davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
DECATUR Is fire SWEPT
MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED
AND LOSS is A MILLION.
Second Blaze in Hotel Causes a Pan
ic Among Guests-City With
out Water.

Decatur, Ill.,, Aug. 24.-The fire
which started at / o'clock in the morn
ing in the Moorehouse & Wells hard
ware store on East Main street, was
y r control at 4 o'clock in the af
tetIoon. The loss is placed at 81,
100000. but the figures are purely
speculative. The insurance is about
so per cent of that amount.
Following the fire, which is the
worst in the history of the city, De
catur faced a water famine. 1t be
came necessary to shut off the resi-
dence districts, the supply of water
in the reservoir being down to seven
feet. The waterworks were working
under fire pressure to refill the reser
voir as quickly as possible. The con
dlt1on temporarily places the city in
hazardous position, especially if an
other fire should break out
During the fire, a blaze was dis
covered in the engine room of the
Decatur hotel, situated a half block
west of the district that was being
destroyed. There was panic among
the guests who realized that the fire
men had bigger job on their hands
than they could handle. Prompt work
by the hotel people resulted in extin.
gushing the flames before they had a
chance to spread.
In response to a call for help,
Springfield sent an engine and fire
crew under the direction of Assistant
Chief Cullen, and this gave the city
four engines with which to fight the
flames. The department was Grip
pied by falling walls covering sew.
eral hundred feet OF hose.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
SOUTH DAKOTA DRUGGISTS

Lead-BusinesS sessions OF the
South Dakota Pharmacists association
in their annual convention here CLOSED
with the election Of the following eff
ficers:
President julius Deetken, Dead.
wood. vice president, L. h. Highly
Hot Springs: second vice president, G
G. Nelson. Volga; secretary, e. C
Bent, Dell Rapids; treasurer, A. Wood.
ward, Aberdeen; historian, /. A
Heath, Lake Preston; board OF phar.
macy, #. w. Brown, Lead: B. H
Neumayer. Parkston: r. n McCum.
Der, Lead.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Connecticut Mans Pet Fawn.

c. M. Pinney is probably the only
man in the state who has pet doe.
The doe is two days old. Mr.. Pin
ney's man was returning from South
Manchester Tuesday when he noticed
a small creature in ditch. Upon in
vestigation he found it to be a baby
doe not more than a day old.
The little doe was nearly dead. He
took 1t home and Mrs. Pinney cared
for it. The doe was doing nicely to-
day, and will be brought up as a pet,
the game warden having given his
permission. The doe is of reddish
color with white spots, and is about
the size of a cat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
USE FOR OLD HORSE CAR.
TIVE Dozen Norm Summer Camp
Home in Pretty Valley for Work
ing Girls of New York.

New York.-As of pennies and pins,
the final disposition of old street cars
is mystery. About two dozen Ave
nue. A cars silently stole away from
New York couple of years ago. Up
the Hudson valley they journeyed on
fat cars until they landed at Noun
tainville, little hamlet in Orange
county. noted especially for it's sum.
mer boarders. After still overland
trip of mile or more they came to
rest on the banks of little stream
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
MILLIONS FOR PRINCETON.
University Chief Beneficiary Unde,
Will OF Cornelius c. cuyler.

New York, N. Y.-Princeton Uni
versity is the chief beneficiary under
the will Of Cornelius c. Cuyer, presi-
dent of the United States Mortgage e,
Trust company, and head of the stock
exchange firm of Cuyler, Morgan &
Co, who was killed on July 80, while
automobiling with his wife near Biar-
ritz, France. The estate Is several
million dollars.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Oklahoma Bonds Stolen.

Davenport, Oklahoma. - An ex-
press package containing $62,500 of
negotiable bonds of the city of Chand-
stolen recently from the Wells Fargo
Express company, while in transit.
The bonds had been sold to trust COM
panies at Guthrie, Okla No clue to
the robbers has been found.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Bad Luck.

Mother" said 5-year-old Jack, "how
much older than you is father?"
Just thirteen years." replied the
unsuspecting parent.
We'll, mother" seriously continued
the child, 1.-THE next time you marry,
don't marry man thirteen years
older than you; don't you know it is
bad luck?"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Beneficent Bacon.

II is well known fact that bacon
cut thin, well cooked, brown, crisp and
dry, can be taken regularly and for a
long time by those who ind all other
fats intolerable. This makes it a valu-
able article for delicate children and
others who are weak and fastidious.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Senator Lodges Son Dead

Tuckernuck Island, Massachusetts.
George Cabot Lodge, son of United
States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
and pricate secretary to his father,
died suddenly from heart failure. sup.
erinduced by an acute attack of indi-
gestion. Mr.. Lodge was 35 years old
and graduate of Harvard. A widow
and three children survive him.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26

Sioux Falls-A despatch received
Saturday afternoon from Omaha con-
veys the information that Walter T
Hayes and Paul Gardner OF Chicago,
defeated Ray Branson Of Mitchell and
John Barton of Sioux Falls In the
finals for the doubles championships
of the middle west
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Army Dislike War Ministers.

Copenhagea.-The army is angry
over the appointment Of J. c. Christ
ensen as minister of war and marine
in the new Danish cabinet which has
just been formed.
Christensen was premier last fall
at the time that charges of corruption
were laid against Minister of Justice
Albertf and the premier was held re-
sponsible for that scandal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
Justice Tempered With Mercy.

Judge Ito prisoner)-We are now
going to read to you list OF your
former convictions.
Prisoner - In that case, perhaps
your lordship will allow me to sit
down.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
HEAD OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Mrs. Ella r. Young Appointed superin-
tendent - Achieves Career as
Author and Educator.

Chicago.-Mrs Ella Flagg Young,
the new superintendent of schools Of
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17

VIII have some guarantee that the
man he engages to manage his busi-
ness is qualified for the work. This
should be worth something, and he
should be willing to pay a little for
he sense of security which the GER
tif cate system will give him. There is
this to be said, however No maker,
however well qualified he may be,
0hould be expected to make a first
class article of cheese or butter out
Of bad milk or cream, or in a building
that is unsanitary or has not the prop
er equipment. Given good milk or
cream and proper sanitary conditions
and equipment, an employer has the
right to expect that maker who can
qua'ify for a certificate under this
new legis alton will be able to turn
out a first-class finished product at all
times. If this new legis' alton will
not do tits then it would better not
be put in force.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
CHEESE AND BUTTER.
Managers of Factories and Cream
cries in Ontario Must Be
Licensed.

At the end of 1910 no person will
be allowed to act as manager of a
cheese factory or creamery in Ontario
unless he possess a certificate OF
qualification from a dairy school, or
secures a special permit from the de
partment of agriculture. A bill GOV
ering this will become law at the Sos
sion of the Ontario legislature. The
effect of such legislation if properly
worked out and enforced should be
greatly to enhance the value of the
cheese and butter makers profession,
and raise the standard of wages, says
the Rural New Yorker The man who
can qualify will be all right and will
welcome this legislation. The other
man. who manages, by undertaking
competent men, to get job as man
ager, will be down and out And so
he should be- if he cannot turn out
the kind of goods the critical market
of to-day demands. This certificate
plan, though it may increase the cost
of making somewhat, should be of ad-
vantage to the employer also. He
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
Notes for the Farmer.

Good grooming is as essential to
the health of horses as judicious feed
ing and wa ering All animals require
a variety of food, and this should be
considered in the ration of working
horses
Experiments at the Kansas and In
diana stations show thxt the continued
e9eding of moldy corn to horses
causes nervous and intestinal trou-
bles of a serious nature
If you want to discover the weak
Doints of a horse, AXE him and ex
anime him while at rest. They show
up better than while the animal is il
acton.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
A PLAN FOR SILO.
instructions Given to Construct Feed
ing Place for a Small
Herd.

A good plan for the erection of :
New Yorker Nine feet is sufficient
for the diameter. 1t would hardly
practical to build it much smaller
and Cne that size would cost rrcrOr-
t:onate.y more than of greater diane
ter. The frame in which to run th
ccnr etc wou.d cost at least as muca
as the material. While iron could be
rsed as sugg2 2sted. it would be sti.l
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
SAYS THE OWL.

Nature is too busy to turn out hand
some men.
It's easy for a sharp man to make
tool of dull one
1t sometimes happens that a distant
relation is too close.
Men fight with their fists; women
fight with their tears.
There is nothing like a good busi-
ness plant for raising money.
A mans idea of values depends on
whether he wants to buy or sell
It's easy for a mans wife to dress
well if his creditors can afford it.
man talks about love as though
he felt ashamed of the conversation
Women like to talk of the days
they were single and had a good tine
Every man likes to hear a wise
woman talk-because she always talks
to him about himself.
Not until the undertaken gets busy
popular with his relations.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
? an for Circular Si.o.

more expensive The frame must be
we'll braced to prevent sagging, an
the walls getting out of plumb. L
would be cheaper to use the ce nent
b Ocks One foot is thick enough fcr
the walls if reinforced with wire. A
wire should be run spirally a foot
apart around silo. Where doors are to
be, faste1 wire to sons set in do +
frame, with a head, set in the sid
of door space. Use one part cement
to IL sand and 21a broken stono
Mix thoroughly before wetting. If you
are unfamiliar with the use of &C
ment, it will be unwise to attempt
such a structure without the help of a
skilled mason.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES.

All the old cats were kittens once
A mint julep isn't ceally so cool, but
it looks shady
The man behind the gun is the
man who wins life's battles.
Don't do it to-day. 1t may be the
wrong thing to do at any time.
Given the duke. any girl Will fur
n.sh the kind heart that is more than
coronets.
The modern heaven is not reached
in single bound. but by a moving
sta COS The other place by chute
Smart Set.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
Feed Cows as Individuals.

70 feed economically, COWS should
re fed as individuals, not as a herd.
trst fiud out which are the poores
VS. and get rid of them one at a
lime.
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17
A Special Message e of tn {
attest Importance

AS you appear you are, the ~
world believes you be Discriminate
in dress, eliminate the "ifs," "and,"
and "buts" of style, fit and quality by
making your selection of a HART
SCFAFFNER & MARX suit and
you will be rated generously.
There is lot of Satisfaction in that
This that you shall receive
everything in quality material, style
and workmanship that you expected,
which you ought to have and to which
you entitled.
Babbitt Brothers Mercantile Co.
Gents Furnishing Dept Arthur c. Smith
The Winslow mail., 1909-07-17

Nature is too busy to turn out hand
some men.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

A systematized effort is to be made
for the Capitalization of the many
channels Of relief through which
funds for the succor of the hungry
and homeless Of Sicily and Calabria
are now being collected.
It is now aimed to make the Ameri-
can Red Cross society the medium for
Transmission to the italian Red Cross
society Of all money collected in tho
United States.
Already the society has cabled s1o,-
600, which was dispatched on Tues
day. In addition the executive commit
tee Of the national society has arrang-
ed to remit Immediately to the Italian
He'd Cross the sum of $4,000. The
Christian Herald advanced $4,000 on
a fund which it purposes to raise
shortly by contributions from its read
ers and cabled the sum over to the
Italian Red Cross society direct.
Another remittance sent by cable
last night was $4,000. contributed by
the Italian newspaper. II Progresso.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
SEINE I'M STEF:zA7I-ACofTI.
from Toulon to Messina, which is hail.
ed as token of love from a sister

from Toulon to Messina, which is hail
ed as token Of love from a sister
race.
The minister Of marine last night re-
ceived word that the steamships Taor.
nina and Campania, laden with $4,000
beds and a large supply Of provisions,
had left Genoa bound for Messina,
Other steamers also beautifully stock.
ed are on their way to the stricken
cities from various ports.
Half Clad and Starving.
The dispatches from the stricken
zone say that large army would be
required to cope with even the press.
ing needs Of the unfortunate people.
who are roaming about half clad and
starved, some Of them dragging arti.
cles of clothing from the smolderins
ruins to protect themselves from the
piercing winds. Terrible suffering is
inevitable before the much-needed re.
lief stores can arrive.
The rescue parties, military, naval
and civil, Of different nationahties are
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
news OF THE week IN tPIT0Mt
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
WASHINGTON.

The resignation Of Lloyd c. Girls
com, ambassador to Italy, reported in
an Associated Press dispatch from
Rome, was authoritatively confirmed
BY the state department. Ambassador
Griscom's resignation takes effect
March 4.
Beekman Winthrop of New York.
present assistant secretary Of the
treasury, announced that he had &C.
cepted the post of first assistant sec
yetary Of state offered him by Presi-
dent-elect Taft. Ee will replace AS
sistant Secretary Bacon.
In the historic east room OF tho
White House, beautifully decorated for
the occasion. President Roosevelts
youngest daughter. Ethel. last We '!s
made her formal bow to society. Pre-
eeding the dancing in the east roo!l.
which began at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Roos"'
velt and Miss Roosevelt received tie
invited guests in the blue room.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
SINS AND SINNERS.

One negro was killed and two Others
fatally wounded during a fight in the
negro coach Of an excursion train at
Fort Smith, Ark.
Irwin Cooper. a barkeeper, and Will.
liam Arnold. Jr., killed each other in
9 pistol duel in saloon at Ponchatou.
Ia, La, as the result Of a quarrel.
J. w. Glenn. forty years old, son OF
Col. Myer L. Glenn. mayor of wauke.
sha, Wis, committed suicide by hang.
ing at Seattle. Wash. Two months ago
he attempted to kill himself with car.
bolic acid. following which a lunacy
commission declared him sane.
Employees Of the Southwestern rail.
way found eleven Chinese in a box
car at Duran, N. NJ. The aliens were
taken into custody. The Chinese were
plentifully supplied with water and
provisions and had been seated In q
car billed from Redlands, Cal, to Chi.
eago.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
WATER eoILs IN MIDocEAn.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. "a volcano a
sea and field of boiling water OF
the coast Of Georgia are among the
phenomena which British officers
have reported to the photographic Of
flee here.
While the British steamer Baltic
was headed toward this coast on Dec.
13. in latitude 51:14 and longitude q.
First Officer Landrnary observed what
he reported as an eruption arpar>
emily twenty miles distant to the
westward. resembling a volcanic az.
ton" The weird disturbance lasted
but few seconds.
The British steamship Lord Duffer
in on Dec. IS. passed an area Of boil
ing water less than 200 miles of the
Southern coast, according to the can
tain's report.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Daniel Freeman, the first man TO
make an entry under the homestead
LAW which was passed forty years
Neb.
Anthony Roose, prominent pic.
neer merchant and capitalist Of San
Francisco. died after a protracted i'll
ness following an operation for can
Ger.
Admiral w. L. Caps, chief con.
structor United States navy, has been
designated by the president to be act
ing chief Of the bureau of steam engt
ueering.
P. Laurence Lee, an actor and au.
thor Of several melodramas, died in
Chicago after an illness which he con.
tracted while playing with company
which was touring through the Middle
West.
Willard stearns, at one time candi.
date for governor of Michigan on the
Democratic ticket, many years editor
of the Adrian Press and one of the
most widely known Democrats In
Michigan, is dead.
BY decd Of trust filed at Los An.
geles. Nat Goodwin has conveyed to
e. D. Dudley, mayor of Ocean Park.
property to the value Of 1921 900, ia
be held in trust for Edna Goodrich, in
accordance with an ante-nuptial agree.
ment.
Maj. Isaac w. Maclay, a retired
army officer, who helped to carry
President Lincoln from Ford's theater
In Washington after the president had
been shot by John Wilkes Booth, on
the night of April IA. 1865, died at his
home In Yonkers, N. Y.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

inals have been arrested by the troops
and are under close guard. Great re-
lief was felt here when the announce
ment was made that the Lipari isl
aads, which were reported to have
disappeared with their population Of
$4,000, suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake. Public opinion
is seriously concerned with regard to
the safety Of the king and queen and
the possible danger from tottering
walls.
Queen Refuses to Leave.
The king frequently has tried to
persuade the queen to rest or return
to Rome, but she always refused, de-
claring that it would break her heart
to abandon her husband in his labsrs
for the country.i its anguish.
New Years day in Italy is usually
the occasion of festivities and re.
joicing as widespread as on Christ.
mas, but these ceremonies and the
festival spirit were wanting yestel.
day. Instead Of rejoicings. Rome is
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07

accomplished BY the fta1fap, Russian
and English bluejackets, who saved
many persons who otherwise would
have inevitably persisted.
Queen Visits Wounded.
The queen spent the day in the
wards Of improvised hospitals. VISIT
ing the wounded. many Of whom lost
lost all that was dear to them. Her
majesty did her best to cheer them
with womanly words Of consolation.
often breaking into sobs as she lis.
tened to their dreadful tales of suffer-
ing. The king left for Reggie last
night.
Catania, the largest city nearest to
the zone Of the disaster, is crowded
with refugees, and the continuous
stream of fugitives coming in, the
sight of the wounded and repetition of
real or imaginary earthquakes have
SO alarmed the population that they
are cecoming uncomfortable. There
is no longer any place where the refu-
gees may find shelter.
American Consul Dead.
The government is finding difficulty
in ascertaining the fate Of the many
foreigners who were in the earthquake
zone at the time of the catastrophe,
inquiries concerning whom are coming
from all quarters Of the globe. The
commander Of the battleship Admiral
Kharoff, which arrived with fugitives
at Naples yesterday, confirms the re-
port Of the death of the American con-
sui at Messina, Arthur 8. Cheney, and
his wife, who were buried in the ruins
of the consulate. The number Of
Americans in Sicily and Southern
Italy is believed to be small, and sew
eral Of them are reported to have
been staying at Taermina, which is
on the east coast, about thirty miles
southwest Of Messina. According to
the latest reports this place suffered
no harm from the earthquake.
Frances Token Of Love.
All the sovereigns and the heads of
states of the foreign governments
have sent expressions Of warnest sym.
patty and deepest coincidence.
Frances message was especially warm
and she is dispatching five warships
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-07
NEW SHOCKS ALARM SURVIVORS
Complies Ruin of crumbiins Build
lnns In Southern italy and Sicily.

Complete Ruin q crumbIine Build
inas In Southern italy and Sicily.
Rome. Jan. 8. - Although graphic
stories are coming into Rene Of the
horrors in Southern italy and Sicily.
those are but repetitions of indi-
vidual tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made toward the relief
Of those who have suffered by the
dreadful visitation. Considerable ad.
vance in this respect has been made
at Messina, where, according to off,
cial reports received here, the supply
service is beginning to work satisfac-
torily. The different regions on the
coast have been allotted to various
warships and other ships as centers
from which torpedo boats and launch
es convey and distribute ratiens and
water to the different villages.
More Shocks Felt.
The minister of justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Goilitti that
UOO4CS VI IlOOp6 nave 4ITlV0O
and are now occupying all parts Of
the town. The appalling extent Of the
disaster renders anything like a sys-
tematic search of the ruins impossi-
BILE, but persons are being dragged
out all day long and are quickly trans
ported to the relief ships as soon as
their wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone yesterday, complet-
ing the ruin Of the crumbling build
ings. Those shocks are contributing
to the keeping up of the alarm Of the
population. Fires are still burning,
although much rain has fallen. The
latest investigations on both sides of
the straits make it certain that many
more than half the population Of
the coast towns and villages have
been killed.
Mere Than 100000 Dead.
Prof. Rico, director Of the observa-
tory at Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims of the earthquake exceed
100000. Hundreds of dangerous GRIM