The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-27
SMALL TOWN TALK

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1t will be sort of like old times to say "Unit-
ed States Senator Nelson" once more, won't it
H*H
Ernie Lundeen won't get anywhere in his
campaign for Governor, of course, but what an
awfully good time he is going to have.
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The height Of the assinine in direction-giving
was reached by the man who wound up his ser
les of "turn rights" and Ego VESTS" etc, by say
ing, 1T seems further than it is, but it ANTI"
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Ruth Elder admits that she would like to
make another attempt to fly across the Atlantic
and that she would like to make it with Lind
bergh. How very unique and naive of Ruthie !
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The woman who has come few steps up
from nowhere is apt to talk the loudest about
social climbers. Women who have been always
up are unaware that there is any climbing nee
essary.
"The ancient Greeks wore short Skirts" says
an archeologist. Now the ancients of all the
people are wearing them and it doesn't need any
archeologist arch-anything -else to discover
the fact.
Technical men are advocating that newspap-
ers shall have slightly blue tinge. Many will
have it, soon after the first of next November.
They will probably be easier on the eyes but
ruinous to the disposition of their readers.
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Before Mayor Leach and Chief Brunskill
get their little personal affairs all ironed out
along comes what looks like good sized scrap
between Ray Chase and State Forester Grover
C. Comet. Does seem as though these fellows
were all old enough to stop pickin' on each other.
| $50
| Frank Murphy has been kept at home by
some litigation and will not be able to tell the
Democrats at Houston how to write their plat
FORM We felt pretty sure something like that
was going to happen to Frank soon after he an
nounced at Kansas City that he would be with
the Knights of the Donkey at their national
Round Table.
It's hopeful sign of the times that four
| teen Fairgrounds, each with trained supervisor,
opened in st. Paul the Monday after school
closed. That shows that st. Paul land the same
is true of most larger cities) has come into the
knowledge that keeping the kids happy and heal
thy and under supervision during their vacation
is more economical than Juvenile court service
in any way one can look at it.
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Man has already showed the birds that he
can get away with their stuff" and now he is
about to show that camel that there isn't any,
thing in the way of carrying ones own water
supply that isn't also humanity possible. If a
device now practically perfected by inventors
becomes an assured part of the equipment of
navy fliers each man will be able to condense his
own breath into sufficient water supply to
keep himself alive and comfortable. Now with
food done up in neat little pellets about the size
of pills, the aviator can indeed "travel light"
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A newspaper says that three elements of
Lindy's long continued popularity and promin-
ence, which are greater now than when he first
landed in France more than year ago, are his
brilliant achievements personality and his glor-
ious youth" Brilliant achievements will IN time
perhaps, be outdone by others more brilliant, and
YOUTH even glorious" youth will pass all too
soon But the Indy personality will go on eter-
nally. One of its chief ingredients is the utter
lack of -glorifcation, shown first of all when
the bareheaded, toweled-haired boy landed on the
field of France and utterly unconscious of the
fact that the eyes of the world were upon him
and his airplane announced simply, and with no
sense of how unnecessary such announcement
was, 81 am Charles Lindbergh."' personality
made up of maximum of courage both spiritual
and physical and minimum Of ego i bound to
live.