davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Our Sire Boys.

Friday night as we were walking
peacefully along the street in Kansas
City, we were suddenly pounced upon
by gang of about dozen and given
lively shaking up before we realized
who it was that had us. We could see
lot of brass buttons flashing around
and caught glimpse of blue as we
spun around, but it took us sometime
to learuithat we were in the hands of
the Chanute sire Boys and subject to
their tender mercies.
They had been to Topeka and Leav-
enworHh and got back as far as Kan
sas City on the return trip. AS we
could not get out of the city till 1910,
we gladly ayailed ourselves of the in
vitation to visit the fire department
with them.
Two different departments were WIS.,
tied, and to theipoor country editor it
was an evening of pleasure and in
structicn.
The Kansas City boys treated our
boys with the greatest courtesy and
consideration, showing them all over
and through the buildings and giving
them a good insight into how they
fight fires in a city where they are
prepared to do it. Among other
things, they hitched and unhitched a
number of times for us, showing how
quick they can be ready to start for a
fire after the gong sounds.
1t is simply wonderful to see the in.
| telligence of the fire horses. When
the gong sounds they spring for their
harness as though life depended on
every motion their eyes flash and
their limbs tremble with excitement.
| We saw four-horse team hitched up
and ready to 60 in less than five Sec
onds.
AS we looked over the various costly
apparatus provided in the cities and
noticed how we'll the fire boys are
/ PLONlaSo lOl dhS with Whdt SOhoiuSi-
alton they are treated, we began to
reflect on the struggles our boys have
had here to get any recognition, and
how ..rudgingly any appropriation
seems to come for their comfort or
efficiency.
Our pride in the Chanute Fire Boys
was very much increased by noting
their manly, orderly conduct both in
Topeka and III Kansas City. They
are not orawlers when away from
home, but a manly, orderly set of
young men, intent on learning as
much as possible about the methods
of fighting fires in other towns.
We hope for the good of the town at
home and its reputation abroad, that
our boys will be given all the encour-
agement possible, and in short time
we will have tre company second to
| none in the state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
URBANA.

Will Perry has sick babe.
A, ID. Matthias was in town Monday
Zenas Crowl is blowing for the Ile'
boys.
A. J. Smith is baling hay for Frank
Lyons.
DR.. Nicely is baling hay for Mr.
Hoggins.
The Greve boys finished husking
corn last week.
Dave Carson went to Chanute Tues
day on business.
Frank Ticknor and his best girl
we're taking buggy ride near Urbana
Sunday evening.
Mrs. J. T. Likens, Miss Lille Ii
kens and NJ. j. Likens were visiting
in Urbana Sunday.
Jacob Ruff went north to be mar.
ried Monday at 2 o'clock p. m. We
wish him and his bride much happi-
ness and peaceful sailing over the sea
of life.
Ed lies, while hnsking corn last
Saturday, had runaway. The har-
ness and wagon were somewhat dam.
aged, and Ed was thrown about TWEEN
ty feet, but escaped without serious
injury.
The Urbana loafer comes forward
with this ticket for 1900: For Presi-
dent, VIM. J. Bryan; for Vice-presi
dent, Billy Mason. Platform = De
base the currency; pull down the flag
in the Philippines and retreat in dis
grace; do the greatest injury to the
greatest number.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Some men have an idea

face is rendered unsightly by pirnples,
blotches and eruptions whose complexion
is sallow, whose eyes are heavy, whose
shoulders are bent and whose carriage is
slouchy, does not succeed, either in busi-
ness or in social life. A man like that
should be sentenced to live for thirty days
in a room where all the walls were mirrors
He would then get sick of his own unwhole-
someness, Just as other people do. Such
man should have an honest protrait that
did not fiatter him always before his eyes.
It only costs trife for man to dress well,
and it costs still less for him to keep clean,
wholesome and healthy in physical way.
When a mans stomach is right and his di-
gestion is right, his blood will be pure and
rich and he will be wholesome and healthy
physically. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery makes man right in every way
by making his stomach, liver and digestion
right 1t gives him hearty appetite and
facilitates the assimilation of the life-giv-
ing elements of the food. 1t drives out all
impurities from the blood. II is the great
blood-maker and fiesh-builder. 1t does not
build fiabby flesh or make corpulent peo-
pie more corpulent Honest druggists
don't advise substitutes.
81 was tired all the time" writes ]. Edward
Davis. ESQ fcare Of Geo. F. Lasher), I47 No. 10th
ST., Philadelphia, Pa. In the morning felt as
if had never slept and vas too languid to eat.
was troubled with pimples. boils, dizzy head,
hackache and hollow checks At one time
has twenty eight boiis on my back was
vrrv desD6ndent and thought nothing would
cure me Then commenced to take Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medi-
cine together with Dr.. Picrcc's Pellets, cured
me Folks now say. Hello. hdl What's be
come Of your pimpiesf'"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10

COTTAGE CORNER.

Tom Brinegar has moved on Cap.
Smiths farm.
Our dairymen say that they will de-
liver milk but once a day after the
18th inst.
Chas. Clatfelter will move on the
Neyhard farm at Four Corners about
the 1st of December.
W. Fl. Neyhard is painting his barn
red.
Chas. Gardner mas remodeled his
barn, thereby making IL much more
cOmmodious.
Bert Hunt is talking Of buying
corn shelter.
Willie Bair Is home from Joplin on
a visit.
Sam Ross, our efficient path-master
was reelected by nice vote.
Mr.. Edmunds has moved on the old
Biles farm.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
10 5urther barley

The city council has Withdrawn all
offers to the Standard Oil company
for the gas plant here. and now pro-
pose voting bonds and putting in a
new plant.
The council has worked very earn
estly to effect a reasonable settlement
with this company, but so far has
failed, and now the only alternative
is to put in plant of our own. We
think the council has acted in a very
wise and conservative manner in this
matter, and tried in every legitimate
way to purchase the plant now in, but
since they have failed to secure it, the
only thing to do is to vote the bonds.
There naturally can be but little
opposition to the bonds, outside OF a
few who are personally interested in
the local plant. The bonds will be
promptly voted, and we are informed
that the plant can be put in consider
ably cheaper than at first estimated.
When Chanute owns her own water.
gas and electric light plants, and the
profits on the gas plants pays for the
whole thing, which it will do in the
course of time, we can have the finest
little city in the west, and all free Of
cost to the taxpayer.
Our lot has fallen along pleasant
lines, and rapid development will
surely be ours.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.

Joe Morris and wife to F D. Matthias; am y,
wd, 10 rds, en- seA 33-3O-21. .........,$ looV
d. C, Moore and wife to Clarence G. ,oo M
Gregg part swA 33-3O2l. l.............. hVVo'
Thos. Long and wife to John Beck; wd, ,,oo M
sH neA 2-29-2O.. ..................'...' lfoV "
Thos, Blair to Thos P. Kennedy; wd,
neA neA 81 and und. " W = &C. and ,o-o M
und. u o so rds neA swA 32-29-zl..... ioooo "
John H Fessler and wife to A. l..
Warner; wd, lot |, blk 4, Winners o,o m
Prospect Hill add to Chanute'..... SoooV
Neosho County to Minnie Naff; tax d,
n 1928 of of sh of e 5-16 of neA neA ,o- 90
35-28-19. ................ ..............''' ioo W
Julia Hoffman ct al to Wm.P. Hughes;
w. ,~t: sa and dT a22S.2o. 5000 OC
O. S. Snow and wife to J. E: Bell ;.wd,
lot IA blk Scannell's add. to Mis-
sion, and lots 2, and 9, block4 ,oooc
Mission. n.,................. .....'''' 'oo w
David Shull and wife to Grace S.Shulii
wd, neA neA 35 and swA nwh, 38' ~
Mary L. Carroll and hus. to Jno. L.
Sims; wd, lots and blk 2, Lap 10
hams add. to Chanute. te............. sooVO
j. L. Sims and wife to Mary j. Kim
brough; wd, lots and blk 2, Lap -. M
hams add. to Chanute. ............. Zio W
c. ". Isenburg and wife to Margaret
D. Brichler; wd lot blk Jones nm
I'd add. to Chanute ................ 'ooVO
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
NEOSHO VALLEY

(Received too late for insertion last week.
Everybody busy since the fine rain.
Herbert Johnson, j. George and ID.
L. Houston are drilling wheat this
week.
Jesse Nelson was out Of school the
first of the week on account Of sick
ness.
Mr.. James Krouse and family re-
turned Sunday from their two weeks
visit in Oklahoma.
Grace Gillespie, of Chanute, visited
her cousins, Ethel and Hazel Hous-
ton, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Ed. Walser and ID. L. Houston
went to Galesburg, Saturday evening,
to help organize lodge.
Mrs. A. L. Blackburn invited her
many friends to an old-fashiOned
sewing, last Thursday. but owing TO
the rain only few got there. Those
present report an enjoyable time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Pithy Pointers from
1.-The County Seat.


The Erie city marshal works for
nothing and boards himself. The
writer has observed that man usual
ly gets Just as much salary as he earns.
Erie points the finger Of pride at
her Republican majorities. Only three
Republicans in the precinct failed to
vote, and they were too sick to be car
ried to the polls.
Erie will entrust the drilling of the
new gas wells to home talent. f. b.
jackson, who is mighty handy man
with a sewing machine, or an insur-
ance policy, has the contract.
Now that the editor of the Savon-
burg Record has called the editor Of
the Erie Sentinel "a forlorn and neg
lected female" it is expected that the
asperities of journalism in this locali-
ty will be greatly enhanced.
Little money changed hands here on
the result of the election. Some bets
of twenty-five and fifty cents were re-
corded, and Mrs. Hdrbaugh, who is as
game as her aurora boreals locks
would indicate, swim" a box of bon
bons On the judicial fight.
Guinane, 1.-The man with the iron
bar" has secured bail in the sum of
$1,000, and is temporarily breathing
the pure air of he ven. Bill should
lay in good supply; his opportunities
for breathing pure and undefiled at
mosphere are apt to be somewhat cir
cumscribed after awhile.
There are only eleven young men of
marriageable age in Erie. There are
over sixty young women who are ell
gible to all the degrees that matrl-
mony confers. The attention of the
Young men who are looking for good
place to ''grow up with the country"
is called to this paragraph.
There must have been some mistake
about the story circulated in Allen
county by Lapham's adherents to the
effect that Stiliwell could not carry
his own township. He only ran a
hundred votes ahead of his ticket
here, and the best he could do in this
precinct was to get majority OF lIS.
The mob which was billed to lynch
Bill Guinane Saturday night did not
materialize. Its failure to fill its date
here was probably due to the fact
that Guinane's victim failed or re.
fused to die as per program. The jail,
however, was heavily guarded by an
army of one man, and some OF the
country boys waited so long for the
mob that they did't get home till
morning.
They are telling this story on Post
master Wells. The writer repeats IL,
not because there is any probability
OF its truth, but because it is a good
story. Wells put in election day
working for the ticket. He began
early and STAYED late. He was so busy
he didn't 90 home to dinner. Atsup-
per time he made a lunch counter
sandwich do the work OF two meals.
The point be particularly emphasized
to the sturdy yeomen was the neces-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
a New Gallery in Town!

We have opened up a new Photo
graph Studio in Mrs. Britian's old
place, Masonic Block, formerly known
as The Grand Studio, where you can
get first-class work at very reasonable
prices. 1t may not be the cheapest
place in the city, but the best. We
make all sizes, from the smallest to
the largest. All the very latest cards
and finish. Our steel finish eau not
be surpassed. Work guaranteed.
U. E. MCDANIEL.
HOpp Mammoth Racket.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10

To CoRREsPoNDENTs:- Write on but
one side of the paper; head your items
each week with the name of your To-
cality; get items here by Tuesday
when possible. but in no case later
than Wednesday; sign your name to
items, not to be used In paper, but as
a matter of good faith;when your sup
plies run out, notify this office
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Public Sale.

]. M. Hyland will sell at his place,
two miles west and half mile north
of Leanna, on Saturday. Nov. IL, '99,
all his stock, farm implements and
household goods. Also lot of corn,
oats and millet hay.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Program.

The following is the program Of N.
W. Teachers Association to be held in
Chanute, Nov. Is, 1899:
song, Star Spangled Banner, BY Association
Recitation, Miss Byrd Spencer,
Paper, Miss NJ. OFT.
Recitation, Mr.. z. A. Eaton.
Paper, Mr.. c. G. Boman-
Instrumental Music, Miss Lapham,
Model Recitation In Numbers, Mr. n Joyce.
General Discussion led By c. '. Dennis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Money to Loan.

Money to loan on farm and city
real-estate at lowest rates of interest
Loans closed promptly. See us before
borrowing elsewhere.
L. JOHNSON & Sons.
EyIn Gray's harness shop,
Lindsay Block
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
For Sale

good work horses.
/ sucking colt.
plows and cultivator.
10 tons of hay and $50 bushels OF
corn. 10-5.lm.
MRS. BEN MILLER.
Chanute, kans,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
Chamberlain Pain Balm Cures Otl
ers, Why Not You?

ers, Why Not You?
My wife has been using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, with good results,
for a lame shoulder that has pained
her continually for nine years. We
have tried all kinds Of medicines and
doctors without receiving any benefit
from any of them. One day we saw
an advertisement of this medicine and
thought of trying it, which we did
with the best Of satisfaction. She
has only used one bottle and her
shoulder is almost well.-Adolph L.
Millett, Manchester, N. H. For sale
10y all druggists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-10
WANTED.

One hundred bushels OF white corn.
Chanute Milling %.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-26
In the Drapery Dept.

This week we will make special price on every
pair Of Ruled Muslin Point dEsprit. Fish Nets and
Bobbinet Curtains in stock. This includes all Of
our new spring styles and will range in price from
good 4O-inch Rufed Muslin Curtain at $50 per pair
to our best Fish Net at $3.50 per pair.
Muslin Curtain. like picture at 81. % per pair
We show thirty patterns in above goods
Couches, Bed Lounges, etc.
complete Upholstery Goods and Trimmings
In CSC and Toe yard
In Corduroys patterns from Acc to 81
per yard
Silk inches wide, assorted colors beau
tiful designs at ST. So So %, per yard
Silk Brocateles SO 90 and SO so yard
animated Silk veours, So $500 per yard.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-26
GOLDEN OAk.

Oak .
hal
Desks nd
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-26

Silk Velous S2o and 50
drapes upholstery work. 81
PEI
durability desired recommend
figured at 81 yard
leather yard, 1926
chair seats, square foot Soc
light
l2ac. yard.
Tapestry
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

woman could give no satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of having it in her possess
sion. The instrument is large and
heavy enough to break open almost
any door, and showcases could be en-
tered by means Of It almost without
effort. In the woman's skirt was
found what the police describe as "a
shoplifter's pocket" a bag sewn into
the skirt about eighteen inches long
and a foot wide. 1t was in this shop
lifter's pocket" that the jimmy was
concealed. The woman, suspected of
being a professional burglar, or sneak
thief, was arrested while lettering
near the ferry house. Detectives KEEL
ly and Maginn had noticed that she
carried a basket, and as the crowds
came from the boats edged between
persons and walked by their sides.
When arrested the woman claimed
that she was selling pencils, and a
few of them were in the big covered
basket. But her replies were so eva
siye and contradictory that the de-
tectives took her to the station house.
When the jimmy was found the woman
said she had found it in the street.
She could not tell where, neither would
she tell where she lived, except by say
ing that she lived in Sixth street, but
had forgotten the number. She gave
the name of Mary Seaman, but at diff
ferent times gave other m
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21
Kentucly's Champion Duellst.

Joseph Bowman, who recently died
in Jessamine county, Kentucky, at the
ripe old age Of "a years, was the fight
er of four desperate duels in each Of
which he succeeded in killing his an
tagonist. In 184S, while living in Mis-
sissippi, he quarreled with a man
named Smelling, and by agreement
they we're tied together, armed with
bowie knives and put into a dark o
Although frightfully cut himself, Bow
man came out victor. His next duel
was in 1854, when he had a dispute
with a Spaniard named Domingo.
Armed with knives, they made for each
other, and Bowman severed the Span
iard's head from his body.
When the war broke out, Bowman
enlisted on the confederate side. After
the war he fought a duel with a cousin,
named Williams. The combat was
with pistols at ten PAGES, and Bowman
wounded his antagonist so badly that
he died. Bowman's last encounter was
only a few years ago, when in a hand
to hand conflict with Joe" Miller.
who was known as the bad Man from
Racine he came out victorious. kill
ing Miller without receiving as much
as a scratch.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

cred together and returned to their
owner.
AS for Ramsey, he wal taken to the
ranch referred to and was there given
every possible attention. But after
lingering on In great pain, he died at
~ o'clock Of the night succeeding the
shooting-at the exact hour when
Mrs. Ramsey was having her strange
and startling dream.
The body was then placed In the
ranchman's covered wagon. and the
cortege started for Hayes City, meet
ing Mrs. Ramsey on the road.
The anguish Of the woman was pit
liable. She refused to be comforted
after her husbands death, and two
weeks after the funeral she was a raw
ing maniac. Four months afterward
her unhappy spirit deserted the flesh
and she Joined her husband in another
world.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

Speaking Of dreams and Fremont
tions," said Gen. d. j. Cook, who for
thirty-hve years has been cnief Of the
Rocky Mountain Detective Association,
and for two terms was sheriff at Den
yer during the "palmy days" Of the
Western city-"speakihg Of dreams
and premonltions reminds me Of a
strange psychological happening that
came under my own personal observa-
ton as a detective, where a startling
Detectives as a rule are not super
stitious, and the idea Of working out
the clew to a crime on a mere dream
is widely at variance with detective
methods. They generally depend up
on material facts as they find them
nightmare Of terrible and complicated
death and murder proved true In every
single detail"
with their own eyes and ears, but the
following Renaissance, related by Gen.
Cook, is so strange that even the willy
detective has to admit that there is
something in dreams" It is the story
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

Probably the longest game Of chess
ever known was that played between
a man living in Australia and a friend
in Newark. n, Y. Each move was
made by letter, n player making use
Of the Europe and Sue canal route and
the other writing via the Pacific ocean
and San Francisco. Five years elapsed
before the game was drawn to a close.
Another similar record in chess play
ing was a correspondence game which
took place recently between several
Germans living in New York and a
chess club In Bremen. Germany. The
game terminated in February last
year with a victory for the New York
players. having lasted a period Of two
years and five months.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21
Ranld Eater choksd.

New York Journal: While eating a
piece Of roast beef last night viii
liam Frederick, son Of Robert Fred
erick, formerly superintendent OF the
Globe Iron Works Of Port Chester,
was choked to death at the dinner Ia
BILE in the presence Of his family at
Mount Vernon.
Young Frederick was eating rapidly
in order to go out on the street when
a piece Of the meat became lodged In
his windpipe and he died IN 20 min
utes He was strangled and s~ufocated,
the physicians say.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

from his horse dead. The other reeled,
but did not fall, and Shepherd spurred
on after him, not noticing that Ramsey
did not follow. After g%alloping a short
distance the second nan fell from his
saddle, MORALLY wounded.
Turning then for the first time,
Shepherd. who was unhurt, discovered
that Ramsey had been knocked from
his horse. He bad been shot through
and through, the ball passing near his
heart. There was a ranch a few miles
distant. and Shepherd determined to
make an effort to get his friend to IT,
He also decided to leave the thieves
where they had fallen. Dutch Pete"
proved to be the man at whom Ram
sey had directed his aim. He II was
who had shot Ramsey. But Ramsey's
shot mad gone straight home, passing
through Pete's heart The other thief
was also MORALLY wounded and soon
died. Their bodies we're covered over
with stones and left where they mad
fallen. The stolen horses were gath
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21
NHapgyW oAAo1's
Gratitude
TO MRS. FIuKHAn NO. a6.yssl

/ LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 26,7S5l
7 "DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I have many,
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me
After first confinement 1 was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb,
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and l~eucorrhea. 1 felt so
weak and tired that 1 could not do my
work. 1 became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have a sweet baby girl. 1 never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and 1 feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ]
am now able to do my work and feel
better than 1 have for years. I cannot
thank you enough."-MR Mrs. Ed. Ell
LNeER, DEvLNE, TEX.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21
WondorfaIlE strenEthened.

al have been taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
your remedies I was in a terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. 1
thought I must surely die. But now,
thanks TO your remedies, those feel
ings are all gone. "-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1944 HELEN AVE, DETROIT
MICH.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21
The difference.

80 you went into the stock market
yesterday and made several thousand
dollars?" said the young mans uncle.
yes, sir"
That shows how che may, with
proper pluck and promptness, succeed
If he will only take advantage of his
opportunities"
But 1 lost hat and several thou
sand more today"
Young man, how often have I told
you that such transactions are merely
gambling, and that you are bound to
come to grief, sooDer.aC later, II you
dabble in them. AlGseon Star.