davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
uy the IoIiowlns lorter recently received
IN America from her,

oy the IoliOwli2 lvrter recently received
IN America from her
From my birth | was taught 10 love my own
country and 20 believe IN Its great future
My happy English home OF ovrr " years
has not dulled that feeling which Is deeply
shared by those with whom ':.y lot is cast
How Is II possible thea. that ! should not
wish from the depths of my heart for the
closest rpn-ilna OF friens ship and cordial
good understanding between the two coun
tries. which ought TO be one in their Efforts TO
promote the progress. freedom and peace of
the woridf Very truly yours
Z. NERNoN-HARcouRT
Lady Harcourt's was one of the first
of those international marriages which
have opened the court of St James TO
American women. She is the daughter
of the late John Lothrop Motley, at one
time minister to England, but more ia
nous as the historian of the Neither
lands. Lady Harcourt is woman of
brilliant mental attainments and has
the reputation of being the most charm
ing hostess in England She has never
forgotten her American birth and it is
around her table that many Americans
get their first glimpse of English So
ciety,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
STILL AN AMERICAN.
Loyal Sentiments of the Wife of the
Greatest English Statesman.

Loyal Sentiments of the Wife of the
Greatest English Statesman.
One of the most significant features
of the change in sentiment between the
two great English speaking nations is
the attitude which the British aristoc-
racy has recently manifested toward
the United States. 1t was not so sur
prising that the common people of Eng
land should side with us in our quarrel
with Spain. The surprise came when
members of the British nobility ex-
pressed their enthusiasm for our cause.
1t may be that the international mar
riages of the past years have brought
about this welcome state of affairs. Per-
haps the American wives of British
peers have acted as a leaven ON the
whole British lump Some of these
American born women are in high So
cial positions One of these is Lady
Vernon. Harcourt, whose husband is the
leader of the Liberals and probably the
most powerful of British statesmen.
How Lady Harcourt feels on the subject
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17

wife died in st. Paul in 1898, while he
was stationed there. He is very popu-
lar in the west, having commanded the
department of Missouri, as successor Of
General Miles.
The Williams home is an elegant
mansion at 1885 Calumet avenue, sur
rounded by dense shrubbery. 1t over
looks the lake, and General Merritt is
known to have been frequent visitor
there during his residence in Chicago
while commander of the department of
the Missouri.
Norman Williams has for number
Of years been one of the we'll known
figures in Chicago's legal and financial
circles. He is a member of the law firm
of Williams, Holt & Wheeler. Before
and during the Worlds fair he took a
deep interest in the exposition and held
number of positions in which his en-
ergy found full play He was chairman
of number Of important committees
and his efforts added in no small meas
ure to the success of the fair.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
Announcements for School Year 1878.
DATES DE EXAMINATIONS.

Regular, Corunna, March 3lst and April LIST,
1898
Special, Durand, June 10th and 18th, 1898.
Regular, Corunna, Aug 18th and 18th, 1898.
All examinations will begin at $50 a. m,
standard time.
Applicants will write upon photography, pen
manship, geography, and general history the
first half day; arithmetic, U. s. history, school
law and theory and art the second half day.
reading, civil government, grammar, and physi-
ology the third half day; and algebra, botany
and physics (second grade) the fourth half day.
Third day (or first grade applicants only
physics and geometry.
The above schedule will be strictly followed.
REQUIREMENTS
For third grades an average OF seventy is
required, with not less than sixty-tive in any
branch; for second grade an average of seventy
five is required, with not less than seventy In
any branch; for first grade an average of eighty
five is required with not less than eighty in any
branch.
Applicants shall use legal cap paper and
write with pen and AK.
applicants Tor first and second grades who
pass In part of the branches may re-write at the
next examination in the remainder. After fail
ing in two consecutive examinations they must
re-write in all branches. Applicants for third
grades who fail in part of the branches must re-
write in all branches, except those in which
they receive eighty five per cent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
GEN. MERRITT's FlANcEE.
Beautiful Young Chicago Heiress Who IL
to BE a Soldiers Bride.

Miss Laura Williams, who is to be-
come the wife of General Wesley Mer-
rift when he returns from the Philip
pines, is an attractive young Chicago
heiress. Her father is one of the wealth.
lest men in that city, and she is worth
million or so in her own right. AL
though General Merritt is 90 and Miss
Williams but 20 it is said to be genu-
inc love affair Of several years standing.
Miss Williams is tall and pretty
blond, very fond of outdoor exercise
and is popular in society. She has re-
ceived much attention here and abroad,
especially in London, where she was
the guest of Robert L. Lincoln when he
was the representative of this country
at the court of ST. James. She was pre-
sented at the queens drawing room
with Miss Lincoln
She is the granddaughter Of the late
Judge Cation, one of the pioneer jurists
of Illinois, and is an heir to large for
tune he left. General Merritt's first
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
MISSION OF DON oUIxoTE."
Written to Ridicule Absurd Stories of
Chivalry.


Chivalry.
From the London Mail: The OBJ
ject of Cervantes in writing don Quix-
ote" was, as he himself declared, to
render abhorred of men the false and
absurd stories contained in the books
OF chivalry. The fanaticism caused by
these romances was so great in Spain
during the sixteenth century that the
burning Of all extant copies was earn
estly requested by the cortes Tor leg
islature of the realm). To destroy
passion that had taken such deep root
among all classes, to break up the
only reading which at that time was
fashionable and popular, was a bold
undertaking, yet one in which Ger
vantes succeeded. No books of chival-
ry were written after the appearance
Of don Quixote," and from that time
those in existence have been steadily
disappearing, until now they are
among the rarest of literary curiosities.
This romance, which Cervantes threw
so carelessly from his pen, and which
he only regarded as an effort to break
up the absurd fancies about chivalry,
has now therefore become the oldest
specimen of romantic fiction and one
Of the most remarkable monuments to
genius. Ten years after its appearance
its author published the second part
of don Quixote," which is even bet
ter than the first 1t was written in his
old age, when in prison and finished
when he felt the hand Of death pressing
cold and heavy upon him.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
Guardian Sale of Real Estate.

State of Michigan. County of Shiawassee, ssh
' In the matter of the estate of August, Powers,
William, John and Ortilla Franke, minors.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance and
by virtue of an order granted to the undersigned.
as guardian of the estate of said minors by the
Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate in and
for said County, on the 18th day Of May, A.
d. 1885, there will be sold at public vendue to
the highest bidder, at the front door of the
Court Hohse In the city OF Corunna in said Coun-
ty, on Monday the 18th day Of July, A. d. 1898,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon of said day all the
right, title, and interest of said Minors In and
to the following described lands and premises,
situated in the township OF Caledonia, county of
Shiawassee, state of Michigan, TO wit The
west half Of the southeast quarter Of the south.
west quarter of section twelve.
LOUISA SUGULA,
AS guardian of the estate of said Minors.
Dated May 10, A. ID. 1898.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
Probate Order.

State of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, S.
sAt session of the Probate Court for said
County, held at the Probate ONCE, in the City
in the Year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety eight
Present Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of William Shafer,
o mentally incompetent person.
On reading and filing the petition of George L.
Mason. as guardian, praying for license to
mortgage real estate.
1t is ordered, that the Goth day of June
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing, in THE Owosso
TlfIEs, a newspaper printed and circulating in
sad county of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17

PATENTS 4
Ar.fzRgT ~ TsiOs. 6. sPEACUE & SON
GAVJ ~ l Attorneys and Solicitors Of Pat
M j n cnts, United States and foreign,
HAUI n Correspondence solicited. lnstrue.
II III LEg W Pamphlet 81 MEsI
4 ------s CONGRESS STREET, DETROIT,
y s.D.--------.-. MICH. Established 1906
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
Mortgage Sale.

whereas, default having been made in the
payment OF the money secured by a mortgage
dated the 5th day of March, A ID. 1894, executed
by William III. Powers and Harriet, his wife, to
Eugene L. Devereaux, which said mortgage
was recorded in the office Of register of deeds OF
the county of Shawassee, In liber CO OF mortga
ges on page 92 on the 18th day Of March. A. ID.
1894 at o'clock A. M; and whereas, said
mortgage has been duly assigned by the said Eu-
gene L. Devereaux to Jessie Parting by assign
ment bearing date the 23rd day of April, A. ID.
1894 and recorded In the office OF the register OF
deeds Of said county s 81 on the 2ard
iiber IS OF mortgages on page S97, and the same
is now owned by him, and whereas, the amount
claimed to be due on said "a mortgage at the date
est, and which is the whole amount claimed to
be unpaid on said mortgage, and no suit or pro-
ceilings having been Instituted ns,it by law TO
mortgage or any part thereof whereby the
power OF sale contained In said mortgage has
become operative.
virtue of said power Of sale, and In pursuance
Of the statute In such cases made and provided
the said mortgage VIII De foreclosed by q sale
auction to the highest bidder at the front door
of the court house In the city OF Corunna in said
county Of Sniawassee on Sacurday Inc stn Gay
ri that day, which said premises are described
in said mortgage asifollows to-wit Beginning
north of the north line thereof and 4S rods and
a feet east of the west line OF the east half Of
the south. west quarter OF section Is, running
thence north TO the south line OF King street.
thence east along the SAID south line OF King
south TO said first line, being the north line of
Queen street, parallel with said north and
srufh line it would enclose two acres, thence
so,,fl 10 said north line of Queen street, thence
rcet nj, said north line OF Queen street to place
~ bcctnning containing two acres OF land all
Of said premises being situated In the city Of
Owosso rrss,rp.,,o
W1rsoN & CHAPMAN Assignee.
Attorneys ="
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
NORTH.
SOUTH.

Free Reclining Chair Cars on Through Trains
Cheap rates and good connections with boats at
Frankfort for the west and northwest.
W. H. BENNETT, G. p. A.
Burt. S. Stratton, Agt., Owossc
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
GA To1TA.
s &C.: !; q; ,;':;:;;;;;;;:! T.: '''''
YOUNG NAPOLEON NO MORE.
Joseph Letters Wheat Deal Leaves Him
Wiser but No Richer.

wiser but No Richer.
Chicago, June 14.-All interest on the
board of trade yesterday conferred
in the doings of Joseph Letter and
the results of his famous big
deal in wheat. A tremendous
slump in prices was generally attributed
to immense sales by him. According to
one authority Letter ordered all his
trades closed out at the opening of the
days transactions in the wheat pit, and
1t was stated that at least 100000 BUSH
els of wheat were liquidated for him in
the Chicago market alone. Fifteen min
utes before the closing bell rang on
change the tickers reported that Lei
ter's cash wheat would be trusted. 1t is
said that the bank which advanced the
money on 1t had agreed to take care
Of it.
Later Letters wheat interests were
turned over to a board of trustees, who
will settle up the deal. This course was
necessary on account Of Letters inabil-
ity to put up margins which were called
for. 1t was said that Letters heaviest
losses came in his European ventures.
Reports Il good crops in view across
the water had depressing effect upon
the foreign markets, and hence the
shrinkagt in value of the cereal mer.
"handised TO European ports.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17

Hundreds of precious little ones owe their
lives to DR.. Thomas Electric Oil. the SOW
ereign cure for Group and all other throat
or lung trouble.
Any woman can sharpen lead pencil
If you give her plenty of time and plenty of
pencils.
Fred Knapp will have charge of Caledo-
mia Park during the summer months.
The OwOsso Mfg. Co. is daily receiving
large orders for their products.
One dose of DR.. Fowler's Ext. Of Wild
Strawberry will check any case of diarrhoea
If taken at the start.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
I Except Sunday.

SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR SERVICE.
wEsTBoUND.
1902 q. m. train has Parlor car to Grand Rap
ids Extra charge % cents.
7:l7 p. m. train has Parlor car to Grsr5 Hav-
en-. Extra charge 25 cents.
EAsTBoUND.
300 a. M. train has Parlor car to Detroit Elk
ira charge 25 cents. Pullman Parlor ear. De.
the east and New York. Connects with @. &
G. Il. division at Durand for Chicago and PIT.
Huron and with c., s. & NJ. division for Saginaw
and Bay City.
6:03 p, m. train has Parlor car to Detroit. Ex-
TIA charge rs cents, and Pullman Sleeping car
Detroit to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Philadelphia and New York Connects at Du-
rand with c., ). and NJ div. for Saginaw and
Bay City and with @. g. G. T. for PIT. Huron and
Battle Creek
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17

Va. near this city, will soon be sent to
Chickamauga. The camp in Virginia
has not a sufficient water supply, and
many of the boys have suffered great
hardship on this account.
Caa.es Moore, private secretary to
Senator Mcmillan, says that there Is
no truth in the rumor that he is TO go
into the army as paymaster. He says
that when he goes into the army 1t
wiz be as a soldier having fighting in
view.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
WHA[ERS' WOE.
THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF
GEORGE TILTON.
Made the Unequaled Arctic Journey
of 1000 Miles in 112 Days to Ask for
Relief.

VICTORIA, b. c.. April 4.-Cieorge
j.. Tilton, third officer of the steam
whaler Beivcdere. has reached the
outside world. and brings the story of
the suffering and haunting fear of
death among the imprisoned seamen
of the Arctic fleet, which is now ice
bound beyond Point Barrow. Alone
he made his hazardous journey over
frozen mountains and fields. He COW
cred distance of 1000 miles in 112
days, making a record unequaled by
any Arctic traveller
No lives have as yet been lost
among the imprisoned whaling fleet,
for whose rescue the |. ). ). Bear ex-
petition is now making its tedious
way through the desolate fields of ice.
The crews have. however, suffered un-
speakable privations during the past
five months. and there is still a too
evident possibility that starvation
may come upon them before the re-
lief party succeeds in fighting its way
to them.
On his way out Tilton met Lieuten-
ant Jarvis and the overland relief eN-
petition. He directed them to the
point at which the fleet is frozen In,
but it was thought best that he con-
tinue on his way to st. Michael in or
der that the news of the safety of
the men of the fleet he made known.
The whaling men of course do not
know that help is at hand, and it was
in the presence of the haunting spec
/ tire of famine that induced George
! +. Tilton. third officer of the Belve-
! dere. a San franciscan. to leave the
comparative comfort of the ice bound
whaler and undertake single handed
in early November the most stupen.
dous journey for help that the north
ern country yet knows of. After II:
days of almost unparalleled hardship'
he successfully accomplished his mis-
sion. for he arrived at Departure Bay
this afternoon on the little steamer
| Scotia
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
CLAUS SPRECKELs. VIM. G. IRWIN
Claus SpreckelS & Go

B "A ~ * Il IL -
HONOLULU H. I.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Bank
of San Francisco.
Union Bank of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Merchants National Bank.
PARIS-Comptoir National d'Escomp-
tie de Paris.
BERLIN-Dresden Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Banll
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills of EX-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14

HOODS PILLS are the only pills
to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet efficient. s
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
MANY BIBLES.

There soon to be exhibited in Cleve-
land. o., a remarkable collection of
translations of the Bible made by the
American missionaries and published
at the expense of the American Bible
society. These TRANSACTIONS bear wit
ness to the monumental labors of pa
tent and studious men. A great num-
Der of them are in language the
very names of which are almost I'M
known. Altogether about two hun
bred versions of the Bible or parts OF
it have been made during the last six
ty years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
STAR WORSHIPPERS.

A sect of star worshippers,. number
ing only few thousand, has been
discovered in the region of the lower
Euphrates and Tigris. The mission
airy who describes them says: "Their
religion is compounded of Christian,
heather and Jewish elements; the
language they speak is entirely diff
They are a moral, peaceful and in
dustrious people"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JOSEPH GOMEZ, DECEASED,

Of JOSEIh bOMEL, DCCEAoED,
INTERSTATE.
Notice of the Sale of
Real Estate for the Purpose of
Paying Debts.
A desirable residence lot, off Emma
street, Honolulu, near the High School
for sale.
Pursuant to license and order dated
March &c, 1898, to sell the real estate
of Joseph Gomez, deceased, interstate,
hereunder described, for the purpose
of paying debts of said estate, which
license and order was granted by \.
Perry, First Judge of the Cir nit
Court of the First Circuit, to the I'm
dersigned, administrator de bon's
non of said estate, notice is hereby
given that he will sell all of said real
estate at public auction at the adc-
ton rooms of j. F. Morgan, in SAID
Honolulu, on Monday, April 25. 1898
at IL o'clock noon.
Deeds at the expense of purchaser
For further particulars apply 70
Kinney q Ballou, attorneys for the
administrator.
f. 4. MOTT SMITH,
Administrator de bonis non of the Is
tate of j. Gomez.
Dated Honolulu, April /, 1898.
LAND TO BE SOLD.
All those premises forming a PAR
of Royal Patent No. 1909, l.. C. \. $50
conveyed to decedent, J. Gomez, anC
another, by deed recorded in the Reg
istry of Deeds, in Honolulu, in Rool
36, page 24O, and by deed recorded i
said Registry of Deeds, in Book q
page 21, and containing AN area q
nine thousand two hundred and Sav
enty-two square feet, more or less
This land has a right of way to En
ma street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
HIS HANDS WERE TIED.

"Our little boy broke out with &C.
zema. We were obliged to tie his
hands to keep him from scratching,
and he suffered everything. We began
giving him Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
in a short time his face healed. He
took five or six bottles and has not
had sick day since" Olney Soucie,
Pioneerville, Idaho.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
LONDON'S FIRE.

London's big fire has led the county
council to authorize an increase in en-
penditures of nearly million dollars
right away, and to add $125,0OO a year
to the estimates.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-15
Corn Oil.

Some of the manufacturers of glucose
in Chicago have turned their attention
to the production of corn oil, an article
extracted by pressure from the germ of
the grain by method similar to that
used in the manufacture of linseed oil,
leaving a residuum not unlike in it's
character the oil cake of commerce. 1t
seems that in the production of glucose
it was a matter of necessity first to ex-
tract the germ, this, for long time,
involving a waste. AS against this, a
company now turns out some $50 barrels
of corn oil per day. Most of the oil
goes to England for eoapmaking. 1t is
shipped in secondhand oil barrels each
of weight, when filed .Aef 400 pounds.
rated at the factory at cents per
pound. Some of the oil is used in this
country principally in mixing cheap
paint and for adulterating linseed oil.
1t is regarded as rapid "drying" oil.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-15
Made the Paper Pay.

Papa Cobb, the old Harvard athlete,
who returned from Dawson on the
Roanoke with big bag of gold, tells
the following story about patriotism
for the stars and stripes at Dawson:
Zone day a man showed up in camp
with single copy of a newspaper con-
tanning the first account of Dewey s
victory at Manila. This single paper
was the first intimation we had of the
great things our navy had been doing,
and it was sought after more eagerly
than gold.
can enterprising Yankee purchased it
for $40 and then hired Tammany hall
for the evening. He charged so cents
and packed the hall. He read the paper
to the crowd, and after every sentence
there was regular warwhoop. It made
the walls of the building tremble. The
success of the venture was so pronounc-
ed that he rented the hall for the next
night and reaped another harvest. He
made $500 off that one newspaper and
sold it to a miner who was going into
the diggings for $50. "-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.