davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23
"Charleys Aunt"

The production of "Charleys Aunt"
given by the Lamar Dramatic Club
last Friday evening was simply i'm
mense, and without a doubt the best
show that has been given before a
Lamar audience for several years.
H. ]. Johnson. in acting the part OF
Jack Chesney, showed that he has
had several years experience on the,
stage. AS a general thing he is not
at all bashful with the girls but he
can certainly act the bashful part to
a finish. Edward Leigh made an
ideal Charley Wykelam and played
his part fine. Brassett. college
Scout. was ably handled by Horace
Frisbie. and he acted the part in
fine style. The best part of the
show, or in fact half the show, was
taken by E. B. Miller. Mr.. Miller
would make great woman, and as
for stirring up love matches he is a
past master. Miss Elsie Henry and
Miss Hazel Underwood. Spettigues'
two wards. played the ward Just a
bout right. Chas. NJ. Spicer was
fine in the part of Sir Francis. and
his love scene with the fake Donna
Lucia DAlvadorez brought down the
house. H. H. Eberle had a very be-
coming make up and could run near
ly as fast as "Auntie" but not quite
The part of Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
was well taken care of by Miss FL
len Bannister. Miss Edna LyVere
took the part of Miss Ella Delchay.
an orphan. and she could certainly
go through a charming love scene
with her lover Lord. Lee Koonsman
who acted the part of the new foot
man has certainly great talent in
that line. The college quartet is
very good and the specialties by
Miss Friedman were very much en-
ioyed. The Bannister Orchestra fur
nished fine musical program much
to the enjoyment of the large aud
fence. The crowd was the largest
that has been in the local opera
house for several years and the play
was reproduced Saturday night to
nearly as large a house as Friday.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

The summons, though expected. came
Sudden and fast,
Come up higher, patient mother"
was heard at last.
The spirit departed and left the clay
And sorrowing ones were awed that
day;
All stood around weeping, for she
was no more,
But had yielded up her life and pass
ed to the bright shore,
To await the coming and welcome
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23
Presbyterian Church.

There will be some special Christ
mas music by the choir at the Sun
day morning service, also a male
quartette and a solo, when Heaven
Sang to Earth" by James Fortune.
In the evening the choir will be
assisted by Mr.. Main and Mr.. Ban
mister. in the rendering of music APP
propriate to the season.
The Sabbath School begins at III
O'Clock. Public Worship at IL a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Christian Endeavor
at $3.50.
VIM G. Kerry, Minister.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

the rest,
blest.
Adieu patient sufferer from this worl
of sin and death and pain,
Gods will be done and may we all
live so as to meet thee in Heaven
again.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-23

Constant Otter. of Queen Beach.
left for Kansas on Tuesday.
Lish House. the Holly marshal, was
county seat visitor today.
S. r. Hurson. of Carlton. was trans
acting business in Lamar today.
Miss Jessie Sammons started for
Dalhart, Texas, her home. on Friday
night.
Miss Sarah Davis left for her home
In Boulder Friday to spend the va
cation.
Mrs. F. A. Griffin, of La Junta, Is
Lee, this week.
Herbert E. Homsher. county treas
urer of Baca County. was up from
Springfield. Monday.
Mrs. Joe Ball returned from Pueblo
Tuesday. She has been in the Clark
Sanitarium for two weeks.
Chas. Downing Is up from Baca
County today. and has quite a mus
tache to show for his long stay down
| there.
The only marriage license issued
this week was to Amiel Chemelka
and Miss Agnes Halada. a Holly
couple.
A nice crowd enjoyed a dance at
the Opera House Thursday night. 1t
is too bad there wasn't a larger
crowd out.
Mr.. John Iseman came home from
Burton, Kansas. Friday. and is work
ing at his old stand in Gerstenlauers
Jewelry Store.
DR.. J. v. Sayler went to Denver
last night to consult with specia-
list. and it is probably an operation
will be necessary.
Harold Borton fell into a cistern
Sunday evening and sprained his
ankle. He has been around on
crutches all of this week.
Miss Maude Smith and her aunt.
Miss Isabel Smith. arrived Monday
from Lowell. Indiana. Miss Maude
has been teaching in Lowell.
, Bannister's Orchestra goes to Holly
Christmas night to play for a dance
there. Quite a number of Lamar
boys are going down with them.
Mr.. Henry Blanchant. from near
Villas, Colorado, was in Lamar Tues
day morning, and took No. 8 out for
the east. He expects to visit his
parents.
Prof. E. r. Jones expects to go to
Denver next Saturday. and try to get
science teacher for the L. U. H. S.
As yet he has no one in view for the
position.
Frederick o. L. Buck, state agent
for the Liverpool, London and Globe
Insurance Company. was in Lamar
today. looking after the affairs Of his
company.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Conwell, Miss Cora and
the two boys arrived home from Colo
RADIO Springs Saturday. They will
spend their vacation in Lamar with
Mr.. Conwell.
Large crowds of boys and girls
have been enjoying the fine skating
at the flume this week. Some have
fell in-but the water is not over
three feet deep.
II. j. Johnson, teller in the First
Jack. left for Chicago Tuesday. He
will enjoy his vacation at that place
with his parents.
The average attendance in the Higl
School during the past three and
the best year the school has ever
had for attendance.
Remember to go to the Fireman's
22d Annual Masque Ball at the La
mar Opera House. on New Years
evening. This Is always the best
masque ball OF the season.
Miss Minnie Jones, Of Denver, is
visiting at the home of her brother,
Prof. E. r. Jones, this week. Miss
Jones has been at the home OF her
brother in Montrose for several
months.
Mr.. E. b. Leatherman left for Trim
dad Friday night. on account of the
serious illness of his niece, Miss Ivy
Leatherman. Miss Leatherman is
not expected to live for over thirty
six hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guider, Of Lima. Ohio
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
A DESPERATE CHANCE,
Story of Amos Chapman, Scout Under
Gen. Miles.

Amos Chapman was Is years in gov.
ernment employ as a scout on the
plains. During his life of constant
peril and exposure, writes Mr.. Randall
Parrish in The Great Plains" one
of his most heroic deeds was per
formed while he was bearing dis
patches for Gen. Miles from his camp
on Mcclellan Creek to Camp Supply,
Indian Territory. The dispatch party
consisted of six men. Early in the
morning, after a hard nights ride,
they were suddenly attacked near the
WaShita river by a band of over a
hundred Kiowa and Comanche war
riors. Capt. Dodge thus describes
what followed:
The first intimatiOn of the presence
of Indians was a volley which wound
ed every man in the party. In an in
slant the Indians appeared on all
sides.
Dismounting and abandoning their
horses, the brave band of whites
moved together for a hundred yards to
a buffalo wallOw, a shallow natural
depression in the prairie.
Chapman and Dixon, being but
slightly wounded, worked hard and
fast to deepen this depression, and
as soon as it was sufficiently deep to
afford some cover. it was occupied
and the work continued from within
Smith had fallen from his horse at
the first fire, and was supposed to be
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
WHERE THE DANGER LAY.
Listeners in Greater Peril Than Was
Ambitious Musician.

There was never a more conscicn-
tious young man than Eben Soule. and
when he found how much absorbed he
had become with the mere idea of
playing in the town band. he con-
suited his minister. DO YOU reck-
on | could give up all that time to
music without falling from grace?" he
asked, anXiously.
The good old Methodist had a saw
ing sense of humor. He saw that his
parishoner was much distressed be.
tween his wishes and his conscience,
but the minister smiled on him, never.
theless.
IT'S the horn you're asked to play,
l hear he said. Ever had much ex.
perience with it, Eben?"
Never tried it but once. but like
the sound of it iirst-rate," said the
young man.
MINI" said the minister. We'll,
think you needn't be afraid of falling
from grace on account of it, but | do
hope you'll manage things so your
family and neighbors won't have to
pass through the fiery temptation of
hearing you practice too often,
Eben. n."-Youth's Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
DAD AND HIS MEMORY.
Old Gentleman Really Had Very Lit
tie to Brag About.

II was a severe trial TO Mr.. Harding
that his only sons memory was not
an that could be desired Where in
the world he got such a forgetful
streak from is beyond me" said the
eXasperated father TO his wife on one
occasion.
What has he forgotten now 90
asked Mrs. Harding, with eyes down.
cast and a demure expression.
The figures of the last return from
the election on the bulletin board" /"
and Mr.. Harding inserted u finger in
his collar as IL to loosen il, and shook
his head vehemently. Looked at 'em
as he came past not half an hour ago,
and now can't tell me.
"As | said to him: II you're so
stupid you can't keep a few simple fig
ures in your head, why don't you write
'em down on a piece of paper, as ] do.
and have done all my life. long before
was your age? Youths Com.
panion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
THE CHILD AND THE BIBLE.
Writer in AppIeton's Makes sugges.
tions Worth Considering.

The Bible is not q dreary book. II
Is a cheerful book. II is not dull
book. 1t is an intensely interesting
book. Not all parts of It are appropri.
ale reading for children Why should
they be? Some parts are not even fiji
for children to read. Bible literature
must be given to children with dis.
elimination, just as should any other
literature. Your boy will be just as
much interested in Bible stories as in
any other stories, unless you frlghten
him away from them. Also you will
find that he wants the real Bible
stories, not somebody's limitations. If
he sometimes prefers Diamond Dick
The Boy Pirate" or its like, it
doesn't show that Bible stories do not
interest him. 1t shows simply that you
must use some tact in competing with
the author of Diamond Dick" The
Bible stories do him good, and "Dia-
mond Dick" does not Naturally he
does not want to be done good to all
the time, any more than do the rest
of us.
Instead Of making him memorize
the Bible for punishment, let him
memorize carefully selected passages
in place Of some other work. He may
not thank you at the time, but he will
some time. It will give him a heritage
of pleasure and profit upon which he
may draw at will for the rest of his
life. Don't give him the idea that
every Bible story is a moral hsson.
Some Bible stories are no more moral
than some newspaper stories. If you
confuse the moral and the historical
your boy may grow up in doubt as to
whether an Amalechite is a sin or
man. No matter what the theologians
may have said to the contrary, it is
not sacrilegious to treat the Bible
sensibly. In fact, 1t seems to us sac.
rilegious to treat it any other way.
Perhaps you were made wretched in
your childhood by having the Bible
unintelligently crammcd down your
throat. Perhaps you were made to
memorize whole chapters by way of
punishment. That that was not the
best way to make you fond of it, never
occurred to your parents They had
never heard of child psychology. Per
haps you were threatened with hell
unless you believed every word in the
Bible true in its narrowest. its most
literal sense. Perhaps YOU remember
family prayers where your father read
from the Bible in a dreary monotone
while the rest of you sat in awed
silence. From all this dreariness you
wish to protect your child, and no
wonder! But that is no reason for
depriving him of the real Bible-Ap-
pleton's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
BUILT UP
Right Food Gives Strength and Brain
Power.

The natural elements of wheat and
barley, including the phosphate of pot
ash, are found in Grape-Nuts, and that
is why persons who are run down from
improper food pick up rapidly on
Grape-Nuts.
MY system was run down by excess
sive night work." writes N. Y. man,
'in spite of liberal supply of ordi-
nary food.
After using Grape-Nuts l noticed
improvement at once, in strength, and
nerve and brain power.
"This food seemed to lift me I'D and
stay with me for better exertion, with
less fatigue. My weight increased 20
lbs. with vigor and comfort in proper
tion.
When travelling I always carry the
food with me to insure having it."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
WIFE," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
improved Matrimonial Conditions.

DR.. L. c. Halliburton, the noted Eng
lish statistician, was discussing in
New York the statistics of marriage
marriage statistics are his specially.
The last statistics" he said. show
us one pleasant change, one grand i'm
provement. Aged men of wealth are
no longer marrying beautiful, mer-
cenary young women as frequently as
they used. In fact, these marriages
are becoming in this country so rare
that the newspapers don't hesitate to
comment very forcibly upon them. |
approve of these cruel comments.
They keep such mockeries of mar
riage down" Halliburton smiled grim
ly. I'm little town in Herts last
month";" he said, "a millionaire Of 70
married young and pretty milliner
of %. The local paper printed the
next day this editorial paragraph on
the matter: six months ago, when
Mr.. Blanks venerable wife died, his
children and grandchildren feared
that he would go crazy over the sad
bereavement. Their fears have now
come true"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
Little lesson for Rufus.

Uncle Erastus had been polishing
his musket for half an hour; at last
he gave it a final love-pat, and turned
to his grandson. Chile" he said,
does you see dat bottle about 80
yards over dere?"
Shore | does," Rufus agreed.
The old man threw up the musket
and balanced it rather shakily.
"Whang!" it beloved. Now does you
see dat bottle?" the old man de-
manded.
Yes, | does, granddad."
rs powerful glad to hear dat, Rufe,"
the old man said, calmly. rs been
afeard from de way you sorted taters
lately dat your eyesight was falling
but hit amt. You's good fo' several
yeahs yit, Rufus"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
TORTURED SIX MONTHS
BY Terrible Itching Eczema-Baby's
Suffering Was Terrible - Soon
Entirely Cured by Cuticura.

Eczema appeared on my sons face.
We went to a doctor who treated him
ior three months. Then he was so bad
that his face and head We're nothing
but one sore and his ears looked as if
they were going to fall off so We tried
another doctor for four months. the
baby never getting any better. His
hand and legs had big sores on them
and the poor little fellow suffered so
terribly that he could not sleep. After
he had suffered six months we tried
set of the Cuticura Remedies and
the first treatment let him sleep and
rest well; in one week the sores were
gone and in two months he had a clear
face. Now he is two years and has
never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis
beck, f. F. D. 8, San Antonio, Tex,
Apr. 10, 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
MANY WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
PINNED UNDER THE TROLLEY
CAR THAT JUMPED OVER ST.
LOUIS ENHANCEMENT.
WERE RETURNING FROM
SUNDAY-SCHOOL PICNr
Motorman Warned of the Dangerous
Curve Where the Accident oc-
CURED, But Says He Forgot the
Warning.

st. Louis, Mo-, June S.-One man
was killed outright, several others fa-
tally injured, and practically all of the
." passengers on board were hurt more
o" less seriously when an east-bound
Creve Ceour car jumped the track at
curve 200 feet south of the city limits
late Sunday night AID pitched 10 feet
over an embankment.
Six of the passengers were so seri-
ously injured that they will die, ac-
ccrding to the physicians who we're
called TO the scene The conductor
was dragged out from beneath the mo-
tor box, with his chest crushed in and
both legs cut off.
The mOtorman was pitched from the
platform several feet away from the
car. He was knocked unconscious, but
not seriously injured.
Half of the passengers on the car
were women and children, returning
from Sunday-school picnics at the lake
Many women were pulled from under
the wreckage of the car, unconscious
and bleeding from various wounds
The throat of one child was cut from
ear to ear by being showed against an
iron bar over the window and it is fear
ed bled to death.
Up to midnight it was impossible to
learn just how many had been killed.
The reports received from the scene of
the accident ranged from one to II
killeS
=. E. Smith, of No. CABS Olive
street. who was one of the first men
on the spot after the car jumped the
track, said that there were ten dead,
or so badly injured that they could not
live.
Ten thousand people from Delmar
garden, only three blocks away, rushed
to the scene of the accident and car
ried people out from under the wreck.
age. Telephone messages were sent
to the nearby hospitals and 2OO ply
sicians We're on the scene within 20
minutes after the accident.
Night Chief Gillespy ordered every
ambulance at the disposal of the hos
ritals and the dispensarfes sent al
once to the car sheds at DeBaliviere
and Delmar avenues, where the injured
were being taken.
The mOtorman, Francis McEndre
was arrested soon after the accident
and made a statement in which he
says he was on his first trip on the
Creve Occur line. He admits he had
teen warned about the dangerous
curve where the car was wrecked, and
says he forgot the warning. He has
been a motorman nine months.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
EMPTY WAS PARACHUTE
And the Watching Father Knew Tha.
His Son Had Been Killed.

Springfield, ILL.,, June S.-A balloon
drifting across the sky, with the para
chute hanging empty, brought the first
tidings Sunday evening to l.. NJ. Jones,
Of st. Louis, that his son, Luther Ed
ward, aged 27, had been dashed to
death at Mildred park.
Knowing that the young aeronaut
was to make the ascent at o'clock
the father, who had gone to the Alton
depot to take train for st. Louis,
had watched the sky in the direction
of Mildred park
Young Jones was dashed against the
branch of dead tree a second after
the big balloon was let go from the
ground. His skull was fractured.
Without uttering a cry the lifeless
body was hurled downward nearly 40
feet into the midst of a crowd of over
thousand persons.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
DEFENDS HIS CLAIM.
DR.. Rand Insists He Was First to
Volunteer in War of '61.

Submitting a copy of an affidavit
which states that he volunteered as
a soldier in the, civil war at Batavia
N. Y, within ten minutes after the
receipt of the telegram announcing
President Lincolns call for volunteers
April Is, 1861" DR.. Charles F. Rand
recently made reply to the statement
of Mr.. j. T. Ford, which appeared in
the Sunday Star. Mr.. Ford claimed
that the honor of being the first vol
unteers in the civil war belongs to
the National Rifles of the District
of Columbia, and not to DR.. Rand, as
claimed by him. In reply DR.. Rand
says:
Mr.. ]. T, Ford has given accurate
1y my record except in two facts which
feel it is necessary to explain. Mr..
Ford says | was enrolled May l, 1861,
and mustered in May 13 at Elmira,
which is true as far as mastering in
goes. Batavia is a small village and
we did not raise company in one
day. May l 62 men were mustered,
and we were two weeks in raising the
company. We could not be recognized
as soldiers until we were mustered in,
which was on that date. We had
at that time no place in the service
and had no assignment. We waited
to see if there was vacancy in
some regiment that wanted a COM
pany to fill out. At last news came
that the Twelfth New York volun-
teers, at Syracuse, needed us. and we
were mustered into that regiment
May 13, as Company K.
my claim as the first volunteer in
the war of the rebellion has never
Eeen disproved and never can be, un-
less some one can give better evidence
than l can show. When that is done
will gladly yield the palm. Men,
a number Of them, claimed to have
volunteered Immediately after Sumter
was fired upon, which no doubt
is true, in which case they were
three days ahead of me. They
enlisted in the militia. There were
no volunteers at that time.
Il did not volunteer until war was
declared, and volunteers called for by
President Lincoln the 18th of April,
1861. The militia was called into
service before l volunteered. The
Third battalion of the National
Rifles, which was called into service
April 9, was six, days ahead of me.
This claim is good acknowledge the
fact, but it does not in any Way inter-
fere with my claim. They were al
ready ins the service before the war
opened
Il hope this explanation will con-
vince Mr.. Ford that was the first vol
unteer in the war of the rebellion. |
think the war department records
show no volunteer whose medal was
dated previous to April 1S, 1861, the
ate of my medal. / will also yield
hat point If Better evidence is pro- |
dnced than that here presented"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL FLY.
A Phase of Modern Military Method.
of United States Army.

Three flying machines have been az
cepted by the war department, ant
trial of them will be made some time
in June or July, at Fort Myer, Vir
ginia, across the Potomac from the
city of Washington, so writes Rene
Bache in the Technical World Mega
zine. That military post is situated
on the top of considerable hill which
affords an extensive area of level
ground most suitable for tests of the
kind demanded.
All three of the machines are Cd.
Grated on the aeroplane principle.
That is to say, they have no gas bag,
and depend for their flying power
upon huge wings. They are, in short,
artificial birds of huge size, and util.
ize the air currents to uphold them
while aloft, the power of propulsion
being furnished by automobile engines
of type which economies bulk and
weight to the utmost practicable ex
tent.
In these respects the three accent
ed machines are alike. In details of
their construction, however, they diff
fer widely from each other. But it is
not possible to describe them save in
such general terms. because every.
thing that relates to them is being
Kept carefully secret. Models of
them have not been submitted to the
war department, but such plans as
have been offered are regarded as
strictly confidential under the terms
of the contracts made by the govern
ment with the inventors.
The first Of the three contrivances,
for which contracts have been signed,
is the invention of the Wright broth.
ers of Dayton, o. Their bid was s25,
600 for the construction of an aero
plane machine which should be salts.
factory to the war department experts.
The second accepted bid was that OF
A. M. Herring of 1891 Broadway.
New York, the price to be $40.
600. The third machine is tnat OF
James F. Scott of 673 South Rockwell
street, Chicago. He asks for 1t only
$1,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-11

Bobby and Johnny were digging in
the sand under my window. Johnny
says: MY grandma's dead; she's
gone to Heaven; my mother says
So"
81 know it." replies Bobby, in mat
ter-of-fact way. Bobby says
Johnny, what do you sspose she's
doing up there?" Without an in
stant's hesitation came the reply:
"Oh, standin' up, lookin' round.
guess"