davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1901-08-15
For Sale.

At my residence in Saratoga, Wyo.
l Dresser.
4 Rockers.
l Ice Chest.
l Commode.
l Side-board.
l Glass Bookcase.
l Leather sofa.
l " Chair.
l L" Rocker.
6 Box Dining Chairs.
| Iron and Brass Bed.
Carpets, 20 yards Each.
2 Heating Stoves.
l Range and Kitchen Furniture.
All of the above are A No. | furni-
ture and will be sold ON 6 months
time. A. j. DoGGErr.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

a banker sauntering home for
his dinner found a $40 bill lying on
the curbstone. OF course he picked
it up and took the number Of il
in order to find It's owner. While
at home his wife remarked that the
butcher had sent in a bill amount.
ing to $40. The only money he
had viii him was this money, which
he gave to her end she paid the
butcher The butcher paid it TO
a farmer for a calf The farmer
paid it TO bis clerk and The clerk
owing the banker a note Of $50.
went TO the bank and paid it OF.
The banker recognized the bin as
the one be bad found, which up TO
that time had settled $50 worth Of
debts. On careful examination ne
found the bill wa, counterfeit. Nov
will some Of our financial frient,
tell what has been lost IN the trans.
action, and by whom, if any.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
A GOOD MOVE.
Alabama Constitutional Convention and
Woman Suffrage.

"Straws tell the way the wind
blows" The Alabama Constitu-
tional Convention by vote of o.
to IS granted to women taxpayers
of that State the right to vote upon
tax questions. The next day a
reconsideration was carried, the
majority weakly surrendering before
fusilrde of speechmaking, which
an eyewitness declared, exceeded
in coarseness, vulgarity and insult
to women all previous debates upon
the subject.
The reconsideration came, how
ever, after the Press Dispatches
had heralded broadcast the news of
the first action. Many of the lead
ing papers of the SoIth, including
the Atlanta Journal and New Or
leans Times Democrat, congratula-
ted the Convention upon its
progressive action. The Washington
Post likewise heartily endorsed its
action and then continues
"How can it be right to deny
women property holders vote in
municipal elections in the choice
of the officials who are to lay,
collect and expend their taxes, if it
be wrong to deny them the ballot in
elections involving bond issues? A
municipal legislature can and often
does expend public funds rashly
and even corruptly. 1t is impossi
Bile to offer an argument for this
just and expedient provision that
the Alabama Convention has put
into the new constitution that is
not equally an argument for equal
municipal suffrage. The movement
once begun, is bound to go on.
The next step must be full munic-
iPal suffrage to all taxpaying
women. And then will come
another step, to wit, equal suffrage
rights for both sexes"
1t doesn't take much of a "weath-
er eye" to see which way the wind
blows. The intelligent, refined and
progressive classes are slowly but
surely recognizing the inevitable
establishment of woman suffrage;
and the vulgar. immoral, and igno.
rant are as inevitably lashed into
fury at every mention of the pros
pect. The straws are blowing
onward.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
HORRIBLE MISTAKE.
Made by n Bride and GrOOm in Regis
tering at a Hotel.

From the Morgantown Dominion.
1t vas only few weeks ago that
young couple from this city,
bride and groom, met with the
following mishap in the metropolis
Of Pittsburg.
This couple, who are well known,
left the city on their wedding trip,
and a stop over night was part Of
the pre-arranged program. Arriving
at one OF the first class hotels Of
the city, they both registered, in
stead Of the groom writing Mr. So
and So and wife, the bride, unused
to her new dignity as a wife, signed
her maiden name 20 the register,
and as matter Of course both we're
assigned separate rooms No
amount Of explanations, made pri-
yately, would convince the clerk
that the thing was horrible mis-
take, that they we're newly welded
and all that; this clerk like all OF
his kind was obdurate, and the
bridegroom TO this day grows hot
and cold when he thinks Of that
misadventure His name is with.
held here for reasons that every
reader will appreciate.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
A WOMAN on rnK POLICE FORCE.

The law officers of Washington
have lately been busy with the
question whether a woman may
become a member II the police
force, and have rendered the
opinion that a woman may be
appointed as an additional private
on the police force for duty at a
designated place. The question
grew out of the request of the
Humane Society for the employ
ment of woman as an additional
private for the purpose of prevent
ing cruelty TO animals.
Fortunately, the candidate for
the place was already at hand, and
unquestionably fitted for the work.
She is Miss Woods, who some time
ago proved herself plucky and
quickwitted enough to stop horse
which was being cruelty driven by
one of the leading sporting men of
Capitol society. She held the
horse until policeman arrived on
the scene, and the animal was
found to be bleeding at the mouth.
In addition to the natural qualifca-
tons of quick observation and
determination, she has the advan-
tage of havi lg studied law.
There are some decided advan-
tages about having a woman as
special police agent for work of
this kind. OF course, j; goes with
out saying that she must be well
fitted, by character and education,
for the work. Otherwise she
would be worse than useless. But
in cases of cruelty to animals the
culprit is apt to be a burly, i'll
hammered fellow who could give
man very pretty tussle if disposed
to resist the law; and he would
hardly do that with a woman.
Moreover, the woman agent would
in nine cases out of ten have the
sympathy of the bystanders, and
mat amounts to something as a
moral support. Women who are
genuinely interested in this sort of
work usually go into it with an
enthusiasm which is contagious
and effective, and are, perhaps.
more Jealous than the average man
would be IN hunting down and pun
lshins abuses. There would also
be The consideration, not unimpor.
tant, that the women selected for
positions would be picked for
superior qualifications, and would
be IN measure on lIiai, and There
fore stimulated 10 do the work
better, if possible, than the ordi-
nary policemen would do il. The
idea OF women as police is certainly
a novel one, but in this particular
case 1t does not seem bad at all.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
NJ. & N. RAILROAD BONDS.
From the Morsantown Post

From the Morgantown Post.
Four hundred and fifty shares of
Morgantown and Kingwood Rail
road preferred stock, the par value
of which is S45, 900 held by Nor
gan District, were transferred by
order of the County Court We'd
nesday TO Hon. Geo. c. Sturgiss,
President of the Morgantown &
Kingwood Railroad. for the sum of
SS4, 900. The court had the opin-
ion of States Attorney Goodwin
and of several other attorneys as to
the right of the court TO sell the
shares, and all agreed that it was
in the jurisdiction of the court to
make the sale. The action of the
court was due 10 their opinion that
such a disposal of the stock would
be highly advantageous to the tax
payers of Morgan District. The
purchase money is to be paid to
Sheriff Barrickman within six months
from the date of the order.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
A WARM ESSAY.

In little country school not
far from Princeton, literary exer-
cises ale regularly INDUCED in every
fnday afternoon during the term.
a twelve-year old boy read an
original essay on "rhe Newspaper"
This latter day youthful Solomon
treats his subject thus:
Newspapers are sheets of paper
on which stuff to read is printed.
The men look over the paper to
see if their names is in it, and the
women use it to put on shelves and
sch. don't know how newspapers
came into the world. | don't think
God does. The Bible says nothing
about editors, and | never heard OF
one being in heaven. guess the
editors is the missing link them
felIers talk about The first editor
ever heard of was the Teller who
wrote up the food. He has been
here ever since.
"Some editors belong to church
and some try to raise whiskers. All
of them raise hell in their neighbor-
hood, and all of them are liars: at
least all know, and only know
one. Editors never die. At least
/ never saw a dead one. Some.
times the paper dies, and then
people feel glad, but someone starts
it up again. Editors never went to
school because editors never got
licked Our paper is a mighty poor
one, but we take it so ma can Use
1t on oui pantry shelves. Our editor
don't amount to much, but paw saws
he mad a poor chance when he was
a boy. He goes without under.
clothes in winter, wears no socks.
and has a wife to support him.
Paw has not paid his subscription
in FIVE years and don't intend TO +"
Princeton Record.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
OYSTERS ARE RIPE.

Now that cooler weather is at
hand and an X month on tap, the
oyster season opens and the lucious
fruit is really f.r gathering. Oysters
are supposed to be good and in
season eight months Of the wear.
during all of the months with an r
in them, from September to April.
while May, June, July and August
have no X and are too warm for
oysters.
Reports of preliminary tests of
the various beds along the eastern
shore of Delaware Bay and the
western shores of New Jersey.
where the best known and most
substantial oysters are produced,
indicate that this years oysters will
be fat, juicy and plentiful.
AS multiplier the oyster is a
wonder. One of them is capable
of producing million spawn on
the rocks of Chesapeake Bay,
where the greater number of juve
nile oysters are secured for trans
planting into the Delaware waters.
In which they fatten and thrive as
nowhere else. The marketable
bivalves are not taken from their
birthplace, but have been trans
planted in what might be called
oyster gardens and carefully pro.
tected from their myriad enemies.
Chesapeake Bay has its gardens as
well as its spawning grounds, and
so have the various rivers of Vir-
ginia and Maryland, from which
many oysters come to this market.
The simmer oyster which comes
from Cape May and other points is
by no means in the same aristo.
cratic set as is Its fine blooded
relative which comes to us only in
months in whose names appear the
magic R. 1t has a salty and almost
"hshy" taste that prevents its being
popular with connoisseurs.
The Blue Point, with its almost
white dark lined and delicate she'll
and exquisite flavor will not be in
season until October though its
counterfeits are always with us.
Wholesale prices will be about
the same as last year, running from
$3.50 per thousand for the finest to
$500 for cullens.
Regarding the crop a big dealer
says eve will have more than
enough oysters to go round. The
supply is increasing rapidly year by
year and the demand this year is
greater than ever before. People
are beginning to learn the value Of
the oyster and hundreds who last
year would not as much as look at
one are nov among the heaviest
prospective buyers.
81 don't think the supply will
ever be Exhausted, and as regards
the report that the price will be
higher this season on account Of
the great demand there is absolutely
no basis for IT, Rest assured that
we will have plenty Of oysters at a
fair price"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

Colonel Childers yesterday in.
formed us that he had raised water.
melons on his ranch this year one
third larger in length and girth than
whisky barrel. AS he had two
guns leveled at us when he made
the statement, we not only had TO
swallow it but the barrels as well.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

II is lawful % shoot deer from
October IS TO December Isl rufled
grouse, pheasant and prsiue chick.
en- October IS to December quail,
from November 0 % December 20;
ducks and geese, October 20
April woodcock from July IS to
November D. and snipe from March
to July D. a person is not al
lowed 20 kill more than ~ quail or
book agents in any one day.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
- LEGAL BLANKS
az PAPER GOODS
OF All Kinds
FOR SALE At THIS OF ICE

s0r Ali the Ordinary Forms Kept
Constantly on Hand and Orders
FILLED Promptly. Special
Blanks Printed to Order.
saS- DEEDS Five Cents Each, so
Cents per Dozen, or 81 90 per
Hundred.
Ses- Coal LEASES, Notice to Tres.
passers, Gas and Oil Leases,
Consta Sale Bills, Title
Bonds, Bail Bonds, Appeal
Bonds, Bond for Stay OF Exc
cution, IndemnifyiDg Bonds.
Commitments, ETC., I cent each.
Sos- SUBPGNAS, Attendance Bills,
Summons, Justice and Consta.
BILE Fee Bills, Second Summons.
Executions, Dispositions, Alb
stracts, Venires, Writ of Fieri
Facias, and Any Kind of Justice
or Constable Blanks, 10 Cents
Dozen or SO Cents per Hun
dred.
Sa- Commissioners Summons.
Notices, Attendance Bills. No
tees to Lien Holders and No
tary Blanks, Release of Trusts,
General Release, etc., Cent
each or 10 Cents per Dozen.
psS- Blank Receipt Books, {. 10,
Is and IS Cents. Above well
bound and with perforated stubs
BAY Pocket Ledgers, bound in red
leather and indexed, as Cents.
2oo-Page Indexed L. dgers,
well bound, IS Cents. Day
Books, 10 and IS Cents.
seS- Ink and Muscilage, S Cents
Bottle. Penholders and Pencils,
to S Cents. Pencil and Ink
Tabs, 5 and 10 Gents. Box
Paper, IS to IS Cents. Weekly
and Monthly Time Books, s
Cents each.
eaS- Blank Statement Tabs and Bill
Heads, S and 10 Cents. En-.
velopes, 5 Cents per pack.
Type Writer Paper, all grades.
Legal and Foolscap.
nas- Wedding Cards, Visiting Cards,
Business Cards, Menu Cards,
Lodge Cards, Programs. Invi-
tations, Folders and Fancy
Cards of all Designs. Fancy
japanese Napkins, Is Cents per
Hundred.
Bsa~ Call or Send your Order for
anything Blank or Printed at
The Argus Printing House,
Price st. Kingwood, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
ASTHMA CURE FREE!
Asthmalene Brings Instant Relief ana Permanent
Cure Ali Cases
SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL.
WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLAINLY.

There Is nothing like AsthmaIene. n br,n.s
when all elte fails.
The Rev. G. r. Wells. OF villa Ridge. M.
says; Your trial bottle OF Asthmalene re,
eelYed In good condition. I cannot tell YOU
now thankful feel for the good derived from
throat and Asthma for ten years. | despa.red
OF ever being cured. I saw your advertise.
mem Tor the cure OF this dreadful and tor.
,,nentlnx disease. Asthma. and you thought You
hsu oNerspoken yourselves. but resolved 10
Eve ne ~ tflal. To my establishment, the trial
bOttle.n ~ '"' 9'~o"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
tend him for a Sunday school
superintendent?

We understand that five of the
eight shyster lawyers in this town
are intending to change climates
this fall and that three out of the
five quack doctors will hunt for
other locations and patients. This
is a wise move on the part of both
professions as our town is getting a
little restless and sooner or later
will boil over and reduce its census.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
MORAL STORIES.

Pm sick Of auntie's stories,
For every single one
Is kind of limiting, limiting,
At bad things have done.
If auntie sees at dinner
want two helps of pie,
She tells story bout a pig;
Seems's if that pig was 1.
She tells of animals and girls
And every one did wrong,
And then they all got punished
Her yarns are awful long.
IT | could hear just one good tale,
That didn't hit at me,
I'D be for twenty thousand months
AS good as l can be.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

We received severa! complaints
last week to the effect that the
Kicker was flying mighty light on
politics. They were well founded.
An editor who is ass enough to
open a redhot political campaign
when the country is sweating the
starch out of three collars per day
ought to be given a ride on a cross
cut saw. We know our gait, and
when the time comes to begin we
shall be there.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

Sheriff Thomas Of this county is
rather unfortunate. During the
year he has held Office he has shot
himself three different times while
shooting at other people and yes
terday both bis guns and his horse
we're taken from him by a halfbreed
he was trailing. The sheriff is a
good fellow but didn't nature in
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

Westward the star Of empire
takes its way-that is, widow
named Niece, riding the nigh
wheel horse attached to her covered
wagon, arrived here yesterday and
after short halt moved on On
the cover Of the wagon was the
legend, "A Husband, A Farm, A
Home or Bust" About so Of our
bachelors looked the widow over
and concluded she'd have to bust.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

We tried fly screen in one Of
our editorial Windows few DAYS
ago as an experiment, but in "a
hours the horse flies had cut the
wires loose from the frame and
were tanning themselves with it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
SOME ARIZONA KICKLETS.
Pithy Paragraphs and Editorials From
the UnriyaIed Family Newspaper
or the Plains

Our editorial in this issue on the
culture of the red pepper was
written with the thermometer
standing at no degrees in the
shade.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

The report that an automobile
with three tourists aboard was
making this way resulted in a sale
of 5000 pistol cartridges last week.
The carriage hasn't shown up vet.
but the boys are patiently waiting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

Jim Henderson got the idea the
other day that he was the mayor of
Giveadam Gulch, and we entered
our office in the city hall to find
him seated in our official chair
with his feet resting upon our
official desk. We are sorry we
broke his leg in throwing him down
stairs, but it may be the means Of
turning him from the error Of his
ways.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
Rev. DIR. Morris MechsIer
Rabbi Of the Cong. Bnai Israel.

"''"''4' "t VII IsTueI.
NJ. M, ~, :, New York. Jan 8, 1901
Gentlemen: Your Asthmaiene f. An a caiiao,
remedy Tor Asthma and Hay Fever and its
composition alleviates all troubles which com
oiuS Mlth Asthma- It's success Is Astounding
After having IL analysed. we can state that
Asihmalene contains no opium morphine
chlorOiorm or ether. Very truly yours
REV. DIR. NORRIS ~ El,IISIRR
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

While the rest Of the United
States has been taking things easy
for the last two months old lin
Williams has killed 4, $50 Jack
rabbits and Chinaman or two.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

There are II different people who
have stopped their Kicker without
explanation during the last six
weeks. Next week we shall set
out to call upon them in turn to
hear their excuses, and it is need
less to add that we shall be PIE
pared for emergencies.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19
SOME AGED KIDS.

In Maine the people live to be
very old. An old man of 90, liv-
ing quite a distance from town,
requiring some groceries, sent his
son, man OF 70 odd years. When
the son failed to show up with the
provisions in time, his grandfather,
a centenarian of 1913, said peevishly,
"Thats what comes from sending
a kid"
The above is nearly as good as
the one the fellow told about his
trip through Webster county, when
he saw at point not far from the
famous health preserving, life
prolonglng Webster springs, an old
man of the apparent age of SO or
90 years sitting by the wayside
sobbing like child, "Wha; is the
matter, old man9" asked the trav-
eler. Pap whipped me-" was the
reply. "What for /? "For throw
ing stones at grandpap."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

n. Avon Springs, n. Y. Feb. 1. 1901.
DR.; TAFT RIOS. Medicine Co
Gentlemen: write this testimonial from "A
ss e % DUTY. having tested the wonderful
enect OF your Asthmalene. for the cure OF
Asthma MY wife has been Athlete with
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

They claim to be on The hustle
over at Dog Creek, and yet the
other day when we were there
crowd of SO men spent two hours
watching a fight between two bum
blebees in a bottle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

We understand that they have
formed a vigilance committee al
Jackson's Hill and are aching to
hang somebody. From what we
know of the town we should advise
them to hang each other and wipe
it off the map.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

Big Sam Hennessy tried to ride
his broncho through the Ruby
saloon last evening, and that's why
he is in the hospital with three
bullet holes in his body. He made
a mistake in the town.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

The cattle king Of Australia is
Samuel McCaughney, an Irishman,
who went to Australia in 1886 with
practically nothing. He did not
succeed well at first, but started
again with a small flock, and from
year TO year has added 10 his hold
ings, until now he has more sheep
than any other man in the world.
His possessions are in the best
parts Of Australia One Of his
farms on the Darling Downs is 60
miles long and 20 miles wide. Alto
gether be owns more than a million
acres and leases about a million or
SO more.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

comnen
Dr. tBros'Me dicneC
td wnha
n O health
"0"u"'S'' ." i"'"soonSuee|
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-19

The Fairmont Index rises to
remark that
The latest reports from Morgan.
town is 20 the effect that a wild cat
is terrorizing the inhabitants Of the
Modern Athens.
We are not surprised Until
they get license down there and
stop having bargain days a. the
speakeasies- events that are always
celebrated when Judge Mason is
out Of the State and they are liable
% hear most any kind Of noises.
Il is The punched drinks that are
accompanied by the wild cat music.
One Of the proposed amendments
20 the Virginia Constitution reduces
the Governors salary The Gov.
ernor Of Virginia has a four year
term and gets S. 900 a year This
is more than the pay Of Governors
in most southern states, the Gov.
ernor Of Georgia receiving E3,ooo.
Alabama s5soo3 South Carolina.
$4,000 West Virginia, Sa,7oo
Mississippi, $500 and Tcnnes &c,
$4,000. The Governor Of Florida
receives $500 Of Delaware, ST.
900 and Of Arkansas, S3,5oo.