davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

Massachusetts, roll of automobile
disasters for the last year is long
and grievous one Considering that
forty-nine persons were killed and
AGA injured, the conviction of more
than one thousand persons for vio-
bations of the law and the exaction
of more than $1,000 in fines do not
seem to be excessive, while the sus-,
pension or revocation of only fifty
six licenses indicates leaning to-
ward mercy. 1t is significant, notes
the New York Tribune, that a large
majority of the accidents occurred
in broad daylight, and that there
were about as many on country roads
as in towns and cities-facts which
indicate the peril of running locomo-
tives at high speed on common roads
even under the most favorable con-
ditions.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

erly referred to the Ways and Means
Committee, inasmuch as it sought to
levy tax. Then / was more curious
to know whether the present tariff
schedule included dukes, earls, lords
and counts, and finding that these
things were nowhere mentioned, I
thought it might be proper for the
customs officers to classify them like
frogs legs, as poultry, for it is the
general opinion among Americans
that they are species of geese
We upon this side of the House
have in recent years referred trium-
phantly to the fact that, as between
this and other nations, the balance of
trade was in our favor, but nowhere
in the summary can be found refer
ence to such trades as these, where
soiled and frayed nobility is ex-
changed for few million dollars
wrung from the lambs of Wall Street
with a woman thrown in to boot
Every day seems to be bargain day
in the great city of New York, wheth-
er it be for a yard of ribbon or a
pound of flesh; whether it be upon
the retail counter of Broadway or the
auction block of Fifth avenue.
There was a time when wealthy
Americans travelling in Europe were
content with buying costly fabrics
and paintings by old masters of whom
they knew nothing, but now they buy
something even more costly but less
valuable When the wealthy girls
travelling with their parents abroad
see some remnant of royalty they en-
Enthusiastically exclaim, oh, mamma,
buy me that. An interpreter is Sc
cured, the bargain is made, the
money is produced, and the girl is
gone soon to return sadder but
wiser woman.
While / have engaged in some
criticism of those particular women
who have made a mockery of the
most sacred relations of life of
those not satisfied with any other
name than Countess Spaghetti or
Macaroni---I want to say one word in
tribute to those true American wom-'
en- who spruned the wiles of earls,
lords and counts for the love Of His
Majesty, an American citizen
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
500 American Girls, With
$2O4.OOO.OOO, Have We'd Titles

New York City, More than 500
American girls have married titled
foreigners. and careful statistician
has figured that trifie more than
$204, 100000 has been taken over
seas through cupid's influence. This
amount does not include the $12,-
600, 900 fortune of Miss Gladys Van
derbilt, who married Count Szech-
enyi, of Hungary
But the record of infelicitous in
ternational marriages is appalling,
and the divorce court history of the
past few years teens with the names
of titled foreigners who married rich
American girls. There are few Of
these cases in which the American
wife did not bring the suit either for
separation or divorce.
Some of the matches have been
love matches. and in these instances,
with few exceptions, the American
wives have been happy. But these
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Not Yet. But Soon.

The definition Of popularity as Civ
en- by salesman in a large music
store is one that may be applied to
other things besides songs.
rs this a popular song?" asked a
young woman, holding up sheet Of
music brilliantly decorated in red and
green.
well, no, MISS" said the sales
man, assuming judicial air, II can't
say it is, as yet. OF course, lots of
people are singing it and everybody
likes it, but nobody's got tired
enough of it yet for it to be what
you'd call popular song, miss. -
Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
CONGRESSMAN RIDICULES THE AMERICAN
EEIRESSES Who we'd FOR FOREIGN TITLE
McGavn Chicago
Block Of Fifth Avenue"Oh
Done, McGavin's view-Every Day Bargain Day in
York, a or a of
Declaring that

Washington, d. C.-Declaring that
the women concerned sacrifice their
souls and their honor on the altar of
snobbery and vice" Representative
Charles McGavin, of Chicago, took
occasion in the House to denounce
the international marriage habit on
the part of American heiresses. 1t
was only a few days ago that Repre-
sentative SABBATH, of Chicago, intro
duced bill to tax all property expa-
triated through marriage settlements
made on account of such alliances.
Mr.. McGavin, who is a native of Illi-
nois, got to Congress by defeating
Carter H. Harrison's brother.
In thinking of these numerous
weddings" he said, II wondered
what the early pioneers who battled
with the Indians, challenged the for
est and braved the winters winds
and SHOWS to establish a Government
where manhood might be recognized
for its true value, instead of for the
| accident of birth, would say If from
their graves they could look back
and see so many of the women of this
country sacificing their souls upon
the altar of snobbery and vice.
! have no reference to any partic-
uldI SIIl, HOT nave 1 pFGJuulC0 against
all of these titled men, for some of
them are worthy to grace any home;
some of them have added to the
honor of their names and to the
glory of their countries. / have ref
erence only to those who have mon
ocle on their eye and an idiotic look
upon their faces those who have
neither the disposition to be good nor
the ability to do harm.
"A bill has been introduced in the
House by one of my colleagues from
Chicago to levy tax upon all dow
ries and upon their titled husbands
/ am not here to advocate the passage
of that bill or to oppose it, but my
curiosity has been aroused to know
to what committee it might have
been referred. The Committee on
Foreign Relations might do, or the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce might also be appropriate.
But on further thought and exam
ination found it had been very prop
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

are the exceptions that prove the rule.
Unhappiness, shame and ignominy
have come in most of the information
al marriages.
The most recent American heiress
to sue for divorce was the Countess
of Castellane, who was Miss Anna
Gould. This was love match that
ended disastrously. And when Miss
Gould married the picturesque Boni
it was confidently believed 1t was a
union that would bring happiness to
the bride. Miss Gould brought $17,-
900, 900 to her Count
There is a prevalent opinion that
it is safer for young, American
heiress to take up the lion tanning
business and to plunge on the races
than to marry title. The general
view seems to be that with such a
marriage she is sure to lose her
money and her happiness, and is
lucky If she gets off with her life.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

An operation performed on wom-
an in a London hospital gives new
hope to tuberculosis fighters. The
woman, who was suffering from con-
sumption in an advanced stage, was
not expected to live more than a cou-
pie of days. The surgeons who per-
formed the operation opened her
back, cut away the ribs and removed
all portions of the lungs affected BY
tuberculosis. Heretofore the diff
Guilty about this operation has been,
to prevent the flow Of blood from the
lungs, which always caused almost
immediate death The surgeon used
q special instrumentfor stanching the
flow of blood.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Poet of Mushrooms.

Corneille is known as the poet of
many things, but it has required the
finding of hitherto unknown MS.
al the Bibliotheque Rationale to re-
veal him as the poet of cooked mush-
rooms, which he apostrophizes as
glorious in their end if their origins
are obscure" He compares 'its
white body and stem" to parasol,
relates its .life," its struggle with
the sum- suggests its relish with
cream or mutton ragout, and declares
it's savory excellence as compared
with asparagus, truffles or artichokes.
The verse is not exactly that of the
Cid or Of "Polyeucte," but it is
Corneille. London Globe.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Detecting Crime in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian method of detecting
crime is quick and effective, and has
the great advantage Of always catch
ing some one. A priest is called, and
by his exhortation, prayers, sorceries
and drugs-a youth is sent to sleep
with the command to dream. The
person he dreams of is the criminal.
No further proof is sought or needed.
The sanction of the church is quite
enough.
If by chance. the boy fails to dream
he is promptly put to sleep again by
the same process until he does, so
that he usually manages the affair in
short time. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Justice Dear as wen as Blind.

A member Of the Philadelphia Bar
tells of queer old character in AL
toona who for a long time was the
Judge of a police court in that town.
On one occasion during session
of his court there was such an
amount of conversation and laughter
in the court room that his Honor
became very angry and confused.
Suddenly, in great wrath. he shouted:
Silence here! We have decided
above dozen cases this morning
and haven't heard word of one of
them! p Harpers Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
The Field Of Labor.

Nearly 5000 organized women in
Germany are employed as printers
assistants.
Union labor in the leather trades
OF Russia has reacned the number
of 12.066.
Buffalo IN. Y.) Union OF Bilipost-
ers and Billers Of America has signed
an agreement with the theatre man
ayers.
During 1906 forty-one Of the sixty
four unions afiiliated with the Gem
eral Federation of German Trades
Unions at Berlin paid unemployed
benefits.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

To suppress flies their breeding
places must be abolished; just as in
eradicating yellow fever. the fever
mosquito was suppressed by cleaning
out and making innocuous the places
where it propagated Think for a
moment, insists the Indianapolis
News, of the manure heaps in city's
stables, private and public. Yet it
has long been known that such ac-
cumulations were great breeding
ground for flies. But further inves-
tigation shows that flies breed in al
most any kind of excreta and that
the discharge of sewers into rivers,
particularly where there are tides to
leave the ground exposed, is a most
fertile place for their growth. From
such places, from the innumerable
stables and heaps of refuse of all
kinds in a city, flies come in swarms
to carry the germ Of intestinal dis
eases to homes, to markets. to fruit
stands and eating places to develop
Boonor or later into disease or death.
The lighting Of a fiy on piece Of
bread or cake, Or the dipping OF its
body in milk may mean typhoid fe-
yer for an adult or cholera infantum
Ior a baby.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

DR.. Saleeby in his new book on
cancer expresses the opinion that the
knife may in time be discarded That
time may not have arrived, AYERS the
New York World. But DR.. Bells
experience, taken in connection with
the failure Of surgery to prolong the
lives of cancerous patients in cases
that come to the notice of every OBJ,
server, should impose a hesitation on
physicians to use it except as a
heroic measure in the last extremity.
AS an alternative to the knife, with
its record of fatalities, public which
is decimated by the disease and ready
to try any remedy, from violet rays
to trypsin, may accept DR.. Bells sug-
gestion that the disease is amenable
through diet, and the reclamation Of
the vitiated cells by means of a
healthier blood stream.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

Hiram Heller, of Williamsport,
was badly lacerated and bruised in
battle with a great horned owl
which he wounded while cunning
near Fairfield Centre
He shot at the owl as it few by
him, but only broke its wing. Not
wishing to disfigure the bird, Heller
attempted to kill it with club. The
wounded owl. which measured near
ly four feet from tip to tip, pounced
upon him, and before he was able to
free himself he was badly wounded.
-Punxsutawney Spirit.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

The existence of slavery in the
Philippines was discussed.
A bill providing for new immi-
grant station at Philadelphia was
passed.
to have the Harvester Trust investi-
cation called OFF
There was lively tilt between
Representative Randell, Of Texas,
and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania
The Senate Commerce Committee
reported favorahIy the bill to provide
q revenue cutter for Key West at a
cost Of S250.000:
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
EIectrocution of Animals
Painless, Says French Sayant.

Paris.Dr. Leduo, professor at
the School of Medicine, in Nantes,
who has been experimenting in the
slaughter houses of that city on the
electrocution of animals by intermit-
tent low tension currents, claims that
the system is painless, the central
functions of perception being first de-
stroyed and then those of respiration
and circulation, aud that there is con-
sequently neither suffering nor reac-
tion from the animals thus killed
making It better than other methods.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

The Central High School of Phila-
delphia has stood at the head of the
high schools of the country for three
quarters of century, affirms the
Argonaut. 1t holds the unique posi-
ton of being the only public high
school in the United States invested
with the legal power to confer de-
grees upon its graduates. In the
annals of the National Department
of Education it is classified with the
colleges and universities.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

Many a man who recognizes his
necessity for exercise is spending an
hour of his time and much of his
money daily for somebody's fancy
mail course in how to set strong,
when he might get just as good re-
suits without the expenditure of any
extra time and at the saving instead
of spending of money, just by walk
ing, protests the New Haven Regis
ter. There's money in walking, but
that's only the least of it's profit.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

There is no OCCASION to speculate on
the possibility of "anti-cigarette leg
islation for ladies" hereabouts,
boasts the Boston Post. New Eng
land women do not need any such
legislation. Grandmother's pipe went
to the ash heap simultaneously with
grandfather's jug Of Medford rum;
and both went forever with all their
progeny.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
The Demiiohn' $ Fate.

*John,H said the Colonel to the old
family servant, do you know what
became that demijohn | threw out
the window New Years morning?"
II sho' does, Kunnel / kotchaA
dat jimmyjohn TO it hit de groun'
but de cork wuz out en- what whisky
didn't spill down my throat splattered
all over me en- like ter drownded
me. Hit wuz dispensary er Provi-
dence dat ] lived ter tell de tale!'--
Atlanta Constitution.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

A man tried to flirt with the girl
ticket agent in Brooklyn elevated
station. She first knocked him down
and then had him arrested. He
might as well have been pas5en-
ger, suggests the New York Ameri
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

The st. Paul Board Of Education
has approved the suggestion Of SUI
perintendent Heeter in favor Of corr
poral punishment to be administered
only by the principal of the school,.
after permission in writing has been
obtained from parent or guardian.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

One of the most interesting So
Geological and humanitarian expert
ments undertaken in recent years. to
the Louisville Courier-Journal, is
that Of the Salvation Army in en-
deayoring to prevent suicides.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
"What 10 ambition" asks ths
Houston Post. Willingness to
work. {"

There is one extra day in this year.
and it is presidential campaign year.
too, laments the Washington Herald.
That's hard luck
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Less Bonds In (ser,,,a !, =

New issues of stocks and bonds In
Germany in 1907 amounted to only
$460,5O0, 900, as compared with
$703, 100000 in 1906. or these is
sues, only $60,000,0O0 were indus
trial shares, which in 1905 amounted
to $156,O00 600. t'''S' : -
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

The grip germ may not be to
blame for all the evils laid at his
door, admits the Washington Star,
but he is entitled to no sympathy on
that account.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
Chnrch WIN oner
Compelling Attractions.

Competing Attractl0ns.
Cleveland. In keeping with the
spirit of modern times, the new Win
dermere Methodist Episcopal Church
will have many innovations.
One of the features will be social
room. thirty-eight by sixty-eight feet
There will be spacious rooms for the
trustees, the choir and the pastor,
while the women Of the congregation
will have a parlor and work room
The church also will contain gym
nasium, kitchen and kindergarten.
THE pastor is the Rev. N. w Stroup.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

We venture to say, observes the
Atlanta Journal, that Spain is TAX
ing no stock in the theories about
the, ineffectiveness Of the American
navy
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

According to 1905 figures, the to-
tai number Of industrial workers in
Belgium was 1,265.0O OF which
2O5,OOO were women.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04

The sea-leKel canal from Mar
settles to the Rhcne River is to be
completed in seven years at cost
OF $13,7S0,0o0s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-09
FISkE EXPELLED;
 BELASCO RESIGNS.
Theatrical Managers Assoeia- ton Stands by "The Devil"

New York, Dec 9-Hsrrison Grey Fiske, producer of plays and manager of his wiH", Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske. was expelled from the National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers Following his expulsion David Belssco resigned.
 'The Devil' was the cause of the trouble. When the play was produced simultaneously by MT. Fiske and Hen " W. Savage. Colonel Savage charged that Mir. FiSke was producing an un- authorized version; that he Colonel Sayage) alone had the rights from Ference Molnar, the Hungarian au- thor.
 He laid five charges against his rival before the association. which found Mir. FiSke guilty of conduct not a- coming in one member of the asso la- tion toward another member.
 Mr. Belasco was not involved in the controversy except that he 'lent" 10 MT. Fiske George Arliss. the star of the Fiske 'Devil.' and was associated with MT Fiske as an independent manager and producer, Mrs. Fiske nearly always appearing in Belasco theaters while In New York
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-09
|3 MASSACHUSETTS,
 CITIES 60 NO LICENSE
Republicans Sweep Lawrence,
 Lowell and Worcester.

Boston. Dec. 9.-Latest returns of the election show that thirteen cities voted against license and eight for li- cenSc.
 Fall River voted no license for the first time since 1903, and Gloucester also went into the no license list
 Those cities voting for license are Chicopec. Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell Springfield and Taunton. while in the no license list are Beverley, Brockton Everett. Lynn, Madden, Medford, Mel rose. Newton, Woburn, Worcester and Somerville.
 George H. Brown. Republican. was elected Mayor of Lowell by 2OO0 votes over former Mayor James R. Casey Democrat
 In Lawrance. for the first time in many years, the Republicans swept the city, electing William P. White mayor by 2,597 votes.
 In Worcester Mayor James Logan Republican, was reelected, and the city again declared for no license.
 Haverhiil chose as mayor Edwin H Moulton nonpartisan, over Mayor Roosevelt l.. Wood.
 In Lynn Mayor Thomas F. Porter Republican. was defeated for re-elec. ton by James F. Rich, Democrat, by 2,551.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-09
Second Section Standing.
ATHLETE WITH ONE ARM.
School Boy Who Is Making Good In
 Athletics.

William Nardi, a member of the Worcester high school football squad is probably the only one armed foot ball player in the country. He is also an adept at playing baseball, and is no second rater as an oarsman, for in the latter capacity he rows on the crack Worcester high school crew.
 Young Nardi earned his w" with the football team this fall and was then obliged to quit school and help out in the little fruit store run by his parents The robust athlete is but eighteen years old. In recent foot bal game Nardi was the whole team. He played at left tackle. The one armed wonders side was in bad form throughout the first half, and as d last resort the quarterback decided to let Nardi have a chance at the busi- ness end" of forward pass. To the surprise of the spectators, Nardi made a perfect catch of a. hard thrown pass, and with the fieetness of the deer cleared the field for sev- enty yards. touchdown and vic tory.
 In baseball he never uses glove. He can pitch all sorts of curves. and makes stops on either side, as though favored with his two wings" In rowing the strength of the mighty one arm of Nardi is considered mar vicious. and he has easily won his place on the crew.
 With this brilliant record the young athlete must now turn to the banana stand to help the family ex- rh
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-09
BASEBALL NOTES.

Frank Chance, manager of the Cubs, recently umpired ball game at Fresno, Cal, in which Hal Chase, Moriarty, Blankenship, McHale. Moskiman and other suspended major league players took part. It is now a question whether Chance has not become ineligible to play with the Cubs again until reinstated by the national commission upon the payment of a s200 fine. Rule 47 of the commissions code says tat national agreement players can not participate in any game or games with or against clubs harboring in- eligible players or whose managers or owners are ineligible players Did Chance, as umpire, participate in the game in question?
 This is the time of the year when ball fans are informed that magnatas are after star players who cannot be had for love or money. The case of Roger Bresnahan Is an illustration. Robison of St Louis says he wants Bresnahan to manage his team. Pos sibly he would like to have Mike Donlin and Christy Mathewson, But there isn't a chance in the world for him to land any of these stars. It will not be surprising therefore if some magnate who is anxious to jolly his supporters in fandom makes an offer for Hans Wagner Ty Cobb or Hal Chase. It makes good reading
 
 is a joke. Baseball magnates always know how to get plenty of free advertising.