davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

ton of the six-waeel trucks and under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

OHREERo WANTED. WANTED-Boarders, 1880 7th avenue, north, 2-3-5t BOARDERS WANTED-121S 11th avenue, South Highlands, cars pass both ways to the city; elegant front rooms. FIRST-CLASS room and board at 1916 5th avenue. 1-2S-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

A movement Is on foot to organize . railroad mems club in Louisville. ma- jority of the Louisville railroad employees are eligible to membership in such an organization and look with favor on the plan.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22
THE NEED OF 4 MINERS
 AND MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
How Such Body Could Help Itself and the Country Generaly.-h Would Expose the Graft of the
 Unscrupulous Promoter and Suppress the e B1ackrnailer, Says Capt. Siem.

ever lies and waits for the needed labor.
 The greater future of this country rests largely on the united efforts of adjoining claim owners. After they have once demonstrated that together they own paying proposition there will be no lack of means to help them to put their properties in the best pay ing condition, and if they wish to dis pose of them they will find ready pur- chasers who will pay them nearly the J full value of their properties.
 { As whole, we have only ourselves to blame that this country has not ad- vanced more rapidly. The wealth is ! here beyond any question. For the chaotic conditions which hinder right ful exploitation we are responsible. History ever repeats itself Every new state and territory that has been added to the United States has had to un- dergo in it's time similar periods of painful travails, until it's right-minded men would gather into q body and to- gether would stamp out abuses and create order out of chaos. Are there no right-minded and fearless men in our community who will lay aside for d day their private grievances and their petty greed and work justly and disin- terestedly for the future benefit of this, their adopted land? We know there are.
 1t ever seems as if great calamity is necessary to bring forth mans re- gard for man, to reawaken the knowl- edge that our interests are in common, to demonstrate that the brotherhood of man is not Sunday school proposition, but the ever-active agent fer progress in every community.
 How our citizens gathered together the other day, the day of that disas- trous fire, to devise means for better mutual protection against similar dis a,ters. Shall their work stop with that? No. Admonish them to stay together to devise ways and means to deliver this land from all the evils which hold it in thraldom. In such action lies our common prosperity. In a few days we expect to be visited by delegation of United States sen
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

all are or have been in the same boat. Where lies the remedy? Reform must ever start at home.
 Now let us be frank? To how many l60-acre associations locations have you lent your name? We have had our , epidemics of associations, and the coun- try is plastered with them near and far. A hustling fellow will step up to you with the blank: he asks you to sign. You see there some other names s of men whom you may happen to know or not to know, just as the case may be. You sign, sometimes with q turk ing idea that something may come of it, but generally without afterthought, out of good nature, pure and simple, and the fellow is off to stake and to record. That you then and there have been placed on record before the soy ereign people of the United States, that you have openly avowed q part nership and formed solemn compact with seven other men for the purpose of pre-empting, purchasing and devel- oping l60 acres of the public domain, may never even enter your head. The consequence of your thoughtless ac- tion, however, rests like curse on the land.
 There are in this country creeks after creeks, acres after acres, where individual claims have proven them selves too expensive to operate. What does the claim owner do in such cir cumstances? Docs he go to the men on the neighboring claims, saying: Let us join our properties and work them together as one property on equal shares. l have some means and so have you, and with these we can keep on working together and make some good showing, when we shall be able to jointly get some credit at the store or bank" Does he do it? Not as rule. Generally he sits down and waits for some grating speculatOr to come along, who, on the boast of out side backing, bonds the property from him and from his neighbors. Some times the promoter is able to raise the means, at most times not: but as rule the money raised is expended for the benefit of the promoter. and the land
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22
Mining Operations Now
 Under Way.
BE S0T0'S DREDGER
Its Operations in the Neukluk Valley Will be Watched With
 Great Deal of Interest.

Council City, July 12.-The De Soto Mining Co. are establishing all exten- sive camp on the right bank of the Neukluk about one mile below Council. At present some two dozen tents of var ious sizes are erected, and along the banks of the river are vast piles of pro- visions and machinery which are being augmented daily by barge load after barge load.
 A dredger is now on the ways under construction. The huge timbers are being placed in position, and daily the structure is assuming shape and form.
 For mile or more the river bank exposes large deposit of gold-bearine gravel which certainly presents an in viting field for testing the dredger when completed.
 Great interest is being taken in the dredging scheme of Dr. De Soto. The
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22
PROF. LEONARD.
 THE AER0NAUT
Is Again Visiting Nome, After an Absence of Two
 Years.

Prof. John Leonard, the aeronaut who made the balloon ascensions here in 1901, has returned, after an extend ed cruise on the Pacific. Last year he started for the Durbar at Delhi, and after exhibiting six times in the Ha- waiian islands he sailed for Samoa and the Fijis, but on account of ill health he returned to the states. He says the islanders never tire of ballooning, and after fifteen years they remember all the details of the ascension in which blue sharks that infest the waters out side of Honolulu.
 According to his press notices, Prof. Leonard rode the same trade wind that carried Lawrence to his doom, but Leonard says that the only shark he fears is the specie that lives ashore.
 Coming down the Yukon this season, he ascended at Whitehorse and Daw- son. A great many people came into Dawson after navigation opened, but very few went out. While there is not the lavish display of money there that was seen in 1899 and 1900, still Dawson is good camp. Eagle, Circle and Rampant are very quiet.
 Prof. Leonard would be pleased to make an ascension whila the senatorial party are here, if arrangements can be made.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

miles of gravel fields are known to ex- ist. and it is also known that the depos- its contain gold. The question con- fronting the inexperienced is whether the dredger will handle the necessary quantity of gravel at such and expense as will yield a fair margin of profit. Should it prove, as it is confidently be- lieved it will, a success, great impetus will be given to mining operations in this section. The broad area of the Neukluk valley will afford ample oppor- tunity for multitude of promoters and operators.
 Scott King and C. B. Phillips will establish camp on upper Gold Bot tom. This will be the first attempt to mine this portion of the stream.
 John Mason will soon be operating for the third season on Gold Bottom, near the mouth of Warm creek. Some eight or ten head of horses will be em- ployed in facilitating the rapid hand llDS Ol SIOuHu.
 Six claims are now being worked on Mystery creek.
 Several claims are being worked on Melsing creek.
 The Richter Creek Mining company, under the management of Count du Pare, is now encamped on the ground of the company. Soon, it is expected, a complete cross-cut of the creek will be made on No. , above.
 Pipe for hydraulicking is now being transported from Council to Ophir by the Wild Goose Co.
 The lateness of the season has worked a hardship on number of men who came to Council soon after the arrival of the first boats, expecting to receive employment. Quite number failing to get work, have retraced their steps towards Nome. In about ten day la- borers will be in demand
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22
THE BEACH
Fourteen Gasoline Plants
 in Operation.

There are fourteen gasoline plants at work on the beach between Nome and Penny river. F.. Sales, who has been operating plant opposite the old cemetery since the first week in June, states that on an average he cleans up from $7 to $9 per day to the man. He is shoveling in several inches of gray sand, mixed with bedrock, which have not been worked before.- "Pockets" are found which run very rich. There are no rockers and only two ''long toms" along that portion of the beach, thus showing that beach mining is keeping pace with other branches of mining in this country.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

ators, sent here by President Roose- welt, the greatest man for facts of all , who have graced the presidential chair. Have we got an organized body them with facts to which we can pin demands? The chaotic conditions our distinguished visitors will see and the diverging stat ments they will hear can only bewilder them. Only organ ized and deliberative bodies who in- vestigate without fear or favor are able to lay open the true state of af- fairs. Such q body amongst us is the first of our necessities.
 All holdings in Alaska, not within the corporate limits, escape special taxation, l do not know whether it would be iudi-i)us to enforce special tax on the gold output of our mines for the benefit of (ur communities at large, but 1 will maintain that if the miner, would voluntarily tax themselves about one-tenth of one per cent on the yearly yield of gold for the purpose of creat- ing and uphOlding a Miners and Mer- chants Association, that would fear lessly do its duty, the country and they themselves would be vastly benefited thereby.
 The duties of such body have been indicated in the foregoing. Let us re- hearse them in short: First and fore most it should build up for itself by its fearless actions, an unimpoachablc reputation for integrity and veracity, so that all who seek Information on or investments in this country can i'm picitly rely on it's reports. It should gather and tabulate all the facts con cerning actual conditions, mining and otherwise, for the benefit of its mem bers and the world at large" It would lay the graft of the unscrupulous promoter, for shortly no man of means and sense would invest in any mining of the association. It could suppress much of the blackmai;ng litigation by fearlessly y searching out and by expos ing, without bias, the underlying facts in every case. It should place it's seal of condemnation on all fraudulent transactions. It could report on and recommend to the merchant or bank where q mining operation stands in need and is worthy of credit. It should help to preserve the purity of all pub l lie officials, and it should advocate and demand from the federal government from time to time such rightful meas ures as shall become necessary for an harmonious growth of the country.
 We have the wealth here, immense wealth, but little shall it profit Us if we do not act rightly by each other. Let us get together now. If we shirk our duty the country will grow in spite of us but it will grow Cn in deiormity and in misery, until other men shall come and lay hold rightly and hon. estly. But, then, we shall not be in al the cleanup, but we shall have found our resting place among the tailings.
 Let US act together, before it is too late. We owe it to our, elves, we owe it to our children, and we owe it to Alaska.
 CONRAD SEM
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

Who found and demonstrated all the rich ground we know of in this coun- try? Take claim after claim, mine after mine, and you will ever find three, four or more men with little money, but barrels of grit, who silently, pa tiently and determinedly suffered and worked together, side by side, until they found the paystreak. Unity ol purpose and action Of a number of de- termined men ever paves the road to success and ever lays the foundation for future greatness. The motto on which stands reared the present great ness of the United States is:. Limited we stand; divided we fall"
 Complaints that the United States mining laws are ill-adapted to these northern gold fields are frequent. This is nonsense. The laws are wise and good, only most of us live and act, and take advantage of, the letter of the laws and avoid the spirit of the laws. Under such circumstances all laws en- acted by man are bad laws. The spirit that breathes through the laws of the United States ever breaches: "Work together; help each other; be just tc one another" And such has been through the ages the sermon of the northland.
 Little have we needed the voice SC far. We have fought one another. We have pulled apart. We have tried tc get all we could out of the other fellow and then to get out. But we may rest assured that as long as that spirit pre-. vails among us most of us will stay here, stuck in the mire.
 The location fiend is ever rampant in the land. Holding down his locations by hook and crook, year after year, does he ever show the least disposition to demonstrate that any of his many claims contain gold in paying quanti, ties? Not he. He wearily sits and waits. Maybe, some day, some man on some neighboring claim may discover pay, and then he may be able to sell. That he, this wise, promises himself to take dishonest advantage of another mans toll, never strikes him. Nobody has ever told him so. And who is there to condemn him? Not you and I. We
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22
Notice to Builders and Contractors

Sealed bids for building bridge across Dry creek, near the foot of First avenue, will be received at tue city clerks office not later than l2 o'clock noon, Monday, July P, 1903. Plans and specifications are on file in tLe clerks office.
 ROBT. T. CHESNUT,
 City Clerk. Dated Nome, Alaska, July 2l, 1905.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

You can save money by buying your supplies for Solomon river district, direct from Archer, Ewing & Co.'s store at mouth of Solomon.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

A large consignment of fresh fruits and vegetables of all kinds received on late steamers at Bayles X Co.'S, 3O4 Front Street.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

Lemp's and Olympia beers, draft and bottled: T. J. Nestor, A. c. Co.'S ware house Front street.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-22

Watches, diamonds and jewelry. A. l.. Delkip. Frontstreet, across from engine house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
A Helm in Trouble.

Happy is the man who has made God
his refuge and strength. No real harm can
ever ovcrtake him. He has refuge to
which he can fee in every hour OF tempta,'
ton or trial and sorrow, q refuge never fail-
ing. No matter what the peril, or what
the grief, he flies to God and all Is calm
and rest. God is sufficient for anything
that can arise. And our refuge IS always
near at hand, o very present help IN
trouble. The Israelite had often to nee a q
long way to his city of refuge. but ours Is
always close at hand; IN moment we arc
there. Happy also is the man who can say,
God is my strength" If He is indeed our
strength we shall win every battle that we
fight. Our enemies may De too strong Tor
us. but they are not too strong Tor HIM;
:.thcre is nothing too hard for the Lord;
so there is nothing too hard for US, IT he
Is our strength. The trouble Is that we
saw that lie is our strength while all the
time VIC arc trustin: in our own strength.
If He is our refuge and strength, no. only
in worI and in tongue, but in deed and IN
truth, then we shah never fear under any
circumstances. not even though the Garth
be removed, and though the mountains be
carried into tie midst OF the sea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
A rhrse.Story House.

Every man lives in a threc-story honses.
The lower story is part under ground.
There he eats and drinks. This Is his ply
sical nature. Many men never leave this
basement. There they live, there they die,
never entering the stories that lie above.
The second story lies above the first.
From its windows the outlook IS wider. the
light is more abundant, and the air purcr.
This is mans intellectual department.
Some 20 up into the second story often,
and. though they do not abandon the base
ment, they use It mostly on.y tor eat'ns.
The third story is the highest.
There the air, the sunlight; the
outlook are ut lie best. This Is
the spiritual realm. Few rise into It. In
many cases dust and cohwcbs are the sole
OCCUPANTS OF what should bc the choicest
part of the house The wise man. while
he does not abandon the basement or VIC
second story. loves the third the best oi
all, and there spends much nt his ,imc.
And the God OF peace Himself snnctiiy
you wholly. and may your spirit. and soul
and body be preserved entire, without
blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Faithful il He that callcth you,
who will also do it"-Dr. Joseph Strong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
kEAotNc FOR the QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITsELF:

Poem: Some wafehwsrds.The Disespses
Told That They Were 10 BE Witnesses
Esss Unto the Utsesmese Parts Of tho
Earth-comins Of christ's Kingdesn.
A little bit of self.control
Is good for body, mind and soul;
Helps man to guard his words and actions
Acts a. restraint 'sainst false attractions
Helps man to use good judgment, too,
In business. lines he may pursue.
It helps man avoid confusions
Which would result in wrong conclusions.
A little bit of patience, tro,
Will help Q man his cou,Ye pursue
in such way that good success
And true contentment viii him bless.
A little bit Of common sense
VIII faithful toll well recompeuse-
Cause men 10 meet their obligations
Through proper business regulations.
Two thines there are which crown thsss
Faith and hope in the gospel plea,
And these two things along with those
VIII help . man in God rcpose,
And take delight His will to do ;.
In each respect that's grand and true;
And such course viii others lead
To heed Gods eall and pardon pieai.
H. N. Miller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29

According to IN old document Just
discovered in Australia. says the Gold.
en- Penny. gold was first found by
convict near Parramatta In 1IS0. The
unfortunate fellow was at once
charged with having stolen n watch
and boiled 1t down." and. being con-
victed by the rude court of those early
days. was given $50 lashes for bis
pains. In later years the record OF
this Incident was closely examined by
an undoubtedly competent authority.
who was quite convinced Of the senu.
ineness OF the convict's story.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
UnparslIsled Jane Toppan.


Neither ancient nor modern history
furnishes q parallel to the case Of
Jane Toppan. Of Taunton. This WON.
an. thIrty-eight years Of age. found.
ling In childhood and q trained nurse
In womanhood. confesses smilingly to
the murder of thirty-one Of her patients
and gains ffty pounds while in Jail
awaiting her trIal-so complete Is her
self.satisfaction.
Miss Toppan thinks the jury is prob.
ably right-that something is very
likely the matter with her head. She
can't say just what the trouble is. A.
any rate, she feels no remorse.
Dumas found no Jane Toppan for his
Celebrated Crimes" Had he discov.
cred one his imagination need have
rendered no assistance to the truth.
The astounding and disturbing fear
ture Of the case is that this unnatural
woman. following the most wOmanly
Of vocations, was able to turn sick.
beds into death-beds for years with.
out arousing the suspicious even OF
attending physicians. She was as skill.
ful with poisons as che was gentle Of
hand. Her case reminds US again Of
the absolute confidence which suffering
humanity reposes in those who minis
ter to 1t In Its helpfulness. And 1t is
gratifying to feel that nothing In the
Taunton disclosures can or need dis
turb the confidence. Jane Toppaps.
even In miniature, ar, rare In the nurs-
Ing cult-too rare to be understood
New York Werld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
The Chyissian IAHs.

Decide to-day to be q Christian. Il Il
the right thing TO do. You have but one
life 20 live, and by Universal consent there
is no way Of life 80 satisfying, 90 rewarding
as the Jesus way. Those who have hon.
estly entered upon it and who are trying
TO conform to the conditions that guarantee
success have no regret. Indeed, some OF
them sorrow because they did not begin
earlier In deciding to be q Christian you
ne d not decide everything about Chris-
sidering what the Christian life offers, con-
sidering the overwhelming probabilities
that it Is based on fundamental truth,
considering your personal need of q Sav.
Jour and the majesty and winsomeness Of
the One whom you may have as your Mas-
ter, it is absolutely foolish, nay even al.
most shameful. for you to delay this de-
cision.-Rey. II. A. Bridgeman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
,c.rc,,z ar Naval Cons,ructors.

Because of the demands upon the time
and services of the line officers, the Bu.
reau of Navigation finds il impossible to
approve their transfer to the Construction
Corps. A similar scarcity OF oihcers, ex.
ists in the Construction Corps. without
any prospect OF relief for many years. Sev.
eral constructors are now needed on the
Asiatic Station. The Hong Kong Station,
where considerable work is done on the
ships OF the Asiatic Squadron, is now with.
out a constructor. This necessitates q trip
OF GOO miles to Cavite, where the nearest
constructor is stationed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29
Scarcity OF Platinum.

Although the demand for platinum has
been steadily increasing Of late. the supply
has been diminishing. The world has been
dependent almost wholly on mines in two
small districts in the Ural Mountains, and
they have not been able to furnish enough
of the metal to satisfy the demand made
by the arts. Fortunately, another rich
find has just been made in one Of those
districts. along the river Iss, and the prod
uct will soon be sent TO the market.