davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Mr.. Hardine, who formerly conduct
ed a hardware store on the south SIDE
of the square, has gone into BANK
runtcv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Ben Sneathen of Montgomery
County, passed through Mexico Tues
day on bis way to Fulton to attend tne
ex-Confederate Reunion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Carpets, Linoleun, OIL Cloth, Lac
Curtains Etc. A big stock at smai
prices. Try us and be convinced.
Fredendall & wilkins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

riss Robbie Baker, Of this city, Is
Icber OF English in the Wellston,
bile school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

STRAYED OR SToLEN-Bay
mare, ISL hadds high, foretop trimmed
and tail whipped of. G. A. Rothwell,
Mexico, Mo. d3-w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

We can now deliver cobs promptly
and they are dry. Big load s1.oo. Tele
phone 81.
VIM Pollock Mill & Elevator 70.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

bsdom Bros. Spold to Ed. Berry a
ortiz Rose three year old for sl35
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Ers. Myra Hickman, and baby, Of
|hcetou, ILL.,, are visiting Rev. VIII.
M and wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

J, s. Preuitt. Of Higginsville,
is the guest Of relatives in this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Mr. and Mrs. VIII X. Beans ar
Ned today from California be the
hest OF b. L. Locke.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19
Farm Wagons.

We have the well known Racine, ano
Sattley, also a line Of cheaper farm
wagons. WI
Ferris s. Cauthorn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

n Elliott who is with Null and
news stand is i'll with typhoid
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

We have a full line Of Soft Coal
Heaters for the cheapest. Call and
see ms. Wide
Ferris & Cauthorn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

|qE business men Of Mexico are all
favorable towards paving
. ALLEYS,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Kerr Hit, who Is IN a hospital 10
Chicago is not expected to live.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

he and Mrs. s. u. Kendall have
10 Texas on q visit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

1t will not hurt you to get Pollock's
prices before selling your grain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

sss Polly 0lendenin is attending
at Visitation Convent In st.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

deserving and popular young people.
| Here's extending the hand Of merrily
marching on in their welded life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Fl. Weeks and wife, Of Fairbury, N.
Y, are visiting In this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

The Centralia canning factory, with
its limited force Of hands, put up
5000 cans Of tomatoes Tuesday. The
factory has just started and has al
ready turned out a car load Of goods
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Miss Eliza Gibbs will attend Christ
ian College at Columbia, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

|,ss Ethel Reed is home from Col
aia, where she visited Miss Irene
nomaV
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

We have on sale this week The
FRANKLIN Merchant Co. Outfit. Theif
prices $780, so. We sell the whole, (Over
Coats, Suits, dress aud Cloak Pattern),
for $40. so for the original lot.
dwl Ricketts, q Emmons, D. G.. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Il. Walter Campbell is home from
Iasant visit, in Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

4 Hudson was up from Currey-
SUNDAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

/. John Cowan is quite sick Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Eth Missouri Trust %. pays in
A ON deposits. dw1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

wedding and engagement rings
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

School clock and watches at bearings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

Rev. Geo. P. Sturges, Of Chillicothe,
was in town Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

New line Imported watches, Dearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

atest designs in Jewelry, Dearing
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

A rate card showing the exact run
ming time furnished with all Worrell
Watches.
Other grades at all prices up to 500.
A perfect guarantee or every Wor-
rell Watch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

line souvenir spoons at bearing
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19
DDS SarsapariIIa
bearings for new goods.

ult Court Is in session.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

We've Just completed our eighteenth year Of successful Jew
cry selling and decide this an opporune time to thank
YOU for past avors and ask fr future patronage on the basis Of 'a hundred cents
worth value, Tor every dollar you spend. We offer you the best thing nc cal
bv. and that is "OuaGty.o III is a CSC collar button ora $500 diamond; a Ioc
violin string or a $500 piano that you purchase from u.s. you've bought TIN
hst fol the money &#
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19
Worrell Watches

Our No. A Special is full IL Ruby and
sapphire jeweled, compensated bal
ance, Breguet hair spring, micrometic
regulator, solid nickel plates, adjusted
to heat and cold, put up complete in
swing ring, dust proof gold decorated
silverine case for $3.50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-19

@. A. Buckner s. Co.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Tho Chameleon Goshawk.

know no bird which passes through
SO many changes Of plumage and color
Of eyes as the goshawk. A young one
which have mounted is about the size
of q small hen and Is covered with
white down. His eyes are pale blue.
I colored the eyes exactly from life.
When fully grown, the first plumage
Is dark brown above and the eyes are
pale yellow. No one would be likely
to suspect this being a goshawk who
had seen only adult birds. Later it
changes to the dark slaty blue Of the
adult, and the eye. after passing
through all the intermediate changes
in color from stray yellow. orange yell
low and pink. finally assumes the deep
rich red Of the adult. I know no other
hawk, adds Manly Hardy, writing in
Forest and Stream, so handsome as
the goshawk.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
The Old Time STAGE 90 aeh.

a In 1862 there were. strange as it
seems, only six stagecoaches running
in ALL England, and Of course these
We're the only public vehicles for trav-
elers:- Even these were novelty, and
a person named John Crosset thought
they were such q dangerous innovation
that he wrote a pamphlet against them.
'~These coachees," he wrote, make
gentlemen come to London. upon every
small occasion, which otherwise they
would not do except upon urgent me-
cessity. Nay. the conveniency Of the
passage makes their wives come often
up. who rather than come such long
journeys on horseback would stay at
home. Then when they come to town
they must be In the wade, get fine
clothes, go to plays and treats and by
these means get such habit Of idle
ness and love Of pleasure that they are
uneasy AFTER"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
us USED -' BIBLE AS7cl CIPHER.
Avsrse From Solomon Told Of Mar.
|4~## riaoe ENGAGEMENT. '-a. ."'

Avsrse From Solomon Told Of Mar.
4n rage Engagement. r. '-.. ,s..'
t@ When she left her home in the small
town to come to New York to take up
q special course Of study her pet sis
ter was fast reaching the crisis Of a
love affair. The pet sister was a most
w1nsome young lady and had long kept
q goodly train Of suitors assigning.
Was this affair to be the grand AFFAIR."
The older sister hoped 80, for she liked
the young man cordially-thought he
was just the sort to make a proper
brother-in-law.
But the weeks passed, and not q bit
of definite news about the progress Of
the affair did the older sister receive
in her city boarding house. She be-
came anxious. Louise, she thought,
must not 60 on recklessly trif1ing in
such important matters.
e. Then one night about 10 o'clock, just
as she was going to bed, came a tele-
gram. The servant brought it up.
The elder sister was country girl
enough to be thoroughly frightened by
the pale manila. black linked envelope.
How ominous 1t looked! At length she
gathered courage to open it. This is
what she read
+ Solomon SIX three. LOUISE.
: Solomon six three! Whatever in the
world! Oh, why, yes, stupid, it Of
course meant the Song Of Solomon,
sixth chapter. third verse! But-and
her cheeks flushed with shame-she
had no Bible!
There was great scurrying about
the boarding house to find a copy OF
the sacred book. The girls were rout-
ed out in vain. On all sides the cry
arose, who's got BibleY" Just think
Of the sister trying to sleep that night
without knowing what that verse was!
It would have been Just like woman
to lie down to pleasant dreams, content
to know that she could satisfy her Gu
r1Osity In the morning-not!
The landlady, good soul, came to the
rescue. She was no heather She had
a Bible. Up to her room with it flew
the sister and shut the door. Such a
turning over Of pages by eager, nerv-
Gus fingers! Solomon six three. She
found 1t, and then she cried "Hurrahr'
and laughed. for the verse was:
! am my beloved's. and my beloved 10
NINE
New York Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
THE SPEcTER SWIMMER.
A legend Of the Sea That Still Appeal
to Sailors.

A Legend Of the Sea That Still Appeals
to Sailors.
The sailor as a class still holds fast
to the supershtons that have been his
especial heritage throughout all ages.
To him the sea Is still peopled with
phantoms. Men there are still who sail
the sea believing in the power Of the
Swimmer. men who believe In the Wal
rus Of unholy fame and in the exist
ence Of the specter bark Lucy to be
seen at any time lodging In and out Of
the creeks and bays Of the South Caro-
lima coast. This Is the tale OF the Swim
mer: = =;
Near Cape Fin1sterre there lived a
fisher maiden in days when the world
asked fewer questions than now, and
with her lived her fisher sweetheart
On their wedding night, runs the yarn,
smugglers came down on their village,
a thieving. drunken band. When they
left, having done all the damage they
could, the fisher ma1den's sweetheart
had disappeared, whether with them
or through them was never known.
Instead Of pining uselessly, as would
most women, she dressed herself in
mems clothes and started to find him.
dead or alive.
For years. she wandered over the
earth and ocean, and, though her dis
guise was penetrated several times
and she passed through host Of trou-
bles which vary with each telling, she
succeeded In keeping up her hunt. FL
nal1y after escaping from an English
prison the vessel she was on was lost
at sea, and the simple Breton fisher
men enshrtned her In legend which
has her forever swimming the seas
still In search Of the man she loved
and hailing each craft she nears. A
sailor. be he Yankee or Portuguese,
matter OF fact In all things else or
grossly superstthous, believes firmly
that If you hear the hail Of the Swim
mer on a dark night at sea and an
swer it not woe follows swtftly.-New
York Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
The Perfect Servant.

The thoroughly trained English serv-
ant is in his way the most perfect kind
of servant to be found anywhere, and
in his station and for his duties he is
not to be matched in the world. Where
will you find any men SO competent In
their work, 50 completely trained and
apparently emotionless In manner, so
punctual SO clean, so smart, as an
English butler, coachman, footman or
valet7 Certainly not on the continent
Of Europe, in the United States, in
Canada or tn Australia. Country Life
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
The Letter 6.

The letter G furnishes us curious
bit Of Orientallsm. Its Hebrew name
is gimel, camel, from the resemblance
of the Hebrew character to the head
and neck of that. animal. The char
acter was thus almost certainly de-
rived from picture of that animal,
which, reduced to hieroglyphic and
then simplif1ed, still distantly indicates
the shape Of the head and neck Of the
beast Of burden familiar to every
dweller in eastern lands.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Metals and Metaphors.

1T Is most amazing" said metal
lurgist, "how the world relies on met.
ais for its metaphors and SMILES. Thus
an orator Is silver tongued or golden
mouthed An explorer is bronzed by
African suns. A reso1ute chap has an
iron WILL A sluggard moves with lead
en- feet. An ostrich has a copper lined
stomach. A millionaire has tin. A
swindler is as slippery as quicksilver.
A borrower has brass."-New York
Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
sincerity.

SfnceRfty.
The only conclusive evidence Of q
mans sincerity is that he gives himself
for q. principle. Words, money. all
things else, are comparatively easy to
give away, but when a man makes q
gift of his daily life and practice 1t Is
plain that the truth, whatever It may
be. has possession of him.-5ames Rus
eeu Lowell. .-.|, GO - - ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Mamma Remembered.

Papa (enraged) WELL, Constantia,
daughter, I've never in all my life seen
as soft, green, unsophisticated spoony
an idiot as young Puddington- Nam.
ma (emphatically)-I have!-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
lnfantiie Chicle9n Broth.

Customer-What on earth is this
broth made of, waiter? Surely it isn't
chicken broth? Waiter-Well, sir, it's
chicken broth in its Infancy. It's
made out Of the water that the he&gs
are boiled in.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19

A son never realizes how much his
own father knew until he starts to ad-
wise children Of his own. - Florida
Times Union.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-09-25
WI Reappoin,ed.

Pckin. Sept ei.-Thc reappointmcnt
u Wa Tang Fang 10 his former post
as minister OF China At Washington.
vas gazetted Tuesday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-09-25
COT JUST DESERTS.
Knocked Down with Saucepan and
Hot Wster Poured On Nearo.

ncnison, sept ga drunken negro
insisted on entering the kitchen OF
Mrs. McKit'rick. Grabbing a sauce
pan. the lady knocked him down. She
then poured hot water upon his anat.
omy Murder" screamed the now
sobered Scncgambian as he dashed out
NE door 10 the friendly shades OF a
nearby forest
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
Mrs. Martin at Home.

George Madden Martin, who be
came famous through the Ear
my Lon stories. is living very quiet
~ at Anchorage, Kentucky, which
is about fiftenn miles from Louis
vile She has made her home in
an old fashioned Southern house fot
years. just now she is at work or
long story. 1t is not generally
known, but the Emery Lou stories
were founded on facts of actual
school life in Louisville When the !,
first came out great many people
thought the author was a man and
Mrs. Martin received hundreds OF let
letrs IN which sine was addressed a.
Dear Sir" Mrs Martins real name
is Mrs. Atwood Martin, and her hus-
band IS a business man-SatureiaA
Evening Post
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
BUFFALO BILL TELLS
NEW ROOSEVELT STORY.

Denver. Dec. II-s'There IS a little
story about Theodore Roosevelt"
said Buffalo Bill Cody at the Press
Club today, s.tflat has never been
printed. When the president was out
in the west hunting last time the ex-
petition was hard up for dogs. The
third or fourth day out the chief
guide, Coli, went TO the president and
said: I know man who has some
good bear dogs. | will go over and
see him and see if | can get them.
All right said the president, do it.
The man turned down the guide.
81 will go over and see him my
self said the president, and he did.
Nothing doing said the owner of
the dogs DO you know who ams'
demanded the president. i am the
president OF the United states OF
America
".Wclf replied the dog owrfer, +
don't care damn if you are. /
wouldn't care damn If you were
Booker T. Washington You could
not have my dogs And the president
concluding that the dog owner knew
has own business went back to the
camp and told the story with much
glee.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
CODY SAYS GOULD
OFFERS HIM $4,000
Buffalo Bill Declines an inducements
to Tesfify Against Mrs. Gould. q


Denver, Dec. II-Miss Helen Mar
was paid In the Howard Gould di-
vorce case when she testified against
Mrs. Gould i'll New York, said Col.
William Cody today. Alter the law
dence she gave will not amount 10
anything.
As for the reports concerning
Gould's offer to me to testify against
the character of his wife, / was offer
ed not $4,000 but $4,000 to testify,
and / nefused the offer.
had an idea that the stage needed
ctiltivating and advancement a Jew
years ago, and believing that Miss
Clenmens would be able to fill the
Void | backed her for that position.
The results of that experiment arc
we'll known, and | seem to have play
ed the wrong card.
It was business proposition. She
lost out and SO did I. That was all
there was TO it; that was all there was
between us. It was bad venture
from a business standpoint [ was
governed in the matter by my wish to
! help to success a woman who [ be-
Ieved Would make good and she
failed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
WOMAN CRAWLS TWO MILES
Mrs. Ortenska Robbed of $6I7 and
Gems, Was Bound and Gagged.

Stamford, Corn, Dec Io.-Mrs
Anthony Ortenska, of No. Q Orchard
street was robbed OF $oIz and seven
pieces of jewelry late last night and
was thrown unconscious into a clnmp
OF bushes in Laddin Rock Park, an
isolated section Of the town.
Regaining consciousness, she work
ed herself free from the gag and fet-
tiers placed on her Swollen and
bruised, her limbs would not support
her, so she crawled on her hands and
knees two miles to her daughters
home.
The police have arrested Waddcl-
h.off Pohoski, laborer. Mrs. Orten-
ska identified him as one of the rob
bers.
Mrs. Ortenska is midwife, about
fifty years of age, and she feared to
deposit her money in bank, so she
kept it on her. She was luredl TO the
park by man and a heavy yelled
woman, who, Mrs. Ortenska believes
was man in feminine attire Three
other men appeared and all set upon
ker.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
WILL W|NFREE
KILLS POLICEMAN
WINFREE FORMERLY WORK
ED IN GREENVILLE.
HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY COP
For Drunkenness, Released Returns to
Policeman and Kills Him Almost
Without Warning-Wfnfre Son
of Priminent Parents.

topkinsville, KY, Dec. 1o.-Will
Ninfree. son OF Judge w H Winfrec
a prominent citizen Of the state OF
Kentucky, shot and killed Policeman
Chas. Herd this afternoon. Winfree
had been arrested earlier IN the day
with q companion for drunkenness
by Policeman Herd, and objected, to
riding TO the station house IN the
patrol wagon.
Shortly after his incarceration he
secured his release and sought Heard
at the depot, and with the words,
Charley, you liar, fired three times,
each shot reaching vital spot. 1T is
supposed that Winfrce Objected to
his arrest and the charges preferred
against h,n by the officer, and rank
ling with the disgrace on his mind, le
killed the policeman. He IS now III
jail
Young Windree is we'll known II,
M emphis where tic lived for some
time. He also formerly lived i'll
Greenville. Miss, where he worked
for J. D. Barbec III the Delta Manu-
featuring Company's plant.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
MACHINE EXHIBITION
AND BARBECUE.
To Be Given on Bob Aldridge's
Plantation Next Thursday

On Thursday at Mr.. Bob Aldrid-
ge's plantation, miles below Leland,
there will be given an exhibition of
the workings of the pnesrrnatic cotton
picking machine by Mr.. George II.
Zempter,. the patentee. A barbecue
dinned will also be served on the
premises.
A number OF prominent cotton men
in the south will be present on this
occasion to view the machine, among
them being the government cotton
bureau statician, the New Orleans
cotton exchange will send represen-
tative and from all parts of the cit
ton belt, men Interested i'll cotton
raising have been invited to be pres
ent. Mr. Zempter also invites all to
be present from the vicinity who are
chinery.
Besides the opportunity for seeing
cue will be an added attraction.
the machine in operation the barbe-
Mr.. Zempter told a Times man
that his machine was working first
class and delivering the goods. He
has orders for d large number oil
machines, and It IS to be hoped thai
before next season these machines
will be put ON. the market 1t is the
most practical machine yet patented
ing industry in a very short time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
Murdered Woman's Son.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. II-As a re
suit OF the protest OF W. 7. Masters,
OF this city, the parole granted by
the Board of State Pardons to Hen
~ Riddick, colored, has been sus
pended. The negro was given a life
sentence in the penitentiary on a
charge OF murder, having been con
victed OF setting fire to the Miller
Hotel at Lancaster, in which A f
Pascoe, his little son. Oscar B., and
his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lucy Mas
tiers, were burned to death
Recently the prison commission
.ers issued parole to Reddick, but
before the negro could be released
from the penitentiary, Mr.. Masters
who is a son of the woman burn
ed to death in the fire, heard about
the matter, and vigorously protest
ed. The prison commissioners, there
fore suspended the paroleand granted
Mr.. Masters sixty days in which.
to present contemplation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
The Language of Flowers.

Fly swift, my light gazellc,
To her who now lies waking,
To hear thy silver bell,
The midnight silence breaking.
And when THOU com st, with glad
some feet,
Beneath her lattice springing,
All well she'll know how sweet,
The words of love thou'rt bringing
Yet no, not words, for thy
But half can tell loves feeling,
Sweet flowers alone can say,
What passion fears revealing,
A one bright roses withered leaf,
A towering lilly broken,
oh these may paint a grief, ~
No words could e'er have spoken.
Not such. my gay gazelle,
The wreath tnou spreadest over,
Ion moonlight dale, to tell,
My lady how | love her.
Andwhat to her will sweeter be, IS
Than gems the richest, rarest, 44
From truth immortal tree
Oh fadeless leaf thou barest. 'o
Thomas Moore
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
PLAN TO CARRY
COTTON DEBTS.
Mississippi Farmers Union Would Re
heve Strain of Payments.

Jackson, Miss, Dec 1o.-One of
the. most important subjects to be
brought before the annual convention
OF the Mississippi branch of the
Farmers Union to be held here in
January will be the planning OF ways
and means OF distributing cotton
debts over period OF at least three
months in the year
Instead OF having these obligations
become due and payable during the
month OF November, which is now
che custom.
Leaders OF the Farmers Union con
tend that there is now 100 match debt
paying in November, and il arrange
ments could be made with the finan-
cal interests for more equitabie
distribution the cotton holding move
nent would be given decided strength
and vantage.
The Farmers Union IN planning
the establishment of central bank
capitalized at half million OF dol
lars donieiled at Jackson, and tbs
charter of which will be submitted
to the governor for his approval
within the next 10 days. 1t is also
planned to establish branch banks
in the principal clifton growing COM
munities, and the leaders believe that
when these banks enter actively into
competitions with established institu-
tons more favorable terms can be sc
cured by the members and their OBJ
legations made due and payable Or
more favorable terms.
Secretary Russell of Mississippi
is receiving reports from the meetins
of local unions, held throughout thu
state on last Saturday. at which tn,
members pledged themselves to iii
eral reduction of cotton acreage 80
the coming season.
These reports viii be tabufafed an.
forwarded to the aeneral 0oryentsoa
70 Sc held It Menphis On the It'll .
January. ss