davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

Only a few democrats were found to be openly opposed to the admins tration, and they were supposed to be the regular objectionfsts, and conse- quertly but little attention was given them.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

M. + Parkinson, the king-pin of the republican fifth ward chariot, said this morning that lie was satisfied Judge Coweli would be elected by hand some majority and that the republican school ticket would win easily.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

At 1 o'clock practical men in politics surmised that the mayor would win by about 1000.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

One would think by the interest shown in the fifth ward contest sy James J. Cassin, ex-comptrolIer. that he was in the race himself and that his bread and butter for the next two years depended on the result. Cassin is oue of those democrats whom the party always can look to for a helping hand. Though not down on the list as fighter, he has considerable back bone when the occasion calls for it, and his knowledge of the lists is so thorough the leaders regard him as q very valuable lieutenant on election day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

City Sheriff Mcdonald was out in his regulation blue shirt. His oppo- nent, Will Gillette, is said to bergiving him hustle; but, after all, it is gen. erally conceded that after the ballots as usual.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

A prominent republican about 10 o'clock said Kilduff's majority would be about 3OO
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-07

The office holders of the democratic party and the party's candidates held a meeting in the police court room Saturday night, and outlined plans for to-day,s contest. Attorney Minor presided and Dr Kilmartin acted as secretary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

+ /. +
~.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
Inquiring LADY, How much milk does
your COW give day?
Mrs. BIugore Scores Ono.

Mrs. Newrich-Oh, dear. no! My hus-
band don't have to be in business no
more. He's just gentleman now
Mrs. Blugore-That must be pleas-
ant change for him.-Young Folks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
A Queer Woman.

Mrs. Gabble-Isnt she the most pecul-
lar woman, though?
Mrs. Naybor-She is, indeed. Why do
you know, one day l watched her MAX
ing bread, and all the time she had her
hands in the dough her nose didn't get
itchy once!-Philadelph Press.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

mo doubt the olden time swindlera
We're very Industrious"
What makes you think so?"
We'll, of course, they worked
knights. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
A College Joke.

Jones has been arrested for hurting
himself from an eight story window to
the sidewalk below
What was the charger"
'Desecrating the flag.'-Yale Record.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
A close shnve.

First Tramp-Did you ever come near
takin' bath?
Second Tramp-Well, wuz onct in a
poolroom. Philadelphia Record.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
Did Her hest.

Bridget, did you call the boys?"
"Indade, an Oh called thin Everything
Oh c'u'd think of, but they w'u'dn't git
up. Brooklyn Life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

-"'Cos, don't yer see, it makes things
so pleasant an easy for the pore fell
lers wot ave no use for umbrellas, but
wants the valybles!"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
EASY FOR THE BURGLARS.

Il tells YER murmured Bllam
in his
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
III and Sick.

Ill and Sick.
One day when l was very i'll
I called the doctor quick,
But when l got that Doctors bill
1t simply made me sick.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19

- /
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
A Building Proposition.

Cholly-Why so quiet, Miss Grace?
Grace Qightly)-Oh, I was building
castles in the air.
Cholly-What did you use for cor
nerstone?
Grace-A solitaire.-Town Topics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

advantage, sire?'' repeated the
youth in surprise. @
"Aye. Did he not, Stephen Ur-
zen ?"
"He did, SIRE" replied the man
thus addressed
"And which of the two do you call
the best swOrdsman ?" Peter asked.
"Why, sir, the count is or was
vastly his superior"
"And what say you, sir lieuten
ant 2"
Alaric trembled, for this was ad-
dressed to him. He knew that the
duke was anxious to crush his
friend, and he feared to draw the
wrath of that powerful nobleman
down upon his head. But happy
though t came to his aid.
''Sire," he said, 81 would rather
you would judge of that for your
, self"
"Me judge? And how am l to do
that?'
"Let Ruric Nevel's skill be tried
here before you. If | mistake not,
you have some good swordsmen near
your palace. There is Demetrius, the
Greek"
"What, my master at arms?"
eyes, sire
"Why, he is the best swordsman
in my empire. think our young
adventurer would fare badly in his
hands"
"Neyer mind, sire. You could
Judge.
"Why," said Peter, with a smile,
'Demetrius handles the count as
would a mere child"
"Sire," spoke Ruric modestly, but
yet frankly, ''it were surely no dis
grace to he overcome by your tutor
"And will you take turn with
him at the swords ?"
eyes, sire, if so it please YOU"
''By my soul, cried the emperor,
leaping up, "we'll have some diver
sion out of this trial. What no,
there! Light up the chamber. Let
every lamp be lighted, for we want
sight now. Send Demetrius here
and tell him to bring hisround edged
swords!"
Both the duke and Urzen stood
aghast at this new turn, but they
dared not interfere, for they saw
that their imperial master was all
excitement now to see trial of skill
at that science which, above all 9th.
ers, he tried to make his officers
learn. But then they had one hope
-Demetrius might overcome the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

lar dignity
'Not fear?" repeated the auto
crat sternly.
'No, sire. Peter of Russia is not
man to be feared by those who love
and honor him.
'Insolence!" uttered the duke.
The emperor looked up into his
face, and he added:
"Now, sire, you can see for your
self some of his traits of character
"Aye," returned Peter, 81 see.
They are wonderful. | knew not
that among my artisans there were
men of such boIdness."
The duke knew not how to in
terpret this, and he moved back a
pace.
"Now, sir" resumed Peter, turn
ing to the gunmaker, show dared
you strike a Russian nobleman ?"
81 did not, sire. Conrad Damonoff
came to my shop, and he brought
me paper in which ] was required
or ordered to relinquish all claims
to the hand Of
"Sire," interposed the duke, che
misstates"-
"Never mind" broke in the en-
peror, with an authoritative wave of
the hand, eve will hear nothing
about the lady here. Why did you
strike the count 2"
Because, sire, he descended from
his station and struck me. He
threw away the shield which should
protect the nobleman and struck
me without provocation."
"And then you knocked him
down ?"
81 did, sire"
"And perhaps YOU would have
done the same to me"
"Sire, answered the youth quick
l,, "when DamonoIf tried by threats
to make me sign his paper | told
him there was but one man on
earth at whose order | would do
that thing. The man who has the
right toacommand shall never have
occasion to strike me-"
There was something in this reply
and more in the tone and bearing OF
him who spoke it that made the
duke tremble. lie saw plainly that
the emperor's ewes sparkled with adj
miration as they rested upon the
gunmaker.
But now about this duel" re,
sumed the emperor. 'How dared
YOU take advantage of the count il
the conflict ?"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
THE GUEMAKER OF MOSCOW.
Continued from Sixth Page.)

surance that his presence was very
disagreeable to the person mention
ed. This | supposed he would sign
at once, and as the count aspired to
her hand ! deemed it no more than
right that he should render her this
service. Now, sire, this gentleman
may continue"
Thus hidden Urzen resumed:
'"The noble count was DESTROYS,
sire, that should accompany him,
and | did so. Upon reaching the
mans shop we found him at work
upon gunlock, ] think. He re-
ceived the note, but refused to sign
it. The count urged him to sign in
mild, persuasive language until the
fellow became iusolent. Then he
used some stronger terms, and |
think he made some threat of what
he would do if his insults to the lady
were repeated, and thereupon the
gunmaker struck him a furious
blow in the face and knocked him
down. cannot remember all the
threatening language which the fell
low used, but it was fearful"
"And how about the duel" asked
the emperor.
In answer to this Urzen went on
and related what he had prepared
on the subject, and it need only be
said that the report was about on a
par with what we have already
heard. He even went so far as to
swear that the count had tried re-
peatedly to compromise matters aft
er the conflict had begun, that he
begged of Newell to give up the bat
tie, but that the latter, thirsting for
the young noblcman's blood, kept
hotly, madly at it.
1t was at this juncture and with.
out referring to the surgeon that
the emperor sent for Ruric, and
having learned that a lieutenant Of
the khitagorod guard was present
at the duel, he sent for him also
Orsa arrived first and was present
when Ruric came.
And now Ruric Newell stood be
fore his emperor. Peter gazed upor
him for some moments, and then h,
said:
"Sir, thy bearing is bold"
"Why should it not be, sire, wheI
] stand before one whom | homo
and respect and do not fear'" s.
smoke Ruric cplrrlv and with pecuI
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
The Christmas American.

The Christmas edition of The Nash
vile American will be issued Sunday,
Dec. %. 1t will have an Illuminated
cover, drawn from the very latest de
signs; also beautiful half-tone pictures
appropriate to the Thristmastide, re-
produced from paintings by the world, $
greatest artists. 1t will be the hand
soonest holiday paper ever printed IN the
South. Ask your newsdealer to save
you a copy or send cents in stamps 70
The American for a copy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

'Now, Ruric Newell, if you leave
Moscow without my consent you do
so at your peril. l would not lose
sight of you. You are at liberty"
In an hour more Ruric was upon
his mothers bosom. He told her all
that had happened. all but the L.
words OF the emperor. lie did no:
tell her of those, for he knew not
whether they BODIED him good or
evil.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
TTo BE Continued
RHEUMArIsM CURED INADAY.

"Mystic Cure" for Reumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to 3 dave.
Its action upon the system is remarka-
BILE and mysterious. 1t removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben .
fits. rs cents and 81. Sold by A. b.
Rains, Druggist, Columbia. lO4 SIN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
FRIDAY NIuht's Storm,

The wind and rain storm Friday nigh
extended over nearly the whole statet
and a great deal Of damage was done.
The mercury dropped to a few degrees
above zero in many places.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

styled cause at the October term, 1901,
on Minutes at page 66S, | will,
Until Monday, the 9Th Day of Janu-
ury, 1902, at. IL o'clock M,
receive bids in the office of the Clerk
and Master in Columbia, Tenn, on the
land described in said decree, and
bounded as follows:
Lying and being in the Goth civil dis
trict of Maury County, Tennessee, be.
ginning at the southeast corner of the
farm of Mrs. E. J. Roam, in the confer
of the public road; running north with
line of said road to a large branch
where said farm corners with the land
of said Roam and the land of Mrs. r. g.
Irvine; thence east with the various
meanders of said branch to where the
public road crosses said branch near
Rutherford creek; thence south with
said public road to the line of A. S
Goodwin thence west with the center of
the public road to the beginning:
bounded north by the land of said l.,
vine heirs; east by the lands of said
heirs and A. S. Goodwin; south by said
Goodwin; and west by Mrs. E. j.. Roam,
containing 1872 acres, more or less. Be-
ing the same land conveyed to Ameri-
can Phosphate Co, by Mary L. Cnwsert,
see Deed.in Book "a, page 26, r o. NJ. C..
TERMS:-Saids sale will be made on
credit of six and II months, but notes
to be dated July Goth, 1901. Sale free
from the equity of redemption. Notes
bearing interest from date, with good
personal security will be required of
the purchaser, and lien retained to Sc
cure the payment of the purchase
money.
This the 9th day of December, 1907.
6 At A. n. AKIN G.. IL NJ,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

9arwOOd's Sarsaparllla-fOrtha hloo
guaranteed to cure. A. BRAINS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
Re-Opening Bindings.
LAND SALE.

w. w. Gibbs ct al. VS.. American Phos-
phate Co. ct al.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20

Pursuant to decree entered in above
styled cause at the October term, 1901,
on Minutes at page 66S, l will,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
Protecting Orchard Trees

We have friend who is growing
commercial apple orchard of 5000
trees in northern Iowa. His method
of protecting his trees from sun scald,
rabbits and borers is this-he takes
tough marshy hay, and from it twists
a hay rope an inch and one-half in
diameter, and commencing at the
bottom of the trunk of the tree, winds
it snugly around the tree, fasten-
ing the upper end in the branches
in the crotch. He tells us that he
finds this method IA perfect protection
aginst the three worst enemies of
the apple tree named. He leaves this
rope on winter and summer until it
rots off, which will be in about three
years. Using this method one thing
must be guarded against, and that
the keeping the base of the trunk
free from grass and weeds, or the
field mice will nest there and bark
the trunk of the tree.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
A Freak Nest Builder.

Marvellous as is the instinct OF
birds, one is led to wonder why the
swift or chimney swallow ever be.
came addicted to the habit of build.
ing its nest in house-chimneys, where
the nest with its eggs or young is
very liable to fall down because OF
lack of proper adhesion to the brick
or where the starting of fire by
the householder works complete de.
struction. Where did these birds
build their nest at the time the
Psalmist wrote of them as seeking
place where she may lay her
young'-at time when chimneys
were unknown? And why, in its
search for building place, did il
forsake the clefts in the rocks OF
possibly the hollow trunk of some
forest tree for such an uncouth, il.
logical and unsafe place as house.
chimney?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
A Business Animal.

We watched an Angora goat feed
ing the other day. 1t had beer
turned into garden from which al
the garden stuff had been removed
There was a bed of second growth
lettuce, tender and sweet, lot O.
fresh cababge stumps and leaves
plenty of fine blue grass and Other
nice pickings all around. What die
that goat do but make straight fol-
Q clump of wild rose bushes in a cor
ner of the garden and strip then
almost down to the ground ant
when we left it it was busy stripping
all the foliage which it could reacl
from a low headed box elder. Tn,
Angora goat is a business anima
and no mistake.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
Cows and Their Value,

A cow which will only yield Zoe
pounds of butter in year is not
worth keeping by any man as a
mich COW; one which will make zoe
pounds is fairly good average cow
worth, say, $35; one which will make
300 pounds is superior animal and
is worth $50, and the one which will
make 400 pounds is first class COW
and is worth of any mans money
500. 1t should be said in connec.
ton with the foregoing statement
that if the 200 pound COW lis of the
beef breeds and produces a good
beef steer, her value is greater than
the figure above given.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
Palestine Grapes.

AS a boy we remember seeing a
picture depicting the spies returning
from the land of Canaan bearing on
a pole, which two men carried on
their shoulders, punches of grapes
from the promised land. The artist
had made these punches of grapes al
most touch the ground, and we got
the idea that they must have come
from great grape country. We see
that large numbers of German vine
growers are locating in Palestine
to take up the culture of the grape
the quality of which as there grown
is equal to the best product of either
France or Germany.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
The Poor Mans Credit.

Keep your credit good. No matter
whether you are poor man working
by the day or whether you have a
good rating in Bradstreet. The linn.
enjoy. if he will, is very often in.
valuable to him and if sacredly main.
tanned by him enables him to pre-
serve his self respect and avoid ask
ing for favors as a charity. If every
body would promptly pay their small
obligations the business of the world
would be done with far less friction.
When you have read this, if you owe
any man fifty cents or less, go and
pay it, for herein lies the moral.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
Beet Sugar and the Trust.

It has been clearly foreseen FOL
some time that when the time ar
rived that the product of the beet
sugar factories of this country
reached a sufficiently large amount
so that it would seek a market out.
side that offered by the sugar trust
there would be trouble in the sugar
camp. That time has now arrived
and the trust is after the home pro-
duccrs of the sugar. The general pub
lie has very lively interest in the
pending controversy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
What Should He Do !

We are asked what should be done
in a case like this-a dog of fairly
good reputation belonging to farm
er was very strongly suspected or
circumstantial evidence of killing q
lot of sheep belonging neighbor
The owner of the dog refused to
recognize the weight of this sort OF
evidence and would neither pay for
the sheep nor kill the dog. What
should the sheep-owner do? Our re.
ply is that he should get that dogs
hide on the first favorable oppor-
tunity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

Some people are worried because
the United States has no official
national flower, While England has
the rose, Scotland the thistle, Ire.
land the Shamrock, France the lily
and Holland the tulip, there seems
to be no unity of opinion as to what
flower should constitute Americas
floral insignia. One of our western
congressman once undertook to get
the pancy so named, but he only
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

The Hungarian bronze grass is
making fine record in the dry
northwest country where the rainfall
is less than twelve inches per an
mum. 1t is further said that when
once the ground is seeded with it,
it is as difficult to be rid of as though
it were quack grass. It's uses seem
to especially fit it for the permanent
pasture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

We expected somebody would get
hurt in specializing in potatoes at
SIPS per bushel, and it proves to be
a large number of the country mer.
chants of the north country in Mime
sofa, North Dakota and Wisconsin
who paid the farmers a big price
for their potatoes with the expecta-
tion that the tubers could be unload,
ed at q profit on southern buyers
These merchants find that they can
only sell at big loss.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
Notice in Probate.
70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: T-s-zss....s.-

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCEkN: " 3d.
You and each OF you are hereby notified to
appear at the Court House In Winneshelk
County, Iowa, on the 18th day OF November,
A. ID 1901, at 2 O'Clock, p. M, To attend the
probate of an instrument purporting 10 be
the last will and testament of George w
Hall, late OF Glenwood Township, In Win
nesheik County, Iowa, Il ceased, at which
time and place you will appear aud show
cause, If any, why said viii should be admit
ted To probate.
In testimony whereof / have
fs.,, hereunto subscribed my name ana
tshAhl affixed the seal OF said Office, this
It'll day OF October, 1901
A. l., HAAKENsoN,
DAYTON 4 DAYTON, Clerk OF District Court,
Attorneys. 4l-iw
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

A law recently put into effect in
Norway compels the young lady be-
fore she marries to present a certi-
ficate to the authorities showing that
she can cook, sew, knit and en-
broider. This ought to insure the
getting of good housekeeper when a
fellow marries in that country, but
it is an unfair arrangement, in that
nothing is required in the man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

A great change is taking place in
the method of constructing grain
elevators, the bins intended to hold
the grain being built in circular form,
outside the power house, and con-
structed wholly of cement. So alb
solutely fire proof are these struc-
lures that the companies building
and owning them do not pretend Go
carry any insurance on them or their
contents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

1t has been clearly demonstrated
at the experiment stations that the
spraying of fruit trees when in bloom
greatly hinders the work of fertiliza-
ton and in many cases absolutely
prevents it. Then, spraying at this
time kills the bees, when the bees
and bloom should be permitted to
carry on their perfect work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30
We are asked whether sheep ma,

We are asked whether sheep NAV
be allowed to run in an orchard
pasture without injury to the trees.
If they were simply allowed to have
a run in such pasture for short
time once day to pick up windfalls
and weeds it would be beneficial to
the trees, but if kept there continu-
ously they would soon seriously in
jure it by punching under the trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

In the securing of man whose
business in working for you will be
largely in the line of caring for stock,
it is better to get one of the
slow-going, methodical and careful
sort rather than what might be
termed hustler. 1t takes much pa
thence to care for any kind Of stock,
especially the young things on the
farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

Missouri held it's first state fair
this year, and if the hog which car
ried off the sweepstakes premium
was correctly photographed there is
room for some missionary work In
that state along the line of improved
breeds of hogs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-30

We are taking up some of the tea
roses this week and will pot them
for winter Towering in the house;
the rest we will pack in box in
the cellar and keep them dormant
until spring. 1t is not safe to leave
them out of doors, no matter how
wen covered, in the latitude where
we live. No flower that we grow
so well pays for the care required
as do the tea roses.