davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01
Flag Flies on the House.

There is no sign OF any especial sur
veillance being kept at President Cas-
tro's house. IL is the brightest spot in
town, with tag waving gayly from
he top. In white letters foot tail
over the entrance 70 his residence, which
j. TWO stories nigh, built on much pleas
aHter lines than most Venezuelan
houses and fronJed by a beautiful gar
gen, Is the name, "C'priauo Castro"
Sonora Castro herself came out
II the house dressed I'm white duck and
wearing a straw hat. She started for
walk with an escort apparently as
Happy as anybody could be.
Though the rain had begun 10 pour
yesterday she telephoned TO a friend
Caracas that she was having some
Nonderful frocks made Ina anticipa ton
u her husbands complete restoration
70 health.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01

Appointments by tranrfer from othe
departments:

departments;
Office of the Secretary-Vie a.
Ermerins. California, $1,000 by transfer
from Navy Department, Burton Car
rett. Ohio. $50. By transfer from War
Department; Fred n Etsenstein, Ohio,
$40. by transfer from Weather Burear.
ONCE OF Supervising Architectural
lace NJ. Baker, Massachusetts, $500 by
transfer from War Department.
Office of Auditor for Treasury Depart
ment-Joel ii Landlord Indiana, $50,
by transfer from War Department
Office OF Auditor for War Department
Allan II. DOngal, Indiana. 500, BY
transfer from War Department
Ofice OF Auditor for POstorrice De
partment-Charles A Fisher. $500. Dis
trict OF Columbia. by transfer from
Postoffice Department.
Onice OF Comptroller Of Currency
Oscar l. Telling. Colorado, S1,40J, by
transfer from Denver mint.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01

A Delicious and Refreshing Dessert
c. as Pure Cream lee Cream. Druggists
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01

They arc the very finest German and French
NalS. No store in the world can give you better be-
tween the prices of 75c and $3.50 a dozen yards
And when choice is offered at 69c per piece (peces
contain II yards and viii not be broken) it is one
of the grandeSt OF bargain opportunities
It's great chance for dreSSmakerS-for every
body. Sale isl tloor-Where the crowd is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01
10000 pieCes---69 different patterns---aIl in n

-AND OIL WHAT LACES lite most dekicate XII
desigNs-te most elaborate Patterns Think Of 1s-any
0lateEed SETS Ae0ey there sale a0ih sh ckofce
thing else 10 set bargain hearts a 1tDLbiR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-01
The widths range from = inch to

There isn't single piece in the lot that you could
buy for less than 75c regularly and from that up to
$3.50 dozen yards. AS the average value of the
entire lot is more than $3.50 per dozen yards it will
be seen that vastly more are worth more than 75c.
Especial attention is called to the character of the
laceS.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
Watch Arkansas.

The metropolitan press of the North and the East are at last awakening to knowledge that Ar kansas is truly one of the great states in the Union.
 Its detractors are being discred- ited, its maligners are being shamed into silence, and the would-be humorist who would make of fancied shortcomings a butt of ridicule are being shown in their true colors as natural knockers.
 All that Arkansas wants is fair chance to have proper representa- tion among the other states, and that it's real advantages be accepted at their full value.
 Here is the sort of boost that helps, and 1t is not in the least full some, as taken from the columns of the Minneapolis Tribune: DESTINED TO
 BE A GREAT STATE Community No Longer Regarded as
 Joke.
 Resources Dissipate the Humorous
 Iibels of Opie Read. American Investors Awaken to Reali- zation That the Laugh Has Been
 on Them.
 Watch Arkansas, said George E. Towle, treasurer of the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company. Arkansas has unfortunately been considered sort of a joke. The I'm from Arkansas, now darn you laugh story is typical of outside American sentiment of previous years. My per sonal investigations have absolutely astounded me in their revelations of Arkansas resources, and go to show that it is as fatal and misleading for state to become joke as it is for a Dewey or Hobson.
 ''rhe American investors of the keener type are beginning to see that the joke has been partly on them, and already perceive movement toward exploiting the resources of Arkansas, and it's lands, that don't hesitate to say will make Arkansas conspicions in the coming years.
 On my return trip to Arkansas I fell m with Ople Read, of the Arkansas Traveller fame, and much enjoyed his merciless style of humor. When talk
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
. A SUBJECT FOR STUDY

The President is said to be study ing the result of competition in freight rates where railroads and waterways meet.
 What would interest much larger proportion of the people would be for the President and other statesmen to study the effect of the discrimination in freight rates between cities. Perhaps some one might find a good reason for making lit a crime to favor one man over another or one business establish ment over another and yet no offense for one city to have such an advan- tage over it's neighbor as to enable it to levy a tribute against every dollars worth of merchandise sold therein.
 There may be a reason for this, but most people do not see it, and while the Square deal" doctrine is being promoted it would be we'll to go into the question.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
DOES NOT LOOK 50 BAD NOW

It is somewhat interesting to note how frequently even the big metro politan papers refer to the green back" currency that was issued by the government for use in carrying on the last war and was later de- rided by the big financiers and then finally retired from circulation. The numerous plans now being adopted to enlarge the currency by issuing clearing house certificates, treasury certificates, negotiable checks, notes, etc., make the old greenback, guar anteed and backed by the govern ment, look like mighty good money. Besides that most of these later day devices are interest-bearing in one form or another, and are generally a source of profit to one class and an expense to another, while the old greenback bore no interest and therefore was no drain upon the public that benefited by it.
 Some of these things are enough to make the members of tho. Greenback party of the early '70s sit up and take notice.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
Ida M. Tarbell Backs Up Roosevelt

In the December American Maga- zine Ida M. Tarbell begins the most interesting and important series of articles she has ever undertaken. She calls her series Roosevelt vs. Rockefeller. :"
 Almost ever reading person in the United States, she says, is somewhat familiar with the events which called out MT. Rockefeller's recent defences of his company. They were forced by legal bom- bardment of the Standard Oil Com pany, the like of which this country has never seen. Not one suit but a dozen were simultaneously brought in 1906 against the concern. The suits were not brought by individuals, but by states-no. only by states but by the United States, and the gist of them all was that Mir. Rockefeller and his asso- ciates were cheating the people. In at least five different states the government arraigned the company for using the railroads in such a way as to injure the people. It has been calculated that if the Standard should be found guilty in all the the cases where it has been indicted for accepting freight concessions and should be punished with the maximum fines, the sum total would amount to over one hundred and sixty million dollars P
 Miss Tarbell then proceeds to a careful and extremely interesting narrative of the dramatic events which led up to the governments present prosecution of the Standard. She tells the whole inside story of the Big Fine. Toward the end she defends Roosevelt in the following paragraph:
 The Standard Oil Company has wounded our national life by train ing great bodies of young employees to secret and devious ways of cir cumventing the laws of the country and by making it worth their while" to break the rules of fairness and decency which should govern the intercourse of men whether in business or society. It is for these things continued over long years that they at last are suffering the full penalty of the law. And who shall say in the face of facts that MT. Roosevelt is not justified in his vigorous application of the laws of the country to the Standard Oil Company Certainly in this matter of the transportation of oil by the railroads he is justified, and Mir. Rockefeller is wrong"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
Staying on the Job"

When public man is as we'll fitted for the field of work he has chosen as Mayor Tom Johnson is adapted for useful municipal activities, the thing to do is to keep him Ion the job" That MT Johnson recognizes this fact and has promptly called a halt on the presidential boom started in his behalf by his friends is a cause of felicitation. But do not let any one suppose that the mayor of Cleveland is a whit more alive to the situation than are the inter- ests that do not desire him to be president or anything else, but that earnestly wish. nevertheless. to tempt him out of the conspicuous place he now fills. Kansas City Star
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
NO DOUBT OF IT.

Some of the parties who exhibit the most alarm over the financial situation never had bank account in their lives and would not know one should they meet it in the road.
 Fort Smith Times.
 That's fact. The ones who are first hurt and worst hurt may never have had a bank account. But they may have large families and small wages, and when the men who have the money get scared and they are the ones that first get scared close up banks. shut down mills and factories. and thousands of men who never had a bank account" see
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28

now subjected by the government it is said that the assessments would be so triaing as to practically amount to nothing.
 There can be no doubt but this step will be of great benefit to the people of the country both the de- positors, large and small and the business interests generally.
 It is clear to everyone that the present money stringency or panic or furry" whatever you prefer to call it, while originating among badly managed banks in the East, IS made general over the country by by the lack of faith in the banks that causes depositors to withdraw their deposits and hoard them, thus reducing the circulating medium to a point below that needed to carry on the business in a normal manner. It naturally follows that any plan which would effectually remove that fear of loss from the people would almost wholly nullifiy the effect to the business of the whole country of the closing of any particular banking institution.
 Mr. Bryan feels that the only objection that will be raised to this plan of insuring depostors in nation al banks against loss will be by the state banks, and this he makes clear can easily be overcome by the adoption of similar plan by each state.
 In this connection it is interesting that Mir. Bryan had conference with Mir. Roosevelt, whom he prob ably expects to assist in getting the measure through Congress at it's next session.
 Despite all the talk of partisan papers to the contrary, it is not on record that Bryan ever objected to any measure taken by Roosevelt that was intended to benefit the country, even if he (Bryan) was the originator of the idea. And in this case it appears that he has even gone to the President in the hope that the country's welfare may be promoted by the approval by both of a worthy plan to safeguard the interests of the people and the country. and, if this is the case, his his effort will not be in vain.
 That is the difference between statesmanship and partisan politics. It emphasizes the greatness of two men who, while of different parties and different beliefs in many things, yet gladly meet on mutual grounds when good can come of 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
NORWOOD THE MAN.

As an indication of the way senti- ment favorable to the candidacy of Mena's candidate for attorney-gen- eral is growing, the following edi- torial from the Fort Smith News Record is quoted:
 With the approach of the state campaign when the people must decide upon their choice for the various state officers, it is in season to say word regarding candidates for the high office of attorney-gen- eral are seeking the nomination at the hands of the Democratic party.
 Hon. Hal l.. Norwood of Mena, Polk county, possesses the elements which guarantee to the state, if he should be nominated, an officer who will represent the whole people of Arkansas regardless of the fact that he will be nominated by Democrats and elected by the popular will of the dominant party.
 Mir. Norwood is young man, thirty-six years old, and in the full possession of his manhood, which is of high character. He is an at torney of unquestioned ability, and in the district in which he has resided for many years he is known as a man of the strictest integrity.
 Mir. Norwood has served Polk county in the Arkansas senate and has also represented the same peo- pie as prosecuting attorney. So we'll has he always looked after the interests of his people that they gave him several terms in each otfiee.
 He now seeks the nomination to the higher office of attorney-general of Arkansas. and accepting him as his own people have proved him to be, the News Record believes that the Democratic party of this state cannot err in giving to him the duties which he asks the privilege of discharging for the state. While the nomination must naturally come from the dominant party, he as attorney-general will be an officer of all the voters and taxpayers re- gardless of party affiliations, and Mir. Norwood will discharge the duties with credit to himself and the state of Arkansas goes without com ment.
 Mir. Norwood is regarded by the legal professional as a gentleman fully competent to fill the important office, and the Democrats certainly will not err in selecting him to be their candidate on the next state ticket. Both Fort Smith and Sebas- tian county can safely intrust their affairs in his hands, and being personal friend of this city, and also a resident of our neighboring city of Mena. Mir. Norwood is entitled to the support of the delegates from Sebastian county. Fort Smith News Record
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
UsEs INFLUENCE RIGHTLY

Despite the slurs of corporation newspapers. regardless as to whether they sail under the colors of the Democratic or Republican colors, William J. Bryan maintains we'll his position as one of Americas greatest statesmen. His earnest approval of the plan to have the government guarantee depositors in all national banks against loss from failure will lend great impetus to that move ment and probably do much toward making such a provision a law dur ing the early days of Congress, and it is greatly to Mir. Bryan's credit that he should lend his influence regardless of the fact that the oppo- sition party is in full power.
 He recognizes that there is noth- ing that can be done that would so soon restore confidence and quickly place business back on a normal and healthful basis, and he does not care who does it.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
BITS OF EVERY DAY pa.-JsopHy

ofio Oa " Lni Dai FAs-JoUPuf
 tAtchison Globe.)
 He is successful manufacturer who never makes mistakes.
 If the facts were known. not many of us need speed limit.
 Human nature is an interesting study because 1t changes so often.
 Ignorance may be bliss, but there is lot of bliss that isn't ignorance.
 Too often the world appIauds the big grafter and frowns on the little grafter.
 A whipping never hurts so much as the thought that you are being whipped.
 Tell bad story without names. and everyone has an enemy to at- tribute it to.
 Honesty is the best policy for a man who can't steal enough to pay good lawyer.
 Give hungry man a square meal and you will gather crumbs of con- fort therefrom.
 When man economies, he buys fewer clothes; when a w oman econo- mixes, she buys less to eat. Sometimes a man marries and settles down--or, in other words. he subsidies under pressure. A woman may talk like book, but when it comes to shutting her up like one-well that's different. When woman admires an article in store, and then finds it is very costly, she regards that as proof that she has good taste.
 The owner of a runaway horse is as certain to say the horse is gentle as the owner of vicious dog is cer- tain to say the dog is harmless.
 About the third time young man calls on a girl he hears suppressed giggle from her younger brothers and sisters when he is ushered in. We all pay an impudent collector quicker than we pay the man who treats us with great consideration, and gives us our own time in which to pay.
 It is mentioned as curious fact that elephants and girls attain their full growth at eighteen. An ele- phant, however. is content to travel with only one trunk.
 The best teachers in your com munity are the men known to be honest and worthy, and who say nothing. Watch them; and then profit by their example.
 It is not enough that man should love his wife when she has on soiled wrapper and her hair is in curl pa- pers; he must tell her of it, and as fervently as in her peach days be- fore he married he.
 A gossipy man is worse than a gossipy woman for the reason that woman can wash dishes and talk, but man can't attend to his em- ployer's business and have his mind on something else.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
CONFESSIONS OF DoD dAsroN
(Topeka capitai,)

AAoRDNU 'f'f''-'f
 When die it will not be because of disappointed ambition. l have done fully as well as expected and little better than anybody else ex- pected.
 find that indefinitely postponed {, is only another way of saying OH for good"
 While doubt if there are sucn things as the ideal" husband, ! think he is fully as common as the "ideal' wife.
 Whenever think of the orchestra ,s I realize that 1 am not so badly oit after all. The orchestra has to sl' through the show.
 It is my observation that when man marries very young IL t ga. usually be attributed to the lacs e that his town is very dull and tnere is nothing else for him to do.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.)

Chicago NeWs.l
 Men who always pay cash seldom owe an apology.
 A stiff upper lip has nothing in common with Timber tongue.
 And wise is the man who agrees with his wife rather than argue with her.
 She is wise woman who can laugh or cry at the psychological moment.
 The man who thinks the world IS growing worse imagines he is grow ing better.
 It is only matter of time untll the man with the borrowing hablt runs out of friends.
 Too many dollars in mans s pocket have been known to crowd the sense from under his hat.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
Car Cast a Stone Into Five Rivers

At a point on the Boston moun- tains near the dividing line of Madi- son and Newton counties, five of the rivers of Arkansas have their source A man can stand at a certain place and throw stone into any of the rivers. The rivers that take their rise in Newton county are the Buffa- To, which flows northeast, the Null berry, flowing east and south; the War Eagle, flowing north and east the White, flowing north and east and the Kings. which flows north - Fort Smith Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28

;nU with Arkansas people I found that reference to Reads jokes was ruDDlng the fur from the wrong end ot the animal. The Arkansas Travelers nas Ibeled Arkansas like Uncle Tom Cabin' libeled slavery. While Tn the days of Opie Read there was only one railroad across the state, and the general public using that railroad saw much to confirm the types heau nGd 5;d written about, they did not see ana ulu not know that Arkansas was seaeS rich in resources and contained goou proportion of highly cultured people
 s'Give Arkansas an increase ol ple and capital and the result wiii as tonish the American public.
 A friend sending this clipping to the Democrat says, When the foll 5 in the big, bustling empire of the northwest begin to sit up and take notice of Arkansas growth, 1t IS we'll for her people to begin to wake up."
 That is the idea, wake up.
 Shout it aloud from the house-tops and the street corners and in the market places of the world that | Arkansas is the greatest state Tn the sisterhood, and then be pre- pared to back up the claim with statistics and logic.
 One does not have to be imagina- tive in order to assume such a posi- ton, for Arkansas has every thing 1 in it's material makeup to warrant statements of superior advantages, however extravagant.
 It is just such articles as that taken from the Minneapolis paper that will help along good cause.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28

their families facing gaunt want as result, they are very likely to ex- hibit some alarm over the "finan- cial situation"
 There is no danger of the Eastern bankers and financial sharks of Wall Street suffering from hunger. and they can better afford to get scared first, and then hold the money that belongs to the Western banks and their customers from it's rightful owners and business channels.
 Besides that, they generally man. age tomake nice profit from such scares.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-28
GOOD MEN AND GOOD MEAS.
 UQEs.

William J. Bryan is lending his support to plan by which the government is to guarantee deposi- tors in national banks from loss through failure of such institutions.
 The proposal is that on failure of any bank the government shall assess all the national banks for an amount sufficient to meet all outstanding obligations. Under the close super visionsto which national banks are