The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-10-13
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A Martin County gardner was robbed OF
seyenty-five bushels Of onions. Now let Frank
Day bring out the bloodhounds.
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A supply of salve which he used on natives
saved missionary to the South Sea Islands from
being cooked and eaten by cannibals. Salve has
gotten man out of many tight place before
this-and it will in the future.
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A South Carolina paper views it thuswise:
"Hens lay when their houses are
lighted by electricity; cows give more
milk when listening to jazz. The thing
the farm needs is more night clubs. Then
the hired men might stay.
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The Department of Labor insists that the
cost of living has been reduced>1.7 per cent dur
ing the past six months. We aren't saying that
the Department of Labor handles the truth
'figgers most peculiar"
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1t is said of certain American author that
"He began with a wealth of thought but is end
ing with only thought of wealth." We have
been curious to find out about whom this was
said, but can't solve the mystery. We think
Well nanQ IL TO O1ncfdlf LeWlS-dC iedSC IHe idSC
part Of it is applicable to him.
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We have received the supreme insult. A
blondine young lady with varigated complexion
wandered into the Gazette office one afternoon
last week and stated with what clearness she
could manage, (burdened as she was by ex-
tremely large cud of gum that she wanted
True Story Magazine We told her this was
print shop and she calmly remarked that she
knew it. Evidently ideas differ!
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new sort of saxaphone has been invented
in Australia. We don't so much mind if it only
stays there. Which reminds us that clever
,olumnist remarked the other day that the near
EST thing to a saxaphone in the old days was
an earache. We have often lkened the mourn
jul note of this awful instrument to an indrawn
but we believe the earache man has
1 bit the better of the argument. !
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Miami is grewsome exampe-or rather it
contains some grewsome examples-of the fact
that it is not worth while to build just for day.
Steel-framed buildings wthstood perfectly the
stress and strain of the nine hours tussle with
the hurricane, while frame buildings of cheap
construction went down like house built of cards.
The lasting things cost more in the first place
but they do last.
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"Every Englishwoman is law
breaker unless she wears flannels, an
cient laws regulating wearing apparel
having never been repealed. Under
decree of Henry WILL wives who dis
obey their husbands may be whipped"
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Praise Providence for America The beat
ings would be endurable probably, but think of
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In the reply to the inquiry rs the U. S.
disappearing" the Research Department of
the Shipping Board says we are not Four
ffths of our sugar is imported and our paper in
dustry is dependent upon Canadian pulp wood.
In addition import rubber tea, coffee, silk,
potash, nitrates and great quantities of veget-
ables, as well as many other products And yet
we are constantly worrying that the country may
suffer from over-production. Doesn't look much
like it now, does it?
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'sThe film version of Ben Hur has at last ar
rived in our city. haven't seen it yet but
from the advertising it must be great picture.
have given credit to many people. Take this ad
from last Sundays newspaper: Credit is CIV
en- the 10000 actors who appear in the film.
Credit is given the stars. Credit is given the
producers. The advertisement informs us that
Ben Hur, mightiest of dramatic spectacles, is
"a Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Production in Ar
rangement with A. l.. Erlanger, C. B. Dilling-
ham and F. Ziegfeld, Jr." The array of names
really dazzles me; there are so many people to
be thanked for the privilege of viewing the pic
ture. There is only one name / failed to find
That's the name of General Lew Wallace. In
the scramble to give credit to everybody else he
was probably overlooked, or possibly there just
wasn't space to mention him too. That's small
matter, though. All Lew Wallace did was write
Ben Hur.'-The Plain Citizen.
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The Ironwood Michigan Globe in an issue
printed during the recent mine catastrophy
there said:
"Strong men have come into this
office during the last few days and told
us Of their prayers for the imprisoned
miners.
Il am not ordinarily a man of
prayer" said one of these visitors, "but
/ have asked God every night since last
Friday to spare these men,"