The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-12-04
THANKSGIVING DAY +.

can author, who began agitating for uniform annual
date about 1910. Each year she wrote to all state
governors asking that they the last Thursday
November, and gradually they fell in with her idea
On the Pilgrims first Thanksgiving Day wild
turkey formed the chief constituent of the feast and
turkey has been nseparably associated with
the days observance.
Sundays Minneapolis Journal voiced a phrase of
wisdom when it stated:
| LET remember that the industrial East,
| which propagandists would have us hate, is
the best possible customer for our farm pro-
ducts"
| In the first place, but few Northwest
legislators have any idea that secure "farm
relief the while depriving the rest of the
country of the protection they enjoy. Legisla-
tiers from industrial states will to that And in
the second place. what would it profit to gain the
protection seek for products, if, at the
time we destroy the best markets now have?
&c
Senator Shipstead says the coalition of Progress
ives and Democrats will write and pass satisfactory
tariff bill at the coming session of Congress. Let's hope
they do. During the special session they kept them
selves busy fighting Hoover and the administration
leaders that they had little time any construc
tive legislation The country will look to the coalition
| to give a tariff bill in December The writer wishes
the lawmakers the best of success but it might not
be amss to warn them that if they demand everything
in sight, the chances they will secure us as little
constructive tariff legislation in the future as they
have in the past. 1t just don't pay to be p;ygsh.
% &c
The Duluth Herald has purchased the Duluth
New Tribune and that city will be served by one
newspaper. Mergers to be the order of the day.
Only city in the state outside of Minneapolis and
st. Paul, has two daily newspapers and that city
is Winona Some of the smaller cities and villages
| continue to be served by than one weekly, but
even they gradually being consolidated, as were
the double telephone systems of earlier day.
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Governor Christianson for United States Senator
| and Ray P. Chase for Governor, is the slate many
prominent Republicans have been planning these past
few weeks. Both men capable, straight forward
and well thought of by the states popuace The Of
fees mentioned the next on their path up,
and it is almost foregone conclusion that they will
occupy them
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SHIFTING THE GEARS
newspaper headline says the city of New Um
has spent 100000 during the year for municipal i'm
provements Undoubtedly county seat tax payers will
be just "tickled pink" by the news.
Breaking a record doesn't always occasion joy.
For instance several records for low November tenn
peratures were broken last week.
Senate insurgents refused to accept the regulars
offer to surrender the tariff, because that would
have left nothing to fight about
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Restrictions on importation of foreign nuts is ad-
vocated. Another good idea that came little late.
go
An advertised hair has been declared
fraud. But the hair restorers appear to get by.
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The French are said to dislike distinctively Amer
lean dishes-such as French fried potatoes.
Byrd will probably find that at the South Pole
the prevailing wind is from the north.
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We are not in favor of those schools for statesmen.
They sell us too much stuff
'The truth shall make you free," sometimes Of
tener it would send folks to Jail.
Appearances are often deceiving. A stick of dy-
Mantle looks harmless enough.
We agree with President Hoover's idea of free
dom for food. Also free food
The fellow who really has inside information
ually keeps it that way.
Just when everybody agreed that stocks couldn't
go any lower they did.
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The trouble with lot of radio programs is that
they mostly talkes.
woman can't run as fast as man, but she
generally catches him.
Modern Blue sky regulations take the form of
airplane regulations
Never start anything your wife can't finish.
Few SO deaf to miss whisper of scandal