davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
Mrs. Ogden GoeIet Gets
.S1,1OO a Day for Hers, But
There Are Others. :. :.


~ My the other week a para
graph went the rounds OF the
newspapers to the effect that
one million dollars had been
offered Mrs. ogden Goelet for a FIVE
years lease Of her Newport home.
Ochre Court, at Genre Point Mrs.
Goelet, who was Miss Wilson, and is
a sister OF the younger Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, told OF the offer, but neg
lected to say whether or not she
should accept II.
The lease was TO include all the fit-
tings and furnishings. AS the house
would be occupied probably only for
i've months % che year. the rental OF
a million for five years would figure
down 10 $3.50 month. or about 81 100
a day. a figure not calculated 20 foster
belief that Newport is a cheap place
In which 10 pass the summer.
But the Ochre Court example is one
extreme. Near the other was the ex-
perience Of an artist who decided a
year ago 10 put in a season sketching
along Viewpoints unequaled coast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
Work of Decorating vehicles.

The task If decorating a car
rage is a laborious one, but it is
nevertheless pleasant and interest
ing. Time is the most essential
factor. rs the vehicles cannot be
decorated more than eighteen
hours before the parade and have
the flowers still fresh looking.
They are gathered in the late aft
ernoon and early evening Then
oil the members of the family
with. perhaps, the help of few
intimate friends. stay up nearly
all night covering the carriage
with cloth and sewing the flowers
on. Every visible part of the We
hicle must be covered.
At about / or . o'clock in the
morning the task is finished. and
the tired but happy people retire
to dream of the big parade In
which they win participate. In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
A CONSERVATIVE LegisIature.

The election OF the Philippine legis-
lature and the course II pursued dur
ing the season that is but just closed
has proven TO the world that the ma
tive has ability of his own as a poll
tician and can play TO both the gallery
and pit at the same time The near
est approach to the drawing of party
lines IN the election was the distinction
OF Progresisstas, o. Federalists. who
favor the policy Of the United States.
and are willing to wait until fitness is
proven before assuming unaided the
ines Of government. and. on the other
hand. the Nationalist party which
favors immediate self-government by
the natives
This party first appeared as the
Fartido Nationalist Immediatista or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

Newport. the supply Of colored help
being equal 20 the demand Every
spring large numbers Of colored peO-
pie 90 20 Newport from Virginia. and
there are usually more than the mar
ket can absorb.
The old sdage, Fools build houses
and wise men live IN them" appears
10 be accepted By many members Of
the wealthy Newport set. who are
amply able to own their place. but
prefer 20 rent. year after year. For
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
Large Forest PrimAraL

There IS a forest pTtmeval In The
Philippines that covers an area zrear-
er han New England and offers hard
woods and ordinary building timber
OF quality and IN quantity China is
badly q nsed Of railroad ties and al
sorts Of structural material as is
Australia. and IN tho Philippines
these are ready for the axe The gov
ernmenS has taken chan : CT the lands
and is administering them from the
standpoint OF scientiec forestry, al
lowing only the mature rrees to %
cut aid as q result there vii be pos
s-ble an annual yield OF ripe timber
tnat will out improve the forests as
the years pass
Sugar cultivation is not deemed the
best thing for the future OF tbe
Islands, as il win lead 70 a centraIiza-
ton Of power IN a wealthy few. ana
the degradation OF the masses. As
the United States is carrying on the
work in the Philippines from the
standpoint OF the philanthroplst.
Il is thought best TO encourage
the tendency toward increasing
the numbers OF small farIaers who
own their own land anu work II.
racner Ihan the big planter In the
meantime the United States puts I'd
the tariff bar against the Introduction
Of Philippine sugar which the local
manufacturer maintains he needs for
MS own protection The friends Of the
islands in return say that they would
Ike sale in this country for an amount
OF sugar so limited as 10 produce no
eIeCt on the market. the object being
the Immediate limited financial aid 10
the archipelago, This has not yet been
granted Hemp. tobacco. rice. and
other small crops are regarded as
having a more direct bearing upon
the future OF the native and Offering
hira greater profits and better living.
When the Philippines were drst
Continued on Ninth Pfye.e
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

cares to so higher. TO bid against him
for occupancy.
With such house. as. indeed. with
those at the other end OF the scale.
practically everything Is furnished.
Siiverware. table linen, and In some
r.ses bed linen must be provided by
the lessee, but having brought these
things along the house is ready. as
soon a. st r. provisioned. 20 move into
and open II may be said. in passing.
that servants are not hard 10 get IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
al Newport?

never tired.
In another direction the sight car
ried out TO sea, resting on steamers
and sc looners and barges. which pass
ed IN an endless chain. between Bos-
ton and New York. And at the other
side Of the house was the open coun-
try and salt meadows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

past fsvors and an appropriation OF
10000 pesos for public schools The
action Of the legislature shows the
people 10 be learning their lesson
with wonderful rapidity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
Continues from Seventh Page.)

~ from idleness tried his hitherto
Unused bill IA pecking It's stalk Final
ly the hard shell was pierced and
way opened 10 the cavity within
whon. 10. on. stepped a man and
woman who had been awaiting his
coming for release md so was start
ed the peoples OF the earth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

Walk at Newport
terms as people with a hundredth =
their wealth
II any one entertains the oellek that
fashionable society Is the S-1y Al
traction Newport Offers 10 thE sumner
visitor. he may as wei be get RANT
now as ever. Newport itseir IS a city
OF perhaps 25.oJg persons IN The sum
uer months. ard OF IS 900 in winter.
the difference between these figures
representing. OF course. the summer
population or cuIIageTs and their serv-
ants. But 10 is because Newport COM
bines wiki a hne climate one OF UnC
prettiest stretches Of coast along the
Atlantic SeaDOard that people first SET
tied there for the sumner. and il IS
70 those who appreciate that sort of
thing that Newport stilI appeals.
The restful grandeur OF its cliffs.
with the surf continually dashing
against their base. fingers long in
memory. The bathing beaches are eX-
ceilent. The roads all over the island
are as me as macadam en- make
them Sailing. fishing. and al other
appCrtenances Of the seashore are az
hard
In addition. there are the amuse-
ments OF z gOOd-sized summer. city. in
TIE shape OF theaters. excursions con-
certS. and the like There is the Ca
sinO, with dog and horse shows. in
ternatlonal tennis matches. md dining
attachment There Is a golf club or
TWO. and there is the daily parade OF
fashion on Bellevue avenue which one
may enjoy without being a partIci-
pant me smart set may not attract,
out Il Is not annoyingly pervasive-
50. as was said az the beginning. a
FAMILY which can afford 10 20 20 any
summer resort need not be kept AVE-
rom Newport by the fear ChzSt Il 81
adapted only 20 mUlti-millicnairss.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26
STATEMENT

STATEMENT
that a family
which can af-
ford to rent a
cottage for the
summer at any
popular Allan
tic coast resort
can afford to
rent one at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

April 20. 1898
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-26

CONTINUED on ninth Pc
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
WILL Be MARRIED AGAIN
Fred Widmann Announces His Be
throthal to a Lady In Germany
-Marriaee TO Follow.

Marriage to Follow.
When Fred Widmann departed on
a trip to Germany a short time ago,
so,ne of his friends jollied him a
little about his going over there for
another wife, but he said no more
for him. Fred was married a few
years ago out in Denver to an at
tractiye lady, but he secured a
divorce from her a few weeks before
be departed for Germany. MI.
Wid.Dann has built a magnificent
home in this city, and evidently he
thought that it ought to be occupied
and now his friends have come to
tile conclusion that he went to Ger
many to find wife number four.
Monday evening cards were received
in this city bv friends OF Mr.. Wild
mann announcing his betrothal to
Mathilde Engel, which occurred
last month. The announcement
cards are from Ruthlingen, Ger
manv, and the superstition is that
within a few months Mr.. widmann
will lie returning to Mitchell with
his bride.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
GEORGE GETS a BOOST
Station Agent George of tho Nil
waukee Finds Q New Berth
Higher up in Service.


W. H. George arrived home from
Chicago Friday evening, having
been called down there by the
officials of the company, and be
appeared on the carpet before those
dignitaries, but in a different inter
probation from what a man Is usually
called there. Mr.. George, since he
has been in Mitchell for the past
four years. has been making good
with the company as its agent, and
under his administration the freight
and passenger earnings have been
constantly on the increase. Recently
Mr. George received an offer for a
better position on the Pennsylvania
lines, and this information got to
the ears Of the Chicago officials,
consequently he was requested to
appear on the carpet. The officials
told him that they had something
better for him and rendered him the
position CT travelling freight agent
for the Milwaukee system with head
quarters at Peoria, Ill. Mr.. George
said that he would take it and thus
in the course of two or three weeks,
or as soon as a relief man a be
secured, Mr.. George and his estimable
family are going to leave Mitchell.
We will regret to see him go, along
with many other citizens, fer the
gentleman has been a most excellent
booster for Mitchell while he was
boosting for the Milwaukee aud The
Republican hopes that his lines will
always fall in pleasant places.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
REFUSED TO FILE NAMES
Will Have TO Go to su-
preme Court or Send Out
Petitions for Candidates.

A portion Of the democratic state
ticket is up against it III trying to
get on the ballot for this fairs
election. When the state central
committee was in Mitchell last week,
they decided to tender the names OF
the candidates nominated at the
state convention at Rapid City to
the secretary of state for filing and
securing a place on the ballot. This
was done and word has just been
received from Pierre to the effect
that the secretary declined to accept
the names for fling. This will
leave the alternative to the demo-
Gratis of either testing the case in
the supreme court or securing petit
tions for their candidates, in which
event their names would not appear
in the democratic column, but under
a different heading that nobody
would know whether they were
democrats or not.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
IN THE CITY HALL
z. n. G. A Directors Have Rentec
Two Rooms in City Hall for
the Association.

The directors of the Y. M. q. A..
at a meeting Thursday night decided
to accept the offer OF the city and
viii rent two rooms in the basement
Of tie city hall. The large front
room in southwest corner will be
we'll furnished and used for reading
and social room while the old
militia room will be used for
physical WORK. Shower baths will
DE put in and such gymnasium
apparatus secured as the limited space
available requires.
The directors regret that more
room for better quarters could not
be secured but they will do the best
possible in these temporary quarters
and hope that within a couple of
years an up-to- late Y. M. G. A.
building OF A value of s25, 600 or
$50, 600 may grace some corner on
Main street and provide . adequate
space for all the varied activities of
the modern Association. This. how
ever, IL in the future. The thing
now needed is the active backing
and support Of the young men Of the
city as well as the cooperation Of
business men. Everyone recognizes
the value Of the Association work
in the city ard the men in the
movement have to make the Mitch.
ell association the leading one 10
South Dakota.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
THROUGH YELLOWSTONE
tn. B..uti.. and Grandeur Of til.
National Park Were Exhib.
tied to Teachers.

Monday evening Professor Geo.
w. Nash, president OF the Aberdeen
Normal school, conducted an excu1-
sion of school teachers and citizens
on a trip of sightseeing through
the Yellowstone Park by the means
OF st%ereopticon pictures.
Msny people have never seen the
National Park and many people will
never see it so the next best thing
is to view 1t through the thousands
OF pictures that have been taken Of
the place, and to listen to a des-
cription that is not steleotyped and
rambled through in a desultory
manner Prof. NASH went through
the park in a party of tourists and
with a competent guide in charge of
the party he saw and learned many
of tue most interesting points and
filled in bis talk with many personal
incidents that served to fix the
pictures stronger in the mind OF the
listener
Professor Nash had a new line of
pictures to exhibit and the audi
ence sat awestruck as the beauties
and grandeur OF the park we're un-
folded and explained. All the big
2 RS and volcanoes spouting forth
their contents were shown, while
four n five different views OF the
grand canyon we're displayed. show
ing the resplendent colors vividly.
Prof. Nash referred to the expert
ence of a German traveller, who said
that lie dle not care to see the
Yellowstone, for he had travelled in
all the scenic countries Of the
worlo. and naturally the Yellowstone
would have little attraction for him.
He was finally induced to make q
trir through the park and at the end
he declared that In all his travels ia
: all parts Of the world he had never
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
RULES FOR HELLO GIRLS
They Cant Chew Gum, Nsithe
Indulge in Joyous Converse
ton Over Line.

No more gun chewing or the ex-
change Of happy conversation for
the Young ladies who sit at the
telephone and say "number please
to the subscriber. AT least such is
the information that coa.e fror the
Dlkota Central Telephone Co., the
headquarters of which is at Aber-
deem.
1t is evident that the officers OF
the company have been receiving
complaints from the subscribers to
the effect that. when central answers
there is unmistakable evidence that
her dainty little teeth are slightly
fastened with a piece Of Yucatan OF
some other food digester, or perhaps
she is partaking of a box of choco-
lates that has been sent ner for a
special service of close attention to
a subscriber when be was in a hurry
for a number. The subscriber may
have also got the idea that a o OF
chocolates will hold the attention OF
the young lady operator so that She
Is unable to see the drop fall wher
a number is wanted, and thus arouss
the feelings of the subscriber whose
patience may have been tried to some
extent on this score.
Then again the young lady who
prestdes at the telephone will not be
permitted to indulge In any %jollying
over the line when she happens te
discover a voice that is moi strange
to Der, for they lave an acute hear
ing at times. Subscribers allege
that they are often compelled to
wait until a little bit of conversation
is finished before their turn comes Il
the attention Of the operator.
3f course It is not supposed thai
any Of these things are applicabl,
to the local ONCE, but the order Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
the SPORT WAS GREAT
The Races Friday Proved OF an In
t~srsstine and Exciting Char
actsr to the Crowd.

actor to the Crowd.
The big Grove that was out to the
matinee races Friday afternoon is
something OF an encouragement for
the promoters to keep them going.
The Lewis show band was present
and played good music during the
time.
There we're so many entries in
the gentlemeDs' driving race that
il was cut into two races and the
heats in each were cut up, making
them close and undecided until the
last heat. Frank Dickson's horse
o first in the first race and James
Gormley's was second. In the second
race. Harold Haynes horse vas the
winner. with AL Scott's animal
second.
Tue free-for-all race was closely
cont sted in each heat tetween Sam
Scratch and Daisy M, and they
were neck aud neck on the stretch.
Sam Scratch the race.
Charley Bailey's horse proved q
little too swift for the Seller mare
this time and won the running race,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
PUETTzRlcn ENDS LIFE
Shot Himself in st. Paul on tn,
Omaha Bridge and Hi Body
Dropped Into R.vsr.

According to a statement In the
st. Paul Dispatch Monday evening,
Franz Puetterich, a German printer,
finally succeeded in killing himself.
The Dispatch states that a body
supposed to be that of P%uettericb
was taken from the Mississippi river
Saturday afternoon, and the further
superstition. borne out by an investi-
gatioc, that he shot himself while
standing on the Omaha railroad
bridge and that his cody dropped
into the river, the deed having been
committed some time during Friday
night.
Puetterch was a former resident
OF Mitchell and was employed by the
Educator School Supply Co., having
left here a little over a year ago to
work in Aberdeen. Last spring
Puetterich made an Intellectual
attempt to kill himself at Aberdeen
by throwing himself under a moving
train, but he was rescued. He
was III Mitchell a few days before
the attempt was made and his CON
versation indicated that he was
downhearted. While here he drank
heavily at times, and this, it is
presumed, is what lead him to the
tinality. He had some correspond
ence with the Educator company in
the past week and bad accepted an
offer to come back to Mitchell and
60 to work, having written last
Friday that he would show up in
Mitchell In time to go to wotk Mon
day morning, but before that time
his body was floating in the Mississ-
ippi river.
A notebook was found on his person
indicated that he was in the army
in Germany aud that he was forced
to leave that country after fighting
. duel With an officer. He seemed
to labor under the hallucioation that
somebody vas after him. and there
were other passages In the book
which indicated that he contem-
plated suicide. One Vas in reference
to the fact that should he meet
death that his body should be turned
over to some medical college. 1t Is
stated that at one time he was a
practicing physician in Milwaukee,
and he gave evidence that he was a
we'll educated man. Puetterick is
said to have married a woman at
Milwaukee who died two hours after
ward. and that he has a daughter,
IA years old. who makes her home
with his wife's sister at Mandan,
N. d. Nothing seems to be known
Of any near relatives In this country
and the Dispatch stated that in all
probability his last request of bis
body being turned over to a medical
college would be complied with.
Puetterich vas about 40 years old,
and was Of a very excitable dis.
position.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY. AUGUST II, 1862 sAGES

the company is a sweeping one and
falls on the Just and the unjust. So
hereafter the superstition is that
there will be no gum chewing con-
tests, that candy Will be eschewed.
and that there will not be any
cultivation OF vocal chords, except
for the rythmical expression, "num-
Der please" And the young ladies'
should not be tempted IN this latter
respect.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14

seen anything which approached the
Yellowstone.
The entertainment was arranged
for the teacher institute by Super
intendent Quigley, and the teachers
have much to thank him for In
securing so excellent an attraction
This evening at the Methodist
church Miss Isabelle Boyd will give
the second entertainment of tue
week. Miss Boyd is an elocutionist.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-14
stop Work on Ditch.

A week ago the county commits
sioners Of Sanborn county awarded
the contract for the construction of
an Immense drainage ditch, begin
niny in Logan township and running
four miles to empty into the jim
river. About the time that the
farmers thought everything was
moving along smoothly, Robert
Rearick, of Letcber township, APP
peared on the scene with an injunc-
tion to stop further proceedings on
the ditch until the question is
settled at the fall term of circl IL
court. The Injunction is Temporary.
States Attorney Kean has commenced
action to dissolve the temp rary in
junction, for if they nave to wait
until the fall term Of court convenes
there Will he nothing done on the
ditch this year and it will set the
whole proposition back for next year.
The ditch will be the largest in
this section Of the state 1t will be
25 feet wide at the top, n IL feet
wide at tile bottom and 5 feet deep.
1t will drain many thousands Of
acres of land which nave been under
water for a number Of years and will
hereafter make that soil tillable.
He Found Out.
Gentlemen Ito cigar dealer)-
Have you any So-and-So brand in
stock? How are they?"
Dealer-"First-class, sir. This last
lot Is an extremely fine one."
Gentleman (departing)-'Thanks
you wrote that they were very poor,
but I am pleased to find you were
mistaken. I am the manufacturer
MISREPRESENTATION Inquirer.