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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10
JUST FOLKS
THE SINGLE STANDARD.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


There are a thousand ways to cheat and
a thousand ways to sin,
There are ways uncounted to lose the
game, but there's only one way to
win;
And whether you live by the sweat of your
brow or in luxury's garb you're
dressed,
You shall stand at last when your race is
run, to be Judged by the single test
Some men lie by the things they make,
some lie in the deeds they do,
And some play false for a woman's love,
and some for a cheer or two;
Some rise to fame by the force of skill,
grow great by the might of power,
Then wreck the temple they tOiled to
build in q single, shameful hour.
The follies outnumber. the virtues good,
sin lures in n thousand ways,
But slow is the growth Of mans character
and patience must mark his days:
For only those victories shall count, when
the work of life is done,
Which bear the stamp of an honest man,
and by courage and faith were won.
There are n thousand ways to fall, but
only one way to win.
Sham cannot cover the wrong you do nor
wash out a single sin,
And never shall victory come to you, what
ever of skill you do.
Save you've done your best in the work Of
life and unto your best were true
Copyright, 1920, by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The Manufacturers Record asks the
Fort Worth Record to explain what
the Democratic party, or any other
party, had to do with the recent won
derfuI development of the south
Either of these papers can find the an
swer by reference to the course of the
government in locating big war indus
tries. The amount OF money expended
in the south during the war and since
probably viii be found to be greater
than for all the remainder of the
country. Look at the Muscle Shoals
nitrate plant for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

either respect would mean the viola
ton of his own oath. But he may get
many wet votes from persons who will
vainly expect some presidential action
which will tend to make the country
moist" or who merely desire to regis
ter their sentiment in favor of a man
who they believe has been consistent
ly wet. Their votes probably will be
more than offset by the other kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

This offer applies strictly to information.
The Bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical, and financial matters. It does
nor to undertake exhaustive research on
any subject. Write your question plainly
and briefly. Give full name and address
and enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
INQUIRER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

Even before Cox was nominated.
the charge was made that he is a
vet" What he can accomplish as a
wet, it is difficult to see. Amend
ments to the constitution must be pro-
posed by congress. Any bill to in
crease the alcoholic content Of "intox-
ieating liquors" must originate with
congress. The president. under his
oath of office. must enforce the laws.
That means he must appoint United
States attorneys and judges who will
obey their oaths Of office. Failure in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The Democrats in declaring in their
platform against profiteers made it
evident that they do not believe there
are so many profiteers as reported.
They would not take a chance on
alternating any large number of votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

how to bear. Keep me to my hold.
Give me sight ahead. And grant unto
me. God, that greatest of all gifts
influence-the kind that is wrapped
and inter-wrapped with love and kind
ness and happy waves
Take me tightly by the hand. God.
and help me to climb out of all my
incapacities. Then 1 won't be discour-
aged any morei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

John D. Rockefeller has reached the
eighty-first year of his age He
doesn't work any more, but spends
his time playing golf, collecting money
from the public and giving it back In
the latter respect he differs from many
other retired rniIIionaires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The presidential campaign will in
vOIve a lot of expense and hard work
but it will be worth it. It will result
III Kidding the postoffice department
of Burleson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The American Wooden mills have
closed. Detroit it is reported, has
25, 600 men out of work on account of
curtailment of production. and 10000
ON strike. Isn't there a hint to other
workers in these conditions?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

What relief it would be to the
country if Harding and Cox would
fight it out on the question of which
has the larger circulation!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The reluctance of the Germans to
give up their guns is one more evil
dence that they should have been COM
PEELED TO lay down their arms in No
vember, 1918. Much subsequent trou-
bic might thus have been avoided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10
PoME BY SKINNY MARTIN
LAFF AND BE MERRY

Laff and show your silver lining,
Throw up your hat and cheer,
The werld will come to a end some
day
But none of us will be heerl
Sissiety. Mr.. Charles (Puds) Sim
kins went to churtch with his mother
last Sunday and felt so mulch better
wen it was over that he would of
started to clap IL his mother hadent
of saw him in time.
wy be lonesome jest because you
are all alone in the house? Call us
up on the telefone and we will tawk
to you for 5 cents a hour. The Ed
Wernick and Lew Davis Conversation
Co. Avvertizement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

Cox defeated Harding in 1912, but
that does not signify that he can do it
ii 1920, even in Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The area of lands in the United States
which could be cultivated II the water that
covers them could be removed more than
equals the combined area Of Great Britain
and Ireland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

Solder is carried in wire or strip form
thru a new soldering iron, the point Of
which is heated by electricity to melt just
as much solder as required at the point of
its use
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10
LITTLE BEKNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
BY LEE PAPE.
sr. Unexpected

W tdlIlCEs OIIA ptCtCU.
Spoarts. Sid Hunt is spending a
good deeI of time practicing swapping
his fingers with both hands at the
same time like a Spanish dancer, say
ing he wunts to know how jest for
ambition and not for eny speshil rea-
son.
fresh kid with glasses on came err
round last Satidday and Reddy Merry
told him the ony thing that kepp him
frum fighting him was his glasses,
and wen the fresh kid took is glasses
off Reddy Merry told him the ony
thing that kepp him from fighting
him was because he dident wunt to
take advantage of his bad eyesite with
out his glasses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

Copyright. 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskins, Director. Washington, d. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

We bow in gratitude to the esteemed
Lit'ry Digest. With one stroke the
Digest cleaves a manacle which has al
ways chafed our physiological pro-
cesses. The Digest says 1t is all right
to end a sentence with a proposition
and that at times it lends force to
literary effort. We have always
wanted to. We never dared to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10
Onions Preserved Her.

One old lady who reached 107, left
word for posterity that onions did it
one at every meal, no matter whether
company was coming or not. An old
man concluded that only by refusing
to kiss or be kissed had he kept his
vigor to 100.
Most centenarians. however. agree
that simple food, enough sleep. fresh
air. and calm temperament are the
prime factors in warding off old age.
Apparently the only thing to do is to
work out your own plan Then if you
live to 700 or so. you can brag about
your system. If your system fails no
body can say to you, II told you So"
anyway, which is one comfort
It is not of great importance to the
race to develop a half dozen cente-
narians or single duocentenarian ex-
cept that they are an indication OF
the possibilities of resisting disease.
It is a more significant achievement,
so far as the race is concerned. to in
crease the period of maximum useful
ness. to produce men who will at sixty
have the vitality which their fathers
had at fifty. And that is being done.
not by startling fountain-of-youth
theories. but by the steady advance in
health standards and intelligent use Of
modern discoveries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

It is. we take it from photographs
made at the convention. the same old
Bryan. He still needs haircut He
ought to have his trousers pressed.
There comes a time In the life of every
man when he can no longer afford to
permit his scant hirsute foliage to
straggle wildly just above his ears Mr..
Bryan has reached it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

Under the circumstances, we are
willing to overlook the fact that the
Digest has used but one OF our
paragraphs in its screen pictorials and
that it obscured the point of that one
in the process of rewriting 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

SartorialIy speaking. Mr.. Bryan still
fIutters in the wind. He has neglected
to fit his characterization to the tempo
of the day. The s12 suit of clothes in
a condition closely approaching dis
repute no longer is a vote-getter. The
proletariat has come to be, in a man.
near of speaking, well groomed and
well tailored. 1t cottons to the neat
and tasty dresser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-10

The Democratic party. as a whole.
has seen the light 1t has cast aside
its traditional habilimehts and. like the
Republican party. has adopted the
shepherd plaid motif in wearing ap-
parel Mr.. Bryan is the only Demo-
cratic star left who can be identified
as such by his garments.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

being reduced as much as 31%.
Ford surely takes a mouthfLl
when he takes a bite.
With this reduction in Ford
cars it will be only a matter Of
a short time before competing
manufacturers will have to come
out with a similar cut.
"A similar reduction would be
welcomed in most every line and
will evidently come. We quote
below from the Austin Herald
how one publisher was going to
get cheaper paper by importing
it from Denmark:
"Ex- Mayor Reiter Of Roches-
ter was in the Herald office to-
day and talked about the high
price Of print paper. He said he
was up in the cities and was in
vited to see roll Of print pa
per made in Denmark, put on
the press and run. This roll was
the first importation from Den
mark. It bore all Danish inscrip-
tions on placards After the pa
per had been rolling for some
time. out dumped cara. 1t
bore the inscription. Made at
international Falls, Minnesota.
for export" We wonder what
the Dane exporter paid for it..
# he could pay the freight to the
sca-board. then across the sea,
paste it all over with Danish la
bells. reship it, pay a tariff tax
to get it here. if he could pay the
freight to point within $50
miles OF where it was made and
sell it in competition with paper
made at international Falls for
home consumption. AS Hamlet
says, There's something rotten
in Denmark" or in the United
States"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

With the organization Of a de-
velopment club we believe a
good step has been taken in tn.
right direction. And in organic
ing such a club the village is fall
ling right in line with actions
Of our neighboring towns.
At the organization the cor
rect development spirit was in
evidence. II is not going to be
a radical body demanding this or
that nor become a social club for
few business men. Each and
every citizen in the village of
Askov is welcome and desired to
become a member. The main
purposes Of the organization are
to stimulate trade, urge needed
Improvement, encourage new
and needed business enterprises,
lend a helping hand wherever
possible. act rs an information
bureau for the travelling public
and visitors, and in general boost
and develop Askov and commu-
nifty. Every entcrprising citizen
should try to he present at the
first regular meeting Of the club,
which will be held the second
Monday in Oct.--Oct. IL.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

The constant fluctuation in
the prices of different commo-
dities is causing business enter
prises Of every description thru
out the nation to close Their
doors.
In order to make a success of
any business the owner or con-
'ductor must be alert and up. to
the minute in every way. We
can not devote too much atten.
tion to the trial and troubles Of
others and on the other hand il
is generally helpful to do the
other fellow a good turn when
ever possible.
It is said that advertising i.
the life Of trade and there il
surely some truth in it.. Brad
street Commercial Agency, which
is one of the most reliable au
thorities in the business world
make the assertion that 81 pei
cent of the business failures tn.
past year occurred among bust
ness houses which did not adver
tise.
Week ia and week out it il
vitality essential to tell the PEG
PIE that you are still in bust
ness and are on the job to serv,
them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

and suffered during that period
of stress and loneliness. are al
so going. Soon it will all events
and people be but a mere men,
DRY.
Truthfully and justly do we
say that this country has done
much for these newcomers.
But, let it also be said, for it is
equally true and equally fair
as those must attest who saw
the barren and wild prairies of
Minnesota a generation ago
that these same newcomers
have done lot for this country
So much of the progress and
achievement that we see about
us is the work of their hands
Against the promise that the soil
held forth they staked their
lives. They not only planted
grain but they planted them
selves, their very lives, in the
soil. How true is not of them:
Except corn of wheat fall into
the ground and die, it abideth
alone: but if it die it bringeth
forth much fruit"
Year by year. from the day of
their first coming here; the pio-
neers have fallen into the ground
and died and there has been
much fruit.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

Political propaganda is heing
issued in. such quantities these
days by the different political or
CARNATIONS that the average edi-
tor must spend at least half of
his time in order to read and con-
slider it. We doubt that very
large percentage is read at all.
Judging from some Of it We be-
lieve it would be good policy to
stop knocking one another and
stop knockingo ne another and
tell what good things they will
do ii elected and on what grounds
they base their assertions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

Default having been made in the pay
ment OF the sum OF one Thousand
Three Hundred Twenty-one and 1s-ioo
Dollars. which is claimed tn be due
and is due ut the date of this notice
upon IA certain Mortgage. duly executed
and delivered by Bertha Frohriep and
ors. to ole n. Grefsheim. Mortgagee,
bearing date the Goth day of March.
1917. and with power Of sale therein
contained, duly recorded I'm the office
OF the Register of Deeds in and for
the County OF Pine and state OF Min
nesota on the 25th day of June, 1917.
at > O'Clock y. NJ. In Book 81 OF Mort
cages on Page 81, and no action or pro-
ceetling having been instituted ut law
or otherwise. to recover the debt Se-
cured by said Mortgage or any part
thereof
NOW. THEREFORE,. NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN. That by. virtue of
the power Of sale contained In said
Mortgage. and pursuant to the statute
| in such case made and provided. the
said Mortgage will he foreciosed by
| sale of the premises described in and
conveyed by said Mortgage viz: West
Half wis) of Northwest quarter
| (NWA) OF Section Twelve us) in
| Township Forty-o an North of
Rangs1rwenty t20) West of the Fourth
| Principal Meridian in Pine County AND
state of Minnesota, with the heridita-
| ments and appurtenances: which sale
win lie made by the sheriff OF said
Pine County at the front door of the
| Court House. In the Village of Pine
| city in said County and State. on the
| l3th day of November 1920. at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, of that day. at public
rendue. to the highest bidder for cash.
| to pay said debt OF Sl.32its and in
! terest. and taxes. n any. on said prem
| iseS. and Seventy five Dollars. Attor-
ney's fees. MS stipulated in and by said
Mort gage in case of foreclosure. and
| the disbursements allowed by law: sub
| ject to redemption at any time within
| one year from date OF sale. as pro-
| vided by law.
| Dated September ls. 1920.
ole n. Grefsheim. Mortgage.
| q. A. Naplin. Attorney for Mortgagee
Thief River Falls. Minnesota.
tSept. @3@pct. 2S).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

probably they themselves helped
set aside and hallow, when Death
paid his first visit to the little
community Of which they formed
a part.
Do you remember a pioneer flu
neral not the present funeral Of
a pioneer, but a funeral of the
pioneer days?
If you do, it probably was one
where a yoke of oxen drew an
old lumber wagon in which was
a homemade coffin, blackened
with burnt cork, followed by a
small procession consisting of
the household Of the dead and
the few neiHhbors who constitut-
ed the community, all on foot.
Probably there was a minister
along but more likely not.
Then again you may remember
a funeral something like the one
that impressed itself upon our
child-mind in those early days.
1t was not an imposing one
that is not why we recall it. The
time was mid-winter. The day
was gray, sunless, cherries
day. Snow covered everything.
There Were no roads. In those
days there were but few roads in
summer and none in winter.
The scene is the interior Of a
small farmhouse. On two chairs
stands the little black coffin.
With awe we had watched the
carpenter, working with candle
light. the night before, make
this mysterious box. We had
seen the little form laid into 1t
and the lid nailed down. Now it
was to start on it's last journey
Father, mother, the carpenter
and one or two others stood in a
row on the floor and sang :.
hymn. Someone read {. prayer
Then the carpenter and the IA
Their, one at each end Of the bier,
picked up the little black box
and carried it out TT ough the
door and deposited il within the
hearse rather they placed il
upon little hand sleigh that
stood at the door. ready for the
journey. The distance to the
graveyard was several miles
The father bid the wife and the
family goodbye. threw the
sleigh-rope over his shoulder and
followed by the carpenter. start.
ed off on the weary trudge t.
the cemetery.
That was a pioneer funeral.
But those days are gone anc
the men who figured in them sc
bravely. and the women who
watched and waited and worked
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23

How new is not that communi-
ty that can point to people still
living in it and say: They are
pioneers of this locality
All through this section Of the
state we can do that.
There are still with us men
and women who came here forty
and fifty years ago. then upon
the threshold Of manhood and
womanhood.
All these people came here
young. Many of them came from
different parts Of this country,
but most Of them probably. from
foreign lands. All Of them came
because they thought that here
they could better their living con-
ditions.
How little do the children. the
young people of today. know
about the life Of the pioneers!
True. they have heard their par
ents tell about the early days
and they have probably read
some accounts Of the life on the
prairies fifty years ago. But to
them it is all a dream A story.
A thrilling romance of the from.
tier!
The young farmer Of TODAY
puts in his seed with a drill. cuts
his hay with mower, gathers it
with leaders. stackers and hay
forks. His grain he cuts with a
self-binder. his field he plows
with a tractor. His threshing he
does with gas-propelled separa-
tor, He hauls his produce to
market in an automobile truck
and he runs to town. 70 do his
shopping. in a car that cost more
than all the equipment that his
father and mother had when
they began farming. He lights
his home with electricity and his
barns. and even his Lighthouses,
are studded with electric bulbs.
And many of the pioneers have
lived to see it all.
Surely the Lord has blessed
the people who came here in
those early days to build homes
upon the prairies!
But to most Of these pioneers
there are but a few days left.
The sun is fast sinking in tn,
west and soon they will be car.
ried-in an automobile hearse!---
to the little acre Of ground thai
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23
MORTGAGE FOREELosURE SALE

Default having been made in the pay
ment of the sum Of two hundred seven
ty Ave t275.00) Dollars. which is
claimed TO be due and is due at the
mortgage duly executed and delivered
by Emil Peterson and Mile Peterson.
his wife. mortgagors. to Sandstone CO.
operative Company. corporation duly
created under the laws OF the State
Of Minnesota, Mortgage. bearing date
the 18th day Of August 1918. and with
a power of sale therein contained. duly
recorded in the offce OF the Register
Of Deeds In and for the County of
Pine, state Of Minnesota, on the 18th
day OF August. 1879. at two O'Clock p.
NJ. in Book 40 OF Mortgages. on page
l183.
been instituted. at law or otherwise.
to- recover the debt secured by said
mortgage. or any part thereof.
Now. Therefore. Notice is Hereby
Given that by virtue of the pawer Of
sale contained in said mortgage. and
pursuant to the statute In such case
made and provided. the said mortgage
Will be foreclosed by a sale OF the pre-
misses described in and conveyed by
said mortgage. to-wit: Lot three (3D.
Block twenty -four f2D. Sandstone
Quarrfes. as per plat thereof on file
and of record in the office OF the Reg
lister OF Deeds OF said Pine County.
State of Minnesota. with the heredita-
ments and appurtenances; which sale
will he made by the Sheriff OF said
Nne County. ut the front door Of the
court house. in the village OF Pine city
in said county and state. on the 18th
day OF October. 1894 at two o'clock
~ NJ. Of that day. at public vendue. to
the highest bidder for cash. to pay the
said debt OF two hundred seventy five
Ne75.0OD Dollars and interest. and the
taxes. " any, on said premises. and
twenty-five $25.eOl Dollars attorneys
fees as stipulated in and by said mort
gage in case Of foreclosure. and the
disbursements allowed by law. subject
to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale. as provided
by law.
Dated August e1st 1920.
Sandstone Cooperative COMPANY
Mortgage.
Albert Johnson.
Attorney for Mort "a gee
Sandstone. Minnesota.
fAug. 26-Sept. 30).
They used to say: 1T takes a
pull to get ahead"
But now they say: 1T takes a
head to get pull"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-23
PASSING of THE PIONEER

under this title, Editor
Biornson Of Minnesota. one
Of the states ablest writer's,
has penned a very good edi-
torial and we are pleased to
copy it and pass it on for the
benefit of our readers).