davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Santa Claus

BY Leola Harris, aged Il Years, 615 South
Twenty-Second Street, Omaha. Red.
A few years ago my father brought home
a little tan and white puppy. AS It hap
pened to be Just a few lays before Christ
mas we named him Santa.
A few days after Christmas papa brought
home q hatbox with something in 1t which
seemed to be very lively. Mamma does not
like dogs, and when she saw the hatbox
and heard the funny little scratching noise
inside Of It she said; II hope you have not
brought another dog?' But It was a little
dog, or, rather, a puppy. and the dearest
little Newfoundland one you ever saw. We
named him Claus.
The puppies played together nicely. A
few weeks after their arrival, at about 10
o'clock at night. we heard a terrible howl
from the basement. Papa went down
stairs and found Santa dead. We had had
painters in the house and Santa had gotten
at the white lead.
We were all very sorry because of the
dear little dogs death. We dug a grave
and buried him. But Claus, more than
anyone else, mourned the death OF the lit
tie dog, Santa. his playfellow.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
The Adventure of a Cat

BY Mary Day, Aged 10 Years. Ss4S Franklin
Street, Omaha Red.
II was on the mat in front Of the fire.
don't know whether l was sitting or lying
on it-washing my paws, for It was a rainy
day and L, a just been outdoors.
"All of a sudden l heard a patter OF feet
and turning my head around saw two boys,
James and Frank, as they call them, come
running through the door. Come on, let 3
have some fun and they rudely picked me
up by my paws and escorted me into an
other room, where l had been many times,
but every time 1 went l vowed l wouldn't
go again, for there was in the corner a
thing which looked like a girl, but when l
went up and meowed to her she didn't pat
my head, and so 1 pulled her hair and she
didn't even cry like Molly does.
"Well, these boys went to a small box
and took out some pieces Of cloth, I guess.
Then one of them held me while the other
one slipped something over my head and
buttoned 1t around me-. Oh, it was so tight.
l was meowing very loudly when another
thing was put over my head and buttoned
around my neck. Then they put something
on my head which l am quite sure was a
cup because it was very hard and fell off
every time 1 moved my head. They put
me in their arms and told me to lie still.
/ knew not what was coming.
"They took me back to the fire, but did
not lay me down. See here, Molly, we
have a new doll for YOU but turned my
head around and gave a long meow, and
she jumped up and took me and took off
those rags. and ! was again free. She
saved my life, l know she did, and / am
going to serve her as long as 1 can. I
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
A COMPOSITION on a Horse

BY Mabel witt, Aged Il Years, Benning-
ton, Neb. Blue.
There was once a boy named Milton who
was years of age. Milton was in the
third grade, and their teacher told the
pupils to write u composition on a dog"
Milton said, 81 Nave no dog; my dog died.
His name was Shep'
Miss BeTnett, Milton's teacher, said,
Then write q composition on a horse"
That evening when Milton came home
from school he looked for paper and pencil,
but could not find any. SO he asked his
mother if she would find some for him.
Mrs. Browa said. yes. and went TO the
desk and gave him some.
Milton took his paper and pencil and
went into the barn, got on his pet horse
and wrote a composition.
His father came into the barn TO feed
the horses and saw Milton there and asked
him what he was doing. Milton said.
Teacher said we should write a compost
tion on a horse"
Mr., Brown dor this was his fathers
name) laughed and said he should WT1t0 a
story about = horse -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Dicks Motto

BY verna Kirschbrsun, Aged 70 Years, Sill
South Twenty-fot'rth Street, Omaha.
Red
One sunny April morning in New York
City Dick Marston, a l2-year-old newsboy,
was selling papers on the corner of Broad
way. In STOPPING to pick up a paper he
had dropped he noticed that a purse was
laying on the sidewalk.
He picked It up. ana. hastily looking
around, he found that ne one was looking,
hut O man had just passed by, and Dick
felt certain he had lost IL.
81 need it worse than he does" Dick
muttered. II don't need to give It back
to him"
Instantly Dick thought Of the motto,
Honesty is the best policy" and running
after the man soon caught up with him.
"Did you lose your purse, sir?" he asked
Eyes, thank you" said the man. You
are an honest boy" And he offered Dick
IS, but Dick would not accept IL.
On his way home Dick noticed a sign
in a window saying boy wanted, big
salary" Dick went in and found several
boys trying TO get the position.
The proprietor came out and said to
Dick, you are the boy that picked up my
purse. 1 am sure that you are honest and
/ would rather have a boy in my office
that can be trusted than a boy who could
do better work and not be trusted, so 1
think I win take you"
As he was going home Dick said to him.
self, after this my motto will be honesty
is the best policy
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Lazlness
By Ruth Thompson, Aged .

By Ruth Thompson, Aged Q Years, 2924
North Sixteenth Street Red.
There was once q miser who was very
lazy. He got every penny he had by
begging. His wife and two children died
from being hungry.
One day he was reading his evening
paper. which he thought was very great
to have. He saw hat the next morning
that there In the court house by the
door was going to meet many of the men
of the city to look for the mayors child,
who had been lost by her nurse. The one
who found It was going to be rewarded by
a bag OF gold
On. the miser thought will hunt for
1t not because I want to be good but for
the money.
So he was up bright and early. But on
his way he saw a poor little lamb with
his foot caught under a rock.
He was so lazy that he said. Il will not
help it for nothing, 1t did not me-" So
he journeyed on.
But the lamb was a fairy who a been
changed to a lamb by tho queen OF fairies
because it had disobeyed.
A poor man going out for tho hunt
went the same road. When no saw tho
lamb he said, II will help It." He got
it away from the rock and bound the
wound up with his handkerchief. and was
Just turning away when the lamb said,
IT will repay you for your good heart"
and saying, drew the child from under tho
rock and he got tho gold.
When the miser heard this he was so
mad that he killed himself. Laziness some
times loses a great deal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

their assistants in various work. And I
must now be about my own duties, so,
good morning-and farewell. Major Grass
hopper. Should you survive the winter
that is now upon us take the warning ycu
have had and learn to make provision for
that tomorrow which hitherto you held in
such scorn."
Then the Queen Bee flew into the hive
and Major Grasshopper sat shivering in the
cold, dead grass.
II guess it's too late for me to turn over
a new leaf" he sighed. "But, after all.
it's well to prepare for cold weather in
time Of sunshine and warmth, though no
grasshopper on earth could be made to
understand II. All. that was a wise saying,
that the grasspopper gay whites the sum-
mer away, and with winters first roar
finds himself poor! Poor. indeed, as ! and
my kind with the first frost. And now 1
must return to the other hoppers and hud-
die with them under a dead turf OF grass
till death shall come and relieve us OF our
suffering. All, It's very hard 10 END ones
days like this. but the way OF the fdler Is
hard, very hard" And old major hoped
YEARLY away.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

ried over to see you. We're so sorry"
And I'm going to get well in a hurry.
Just see IL I don't. Come often. will you?'
Yes, and well tell May and John about
you, too
One morning a week after Hilda's and
Roy's visit her mother and father, stand
ing in the hall, looked out and watched
her romping with her imaginary friends.
I'm glad she has imaginary friends. I'm
very glad.' said her father. 80 am L.
She has been brought back from the
hands of DEATH said her mother.
She is now a grown woman, but she
still remembers her imaginary friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
The End of Jim

By Charles Patterson, Aged II Years, 1906
South 3lst St., Omaha, Neb. Red.
Jim lived in a shanty over by the river.
1t was his only home that he remembered
1t was a cold night and it was showing.
Jim had not been feeling well that even
ing and laid Town on his cot. He thought
Of the days gone by. His father and
mother had died whe he was q little boy,
and he was left alone in the world. Jim
had turned miser when he was about IA
years old, and by this time he had saved
a good deal. He was thinking 1t over and
he kenw he wouldn't live much longer, and
he wrote his will that night. He did not
know how to write very good and his
spelling was bad, and this was the way
he wrote it:
the will of GIN brogan. I Civ al mi mony
an everythin tn a little girl name Jene
Film, she livs up on the allie name ions
allie.
GIN brogan.
And Jim laid his head on the gunnysack
and passed peacefully away
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

Will go into her lap and show her I love
her.
III all cats read this story. which 1 have
written for their benefit, l think that they
VIII always run when two boys come to-
ward them and never have sub a miserable
experience. Never be afraid Of the girls
they are all right"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS

paper only and number tho pages.
q. Use pen and ink, not pencil
3. Short and pointed articles Will
be given preferences. DO not use over
25o words.
4. Original stories or letters only
viii be used.
5. write your name, age n ad-
dress nj the top OF the hYst page.
First and second prizes of books
will be given for The best two con-
trtbutions Il this page q week.
Address all communications to
OHILpREN'S DEPABTMENT,
Omaha, Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
(First Prize.)
Celebrated Autumn Festivities

Celebrated Autumn Festivities
BY Martha Davies, Aged II Years, 81 Mill
tary Avenue, Fremont, Neb. Blue. .
Autumn sighitg,
Moaning, dying,
Clouds are flying,
On like steeds.
The leaves began to turn from green
to rcd, yellow and some to red and yellow
both. Later they turned from red and
yellow TO brown. The pumpkins were
ripening and turning q rich yellow color.
It was nearing Halloween, and children
and grown folks were talking of olden
times, how some people believed in witches
and used to keep fires burning to keep
these witches or evil spirits away. An
other superstitious idea was to sec who
your future husband or wife should be.
In England the celebrated fireside revelries,
such as duck for apples in a tub OF water,
roast and crack nuts and tell ghost stories,
Halloween is really the celebration of All
Saints day, which now mostly the chill
dren celebrate. At night some OF tina
smaller ones take pumpkins with eyes,
nose and mouth cut in them and put
them up to peoples windows TO try and
scare them. Some boys do much moro
daring things. They tear up wooden side
walks and small buildings. Another Of
the autumn festivities is Thanksgiving.
This is celebrated more by the grown
folks, which is in honor of the Pilgrims
who helped to settle this country. The
first Thanksgiving day was after the first
harvest. That day most of the men went
into the woods with their guns TO hunt
wild game such as rabbits. prairie chickens
and Wild turkey. The women stayed in
and made pies, puddings and cakes. When
the men came home from hunting the
women cooked the meat. This day the
Indians brought popcorn. This was prob
ably about the first popped popcorn. Now
adays they that celebrate it sometimes go
to church to give thanks unto God. Most
people have big dinners, with the meat
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

postcard Exchange, which now lncluut
Jean De Long. Ainsworth. Neb.
irene Mccoy, Barnston. Neb.
Lillian Merwin, Beaver City, Neb.
Mabel Witt, Bennington. Neb.
Agnes Dahmke. PensOn. Neb.
Vera Cheney. Creighton, Neb.
Louis Hahn, Dc vid City, Neb.
Rhea FrGidell, Dorchester, Neb.
Eunice Bode, Falls City, Neb.
Fay Wright. Fifth and Belle streets. FIRE.
Ethel Reed. Fremont, NIeb.
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg.
Jessie Crawford. 45 West Charles street.
Grand Island. Neb.
Lydia Roth, sos West Koenlg street, Grand
ella voss, 47 West Charles street. Grand
Isl-nd Neo
Pauline Schultz. 412 West Fourth street,
Grand Island, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Iidythe krckz, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson. Lexington, Neb.
Marian Hamilton, 2o29 l. street, Lincoln,
Alice Grassmeyer. 1916 c street. Lincoln,
Neb.
Elsie Hamilton, 2Us L street, Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher. 2o5O l. street, Lincoln, Eeb.
lIughie Disher. 2030 L street, Lincoln. Neb.
Louise stiles. Lyons. Neo.
~f:stelie Mcdonald, Lyons. Neb.
Milton Seller. Nebraska CITY, Neb:
Farry Crawford. Nebraska City, Neb.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucille Hazen. Norfolk, Neh.
Letha Larkin. South Sixth street Nor
folk, Neb.
Emma NJ. -ouardt. Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue. Norfolk. Neh.
Mildred F. Jones. North Loup. Neb.
Hugh Rutt, Leshara. Neb.
Hester Il. Rutt, Leshara. Neb.
lillian Writ, 4i5s Cass street, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, SAG Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Ada Morris. 1924 Franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen. 2009 lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard. E22 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Holen Heuck. l625 Lothrop street. Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, 2I07 Leavenworth street,
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
The Boy with the Wooden Shoe.

The Boy with the Wooden Shoes
By Ruth Erickson, Aged 10 Years, Swede-
burg, Neb. Red.
There had come a new boy to school.
He and his parents had come from far
away and he wore wooden shoes. In the
country where they had moved to the boys
and girls did mot wear wooden shoes, so
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

IS.
Mabel shelfelt, 49l4 North T~wenty-fiftb
Wilma Howard. 472s Capitol avenue.
Omaha.
Hulda Lundburg. Fremont, Neb.
Emerson Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas street
Helen Goodrich. 1910 Nicholas street
Omaha.
Maurice johnson. 1927 Locust street,
Omaha.
Hllah Fisher. 1910 South Eleventh street
Omaha.
Louis Raabe. 1909 North Nineteenth ave-
nue.. Omaha.
Emma Carruthers, S211 North Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha.
Walter johnson. 245 North Twentieth
Leon Carson. 1924 North Fortieth street,
Omaha.
Mary Brown, 1922 Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 1902 Dodge street. Omaha,
Neb.
Genevieve NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Juanita lines, 276s Fort street. Omaha.
Madge L. Daniels, ord, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
lola Beddto, Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
Earl Earl" Perkins eTins ReGdington. Ns6.,
Emma Kostal, 1916 o street. South Omaha
Ethel Ennis, Stanton, Neb.
Edna EMS, Stanton, Neb.
Ina Carney. Sutton, Clay county. Neo.
Clara Miller. Utica. Neb.
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie stastny, WILDER, Neb.
Alta Wilken, Waco, Neb.
Mary friedrich, York, Neb.
Pauline Parks. York. Neb.
Edna Behllrg, York. Neb,
Carrie b. Bartlett, Fontanelle, la.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, Ia.
Ethel Mulholland, Box Il. Malvern, Ia
Eleanor Mellor. Malvern. Ia.
Ka1hryne Mellor. Malvern, Ia.
Mildred Robertson, Manila, la.
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia
Edith Amend, sheridan, Wyo.
Henry L. Workinger. care Sterling REM
edy company, Attica. Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

IUNHE Blue side has been winning more prizes in the last two or three
weeks than the Red. Perhaps it is because so many Of the nw Busy
Bees are trying to help the Red side, and some of the writer's
forget to read the rules which are published every week on the Busy
Bees Own Page, and some of them forget and write o n both sides OF he paper
or forget tt write their age. The editor wal pleased to notice that most OF
the stories we're written OF nw and original subjects, which shows that the
Busy Bees cn think for themselves. One story sent in this week was beaut-
fully illustrated with pen and ink sketches and the editor regretted that these
could lot be reproduced on the Busy Bee page SO that you could all enjoy them
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

The editor would like to receive some good stories about ThankSgivin
day from the little Busy Bees.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

usually being a roast, the popular roast
being roast turkey.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

The prizes were awarded this week to Martha Davies, oil the Blue side
and to Marie Shook, also o. the Blue side and honorable mention ws giver
to Carrie Devol, on the Red side.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

Any Of the Busy Bees may send cards % n whose name Is on the
EXCHANGE which % includes:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

eus.h.A. AOs. :, Paul Elder and es-..--
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

BY verna Kirschbraun, Aged ~ Years, 511
South Twenty-fo''rth Street, Omaha.
Red.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

And Jim laid his head on the gunnysack
and passed peacefully away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
: !eea! Happenings {
~ -
Simon Schefter Sells Star Shoes.

u oShClCOI SClIo DUAL oaOOSs
The snowballing season for 1908 closed
on Monday, April 5th.
Send your best bid on the sewing
machine to A. o. Void.
w. F. Winter returned Monday from
a business trip to st. Paul.
Abbott & Co., sell only full strength
f~ormaldehyde of guaranteed purity,
Household furniture for sale. Apply
to Mrs. E. III. Gordon, at residence.
We will guarantee every pound of our
Formaldehyde to be standard strength.
Langdon Pharmacy.
Mrs. Tillie McGruer, was a returning
passenger Saturday from a short stay
with friends in Grand Forks.
Get the habit of getting the best to be
had for the price you pay. That will
take you to Simon's place every time.
Tomorrow, Friday, April 10th, a sale
will be held by Auctioneer Wienecke at
the John Spenst farm in Waterloo
township.
H. M. Reilly, who has been laid up a
couple of months with infammatory
rheumatism is up and able to be around
town again.
JOS. McGauvran, ST., was out and
around town Monday for the first time
since his illness of several weeks during
the past winter.
Mrs. Frank Moran was among the
arrivals on Saturdays passenger having
stopped over in st. Paul for a visit with
friends on the return from her California
trip.
S. 7. Scott, the editor of the Munich
Herald was over here Tuesday to attend
the meeting of the county board and to
visit among a number of his old Lang
don friends.
Robert Slater, a we'll known former
resident of Langdon is over here from
Williston fop a few days visit with old
friends and looking after farming in
! terests in this county.
U. L. Burdick, the Munich banker,
was a county convention delegate at the
republican gathering held last Thursday
Mr.. Burdick is a deputy game warden
over in his part of the county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

Methodist Church-Rev. 4. M. Simp-
son, of Osnabrock, will preach at the
Methodist church next Sunday, at IL. a.
M: and at Harvey Center, at 3, p. m: Rev
j.. G. Moore will preach in the evening
at 1870. Third quarterly Conference ~lil
be held at the Methodist parsonage
Monday, at 1870 a. M. Rev. Bates will
go to Wales, on Saturday to preach at
the opening of the new Methodist church
on Sunday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

Over in Manitoba they tax land at so
many cents per acre without regard to
actual value.
Judge Kneeshaw was holding court in
Grand Forks several days last week for
Judge Templeton.
The proceedings of the meetings of
the county commissioners and townships
assessors held this week will be publish
ed in our next issue.
Several hocks of wild geese, a number
of meadow larks and others harbingers
of the arrival of spring are reported as
having been seen within the past week.
The newly elect city officials will take
the oath of Office and assume their duties
as members of the city council at a
meeting called for Tuesday the 21st
inst.
Among the building improvements
contemplated for the coming summer is
the %remodeling and building of an
extensive addition to Com'r "A. Seeley's
farm home at Stilwell.
The stockholders of the Langdon
Farmers Elevator Co., meet Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock for the purpose
of adopting by laws and receiving the
reports of committees who have in hand
the details regarding building site and
construction of an elevator.
The DEMOCRAT acknowledges friendly
calls made last week by a number of
attending delegates here to the county
convention held by the republicans, this
paper having a number of old time
friends among the rank and file of that
party whose occasional visits are ap-
preciated.
The county news page of this weeks
issue contains interesting patches of
new from the DEMOCRATS correspond
'ents at Olga, Gallo, Wales, Waterloo and
Fremont. County news makes one of
the most interesting features of a news.
paper among its country readers, and
we are doing all that is possible to keep
our. correspondents up and coming.
The past few days many farmers have
received returns from the state agricul-
tural college regarding the growing
qualities of seed grain sent there to be
tested as to it's terminating strength.
Only yesterday a Harvey Center farmer,
with whom we we're talking, stated that
samples of oats and barley sent to the
Fargo college by him had been sub
mitted to the test and only showed a
terminating strength of % per cent.
There has been a general feeling of
unrest. among farmers all over the
county as to the vitality or terminating
strength of their seed grain with the APP
proach of spring and the incident we
speak of seems to indicate that it is not
altogether without reason.
farm and Fire Insurance act low
est rates at the Mooney State Bank
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

You can buy a sewing machine on
time or for cash at your own figures.
See A. 0. Void.
Mrs. f. A. Boyer of Mt. Carmel is
spending the week in Langdon visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Myers
at the Columbia Hotel.
Now is the time to buy your wife that
sewing machine. Get it from Void at
your own figures.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
L%angdon's Best Restaurant.
Open Day and Night. Meals Served at
All Hours.
CHOP SUEY SERVED DAILY.

Price g. johnson, the furniture and
undertaking firm, received their new
hearse or funeral car on Tuesday. 1t
arrived on Monday nights freight train
and had a car all to itself. The new
hearse purchased by Messrs Price &
johnson is a massive and handsome
affair that cannot fail to impress the
public as having been chosen with ex-
cellent judgment 10y the firm who have
a rapidly growing patronage in this line
of their business-which at one time or
another the attention of everyone will
necessarily be directed.