davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

James Ford who was struck By a
street car near the Country club
Thursday night was yesterday releas-
ed from the Reid Memorial hospital
he having almost recovered from the
accident in which he sustained only
minor injuries.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
.EARLH HAM GOT BUT
FIFTH IN CONTEST
Walter Miles, the quaker Ora
tor Failed to Make Show
ing Expected of Him.
NOTRE DAME WAS FIRST
ON "SAVONAROLA," EASILY THE
WINNER WABASH SECOND
WITH STRONG MANUSCRIPT.
THE RESULT.

Edward F. O'FIynn, Notre Dame
first.
Leo c. Kelley, Wabash-second.
Samuel Taylor, DePauw-third.
Karl c. Barnett, ButIer-fourth.
Walter A Miles. EarIham-fifth.
e. r. Nichols, FrankIin-sixth.
Miss Adah r. Throop, Hanover
seventh.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

Ccontinued on page s.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

owed L.
perfence.
he above
new pro-
I'd under
vet using
or . test,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02

Continued on Page Five.)
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07

just on tee eve Of the Adjournment
Of t1e legislature. foIcwi78 = custom
OF several years standing. d handsome
silver pitcher ard tray was present
ed 70 tire president of tae senate and
= Sc - tos speaker Of t1e house Of
representatives. gifts fran the ssra-
tors and representatives. I cit
glass SCI was also presented to each
of these officers from the attaches O.
tre legislature These gifts were
presented with appropriate speeches
and appropriate responses were made
BY the reci pjeutS
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07

That despite prohibition in Maine
and partial prohibition in other states
the consumption Of alcoholic bever-
ages is now greater than when there
vas no organized or legal fight made
against the traffic.
We ara rola that the Oca.a Banner
is all wrong in its conclusions AMI IS
In collision with the open saloon"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07
Another Richmond in the Field

The T'mpa Evening News Of Fri
day Goa med a special wire from
. Ia.taI go announcing thar Hon.
Hon R. Hudson Burr. Of Miami.
chairman Of the railroad commission.
no" serving a second term. Will enter
the lists Of gubernatorial candidates
IN the next democratic primary.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07

Aeuts, are indispensable 10 all who would
ENJOY life free from these distressing
ailments
- Complete External snd Internal Treatment ,or
Evefy Hufnor 0f Infants. Children. and Adults con-
5isLS or Cutlelra soap t25cJ % Cleanse the SKIN.
SEtcNFa ointment tJOcJ ID Heal the skin. and
tle9fa Resolvent t5Oc), Cor Ia the form OF ChOcO-
att coated Pills. 25c per vial OF oO) 20 Purify The
5000 sold throughout the world Potter Drug q
Nosm LORD sole Props. Boston, Aase
Nailed Free. How 70 Cure skin Humors
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07

WoIh Is now 3" progress for reue.
INK the s-aZs from the Ca.og-4-3l
Chez and Orange rivers ia Lev couu-
y. The rocks III shoal places Viii he
dynami,ed and the course Of the ~.
ers Strengthened The citizens living
along these streams are rejoicing
that these rivers have at last been
discovered by our congressman.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-07

- '..i.- trI~ EiTI-tDu.
SCdiF. crri~-tl h-wurs
Cf >h.D aIC scalp. rae
rough hands. itching.
tender feet. and ~ana-
tive. aDriSeprIc, Clnans-
ing II infants, children,
ard adults. CutiCura
soap ard CutiCUTa
Ointment, the great
Skin cure and pure-s
and sweetest IL arnnl-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
A Story With Many Morals.

There are many morals to the salaci-
GUS story now in course of narration in
Judge Fitsgerald's court. The outlines
are as old as the race. A young man
born with a golden spoon in his mouth,
q young woman born with no spoon at
all, society man with wealth and luxu-
ry, an artist who was at once an intel
lectual giant and a moral dwarf-these
are conditions that have irresistibly
made for evil since the world began. In
the America of today, as in the Rome
of ages long gone, the scions of virile
and Industrious stock are impelled to
vice by an environment which is calcu-
lated to try the strongest natures and
which is sure to make shipwreck of the
weakest. The types stand out from the
testimony with staring distinctness
The girl without an education, the mo-
Their without heart, the gilded youth
bent on pleasure, the viveur without a
conscience are painfully familiar to
students of history and readers of fic-
ton alike. Nero and Poppaea, Louis
XIV, and Madame Dubarry, Becky
Sharp and the marquis of Steyne, Stan
ford White and Evelyn Nesbit simply
pose afresh the problem which has
bafled each generation of thinkers.
Harry Thaw's career is the career of
the Prodigal Son, with variations of
time, place and manners. After the
frenzy and the rioting have come the
nausea and the repentance and the
thought of the lrrevocable past. Stunt
lachrymae rerum."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

"The Mummy aud the Humming
Bird" to be presented at Memorial
Hall on Feb. 21st by Jules Murry's
Own Company, with William A.
Whitecar in the role of Lord Lumley,
aud Henry Carl Lewis as Giuseppe,
the organ grinder, may be properly de.
scribed as comedy that contains the
possibilities of tragedy, had its Incl
dents been treated by the author in 9
different and less delicate manner, but,
as its theme and situations have been
logically developed, and It's complica
tions brought to happy ending, the
unfolding Of its plot is accompanied by
an increased interest that may be at
tributed to the very uncertainty tha
shadows the events as they trauspirt
until the desirable denouement il
reached. The reputation that has beer
won by the play rests in a measure
upon the large number Of good parts i
contains, each of the characters being
sufficiently strong in itself to consti
tute a star role in an ordinary produc
ton. The company consists of artist
whose individual talent, it is claimed
ranks them high In artistic merit
therefrom resulting a Performance
which is everywhere described as wei
nigh perfect in its ensemble.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
Burn Them All.

1t is no easy task, however, to burn
or destroy letter that is dear to you.
A genuine love letter breathes the very
fragrance of the writer's soul Who
capable of understar ding the grand
passion has not felt the keen sense Of
pleasure that was twin to pain at the
sight of the beloved ones handwriting
Where is the man or woman so stolid
or commonplace who has not at some
time kissed the page whereon a dear
hand has rested and then hidden it near
the heart whose accelerated throbs wei.
coined its approach?
And who Of deep feeling and wide ex
perience has not at some time felt his
own heart soorching with the parcel of
letters he tossed upon the Goals?
But human hearts have Phoenix.
like propensity for rising from their
own ashes, strong with new life and
capable Of new emotions. Let there
be no accusing records of the old.
Let the dead bury its dead.
However it hurts, whatever it costs.
burn your love letters.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
Harry Kent is Still Missing.

Bristol, Feb. Hilary E. Kent, o
young civil engineer who mysteriouslS
disappeared from an engineering camp
on the South & Western railway near
Clinchport on January 81, after receiv.
ing his months salary, has not beer
heard of since. His continued absenct
and the utter inability of detectives
and others in search of him to fnC
some clue, strengthens the theory tina
he has met tragic end.
Young Kent left the camp, saying
that be vas going on the mountain
bout q mile dr. ant to settle q small
Jill with his wU-her woman. He hat
about 800 On his person in cash
Friends Bay that lie could have had n,
reason for disappearing of his own 70
lition. His personal effects are still a
the camp, and his disappearance is
profound mystery.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

Oklahoma negro, Alfred Smith, receiv-
cd the Worlds Far blue ribbon and
first prize in England for cotton he
raised. Several patents of negro
electrician are in use on the New York
elevated railways. D. II. Williams, Of
Chicago, a negro, is said to be the first
surgeon to sew up and heal a wounded
human heart. Another Chicago negro,
a lawyer, E. 81. Morris, is said to have
a law practice worth $4,000 a year.
May Church Terrill, colored woman,
recently addressed in three languages
at Berlin the international Association
for the Advancement of Woman.
negro artists painting, Henry o. Tan
ner's "The Raising of Lazarus, hang
on the walls of the Luxembourg
These negroes are an honor to thei
race. American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
"Iwant de One dat Gives Me de Best Feed

Jonesboro, Tenn, Feb. 11.-Enoch
Arden's wife had two husbands at once;
so that Nancy Blair, a colored woman,
who last week came along with hus-
band No. 2 before Judge Tyler of the
circuit court, seeking a divorce from
husband No. l. Some fifteen years ago
John Russell, husband No. l, was con-
victed and sent to the penitentiary
from Greene county on the charge Of
arson. Nancy was left with raft of
young children to bring up. Several
letters came from her erring husband,
but they became fewer and fewer until
after so long they ceased entirely. FL
nally, Nancy heard from what she
deemed reliable source that husband
No. was dead and she took to herself
William Blair. They, too, have raised
several children, and were living in
peace and harmony, when, on bright
summer day, John (No. y knocked at
the door, and great was the consterna-
ton. But it was agreed between No. l
and No. 2 that Nancy should have
whichever husband she wanted, and f.
nally she decided that as she could moi
have them both, that she would keer
the last, and proceeded to file her bill
for divorce against her first love. She
was granted separation by the Judge.
Her counsel Immediately informed.hel
that if she would procure license the
Judge would perform the ceremony
and she was asked which husband she
preferred. She Immediately replied
II wants de one dat GIBBS me de bes
feed" She decided that this was Will
liam No. p and they were married over
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
Human WayWardneSS.

The son of the vice president OF the
United States was recently indicted in
Ohio on the charge of having obtained
a marriage license through false repre-
sentation. A son Of United States SEN
ator Knox recently eloped with girl
from Washington and was married.
Andrew D. White, grandson of Hon.
Andrew D. White, formerly president
of Cornell University and at one time
American ambassador to Germany, shot
and killed himself on train in Cali
fornia few days ago. A wealthy cou-
sin of President Roosevelt is charged
with taking another mans wife away
from him in New York. He admitted
to the ownership Of the furniture in the
woman's room. Position, wealth and
an honored name are no assurance
against annoyance, trouble or disaster.
Sons who have had the best opportuni-
ties sometimes prove hayward or de-
generate, or through errors and esca-
pades cause their parents and families
trouble and humiliation, and they must
suffer VIGOROUSLY. Some who have ev-
cry advantage fail miserably, while
others who have to fight their way
through poverty win name and charac-
ter for themselves and succeed in life.
81 am my own ancestor !" was the la
comic reply of Napoleon when asked
about his family. Blood does not al
ways tell. Often when strength is nat
urally expected there is weakness and
waywardness. Youth is always dan
gerous road to travel, and sometimes
after it has been travelled honorably and
honor and safety seem assured, men
fail and fail, Fraity, thy name is man
as we'll as woman. Poor old Homer,
suffering from the mean ingratitude Of
one he thought his friend, exclaimed
80, Thestorides, Thestorides, of all
the mysteries hidden from the knowl-
edge of man, nothing is more unintelli-
gible than the human heart" Who
shall judge accurately causes and rea-
sons?
Who made the heart tbs He alone
Decidedly can try US,
He knows each chord, it various tone,
Each spring, ITS various bias;
Then at the balance let's be mute,
We never can adjust it.
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted
Nashville American
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

For the wolves in human form who
seek to encompass the ruin of young
girls death is q mild punishment. If
there is no hell, there ought to be, for
without it there are offenders who will
never be adequately punished. 0cca-
sionally there comes public exposure of
some human hyena who, with studied
art and devilish ingenuity, dig pitfalls
andSsets cunning traps for unwary girls
and under the guise of friendship and
in the glamor and glitter OF a carefully
arranged mise en- scene, lures them to
their downfall. There are men who
make practice, business, of this sort
OF thing, and their knowledge Of human
nature, of ignorance, of inexperience,
of vanity, of artful strategy, makes them
experts in the successful prosecution of
their Infamous purpose. The trustful-
ness and helplessness of their intended
victims appeal to them only to urge
them on. But where one case comes tc
light in all of its pity and horror there
are hundreds of which the public never
hears, and the poor victim goes the
downward path until she dies faded
and miserable outcast through dissipa
ton and disease, or with pistol or knife
or poison or the river ends her awfu
experience, and is carried from tn,
morgue to the Potter's field a soileC
and nameless lump of clay. The mos
terrible animal man encounters is maj
but when, with evil intent, he seek
helpless woman as his prey there is nj
beast of the jungle half so cruel or re
: morseless. And who condones his in
fanny so readily as that strange creatur
woman? And who gloats over tn
salacious details of q scandal involvin
, woman's ruin and mans pertidity, an
with eager eyes scans every printe
line, or with interested manner listen
{. to every word of gossip as though
o were a sweet morsel? Who?-Nashvill
= American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
jug Bill Passes.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 12.-Aftei
loading it with an amendment that
renders it imperative for an indefinite
period the senate today passed the Hol-
laday slug bill" by an almost unsnim.
Gus vote. The amendment makes the
law go into effect when the congress
shall have passed law prohibiting in
ter state liquor traffic. A warm fight
for the amendment was made under
the leadership of ex-Gov. Cox and Sen
ator Bean. Senators Greenlaw, Pen
dleton and Garter spoke against the
amendment. Tt was the first throw.
down the Anti-Saloon League has re-
ceived at this session. Mr.. Pendleton
entered motion to reconsider, but it
is not likely the senate will change its
mind. The house bill on the same
subject lies on the clerks desk in the
senate, but it will likely go to the table.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
ROckefeller's Gift.

John Davidson Rockefeller Is widely
known in current history, and long af-
ter he is forgotten as trust magnate
or oil king, he will be recorded in his
tory as rich man who gave princely
benefaction to the cause of education.
His gift of $32, 100000 for general edu-
cation is the largest ever given by any
individual for any purpose in the worlds
history. He had already given 81, 900,
600 for the promotion of southern edu-
cation, and $4,000, 900 for general edu-
cation, which make total of $43, 900,
900 for educational work from one man.
This money is not given to colleges or
universities or rich institutions, but lie
to be devoted to educational work
throughout the country, under the di-
rection of an organization for that pur-
pose. Mr.. Rockefeller has given to the
University of Chicago more than $l5,
600, 900, and his total contributions to
general and higher education amount
to over $60,OO0,0 900. Mr.. Rockefeller is
6S years old. Before he dies, or in his
will, he will doubtless contribute many
millions more to the same cause. =
Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
Will Appoint Two judges.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. ID "A. B.
Lamb, of Henry county and Horace E.
Palmer. of Murfreesboro, are Gov.
Patterson's selections for the addition.
al judges to sit on the bench of the
court of civil appeals. No announce
ment, however, will be officially made
before the governor approves tie bill
creating the court. Mr.. Palmer was
the permanent chairman of the demo-
cratic convention. He has the matter
of accepting the honor under consider.
alton. In the event he should not, A.
R. Gholsop, of GAINESVILLE, will proba-
bly, get the iudgeship. Mr.. Lamb has
signihsd his willingness to accept.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

We seen where the Knoxville legis
laters air determined to PRESERVE the
integrity of the saloon system in that
town. While they air willing to vote
fer scrumptuary Legislation fer the 9th.
er fellers, they amt going to have n,
interference with the privileges of the
American citizen at home. These men
air the saviors of Knoxville, and if We
could ever get loose frum our creditors
in this here water-cursed locality We
would like to start paper in a sub
Bourbon town within drinking dis
lance of Knoxville. -Hardemsn Fret
Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
The anti-iug bill was killed by the
friends of temperance if you believe
their story.
The Moral of Ii.

The Thaw case is one that newspa-
pers find rather difficult to handle. 1t
is essentially an unsavory case. Some
of the testimony given is actually I'M
printable, and of course the press has
to leave out many Of the details. Some
people are inclined to blame the news
papers and hold them responsible for
the case; but they do not deserve any
such censure OF course sensational
writers are employed describing the
SCIENCES in the court, hut none OF their
descriptions could possibly compete
with the actual testimony in point Of
offensiveness.
Several months ago when young Har-
~ Thaw shot down one of the leading
architects Of the country everybody
asked the question: WhyH Mrs. Ev-
elyn Thaw has been on the stand re-
vea!ing the motive. It is not chaste
or pleasant story, nor is it food for
babes and sucklings; yet it is hard to
see how the newspapers can help pub
fishing it. The curiosity regarding
the case may be morbid, but it will be
satisfied. II the local papers in par
ticular place did not publish the news,
the people there would send off and
get the papers of some other city.
There is nothing in this vile and sor'
did story that would attract any one tC
life of immortality. The lesson plain
ly Taught is that the wages of sin are
death. Take all the principals in thu
case and ask yourself whether any o
them are in happy plight today. White
is dead. Thaw is on trial for his life
Evelyn Thaw has had to lay bare thu
story of her shame before gaping
crowd.
A remarkable young woman is Eve
lyn Thaw. If ever any one was tn
victim of her environment it was she
She was reared in poverty by a mothe
who seems to have had no regard TO
her virtue. When mere child she Eel
victim of designing man. She doe
not impress one as being deliberatel,
immoral. Like Trilby, she merely &C
quiesced in her environment. She wa
only passively unvirtuous.
Yet happiness has never been hers
Her testimony shows that she ha
brains and pluck, and under gentle
circumstances she might have develop
ed into one of the most beautiful flow
ers of womanhood. But certainly ther
is nothingin her pathetic story tina
should lead any young girl into wha
has been called the primrose path. l
may be for the best that her sad, event
full history should be known to tn
world. 1t ought to have q tendency t.
deter Others from the pace that kills
certainly it is most solemn warning
Daudet's "Sapho," written for hi
sons, was not more solemn than is tn
warning contained in this heart-break
ing story of Evelyn haw.-Commer
cial Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
OppOse Race Suicide.

Bristol, Tenn, Feb. 12.-The death
of Mrs. Lucinda Grim at Yuma, Scott
county, Va, last Wednesday night, re-
veals family that is evidently oppos
ed to race suicide, as suggested by
President Roosevelt. Mrs. Grim was
the widow of W. r. Grim, who was
reared near Abingdon, Va. Sh'
was SO years of age and is survived by
three sons and five daughters, fifty
eight grandchildren and 7O2 great
grand children.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
Transfer Takes Place March 18Th.

The transfer of the Office of State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction
from Prof. S. A, Mynders, the incum-
bent, to Prof. r. L. Jones, Gov. Pat
terson's appointee, will take place
March 1S, on which date the new su-
perintendent will take up the duties
which Prof. Mynders has discharged
with such distinguished ability for sew
eral years past. The views of the pres.
ent and incoming superintendent CO.
incide in most respects and it may be
expected that the policy of the present
administration will not be materially
changed,
Prof. A. L. Todd, of Murfreesboro
will be chief clerk under Prof. Jones
and Miss lizzie Hayes, who has served
in the Office for several years as stenog
rapher, and has rendered such compe
tent service, will be retained in he
present position. This will be crafty
ing to her host of friends and admirers
Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

Cy Lyle is spreading the report that
we ware drunk when we delivered our
great speech on the evils of alcoholism
before a gathering of reformers at
Nashville We air sorry to say that
this is an unmitified falsehood; fer we
had only about seventeen drinks in our
tank before we begun our address, and
we didn't get complete soak on until
two hours after we had finisht our re-
marks. -Hardeman Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14
For Segregation.

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. ia dele
cation of merchants who favor high Ii
cense and segregation for Knoxville sa-
looms, left tonight for Nashville to
work in the interest of such bill.
The prohibition element will also
send a delegation to Nashville to urge
the passage Of the bill allowing the
people to vote on the question.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-14

Anticipating the passage of the Toll
lett bill, appropriating the saloon tax
to the building and maintenance of the
public roads, an enterprising Memphis
saloon man has already made the fol-
lowing changes in the names of his
drinks: "Longtoddy" to Country
Road" High Ball to Highway"
straight Whisky" to 'The Pike" and
Cocktail" to "Asphalt." 1t is also
understood that when the bill becomes
law that whisky sour will be known
as the "Mudhole," and the customer
who asks for "Sand and Weeds" will
get "Mint Julep." The invitation,
"Will you join me in a drink" will be
changed to Il warn you in to work the
road" Miniature shovels" will sup
plant "toddy spoons" The name OF
the place where "booze" is sold will be
changed from saloon to "toll gate, -
and "plain drunk" beforeth the record
er will be called ''load of gravel. y
Memphis News Scimitar.