Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-05
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THE MEXICAN PROBLEM

THE MEXICAN PROBLEM
The Mexican problem is coming to
the signing of the peace treaty. Elk
cept as the Zimmerman note involved
Mexico, she has been left pretty much
to cut her own throat or effect her
own salvation during the four years
Of war. The chaotic conditions still
existing under the Carranza govern
ment do not evidence any great stride
toward Improvement of the lot of the
peon whose slavery has been the
shame of Mexico for four hundred
years Thomas E. Gibbon of Los An
geles writes of Mexico Under Car
ranza," after having spent considera-
BILE time in Mexico studying it's people
and it's industries under the govern
ments of DiaZ, Madero and CarranZa.
However one may disagree with his
conclusions, the book is of interest as
coming from one who has studied the
problems on the ground. The author
claims that Mexico is the next big
solve To those who are interested in
Mexico the volume will be a great aid
in grasping the situation. Price $3.50
Published by Doubleday, Page e Com
pany, New York city, or Garden City,
New York
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THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS
THE War Garden Victorious is the
title of an up-to-date volume by Charles
Lathrop Pack issued from the press of
the J. B. Lippincott Company, Phila-
delphia. The book is dedicated to the
war gardeners of the United States
and allied countries, and deals in a
delightful manner with various types
Of gardens and gardeners problems.
Among the chapter headings are
"Uncle Sans First War Garden
"The Army of School Gardeners"
"War Gardens as City Assets" and
other inviting subjects. AS president
of the National War Garden commits
sion, Mr. Pack urges the necessity of
extensive gardens during the year 1919
as a patriotic duty, with greater can
ming and drying of fruits and vegeta-
bles. The book conta MS instructions
for the storage of garden products,
saving of seed and detailed explana-
ton of the latest methods of canning
and drying Numerous illustrations
add to the usefulness and beauty of
the volume, which is printed in large
type on excellent paper. It is a book
which should have many readers.
4 * s.
WIT AND WISDOM
C. F. Schultz of Milwaukee has spent
fifty years in collecting material for
book Of quotations and a volume of
361 pages is the result. The volume
is the literary cream skinned from
the reading of thousand books. Not
only has the author embodied in the
volume thousands of gems, but has
added few passing remarks as he
has gone along. The quotations are
arranged connectedly as far\as posi-
bic, which makes the volume read
able and very instructive "Wit and
Wisdom is the title. Cloth, price 25
cents A copy may be had by address
ing G. F. Schultz, 572 Fourteenth street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
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HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Philosophical ideas did not always
exist How did philosophy begin? On
what was it founded? What was the
central idea in the belief Of Thales,
Anaximander, Anaxsmenes, Pythago-
ras and the other ancients? Would
you like to know about Hobbies, Locke,
Comte, Spencer and others more mod
ern? The minds of men have under
gone an evolution concerning beliefs
and material things, just the same as
there has been progress in plant and
animal life Thomas Hunter has
written little volume which no per
son des' ring to be we'll Informed can
afford to be entirely unacquainted.
Price 35 cents. Published by the
American Book Company. $50 East
Twenty Second street, Chicago, Ill.
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BASEBALL GUIDE
That the baseball season is at hand
is evinced by the receipt of copy of
"The Reach Official American League
Baseball Guide" 1919 The volume
is illustrated, the pictures of many
players being gwen. The book is
filled with rules of the game and
much other useful information. Price
10 cents. Published by A. j. Reach
oononony Dhilo n oJnhio Do
EIGHT MEN, WHOSE AGES
TOTAL 582 YEARS, MEET
Eight men, whose ages total $50
years, met by accident at the same
time in the Putnam County Ind.)
courthouse. They ranged in age from