davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
WHEN MElSA POSTED BILLS
She Was II Then-lt Was in Australia
and She Wanted to Give Concert.

Who would ever imagine that Nine.
a pail of paste in one hand, a paste
brush in the other and roll of bills
under her arm?
Such a thing, however, actually hap
pened in the early days of her career,
when she was hungering for oppor-
tunities to sing in public. While Mel
lie Mitchell as she then was, was
still schoolgirl, holiday making at
Sorrento, in Victoria, she got up a
concert in aid of one of the local
charities.
She asked her family to- help her
exc out her own meaker savings,
which she intended to devote to the
purpose; but her father, in spite of
the fact that he was very fond. of
music-and still has a. fine voice
which he, loves to- use-did not care
to- encourage his daughter in the en-
terprise. In the, hope of sitting her
leaning toward a. professional career
he refused any aid whatever.
This check, however, did not daunt
lne DluChy HUE SOuS III, any way
She. determined, having. pledged her
self SO, far; to, carry the matter
through. cost what it might, without
any assistance. Unfortunately all
her own savings had by this time been
swallowed up in the preliminary ex-
penses,. and there was not penny
left to, pay for posting the bills on
which she relied to, advertise the en-
tertainment.
Having tried various ways of cir
cumventing the difficulty without sue
cess. she determined to be her own
bill poster She went straight to- the
hotel kitchen and persuaded one OF
the maids to, make her quantity of
paste.
Then she borrowed a bill posters
brush, and as soon as it was, dark,
set off on her adventurous round, and
posted up every one of the bills she
had had printed. The result of her
enterprise was big house and a big
success.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

impossible for human being to reach
the summit.
The snow on the mountain Pike had
climbed was middle deep" and the
thermometer registered six degrees
below zero at the minimum. The sup
plies of the party were at low ebb,
with no game in sight. The clothing
of the men was worn to shreds, most
Of them being without stockings and
wearing moccasins that admitted
snow and stones freely. Under such
conditions it is but little wonder that
the brave young soldier thought that
the peak was beyond his prowess. At
the present day this mountain, which
Pike said no human being could climb
is visited annually by not less than
100000 tourists, who are conveyed
to the top by railroad.
Captured by Spaniards.
After noting the peak, Pike re-
turned to the Arkansas river at q
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

river near the present site of Canon
City. His greatest hardships be-
gan. however, in making the passage
of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. 1t
was then midwinter, the snow was
three feet deep, and he and his men
were compelled to go as long as four
days at time without food. Nine
of his men had their feet frozen, and
two of them had to be abandoned tenn
porarily.
The grandeur of the sight of the
great white peak" was sufficient to
evoke three cheers from even
party of half-starved and frozen men,
and Pike determined to press on. The
nearest the party came to the peak,
however, was on November 81, 1906,
when Pike and two of his followers
climbed to the top OF mountain 10
miles away. Pike wrote in his diary
that the great white mountain seemed
to be as high again as the mountain
he had climbed, and that it would be
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
Cohan,s Human Pistol.

MY property man." SAYS George Nj,
Cohan, SIS the most conscientious
stickler for detail / know of. In a
play of mine one of his many duties
is to fire a pistol in the wings at a
certain time. The revolver was mis-
placed on one occasion, but props did
not discover it's loss untfR it was al
most time for him to make a noise
Then you should have seen him. He
was simply frantic and, failing to find
the revolver as his cue was spoken
from the stage, he rushed into the
second entrance and I'm voice that
might have been heard from the Bat
terry to Harlem, shouted 'Bang'
''well, 1t was the biggest scream
with the audience l ever saw, and
that property mans attention to detail
has won him a job for life."
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

lions of bronze and silver, and the ma
ton at large did much to make men,
orable the anniversary ceremonies.
In some unaccountable manner the
life of the discoverer of Pixies Peak
has escaped the attention of the care
full biographer. In the archives of
the war department in Washington,
however there is carefully preserved
a diary kept by Pike during his west
ern explorations, and there are no
government records, which form
more thrilling chapter than these
kept by one of it's bravest and most
devoted soldiers.
When the Louisiana purchase was
made the United States realized that
10 a certain extent it had bought
Dig in a poke, and man was sought
who could be trusted to explore and
report on parts of the Louisiana ter
ritory. Lieut.. Pike, son of dis
tinguished soldier who had been
captain in the revolutionary war was
chosen for the work. He left st.
Louis in August, 1905, and spent nine
months tracing the Mississippi to its
source, enduring the most severe
hardships and showing the rsost ster-
ling bravery. Then he turned his
course westward in geographical sur
veys for the government. The Rocky
mountains, then known as the Mex
lean mountains, were his objective
point.
Meet Many Hardships.
expedition July Is, 1906, with small
party composed of a squad of pri-
vate soldiers, a physician, guides, In
dams and with what was believed to
be a complete equipment. Pike was
q lieutenant when he started. but
was promoted to a captaincy the next
month without his knowledge. The
course of the exploring party carried
it through what is now Missouri and
Kansas. The Arkansas river was
followed to its headwaters near the
present site of Leadville, and 1t was
on November Is, 1906, that the Pike
party sighted the Mexican Noun
tains" from its camp in western Kan
sas.
The trail of the explorers had been
strewn with hardships from the first,
but the sufferings the party was
called upon to endure the winter OF
1S06-O7 were among the most severe
in the history of American explora-
ton. Pike was compelled to force
hi5 way through the granite gorges,
$500 feet deep, of the Grand canyon
or Royal gorge OF the Arkansas
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
Brick" Pomeroy's Tunnel.

Among the things Of which visitors
TO the Pixies Peak centennial heard
was the resuscitation of the old
Brick Pomeroy scheme for boring
O tunnel through the base of the Rock
les for railroad and other purposes.
Pomeroy started the scheme 80 years
ago, and sold stock all over the
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
COAST CITIES ARE
LAID WASTE
THE DESoiATloN LEFT BY THE
HURRICANE IN THE SOUTH
APPALLING.
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST
Hundreds Are Dead, Island Washed
Completely AsHsy-War Vessels and
Other Ships Wrecked.

Slowly awakening from the stupor
wAich follows in the wake of one OF
natures mighty commissions, the peo-
Pile of the hurricausswept sections of
the gulf states are now beginning to
realize the magnitude of the disaster
which mas befallen them.
Mobile is cut off from the outside
world and chaos reigng in the city. The
losssi is S5,000,000 Harrisburg is prac-
tiCally wiped out With damage of ST.
100000. Pensacola is desolated with
SIS 600, 900 loss, while from surrounding
towns: hourly come reports of death
and destruction, Town after town in
the interior is in~ruins while the coun-
try districts are devastated.
Enormous damage to, both life and
property was done at several of the
army forts and naval stations along
the gulf coast.
All the loss OF life ana most OF the
wrecks occurred AS the eastern end
of the sound. about 80 miles from
Mobile. The worst catastrophe was at
Horn island where light&eeper John
son with his wife and daughter were
swept into the gulf. with their light
house and -drownedI Before the storm
Johnson refused Oh chance to go
ashore.
Mobile. Ala. and 7icini&y the dead
number 1922
Horn island lighthouse and the
whole island on which it stood, swept
away, dead.
Four dead at Codeny 23; Cedar Point
oyster fishers missing
Biloxi bathing resort swept clean,
a 4 1h.a4,r mini
Five ships wrecked at Ship island
Three dead at Daupliir island.
Tens Of thousands of the finest trees
blown down in southern Alabama;
loss, $10,000,00O
Seventy-ive are dead in or near
Pensacola, Fla. Hundreds of persons
homeless,
Fort McRae one Of the most modern
Notifications. swept fiUnz the earth
and FIVE soldiers dead
Fort Pickens badly. damaged.
Fort Barrancas almost wrecked.
Five United States warships and a
government floating dock wrecked or
sunk, three dead and $1,000, 600 loss.
Lifesaving station on Santa Rosa
island swept completely away and
every one OF five keepers drowned.
llSCtllllDifi vi q w DIlNoSs' COpNlllS lui-
dreds OF thousands. on dollars. gone
and three are dead.
Every wharf and warehouse in Pen
sGcola demolished.
One thousand Pensacola homes
wrecked and 5000 houses badly dam
aged.
Schooner Graham sunk, five sailors
dead.
All small islands. marking the pass
age between Dauphin island and the
mainland have disappeared.
Many miles of railroad track washed
away, loss 100000.
Fifty Per cent Of alllpine timber lev
eled at Hattiesburg; loss, $1,000,000.
Eight ships wrecked in Mississippi
sound; six dead.
Thirty fishing craft sunk at New Or
leans.
Schooner Daisy wrecked on sub
merged Horn island; one dead.
Pascagoula lighthouse wrecked;
keeper" and, family escaped in life
beat
Seven ocean boats wrecked on Cat
island; loss 100000.
Over 200 miles of telegraph and tele-
phone wires down..
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
g5super Found Millions.

Uncle Dick Langforth aged SO.
who first discovered ore ih the Gogebic
range, has entered the Ontonagon
county poorhouse to end his days.
Millions, were many timas almost with
in his grasp, but he. was always
poor man. For years la lived in an. old
shanty on Lake Gogobic. famous re.
SORT for fishermen, who contributed
ot rerouSly to his support.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

point where Pueblo now stands, con-
tinuing his journey into the noun
tains. and thence to New Mexico.
Here he invaded the territory of the
Spaniards and was captured by them
in his blockhouse on the Rio Grande
del Norte near the present city of
Alamosa. Two of his men had to be
abandoned and left to their fate in
the hills. They were given a small
supply of provisions, with the assur-
ance that they would be rescued IL
the rest of the party found safety.
Pike saw that the promise was kept
and the abandoned ones were brought
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
Wife Murderer Captured.

vincennes, Ind--John Debor6 muir.
derer of his wife, was captured
Wednesday by Capt. Kruse at the fair
ground two mites from town Debord
said he was prepared to take the con.
sequences.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06
Seventy Russ Towns Rebel.

st. Petersburg.-Grave agrarian
disorders have broken out In the prov
ince Of viatka. The inhabitants OF 70
villages have disarmed and expelled
tho police, and are ptllaging the coun'
tyN
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

w. s. Cleveland. known In Chicago,
has severed his connection with the
new Olympic theater, Cincinnati. OF
which he was manager.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

United States on the installment plan
in a colossal company. When his
faith and money ran out he went back
to New York, abandoning the $500
feet of tunnel which he actually bored.
Lately the scheme has been put on
foot again by eastern capitalists. The
plan is to drive a bore under Gray's
Peak, thus shortening the overland
route from 200 to 300 miles. 1t is
expected that the promoters will
strike enough gold in the course OF
their 25,000foot, borings TO repay them
the 100000 which 1t is estimated
win be required to, complete the work
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20
Startling But True.

People the world over were horri-
fed on learning of the burning of a
Chicago theater in which nearly six
hundred people lost their lives, yet
more than five times this number or
over 5000 people died from pneumo-
MIA in Chicago during the same year,
with scarcely a passing notice. Every
one of these cases of pneumonia re-
suited from cold and could have been
prevented by the timely use Of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. A great
many who had every reason to fear
pneumonia have warded it off by the
prompt use Of this remedy. The fol-
lowing is an instance of this sort:
TOO much cannot be said in favor Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and es-
pecially for colds and influenza.
know that it cured my daughter. Laura
of a severe cold. and l believe saved
her life when she was threatened with
pneumonia" w. D. Wilcox, Logan,
New York. Sold by all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20
DEBTORS PARADISE.
The Fine Art of Living on Credit In
England.

The Fine Art of Living on Credit In
England.
Judge Emden's latest dictum that
England is the best country in the
world for people who want to get into
debt is borne out by business experts,
says the London Mail, who emphasize
the ease with which it is possible to
obtain credit in that country.
The manager Of Messrs. Stubs debt
collecting agency recently expressed
entire agreement with Judge Emden.
zone reason why debtors find England
so profitable a place." he said, sis be-
cause Of the facilities they have for
evading payment. The county court
procedure here is slow and cumbrous
compared with the more summary
methods Of other countries. A man
who makes up his mind to do so can
often avoid payment altogether.
"A man can obtain the necessary
credit with ease. Keen business com
petition has much 70 do with this. The
great advertising firms, who sell every
thing from furniture TO jewelry on the
installment plan, are partly response
BILE The man who wants goods on
credit goes TO the local tradesmen, who
needs must supply him or be cut out by
the installment firms. Eventually come
the county court proceedings and the
knowledge that there are no goods to
distrain on.
MANY advertising firms sell on
credit. merely. asking for a small depOs-
IL and making little or no inquiries
about the customer. 1 know a man
now staying IN Kent who has provided
himself with both the necessities and
comforts OF life for years on credit.
The upper and lower classes find II
easier to get into debt than the middle
classes. An army Of peddling travellers
sell goods, varying from tea to jewelry,
to the poorer people on credit, while in
the west end nearly every great bust
ness is conducted largely on the credit
system. Aristocratic customers must
not be offended by requests for cash.
1.-The businesses that suffer most in
the west end are those Of jewellers, tai
IOrs, dressmakers, wine merchants, hat
tiers and provision dealers, while every
firm that advertises extensively is vic
timized."
Another business expert bore out this
view. "a professional debtor" be said,
''can make quite a decent living If he Is
prepared to take some risk and knows
the ropes. As to the west end credit
system, its full extent Is well nigh in
credible TO those not in, the swim"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20
WORK WEAKENS
THE KIDNEYS
DoAN's KIDNEY PILLS HAVE DONE
GREAT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE
WHO WORK IN PENSACOLA

Most Pensacola people work every
day in some strained, unnatural posi-
tion-beIling constantly over a desk
riding on jolting wagons or cars
doing labOriOus homework; lifting,
reaching or pulling or trying the back
in a hundred and one other ways. All
these strains tend 90 wear, weaken and
injure the kidneys until they fall be-
hind in their work Of altering the poi
sons from the blood. Doan's Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys, put new
strength in bad backs Pensacola
cures prove it.
John Stearns, ship-carpenter by
trade, living on West Zarragossa ST.,
says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills proved
more than a bonanza to me when / was
in a pretty bad condition. l had back
ache, indigestion and sluggish kid
neys. The kidney secretiOns were
not normal and caused me inconven-
fence. There was also more or less
brick dust sediment and they were of
a reddish and unnatural color. l also
had spells of dizziness and headaches.
Ny back ached after hard days work
and often it was as much as l could do
to get home in the evening on the &C
count of my back paining me so across
the kidneys. BY accident 1 came
across an advertisement about DOan's
Kidney Pills and thinking that they
might help me l procured a box at
Sidney Kahn's drug store, corner Pal
afOx and Romano streets. The first
box helped me wonderfully and l con-
tinued the treatment. The secretions
from the kidneys we're entirely cor
rected and backache became a thing
of the past while the Indigestion from
which I had suffered was relieved, as
we'll as the headaches and, dizziness.
can say both from experience and
observation that Doan's Kidney Pills
are a reliable kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20
NEW FLORIDA
INSURANCE co.
LIFE INSURANCE CONCERN WITH
CAPITAL OF 100000 RECENT
LY INCORPORATED.

The Sunday issue of the Jackson
Vile Times-Union contained the fol
lows:
Letters patent have been granted
the Incorporation of the Southern
Life Insurance Company, and yester-
day they were fled for record in the
Office Of Clerk P. D. Cassidey, Of the
Circuit Court
The new company is capitalized At
s1,OOO,OOO divided into 10000 shares at
par value Of 500 each, and these
are to be offered to Florida investors
the incorporators wishing to have The
new company an exclusively Florida
concern, as far as possible.
The incOrpOrstOrs are well known
business and professional men of
Jacksonville. which is to be the head
quarters of the new insurance. com
pany, NJ. d. Johnson, R. Bowen
Daniel. A. S. Allbritton, P. D.. Cas-
sidey and John w Dodge taking out
letters patent for the company.
The charter calls the first meeting
OF the directors for March 10, 1906, in
the Board Of Trade rooms on Mai
street and at that time officers will be
elected for the ensuing year, the by
laws and regulations drawn up and
adopted. and all preliminary business
yet unatteded TO, rounded into shape.
Until this election, NJ. D. Johnson
serves as president, r. Bowen Daniel
as vice-president, A. S. AllbrittOn as
secretary, and P. d. Cassidy as
treasurer. These officers together
with John W. Dodge compose the tenn
porary board Of directors.
Powers and object.
The charter sets forth the objects
of the company as being to conduct a
general life insurance business.
Straight policies, annuities. enuOw
ments and other forms Of insurance
will be written, and a general life and
accident insurance business conducted
also.
The company is given full power to
buy and sell real estate. hold and sell
mortgages and to exercise all the gen.
eral powers usually given to business
organizations Of similar nature.
Active work will be started imme-
NAdkGll anu AuAA BclAAA~IAeAAo NeoelA NAAAc
the plans Of the new company, the
buying Of stock. etc, can be secured
from the temporary president, Mr.. NJ.
D. johnson.
Keep Moneys Here.
It is stated that about $4,000, 900 or
more is annually taken from Florida
to pay premiums on life insurance
policies taken out by Flori0ians in
companies having headquarters in the
different states in the north. This
money is all spent in the north and
little direct benefit comes TO Florida
and only through the payment Of the
policies when the death Of the holder
occurs, does it accrue to the interest
of any one in the state.
The new company intends to sell
its stock as far as possible, to the
people of this state. Only a certain
amount viii be disposed Of in each
section. the incorporation desiring to
have stockholders in as many parts of
the state as possible. The terms are
unusually favorable, in order that the
stock may be put in the reach Of peO-
pie with only moderate means, and
not limited to the wealthy only.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20
CHIPLEY



Chipley, Feb. I9-W. H. Pribble. &C
cOmQanied by his wife and daughter,
came to Chipley from Pensacola Feb.
I'D. Mr.. Prfbble was in the last stages
Of consumption anol died Friday morn
ing. Ee was embalmed Friday night
by undertakeTs from DaEuniak and
the remains were taken back to their
home in Camargo. H.. Saturday night
He spent last winter in Pensacola
and part Of this but getting worse he
came to Chipley but too late.
Our high school is overlooking
Nearly 500 students are now enrolled
One grade has been obliged TO find
quarters in another building.
Mr.. Chandlee came back from the
cane growers convention a few days
since. He was the only delegate from
Washington Co. The convention was
held at Mobile, Ala. The next will
be at Tampa where cane grows till it
blooms, which takes about sixteen
months.
The late rains have interfered very
much with the grades in the deep
clay cuts on the B. c. & st. A. r. R.
Fourteen car loads of steel rails are
on the road waiting to be laid as soon
as the grading is completed.
Spring will be backward this season
on account of so much rain. The
ground is too wet now to pillow and
and planting will be delayed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20

IL is because most women Sumer nom
some arrangement of their delicate
organism, the discomfort of which is
less trying when they are in motion
than when standing.
In some states laws compel employers
80 provide resting places for their fe-
male employees.
But no amount Of law can regulate
the hard tasks Of these women. They
must get the strength which this work
demands or run the risk of serious
diseases and the surgeons knife.
Read the experience of Miss Margret
Nerkley, 275 Sd Street, Milwaukee,
Wis:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Gradual loss Of strength, nervOusnes,
besring-dOWn pains and extreme irritation
compelled me to seek medical advice. The
doctor said had diseased organs and ulcer
alton, and advised an operation IL i wanted
20 get well objected 20 this and decided
20 cfre lydia 8. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial. I soon found that all the good
things said about this great medicine were
true. The liberation soon healed, backache
headache and nervousness disappeared, and
IN a short time ] was strong, vigorous and
perfectly well. wish every working girl
who suffers would tTy Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
lydia 8. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is q vegetable tonic which invig-
crates and strengthens the entire fe-
male organism. and viii produce the
same beneficial results in the cases Of
other sick women as with Miss Merkley.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-20

WHEN LII = in IHE 6HEtNNSGJ
when high-priced medical specialists
are doing their best to prolOng exis-
tence-isn't It poor pOlicy-false econ
omy-tO patronize any drug store sim
ply on account Of low prices? We
don't scrimp remedies TO save a cent
here or there-we give you what your
physician orders and charge accord
ingly. We want you TO deal with us
but not unless you are satisfied that
you will get here the best and purest
any druggist can supply.
H00T0NpS PHARMACY,
The Birthplace OF Prompt Delivery
Phone 100.