davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09
yennss Tournament and Dance at Coun- 4pw Crmh

The Mobile Chapter, D, A. R.. held q nost interesting meeting this after noon at ( o'clock at the Battle House. There was a large attendance present who were greatly interested in the re- port given by Mrs. Rhett Goode of the eighteenth Congres of D. A. R.'s In Washington. The rest of the meeting was given up to the selection of offi- rers for the ensuing year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09

Mrs. B. O. FowIkes entertained in- formally but very charmingly at luncheon on Wednesday of this week in compliment to Miss Ullrich. of Chi- ca.go. who is here on visit to her sister, Mrs YBestor Robertson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09

2I4b. Adv.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

which she was complimented heartily
by Isidor Strauss, president of the Edu-
cational alliance. Her essay entitled
America" is as follows:
America! How beautiful this name
used to sound to me when 1 was in
Russia, at the time of the revolution,
at the time when so many people gave
up their lives in the fight for the rights
of mankind, at the time when you
could seldom see happy, smiling faces.
"At that time l began to dream about
America. l thought of it day and night.
Even in my sleep l saw this wonder
full country.
"A long time has passed since then.
Now / am here in this bright land of
day. The more 1 think of America now
the more l see that what l dreamed
before was true.
America is a wonderful country-a
country where the bells of freedom and
liberty were first heard by the people,
a country where every person enjoys
his freedom and Opportunities-in short,
a country where every man in the
world can find his fortune.
How little many people born in
America seem to appreciate their faith
erland! Very little they know about
other countries, from where their an
cestors came and where they strug-
gled so much. But this fact we cannot
assert about immigrants. No matter
how long they will be in the land of
freedom they will always appreciate it,
because they can never forget the
grievances ;@d sorrows which made
them come to America.
such people do not remain foreign
ers They try to make this country
their fatherland and help to maintain
its greatness among the civilized ma
tions in the world. d.''-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

II TITLE Edna was a cripple.
All day long she sat alone
- while Mrs. Grant, the lady
she lived with, was out working.
Many people would pity her,
but Edna thought herself lucky,
for did she not have the Dream
Lady?
When the pain in her back
was unusually bad, the beautiful
Dream Lady would come and
take her away to the land of
dreams. There she would see her
dear little baby sister, who died
so many years ago. The dear
mother, whom she could remem-
Der distinctly, was not there.
ooh, dear Dream Ladyp Edna
would cry. "Show me your face"
But the sweet lady in gray al
ways shook her head. Once a
beautiful lady came to the tene-
ment where Edna lived. She was
interested in the poor little girl
and came again and again.
This Is the first part of a story writ
ten by Ruth Ashby, aged IA years, OF
Evanston, Ill. Junior writers are asked
to continue this story, telling about the
adventures of the little crippled Edna
and her wonderful Dream Lady" Tell
what the visitor did for the child, and
how the dreams" were finally reward
ed.
One prize, book, will be given in
this contest this week for the best COM
pleted story.
Write from $50 to 250 words, on one
side of the paper, leaving margins at
the top and side of each page. Address
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, and
be sure that it reaches this Office not
later than Thursday, July 20, for pub
lication August 8.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
FRIEND OF BABIES

TT is not surprising that the people
of France are erecting a stately
Il monument to DR.. Pierre Budin.
No man, warrior, statesman, poet or
priest ever lived who deserved one
more. For DR.. Budin was a savior of
babies. 1t was he who originated the
movement now spread throughout
France of teaching mothers how to
care for their infants. Thousands of
the future sturdy sons and daughters
of that republic will owe their very
lives to this modest physician who
wrought great work and died in the
doing of it.
A nations best resources is its boys
and girls, the men and women of to-
morrow. The last few decades has
seen a remarkable awakening to the
importance of caring for infant life,
the needlessness of. the heavy sacrifice
of thousands of babies annually. In
France the movement is indissolubly
connected with the name of Budin.-
Cleveland Plaindealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
PATRIOTISM

PAULINE GARB is a 15-year-old
girl who came to New York from
n Russia nine months ago. In this
short time she has managed not only
to learn good English, but has shown
keen appreciation of the freedom en-
joyed in this country as compared with
Russian tyranny. Little Pauline has
been going to the Baron de Hirsch
school, in New York city, and a few
days ago she won a So prize for an
essay competed for by 700 pupils. for
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
CITY PRIZE WINNERS

! The Junior boys and girls who !
:. live in Los Angeles are to call at !
!. this office for their prizes in the !
I. future, either on Monday or Sat !
i urday, and not later than two !
!. weeks after the prize is awarded. \
! Honorable mentions must be !
4 presented personally and the prize i
\ takl home. !
i This applies only to boys and i
! girls who live within the city of !
!. Los Angeles. Other prize winners !
\ will receive their checks and books +
+ by mail as usual. !
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

CLSIE and Dorothy Blake
n had lived all their lives in
L an inland city. They had
gone to school and in their geog-
raphy had learned about the Pa
cifc and Atlantic and other big
oceans, but they had never seen
large body of water Their
father had promised to take
them to Chicago, where they
could see Lake Michigan, but
something had prevented the
trip every time, so finally one
day he came home and said:
well, girls, have decided to
take you to Los Angeles for a
trip, and then you may go to all
the beach towns and see all the
ocean you wish.
The girls were too delighted
for words, and danced about the
house embracing their father and
mother in the happiness they
felt Mr.. Blake was a member
of the Elks' lodge, and he had
heard of the elaborate prepara-
tons the men and women of Los
Angeles were making to enter
tain the visiting Elks during the
convention, and the prospect had
been so attractive that he de-
cided to go with the members
of his local lodge and enjoy some
of the good times which were to
be offered.
When the Blakes reached Los
Angeles, with its gay decorations,
beautifully lighted streets and
music, they realized that they
had done wisely in coming to
this hospitable city, but the girls
did not want to see anything but
the ocean.
Mrs. Blake accordingly de
cided to go to one OF the
beaches and secure accommoda-
tions for the family, that the
girls might indulge their longing
for ocean bathing all they
wished.
Compete this story telling what ad-
ventures the girls had at the beach,
which they found the most delightful,
what their impressions were upon see
ing this great body of water for the
first time and whether or not any caas-
trophies attended their visit. Describe
their efforts at fishing from the pier,
whether they had any boat rides and,
in fact. everything you can tell about
this eventful visit in the lives of these
two little girls and their first visit
to the ocean.
Write from $50 to 300 words, on one
side of the paper, leaving margins at
the top and side of each page. Address
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, and
be sure that 1t reaches this office not
later than Thursday, July 22, for pub
lication August 1.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
THE HERALD JUNIOR
FLORENCE BosARD LAWRENCE. Editor

The Herald Junior is published by the Her
s!d company 70. the children of the south
vest. II Is devoted to their interests. and
Will publish principally their own writings.
Aii children public school age are well
ocme as contributors. The editor wishes to
cLcorrage correspondence and tIsgestions
from teachers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
received The Herald this noon.
Could 1 get it by carrier? 1t comes so
MARY BURNS.
track, Pasadena.
We cannot deliver the paper by car
rier to that address, Mary.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
l wish to thank you for the check
for one dollar which l received as first
prize in the young artists contest.
MARY BISCH.
775 East Seventeenth street.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
| want to thank you for the book
received for the three honorable men,
tions in The Herald Junior contest.
have read part of it and like 1t very
much. MARTIN e. POLLARD.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
l write to thank you very much for
the dollar which l received for the
letter. We are going away next week,
but 1 shall continue to write just
the same. Your niece,
ALTA DUNLAP.
III East Seventeenth street.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 have received the check for the
prize. Accept my thanks Your loving
niece, DORIS WEBB.
S43 Kearney avenue San Diego.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
THE SPRING

The sun shines bright
From morn till night;
The clouds disappear
In the atm osphere.
The stars shine bright
When all is right:
They twinkle all the while.
Which seems to be the style.
The moon shines bright
All night tbs light;
The nightingales sing,
For now tbs spring.
CHARLOTTE LILLIAN MARK
3ernardinO.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
3. P. o. E.

Welcome, B. p. o. p.
We've changed your name here, don't you see
Best People On Earth.
We laud the cause that gave you birth.
Best Place On Earth,
Tc fill your soul with joy and mrth,
You are quite welcome to our town;
Your stay will be Of much renown;
And when you bid us last adieu,
Think of US, and Wen think of you.
BESSIE CHAPMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

and Dorothy Blake
X had lived all their lives in
~ an inland city. They had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

c. A. circles, was an officer of the Amateur Athletic league and the teach CT of a big Bible class at the First Con- gregational church. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

From the washington Herald
 Thirty or more years ago three iaus of eight or nine attended country tair near yineland, N. J. They were Joiy' mischievous youngsters, and after the sights of the fair were taken in' they began teasing the gypsy fortune teiiers who infested the ground. Sung into re- plying gypsy seeress wheeled on the boys and with her arm describing caba- listic signs mathematical them and prophesied:
 .sYou boys will all come to violent or unusual death early in life. I read it in the stars and you will die within two wears of each other"
 The boys laughed and went on their way not at all disturbed by this threat
 They remembered, however, and often toked among themselves about it.
 And yet, 30 years afterward, in Wash inrton. the curse of the gypsy has been finally fulfilled in the sudden death by heart failure of Benjamin F. Barnes, the last of the trio of boys cursed by her. Strangely enough the other two boys. Lieut.. John Crawford of the navy, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

It was a very stormy Congress, owing to the uuarrels between the President and the two houses. and the speaker was a very busy man the closing hours of the last session. When he returned thanks for the accustomed resolutions commenda- tory of his official conduct. 1t was a beautiful speech he made. but it subse- quentiy developed that 1t was verbatim the address Aaron Burr had delivered in the Senate in 1SO5 upon retiring from the vice presidency, and the most stately. as well as the most beautiful address an American presiding officer ever delivered himself of.
 White explained that a friend ore pared his address, and that he was to- tally ignorant of its origin. Neverthe- less he took his own life not long after ward. It is pretty safe to conclude that Kitchener. the grim soldier, is of more callous fiber
 When 1t was found out that John J. In- gals eulogy of Representative Burns of Missouri was taken from the funeral ora ton pronounced by Massillon on that son of France who was the Telemachus of Tenelon's immortal work, the brilliant senator from Kansas said not word but only shrugged his shoulders and twinlzled his eyes.
 It affords food for speculation if Fene- Ions pupil had survived to succeed Louis XIV on the throne of France, and had reigned a score of years. It Is safe to say the crown would have reformed the administration. and its wearer been the king of his people as well as of his nobles. Had that occurred there would have been no revolution, no terror, no em- pire. Mirabeau. Danton and Robespierre would not have been prominent Neither would Napoleon Bonaparte.
 But God doesn't make such folks as they without providing them with job. Hence he took the French Telemachus to Himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

C.. A. circles, was an officer of the Amateur Athletic league, and the teach CT of a big Bible class at the First Con- gregational church.
 But the ambitious lieutenant was not satisfied. He graduated from the Ma tional Law school with highest honors,
 studied French and German to further , perfect himself, and thirsted for the hour when he might exhibit his forensic powers before the bar His ambition
 scared higher still and he saw himself
 settled in some western town, rise to honor and esteem and finally represent his district in House or Senate.
 The lieutenant felt that his election would be a comparatively easy matter, for had he not met men of influence from the west? And. then. his personal friends were from among the highest officials in the country. But he did not feel able to forsake his position, his good govern
 anew. This would entail the sacrifice of the savings of years, and this he was not
 willing to do.
 He grew more and more melancholy
 He speculated in stocks, wrote news
 paper stories on the side-everything to
 try to earn more money. A fatal specu-
 lation involved nearly all his savings. So he calmly and coolly in a manner
 that seems to point to insanity, chose a
 dramatic moment when the international
 conv vsntion of the Y. M c. A. was in
 convention in Washington. November 22, 1907. and after writing letters to his wife
 and Admiral Dewey, took ferry boat to
 Alexandria and when the boat was mid
 way between the shores jumped to his death in the waters of the Potomac. His close friends were loath to believe that he had really made away with him self. They chose rather to think that he had merely thrown false clew out to the world, gone west. and under the gujse of another name, devoted himself to the working out of his destiny as a lawyer, as he had so often planned. The Washington chief of police shared this view, and was quoted as saying he could have him back in town on two days notice, if necessary.
 Two months after the disappearance a negro boy at play in southern Maryland discovered body in the water. It wa drawn out and thrilling inquest, held over the body by the country coroner in the light of the pine torcches disclosed the fact that the corpse was Lieut.. John wesley Crawford Papers and insurance
 receipts found on the body fnllx idsntined
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Appropriated Speeches.

From the Washington Post.
 They are telling a tale on Lord kitch- ener of how his speech. when he bade farewell to India, was practically repetition of the address of Lord Curzon on a similar occasion, two or three years ago, and what would add to the embar- rassment of the circumstances is the notorious fact of the bad understanding between the two when they divided au- thority as rulers of the most popuious and nossibly the most extensive of all the British possessions.
 Something like 1t occurred in our coun- try the first half of the last century. John White. member from Kentucky. was the speaker of the Twenty-seventh Congress He was from the mountain section of the state, proud and sensitive; and got to be speaker because he was the follower and protege or Henry Clay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
GYPSY CURSE VERIFIED
 IN DEATH OF THREE MEN

secretary to Admiral Dewey, and Clar- ence F. Yorke, secretary to Chief Jus tice Fuller, committed suicide within two years of each other, without apparent cause
 It has been two years to the month since Lieutenant Crawford committed sui eide, and now Postmaster Barnes is dead, thus completing the hoodoo circle of the black hand of fate, against which the old gypsy woman warned them.
 A mystic bond held these three men together after school days in Vineland They went to school together, attended the same church, and each came by de- vious ways to Washington, and each be- Crawford to Admiral Dewey, Yorke to Chief Justice Fuller, and Barnes assist ant secretary to President RooseveltS
 When the three lads played together in Vineland 40 years ago, little either of them knew how inseparably their lives would be bound together. They were chums all of an age, in the same classes and belonged to the same gang"
 Clarence E. Yorke was the son of the school teacher, tall, silent lad, even in those early days. Crawford, or Johnnie" 
 constant laugh and unsuitable ambition. He wanted to be a lawyer when he grew up, while Barnes, a dark-eyed, studious younster, went right ahead and got what he wanted and declared his chief ambition that of becoming fireman.
 Soon school days were over and the boys went out into the world to make their way. Yorke came to Washington with his parents and was educated at the iu lou ttrco over, he was offered the place by Chief Justice Fuller of private secretary The chief justice became attached to the young fellow while teaching him law.
 aBrnes learned stenography and drifted to New York, where the civil service and capabiilty got him into government service in the postoffice department An interested official recommended him to President Roosevelt when he was search- ing for an efficient second secretary, and there hs continued with great suocess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

it, and 1t was returned to Washington and buried in suicides row in Arlington cemetery.
 Thus another third of the curse came true. It is said the fatal deaths of his chums induced melancholy to Postmaster Barnes. He became nervous and prob- ably fully believed the ancient curse of the gypsey would soon fall on him. His predecessor as postmaster had died fall ing down an elevator shaft in the post office and Mir. Barnes had his office re- moved from the third to the first floor, and refused absolutely to ride in the elevator.
 But two years after the death of Lieut.. Crawford the curse Is thus strangely and wierdly fulfilled in Barnes sudden death. Who shall say that 1t was not at least wonderful insight into the future that made that gypsy woman know the future fate of the three rollicking schoolboys who mocked her? The mystic circle has done it's work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
SPECIAL RATES
 Via

Mobile, Ala, and Return. .xI1 .OS Tickets on sale November 22 and 2s. good to leave Mobile returning not later than November 30.
 Montgomery, Ala, and return R225 Account state reunion Confederate Vet erans, tickets on sale November 16 and IT, good to leave Montgomery return Ing not later than November 19. Chicago, H., and return S2O 30 Tickets on sale November 15. 20, 2S, 29, 50 and December and 6. good leaving Chicago returning not later than De- cember 12.
 Special HOmeseekers' Rates to points in the west and northwest, tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month. limited to return for 25 days from date of sale
 Winter Tourist Rates to points in the south and southwest. tickets on sale daily until April 80. good returning un- til May 31.
 For information call P. SID JONES, D. P. A. both phones 977. Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Epileptic Fits of
 Children

Epilepsy or Fits in children is even of greater frequency than in older people. In their active and restless life an attack ia liable to come at fatal moment, and the sunshine of home will be crushed out of existence. At the first sign of nervous twitching or trembling which is a warning of the disease, Kosine should be used.
 Deposit N.5O with Jacobs Pharmacy, 1904 Second avenue, and get bottle Ko- sine. If after using same you are not satisfied with the results, ne will return vour money without question Price, n 50, Mall orders filled. The Kosine Co.,, Washington. D. C., OF Jacpbr Pharmacy, 1ool Second axepuA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Crawford started in at the very foot of the ladder as printers devil. He rose gradually to understand the fourth estate and was a newspaper man until he learned stenography, at which he be- came very proficient. Then he also en- tered the civil service and after while was detailed to Washington
 While in the navy department he be- came acquainted with Dewey. who, when made admiral of the navy, made Craw- ford his secretary, with the rank and remuneration of lieutenant in the navy, the only noncommissfoned officer in the navy, who ranked absolutely with the commissioned officers.
 So the three boys met again in Washing ton. The old boyhood chumshfp was re- newed and they were seen together every where. Their devotion became the talk of the official world, and their friendship was pointed out as model to the other men of the service.
 Then the hoodoo got in its work. One November morning in 1905, Clarence Yorke was found on the pavement out side the chief justices house at Eigh- teenth and F streets northwest, dead. He had leaped from second story win dow in the night. What drove him to his death has never been fully divuIzed He left beautiful wife and two small children. Every prospect of success was his at the time of his death. It was the beginning of the gypsy's threat com ing true.
 The circle was brokne. But still Craw- ford and Barnes kept up the old com panionship. They were both stronger characters than Yorlze, and neither feared that the chain of evil circum- stances would continue in their lives
 Lieutenant Crawford was an ambitious man, so much so that he was not satis- fled in the position of Dewey's secretary. but wished to be a notable himself. His position enabled him to live luxuriously. he had a pleasant home and a beauti- full daughter just budding into early womanhood. He was prominent in Y M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
On a Tombstone,

From Pearson's Weekly. There is a small and narrow tombstone in churchyard somewhere near Glas- gow which used to bear this inscrfrcu
 JANET
 MACPHERSON
 She was Thine. The tombstone is getting worn away. and some one seems to have shipped it. It now reads.
 JANET
 MACPHERSON
 She was Thin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
nIcoRpIS VITAL IN RESTORATIVE

Restores MeA's Vitality. Price q1. At all druggists. Always en hand Ut Collier Drug Co.,, 100 Ne1th 1oth atreet. Ma11 orders sonasAte4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

until several years ago, when he was made postmaster of the city of Washing ton.