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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

gin of the lake dropped heavily, and,
in the WIND, / thought l heard them
crying like Rachel for her children;
and the lake itself, so serene and
friendly in September, now frowned
and chilled me like a stranger; a
flock of black birds, restless and with
Japan; the ochre willows at the mar
out design, flew above it, no longer
trustful of its reeds and rushes; and
high on a naked limb of a spotted
cottonwood sat the chief mourner-
gaunt buzZard, as black as the sin
ner's Judgment day, and he lifted and
lowered his wings as widow adjusts
her weeds when the preacher takes
his text. Across the smitten fields
came the north winds. and on them
rode the gray Norns chanting dirge
and joined the professional of death.
meant when he said, pray that your
flight be not in winter"
Ahorigine
William Toole had surprise. In
warm place in the greenhouse at
Pansy Heights number of mush-
rooms poked their heads through the
earth among the smilax, just the
thing that Mr.. Toole desired He not
only has all he wants but is able to
surprise some of his friends.
B
Andrew Yanke, Loganville writes:
1--WE have been year without The
News but wish to start fthe New
Year right" @ /
Mr. Yanke enclosed check and
we are very glad to have him back
in the big News family.
Pat McPhillips of Spring Green is
recovering, he writes. In a letter he
says: II just came home from st.
Mary's hospital in Madison and am
recovering from a very serious oper-
alton. / hope to be around in few
days. cannot get along without
The News"
A report comes from Dunfermline,
Scotland, Of the discovery of three
of Robert Burns, two of
which have never been published.
They were found among the effects
of local baker who died thirty years
ago. One of the unpublished manu-
scripts is of four stances, beginning
Full many an hour with care OPP
pressed Another poem, also be-
tievel to be unpublished, fs fPol-
wart on the Green" The third is a
variant of can Elegy of Stella"
-
A man living in Denver, Grated a
dog and shipped it to friend 1000
miles away. When the crate was
opened the dog ran out of the door
and vanished. In due time the dog
was heard to bark at the door of it's
original owner in Denver, whereupon
the door was opened and the dog ad-
mitted How the dog found it's way
back over 1000 miles is mystery.
1t would appear that some animals
have sixth sense not possessed by
the human.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

Henry Ford wants the government
to pay for the completion of the Mus
Gle Shoals project by issuing millions
of 500 bills based ON the unused pow
er of the Tennessee river. Why not
run the government by capitaliziing
the wind-power of Kansas cyclones?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12
SHOVELNG WITH A SPOON

SHOVELING WITH A SPOON
A man who cannot read and write
| in this age is as bad off as a man
! forced to drive a spike with tack
hammer, eat soup with a splinter,
hunt bears with bean shooter or
shovel dirt with spoon. Plato said it
is better to be unborn than untaught,
"for ignorance is the root of misfor-
tune" Shakespeare made it even
stronger by saying: Ignorance is the
! curse of God, knowledge the wing
wherewith we fly to heaven"
1t is rather a startling fact that
America ranks ninth among the ma
tions in the matter of literacy That
is to say, there are eight nations
ahead of us in the field Of general edu-
cation We have 5000 persons over 10
years of age who cannot read or
write. Examination of army recruits
in the war first brought out this dis
graceful fact, and it was the result
of this knowledge and the shame felt
for it, that American education
week" was proclaimed by the pres
ident, who declared that public edu-
cation is the basis of citizenship and
IIof primary Importance to the welfare
lbf the nation"
The word Education is so fire.
quently used and has come to have
a meaning so diffused that it is now
almost a bore to see it in print. Yet
it is a thing exceedingly vital. It
gives us a thousand eyes and ears. 1t
doubles, quadruples, centuples cur
usual ability. It equips us for the race
of life where ignorance would leave
us flat-footed and lame among the
speedy vehicles of others 1t takes
us out of our isolation and makes us
a part of the whole world. 1t enables
us to do more, to feel more, to un-
derstand more, love more We are
speaking of education in it's broadcast
and simplest meaning-that of being
able to read and write.
Never before in the history of the
world has knowledge been so avail
able in printed form. The best in
philosophy, religion, science, poetry,
history and fiction is easily available
to the poorest All that happens of
Importance on the whole globe every
day is written, published and placed
before the reader In the old days the
printed word was rarely seen by the
masses, and they knew almost nothing
of what was going on outside of their
own bailiwiek, In the older. days Of
Greece. only the wealthy and leisure
class could follow the philosophers
and hear from their lips the best
thought of the world In the Middle
Ages printed matter, hand-printed-
was mostly confined to the monas-
teries, and the ability to read was
largely confined to the clericals The
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

A few dead soldiers" have been
seen about town and from the condi-
ton of the bottles one is led to be-
lieve a few individuals were not able
to remain Gin dry dock" as the days
Of the new year grew apace.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

A learned anthropologist claims
that Indianans are the tallest of
men, but it is apparent that none of
them is too tall to get his knees under
a writing desk remarks the Chicago
Daily News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

New York, having learned from
4previous "blizzards" any snowfall
more than two inches is a blizzard"
4here-has appropriated $4,000 for
snow removal and will be dreadfully
disappointed if it turns out to be
a mild winter.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

The FIVE cent slice of pie has ar
rived in several cities The size of
the cart wheel nor the number of de-
grees in the segments are not stated.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

If Italy wants to keep American
friendship, she might stop giving
sanctuary to Italian criminals who
kill American citizens.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

The greatest event next month will
be the coming-out party OF, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ground Hog
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

Every time the price of meat goes
up the people along the ocean coast
haul few more fish out of the sea.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

One usually sees spare tire on an
automobile; in the old days it was
horseshoe.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

No, Spanish-America isn't the land
OF "manana". Judging from her rec
ord of diplomatic pOstponements, it's
Japan.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

Cheer up! Winter will not always
last.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

4 IMPURE BLOOD, DOLLS, eruptioAs,
rheumatism, that tired feeling, loss
OF appetite and other ills are relieved
by HOODS SARSAPARlL-lA.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

In Chicago the favorite place for
crime to hide appears to be the auto
mobile.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

35-cents buys bottle OF "Dande-
rine" at any drug store. After one ap-
plfcation you can not find a particle
of dandruff or falling hair. Besides
every hair shows new life, vigor.
brightness. more color and album
dance.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12
Thursday January IL 1922

Have you paid your taxes?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-12

mobile.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23

T<IethoHint o.
holding a bnSisesS
ronfcroscc ;c1tAont
hapins yonr cfrnor-
'athr "Cro1e f.
isf.'
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
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The NOiseless has met with the most severe
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modern business methods could impose
We have encouraged comparisons between
The NOiSeleSs and other tvpeWriters We
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
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know that the best way to prove
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to show it in comparative service.
And it is in this way that The
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New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
The Recognition
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We believe that the value Of
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nlzed by every thoughtful business
man. "A most convincing proof of
this is the fact that SO many other
typewriter companies are hasten
ing to feature sound absorbers and
other devices to deaden the noise
of their machines.
THE NOISELESS TYPEW
New-York tribune., 1922-05-23

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Descriptive circular mailed
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14
Hopkins. coached track md last year

Hopkins. coached track and last year
Derby coached this sport.
II was In football however. that
Shipleys mcthods were criticized most.
especially by many az the alumni His
teams the first two years, when 1t was
thought by many that he had excellent
material. were not IA successful as
critics thought they should have been.
'rhis started criticism of his coaching
that resulted In engaging Derby last
year to coach football and track. Ship
ley. however. remained physical direc-
tor and coached basketball and base
ball. In the meantime there remained
a group of alumni who werc apparent
lly convinced that Il change WAS need
od in the coaching department at the
university aud they continued to urge
this. The student body is said 10 have
been divided on tho matter. many OF
them being staunch friends of Shipley
and contonding that he WAS Joiug al
that WIS possible for any coach To dc
with the material at hand.
Shipicy this summer Is manager OF
tho Martinsburg team in the Blue
Ridge Baseball League, which team l:
leading the league. Derby Is umpirins
in the Peninsula League.
IL win he necessary sor some actor
relative TO engaging u man for foot
hall coach to be taken In short time
ms preliminary plans have TO be made
for training of tho football squad be
Tore the university opens In September
The season opens with Il game at hom
with st. Jcseph's OF Philadelphia tn
last Saturday I'm September.
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n, BURTON SIMPLIFY
WILL NOT RETURN TO
clAWARE AS COACH

w,,l n. secured. IN, Il Ia po~<sihlc that
tho Athletic Council win provide funos
,n secure an assistant toNclp with one
or two branches of spost.
No action has hcrn taken by the
university authorities relative TO en-
xpu,ns "A successor Cor Coach Shiplcy.
Nr. Murphy. formerly of Johns HOP
hinw tinlvcralty and for two years
coach NJ Union College. Albany, n
A.. ia said 80 be an APPLICANT FOR the
pnsition. cunhnge. formerly star foot
hall player az penneylvania State Col
l,s~ ana laat year coach At virginia
pelytcchnic Institute. hNc been sug-
eerl.d for the place. hut as far az 10
known L. not an applicant ~ this
time. Tho position of football coach
was ofyeraa ~ Cuhhage a year aRo
and after hla refusal Il was given TO
Derby. y,i's,ape hns made an excel
lent record at V. Y. |. and there arc
number " alumni who would lik" to
sac him ~ Delaware, Somo Of tho
fonti~ll players alao favor the re-en-
naglng nf Derby.
2hlploy cane 60 Delaware ~ coach
Ia the winter W 1919 and made numcr-
Gus friends. especially among The wt',-
dcnfs lilo IL graduate of the Uni
Nernttv of MARYLAND, whore ne starred
Tor several years IN football. baseball
and basketball lilo later took a coach
ing course az the University of chi
cage and ooach,,d for "a war az Pcrki-
omen Institute hcfore coming "a Della
ware Basketball was apparently
shiplcS's nNsst succo~ssul sport as
a coach The t,rst twu wears that he
W.aa 81 prlawnre tho Blue and Gold
had not only the hcst cagc team IN the
history " tho sport AZ Delaware, hut
also one ~ the host college tcams IN
tho country Sumr ct Shiplcyt
crltlvu. however have always con
tended tina, the material foe thes,
great teams WAS already made whet
h. arrived and that mVHt anyone CoulC
euecossrully coach the sport with such
material
tho first vear az Delaware SIMPLE,
had ~ hs team. Alexander and Ora,
Cnrtor. forwards; Mct aughan. centre
aud "ilussa' CNrts ana Marston. guards
Tho only changc IN tho team the nox
year WIS willie for Marston az guard
the latter having graduated. Il WA
those two years that mo tuau haS
such remarkable suecoss Tho thir,
season shipley loat both the Carte
brothers. "Bcesp through graduation
ana GRAY hcCRusc ~ an injury. Tn,
team last year WIS not near 80 sue
ccRsgul AS tho previous two seasons
Tho neat aeaSon Alexander and Me
'aughnn were lost hy graduation ant
tho team WIS weaker than before.
lea baseball Shiplry did fairly wei
hut There Waa considerable criticism
az times az his work IN this sport Doe
cause of rrratic playing. one day IN,
would play wonderful bali and prob
ably The very neat day not near =
vii Many do not blame the coac
for this however. rs Il showed wha
the team could do For two years Pro
fessur ? NJ l.eCato. now at John
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14

at tho Majestic Theatre now where he
IL playing in "Shackles OF Cold based
on Henri Bernstcins greatest drama
Samson" Farnum is certainly at
home In n play OF this character ana
hie acting of tho part of the man who
seeks vengeance because of mennc"
ing wrong TO his wife " thrilling
throughout" The picture IL typical OF
Farnum in its very strength.
"Turn To The Right mt the Arcnd'n.
Quaint humor-simple direct. and
| wholesome--,ome riotous fun and not
a bit Of real love romance were the
ingredients that resulted In tho sue
cess Of Turn to the Right" ms 1t Is
being presented ut the Arcadia Theatre
this week. With the story already 4
renowned success OF. ,he stage, III,
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Robert McQuilland.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14
ADJUSTMENTS.
STAGE.
Fun mt the aarrlck.

Farce comedy is tho forte OF the
Wilmington Players. Their Offering Of
this type OF entertainment Mt the Gar
rick Theatre, three out of the four
weeks they have been In this city,
has met with such decided success
that they viii continue to give the
lighter entertainment during the sum-
mer months. "She Walked In Hei
Sleep" il the production now being
presented. 1t is n complicated bit OF
hilarious fun. Situation upon situation
only helps TO increase the merriment
until the poor Innocent victims in the
play seem hopelessly Immersed in G
sea OF circumstantial evidence from
which there seems no outlet.
"She Walked in Her Sleep" tells o
the somnambulistic adventures OF
very pretty young girl. Miss Lee Smith
as the young woman, Is as charminl
as always. The others in tho compnn II.
have equally fine roles for their pres
entation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14

she didn't need 10 write any more
romance In the great newspaper; she
had her hands fun I'm taking cars OF
all that was coming to her. All N
which vitality concerns THE Heart
Specialist" Mary Miles Minter's latest
Famous Players Lasky production.
which is now Mt the Savoy Theatre.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14

picture has advanced and elaborated
In incident and settings until the
photoplay w I'm many points said to be
superior to the spoken production. But
regardless of comparisons, the photo
splay offers splendid entertainment
both 20 those who have seen tho play
and to those who have not. It is clean,
wholesome entertainment favored with
O bit OF romance to make It really
spicy.
Romance mt the Savoy.
She dispensed romance for the mill
lions through the columns of a great
daily newspaper. lie had MILLIONS, but
had to drink the slow-poiaon medicinca
prepared for him by ecoundrclly
physician. One day they met and the
] fun started. When che got through
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14
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of hairy growths: Mix enough pow
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undesirable hairs, apply paste and after
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14
SCREEN.
Marion Davies Mt tho Queen.

MNrTUH DHVIeS ~ tHC VutNn.
Marion Davies was presented at the
Queen Theatre yesterday In 'Encha Mt
ment" and more entrancingly beauti-
full than in Brides Play" Miss Da-
vles delighted all with her perform
ance as the quiet and shy little Quak-
eress who changed almost overnight
into n gorgeously gowned and much
sought-after society belle. Miss Davies,
in the role of the Quakeiess proves
that she can be as lovely IN severe and
unattractive garb az in the latest crea-
tions OF Paris and New York.
William Farnum mt the Majestic.
William F'arnum, whose great popu-
larity was born of his rugged and IN.
telligent acting, Is the big attraction
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

of diving frrss. In case the tank
should be blown up when on It's
river journeys by the anti-tank de-
stroyers-heaviiy armorrd aubma.
rines capable Of travelling either on
Land or under the water al 100
miles an hour speed. carrying tank
death In their electric projectors
which will put whole tank crews
out Of action by shocks.
Many experts claim that the next
war win last but . wcek or two
al the most
There viii be one or two eror.
nous explosions. they say. and then
the war viii be over.
Guns and gaaes--the guns firing
protectiles which on bursting will
discharge dsath-dcallng fumes over
huge areas. gases released from
enoromus spheres which win be
loosed by the opposing Armies
these will be tbs principal factors
In the land war.
The air Ia OF course . different
field. Armies will have atre or no
chance when tn. great bombs come
whistiing down from the skies Tor
that reason special air intelligence
planes-heaviiy arrnored and fitted
with the latest radio deviccs-wiii
be attached TO the land armies In
order to warn them when enemy
planes are winging on their way
above them. As soon an the warn.
ing II received. the land armies
viii make for their tanks and their
portable steel tunnels.
When they are caught by sur.
prise there win be no hope.
Down win come the bombs.
Thousands win perish. blown TO
pieces by tir high explosives. or
left dying only 10 be- finished
off by the "last touch" ma
chimes which will. knowing ones
say. deluge the blasted areas
with poison gases. Later mt
night the quick lime planes
will drone overhead smother
ing the area with quick lime
destroying even the dead where
their fragments lie.
Giant guns with hundred mile
ranges will fire electric heat blasts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26

giant air lorries-F1fth Avenue
buses Of the skies--and whizzed At
breakneck speed to the front
Tlrrr they viii b. landed un-
der the cover of smoke screens
to man the giant tanks lalrrady
almost an accomplished fastl
which will crawl along the beds
Of rivers to come To the surface
opposite enemy towns. there to. &.
huri tirir poison Eas shells.
their fire bombs. their high ex-
plosives and their disease
spreading projeetiies on the
sleeping people
Trenches. Will hardly perform
such leading part In the next war
as they did In the las; for the
simple reason that events will move
more swiftly.
OF what use would trenches b..
except say. when explosives used
will be so powerful that q battalion
dug in will 20 rocketing heaven
wards by the were pressure Of a
button or the hurried whisper into
a field telephone.
And what OF the u1eu called can
non fodder In the late war;
Again the experts claim that the
old order must change
The fighters Of the next war. they
say. who are TO take tho place Of
our modern infantry. viii be strange
looking creatures Uniforms as we
know them will be extinct In
their place men viii appear as giant
crustaceans-huge crablike beings.
covered from head 10 foot with
steel. groiesaueiy masked
agains; fumes. Some experts think
that they VIII move electrically.
that they viii be provided with little
motors which will propei them
along In their arrnor. at the same
time pumping oxygen into their
steel cases 50 that they may walk
and breathe with ease despite the
weight and encumbrance OF their
protective metal
II the infantry are 10 be covered
with steel arrnor. what OF the men
who are to man the super-tanks
in the last chapter7
Tank experts already forecast
that they viii be clothed in kind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
ARMIES WILL FLY
In BIG IORRIES

When the next great war breaks.
rival armies will not march To
enemy borders. as Germany did In
1914.
Instead they WIN be entrafned In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-26
SAYS HORROR WEAPONS WILL WIN NEXT WAR

setting fire 20 the cornfieid and
towns In tho enemies country.
SEA BATTLES TO
BE INTENSIFIED
On the sea experts tell us that
we are TO expect battles much as
they were Ia tho last war-~oniy
Intensified In horror hundred
times by the terrific hitting and
piercing power OF tho new naval
prniectiles. The air here. too. will
play a large part Indeed II Is high.
~ probable that n fleet action will
be fought In the air above the
warning fleets. tho viciorn E~ooping
down on the enemy hattloshlps and
monster submarines. sinking them
with their huge bombs.
but IN, long suffering civilians
win have the most unenviabie time.
Unable 10 fight. chained to his Job
In office or on the soil. be must
wait patiently for ono OF the thou.
sand deaths which tho war gods
will deal out