davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
reetotaIers to Be Dreaded.

If | were a modern Caesar the men
would dread in public life are not
the lean and the hungry, but the men
Nho are the teetotalers. 1t may be
that the removal of the soothing intiu-
ence of wine gives to the teetotaler a
teenness of interest and perennial
freshness of vigor Whatever the rea-
son. the most formidable and most
ambitious politicians in my experience
are the teetotalers.-"T p" in p
/. o" --.--l.-z-. l-------
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
Sure Enouuh.

Never notice me, do you?" sneered
the fence post.
Are you addressing me?" demanded
the pump
Yes, you stuck-up thing!"
Huh! guess l have cause to be-
Amt / well connected?7
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
No Overtakinq.

so your daughter intends to pur-
sue her studies abroad?'
Yes replied the selfmade man.
"she pretends she does; but. between
NE ami you don't believe she stands
the least show of osertakin' 'en."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
Where MARRIAGE Is Happy.

Dublavin took walk in the Gene
terv where he noticed on the tomb
stone Good husband good wife, ="
good SON
ct is evidently here that the happi
est homes are to be found, he re-
cted.-Nos Loisirs.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
THE LOVER AND
The HUSBAND
hY WINIEREp oRAhAM.

Behold a man and a woman A
pathway white with the milky pallor
of the moon. Shadows lurking on
every side, emblematical Of their two
lives.
Lovers Oh, yes-or why was her
cheek stained red as the roses sleep
ing within reach of her fingers, which
were locked in the mans palm? He
tried to speak, but his voice was
choked by emotion. This was their
good-by.
The woman raised her eyes, her lips
and the anguish of parting was for
gotten in the ecstasy of a long en-
brace
Il shall remember" she whispered;
always You and I have been more
than all the world to each other-you
and T."
These three words were repeated in
lingering accents that faltered and
ended in a sigh.
Stay" he answered, passionately.
Life is only an hour take all that
it can give while love is in your soul.
Tomorrow the summer may be over,
the flowers will shrivel up and we
shall be old"
And age spells death" murmured
the woman, with shudder.
The man gazed rapturously at the
beauty of her face. How pure it
looked in the pale light What a
mask, what mockeryi
Yet, good or evil, he loved her, and
the fragrance of the summer night
was creeping into his very being;
everything spoke of hitherto I'M
dreamed possibilities.
why must you go?" he asked,
fiercely. You have no tie in New
York. Your home? BAH What is a
woman's home before she marries?
Stay and be my wife"
The woman withdrew her fingers
and passed them over her brow.
The grass was wet with dew, and
there were drops of agony upon her
forehead.
One word broke hoarsely from her
lips: MOI"
If you love me, why in the name
Of
But she clasped her hands, entreat-
ing silence.
Ask no explanations. Would that
I had never come here to lose my soul
in yours. | return tomorrow; it is
inevitable have two things to seek.
Heaven only knows if I shall find
4hem''
WHAT he questioned.
Rest and repentance"
AS she spoke she broke away
rushed wildly on till the shadows hid
her white-gowned figure and she was
lost in mystery.
The following dav che departed and
the man saw her no pore.
He only treasured a few parched
rose leaves and her address in New
York city.
But the fire of love burned still in
his soul, and at last he wrote to the
woman who had said No"
Il must follow you'-he penned the
lines feverishly-"to your home, dear
est. and plead again for the love you
once gave and afterward denied. Re
member your own words: We have
been all the world to each other-you
and L. Telegraph me the single sylla-
Bile, Come, and as fast as the cars
will bring me I will come to kneel at
your feet"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
TnE rose
III her HAIR
sy X. FORREST.

Copyright. by Daily story Pub. Coz
Carita strummed her guitar with
studied carelessness. watching, under
dropping Ids, the fair-haired Ameri-
canO, vino in turn, was watching her.
1t was night, and late In the warm
moonliit the girls witching face
looked still more fair Under the
spell Of the moment, the Americana
forgot himself his honor and another
important factor in his life.
Give me the rose in your hair,
he pleaded; but Carita shook her
head.
Just back of her ear, and fastened
loosely in the meshes of her silky
black hair. was the rose he desired.
1t was a beautiful thing, full-grown
ard blood-red, almost too perfect.
Caritas eyes looked love. and the
Americana felt the fire leap through
his veins.
IF you will not give me the rose.
Most Beautiful. then give me yonr
heart" he whispered
You will go away and leave il
broken" she said, her eyes wild with
longing.
Il will stay forever" he answered.
Give me your heart, Carita'
And because she thought he meant
it. he took her heart-and her soul.
Carita stood in the doorway of the
old mission. In the shadow OF the
wide porch her face looked deadly
pale. but her eyes burned hot and her
lips were crimson.
Before her, red-faced and ashamed,
stood the Americana.
Out in the bay, white-winged
yacht rocked gently against its moor
ing. On it was the Americano's wife.
a pretty, pink little thing with yellow
hair. who had come all the way from
New York for her naughty husband!
Il hate her." he said. but l must
go. Carita mia | will return soon.
love you. I will return soon. Give
me the rose in your hair. 1t is like
the ore l sought that night-so long
aSo-when you gave me your dear
heart instead Give me the rose.
Sweet. l will wear it on my heart
and kiss it od-night-thinking it IS
your lips"
Carita hesitated, her face growing
whittier. then she tore it from her hair,
kissed it. and gave it to him.
Co" she said Go before hate
you.7
Good BY" he cried. q will return
soon" But she saw the lie in his
~Adiosl' she whispered, brokenly-
"Adios!"
He crushed the rose to his lips
where hers had touched it, and
walked quickly away
Silently she watched him, and pres
emily saw hi~l glance furtively about,
then drop it among the flowers that
hedged the path.
Mother of God.' she cried. miser-
ably; then anger. hot and terrible,
sprang into her eyes.
Before the yacht left its mCoring,
the Americana received little pa <
age and note. In the packa ras
the rose. He tossed it Overbo
The letter he read twice. Tie he
clutched the railing and stare nal-
" over the water back to the village
Then he read it again;
THE rose you kissed so pas ion-
ately and cast aside. as you ca re
aside. has been. IN the family for
generations. 1t is a beautiful device
for concealing an incuTable poison.
Before the sun rises again. VIII
both be dead. We are the i7vis
own. You and I, our souls will 'eet
and suffer together Adios, I 10y on
Iii die banpv NAV your st
thoughts be Of meas mine
of you. Adios-until we meet
Carl
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17

A woman was lying dead, with
roses white and yellow in her hands.
She was beautiful in death as in life.
She had found what she sought
rest and repentance
Beside her still image sat her hus-
band. his head bent and one hand
stretched across his face, hiding the
awful expression thereon. But the
veins on that sinewy hand seemed
bursting through the flesh, while his
parted lips were dry and blOodless.
Between his trembling fingers he
held a letter, addressed TO his dead
wife in her maiden name He had
only just opened it.
The mornings mail made the cold
form of marble beauty horrible in his
eyes. Vengeance was turning his soul
to gall, mingled with the intense jeal-
ousy of the bereayed.
He shall follow her to her home,
he mutt9red, crumpling her lovers let
ter with suppressed passion
Then he wrote the telegram:
Come"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17
BY No Means.

Because beauty is only skin deep it is
not necessary - believe that every
pretty woman is shallow.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-17

Carita slrammed her guitar
lessly as She watched the
spread its white wings and sail
oh. la" size breathed, and {
her eyes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
CHALLENGES ALL
OTHERS TO DEBATE
tisl Candidates to Meet Him or
Daniel M. Turney on Rostrum.

Asking how it comes about that in
Christian nation but one of the
seven national parties. the united
Christian. has seen fit 10 adopt Gods
commandments and Jesus rules as a
basis of its platform, w. r. Ben
ke!t. national chairman of the united
Christian party. on behalf of himself
and Daniel B. Turney of Decatur, cam
dldate for president, challenges all the
other candidates TO a joint debate.
Any central city will do for the place.
The subject is not. specifically stated
but the Inference gathered from the
circular letter sent out is that it
would relate to the possibility or inn
possibility of sustaining permanent
government without applying Chris
iian standards to party affairs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
NORMAN E. MACK WILL DIRECT FIGHT
FOR DEMOCRACY FROM THE WESTERN
OFFICES, LEAVING EAST TO OTHERS

states and TO citizens generally, to at
end
The program for the day. Aug. II.
as completed is as follows:
Sunrise-Salute of 46 guns by Col
onel Malones battery.
10 a. m.-Band concerts in capitol
grounds and government square.
~ nogl-Luncheon to the notifica-
ton committeeman, Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Kern at the Lincoln hotel.
1890 p. m.-Committee. accompan-
led by Messrs. Bryan and Kern and
headed by a platoon of police and the
Nebraska State band escorted in car
riaees to the caDito grounds.
2 p. m.-Formal notification, capitol
grounds.
S p m.-Informal reception by Mr..
Bryan in the state capitol building.
ESQ p. m.-Dinner by Mr.. Bryan
tC the notification committee ar Fair
view.
Mr.. Bryan Yesterday continued the
preparation of his speech of accept
aEce. and it is his intention to have
ii completed early next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
PREPARATIONS TO- OBSERVE THE
CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY OF LINCOLN

Springfield, H., Aug. 1.-Prepara-
tions are being made for the celebra
tion on an elaborate scale of the Tooth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, Feb. u, 1909 The exercises
will be held in this city.
The entire proceedings will be un-
der the general direction of the Lin
coin Centennial association, of which
the following are the charter mem
bers:
Melville w. Fuller. chief justice of
the United States; Senators Cullom
ard Hopkins of Illinois, Speaker j. G.
Cannon, Adlai L. Stevenson. Governor
DeEeen, James A. Rose, secretary OF
state of Illinois; Congressman Benja
min F. Caldwell, Ex-Governor Richard
Yates of Illinois, Melville E. Stone
New York; John w. Bum of Spring
field. Horace White, New York and
William Jayne of Springfield.
President Invited.
Invitations have been issued to the
president, the members of his cabinet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR
NEARLY A FULL CROP
Correspondent Estimates Indian ce-
real at 90 Per Cent of Normal
Oats Are Disappointing.

Rock Island county corn is 80 per
cent of normal in growth and vitality
according to the estimate of Crop
Correspondent Campbell submitted at
the first of the month. Oats are a
Disappointment, being rated at but 40
per cent of a normal crop. Ten per
cent of the old crop is reported on
hand. Irish potatoes are rated at so
per cent. Hay of all kinds is given
at 100 per cent of a normal acreage
anG no per cent i'll condition. Tim
|othy is given at 100 per cent or fun
crop. Pasture is placed at 80 per
cent. In fruit peaches lead with 10
and grapes are next with 90, while
blaekberries are 60 and raspberries
80 per cent. The average price oi
corn per bushel is 6S cents, oats 81
cents, potatoes so cents and loose hay
| $40 per ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01

and to the ambassadors, ministers and
consuS of the foreign governments.
Among those who have already
agreed to be present if possible ~are
Ambassadors Bryce and Jessurand
William j. Bryan and William III. Taft
The program in Springfield will con-
sist of formal ceremonies at the grave
during the morning. public meeting
in the afternoon and banquet at
might. Two features of the eelebra-
tion have been practically agreed upon
and the educational authorities of
each state will be asked to carry them
Into effect. These are that the same
program which will be carried out in
FIllinois be also observed in every
school house in the country, and that
at certain hour of the day every
school child in the land shall stand
and while facing in the direction OF
Springfield repeat the brief. speech
that Lincoln uttered as he bade fare
well to his friends and neighbors in
| Springfield the day he left for Wash
iagton. in 1861. 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
WEALTHY FARMER
AND WOMAN SHOT
Farm Hand Stays Two at Blackberry
Center, lll.-Had Been Drink
ing and Was Demented.

Aurora, I'll, Aug. ii. A. Morrell, a
wealthy farmer living at Blackberry
Center, Is miles from here. was fatally
shot early today and his house
keeper, Mrs. Mary Bolcom, muir
|dered by John Anderson, who was
employed on Morrell's farm. Anderson
later committed suicide. No cause is
known for the attack ON Morrell and
the housekeeper, as Anderson is known
to have been warmly attached to both.
He had been drinking heavily for sew
|eral weeks. and it is believed he was
|demented.
When Mrs Lucinda Morrell saw her
sons unconscious form, she tainted,
and physicians predict her death from
the shock will precede that of her son.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
GO TO CHICAGO TO
SHOW THEY CAN RIDE
Three Officers of Arsenal, Including
Commandant, Come Under Rule
for 90-MiIe Hike.

Colonel F. f. Hobbs. commandant
OF Rock Island arsenal, and Major
Hof and Major King. of the arsenal
staff, are in Chicago to take the 90
ME ride recently prescribed by Pres
ident Roosevelt for all field officers
of the army. The ride covers three
days, so miles being covered daily.
1t takes place at Fort Sheridan. Army
officers all over the country engaged
il ordnance department work and of
flee work such as the arsenal officers
aIe do not find these rides very en-
joyable event. Failure to ride, how
eveis may mean consideration by the
army reliril@ hQaId. -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01

ard games The entertainment in the
evening will include music, dancing,
and illustrated Songs. Admission to
the dance floor viii be by ticket only,
but the tickets will be furnished with
out charge by members of the com
mittee
For the accommodation of those who
reside in the upper end of the county,
the transportation committee has ar
ranged to have the Milwaukee train
at 10:40 held until 11:40 the night of
the picnic, so that there need be no
lush in leaving the grounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
WALSH LANDS IN
new YORK AGAIN
Man Who Walked from Atlantic to
Pacific and Back Ends Trip on
Which He Stopped Here.

Sergeant John Walsh. the soldier
who passed through here about the
middle of June on a trip afoot from
New York to San Francisco and back
again, has completed his long tramp
and reached New York. The final
half of the trip was covered in the re-
malkable time of G3 days and 23 hours
and he claims this to be a record. He
says that he made the walk on a
wager.
The trip cost him so pounds of his
weight and considerable hardship SO
that he would think it over a long
time before any amount of money
would induce him TO repeat The trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
Mob So Quiet at RusseIIville,
KY, That Citizens
Slept On.
SAW BODIES NEXT DAY
JalIer Only One Who Saw Them
and He Claims to Knew
Nothing.

Russellville. KY, Aug. -Four ne
groes, Virgil, Tom AID Robert Jones
and Joe Ryley, were taken from jail
here early today and hanged to
tree on the edge of town.
No shots were fired by the mob,
which was composed of about so men,
People of the town knew nothing of
the affair until daylight revealed the
four bodies dangling from the tree.
Warming In Note.
The following note was found pinned
on .one of the bodies: Let this be
warning to you niggers to let white
people alone, or you will go the same
way. Hugh Rogers better shut up or
quit
The negroes lynched were members
of lodge and at a meeting recently
it is said they approved the murder OF
James Cunningham, white farmer,
by his negro tenant.
In Jail Several Days.
The negroes had been in jail several
days, and while there had been con.
siderable unrest since the attempt on
the part of the mob to take the slayer
OF Cunningham from Jail some nights
and there was no guard around the
prison.
The mob came into town so quietly
not .one of the residents was awakened
| from slumber. Proceeding at once to
the county Jail, Jailer Jake Butts was
| made his appearance he found himself
covered by rifles and shotguns, and
Mas-siEen the command to turn over
the keys of the Jail or be shot down.
Tries to Dissunde Callers.
| After short parley with members of
the mob. in which he tried to persuade
them to go away without doing any
violence, he was finally forced to hand
over the keys. The mob then entered
the Jail, and finding the four negroes,
| forced them to go with them. Two Of
them, not being given time to dress,
We're taken along in their night shirts.
The whole party proceeded at once to
a tree at the outskirts of the city.
where the negroes were strung up in a
row
| Jailer Only Witness.
The mob dispersed as soon as ii had
| finished its work. There is no clue to
the members of the band, as the jailer
was the only person who saw them,
ands he could not recognize them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
MAY Be A RESORT
The "Grotto," Beautiful Place
on the Mississippi Below llIi-.
nois City Visited.
GO ON SILVER CRESCENT
Historical Traditions Clustered Around
Spot-Once Headquarters of
Band of Thieves.

The trip of the Silver Crescent to
the "GrOtto," near Drury's Landing, a
few miles above Muscatine on the Hi
nois side of the river yesterday, may
prove the initial step in making this
place favorite resort for tri-city peo-
pie. The "Grotto" is in a rocky ledge
Of the most beautiful spots on the up
per river. AT the same time it is little
known to the public generally, for it
is off the channel, and rs not seen by
passengers on steamboats, in their or
binary course. There were about a
hundred eXcursionists on the Silver
Crescent yesterday, and they were
much impressed with the place. The
boat left here at 2:15 p. m, and an
hour was spent at the destination.
In the early steamboating days when
Drury's Landing promised to be an
important center that locality was of
considerable prominence, and many in
|cidents in. local history are related of
the vicinity by the old timers.
Bandits Had Headquarters There.
The "Grotto," it is said, was the
headquarters of the famous band
known as the "Banditti of the Prair-
les" as a result of whose depredations
the settlers carried their lives in their
hands 1t was the leaders of this gang
| of prairie bandits who murdered Col
onel Davenport in the 40s. 1t was al
| the "Grotto" that they were in the
habit of concealing horses which they
| had stolen from the settlers until they
could get them over into the territory
Iof Iowa to sell.
| AS a result of the Davenport murder
a determined attempt to break up the
prairie bandits was made, and after i
was all over the robbers were scat
tered to the four winds, and they wert
never able to get together and return
to their old haunts at the "Grotto.'
On account of these and other ira
ditions of the "Grotto," together witt
the natural beauty of the place, mak'
it a very interesting spot and one tha
will be much more appreciated at SOM
future time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
TWENTY-THREE
ARE BURIED IN
WRECKED MINE
400 Feet Of Earth Must
be Removed to
Save Them.

Coal Creek, B. c., Aug. las the re-
suit of cave-in in coal mine at
Crows Nest Pass, 2S miners are bur
led in the workings of the mine and
may all succumb before aid can reach
them. A large crew of rescuers is at
work endeavoring to dig tunnel
through the 400 feet of earth which
separates the imprisoned miners from
daylight, in order to give them air and
lsustain life until they can be reached.
1t win take several days TO dig them
tout or send them food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
ADAMS EXPRESS
COMPANY LOSES
Sum of 100000 Taken by Means of
Counterfeit Checks and Tags,
Printer Being in Game.

New York, Aug. l. The arrest of
three men in Brooklyn early today
disclosed the fact the Adams Express
company has lost 100000, according
to the police estimate. by clever sys-
TEN of counterfeit checks and tags
made by a job printer who is in league
with gang of trunk thieves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
Sands Funeral Held.

Paris, Aug. 1.-The funeral of G-
Winthrop Sands, stepson of William
X. Vanderbilt. who was killed in an
automobile accident at Poissey We'd
nesday, was held in the American
church here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
AMERICANS MAKE
ANOTHER WINNING
Olympic Contestants at Paris Show
Natives How-Others Star
at Dublin.

Paris. Aug. Especial athletic
games We're held here today in which
a number of American athletes who
We're present at the London Olympic
games competed and resulted in Il
clean sweep for the Americans.
Dublin, Aug. 1.-American athletes
wen most of the events at the games
of the Irish-American association here
tCday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
HITCHCOCK OPENS
HIS HEADQUARTERS
ly Installed in the Metropolitan
Life Building.

New York, Aug. l. The eastern
headquarters of the republican national
committee in the Metropolitan Life
building tower were formally opened
today by Frank Fl. Hitchcock. Hitch
cock continued to hold political confer
ences at the Manhattan hotel. however,
as the Office rooms will not be equipped
fully before next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
FOR APPROVING OF THE MURDER OF
A WHITE MAN four NEGROES ARE
TAKEN FROM JAIL AND LYNCHED.

of Robert Heighen stated Field Mar
shal Lord Roberts health was slightly
improved. 1t was announced unless
Roberts condition becomes worse he
will go to Ottawa tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
EASES UP ON
THE EIGHT WEST
POINT HAzERS
President Decides to Re-
instate Men Suspended
From Institution.

oyster Bay, Aug. President
Roosevelt and Secretary OF War
Wright have decided that the eight
cadets who, recently were dismissed
from the United States military aead-
emy at West Point for haziag shall
tbe reinstated and that. their punish
. cent shall be administered accord
n, i to the disciplinary methods of the
lnt fdemy-