davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
A Proposition at Last That is
Thought to be Practicable.

ing statement: =.
About twelve months ago this
company, having failed to finance
its road, ceased construction and
underwent a partial reorganiza-
ton.
The new management, after get
ting the affairs of the company
adjusted, enlarged the scope OF
its operations in two ways: First,
by offering its stock for sale to
the public, hoping in that way to
build up an equity that would
make the proposition attractive
to bond buyers. Second, by ex-
tending its lines both north and
south to reach the important
cities of Hannibal, Columbia and
Fulton with the same purpose iii
view-to satisfy bond buyers. We
employed expert engineers to SUI
Iperintend the surveying and To-
eating the lines to all these points
and procured the necessary fran
chises and practically all the right
of way. These operations, carried
on at great sacrifices of labor and
money, were practically complet-
ed by May 1st of this year.
In the meanwhile we had been
busy corresponding with and Wis
iting institutions in the various
financial centers of the country in
the effort to interest capital in
our enterprise, and since the LIST
Of May all our efforts have been
devoted to that end.
We have not found it difficult
to interest financial institutions IN
the scheme as now developed.
They all pronounce it attractive,
but do their figuring along the
lines of what has come to be
known as "High Finance. Their
demands are, LIST, that we give
them a majority of the stock; End,
build up an equity by donating
the right of way and terminals,
and by selling the minority of the
stock to the people, and, 3rd-
bond the enterprise for all it can
carry.
In other words, with them il
is not a question of whether the
road will pay a fair rate of in
terest on the cost of construction,
but how much money can be got
ten from the people, and how
many bonds per mile will it pay
interest on.
Therefore the best proposition
that we have been able to obtain
from financiers calls for an equity
of $2,500.00 cash per mile and d
bond issue of 100000 per mile ;
when, as a matter of fact, we
know that a good servicable cleo
trio road can be built and equip
ped for 100000 per mile. We
have therefore rejected these
propositions as extortionate and
as saddhng upon the community
an unjust burden that would have
to be borne for almost a genera
ton and that might prevent them
from ever obtaining good service
from the road.
Our information is that
wherever interurban roads have
been built in country where the
principal industry is agriculture,
and the population therefore not
large, the community has to start
them, and when a start is one
made, they continue to grow and
always pay.
We are confident that, if start
lis once made and a section of road
built, that building will not stop
until the entire line is built and
many branches and extensions adj
ded; and we believe that the start
ought to be made at Mexico.
These considerations have in
duced us to ADOPT the plan oil
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Aluminium cooking utensils de-
monstrated at Ferris & Cauthorns
Oct. 7th, 9Th and 9th. BE on
hand,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

II. H. Creasey, out on route 6,
has our thanks for Message sub
scriptiOn renewal
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23
For Sale.

R. G. R. l. red cockerels cheap.
Phone line 81. Mrs. Mike Shire,
Mexico, Mo. 1t.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

John Dashman of Santa Fe is
visiting in Ohio.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Roy Ferris is taking a vacation
visiting in Ohio.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Reserve the dates of Oct. 7th,
9Th and 9th for attending Ferris
& Cauthorn's Corn Show, 1t viii
interest you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Charles schopp is afflicted wit!
typhoid fever.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Little Miss Mary Egerer is af.
flicted with typhoid fever.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-23

Oats at Laddonia last week
were selling at 35 cents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
FATHER
KIDNAPS
CHILD
Harold Warnock Plays Clever
Trick Upon His Wife
in Portland.

Portland, Ore, Dec 4.-The po.
lice today are searching for Harold
Warnock who last night kidnapped
his 2-year-old baby from its mother,
at the home of Mrs A. E. McMonies,
1882 Williams avenue.
AS no trace of Warnock was Sc.
cured, 1t is believed that he board
ed midnight train. with the child
for Seattle.
Warnock and his wife separated s
months ago, Mrs Warnock going to
live with tho WcMonies while the
husband secured employment in Sc
attle
Under the guise OF effecting a re-
concillation with his wife, Warnock
visited the aIcMonies home yester-
day, and remained for dinner.
Shortly after dinner Warnock picked
up the baby and dashed from the
house.
He hurried up the street and board
ed waiting automobile. The child
had no wraps, and was exposed 10
the chilly air.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
SALEM VICTIM OF
"BEAUTIFULITIS"

Salem began to take on the white
dress this morning about o'clock.
and by II o'clock there was two
inches and a half OF the fluffy stun
lying about the streets and suburbs.
According to the local weather bu-
reau, the thermometer has been hold
ing down steady around 80 degrees,
and q record-breaking snow storm is
promised. The ground froze hard
early yesterday evening. and the snow
is lying dry today.
Reports coming from the northern
section of the state, say that snow is
falling heavily, and, the wind being
from the north, Salem is promised a
heavy mantle.
The merry sleigh bells we're in evil
dence early today, and the festive
kid" could be seen scurrying to the
hills where a Jolly coasting time
awaited them. The reservoir hill has
been a Mecca FOR coasters, and each
year that there is sufficient snowfall,
the hill is black with men, BOYS and
women.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
PROPOSE TO
PROBE INTO CASE
IrN1rrp rnrss LEASED wIRn.l


Washington, Dec, 4.-The reId-
tions between the sugar trust and the
customs service will be probed II a
resolution to be introduced into the
house Monday by Representative
Campbell of Kansas is adopted.
The resolution provides that Sc
lect committee of five congressman
and three senators shall be appoint
ed TO investigate the general con-
ditions i'm the customs service and
obtain information concerning the
same as TO the American Sugar Re
filming Company and its relations 20
the sugar industry I'm SO far as the
suear company by combination or
rGnspirlcy may control, regulate,
mOnopolize, or destrain Interstate
and foreign sugar commerce and the
sale of sugar.
The resolution demands that the
short-weight scales be investigated
and that rigid inquiry be made into
all phases of the case,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
COURT HAS
LAW OF
REJECTION
OF Cost Bills That Have Been
Run Up Lately In the
Justice Courts.

The Marion county court has been
passing on hundreds of dollars Of cost
bills In the prosecution conducted by
the Good Citizenship League of this
city. The court does not want to
saddle the taxpayers of the county
with these bills, but has beea COM
PEELED 10 allow some of them But
under sebtion 1022 of the code of
Oregon the county court holds that
all such prosecutions must be en-
dorsed By the district attorney, and
the cost bills mus 1a approved by
him. This is going to be a check on
running up fee bills OF this kind un-
less the public prosecutor is satisfied
that conditions are going to be inn
proved enough TO warrant the prose-
cutions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
Affects Milling interests.

Chicago. Dec. 4.--The situation In
the Northwest is certainly perpleNing
Some OF the big people up there are
taking cheerful view of the out
look, reporting some OF the big mill
ing companies starting up in lim-
tied way, few ears moving and
they are even predicting that the la
Dor troubles will be at an end. There
is another side 10 It, I'm which the
railroads and labor leaders are talk
ing OF making a determined fight.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
ENLARGED

At the behest of the county court
yesterday afternoon, West Wood
burn school district is considerably j
larger than formerly, owing to the
fact that more territory adjacent to
that district has been added. The
county court has been compelled to
contend with much friction over the
proposed annexation of the new ter
ritory. The school house stands in
West Woodburn, having been moved
there from the territory which is
added on.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
For a Lame Rack

When you have pains or lameness
in the back bRthe the parts with
hand for five minutes az each appli-
cation. Then dampen a piece OF
flannel slightly with this liniment
and bind Il on over the seat of pain
and you win be surprised 20 see how
quickly the lameness disappears.
kor sale by all good druggistS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
Also preyalls in Nashington.

Walla Walla, Wash, Dec. 4.-Ths
second snow of the season is on the
ground, which is covered to the depth
of about five inches Two cold snaps
already this year have broken all rec
ords for winter in the Walla Walla
valley. Farm work is completely
tied up by the white mantle which
hides the ground, and most of the
farmers of the country have given up
hope of further work this fall.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
The Correct Time

to stop a cough or cold is Just as
soon as it starts-then there will be
no danger of pneumonia or consump-
tlon' Just a few doses of Ballard s
Horehound Syrup taken at the start
VIII stop the cough. If it has been
running on for some time the treat
ment will be longer, but the cure is
sure. Sold by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
War With Japan

could not possibly make so many
cripples as rheumatism does every
year. And yet there is no reason
why this disease should cripple any
one, IL all sufferers will rub the af-
fected parts night and morning with
Ballard's Snow Liniment. Cures all
aches and pains. Sold by all deal
arQ
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04
HEAVY GUNS
iContinued from page u

amount appropriated for the present
fiscal year.
Senior Navy Men Too Old.
The senior officers of the navy are
TOO old, according to the secretary
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-04

He announces in his report that he
soon will send to the president some
recommendation as to new legisla-
tion for remedying this defect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
DON'T FILL THE DINING
ROOM WITH FURNITURE

There Is an excellent reason why
the dining room should be the most
simply furnished room in the house,
especially if there is large family.
1t can never be kept too clean.
and its care is a great addition to
the household routine when the
room is used by six or more per-
sons three times a day.
AS the dining room needs more
sweeping and busting than any 9th
err room In the house, the plain mis-
sion furniture is deservedly popu-
lar, A new style of furniture made
in imitation of old Dutch models Is
very artistic and quite plain, though
1t has few dust-catching corners.
Since the dining room is one of
the conspicuous rooms in the house,
there has been tendency to use
too many pieces of furniture in it.
serving table. buffets and
china closets are crowded into
every wall space. and hold a litter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
THREE SQUARE MEALS TOO
9 MUCH.

"One-fourth of what we eat keeps
us. The rest We keep at the risk
of our lives said crusty old Aber-
nethy. London's most famous doc
tor And in this day. as in that,
we all eat too much. 1t is the
prevalent sin against the body.
We all accept the idea of three
square meals day" as Icing the
right thing; and few of us. even
when we find ourselves becoming
permanently old, stiff, rheumatic
and ailing in other ways-few of
us even then suspect that the prin-
cipal, If not the only, cause of our
trouble is just that three square
meals" which is the common prac-
tice of our time and country.
For, of all the many causes lead
ing to human weakness and dis
ease, the most common Is undoubt.
eddy overlooking. Practically every
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
DAILY SHORT STORY

matter drift for a while. But he
continued his visits to the Cornell
home, coming as often as the way
open to come. Myra Cornell was
gracious and charming when not on
sentry duty along the K & p. right
of way, and Kenney forget the right
of way squabble and surrendered
himself by degrees to the girls
piquant charm. And by-and-by
came the day that he staked shis
happiness on on impassioned plea
and proposed.
She listened to his declaration
with little red spots coming and 60
ing in her cheeks and half smile
upon her lips. When she answered
her voice quivered the least bit.
But the right of way?" she de-
manded. do you give up all idea
of putting your railroad through my
little farm?''
"Oh, yes promised Walter Ken
ney with a sigh. THE Kansas &
Pacific doesn't wage war on charm
ing women. Well go around"
The girl laughed in silvery rip
pies, as if greatly relieved. You
give up absolutely" she asked fur
Their.
Absolutely" assured Kenney.
Then come with me-" she in
vited. and Kenney followed her into
the green fields.
Taking up light ak she attacked
one of her fresh cedar posts, and,
athletic as she was, soon hewed it
down.
Now bring back your surveying
gang she laughed. Il merely de-
sired to win my point over"
"Over whom" demanded Walter
Kenney.
over my future husband" MUIR
INJURED Myra Cornell, blushing.
But Kenney, when at last he saw
his surveyors driving the sharp
stakes through the much desired
quarter section, wondered which of
them had really won.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05


body eats too much. "Why, then, :"
you ask, are there SO many men
and women with thin, undevelOped
bodies?'
In answer to this may say, in a
word. that the feeding and upbuild
ing of the body depends not SO
much upon the amount of food eat
en- as upon the food digested.
The digestive powers of the body
of any man or woman is fixed
quantity" If that man or that wo-
man is so careless or so ignorant
as to take more than the amount
of food needed, then little or none
of that food will be digested. The
whole mass will ferment and the
body will not only be deprived of
the nutrition which it needs, but
will be poisoned-poisoned because
the fermentation of the undigested
food produces matters which, alb
sorbed into the blood. will disturb
the operation of every organ in the
body.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
rG:pLA \ 7.
! eSan$nA'
STORESY2
THE QUEENS HEART.

A king and queen once invited
/, the gods and goddesses' to their
daughters birthday feast. The
guests gave the child every gift
Imaginable.
But they forgot to ask one-the
goddess Of envy and discord. She
took, away the hcild's heart and
put in its place heart of stone.
The king and queen were greatly
concerned. The gods and goddesses
told them that the goddess of envy
and discord would only give back
the child's heart when the man
who loved her enough sought and
found 1t.
The child grew up and became
the wonder of the world. She was
} married to powerful king. Soon
after the goddess of envy once
more troubled her life.
A prince stole her and carried
her away to the six gated city. The
King fought for 10 years until the
city was taken, and he brought his
wife home once more.
During all the time the war
Tasted there was not found one
man who was willing to seek her
heart and to find It,
The years went by, the king
died the queen journeyed every
Ewhere. Men fought and died for a
glimpse of her marvellous beauty.
She left behind her strife and sor-
row.
Finally she returned home. Her
Tame brought her neither Joy nor
sorrow.
One day harp player made
music so ravishing that all who
heard him wept save the queen.
But her smile filed him with such
worship that he resolved to rest no
more until he had found her heart.
He sought for years. At last one
day he found little blue bird in a
trap and be set 1t free. and in re-
turn the bird promised him that he
should find the queens heart All
ne had to do was to go and seek
che queens palace.
The harper went back and found
the queen had grown old. But she
smiled on him. and he knelt down
before her. At the moment her
heart was given back to her.
The harper lived in the palace
an played to the queen till he died.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
MAN PARENTS TRICKED
HER INTO LEAVING

DES MONIES, May 5.-Less than
two months ago, Selma Sutherlan
was divorced from Roy e. McKin-
ney at the instigation of her par
ents. who wanted to marry her to
a wealthy Swedish landholder
whom they knew in the old coun-
try.
Unaware Of the motives which
caused them to open a breach in
their happy married relations, the
wife obediently secured the decrec
in the district court March 4 last.
But when they made their proposal
known to their daughter she rose In
open rebellion, refusing to be CO.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
THE RIGHT OF WAY.

l., When Walter Kenney and his
bronzed, soiled surveying gang set
their flagpoles and steel chains
upon the strip of green prairie, they
came upon a slip of a girl in pink
dress. The girl balanced upon a
spick-span wire fence and pointed
long, shiny gun barrel at a much
surprised engineer.
go and build your railroad some
where else," she instructed. Il
won't have coal trains and Fourth
Of July excursions putting through
my quarter section and soaring my
ponies out of their senses!"
The engineer. three months out
Of college and impressed with the
girls pure beauty, bowed profound
ly and stopped short on the ribbon
like line the Kansas & Pacific was
pushing from prairie to ocean, but
Walter Kenney, noting the disturb
ance, walked to the front and coolly
Hooked the pretty obstructionist
lover.
i What's this?' he demanded.
1--WE have the right of way. you
know. You can't stop us"
The girl smiled at him rather
saucily, yet grimly.
Cant II" she asked. "You get
back"
stuff and NONSENSE" laughed
Kenney. Here, you man with the
flag pole! Skip over the fence and
run ahead"
The man with the flag pole, grin
ming, prepared to Chamber through
the tight-stretched wires. Zip! sang
the shiny gun, and the shattered
| flag staff fell from the dazed mans
hands Zip! went the rifle again
and Kenney felt the deadly breath
of the thing past his cheek.
Cant II" the girl repeated, ban
teringly; and Kenney answered, az
he led his beaten gang away:
For a bit you can, my pretty
markswoman, but Venus and Cleo
patra in lovely combination couldn't
hold up the Kansas & Pacific"
That night, with lanterns and
muffled stakes, the surveyors
slipped down upon the necessary
quarter section and prepared to
push the long line on toward the
distant ocean, but a great dog howl
ed in the darkness and the red Ian.
tern that the first man arried spat-
tered into a hundred pieces as the
unerring rifle spoke again.
Il can pick you off one by one,
warned the girl from the shadows
and baffled and beaten, the chain
bearers retreated into the night.
The next day Walter Kenney
called upon Miss Myra Cornell and
offered her the X. & P.'s good gold,
but to no purpose.
NO" she refused, eff you had be-
haved prettily about it in the first
place | might have given in, but
am determined now"
So Kenney started his gang
from the western edge of the de-
sired quarter section and let the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-05
LATSON'S WRONG, WRITES HOUSEWIFE;
FRYING PAN ISN'T ALWAYS PERFIDIOUs

DIR, .I.atson's article condemning
fried foods has moved a reader to
reply as follows:
ITO the EDITOR, as a house
wife, do not agree with DR., w. r..
&C. l.atson in his general condemna-
Zion of fried foods. am sure that
food may be fried so that 1t will
be perfectly wholesome. The doc
TORS objection would be good In
all cases II food were to be swal-
lowed practically unchewed, but as
n cook | object to being blamed
for bad effects of fried or any other
food that is gobbled whole. That
isn't the cooks fault
- ANY ordinary cook knows that
food to be fried as it should be
must be cooked in hot fat; hot
enough to quickly scar over the
outside of the food, leaving all en-
tcept this entirely free from fat;
at the first attempt at mastication
these outside particles are broken
up and form bu a very slight pro-
portion of the article cooked. The
Horribly indigestible' friedcake,
Khich DR.. Latson speaks of, Is a
good example of this. The usual
recipe calls for one scant table
spoon shortening to each egg and
cup of milk used. When fried in
Mot fat the proportion touched by
the fat Is very small and the cen
ter is light and porous, and as
much to be preferred as possible
over the heavy fruit and plum
cakes so freely used. II is the same
with meats, scrapple, eggs, or any
other article that Is properly fried
and then eaten, not swallowed
whole.
II would seem more to the pur
Dose ii DR.. I.atsOn. instead of con-
Hemnng fried foods, would try to
show cooks the evil effects that
follow careless cooking. He might
truly tell them that when food
which is to be fried Is put In a
Skillet that Is cold or with rat That
is only fairly warm, absorbs great
deal of grease. Such stun as this,
grease soaked, deserves the sever
est condemnation. But this Is not
because the food Is fried: 1t Is be.
PAUSE the food is badly fried. care
lessly fried Such food Is ruined
mud such food ruins stomachs just
rs do cereals Improperly cooked, or
any other food that Is ruined in the
preparation.
Cereals are supposed to be so
wholesome, yet unless they are
thoroughly cooked-cooked through
md through---they are like lead In
the stomach Many women viii say
that they canont afford double boil
ers for cereals, but ] do not think
1hcse are necessary. prefer TO use