The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-01-25
SMALL TOWN TALK
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep

Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep
and you streak your rouge.
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There are grave subjects discussed in many
cussed from so many angles, as "What make
shall the new car be-"
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We rise to remark to number of our friends
that Theo. Christensen filed as a candidate for
governor-just as the Gazette has insisted for
many months that he would do. Bets are now
payable!
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ut is quite true" says the principal Of
Ruskin College, Oxford, ''that you can't make a
silk purse? The best purse ever had was made
of pigskin.'
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Remus told jury he was an "honest boot
logger" and they found him not guilty of murder
ish after all, when you consider the aforemen-
toned statement-Mankato Free Press.
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lot of women will sympathize with Aunt
Het in her decision to shave our phone took off
the party line. I've let three cakes burn and
amt never heard any gossip 1 didn't already
know" Two grievances-and the later the great
er!
Wheaton has it's first woman mayor and her
first proposal to her council is that there be
policewoman as well as policeman at all pub
lie dances held in Wheaton hereafter. She also
states that feminine knees must be covered in
the dance halls When she gets through with
the dance halls we suggest that she start in on
the public schools.
Chrystine Gunlaugson, formerly of Montevideo
and now of Italy, has been given the leading role
in Roman opera company. She is now known
as Lionita Lamont. Its big achievement for an
American girl-to take Italy by storm and win
success there! But somehow we wish she might
have done it and still keep her good old Scandil-
avian name-just to remember Minnesota Bly,
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Texas may have another woman Governor.
Mrs. Edith F. Wilmans, an unsuccessful candi-
date for the last Democratic nomination in that
state has again announced herself. Perhaps
Texas still remembers Ma Ferguson's depreda-
tons against the punishment of criminals, and is
a wee bit skeery of the ladies as administrators
of the affairs Of state.
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Prisoners under the control of Mrs. Helen
Dodd, Illinois first woman sheriff, rebelled when
she gave them cornmeal mush for supper. She
ordered out the fire department and gave them
a thorough and very cold bath. Might be tried
with good results in some private homes where
father and the children bit fussy about the
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ably won't be. Mothers aren't built of sucl
stern stuff.
Another generation is rapidly growing NJ
to whom war is becoming q romantic episode
once more, and fear that many of the amuse.
ment films are helping to create that impression
It is for those whose memories are not vel
shortened to work strenuously in the few year.
that yet remain to US to Danish the unspeakabls
horror of war from international possibilities
Miss Margaret Bondfeld.
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There appears to be an impression held b,
many people that q reporter is a sort of publ.
servant who can be ordered at any time by any
body who is a subscriber of the paper to put II
what they want leave out what they DOM
want. Suppose this idea were carried into othe,
walks of life. Let the reporter walk into fac
tory or one of the railway shops and begin K
dictate to a craftsman how to do the Job, VIVA
would the man say?
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For the benefit of all persons connected il
any way with certain insurance company O
Redwood Falls, we take pleasure in reprintinf
a clipping taken from the Toledo Blade of re
cent date.
Needless Wear-Sandy McPher-
/ son. after being shown to his room in
i hotel. looked from his window and not
i iced large illuminated clock in . tower
i across tho street. He stopped his
watch"