The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-18
SMALL TOWN TALK

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The world loves good loser-especially if
he loses to it.
Both parties have now issued their quad
rennial adict against mudslingng. Now every
body can chop to"-and willard howl
Some people have gotten rich minding their
own business. Others believe the sacrifice is too
great for the attainment of mere wealth.
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Most of the folks who spend their time re-
GREETING the good old days are the men who fat
tened at the free lunch counter of twenty-five
years ago.
tribe of gypsy wizards got more than
eight hundred dollars out of Minneapolis wo-
man last week. And yet the most of US flatter
ourselves that this is day of an enlightened and
intelligent people.
One wonders why any of the youthful ones
buy True Confessions and such-like magazines
when they can get the same sensation from read
ing the daily contribution of pastor-taxi driv-
er in one of the metropolitan papers. Just how
far the functions of newspaper may permit it
to 60 seems to be something to argue about.
Minnesota may now boast with perfect hon.
esty that she is within the banana belt-all be-
cause an enterprising professor at the Northwest
School of Agriculture at Crookston set about
to grow the delectabe fruit The first shipment
of Crookston bananas reached Minneapolis last
Friday and now everybody knows that it can be
done. Now every farmer who wishes to erect
greenhouse can "grow his own"
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BY the way, how many of our merchants
have decided to attend the short course for mer-
chants at the University July 1928? Such mat
tiers as advertising, window trimming, collec-
tions training clerks, sales promotion and others
will be discussed. The Advance-Press urges
Springfield merchants to take in this course and
get bright ideas that occurred to
them before. Write in and get a program
Springfield Advance.
1t is reported that the number of bank fail
in Florida is surprisingly small in proper
ton to the tremendous slump in real estate val
ues there and the numerous failures in other
business. 1t speaks we'll for the ability of the
Florida bankers that they recognized the tenn
porary quality of the Florida boom and prepared
for its early death. The future Florida owes
much to the foresight of these men, which saw
to it that the losses should be born by the spec
ulators rather than by the depositors
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If Claude Bowers actually sounded the key
note of the Democratic campaign, our sympathy
goes out more than ever to our Democratic
friends. Two faithful officials under the Hard
ing administration grated at the most to the
extent of few hundred millions of dollars,
wherein the praftinO under Wisou,e odvnuic
tration ran into several billions of dollars, or
about eight thousand millions. If the Demo-
Gratis would like to compare the records Of graft,
the Republicans certainly ought not complain
Mabe Moreaux.
Herbert Hoover shares none of
Sinclair Lewis contempt for the aver
age man and woman as expressed in
"Main Street" and Rabbit" Talking in
his office one day in Washington short
ly after the Mississippi flood he said
in effect: "The Mississippi flood is real
ly an answer to Main Street and Bah
bit. During the rescue work there,
word would be phoned ahead of our par
ty to evacuate section threatened by
water and when we arrived few hours
later we would find the men and women
had used excellent wisdom and great
courage and had followed our orders to
at. They were just Main Street folk
but they were splendid I've dealt
with Main street all over the world.
I've worked with them in China and
Russia and Belgium and am ready to
testify that Main street has never yet
failed me in pinch. Brooklyn Eagle.
And after the November elections Hoover
win still find that the Main Streeters al over
TIE United States hass bssn with him.