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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
HOW IT WORKS.

A new law gives Mussolini power to
suspend any Journalist in Italy whose
"moral qualifications" in his opinion,
are not sufficient to enable him to
hold his job.
In other words, any editor or re-
porter who writes one line that Of
tends Mussolini gets the gate.
y Those who, a few years ago, lad
vocated passage of Oklahoma's pro-
posed law setting up a licensing board
for all newspaper men in that state,
will now, have am opportunity to see
just what a beautiful instrument of
oppression that law would have been
if nassed.#
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
OH. WELL.

McNaught's Monthly extracts an
article on careless writing, written
by a university professor, from a
high-brow better-English magazine and
finds three grammatical errors in it.
This is truly tough. But probably
the editor was in hurry to get home
that night and just let it by with
out thinking. You know how those
things are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
TOM SINS syss =

Going to have higher tariff on
lipsticks. But their cost isn't what
makes kissing so expensive.
Florida seems to want everything
in the world. st. Petersburg man even
thought he had Bergdoll.
News from the Riffs. Soldiers
eating butter year old. That's
enough to make anybody want to fight.
News has been received by friends
of a Laurel (Miss.) man that he went
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
MARKET POOR HENS.

The average poultry flock does not
have more than 500 good hens, that is,
hens which are worth carrying over
the second year, according to estimates
made by agriculturists. The number
worth carrying over becomes lessfeach
year as the age of the hens advance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

the letter and indicates that that chance would
be to send them out to late hours without any
comment Give the young girls chance" is
an appeal which all of us may well heed but
that chance should be to become mothers, who
have higher ideal in life than the mere hav-
ing of good time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

1t would buy the whole world and
everything in it five thousand times
over. A very small fraction of it, put
out at interest, would hire. the human
race forever. automatically, it
works out that way.
But humanity, who would have been
paying all that interest, to accumu-
late this sum? In the last ten years
of the thousand years the human race
would have to have paid to the bank
million dollars apiece interest on
borrowed money, which none of them
would have had any use for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

hunting without knowing how to han-
die loaded gun.
.
An Oxford student studied so hard
he went crazy. If you have boy in
college don't let him see this.
About all Christmas means to some
people is a reminder that they should
have saved some money for it.
Christmas never comes but that we
hope the mail man delivers that pack
age mailed to us during the war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Ignorance begets superstition and
the crafty have ever played on the
tears and lack of understanding of
the ignorant. Many a savage has been
held in fear of the white man by the
marvels of the compass or the threat
of dire vengeance just before an
eclipse. The devil. was supposed to be
the first typesetter and printer. One
may imagine why that story was
spread because printing was to ex-
hume dead thoughts from the ceme-
terry of knowledge and when the peo-
pie began to think the magicians who
ruled would lose good jobs. 1t is quite
easy to understand how the savage
the few left-might feel that some
thing supernatural dominated the
radio and the telephone.-Janesville
Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
BATTERY SOLUTIONS.

The bureau of standards has con-
Quoted an investigation Of solutions
which are supposed to charge batteries
instantly. Analysis revealed that the
solutions tested contain SO to az per
cent. of sulphuric acid. The solutions
which came under the test are ineffec-
tive, saws the bnreau<o of standards.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

The Carnegie Institute of Technology at
Pittsburgh has professor of plumbing. 7
Now, you say what he should teach his stu
dents first.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

What the American farmer wants is more
cash for his crops. It's Europe that wants
more credit. (Which, by the way, would give
the A. F. more cash for his crops.)
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
A BIRLE THOUGHT a
DAY WILL DRIVE
IA CARES AWAY
A THOUGHT.
A THOUGHT.
A merry heart maketh cheerful
countenance. - Prov. 1918.

If good people would but make their
goodness agreeable, and smile instead
of frowning in their virtue, how many
would they win to the good cause! -
Achbishop Usher. 4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Now that Ireland and the Balkans are paci-
fed, some of the other conscientious scrappers
will soon feel obliged to start something
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Some Of the senators want the World Court
because it's step toward the League of Ma
lions, and others want it because it isn't.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

thing. Their hosts conclude that l.
those players are representative, the
village bands have turned highbrow.
The players themselves admit it,
Monroe Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

The Wisconsin delegation in the
house of representatives started out
in the new congressional session BY
joining in q protest. The elder La
Toilette is dead and gone, but he has
left his echo.-0shkosh Northwestern.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Some of our most earnest pacifsts are
against practical peace measures because they
would interfere with our fighting if we
wanted to.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Last night, at the regular meeting
of Heiss court, No. 159, c. o. F., the
following were elected officers for the
coming year: Chief ranger, n. ].
Werner; vice-chief ranger, william
Kaufmann; recording secretary, John.
Zens; financial secretary, Simon Krebs
Jr:; treasurer, Michael Zens; physician
F. B. Lansdowne; trustees, John j.
Lippert, George Harrington and John
Williams; delegate to state conven-
tion, N. ]. Werner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Leonard Boresch, young man in the
employ of the st. Georges church,
died at his home on Milwaukee avenue
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Boresch had
been i'll Tor only short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Americans always were noted for their dry
humor, and now an earnest prohibitionist asks
the Pope to enforce our Volstead act.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

England gets Mosul from the Turks, and
eyerything's oil right in Irak.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Those 10000, 0OO-year-old dinosaur eggs
brought from Asia probably taste very much
like our own storage eggs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
Happenings
rs Years Ago
December u, 1869.

Mrs. Ellen M. Barnes, che wife If
Hosea Barnes, died yesterday evening
shortly after nine o'clock a. abe fam
lily residence on Julius ssrsst hra
Barnes had been sufferer from asart
disease for the past ave years and
two weeks ago she was forced 20 hec
bed with the attack which 1nally
caused her death. The funeral will be
held from the home tomorrow aftes
noon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

The business men of Kenosha de.
feated the doctors and dentists of Ke-
nosha at a bowling match on the Y.
M. C. A. alleys.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

The man who deposited SO in a
bank, to stay on deposit thousand
years accommodating at compound in
terest, was good at figures but bad at
prophecy.
Mathematical1y his $40 would ac-
cumulate enough, in the thousand
years, to give three million dollars to
every man, woman and child on earth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Dollars are always against CONSUMPTION, in
war or peace.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

! Congress adjourns, but politics never has
any holidays.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Mrs. Mary D. Weinke, aged Sc years
and the wife of August Weinke, died
at the family residence in the town
of Bristol yesterday afternoon. The
funeral will be held from the late
home of the deceased Tuesday after
noon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

Five hundred town bandsmen of
Kansas ard Missouri who have been
attending joint convention in Kansas
City have shown the big town some
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
A QUERY AND THE ANSWER.

Remarks The Merrill Daily Herald:
'It is understood that Governor Blaine
will not seek denomination as gov
ernor. but will be candidate next
year for United States senator. That
being so, why not nominate some good
man from upper Wisconsin"
Undoubtedly the northern part of
the state can offer a number of men
who are we'll qualified and equipped
TO serve as governor, and if the Re-
publican voters of the state were left
to make their own selection it easily
might follow that the next governor
would hail from that section, which
has furnished several successful and
popular governors in the past. How
ever, The Herald should remember
that since the state was captured" by
The elder LaFollette the nominees
chosen for important state Offices
usually are first selected by little
clique of "ring bosses at Madison,
and after the program is all made the
voters merely give it their stamp Of
approval. The Herald's query, "Why
not nominate some good man from
upper Wisconsin ?" is a very natural
one. But we imagine the answer is to
be found in the explanation just
given.-Oshkosh Northwestern.
Men of talent, learning and expert
ence, who spend their days in public
service are too frequently i'll paid.
They have families, social duties, like
everybody else; and in addition an
official position involving additions to
the household budget. Yet we pay
them on an average probably not more
than so per cent of the average in
come of men of equal endowment en-
gagged in private characterization
State Journal.
Five hundred town bandsmen of
Kansas ard Missouri who have been
attending joint convention in Kansas
C;4xv hovos cdoUn tha hio town some
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24


Here's a puzzle with a classical de-
sign. The puzzle contains very few
unusual words.
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5 Exists.
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Ptomaine poison.
Unit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
ROwell Says
Bv CHESTER H. RoWELL

The faculty of the College of the
City Of New York has reversed the
vote of the students against compul-
sorry military training, and orders the
training continued.
This is consistent. The very nature
Of Compulsory" training is that it
should be compulsory-that is, that
it should be imposed by authority with
out asking "the consent of the gov
erned."
The very fact of leaving the ques-
ton of compulsion to vote of the
students takes away the compulsory
feature; for majority of the stu
dents would have no right TO compel
the minority which does not already
better belong to the constituted au-
thorities.
Compulsory training is CONSUMPTION.
And the principle of CONSUMPTION is so
democratic that it is now popular to
advocate applying it to capital and la
Dor, as well as to soldering, if there
is another war.
In these days, when "please do" has
taken the place of the "thou shalt
not" of the Decalogue, it is perhaps
desirable that the young American
shall be faced, once in his career with
categorical "thou9 shalt" If it is
nothing worse than few hours of
irksome military drill he is luckier
than any of his ancestors were.
And he may not find it quite so
outrageous when he faces the multi
tudinous "thou shafts and "thou
shalt nots" of practical life. The
school of hard knocks has been over
rated There are better ones. But a
brief course in it should be welcome
variety to a pampered generation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24

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IL Leather strip.
10 Bone.
is Galley with two banks OF oars.
II Deity.
10 Half an EN-.
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% Engine room greasers.
25 Hesitated.
.27 Percolations.
20 Detests.
81 To twist out Of regular shape,
80 To offer ones self in marriage.
33 Allured.
SO Foretelling.
38 A person from Arabia.
40 Special kind of a number.
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al Iron.
AZ Popular report.
40 Mother.
so Second note in scale.
Sc To act as model.
So Excavate.
so Anger.
62 Two fves.
60 Cuckoo.
81 Cooking utensil.
Sc Like.
GO Proposition of place.
50 Hypothetical structural unit.
10 Third note in scale.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31

ldensely populated states they
serve their constituents over a
long period of years, recognizing
the advantages that a governor
possesses and frequently aspire
to the honor as a stepping stone
to the Senate.
If you will look around in your
own state and in neighboring
commemorative you will find that
this is the unwritten rule. 1t
may also explain the holiday ac-
tivity of the Homecoming legisr
lators.
The congressional recess will
end January 4. 1t now appears
that the time of the Senate will
be occupied with World Court
discussions and sporadic debate
on domestic issues, principally
taxes and partisan maneuvers.
The time of the House will be
fully occupied during January
with appropriation measures.
The mere mention of the
United States Secret Service pro-
vides thrill for the ordinary
citizen. There is something of
mystery and romance in it's oper-
atoms that impresses the juve-
nile and adult alike. The ire
mendous circulation of books
dealing with criminal investiga-
ton. and mysteries attests to the
intense interest in roguery and
its suppression.
The House has just passed the
Treasury Appropriation Bill
which provides for the con-
tinuing of this work. The Chief
of the Secret Service, testifying
before the House Appropriations
Committee stated that his divi-
sion had record of 80 per cent
convictions. Because of the gen.
-eral controversy as to the rela-
tive growth or decline of criminal
tendencies in this country it is
interesting to note the views of
the Secret Service chieftain.
In >testifying before congress
sional committee, Chief Moran
said that their percentage of con-
CONTINUED on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
AT FINLAYSON BANK
Thoughtfu1ness of Emp1oye
Saves Greater Loss.
Robbers Get ST., 100.

A bold daylight robbery took
place at Finlayson Tuesday when
four bandits entered the. First
State Bank and at the point OF
guns ordered Victor and Lester
Shafer, assistants at the bank
and two customers, Ernest Bel.
ling and Sanford Jatkola, into the
vault, after which they took al
the cash that was being used at
the time. They also demanded
that the workers hand over the
money bags in the vault. Victor
.Shafer gave them one bag. They
said: Fork over the rest" and he
replied by saying, I'VE don't have
much working capital here" AS
result they got away with only
about 81 100.
While the robbery was going
on, H. E. Shafer, president of the
bank, was returning from dinner
and arriving at the bank found
no one on duty, but soon heard
sounds from the vault. Hasten
ing to open it he found his two
sons who were on duty at the
time of the robbery, and the two
customers in there.
The bandits failed to get $4,000
in currency which was in the
vault.
After thorough checkup the
bank resumed operations and no
inconvenience was caused to any
of its customers.
The loss is understood to be
fully covered by insurance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31
CHRISTMAS TREE
is BIG SUCCESS
Large Attendance AdmireS
Big Community Tree
Saturday.

The community Christmas tree
in the D. B. S. hall Saturday
afternoon and evening was, de-
spite the extreme cold weather,
attended by the usual capacity
crowd both times. The audience
in the afternoon was principally
children and their parents and in
the evening it was all young
folks.
Christmas hymns were sung by
the audience and the choir and
Rev. S. D. Rodholm told a pleas
ing and appropriate story in the
afternoon after which all circled
around the tree and sang the holt
day hymns. Finally the little
sacks of nuts and candies were
handed out and coffee served.
The program in the evening was
quite similar to that of the after
noon, excepting. that the young
folks finished up with playing
ring games.
This was the first time in the
history of Askov that that there
has been an electrically lighted
Christmas tree and many were
doubtful that it would appear as
nice as the customary candles.
This doubt was however removed
the instant the tree lights were
turned on, it is putting it mildly
to say that the tree was beauti-
full, at least contradicting ex-
preston has not yet been heard.
But above all it provides absolute
safety from fire which is an i'm
portant thing during the holt
days.
The committee In charge had
done much work and they are to
be complimented on the success
of the day. The donations in the
various business places and at the
hall were over expectations SO
that after paying for the electric
outfit and all other expenses
there was still a small surplus,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31
Or WASHINGTON Letter
N w HDaley
- 1asaa IsnnA Ass0snn~ ssn9

Washington, Dec. 30.-In. in.
stances where members Of Con
gress have returned to their own
districts for. the holiday recess
the folks back home so often
referred to in debate, are having
their innings. Organized groups
of constituents are making known
their views on current or. pend
ing legislative measures in order
that their legislators may not en-
terrain mistaken notions as to
the wishes of their constituents.
AS the primaries in many
states are held in the early spring
this brief respite from official
duties in Washington gives the
legislators their only opportunity
to put their fences in order and
set the machinery in motion for
their denomination. In these
days of direct primaries those
who are ambitious politically
make it a point to call upon in
fluential civic as well as political
leaders for there is a gradual re-
cognition of the fact that the
best laid plans of politicians are
often upset by organized groups
of voters who differ with their
proposals.
Perhaps those most interest
ed in ascertaining the real trend
of public opinion in national and
international affairs are the thir-
ty-two United States Senators
whose terms will expire March,
1926. These men must make a
thorough survey of the political
situation for there is usually a
large array of candidates in the
state for the office.
Those aspiring to seat in the
senate are usually former govern
ors or congressman who have the
backing of large groups through
their studied care in distributing
political patronage and otherwise
building up political organiza-
ton of their own. Of the two
classes, the governor whose term
is expiring is usually the most
formidable opponent of the
senate incumbent. In the more
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31
POULTRY SHORT COURSE
SCHEDULED AT BARNUM

Barnum's fame as poultry and
egg producing center will be fur
Their extended by the holding of
a poultry short course by univer-
sity specialists January 4 to IL
inclusive. Seven Minnesota coun-
ties and six Wisconsin counties
have combined for this course.
N. E. Chapman, poultry specialist
with the Minnesota agricultural
extension service, will be in
charge and will be assisted by a
staff of IL instructors. A regis
tration fee of SO will be required
of every student and should be
RENTED by January / to G. L.
eGoodell, secretary of the Com
mercial Club at Barnum. All
students will be housed and fed
in homes at Barnum for So a day
each.
The hen and the COW are run
ming close race in the Barnum
community. In November the
Barnum creamery paid patrons
S7,998.87 for butterfat and
ST, 1906 for eggs. William Met
Calls check for eggs delivered
in November was written in the
sum of $523.46. F. E. Bauer,
another leading producer, was
handed a check for $508.76 for
the same month. Several others
were close to these marks.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-31
MCPHERSON PIONEER
IS LAID TO REST

Cash King, IS years old, passed
to the Great Beyond at his home
in Nickerson on December 22nd.
Mr.. King has been a resident of
northern Pine county for quite a
number of years, having origin
ally taken a homestead east of
Nickerson. Some time ago he
sold the old homestead and
bought some other land where he
lived till his final day.
Mr.. King has been in poor
health the last couple of years
and has been failing fast the last
six or eight weeks.
Cash King is well known in
the northern part of the county
and many friends will sympathize
with the relatives in their loss.
The body was taken to Forest
Lake for interment In the family
burial lot.