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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
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Washington.--If political writers performed the function of dramat- ic critics they would now be- re- porting the close of perhaps the sourest season which it had ever been their misfortune to cover. <
 Those in the audience are like ly to agree. There are always dis senters, of course, but most of the voters who think the 1882 cam paign was perfectly swell are either friends and relatives of the actors or become ecstatic on the ground that the villain got 1t in the neck as the last curtain fell.
 Not more than one of the four principal characters could be de- Imaginative stretch. The sup porting cast was weak. The set ting was so built as to endow the whole opus with a drab and futile aspect.
 The lines, for the most ypart were dull and uninspiring. And an unprecedented number of spec tators became so suspicious of. the present tendency of this form of, art that they wanted to tear down the theater and build a new one on different lines. V
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 Perhaps no two preside dential candidates ever entered a cam paign with such a low sum total of personal popularity Anyone who saw them chosen for their parts at Chicago early last. sum mer will recall the very low ebb of enthusiasm which prevailed.
 And it can hardly be said that either ever did much to correct the general impression.
 The last days of the campaign found one candidate weaving about the stage rather desperate ly, mumbling dire threats that the roof would fall in if the audience didn't stop giving the other male lead all the applause. And the other candidate was playing the part of the handsome, smiling hero, just high hating the other candidate and displaying no other especial prowess.
 As for the vice presidential can didates, no campaign ever pros duced more pathetic pair.s
 Charlie Curtis went campaign- ing and apparently he never got his name in print except in the To- cal newspapers of the town in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
which he happened to be appear

which he happened to be appear ing.
 Jack Garner, the smarter of the two, got much more publicity be- cause so many folks thought he was even more of a liability to his party than Curtis and because Jack carefully laid his plans so that there might be a wide and fu- rious discussion as to just what had become of him. True, Jack made one speech and issued a statement now and then, but the democrats were forced to, answer the attacks upon him with the de- liant query: Well, what about Curtis ?"
 Posterity, fortunately, will have higher opinion of this campaign than 1t really deserves. Posterity will be spared the experience of listening to the final speeches and thus can never realize just how bad they really were.
 Posterity, living in, a more en- frightened age, probably will re- fuse to believe that any group of candidates and supporting speak CTS had the nerve to assail 120,- 100000 people with the type of campaign to which we have lis tened this fall.
 But despite the hopes of those who decided ito help swell the s.sprotests vote, r the same type of show may be repeated in years to come.
 Thes old fashioned politicians of both major parties, it seems, are like the Bourbons- who never seemed to be able to learn any thing, or to forget anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
YANKEE SPOKEN HERE
(New York Tinres)S

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 There will soon be much ringing of doorbells in New England. The ringers will not be persons in search of work but of Yankee dialect. Collectors for the New England part. of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada. undertaken by the Am erican Council of Learned socie- ties and certain colleges and unf- versailles, will soon be on the road. Three Eastern Massachusetts, coun- ties will be gone over with Q fine tooth comb. There are no more country stores. They have been driven out by the chain stores. The old settlers and s.sitters that used to abound in them have to be hunted up. Will ..the old resident.n not talking informaiy in the free-and- easy society; of the craclxer-barrel, be as natural and expressive in presence of the hunters as he would by the side of the big cheese under it's cover on the counter? Let us hope so. The country is rich in people who have stores of dialect but use it only in the company of their family and tntimates.
 Sometimes one feels that dialect is the best speech. thought the canned written stun Is so artificial and tedious, The eastern excava- tors have already dug out words of power. A writer in the Boston Transcript tells us that a thunder storm is called . tempest" in some parts Of Maine, on Cape Cod and here and there in Rhode Is- land. ssPantrw" and '.buttery" are rival usages. Too knowing youth on the Cape prefers the former: the latter is dearer to the Berk- shires Fishermen generally say ssangle worm. That seems queer, since "bait,s, Is still in use; and ta.wor1n,'s dirt w0rIn,s fish worm are also found. Central and West ern Connecticut are more poeticaI. They are said to say might craw- iers, and might walker,n Connecti- cut and Massachusetts never get along we'll together.
 n the Bay State sdoughnut" has a hole in It! in Nutmegia the hole issin a fried cake.'' Connecti- cut, bears the palm alone in cling ing to green" The rest of New England is content with e'com- mon" "IIeadcheese'' or .'souse'' is curiously called minister's face" or ..minister's snout.. The poetry of corn is admirably expressed in sstossels out Along. the coast is heard d nobler metaphor. There corn sstopgallants out.p Infant onions are called "rare ripes." The linguistic map-makers should be warned that when they come to classifying 'sapple dowdy." pan dowdy, apple slump" and a few other grand names of grander dishes they are liable to cause riots among the tymologists and gour- mets of at least six states. of which Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is or are the most sintransignent of intransigents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
THE CONSTITUTION TO THE . PACIFIC.
(springfield Repnblican)

The decision to tow the frigate Constitution, so long under recon-, struction at the Boston navy yard, into the Pacific for patriotic exhibi- ton on that coast would be likely to arouse criticism If the voyage still had to be made drought the stormy. straits of Magellan, or a. round Cape Horn, instead of through the Panama canal. Tow ing in heavy weather is not an easy business. After the Spanish war one of the Spanish armored cruisers which Lad been beached in the battle of Santiago was re- paired at large cost, and would have been the. chief naval. trophy of the war had 1t not been lost in a storm while being towed north. and all the effort and money vast
 If anything should happen to the Constitution 1t would regarded as a national calamity The position Of the secretary of the navy who had ordered the transfer. as well as that of the officer in immediate charge, might not be comfortable. With the advantage of the canal the voyage ought to be made in safety. Yet there have been storms in adjacent waters in which the Contsitution if the tow should berak, might fare i'll. especially without crew trained to set the sails which, although new and not ''threadbare" as in the poem which once saved the ship, are now only for show purposes.
 With most 6f the navy already in the Pacific the addition of the Con- solution with hardly disturb the Japanese, unless the old grigate should become the symbol Of a new and still more aggressive na- tiOnalism on the Pacific coast, Bos- ton, where the Constitution was built and from which it called to It's most famous action. should be the ships permonepf location.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
Waterbury Shows The Way

Waterbury quite plainly showed the way to the large cities of this state yesterday with its splendid showing for the democratic party in both local. state and national cleo tions. The nearly 1000 majority which went to the heads of the ticket was propor- tionately greater than that attained by the same candidates in either Hartford. New Haven, Bridgeport or New Britain. In ad- dition Waterbury gave Judge Martin E. Gormley of Naugatuck. candidate for con- gress in the fifth district. majority that even the rock-ribbed republican towns of Litehheld county could not knock down. At this writing Mir Gormley's election was practically conceded without recount.
 Waterbury will likewise send complete slate of democratic senators and representa- tives to the Legislature. Representative Augustine Lonergan ran ahead of the entire ticket. save William M. Citron, democratic representative at large candidate Great praise is due the excellent campaigning of Attorney Joseph A. Hackett. who captured the 18th senatorial district from Judge Theodore V. Meyer by slightly over 1000 votes. This in itself was a feat in which all the democrats of the district, as well as the entire city. laid in part to Mir Hackett's popularity. his earnestness upon the plat form, and perhaps also to Judge Meyers stand upon the old age pension.
 While the results of the polling in Con- necticut upon major candidates could not reveal wet or dry tendencies in most re- spects, there was conclusive evidence that the state was dripping wet. It overwhelmed prohibition supporters on the question of smemorializing Congress for repeal of the l8th amendment It showed scant consld- eration for the independent-republican ticket, although some regular republicans claim that the defeat of Representative Goss in this district and U S. Senator Bingham is directly attributable to the size of the vote given their opponents on the independent ticket. That may be true. but Connecticut was wet Tuesday in more ways than one. For that matter. how many states weren't. But let us again call attention to the lead CTS of the democratic party in Connecticut that the little old Brass City still commands respect when it comes to getting out the vote flor them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

} picture we have Herbert
 Hoover. None can challenge.
 his Americanfsm, his great < human heart successfully
 breyettcd in . gigantic war.
 The misery he ayterted in the
 struggle of nntiOns, haunted
 him as leader of q great and < free people. He stuck dOgged- Iy to his job. There were ', sleepless nights, anxious days. None will gainsay the fact that he never lowered his c0lors to
 depression or spiked his hopes
 to defeat. Through the long
 dark night his strong face was. at the window. He fought for his people to the end.
 o-O--o Herbert Hoover: passes. Posterity will measure his greatness and his tory will record 1t. Franklin D comes ih.s And Amer ica marches on, a bit weary to bs sure, a bit hungry, a bit haggard a bit distllusioned. but l marches on. Fumes are some what flat, the perfect cadence ol wobbles. once blarinf bands are silent. But through thu muck and rfiire of depression. pas the soup kitchens and the flor houses, q nation of one hundred and forty million souls marches ol to destiny. And may God gram q measure of the relief we seek h our Journey to the cross.
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 Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

put the fse-day week into actual operation at his plants in Rochester back in 1922 and they are still going in full force there. His experiment has been widely studied and even copied by manufacturers. both in this country and in others. Henry Ford once spent week or more at Mir Gray's home studying the five-day week scheme. Thirty years ago Gray came to Rochester ffom Me- braska and founded the Rochester Can Company with 6 employees. Today it's a million dollar corporation. Most of the trench helmets worn by American soldiers in the World War were made there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

The New York Times made good sug- gestion recently when it said that our fu- ture presidents might well adopt the l78o proclamation of George Washington for the first national observance of Thanksgiving Day as perennial of Thanksgiving Hoover incorporated it into his Thanks giving Day proclamation this year and it found instant favor with the whole country. The Times also points out that when Wash ington issued a1is proclamation it was roundly criticized on the ground that he was infringing on the rights of the gover- nors of the state. That's right too. what will some of our governors do if they can't issue proclamations?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
KAISER ADVOCATES

On November 3, 1918. Kaiser Wilhelm and the crown prince re- nounced their rights to the throne of Germany.
 French cavalry crossed the Bel- gian border. British troops took Maubeuge and Tournai and the Americans clinched control of both sides of the Mouse.
 The American ship Saetia was sunk by floating mine off the coast of Maryland. v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

Germany has just inaugurated novel experiment. It has built the first hotel for children only. It will be for the use of parents with children who from time to time are forced to trust their offspring into the care of others. The hotel possesses all the requisites for keeping boys and girls of all ages interested while parents are gone. Trained nurses are also on hand. Sounds like good idea. Wonder how long before the U. S. takes it up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
MIGHTY NIMRoD

stockton, Cal.-Either the deer Frank Sylva, sonora hunter. shot: at was adept at dodging bullets, or 1t had a charmed life-anyhow, Frank brought q deer, home recent- y. He declared that t vas the same deer. he had shot 37 times during the past few weeks, His 3Sth bullet brought 1t down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
To-day's Selected Poem
EARLY NOVEMBER

(Grace K Ebright in The Christian Science
 Monitor) It rains-yet more silver mist than rain. The skies are overcast, leaden gray But all this little wood and world of mine Is flooded as with sunlight, from the leaves Of beech, and Norway maple, turned to gold. And silently and slowly, now and then, A yellow leaf drops to the ground below November dropping precious golden coins Into the old brown purse of earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
IN THE SPIRIT or THE LAW
l(Meriden IournaIl

The BridgepOFt Telegram h19 been nosing around to learn what the towns in Connecticut did with the S1z,600 apiece that q benea- cent state gave them two years ago for the expressed purpose Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.l

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, wilI be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care Of the Democrat tending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
Good evening.

o-O-o
 Franklin D. Roosevelt has been elected president of the United States, swept into office on the crest of popular wave. He be- comes the president of all of us. democcats, republicans, socialists. sociaIist-labor, communists and what have you. He is entitled to the support of every American who places country above party, especially at this trying time in the nations history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

The originator of the five-day work week is dead. He is Malcolm E. Gray. founder of the Rochester Can Company and the Atlantic Stamping Company. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

Not that it matters, but when the be lieve it or not man says the American nickel was named after the Devily some body should break it to him gently what jitney coin is made of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

If, as some of the economists say. there's going to be at least one more big boom. isn't it about time to begin getting ready for it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

The campaign is behind us now, Roosevelt in front. Pro- duct of . great family, he is said to be especially qualified for the high office to which he has been elevated. A unan of rcputcd sterling character, keen mind, intensely human, Q student of government philOs- Ophy, the new president would give the idea that he is blessed with the hall mark of service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:l0 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

He takes command of the ship of state at critical time. True, we have passed through a great storm and into calm waters for the present. But the storm still rages beyond the breakwater. We must head out into it again, since it blows along the shores of foreign trade and world activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09

Roosevelt must rcfucl and rclnan this ship of state. A new personnel goes on. Then the anchor will sbe hauled aboard once again America will fight the wind and waves ! of dormant trade, depression, unemployment and national 0ysteria.
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 Let us take a good look at our new captain. Long before Socra- tes took hemlock, the world was given the challenge, "Know thyself."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28
Mother of Sank
Centre Lady Dies
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. p. Minette
Attend Funeral Of Mrs. Geo.
Allen at Glencoe

Wednesday morning Of last week
Mrs. George +. p Minette, of this
city, received a message from Glen
coe stating that her. mother, Mrs.
George Allen, was very critically Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minette left at once
for the bedside Of the parent.
Mrs. Allen was i'll only for q
short time with obstruction of the
bowels. She passed away at the
home Of her daughter. Mrs. Ebert
Marsh, Thursday. She was ~ years
of age and had been a resident OF
Glencoe for many years.
Mr.. Allen passed away about
eight years ago. The immediate
family left to mourn are four liv-
ing children and several grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was held from the
home and from the Glencoe Com
gregational church Sunday after
noon. The services were conduct
ed by the pastor, Rev. Jos. Morgan.
brother Of Rev. c. =. Morgan, of
this city. The services were one
of the largest attended ever had in
Glencoe.
Mrs. Allen last VISITED Mr.. and
Mrs. Minette last summer when
she spent week at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minette returned to
Sank Centre Monday morning ac-
companied by a nephew, Spencer
Marsh. who is making his home
with them. fl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28
II. A. Eak Passes
Hard Examination
One of Nine Successful Men In
Class at Columbia-Longs for
Sank Centre

In letter received by the Her
aid editor from H. A. Falk, super
intendent of the Sank Centre Pub
lie Schools for nine years, prior to
the present year, the gentleman
states that his name was included
in the list of nine men in the de-
partment of Education, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New
York City, who had successfully
passed the martriculation examina-
tons held Jan. II and Is for the
Doctor of Philosophy Degree at
Columbia University.
Mr.. Falk, by burning much mid
night oil, fortunate breaks and abil-
ity to grapple with a tough PROPOSE
ton, has completed years uni
versity work since the opening of
the university in September, 1881.
In the letter Mr.. Falk says he
was in the depths during the two
days the examinations were in
progress and he is mighty glad, at
last, that his educational hurdles
have been cleared.
Herb stated that he, Mrs. Falk
and Bob, were anxiously looking
forward to the time when they can
start back and visit old friends in
Minnesota and Sank Centre. He
asks the Herald to remember them
to their friends in this community.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28
Progressive Club
Will Entertain
Interesting Program Arranged for
Friday Evening, Feb. 6-Ad-
mission VIII BE BY Card

Friday evening, Feb. 5th the Pro-
gressive Farmers Club will hold
their regular monthly meeting.
The program win be put on by the
st. Cloud Times-Journal. Mayor
Murphy, Fire Chief Gillies and 9TH
ers from the Granite City viii be
present. An interesting program
is assured. Several local numbers
win also be added.
1t is hoped that some Of the
Sank Centre officials and. business
men win be present, as invitations
will be sent to them.
All club members are expected to
be present, as it has become an
annual event, and is amusing and
interesting.
Because Of the size Of the hall
and wishing to please the visitors
this Is not q public affair and only
invited guests will be welcome. A
card win be necessary at the door.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28
Annual Com. Club
Meeting Tonight
Officers for the Ensuing Year VIII
Be Elected-Lunch Will BE
Served

This Thursday evening at 800
o'clock the annual meeting of the
Sank Centre Community Club will
be held at the Club rooms.
President w. M. Parker will call
on the chairmen of the various COM
mittees to report on their years
activities. Officers for the coming
year will be elected and any other
business properly coming before
the meeting win be taken care of,
While the Club has not, perhaps.
been as active the past year as in
some others, nevertheless 1t has
justified its existence. Hardly day
or evening passes but what one or
more organizations or committees
are meeting in the Club ROOMS. On
some occasions as high as half
a dozen groups have sessions in
some part of the building at the
same time.
Perhaps the outstanding accomp-
lishment of the Club in the past
year. was the bringing Of the but
ter tub factory to this city. The
plant has been a success from the
start. It is understood that 10000
tubs are booked ahead. Additional
equipment will be required. This
company is the oldest and largest
manufacturer of handles and but
tertubs in the world.
At the conclusion Of the meeting
a light lunch will be served. They
can attention to the fact that the
Community Club is your" organi-
zation and every member Is admon-
ished to be present at the meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28

dip their oar in opposition to Mr..
Dubois but President Hoover could
not name a man to represent the
Northwest who would please. the
farmer any better than would the
naming Of Mr.. Dubois.
The Journal story from Washing
ton, discussing the bill, its duties
and the Board members follows:
Washington, Jan. 23-The de-
partment Of agriculture already Is
at work setting up machinery to
administer $50, 1000, 900 or $200.000.-
900 farm relief fund made available
by the emergency reconstruction
corporation act.
Much the same machinery-es-
pecially as 1t includes county COM
mittees and state zgroups-as was
used for handling the drouth re-
lief fund Of $47,0o0.O0, set up by the
last congress, will be used, 1t was
said today.
To-day the President was urged
again to appoint a man from the
northwest as a member OF the
board Of directors Of the construc-
ton corporation, and the name Of
w. r. Kunze, former mayor OF
Minneapolis, and B. F. Dubois, OF
Sank Centre, Mimi, were mentioned
as among those being considered.
1t is expected, however, that the
appointments, all Of them from the
democratic party in accordance
with the law, will go elsewhere. Re
gional offices are expected to be
established, and one undoubtedly
win be in the northwest, in which
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-28
Mrs. Dean
Passed Away
Wed. Night
Illness of Heart Affection Elk
tended Over Period of
Several Months
FUNERAL FRIDAY AT z
Burial Will Be Made In Lake
wood Cemetery, Minneapo-
lis, Saturday 200 P. M.

After an illness extending over a
long period Mrs. w. S. Dean, of
Minneapolis, passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. f. Strebel, Sank Centre,
Wednesday, Jan. q, at 9:45 p. M.
: Mary ]. Irwin was born near
Chatham, Can, Nov. 9, 1856. She
grew to young womanhood there
where she was united in marriage
to W. s. Dean Oct. 20, 1873. Inn
mediately after their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Dean moved to Minneap-
oils where they resided until 1881
when they came to Sank Centre
and Mr.. Dean entered the 5H1ple-
ment business.
The family continued ito make
this city their home until about 20
years ago. Mr.. Dean had retired
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