davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
BRAVE ENGINEER SAVES LIVES.
Sticks to Post and Stops Train Two
Feet from Burning Bridge.

Feet from Burning Bridge.
Pana, Ill.,, July S.-By an engineer
sticking to his post in the face of death
a Glover Leaf fast train between To-
ledo and st. Louis, with scores of pas
sengers on board. was stopped within
two feet of burning bridge over the
Okaw river near here yesterday. The
fireman jumped down the embank-
ment, fearing the destruction OF the
train, and was seriously injured. The
engineer noticed the burning bridge as
he struck the curve and applied all the
air brakes, saving many lives but by a
marrow margin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, July s..
CONFIRM: No. 3, 5oh.
Oats-Dull: No. white, 371a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Very Low Excursion Rates to Musical
Festival, American Swedish Sing
ers. at Minneapolis, Mimi,

Via the North Western line. Excur
sion tickets will be sold at reduced
rates July 20, 81 and %, limited to re-
turn until July 81 inclusive For particu-
lars apply to agents Chicago & North
western R'y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
st. Louis Grain.

st. Louis, July 8.
wheat-Cash, TN; September, 76h
@76ss.
Corn--cash. SO: September, 5o1s.
Oats-Cash, 80; September, "a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Liverpool Grain.

LINCI UVUI, JUIy ..
wheat-Dull; spot, 6s 2d66s sd;
July. 6s SID: September, 6s 3ad; De-
cember, 6s S3sd.
Corn--ouiet; spot. As aAd; July, As
SID; September. As esd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Milwaukee Grain,

Milwaukee, July s.
Wheat-Steady; No. ! northern, sS6
ss1s; No. . northern, s5@s61s: septem-
Der, T1s@77A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
onlv $500 to Chicago

From Marshalltown via Chicago Great
Western Railway For information APP
ply to any Great Western agent, or j.
p. Elmer G. p. A., Chicago. Ill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 8.
Wheat-Cash. S614 July. So; Sep
TENDER. 1914 No. l hard. STA No. /
northern, s6A; No. northern, S5A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08

Mt. Vernon, Ind--A free fight on an
excursion steamer resulted In two Wohl-
en- and four men being shot, none IA
tally.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Special Ono Way colorist Rates.

Special Ono Way CoIonist Rates.
On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month to and including September,
1903, the Iowa Central railway will sell
colonist tickets to points in Arkansas,
southwest Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas.
Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado.
Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico. ETC.. at
extremely low rates. Call on local
agents or address A. B. Cults, 6. p. &
T. A., Minneapolis for rates and further
information.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Duluth Grain.

Duluth, July s.
Wheat-To arrive No. / hard. 81: No.
] northern, S51a; No. northern, "a;
Der. rs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Rance Of Pr,ces.

The following quotations upon the
range of prices upon the Chicago board
of trade today were furnished by the
weare Grain Co. w. A. WATSON, man
OF ger
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Representative Hou Sales.

Chicago, July s.-A few representa-
tive hog sales were made in the follow
ing lots:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Ne,v york EXCHANGE.

Chicago, July s.--New York ex
change, 20 discount.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08

The Money Market.
New York, July S.-Money steady,
2m3h,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08

Salt Lake-The yacht Cambria, with
eleven aboard, is missing on Great SAT-
Lake
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Cattle Sales.

Chicago, July S.-Some of the cattle
sales were made In the following lots:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-08
Thursday, July 16. 1908
c,necM Mo PACE. PURSE 5000

TER MILE DASH RUM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
Across TbQ SQa Uftb Bag H3d Ba9qaqe.

In this catch-all you will carry shoes, rub bers, hot-water bottle, alcohol lamp Qf you must have one), soiled linen and things that do not it into the other bags. Under the straps on the outside you can slip your guide book and whatever magazine or reading mat ter you wish on the train.
 The advantage of this catch-all is that 1t can hold as much or as little as you choose. and can be folded inside another bag, only 10 merge when needed Do not be discour- aged at your first attempts to pack it. The first time it will probably look queer and lumpy. but you will soon learn how to lay your things compactly. and the secret of making shipshape bundle is to have the corners square and as solid as the center.
 What to Wear on Board Ship.
 In regard to your steamer clothes, it will probably be cold, even in the heart of sum. mer, and although you will find 1t warm enough below, you will wish to spend most of your time on deck. A pair of waterproof shoes with rubber soles and heavy golf stock. ings will spell comfort, and a knitted golf jacket will look smart md add to your well being, while a white tam-o'- -shanter of felt or wool is what you need for your head.
 heavy wrap that will cover you from head to foot Is affected by some women, but it Is heavy and tiresome to walk in, and you call not be comfortable with one rug. You need also a heavy walking skirt for the steamer, to wear in bad weather.
 These rugs and steamer things need not add to your baggage, for at the end of the voyage they can be made into neat parcel and checked at the offices of the stea m hip line, to await your return. And If you ex- pect to come back by another route, thus sailing from another port. your bundle can be sent to that port by express Sew your things up securely in a square of stout denim or canvas, and then sew upon the outside your name and directions. Always take receipt for it. Usually on the largo steamers there is a baggagemaster. who will attend to this checking for a small fee
 For wear ashore have the smartest hat your purse can afford. A shabby hat makes the entire outfit look shabby, while a good hat wlli sand any amount of dust and wear and brushing Don't wear a mannish Fe. dora, even with a quill in it and fancy your. self prepared for all occasions; you are much more likely to look "toughr' A good straw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

After the first rapturous realization that she Is really going abroad" the first ques- ton that occurs to the average woman Is, What shall wear?" question more often answered by the capacity of her trunk than by a realization of what she will need.
 But why take a trunk? It means not only that you will take along things you have no need for, but also bother in checking It. hunting It up at stations and recovering 't when 1t goes astray. It is much better to have your things under your own eye all 'he time, and you can always get porter oi some one to carry them for you
 Having simplified matters by deciding not 10 take a trunk, what shall we takef First a leather handbag. In which bottles can De packed upright. One of the bottles must contain good cleaning fluid. Around tne bottle wrap a piece of white manner 10 re move spots from your light waists, &c;' ana also a bit of heavy dark wooden cloth Tor rubbing coat and skirts A bottle or smell ing salts should follow, some Jamaica gin ger and a wee flask of brandy for emergen- cles, and If you like, headache cologne, cam phor or backing.
 In this bag you will also pack the small things so Indispensable to comfort which go astray when they are needed-hairpins, nail file, button hook, scissors and the neat little workbox some one is sure to give you, which ought to Include a bag of assorted buttons.
 You will also put into this bag handker- chiefs and any small yaluabes which are safer under lock and key. Your sonp box, tooth powder, tooth brush, nail brush, sponge bag, hair brush and comb, clothes brush, &c., will go here, too.
 The next bag to be packed is the dress bag-one of those large extension bags made of Japanese straw, with waterproof lining. They are light In weight and look well though, If you prefer one of the dark gray clothcoyered ones will do as well. Get one at least thirty inches long, and keep 1t ex- clusively for your skirts and waists. You will be surprised to see how much you can put into fl, placing your skirts at the bottom and waists on top. Resist the temptation which so besets the feminine packer and do not tuck folds and ends into the vacant corners or along the sides. They are sure to gravitate to the bottom, and then one must pull and muss everything to find them. or else remove everything and gepack from the beginning, except the photographs one picks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

up. The bottom of the bag is an excellent place to carry them as they can be kept fiat.
 The third piece of luggage, the catch-al' or whatever one wishes to call 1t, Is an adap- tatlon of the old-fashioned and useful shaw strap. If 1t is not procurable In this country you can make one with little trouble or ex- pense. The materials needed are piece or stout canvas or heavy denim, yard and half square, a wooden rod about an inch thick and twenty-two inches long Ca small curtain pole will answer the purpose ad- hiraoly) and pair of stout shawl straps.
 How to Make the Cntch-an.
 Cut piece of cloth twenty two Inches long and sixteen wide out of two adjoining cor ners as shown in the illustration. Round each of the corners or the canvas slightly and bind the edge with a heavy braid. Then bbout eight inches from the small end of the canvas stitch on a strip cut from one of the extra pieces, twenty-two inches long and two wide, leaving one end open to admit the pole. It Is better to stitch this several times, as much of the strain comes upon this part The pole should run parallel to the shorter end of the canvas. Slip this pole into the pocket thus formed for it and sew the cloth hiully ul lue end, so that the pole cannot SID out. Then screw the handle of your shawl straps to the middle of the pole so that the straps will come on the side of the canvas which you intend for the outside. A very stunning one can be made of brown canvas, bound with leather, with a monogram cut out of leather stitched on the end. Natural colored linen canvas bound with navy blue and with a navy blue monogram, also looks very well.
 When packing this catch-all lay the things you wish to put in 1t together as neatly as possible, at the wide end of the canvas and right in the middle; fold the sides of the can vas over like flaps. and then roll your bundle up toward the pole, holding 1t firmly to- gether; fasten the straps as tightly as pos sibe. You will find, If you do 1t just right that you will have a neat parcel, with no jumps or loose ends.
 The extra pieces of canvas can be utilized for pockets to be stitched on in the middle of the end furthest from the pole-pockets that are the right size to hold a pair of shoes. rubbers, nlghtdress. etc.-and these also help to keep your bundle symmetrical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
SECOND STORY PLAN

generally a notice tackled on the front gate describing some runaway and offering re- ward of dollar for the return of the delln- quent. There are small boys In the neighbor- hood who rely upon their prowess in recoy- erlng Katherine Jane's stray boarders as q source of Income and who have their own methods of procedure for extreme cases where guest persists In staying under a barn or some place where 1t Is impossible for even a slight boy to capture 1t.
 'No boarder is supposed to be out at night, so that when one hides for several days 1t Is clearly with the intention of breaking this rule. Another unpopular regulation Is the weekly bath II Is remarkable that so many apparently refined cats will resort to any subterfuge to avoid this necessary function
 Prices vary at Katherine lanes She has to make allowance for the troubles caused by peculiarities of temperament Cyrus Is nervous, so when she mentioned SIPS A week for him l couldn't object. Besides as he Is white, he Is difficult to keen clean An ordinary black and white or a Maltese gets hall bedroom rates, but the tortoise shell next door and the Angora across the street pay S2 a week, for 1t requires tact to maintain harmony between them and other. wise peaceable boarders.
 Like every business that Is successful, 1t requires constant attention and hard work. The originator. however not only meets her expenses, but is able to put aside a little money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
COLUMN

time are out of the way of stray dogs. though It would be a courageous canine who would venture a second time upon those domains. Teddy, the tortoise shell who lives next door to IS, was spending a few weeks at Kath- erine James last spring, and the first day pert little scrap of Scotch terrier walked In and sat himself down on the front yeranda Teddy saw him and in an Instant the atmos- phere seemed to be filled with yellow cat and yellow dog. When they were separated the terrier was n wreck, but with the exception of his left enr, Teddy was as good as ever.
 "A favorite out of door resort is halI acie of land enclosed in barbed wire. Wlthih !. grow green things that cats love 10 eat anu fhere are small bushes and dwarf pines plan. cd In clusters or separately. There IS also m the yard house about thirty feet squars' made entirely of fine wire, except the rooi, which Is weather-proof, and many poarusas sa spend the nights there. though some preiet the cellar.
 ..Katherine Jane keeps Q COW ana mas weekly contract with a butcher, and her SIS, ter who mus a boardinghouse for sehooi teachers sends the scraps from her table, so that if costs about fifteen cents per week to teed each cat, aside from the expense of boarding and paying another person to help look after them.
 '',rhe greatest annoyance Is that even the best trained cats love to hide, and there Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

There Is a wide difference in the way Turkish rug Is cared for in the land of the hubble bubble"-the home of it's nativity and the usage It Is subjected to after reaching this land of hustle hustle.
 In the Orient familiarity does not breed contempt, for the housewife, appreciating the time and infinite labor required in the manufacture of rug, counts Its proper care one of the most important of her household duties.
 Combined with this affection and appre ciation of her rugs is also the laudable de- sire to keep the health of her family ln- tact, for in spite of all our Doasted ciyili- zation and higher culture for women the Oriental housewife can still give points to her sister of the 0ccident In many of the first principles of household sanitation.
 That anybody could be so grossly untidy as to come in from the dust and dirt of the streets, and, without removing their shoes, walk upon the white secured floor or precious rugs passes her comprehension. At the entrance to each Turkish home, every mosque, Turkish bath or school n pile of yellow babouches or wooden pat tens stands waiting, and each individual as he comes in from outside slips off the street shoes and puts on the house slippers before entering. In view of these freuuent puttings on and taklngs of a special style of footwear prevails in the Orient. All the women wear loose, untidy looking slippers, moments notice, while the boots of the men have spur-like projection at the back of each heel, enabling the wearer to undress one foot with the other with a re- markable dexterity born of long practice.
 Turkish Ruge Need Sun and Water.
 Aside from all the pains taken to avoid bringing dirt on to the rugs each one has a frequent summing and shaking from the roof or balcony and an annual or semi-an nual bath Sunlight and water are consid- cred vastly improving agencies in the care Of Turkish rug The colors, made of vegetable dyes, cannot fade, and the nat ural wool but tightens in the process of washing, becoming frmer and dustproof. Even when rug Is new the Turkish woman washes 1t in cold water, rubbing It's surface vigorously with a bunch of twigs and sandsoap, but always with the warp, not against It. in order to bring out the original lustre of the material.
 In the smaller cities of the interior the washing of the rugs usually takes place at the public fountain. The rug Is folded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
FIRST STORY PLAN
Boarding HousQ For Cats.

"King Cyrus will have a satisfactory boarding place while we're away from home"
 The visitor. looking at the pampered Per elan cat stretched before the fire, said: "i suppose he Is particular"
 "Very. He stayed in various places, and he didn't like any of them, until the last time we closed the house, when he boarded at Katherine Jane's and was contented She always had nice set of Doarders."
 AS refined and elegant as CyrusT in quired the caller, as she noticed the immae- ulate pink ribbon around his snow-white neck.
 "None of them are so handsome and af- fectlonate," replied his adoring owner, as the King jumped on her lap and submitted to her caresses but there are some nice. paying guests there, for Katherine Jane is particular.
 "1Iow many can she accommodate?'
 Twenty
 Does she prefer cats to human beings as boarders?"
 "Infnitey Wouldn't your
 The visitor reflected. Cats cannot talk or olay the plano or sing or typewrlte and will not scratch unless interfered with How did she happen to go into such an unusual businessf
 She always loved cats and generally had several about the place. for her frineds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
'o PRIZE PLANS FOR. A A$2OOO HOUSEo Q

builder, and were accompanied by guar autee that the house could be built for the sum specified in the locality named. A wom- m who sent photograph of a eommodious house which she had planned herself, wrote that she had lived in it for several years and that it's convenience and comfort appealed not only to her but to all of her friends who had been In the house.
 Several pans were for houses to be built on city lots One for a bungalow in Con neetleut, 1t was stated, could be carried out for S1,s00, and would make a delightful sum- mer home.
 The houses selected for the first and sec ond prizes were chosen, not because they were superior to all the others, but because they were fairly representative, and en- bodied features that would interest the larg- est number of prospective builders.
 The first prize was given 10 t. Clarence Rupp, of No. 1920 Church avenue, F.atbush, for a tasteful, comfortable and convenient house that can be built in New Jersey, with in thirty miles of New York city, for S2 OO0
 The roof and sides of the house are of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

formed the habit of asking her to care for their pets when they were leaving home. This went on for several years, her feline friends increasing In number annually ana her property shrinking In corresponding ratio until there remained nothing except the house and i've acres Of land surround Ing 1t. Finally, practical business woman called a halt. Katherine Jane, she sald, you can't afford to feed so many. l want to send my Black Tom over here Tor a cou- pie of weeks, for it's such comfort 10 know he'll be we'll looked after but shall not do so unless pay for his board hath- erine Jane demurred, but the other woman was determined, and they agreed that dollar a week was fair equivalent for Black Toms board and lodging. Other persons in- sisted upon making similar arrangements, and her house became so popular that she was forced to provide extra accommodations and assistance
 How does she manage to look after so manyf Do they stay in the house?''
 Some of them do. Yesterday there were three summing themselves in the bay window. ln the dining room a great, handsome black tabby was lying before the fire on a white fur rus-e&ts are vain and know the effective ness o< eontrasts--and there were several in the halls. The back porch Is enclosed ID a wire netting and the boarders spend consld. erabe time there, for they get plenty Of ex- srcise. fresh air and sunshine and at the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
SEcoND STORY PAN,
6be Cara Of 6urkiSb Ru9s.

with the surface side out and laid In the stone trough under the fountain. Then the woman, with dress tucked up and barefoot, gets in and tramples and turns and scrubs and rinses her rugs until the water runs clear. When this Is accomplished the rug is lifted out, drained, carried home an1 hung from the balcony In the sun unti dry. The operation does not hurt the rug but saves It. s.
 Always Beat q Rug on Its Face saae.
 Twice year all the Kuz Kilim curtains are also washed In cold water-a sanitary custom that might prevail here to aoVan. tare. In the Orient rugs are shaken, nor beaten. In this country, II they are Dea'eHs 1t should always be on the face sloe. IL they are beaten on the back IL Wll ore1H nr the thread. After the dust Is shaken or beaten off, small rugs can be put Ill Rla.n cold water in tubs, right side out, Inen' with brush and sandsoap, the entire sur, su. face can be gone over, put ato aiwayS w,th td the warp. Large rugs, after shaking or DSa ,,d ing in the direction toward which the " Min, o,, blows, can have the garden hose turneIh thev e should be dried in the sun. In the winrhhe the they can be cleaned by spreading Oa ofr snow covered ground and sweep6 s6onld with the snow. A Turkish rug foss if ia never be sent to a cleaners, unless ts,n one who uses hand cleaning, nov nac a oT the
 Their method of fastening the enu os a,t rug to a rapidly revolving wnesi sts- s the dust but snaps the thrcaos. saod rug Is shaken and spread down IL IS soou . plan occasionally to wipe over ,ne ,,stre with weak ammonia water, to give ie lus AZ.
 When sweeping a rug always use tue sweeper or broom in the direction me WIT runs, otherwise you will find the dirl oragseo out of the sweeper instead of being taken up. In closing a house for the summer tne rugs should be shaken. washed. II tnes have not already been treated to their an- nual bath, then rolled up with tobacco, camphor, cedar shavings or moth balls. and closely covered with newspapers ana un- bleached muslin sewed about them.
 With intelligent care a Turkish rug lasts lifetime, growing ever silkier and richer as the years go by, while its sanitary clean Illness commends 1t to the housewife, who realizes what a nest of infection lies in the costliest carpet, that cannot be often and thoroughly cleaned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

room to spare for underwear. Of the lat- ter, take about what you would need at ln most places to have your laundry done. The ehambermaid Is the one to apply to. She will know some one to recommend
 Don't Insist upon wearing white skirts, whatever you do You will find that silk petticoat will be Q luxury much apprecl- nted when travelling on account of it's light weight, but an alpaea or a pongee, or q lightweight sateen will do very well. It is essential that 1t be light In weight and moi hold the dust. Some careful soul will prob ably advise you to take an extra one In case yours wears out or is accidentally torn, but you can easily buy another in case of need.