davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-01

Dear Juniors
Once I found dog. found 1t on
North Court street. took it home and
gave it some milk. 1t was half starv-
ed and very weak. wrapped it up in
a comfort and let it stay there awhile
came back soon and 1t was out or the
comfort, and down on the porch and it
could run about the yard. She would
mind when told her to do anything.
She was black and brown. She look
ed cute when mother tied a red rib
bon around her neck. Her name is
Topsy, because she is SO black. This
is the first time I have written to the
Courier Junior.
zemula Pope. age 9,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-01

Dear Editor
I was reading the Courier Junior
page last night. l saw about the
Christmas Stocking club. / will join it.
My mamma is going to help me with
the stockings and what mamma says,
goes" want to be the first one on the
honor roll. have such good time on
Christmas, that want every little girl
and boy to have just the same kind Of
Christmas. AS Santa Claus wanted
the Juniors to write to him. will write
and tell what would like. Well, Santa,
this is what / want Just some books
and some other thing for this time.
Well these are the books-The Live
Dolls Party; another one is The Kitten
Robber, and there's just one more book
and it is the Christmas Carol. I dit
think of some more books I wanted
they are Birthday Party, Uncle Ber
Little Merchant. / know that's all tn
books now 1 will write Christina
story on another page.
Helen Rowe, age 8,
Ottumwa. Iowa.
(The editor lost Helens letter for
time. but we showed it to Santa Claw
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-01

Dear EDITOR ;4
have never written to the Courier
Junior before. :
| go to school every day. I haven't
missed day or been tardy this term.
I like to go to school very well. Ny
teachers name is Miss Mcfarland. She.
teaches me fast. I study arithmetic;5
grammar, history. geography, civics,
and after Christmas / am gonig to take
up physiology. am in the high schooH
room and the eighth grade. We had
new school house built in 1900 Ny
papa takes the Couried and read the
stories and letters in the Junior part,
AS read the letters thought would
write.
Ethel Cole, age IS, II
Russell, Iowa, 81
FIX
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-01

Dear Editor
I will write to let you know / re-
ceived my souvenir cards. think they
are very pretty, and thank you very
much for them. think our school will
begin Monday, and intend to go when
it is nice. 1 have mile and a half to
20. Well as my letter is getting long,
will close, as l want to write few
recipes for the Junior page. I remain
your Junior friend
Alley Davis. age 10,
r. F. d. No. 2.
Hedrick, Iowa..
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Game Of Sapt.

A popular game which taxes ones
memory is that one known as General
Sapt. Whoever plays this game sue
cessfully deserves u prize. Suppose
you plan to play 1t at your next party.
Act as leader yourself. Tell all the
other players to watch you carefully,
as they will be expected to do as you
have done. You raise your glass (Of
water, holding 1t between your thumb
and foreflnger and say, Here's to the
health of General Sapt." Take a sip
and set the glass upon the table with
quite a resOupding tap on the wood:
stroke one side of your upper lip with
the fOrefinger of your right hand,
then the other side with the fOrefinger
of the left hand; rap on the table with
each fOrefnger first the right one,
then the left one); stamp on the floor
with each foot (right one tirst); bow
once, rise. then sit down again.
Everybody must then try to initiate
the movements you have made. The
least error puts player out of the
game.
Next, go through your original per-
formance again. but do every item of
it twice.
After that thrice. then four times,
five times and until only one player
is left to capture the prize.
The game grows very exciting to
ward the end when narrowed down to
two or three lynx eyed players watch
ing each other for the least error.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
NineVah.

The temperature is somewhat
lower this morning, which will
cause tobacco growers to hustle
still more. Some are through
cutting, but there is considerable
yet in the fields. These late rains
has caused an excessive growth
and it does not ripen fast and
some will undoubtedly have to be
taken in before it is ripe.
Some wheat has been sown,
but not much corn cut yet.
Rev. Pantle, a former pastor
here, stopped yesterday near the
close of Sunday school and re-
newed old acquaintance and
addressed the school for a short
time. He, and his wife were on
their way to attend a Sunday
school convention at the Beech
church in the afternoon. They
and George Delk's partook OF the
hospitality OIL! C. Trick andwife
at the noon meal.
Misses Chloe and Maud Bailey
of Latty, OhioS are visiting their
sister, Mrs. Peter Unger, ano
family.
Miss May Baer is the schoo
teacher here for the present term
Jacob Longsis teaching at Pop
lar Ridge, or Bablyn.
Samuel Huston's attended the
Troy fair on Thursday.
Chris Beachler, w. D. Ungel
and others have recently had new
.acetyline light plants installed il
their homes.
Charles Unger and family o:
Landis visited his father, Johl
Unger, and family, Sunday.
The,nights are now longer thar
the days.
Sept. %. GAIL.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Why kirkwood Shut Down.

Some time ago the city Of Kirkwood.
Mo-, was reported to have shut down
the generating plant Of its electric
light plant and made a contract for
current with private company. The
arrangement was not however, con-
summated. for the company, Mayor
Ochterbeck claims, did not act in good
faith. The mayor gives the further
frank statement in regard to the mu.
nicipal plant:
Our plant was built about the year
1901, and on account of its being a
municipal matter the city did not get
an up to date plant and is today suf-
fering from having a plant that does
not meet the requirements, and the
cost Of production is too high; con-
seQuently it does not pay the city If
we take into consideration deprecia-
tion and the interest on our invest
ment"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
How, When and Where.

One of the company goes out of the
room while the others choose a word
to be guessed. one with two or three
different meanings being the best.
We will suppose that the word
''spring" has been thought of. When
the person who is outside the room
is recalled he or she asks each one in
succession, How do you like it!' The
answers may he DRY" (meaning the
season., "Cold and clear "a spring Of
water, Strong ia watch spring. and
High" "a jump. The next question
is, when do you like it?' The an
swers may be: "When l am in the
country when am thirsty"
"When my watch is broken"
The next question is "Where do you
like it," and the answers may be-:
Anywhere and everywhere" "In hot
weather" "In the clock" The game
is to try and guess the word after any
of the answers, and II right the player
last questioned takes the place of the
one who is guessing: If wrong the
questioner must try again.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

nominate Roosevelt next year.
The man. does not want it, and
his fool friends are not consider
ate in trying to force him.
We believe that two terms in
Office ought to be the limit. Put
ting a man there for the third
term would indicate that men fit
for the presidency are difficult to
find. We believe nothing of the
kind. There are men who could
do as well as Roosevelt, and we
want them to have their chance.
We are not soured on Roosevelt,
but we want him to step down
and out at the end of this term.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
He Still Believed It.

An old railroad man was watching
the men at work repairing bridge on
a Connecticut railway and ventured
to remark that it was too weak to bear
a train The foreman told him sharp
ly to mind his own business and sent
him away with a threat to report him.
The man went away, but he was so
uneasy in his mind that he hurried
along the track to flag train which
he knew was shortly due. 1t had
grown quite dark by this time, and he
had no lantern, but as the train came
along he stood perilOusly near the
track and with lighted matches made
the signals to stop. The engineer and
conductor were rather inclined to be
angry when they heard his story, but
they took him in the cab, went on
slowly and when they came to the
bridge found that it had collapsed
few minutes before, injuring several
men, including the wise foreman,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
TAXATION CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
FOR THE STATE OF
APEGNM

The Oregon State Tax Commission
recommends the adoption of an amend
ment to the state constitution so that
its taxation provisions will be as fol-
lows:
mo tax or duty shall be imposed
without the consent of the people or
their representatives In the legisla-
tive assembly; .and all taxation shall
be equal ana uniform upon the same
class Of subjects within the territorial
limits of the authority levying the
taxes.
"Taxes shall be levied on such prop
erty as shall be prescribed by law. The
legislative assembly shall provide by
law for uniform and equal rate of a..
Ie5sment and taxation upon the sever
al classes of subjects of taxation with
in the territorial limits of the authority
leVying the taxes; and shall prescribe
snch regulations as shall secure just
valuation for taxation of all property
taxed, except property specifically
taxed"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Saved Her Sons Life.

The happiest mother in the lit
tie town of Ava, Mo-, is Mrs. S.
Rupee. She writes: Zone year
ago my son was down with such
serious lung trouble that our
physician was unable to help him;
when, by our druggists advice l
began giving him DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and soon noticed i'm
provement. Ikept this treat
ment up for a few weeks when
he was perfectly we'll. He has
worked steadily since at carpen-
ter work. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery saved his life" !" Guar
anteed best cough and cold cure
by VIM. Kipp's Sors, druggists.
Soc and $1.OO. Trial bottle free.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
N. 0. IN MILWAUKEE.
Unwarranted Action Of the City Coun-
Gil In the Wisconsin Metropolis.

Unwarranted Action of the City coun-
Gil In the Wisconsin Metropolis.
If you authorize an agent to pur-
chase piece of property for you at
$1,000 and he finds that it will cost
$4,000 and goes ahead and buys it
without consulting you on the ground
that you had said that you wanted the
property, your words would probably
not lock well in print. This is prac
tically what has just been done in Mil
waukee, the first party being the tax
payers of that city and their agent be-
ing the city council. Some time ago
the people of Milwaukee voted to au-
thOrize bond issue of $500,000 to in
stall municipal lighting plant.
The city fathers found that the esti-
mate was $S0O.O00 too low and passed
a resolution to issue bonds to the ex-
tent of $1,300,00O. The city cOmptrol-
Ter at first refused to sign the neces-
sary papers on the ground that in view
of the great difference in cost the mat
ter should be again submitted to the
people. This point was, however,
overruled by the city attorney. If his
opinion is good law, the law is bad,
for it permits the agents of the people
to abuse their powers with 'impunity.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
A Municipal Overflow,

OF the fads that have swept o'er the
country
The Lawson fad, Dunno fad and Hearst
! think-but 1 may be mistaken
The fad called NJ o. is the worst.
The city would have NJ. 0. bake shops
To furnish municipal bread
NJ o. undertakers would follow
To box the municipal dead.
Wed have q municipal dentist
Who'd put on municipal crownss
All kinds of municipal worries
To furnish municipal frowns
A million municipal silkworms
Would weave our municipal silk:
Ten thousand municipal babies
Cry out for municipal milk,
Wed have a municipal barroom,
Municipal whisky and gin.
The spree would be charged to the city;
'Twould be municipal sin,
When out In municipal snowstorms
You'd wear an M. o. macintosh.
You'd go to the M. o. theaters
To hear the municipal bosh.
You'd have to be fun of NJ o. love
To please your municipal wife.
Each awful municipal moment
Would make up municipal life.
Your dear NJ o. heart would be aching.
You'd leave a municipal sigh.
II sure Of no NJ. O. hereafter
You'd Jump this II o. life and die.
Thomas Z. Burke.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
An Interesting Game.

One of the company leaves the room,
Those remaining determine upon some
word to be guessed by the absent men,
ber. For example, take the word
gray" Upon being recalled he Is
told that the word rhymes with play"
whereupon he puts his question in the
form Of a definition of the word he has
in mind The one questioned must In
turn guess this word. For instance,
be will ask. "Is 1t "a fairy?" And the
answer is, 'It is not fay" Or is it ITO
dash water in fine dropsT ut is not
spray" etc, until the word is found.
This method Of guessing keeps the
whole company constantly Interested
instead of merely the one questioned
and addressed. as each question Is real
ly put to all.
Words of two syllables may be used,
and fOrfeits may be taken as fines,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

The question of installing a munich
pal lighting plant at Hancock, Mich,
has been laid at rest for five years at
least, a contract for that period having
been made by an almost unanimous
vote of the aldermen. This matter has
been under discussion for some time.
and an estimate of the cost of q plant
was obtained from an engineer. The
amount of this estimate, $4,000, seem
ed so low that one of the aldermen got
another estimate from an entirely dis
interested engineer. who figured that
the cost would be $33,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
In NJ. o. the Latter Generally Exposes
the Falsity Of the Former.

the Falsity Of the Former.
The theory of municipal ownership
is that municipal corporations can do
for the public at cost the service now
done by private corporations at a
profit. Saving to the public the amount
Of the profit in reduced charges
In the common practice of municipal
ownership the city does for the public
at increased expense. but for a lower
price, what private corporations have
been doing for a profit. Usually not
only the profit is absorbed In the in
creased expense, but a continual an
nual deficiency is covered up by in-
crease Of the municipal debt and fail
ure to provide out of earnings for de-
probation of plant
By the time the plant first installed
Is worn out the city. unless very rich
and strong, is apt to be at the end of
its credit. In many cases, like that Of
the Philadelphia gas works, private
corporation gets the city plant for
song and makes money out of 1t faster
than ever. The fundamental idea of
1t, therefore, Is to take the money Of
taxpayers to render service to non
taxpayers for less than the service
cOsts.-Editorial in Minneapolis Trib-
une
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Reck Reunion.

The arrangements are about
complete for holding a reunion of
this pioneer family, and we de-
sire all relatives and friends to
make note of the fact that they
are cordially invited to be pres
ent, with well-filled baskets, at
thelDarke County Fair Ground on
Tuesday, October 1. Come and
help make this, our first attempt
at holding a areunion Of the Reck
family, a successful one.
COMMITTEE.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

In 1898 Greenwood, S. c., issued 5
per cent bonds to the amount of $751;
1853 for a water and light plant. The
last report available shows that none
of the bonds has been paid. but the
generating plant has been shut down,
as it was found to be cheaper to buy
current. A contract has been made
for ten years, at the end of which
period the plant viii in all probability
he too antiquated for effective service,
so that it might as well be written off
the books-but the interest on the
bonds keeps right on.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Worked Like q Charm.

Mr.. D. N. Walker, editor of
that spicy journal, the Enter
prise, Louisa, Va, says; Il ran
a nail in my foot last week and
at once applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. No inflammation followed;
the salve simply healed the
wound" Heals every sore, burn
and skin disease, Guaranteed al
VIM. Kipp's Sons drug store
25c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
CREENvILLE, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1907
the fireside and dream of how we
will vote next year.
DARKE COUNTY Boy.
Gettysburg.

Rev. w. Deal closed his pas
toral services here Sunday night
and took the 8 80 train, imme-
diately after close of service, for
Ada, where he expects to live in
retirement. Report made, showed
an increase on benevolence of
500 in excess of last years. col
lections. At the close of the
morning service two prObationers
were taken into full membership.
Roy Coburn, a former resident
of this place, and late of Colum-
bus, in the employ of the P, C.
C. & St. L. Railway, has lately
received a promotion and will
make his home at Findlay here
after.
2. A. Clark is nursing his left
hand in swing, on account of a
cut self-inficted in his endeavor
to do some carpenter work with
his pocket knife. 1t is better to
provide suitable tools for duties
of that kind.
The little girl of A. Kosier and
wife mentioned in last weeks
items as being seriously sick,
died and was buried in the GEM
etery at this place.
Mrs. A. E. Phillips, suffering
for some time from paralysis, is
getting better and is able to sit
in a chair some part of her time.
On last Saturday she had a re-
union of her family of her for
mer husband, Peter Fillebaum,
consisting of eight children, to-
wit: Bert Fillebaum of Chicka-
saw, Indian Ter, Emma Ken
dali, Ella Fasick, Eva Reck, So
phia Dershem, Sallie Strobel,
Mayme Peck and Maggie Man
uel, who, with their father and
mothers picture, had a group
picture taken. This is the first
time they have all been together
for many years. The brother
leaves today for his home.
The small son of J. H. Kniesly
and wife is seriously sick from
malarial fever grip, with other
complications.
]. H. Kendall is vacating the
hotel property here today, in ex-
change for property in Green
Vile. John Seman of the latter
place, succeeding him in the hos
telry, for whom we bespeak a
successful career.
Death stalks abroad among u.s.
Our undertaken had two funerals
yesterday afternoon of adult per-
sons; one an aged lady, the other
a woman about thirty years old
the latter dying of tuberculosis,
the other of old age and infirm'
tiles incident thereto.
| Weather is growing cooler anc
warning us that freezing wealth
er may not be far distant, on &C
count which there is extraordi
nary effort in the work of cut
ting and shedding the tobacco
crop to secure it against damage
from frost. A goodly number
are done, and if the weather con
ditiOns hold good for this week
the end of it will see the compile
ton of the work.
Sept "a. AOb
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

You must remove all constitutional
distractions to progress or be outdiS-
tanced In the race for Industrial ana
commercial prosperity. Report: Com.
mittee on Taxation Laws.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Our Hoosier Budget.
Portland, Ind, Sept. %, 1907

which is maturing the corn and
giving us a big turnip crop.
M. M. Pitzenberger and Mrs.
Margaret Brooks were visitors
with Mrs. DR.. Brown, their sis
ter, over the Sabbath. J.W. Re-
ser's of Muncie, Ind, were call
ers yesterday. Mr.. Pitzenberger
returned home to Champaign,
ILL.,, this morning.
Miss Susie Burtch of Portland
is on an extended visit with her
brother John, of your city.
Our brick streets are nearing
completion, which will make a.
bout twenty blocks of fine streets
completed.
DIR. Brown is now completing
a fine residence west of the Mer-
chants Hotel, on the next lot,
which will be occupied by Joseph
Burtch and sister.
The Campbellites, or Christian
church, of'our city, are holding a
protracted meeting in a large tent
near the Commercial Review Of
flee. (Hope they will convert the
whole batch of newspaper men
in our town. What good will be
done will be partially known in
the future.
Dow Bell, ex-carnival promot-
er, is again working at the Sun
Office in this city.
We did not get to attend the
Pitzenberger reunion last week,
which we desired to do, as our
time was too much taken up.
Probably we will have time to
meet our old comrades of the Oath
o. V. I. at Troy, Ohio, on Octo-
ber 3.
We notice sly current in pol
itics here. The great surplus re
ducers want in for while, as
there is too much money in sight
and the laboring man can wear
too good clothes. Say, you till
ers of the soil, do you want a
change? Do you want another
administration of surplus reduc-
ing, tariff and financial tinkering!
Do you want to sell 5000 horses
for $1OO? If so, vote for a change
then get on the fence and shout
16 to /; reduce the surplus, or dc
you want the mills to keep open
at good wages? Think what good
times we are having. Do you
want loafers on every corner,
waiting for a job? Don't kick
against the present times, but be
men and look to your own inter.
ests. You can pay your taxes
now with ease; you can educate
your children at any college; the
toiling housewife can take. a va,
cation and she can now wear {
$l2 thing she calls a hat, instead
of a 39c lid. We smile when W.
think back a few years of how
the great surplus reducers useC
to sing, -Four years more O.
Grover and then Well be in clio
ver." Like the street gamin W,
exclaim, '''Hully gee! what assa
nine fools we were!" In tn,
words of the man who was
friend to labor and who was s,
extensively cartooned by ever
Democratic and yellow sheet
Stand pat, let well enough a
: lone" Give the poor man
chance. We sometimes think i
a man is honest and reads tn
/ history Of our country it is i'm
/; possible for him to be influence,
2 by the Democratic foolishnes
A now going through the press.
t Well, soon the frost will be o
the pumpkin and the fodder i
the shock. Then we can sit b