Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-09-25
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given satisfactory assurances that he
will be treated literally on both counts
he will raise no serious objection to
the government taking over the news
paper industry ST. Peter Herald.
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Efforts of Washington baker to
supply a meat ration Tree with loaf
of bread were not appreciated. A house
wife on cutting into a loaf OF bread
found a mouse baked in the middle
of it, and she went right to the author
tiles with it and had the baker arrest
ed
For each man transported over
seas in British vessels the United
States government will pay Great Brit
ain $81.75, under an agreement reach
ed between Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director of transportation in the war
Department, and Lord Reading, repre-
senting the British government.
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At Cedar Point, on Lake Erie, the
practice is for an untanned miss to cut
adhesive tape in small lengths, stick
it on her and shoulders, so as to form
initials, perhaps of her best besought,
leaving it their until her skin is well
tanned. Then the tape is removed, and
the initials are revealed in DELEGATE
pink on a brown background
It's sweet, saucy, nifty, and so dain-
ty sentimental. Of course, no beau OF
a boy so distinguished can long hest
tate after that.-Marison Democrat.
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Three lIluStr1OuS CrOnieS, John Bur-
roughs, Thomas A. Edison, and Henry
Ford were finishing two weeks out
ing they have together annually. Har-
vey S. Firestone, III. 8. Firestone, jr.,
and a group af secretaries accompan-
led them out of the woods after a New
England motor trip.
The men tolked as they ate i'm a
Hartford hotel, and their meal wasn't
one to detract much attention from
their interview Mr. Ford had clam
broth, spinach, apple pie, and tea. Mr..
Edison had apple pie, Roquefort
cheese, hard crackers and iced coffee.
while Mr.. Burroughs took a lobster
cocktail, apple pie and milk But OF
hers in the party took heavier meals
and when the check came it was for
$14
Mr.. Ford extracted $50 bill from
his pocket and handed it to the dead
waiter. Split up the change among
you," he remarked as he pushed back
his chair and lighted a cigar
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Biologists are realizing more fully
as the extend their duties the mag
nitude of the work done by plants and
animals in building up the crust OF
the earth. Even microscopic organ
inns perform a large part of the work
Pasteur long ago showed us. the dead
ly power of bacteria in disease and
their efficiency in promoting fermen-
tation, but their influence on the fer
tility of soils and their work in expe-
:diting rock decay are still subjects OF
scientific study.
Bacteria evidently not only aid in
the decomposition Of rocks and in the
formation of beds of chalk and lime,
stone, as has recently been demon
strated, but are active agents in the
deposition of some beds of iron ore
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A new book has been issued on how
to live and here are few of the rules:
Ventilate every room you occupy.
Wear light, loose and porous cloths
Sleep out if you can.
Breath deeply.
+. Avoid overheating and overweight.
Eat sparing OF meat and eggs.
Eat some hard, some bulky, some
raw foods.
Eat slowly.
Drink sufficient water.
Stand, sit, and walk ereetly.
Do not allow pcisons and infection!
to enter the body
Work, play, rest, and sleep in mod
Grafton.
Keep serene and WhOlehearted.
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| Geography class, attention! Cues
ton: What is the official name OF tn
new Polish state, and how is it pro
nounced? Answer: It's name is ''Rzecz
pospolita- Polska," or Republic Pol
ish, and you pronounce it Gas nea
as may be indicated in EngIish)
Zheckpost- police tab poleska". CUES
ton: What is the Official name OF tn
/, Czecho- Slovak republic? Answer
"Czechoslovenska Republica ''-pron
nounced Shay shoven- ska ray -po
blee- kah". Just one more question now
What is the official name of the thir
new republic carved out of central Eu
rope, namely the state of the Serb;
Croats and Sloyenes? Answer: 'Kra
Hevstvo Srba, Hrvati Solyenaca' - Pre-
! ndunced ''Kralyeyst-vo sur ur
yat-ah ee sol-ven- at-sah.,, (The &c
in the Slav dialects has the IT'S SOUND
Now that will do for this time.