The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-03-06

Jim Landy of the Olivia Times asks "What
is gentleman" Jim is his own best answer.
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The only, or at least the chief trouble with
these new eight cylinder cars is that they are
not built for one-cylinder incomes.
If they pass state income tax bill they are
going to call the tax an urban levy" Can't
see that fancy name makes the thing any easier
to take.
"Woman of One Hundred Celebrates Her
Birthday QUIETLY says news item 1t is
hard to imagine why any one at that age would
begin to take anything quietly, birthdays least
of ALL
We thought Frank Ellsworth was gone to
Europe or somewhere. And here the other day
he hobs up as counsel of the accused council
members down in Minneapolis. It's been nigh
onto ninety years since we heard of Frank.
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George Shaw objects to being called up in the
middle of the night by friends who anxious
to know if reports of his expected death are
correct. He says it appears part of scheme
to assassinate him. We know a lot of people
calls
AS usual New Ulm is taking the initiative
and has started an air club. Carl Schmidt is
president and Minneapolis aviator will come
down to give instructions to the members The
Brown County boys will probably be fitting ov-
to pay neighborly call on us from time to
time. Where shall we have them land?
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Two more women have qualified for foreign
diplomatic service. Two are already in the field,
one vice consul at Amsterdam and one in Chile.
We envy them their courage in breaking into the
new field, but since American diplomats are the
poorest paid of any in the world we don't in the
least feel jealous over their financial prospects
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Women are coming on-as we have said
before from time to time. For instance twenty
one per cent of all the appointments for post
master made during the past year have been
women That isn't fifty per cent as it should
be but it means that one hundred sixty-one
women have found places in offices of the first,
second and third classes
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Frank Irving Fletcher, the writer of clever
Ironics, is getting bit fed up on all this talk
about the dangers and loss of negative thought.
$50 are the Ten Commandments negative
thoughts" says Fletcher, who believes that "ne-
gative thoughts are sometimes effective in pro-
ducing positive results" At least the ironcal
one is happy in his choice of illustration.
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Here's cute little idea Mrs. Stanley
Wrench of London urges homework as hobby.
She is sure women the same muscles
and get the same beneficial results and training
about their homes if they but make all the
household operations hobby and get some fun
out of them This is going to prove very pop
ular idea with Mother if Mrs. Wrench can just
get daughter to adopt it.
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Rather good story for tmid business men
is going the rounds just now. 1t tells of a man
who had a ishtank divided into two sections by
a glass partition. In one side he put lively
bass; in the other number of minnows Every
time minnow came up to the glass partition
the bass made a strike. Then, with bruised
head, the bass got discouraged and waited pat
lently each day for the food dropped in from
above. The man then took out the partition.
The minnows swan around the bass and were
not touched The bass thoroughly sold on
the idea that business was bad. Take another
lunge at the glass partition. 1t isn't there
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To have so valuable life as that of Willis
Mcdonald wiped out with such suddenness is a
tragedy that touches the whole county as well as
his own community and home. Mr.. Mcdonald
was the mentally stalwart and morally sound
type of citizen-the kind that builds his place in
the progress of his community and in the hearts
of his associates. Many tragedies have hap
pened in the county during the past few years
and the death of the Walnut Grove banker must
be considered among the worst of these. To the
people Of the south side who perhaps knew him
better and loved him more than the rest of us,
we of the north side of the county offer sincere
condolences.
Mrs. Harriet Weeks of Detroit Lakes, repre-
sentative in the Minnesota Legislature took
much needed "shot" at organized women the
other day, and we hope it hit. Mrs. Weeks urged
that organizations of one sort and another re-
frain from "resoluting" or otherwise going on
record for against certain legislation until
they had made study of it and know at least
something of its causes and effects. 81 feel club
womens effort have been dffused," she said, "and
cannot helm but saw that 7 he1evo II would ha