davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18

1t is told of an English woman who
lived to be nearly 100, to illustrate that
frequent eating is not necessarily fatal
that she ate throughout her life "a dew bit
and breakfast, stay bit and dinner, a
nommet and erummet and bit after sup
per- as she herself would phrase it,.
Here are eight meals day listed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18
She Endorsed 1t.

~ want to get this check cashed," said
the fair young matron, appearing at the
window of the paying teller.
"Yes, madam. You must endorse it,
though" explained the teller.
''Why, my husband sent it to me. lie
is away on business" she said.
''Yes madam, Just endorse it-sign i,
on the back so we will know and your
husband will know we paid it to YOU"
She went to the desk against the wal
and in few moments presented the CHECK
triumphantly, having written on its back
"Your loving wife, Edith"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18
KITrERY 70 C4AItll3OU /.

The stock eaa fixtures OF the Novelty
Clock store, Lewiston, in the Sands buiid-
ing, were almost totally destroyed bya
fire Friday. The stock was valued ct ~
600, with insurance of $4,000. The DAM
age to the building and other stores ~
small.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18

DR.. Daniels Horse Renovator-for
your horse Makes Blood-gives vim,
strength and health.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18

People with chronic bronchitis, asthma and
lung trou BILE, will find great relief and com,
fort in Foley's Honey and Tar, and can avoio
G. A. A9cHRR.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18

'Advice," said Uncle Eben, sis sumpin'
like singin'. You either gets it free till
you's tired O. listenin', or else it's so ex-
pensive you can't afford sca'sely any,"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18
A Reliable
Remedy
Eiy's Cream! Balm
is quickly absorbed.

is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-18
CATARRh

Taste and Smell. Full size 30 Cts, at Drug
gists or by mail. In liqui form, rs cents.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Boat capsized; Five Drown.

Wolfville, ~ s., Oct. 5.-Five per-
sons of party of seven lost their lives
by the capsizing of boat in Minas
Basin. The victims are Robert Martin,
aged fifty years; Mrs. Robert Martin,
aged forty-four years; Percy Martin,
aged fourteen years; Hattie Martin.
aged fifteen years, and Gertrude Stiv-
ers. aged three years. The party, in an
ordinary sailboat had been on an ex-
cursion to Boutisland, and when re
turning squall struck the boat and
capsized 1t.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
What We Owe to the
Brave Navigator Who
Discovered America.
The States Which Will
Observe His Day This
Year & 81 *
BY JAMES A. EDeERToN.

sfT< HERE is move for new hol-
iday. In some states ii is estab-
lished already, and If the Ital-
Tan societies and Knights Of
Tolumbus have their way IL will be le-
Eaiized throughout the nation. It is an
observance in which all of us should
be interested. for what could q country
do without being discovered? And
where would be be. pray. If a certain
Genoese navigator had not happened
on America by mistake when he was
looking for something else? There is
no use trying to conceal the fact long
er-the holiday to be established Is Co
lumbus day, the immortal and fortu-
nate 18th of October, when he grabbed
this hemisphere out of the unknown.
There are many grouches among us
who think we have enough holidays
already. Employers, for example, will
not wildly welcome another day OF
rest when we have so many on the
calendar. But the laboring man will
have no kick coming. and as most OF
us work for wage we can outvote
the bosses If 1t comes to pinch. We
hardly ever do it. being contented to
vote against each other, but we have
the numbers and may learn to use
them. Besides, the employers should
reflect on what might have happened
to them If Columbus had given up or
had decided to discover the north pole
instead of the land OF the free and the
home Of the brave. They might have
been serfs in Europe, or their parents
might have neglected to get married,
and then where would they have been
If America had not been discovered.
how many of us might have lost out
on being born at all! Even If we had
managed to wiggle into existence back
in County Glare or Yorkshire or West
phalia we probably would have had
little liberty, less money and no fun
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Celebration of Columbus Day
Reasons For Establish
ing a Holiday to Cele-
brate the Exploit of
One Who Aimed at a
Little Goal and Reach
ed a Big One 81 81

sticking point II is bound to come.
Not only are the Italian Americans for
it. but so are all Of us who are proper
ly grateful for our discovery. 1t Is
time we were showing some gratitude
to the great Christopher, for he got lit
tie enough Of 1t In his own life. His
king, who like some other kings could
not bear to see too much glory be
slowed on a subject, put Columbus In
chains, and, while the indignant popu-
lace forced him to remove the shackles
he never did restore the greatest OF
the discoveries to his rightful station
The white headed sailor who had add
ed a new world to the map died at last
broken not only by his labors and
hardships, but by the meanness or
tribe of little courtiers and by the in
justice of his sovereign. But they gave
him grand funeral
The Morse DISCOVERIES.
The meanness has pursued him to
this day. There are those who say
that he was not the first TO find Amer
lea, the Morse having discovered 1t
hundreds Of years earlier. Possibly
they did, but IL so they kept the fact
religiously to themselves. or If they
impaired the news the small part OF
the world that knew 1t got busy for
getting the fact long before the days
Of Columbus. He never had heard OF
n new land across the sea. He was
hunting for India and died supposing
he had found it. He did not know
that he had started new era in the
history of the human race. He had
aimed at a little goal and reached a
big one. He was the unconscious
builder of a multitude Of nations, the
unwilling forerunner of the coming
race The divinity that shaped his
ends used him for nobler purposes
than he had dreamed or than any man
could have dreamed in his day. That
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Fined $1,000 For Selling Liquor.

Danville, KY, Oct. 5.-Colonel E. w.
Lillard, representative of this (Boyle)
county in the Kentucky legislature,
was fined $4,000 in the police court in
this city on forty-ive warrants charg-
ing him with the Illegal sale of liquor.
Colonel Lillard, who has been pro
prietor of drug store for many years,
was allowed to pay $500 in full salts
faction of judgment under the condi-
ton that his store be closed perma-
nently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Why Columbus Deserves Honor.

OF course Columbus did not know
that he had bumped into America, but
he was the cause of us knowing It,
which is more TO the point The fact
that he died in ignorance of just how
big a thing he had delivered to pos
terity should cause us to try all the
harder to make it up to him. He
could not foresee Tammany Hall, DR..
Cook, President Taft and the star
spangled banner Think of what he
missed! lie had rather tough time
Of 1t when alive. had Columbus, and,
as is the case with most OF the help
ers of the race. the best the world can
do for him is to name towns. babies
and holidays for him and write books
about him after he is dead. That is
a thin sort of compensation, but is the
most substantial we can give. Poor
old Columbus was called crazy in his
day by men who had so much second
hand learning they had no brain space
for original thought He had commit
ted the objectionable sin of being born
poor, and that peeved a lot of people
who were spending the money that
others earned. Columbus had to go
mround nearly twenty years before he
you'd find anybody big enough to see
the bigness of his dream. 1t was
woman that finally gave him the
chance TO make good. She sold her
Jewels to help him and with them
bought the love and gratitude of all
after times.
When Columbus first got acquainted
with the West Indies on that Oct. IL
ait years ago it was lucky meeting
lucky for him because it broke up a
mutiny of his crew and lucky for us
because of reasons-well, why try to
recount all of them? That is the day
we celebrate or are going to celebrate
as soon as all the state legislatures
can get around TO the matter of fixing
up a holiday for the purpose. New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Con
necticut, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri
Montana, California and Michigan have
already taken the joyous step, and 9TH
ers will follow as soon as they get
their patriotism screwed mp to the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Mother and Two Children Perish.

Settler, Alberta, Oct 5.-The wife
of farmer named Grover living near
Leo and their two children lost their
lives in a prairie fire near here. The
mother saw the fire approaching and
set out to a neighbours with the two
children, but was overtaken by the fire
before reaching there.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
KNOCKED SENSELESS IN CAB
Engineer on Locomotive Struck by q
Flying Stone.

Railway, n. j.. Oct. 5.--A stone pick
ed up by the locomotive knocked Engi-
neer William Cooper senseless in his
cab, and the Philadelphia express he
was guiding ran at full speed for sew
eral miles before the fireman noticed
that there was no one at the throttle,
and, climbing into the other side of the
cab, he found Cooper bleeding and
senseless on the floor. The engineer
was struck by the flying stone as he
leaned from the window. The fireman
ran the train to Railway, where an
other engineer was obtained to run
the train to Philadelphia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
BANDITS HANG UP WOMAN
Suspended Two Hours With Toes Just
Touching Floor.

Lansing, Mich, Oct. 5.-Mrs. w. B.
Scott, wife of a baker of this city,
was found in the woodshed of her
homo gagged and suspended by the
wrists from the rafters, so that her
toes just touched the floor. The woman
had been hung there by two masked
men and had been tied up for more
than two hours when her husband and
a neighbor found her. Her assailants
searched the house for money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
FOUR DEAD IN PRAIRIE FIRE
Property Valued at 100000 Destroy
ed In Alberta.

Winnipeg, Oct. 5.-Hans Yagerson
was burned to death, his niece, Mary
Segelstad, is dying in the hospital at
Calgary and property said to be val
ued at s2,0O0,O00 has been destroyed
by the prairie fire which swept the
Hutton-AIberta district last week The
fire is still burning fiercely.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
TAFT PLANNING
TRIP To PANAMA
May Also Visit Alaska Next
Summer.
HE WANTS INFORMATION

President Declares That No Church
That breaches Doctrine of True Re
Iision viii Lack His Support to
Make It More influential.
Portland, Ore, Oct 4. - President
Taft on Sunday preached another ser
mon. The scene changed from the
Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake City
a week ago to the cornerstone laying
of the First Universalist church in
East Portland
The president handled the silver
trowel and worked hard to see that
the stone was properly adjusted. His
apparent earnestness in setting the
stone called out great applause from
the open air audience.
The president referred to his vsri-
Gus church experiences, and in con-
Guiding said
mo church in this country, however
humble it may be, that breaches the
doctrine of true religion and true NOR.
ality will lack my earnest support to
make it more influential whenever op-
portunity Offers
The presidents train later left for
Sacramento, Cal.
Mr.. Taft had a truly religious day,
which began when he attended the
morning services at the First Unitar-
ian church In Portland and listened to
a sermon by Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr. Fol
lowing this service the president was
the guest of honor at a luncheon ten
dered by Senator Bourne and which
included the various state and city Of
fcials.
In the early afternoon the president
visited St. Mary's Roman Catholic
school and made five minute address
to the school children, in which he de-
clared that loyalty to the church
meant fidelity to country.
The line of march followed by the
presidential party to East Portland
was crowded and there was handicap
ping and cheering all along the way.
After the president had been intro
duced at the cornerstone laying by
Rev. James Corby, pastor of the
NC
II don't know that any one ques-
lions the propriety of my being here
and officiating on such an occasion as
this or that an explanation of any sort
is called for. But | want to say that
believe it to be the duty of the presi-
dent of these United States to welcome
and to suggest every instrument by
which the morals and religion of the
community may be elevated and main
tanned. Not long ago I OBLIGATED at
the cornerstone laying of an Orthodox
Congregational church In Washington.
Then / appeared in the pulpit of a
Jewish tabernacle at Pittsburg. But
few days ago | helped to lay the cor
nerstone of a Catholic institution at
Helena Mont
"And now it Is my great pleasure to
assist here in laying the cornerstone
of this Uniyersalist church, which, like
my own, the Unitarian church, is
known as a liberal one
81 am glad always to be present at
such occasions as these, for | believe
the cornerstone of modern civilization
must continue to be religion and NOR
atty"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Cook Agrees to Submit Records
to American Scientists.
HIS COURTESY TO DANES
Will Ask University of Copenhagen TO
Waive Claim of Priority-Was Guest
of National Press Club After Lee
ture In Washington.

Washington, Oct. 4.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, announc-
ed shortly after his arrival from New
York to deliver his lecture, that he
will acquiesee in the proposition that
the University of Copenhagen be ask
ed to waive its claim TO prior ex-
animation of his records, in order that
American geographic societies and
other scientific bodies in this country
may be enabled to review his data He
said he would be satisfied to have the
decisions of all these tribunals an
nounced simultaneously.
DR.. Cook was Justify cheered as he
passed through the streets, and when
he arrived at the hotel he received a
cordial greeting from the crowd that
had gathered there.
Every available seat was occupied
and standing capacity was taxed when
DR.. Cook began his lecture
Dr. Cooks lecture, which occupied
about an hour in delivery, was fire.
quently interrupted by cheering. He
deviated but slightly from his previous
utterances in describing his dash to
the pole, and sought to conf1ne him
self more to his travels and expert
ances than to a discussion of criti-
cisms aimed at him.
At the close of the lecture DR.. Cook
was the guest of the National Press
club during the remainder of the even
ing He met personally the newspaper
men of Washington and scores of 9th
ers prominent in the official life of the
capitol. He was presented by William
p. Spurgeon president of the club, and
responded briefly to assure the writers
that while he was fully conscious of
the manner in which they had bonn
barded him since he landed in Copen-
hagen a month ago, that he was also
alive to the fact that they were in
debted to him as the means of filling
newspaper space during a dull season.
Dr. Cook entered enthusiastically
into the good fellowship of the occa-
sion and appeared to enjoy the pro
gram which had been arranged in his
honor This included several Eskimo
songs by the clubs talent. Among the
guests of the evening were Represen-
tative Roberts, of Massachusetts;
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Reynolds; Secretary Moseley, of the
interstate commerce commission; Di-
rector John Barrett. of the bureau of
American republics, and DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, the governments pure food
expert
When DR.. Cook was introduced to
DR. Wiley, the latter at once began to
ply the explorer with questions.
Now | want you to tell me what
'pemmican' is" demanded DR.. Wiley,
who appeared more interested in what
the explorer had to eat on his polar
dash than in the discovery Of the pole.
DR.. Cook explained that 'pemmican
consisted of strips of meat without
the fat. dried in the sun and pounded
together with melted fat and often
dried vegetables. DR.. Wiley shook his
head and said: We'll, if that's the
case, | guess well have to push the
prosecutions under the food law to the
North Pole"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09

Pope Much Better; Resume Audiences
Rome, Oct. 5.-The pope is much
better. He has resumed his audiences.
Fer several days he has had pain on !
swelling in the leg, which indicated a
recurrence of the govt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Fined 500 For KILLING Rabbit.

Media, Pa, Oct 5.-Giovanni Mas
tropalch was committed to Media jail
in default OF 500 fines by Alderman
Stockman, $40 of which was for killing
one rabbit and three robins at Brandy
wine Summit.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09

worth mentioning. The more we think
of it the rore we grow appalled, at
the size OF the debt we owe this man
Columbus. and any one mean enough
TO hegrudge one day n year in his
honor ought to be lost and never dis
covered ut IL
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
The Knights Of Columbus.


The history Of the establishment of
Columbus day is briefly as follows:
For many years the Knights of Column
bus and the Italian societies have cele-
brated what was at first called dis
covery day on the 18th of October.
In the city of New York a yearly meet
ing has been held in Carnegie hall In
celebration of the event addressed by
some speaker of national prominence.
This year Governor Hughes win be
the speaker. The governors connec-
ton with the day has been somewhat
peculiar. The first bill passed by the
New York legislature making Oct. IL
a legal holiday he vetoed, alleging GER
tain defects. Such q protest went up
that he promised to sign a bill cor
recting these defects If passed by the
next legislature. a promise that he
kept in affixing his signature to the
law enacted this year
In addition to the Carnegie hall
meeting a great banquet will be held
in the Hotel Aston on the night of
Oct. II at which there will be 1000 In
vited guests. Elaborate ceremonies
will also be held in Connecticut, where
the knights of Columbus have their
national headquarters; in New Jersey
and elsewhere throughout the country
Or. j. G. Coyle of New York, who is
said to know more about Columbus
day than any other New Yorker as
sured me that he believed this holt
day would grow in popularity more
rapidly than did Labor day. In addi-
ton to the states that have already
adopted II, he stated that a half dozen
more are on the eve of doing so, among
which he mentioned Ohio, North and
South Dakota and Louisiana. The
first official recognition OF the day, ac-
cording TO Or. Coyle came from Colo
RADIO when Governor Alva Adams
called for its observance in a procla-
nation. This was followed three
years ago by Mayor Dunno of Chicago
Now the observance of the holiday is
swiftly spreading throughout the land
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09

looking for the Indies and found many
Indies rolled into one. He sought the
seat of a past civilization and discov.
cred the seat Of the civilization Of the
future. He was hunting rabbits and
bagged an elephant.
Columbus is not the only discoverer
whose title has been questioned. The
historical iconoclast is out with his
hammer, and the voice of the knocker
is heard in our land. They even say
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare and that
Thomas Paine was the author Of the
Declaration of Independence. AS for
men who have invented and discovered
things, they seem to travel in pairs
sort of scientific twins, as 1t were.
There have been Cooks and Pearys all
through history. 1t Is claimed that
Hudson was not the first to find the
Hudson river; that Fulton had pred
ecessor in the invention Of the steam
boat: that another man had a working
telegraph before Morse got to it; that
Elisha Gray and not Professor Bell
was the real inventor of the telephone
AIu 80 II EDtSs lphl CNEh II (OiulADbS
was not the first to find America the
land stayed discovered after he did
find it. That is the great point. The
man that does the thing and makes 1t
stick is the one that gets the bay
leaves It pays to advertise. Column
bus was not only there In the line OF
discovery, but also in that of public
ity. He let all Europe know about it.
He made discovering America fashion
able. AS soon as the other navigators
heard of his find they ran for 1t like
bunch OF miners to q new strike. Ey-
cry man who could get together two
or three ships was soon blowing the
waves to the west. All of them were
hunting for gold or fountains of youth
or a new kind of Ell Dorado, but found
something better They started man
to a new home. where he could spread
himself and be somebody. They sought
n few yellow stones and gave the
world the temple Of democracy and
new age. This epoch should be called
the Columbian. for he was its founder.
He is entitled not only to have a day
named for him. but many centuries.
Measured by results, he is the king of
discoveries.
From Italy to America. from the
Rome of the first century to the Rome
of the twentieth. this is the road Co
lumbus found He led the way from
the land of Scipio and Caesar to that
of Washington and Lincoln.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-09
Among the Sick.

Mrs. Jerry Bradshaw, Of strine ave
nue., is quite i'll.