trade, we
trade anything, anywhere"
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REED & CARR
CnnirhNilln MlAa

FARMS FOR SALE.
why pay $3.50 to $500 per aero for land
when you can buy good land for $40 TO
$40 per acre; viii grow anything We
have what you want Write us, Reed
& carr, Centreyillo, Miss,
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sALgsMeN MD AGENTS.