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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
TROUBLES CAME TO KENNEDY
WHEN SUPERIOR'S MAYOR.

In the spring of 1893, Kennedy beat
Pattison for mayor of West Superior.
That was before the old, original city
of Superior consolidated with West
Superior. .
Mayor Kennedy, republican, had
been elected on a sort of nonpartisan
ticket. He sadly failed to please his
constituents in the matter of appoint
ments and much murmuring was heard.
McKinnon was chief then as now.
Troubles for the mayor seem to accom-
pany the McKinnon. incumbency of the
position Of chief of police. The big
scramble was for positions in the po-
lice department. The bloom was be-
ginning to disappear from the big
West Superior boom and many a chap
wanted to weather the impending fl
nancial Storm in the sheltering harbor
of the police department.
With more or less poetic license, one
reporter said that there were 500
prospective patrolmen, 25 detectives
and a dozen captains.
Former chief Simons was an aspirant
Ioi q 'dpIdluCy. VI mcT Captain Mlhe
Coughlin was mentioned, also, and pa
trolman Andy Gilman and H. A. Grace
were suggested.
Chief McKinnon was neutral in pol
tiles but credited with leaning a bit
strongly towards the democratic side
of the ship Of state. That was ex-
pected to color his decision as to ap-
pointments somewhat. In those old
days a IS politics was credited
with making him more fit or unfit for
a place on the police force than ability.
experience and character.
At the time, it was not expected by
the public that Simons and Coughlin
would get positions. 1t also was ex-
pected that chief detective A. G. Grim
shaw would be let out end that George
Purchase would be retained on the de-
tective force.
Gamblers were as plentiful in those
days as blind-piggers are in these days,
but it was expected, after Kennedy's
election, that he would be more strin-
gent than his predecessor. As a result,
soon after election, a number of gam
blers closed up and left the city.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
THE THOMAS o'CoNNoR CASE.

On or about April %, 1893, J. C.
Nethaway, prominent lawyer and in
fluential democratic politician of Still
water, Mimi, filed a damage suit
against Gov. William R. Merriam for
$4,000.
Netbaway's action was the outcome
Of the noted Thomas O'Connor case.
Eighteen years before the beginning
of the action for damages against Mer.
RAM, along about 1875, Thomas O'Con-
nor and Thomas Kane had rough and
tumble fight near Montgomery, Le-
Seuer county, MINI. Kane's skull was
crushed in some way and O'Connor,
after trial and conviction, was sen.
fenced to Saltwater for life.
The Younger Boys had been in Still
water quite a number Of years, but
many attempts to get them out had
failed. Finally, by some means, a law
was passed whereby a governor could
pardon a convict on condition that he
left the state and kept out of it. That
law failed to release the Younger Boys
at that time but, through it, O'Connor
secured his release and left the state.
Mrs. O'Connor remained at Mont
gomery and, in the course Of events,
she fell i'll and came near to death g
door. Wishing to see her husband
again in this life, he needed his wife g
request and came to Montgomery, in
violation of his parole and exile from
the state.
The states officers at LeSeuer
grabbed O'Connor when he came to
see his very sick wife and he was
showed back into the Saltwater prison,
under orders of Gov. Merriam. The
case was carried to the supreme court.
The decision handed down on or about
April %, 1893, was to the effect that
Gov. Merriam had no right to act in
the case until it had been examined
either by the court in which the pris-
oner had been tried and sentenced, or
by higher court.
An order was served on warden
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01

by this government, Of peaceable as
sembly and free speech, then, indeed,
has a huge, Hunnish charge Of dyna-
mite been exploded under the very
cornerstone Of this republic.
Political use Of the league Of nations
and the dastardly treatment being CIV
en- President Wilson personally, are
identical with the methods used against
the Nonpartisan league and one Town.
10y, by The Herald and other papers
Of its ilk. It Is perfectly clear to
those Of proper motives, If not to The
Herald and those carrying on its canny
system, that men Of typical American
spirit, who are long subjected to tho
kind of treatment now being meted out
by political opponents Of the league Of
nations, mud-slingers at the president,
The Herald's bias, unfairness and even
complacency as to mob-rule methods
towards the Nonpartisan league, will
revolt.
The North Dakota farmers have sue
cessfully revolted politically by con-
stitutional methods, and the farmers
and workers of other states are trying
to follow ttoir example. The holy hor-
ror of The Herald and few snobbish
reactionaries, who got rich quick
through mere luck or greedy aggres-
sion, will only fan the flames Of their
righteous indignation.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
WHY COOK BUCKED ONE OF
DULUTH,S PIONEERS

In the iron boom Of the early 90 s,
A. P. Cook sold iron stock to J. Wal.
ter Marvin, member of the pioneer
family of that name, and took in pay
ment promissory note in the sum of
$1,000.
Mr.. Marvin both neglected and re-
FUSED to pay the note when due, there
fore Mr.. Cook sued him in the district
court. When the case was tried on an
unlucky Friday, for Marvin, April 90,
1893, he contended that the stock was
not as represented, therefore he should
be relieved Of payment.
Cook put up such an array Of legal
facts that the court gave him judg.
judgment.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
SOARING PEOPLE SICK.

SCAKlNG TEXTILE SICK.
The sane and sensible editor Of the
Gilbert Herald recently gave wise ex-
preston in the matter Of the annual
scare that the disciples Of pills, drench-
ing and the cruel knife are trying to
throw into the people, viz:
"And again our old enemy, the
flu is being thought Of and talked
of. But the less attention and pub
licity we give him, tho better. Doc
tors agreed that the flu last year
ragged hardest in the communities
where fear was greatest, for fear Of
a disease always renders a person
more susceptible to that disease. Even
though we ourselves may be unaffect-
ed by our words, yet We may impaaut
a fear in the mind Of friend which
may prove disastrous. So let US cease
thinking and talking Of the flu Lot
US live healthy, cheerful, normal lives,
with plenty Of sleep, fresh air, and
food, and then nothing can
bring harm to either mind or body.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
DOUBTFUL PROPAGANDA

'Some more or less interesting mat
ter, evidently aimed to discredit the
Nonpartisan league, has been sent
through the mails Of late from the
offices Of the Anoka Herald and the
Winnebago City Enterprise to the
country newspapers Of the state,' says
the Grand Rapids Independent.
without going into the merits Of
tho organization discussed (cussed
would probably be more to the point)
by Editors Roe Chase and Fred Had
ley, the Independent would be inter-
ested to know a few things about the
Warnings which the kind brethren
are promulgating.
I'm the first place, postage and
clerk hire, printing circulars, envel-
opes, etc., investigations the results
Of which are disclosed, and all the at
tendant work cost money and when
one considers that the circulars are
going at the rate Of two and more q
week to all the newspapers Of the
state-big money. A very conservative
estimate would place the cost Of get
ting out the circulars and sending them
out at around $10O a week for each Of
the two papers mentioned.
"Now, the question that puzzles the
Independent is, who is footing the
bill?
Everyone knows that mere coun-
try editor would not-could not-spend
500 a week for the good Of the
cause
"Who is paying?''.
The Rip saw has received some Of
this lop-sided, bilious propaganda, and
he head-sawyer will have to be very
badly crippled in hands, body and
brain before he will give it insertion
in the great family journal. Old Count
von Bernstorff had nothing on the
stand-patters and the old gang in Min
nesota, when it comes to propaganda
to kill off progressivism.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01

sHANTUNG.

It was in Shantung that Confucius,
the great Chinese philosopher, lived
and died, and a descendant of his in
the seventy-sixth generation still lives
there. Witter Bynner, one Of the
ablest present-day poets, has seized on
this fact in writing the following pow
erful poem on a subject now much in
the public mind.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
THE GRIM REAPER'S WORK.

Cruel Death, the arch enemy and
eventual conqueror Of all mankind, re-
Gently has called three Of our. personal
friends and three loyal, well beloved
friends Of Duluth. g..
Camille Poirier was pioneer in the
fullest sense Of the word. He not only
came to Duluth at very early day,
but his active mind ever was reaching
out and out, pioneering, searching for
the new, the interesting, the profitable
in this old world. Youth and adven-
ture ever were in his great heart. His
kindly smile, his humor, good conrad
erie, appreciation Of others and his
helping hand will be sadly missed by
many of us. Bon voyage, bon ami
Poirier. =.
Capt. William H. Smallwood, judge
on the municipal bench, was a pioneer
of pioneers. The blue blood Of Old
Kentucky coursed through his veins
and nourished that great constitution
Of his. He was rich in a magnetic
personality, a kindly nature and a
broad human experience. He well did
his part in the preservation Of the
Union and, in later years, saw far into
the future and cast his lot with pro-
gressive thought and action.
Michael F. Wesenberg, 4 typical
Viking in physique and temperament,
born in the Land Of the Midnight Sun,
came to America when boy and gave
his Drawn and blood to help save the
Union. He was a restless, aggressive
radical, hating sham and insincerity as
only a Viking can hate such contemp-
tible things. A good citizen, an ex-
emplary husband and wise father,
the world will be the poorer for his
going.
Both Capt. smallwood and Comrade
Wesenberg were identified with the
Populist party In its day, as well as
with The progressive movements Incl
dent to tho days Of slavery and the
Civil war. Their hearts remained young
and strong, even after age laid its
hard hand on them.
Farewell, good friends and comrades
- dou, &ho& o~a m ,,oo~o vo,,~ 1iFn
labors are over. Rest in peace.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD

In the place where I was born,
One bleak November morn
Where, a child, I used to play
My kidhood hours away
Where learned the Golden Rule
The NJ. E. Sunday school
Where the livery stable stood.
Last in the neighborhood-
Where the blacksmith used to bring
Sparks out of everything
Where the ball field used to be-
Where Ter I look I see
A new garage"
Harry Hamilton, in Life.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
EQUALITY IS THE GOAL


When the great war broke upon tho
world, the first instinct Of tho threat
ened countries was resistance, the de-
Tense Of their lands and their homes
The carnage continued many weeks
and then months before the real issue
began to be sensed, and even then only
by few of the more mentally alert.
Now that the phase Of the struggle
which was featured by the mortal COM
bat Of armed hosts has ended, its aims
and accomplishments are better under
stood, and as the years 90 by its mean
ing will become still more clear.
The same holds true Of labor's war,
for war It II and war It ever has been
since the first strike was attempted
for improved living conditions. That
first attack upon established interests
created q mild CONSERVATION through
out the intelligent world, but It was
the portent Of mighty things to come.
And as strikes occurred with ever in
creasing frequency, those assailed, as
well as those only Indirectly concerned,
asked themselves, ''Where will it
stop?" What is the goal Of these peo-
ple?'
And only now, after weary years Of
sacrifice and toll, the goal is beginning
to be visible through the obscuring
mists. In the language Of a living
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
COMING UP.

John Barleycorn is dead; quite dead,
So all the people say.
I hate to think they are not right;
He may be dead; he may,
I judge by noises gay,
That every second Friday night
Is resurrection dav.
Turner Weekly.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
DIRTY JOURNALISM,

While the Morning Apology totally
ignored the report of the mayors price
committee at the time it was made, it
was finally driven to publication of
the text through adverse comment on
its course. But notice how neatly it
camouflaged the report with its head
ings in the last Sunday issue, says
Ransom Metcalfe in the Steel Plant
News. This is the way the heading
read:
mayors Price Probers Compare
Twin City and Duluth Food Cost;
Club Finds Local Figures Lower. But
ter, Eggs, Potatoes Cheaper Here;
Higher Prices on Some Items, Claim"
Then followed paragraph in black
type giving another Of the camou-
flaged reports Of the Commercial club
committee.
Many. people read only the headings
to articles and the man who reads this
heading is left with the impression
that the mayors price committee
found food prices cheaper here than
elsewhere, when exactly the opposite
is the fact.
The man who conceived this plan of
representing the report Of the mayor 8
committee is not an ordinary har. The
newspaper that will resort to such
methods is something worse. We dis
like to say what It is.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
THE CALLED JADE WINCES,

The dear old Herald, under tho
Brainy Bingham, is prosecuting its
campaign against the Nonpartisan
league with the use Of large quantities
Of leftover poison gas.
The Herald, as so often is the case,
maintains an impossible attitude. It
processes not to understand how men
Of ordinary integrity can so compro-
mise themselves as to oppose tho league
Of nations for purely political reasons.
And truly the spectacle Of so many
men doing that very thing is not one
to gladden. the hearts of good Amer
lean citizens.
The Herald further groans, rolls up
its eyes and travails In spirit over the
bitter, partisan, unfair personal at
tacks on President Wilson.
But precisely the same as the con-
duct of these men towards the league
Of nations and their treatment Of
President Wilson Is that Of The Her
aid towards the Nonpartisan league.
I Every appearance Of consistency and
every principle Of fairplay are crushed
under its fear that the Nonpartisan
league may carry tho state and destroy
the political system Of which The Her
aid Is q part and which is the breath
Of its .nostrils.
The Herald squirrel chatters . quo
tation. to, the effect that Gov. Frazier
Of North Dakota said that he hoped
to God they could change things by the
use Of the ballot but that, If not, 1t
might be necessary 10 have another
just revolution. $780,. 49,.
q aovernors FRAZIER and his friends,
AFTER years oof thwarted effort and
disappointment, did finally change
things Il. their state by use Of tho bal.
lot and, at present, a majority Of the
North Dakota voters are satisfied with
the results.
In Minnesota, however, The Herald
confessed not long ago that the Non
partisan league was prevented from
getting its principles and its arguments
before the people, for q thorough
threading out; and, instead, the farm
srs and labor element were defeated
BY means Of q trunped up charge Of
disloyalty.
The Herald well knows that It 70
fused to publish for the information Of
It's readers tho platform Of the Non
partisan league and that its control
ling owner was busy member Of tho
commission Of safety which saw to It
that Nonpartisans were not allowed to
meet for public presentation and dis
eussien Of their views.
When American citizens are denied
Ehe God-given right, guaranteed them
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
ADVERTISING PAYS.

"The road to new and untried hus-
bands runs something like this" an
aspiring local poet advises the Rip-saw,
viz:
Early to bed and early to rise;
Ride horseback through town
To advertise.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
THE NEW ARIsrocRAcY

Along with income taxes and other
sorrows Of that nature, and Of the
rise OF wages, especially for household
service, come notices put up in the
kitchen departments in large country
houses: Servants Will Please Not Fee
the Guests. Life.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01

It's unfortunate that a blockade
can't be lifted without lifting prices
along with tx.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01

Buy why should modern mortals psre
Over the aims of ancient lore;
Or pay to etiquette, long deemed
A curse, an honor now blasphemedi
1t 8 not the fashion any more
To be polite.
Ralph M. Thomson.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
POLITENESS.

To be polite, and to adore
Civility in all who bore
Themselves correctly, was esteemed
A virtue that forever cleaned,
By those who lived in days Of yore.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
At least, it has been heretofore

Thought just and proper to deplore
Department that in no wise seemed
To be polite.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-20

teachers ~ the study Of food eco
Monies In the management Of the home
and again. as an important element in
the economy OF the nation. 1t is not,
perhaps. too much to say that much
OF WomAn'0 early work In chesistry
was . more or less indefinite playing
with test tubes In which one OF three
results was expected-a beautiful col
or, an Offensive color, or an explosion.
She later found out that the boys took
chemistry not because It was part Of
the general education but because
he expected to use It In later life.
She learned later that the laws Of heat
could be illustrated by the kitchen
range AZ adequately as by tho steam
engine. that the Life history Of bac-
terra could be studied TN many process
es. and that the chemistry Of food
was In many cases suited to her needs.
There II very definite scientific knowl-
edge In regard to the effect Of heat
upon protein and connective tissues Of
meat. and II we would apply this to
the cookery Of cheap meats. We would
be uttlixinn q valuable form OF food
which IL frequently discarded. In the
average high school 1t ID not possible
to give the hardly specialized work
In nutrition, but much can be done
In the discussion OF what constitutes q
balanced meal. both In amount
and In variety. and In addition to this,
the cost Of meals and this 10 indeed
q great need at present In those
high schools where the pupils have
work In the natural sciences that par
allells or proceeds the course In foods.
the teacher may add scientific exc
periments and develop fully tho scien-
tific side Of the work Thus = candy
lesson may be made valuable II tho
cost Of candy II discussed. - well as
authorizations In the low priced candies
found In stores. Great stress should
be laid upon the cookery Of vegetables.
since ordinary processes waste much
uutritive material In the shape OF min
eral salts. and the standard Of vege-
label cookery In this country Is not q
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-20
SPECIAL CALL FOR
MAGAZINES FOR
CAMPS ISSUED

Just now a special call IL being
made by the American Library As
ISOLATION for magazines for the men
at the army and navy camps near Pen
sacola.
Reading matter may be left at the
following local establishments: San
Carlos hotel; Pensacola Public Library;
s. H. Kress & Co.; Everlasting Co.:
and Watson. Parker & Reese Co.
Men now In the camps and those
returning from overseas have gotten
the library habit as they have never
had it before. They are asking not
only for recreational reading but want
something that will help them become
ht to take up their profession In ci-
william life.
The call Is for more and moro and
better and newer books and magR-
zines and heroic efforts are necessary
to supply the almost incredible amount
Of reading matter needed.
The American public rightly enough
feels that the war is over, but this
IL no reason for neglecting, after the
war. our boys who have fought tina
war for us and whose need for edu-
cative and recreative reading 10 now
greater than in the days of war. Il
IL the duty Of every citizen to givs
books and magazines to the soldiers
and sailors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-20
FORMER PENSACOLA WOMAN
ENTERS LITERARY FIELD

Now and then it is gwen to one of
Us to have come speci,,l gift, and to
treasure it or slight 1t. rs the case may
lie. Few there are VINO are gifted in
.ne who can do many things equally
w,l When ArJ. J. ". Barnes. Of San
c.o, Florida, was olga White, OF Pensa-
cn'a, her friends here knew her as a
cis.ed reader ana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
even more than this, for her histronic tai
ats N.re OF very h.sn order. and she
i.as coached ns-ny plays In Florida and
Aiabar n rut even her closest friends
- 20. drear! that she had also literary
gifts Ind it IS safe to guess that no one
business ran. Fer the combination of
are and u, :.ssss are -.
But Mrs Banner is both artist and
t-sifsess WOMB, las se~n demonstrated
.vrn n the rnst yser She IS tale Led as
reader and could well take her race
or tee legitimate stage in IN - parts.
were she so inc.ined--whic, she is not.
That sac is a writer OF unus.a! err N
is evidenced ~ i.,> -c.'owfr~ poem. vnieh
IL bet one exan:rle' Of Tire Sr'ies;tfs.' verses
ss-. Mrs Ba-~es writes, tut which. until
of late. she has refused to give to the
public:
vi,cre blue-bir1s rest ART hearts are
happiest.
Iy True Love dweHs:
TIE FREELY shines with liy'st 49,.
The glow worm borrows raiGsi.cr, 100,
Ard e.e7, the moon has Brighter hue,
Where NY True Love dweiis-
.rrere pre- woods are redoient
WIN r~ters straight from heaven sent.
Ard Oh the stars with love are pent.
Where my True Love dweils.
Frc-r. her windows is the rarest view
That ever just Q mortal knew.
And praises gush to hearts tuned true,
Where my True Love dweIs
Her glowing heart. resplendant. rare.
Is mirroresi IN her windows fair,
And the flowers in the garden declare
Where by True Love dwells-
Where blue bsr.1s nest and hearts arc
happiest.
My True Lave cwe.Is:
Her beam.ng face and radiant mte~
Are jewels reflective srfrit's sheen:
You feel them drawing near the scene
Where my True Love d wells
These verses were inspired BY visit
TO the home Of q dear friend Of the author
and have q delicate charm not only Of