davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
II He Gets the Aque.

Madge-Edith is surely not going b
marry that living skeleton Of a man.
He's nothing but skin and bones.
Tess-Why not? He'll make her .
rattling husband. Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
Confused.

Ehe-Of course I'm not as old a. ron
think am.
He-I hope not-I mean you can't b.
THAT is-how old are you?-ClevelanA
1'iain Dealer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
Information Wanted.

We don't care why is this and that
Or through such queries wade,
But will some one please answer this:
Why Is pink lemonade?
-Minneapolis Journal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
A Method.

"How did Bluffard Shucks get the
reputation of being an original witr'
"By saying something utterly non.
sensical as if he seriously believed It"
Denver Republican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
The Finest Scheme.

Now, here's the very finest scheme
That ever met your sight.
With "skeeters' let uS cross the nah
And then see how they'll bite.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-16
WAN is CHINA AS ALLY
Colonel Lewis Tells of Benefits In
Business and War.
EAVORS A DECISIVE STAND.

Chicago Lawyer, Homo From World
Tour, Sees Rich Opportunity In Far
East-Points to Danger In Japan and
Says Japanese Are Planning De-
cisive Struggle With United States.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-07-01

shipping the golden calf. We have
stormed at the sty of the plutocratic
hog, and damned if we will bow in
admiration or toast with enthusiasm
Or otherwise an Internal beast that
is absolutely without pride of ances-
try or hope of posterity.
Flay day we will celebrate. We
would give a good deal to get in
Goldfield on that day and help the
banner democratic county of that
state to glorify "Old Glory" and our
history. But to take part in cele-
bration in honor of a long-eared ass,
which has neither the beauty nor
the intelligence of Apulieus, much
less his opportunities, pray excuse us,
gentlemen; it is 'tu, tn, mulch"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-07-01

invitations to prominent Democrats
in Nevada to join them in an all-day
jubilee in honor of the event The
editor of the Carson Appeal of Ne
vada declines to attend the function
for the following reasons:
Well, we won't be there. The spec
tacle of several hundred sane white
men doing honor to jackass would
prove too much for our risibilities.
We would be unable to preserve the
decorum consistent with such an i'm
portant occasion.
We would be inconsistent if we at
tended. We have roasted Newport
snobs for giving monkey dinners. We
have lambasted the eternal stuffing
out of the Republican party for wor-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-07-01
TRADE AT HOME.

When in Boise a short time age
we we're handed beautiful booklet
mercial club of that beautiful city
the pride of Idano, showing the I'M
paralIeled resources of the Boise val
ley in general, and Boise in particul-
ar. We read it through from cover
to cover, and in every sentence it
breathed peace, progress and pros
perity 1t showed how Boise and
the tributary territory had grown
into the wealthiest section of the Uni
verse; it showed that the social, fra
ternal and business relations were
ideal, and advised investments of
capital in every line of legitimate bus
mess. 1t was a handsome, well-writ-
ten pamphlet, and should have, and
probably did, secure the investment
of thousands of dollars in Boise and
vicinity; but
When we came to the imprint of
the publishing house that designed
and published the booklet, we found
it covered by an advertising "stick
err We were somewhat curious, and
we soaked that booklet until the
sticker came off, and we found I'M
der it the imprint of a well-known
publishing house Boise?-no,
PORTLAND.
Well, we wondered; and we are
still wondering.
Boise has as many and as fully
equipped publishing houses as Port
land, and we wonder again why the
Boise Commercial Club doesn't trade
at home, when it advises everybody
else to trade in Boise.
The same day in Boise we picked |
up a dodger that purported to con-
tain the names of the Representa- |
tive Business Houses of Ada County, |
Idaho" and among them we found |
the name of five business houses of |
Parma. Three of these are not ad-
vertising in the Parma Herald, and
one of them has it STATIONERY print
ed elsewhere We wondered further.
And we still wonder what the bust
ness men mean when they come to
the home papers and ask them to ad-
wise the public to trade at home
Parma Herald
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-07-01

Refuses to Bow Down to Jackass-
Salt Lake Tribune:
Esmeralda county, Nevada, at the
November election, 1908, returned an
unusually heavy vote for the Demo
cratic nominee for president. So
pleased was Mr.. Bryan that he sent
the Democracy Of that county d pres
ent in the shape of mule, which has
been named Major Mime Mascot.
Democrats of that county sent out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16


bought
will letting him $500 of the 40 odd
land the BeckerTapper Realty purchased
industries
aided when there something him In the meantime Gary
wonderful convention 1t
paved houses residences been built and the city is
creating building evidence its progressive
compelled
10
/ himself
Hammond association member until few
when approaching
o political with Becker
administration
city beautiful
succeeded
n havin wdened extended
Chicago and Indiana Harbo will soon be as
will settle
recital of its greatness unless Hammond
with its
neighbors.
politics political end make
making Hammond great city It
making second rate city in first rate community
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
TOM KNOTS NoM1NATEs HIMSELF.

Tom took neither clever
popularity
nominated himself It's dead
everything
in
will be nothing substantial than glory in
it gLmmer
when the democratic party with
which downepudated him alb
getting setbacks
he
down long Knots reign
his
in the politically He
with the of the male
This
question of renewing the lining
Knots vii find credit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
BECKER AND THE RAILROADS.

people They
a OF
becoming
surrounded b railroads. Since be a davs Hammond has made one
after another
to
Hammond when the Erie yards were built SO near the city AS the town
develop
Hmewood and the retarded development of the territory Cal
Some the Erie yards will have be moved farther south
the
rise its value The Becker administration not be blamed for
has been liberal granting fa other roads Hammond that
plain INTERESTS RAILROADS PEG
HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF CONCERN RING
meant oosldarah1e to Hammond Is estimated at the present time that
that should granted these railroads that
the but the rights of the people in the east end Hammond should
As result of the location Of the Gibson yards COLUMBIA AVENUE IS
PRACTICALLY CUT IN TWO There will much switching this
will practically
the railroads yiaduct overit
AVENUE, STREET SHELLEY
STREET WE'RE PRACTICALLY CLOSED FOREVER and all of the traffic
and v onncn could have aIed the building Of viaduct over
anxious railroads the
pense people
The Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville railroad permitted
THE SOUTH RESIDENTIAL
the the of $780,
built
tend 0 until i
only
he
freight yard the south side residential district These
of Calumet
railroad
Calumet that the SWITCH EN-
A THE YARDS WITHOUT
SWITCHING CONTINUALLY ACROSS CALUMET AVENUE.
kousei this
c. C.
Chicago railway made of the
most the
that ii
Of the city In Hammond to have
credit north with
Hammond
5000 IL. PEG
READY TO BUILD
the total failure of Becker consider
eneedsa and 0
railroads a thing
JUS so BUILD A
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
BUSY WITH HIS POLITICAL MACHINE.

to of
cal
position in the
o II
practically opportunity
to
poaDc O
his
BeckerTapper
alley
friends
al S
the
appointee police
the city there
finally
police
borhoo
permitted Gostln Meyn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
NOTHING SHORT OF CRIMINAL cARELEssNEss.


placing of medicine contain
children
deat t in the hat is
the minds the people of
children Of this
medicines the other
neither
responsible One Of the children found
poisonous the The other
beadonna bchorde
mercu tablets, o their infanne minds
carelessne other lines should
of entail
little children the house
tempting the alley
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
STILL THE INTERURBANs COME.

County
nterurban
granting of
Chicago
while
Shore
to conside others
0 railway
The territory them
the arouse cite wit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
Republican Tickets
HAMMOND.

MAY0R-F. II. Schaaf.
CLERk-Peter Ripley.
INSTRUMENTATION b. Lfpinski.
CITY JUDGE. G. SprOat.
Alderman-at-L arGe-C. w. Hubbard.
AIderman-at at LarEe-Henry Lundt.
Alderman at-Large-W. b. Newman.
Alderman at Large-Fred Lash Sr.
AIderman-at-Large- j. Sutherland.
ALDERMEN.
First Ward-CharleS f. Brubaker.
Second Ward-Henry Whitaker. M
Third Ward-Edward c. Hanson.
Fourth Ward-Henry F. Eggers.
Fifth Ward-WilliaIn KahI.
sixth Ward-DanieI kalman.
Seventh Ward-F'red g. Cotton
Eighth Ward-Arthur Schultz.
Ninth Ward-M. Hover.
Tenth Ward-J. j. o'Malley.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
WHITING.

MAY0R-Henry Schrage.
CLERK. T. Cameron.
TREASURER-D.D ID. Griffith.
AIderman-at-Larze FedOEko.
-Large-W. A. Upton.
ALDERMEN.
First Ward-Andrew Baron.
Second Ward-Pante HaralOvitch.
Third Ward-David Paskwietx.
Fourth Ward-James w. Burton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
MERELY supERvIsEs IN GARY.

considerably relieved when the fact became known
Of to
in
disappointed through misunderstood
parish Biblical institute will
the being anyhow
herear
in
elovedc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
EAST CHICAGO REpuBLIcANs SHOULD WAKE UP.


republican headquarters underneath
is
Iarbo cropping
the
In the
fir
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

BECKER talks about his predecessor
is l
tackpr privileges O. ohe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

KANSAS CITY man charged with
stealing his aunt, to his uncles evil
dent annoyance, was sentenced TO
four months Imprisonment. Not a
very heinous offense apparently.
Something between robbing a clothes
line and driving on the wrong side OF
the road.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

A South Missouri editor refused to
publish death notice of a non-sub-
scriber. People who don't take the
home paper" he said, never were
alive, and their passing away has no
news value"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
NATURALIZATION
PRAISE FOR F. r.
SCHAAF FROM THE
BECKER ORGAN.

Trustee Schaaf is entitled to
great credit for the tremendous
amount of work he has done in
improving the township school
system in addition to his other
onerous duties as trustee
Hammond Daily News, Sept. II.
1906.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

THERE is no disputing the fact
that campaign is on by glancing at
the pages of the various newspapers
published in this part of the county,
Just at this particular time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
COMMUNICATIONS.

print all
ia the
al
is a ken to av0tdna srcpres
In the best&n
always
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

WONDERFUL activity is now be-
ing shown in administration affairs
by Mayor Becker. OF course the rea-
son is easily seen, it is only two
weeks until election day and all the
grand stand playing possible must be
done.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

FROM now on If you notice siz-
cling sound in the air and rise in
temperature following upon frosty
night, don't be alarmed and get out
your almanac. 1t is only the boiling
of the political pot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
GARY.

MAYOR-JOhn A. Brennan.
CLERK-JOseph H COthrey.
TREASURER--Erne c. Simpson.
Aiderman-at-Large- MCNEIL
Alderman t-Large-DOminick Szy-
nRnskl.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

that elected,
life
in the people that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

IT is to be regretted that this man
Talbot should ever be allowed to get
into a court room. He deserves tar
and feathers and an Imprisonment
in pig style.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

THE people and the taxpayers Of a
community have certainly a right to
question and consider the motives of
political candidate. If they haven't
who has?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

IN the meatime there is no question
but what Mr.. Roosevelt is to be en-
We'd away off there in Africa's sunny
cline far from the maddening i'm
broglios.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

OH, WELL" A Gary man said
last night, What else could you ex-
pect from a man like Tom Knots"
Good deal of truth in that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
PRAISE FOR F. r. SCHAAF
FROM NORTH TOWNSHIP
ADVISORY BOARD.

We wish to state to the people
of Hammond that the admins
tration of F. r. Schaaf as trus-
tee of North township was care
} fully. ably and honestly admin
istered as to the disposition of
ALL monies in his charge. Not a
, single thing did he do for the
, township, not a penny did he
} spend but was with the fullest
, sanction of the advisory board
, and the people of North town
, ship. Petitions by the taxpay-
} ers were made for the improve
} ments of all roads and school
} houses before anything was done
) with them by the township Of
} hcials. We endorse Schaafs ev-
} cry act
} CHARLES CHICK.
) P. H. MLAUGHLIN.
} (Mr. L II. Mattern, the third
} member OF the board, is on a
} three weeks vacation. but he
, cheerfully substantiates the
, above, though his signature is
} not obtainable till he returns.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16
r A NDOM
THINGS AND FILINGS

CHEER-UP the chestnuts are COM
ing-and also the worms
WILL Mr.. Crane never get through
talking? He's not running for ONCE.
A republican council is necessary
to the good work done by a repub-
lican mayor.
DOESN'T seem to be any chance
for lull in Lake County until after
November End.
WE have a friend who lives in a
fiat so small that he has to use a fold
ing tooth brush
IN the meantime don't forget to
take few tons of anthracite to the
loved ones at home.
THE buck-wheat pancake and ma
pie syrup days are hurrying hither
as fast as they can.
WE trust that Mr.. Costello will be
permitted to stay out of the campaign
for it is going to be exceeding nasty
| if
! SOME men in this vicinity are SO
handy at puttering around and max,
ing anything that they can't make a
living.
AND to add to the general hilarity
of the occasion. Mr.. Facing-Both
Ways has begun to get busy on the
streets.
IF the crowd that nominated Ton
Knots on an independent ticket or
Thursday night, can elect him-but
oh no, it is too funny!
/ HOWEVER, we have one thing Il
be thankful for. There are no shor
skirted suffragette parades takini
part in the local campaign.
IF Mr.. Crolius record were black a
night. it would look like a sunbeam
by the side Of the record belonging t,
the joss of the underworld
-
PATCHES on street paving is any
thing but a sign of progressive &C
ministration especially when ma
. has been in Office six years.
-
! MR.. HEARST should come to Gar
, and get few tips on how to run 70
| mayor of New York We believe the
! would go we'll in New York.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

AMONG the troubles of the political
candidate, must not be forgotten the
man who always hobs up when he's
busy with lot of silly advice.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

WILL some one please tell us how
the goose bone is?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

MR.. HEARST should come to Gary
and get a few tips on how to run for
mayor of New York We believe they
would go we'll in New York
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

PATCHES on street paving is any
thing but a sign of a progressive ad
ministration especially when a mar
has been in office six years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-16

. 9 . . 9 9 o Q Q 9 O . . = . = man
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04

make you come back. She's diff'runt
from u.s. he was allus a-sayin'. 4
never spected to keep 'er.'"
Douglas stopped. Polly was waiting,
her face white and drawn. He had
not told her of Toby's letter because
with 1t had come a request to "say
nothin' ter the kid"
He felt that Polly was controlling
herself with an effort until he should
reach the end of Jim's letter, so he
hurried on.
'"The parsons promise didn't get to
MIN none too quick" he read. THAT
seemed to be what he was waitin' for.
He give up the night 1t come. an
got him a little room in a hotel after
the show an let one of the other fell
lers get the stuff out O town. SOS
could stay with him up to the finish.
It come round mornin'. There wasn't
much to 1.-THE just seemed tired an
peaceful1ike. I'm glad he wrote what
he did, he said, meanin' the parson.
She knows, she aIlus knows he whis-
pered, meanin' you, Poll, an then he
was on his way. He'd already give
me what was saved up for you, an
Pm sendin' It along with this A
blue money order for $3.50 had f1ut-
tered from the envelope when Douglas
opened 1t.
~ got everything ready afore l went
on the next day, an / went up an
saw the little spot on the hill where
they was goin' to stow him 1t looked
kinder nice, IN the digger's wife said
she'd put some flowers on It now an
then 1t was you what made me think
o. that Poll. cause 1T seemed to me
what you would "a done. You was al
lus SO daffy about flowers, you an
him.
~ guess this letters too long for me
to be a-sayfn' much about the show,
but the 1eap-a-death' girl got her'n
last week. She Wasn't strong enough
for the Job nohow. / done what /
could for her outside the show, cause
1 knowed how you was aLus a-feelir
bout her. l guess the 1eap-a-death's'
husband is goin' to jump his job soon,
If be gets enough saved up, cause him
an Barker can't hit It OF no more.
We got a good deal O. trouble among
the animals too. None O. the snakes
Is sheddin' like they ought to- an
Jumbos a-carrytn' a sixteen foot band
age around that trunk O. his'n cause
he got too fresh with Trtxy1s grub the
other night, an the new gtra1e's got
the croup In that y foot neck o.
his'n. / guess you'll think / got the pip
for FAIR this time, 30 IN just get On to
myself now an cut this short I'll be
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04
writin' you agsin when we hit Morgan

WITHIN you agsn Wnen we nit morgau-
town
YOUR OLD MUvvER JIM"
Douglas laid the letter gently on the
table, his hand still resting upon 1t. He
looked helplessly at the little, shrunk-
en- figure in the opposite chair. Polly
had made no sound, but her head had
slipped lower and lower, and she now
sat very quietly with her face In her
hands. She had been taught by Toby
and Jim never to whimper.
what a plucky lot they arel"
thought Douglas as he considered these
three lonely souls. each accepting
whatever fate brought with no rebel
lion or even surprise. 1t was a strange
world of stoics in which these chill
dren Of the amusement arena fought
and lost. They came and went like
phantoms, with as little consciousness
Of their own best interests as of the
great, moving powers of the world
about them. They felt no throes of
envy, no bitterness. They loved and
worked and went their way"
For once the pastor was powerless
In the presence of grief. Both he and
Mandy left the room quietly, feeling
that Polly wished to be spared the
outburst of tears that a sympathetic
word might bring upon her. They al
lowed her to remain alone for a time;
then Mandy entered softly with a ten
der good night. and Douglas followed
her cheerily as though nothing at all
had happened.
It was many weeks before Polly
again became a companion to Douglas
and Mandy. but they did not intrude
upon her grief. They waited patiently
for the time when youth should again
assert itself and bring back their
laughing mate to them.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04

More days slipped by and Polly began
to creep through the little, soft leaved
trees at the back of the church and to
look for the deep. blue, sweet scented
violets. When she was able Douglas
took her with him to visit some of the
outlying houses of the poor. Her
woman's instinct was quick to per-
cefve many small needs In their lives
that he had overlooked and to suggest
simple, inexpensive joys that made
them her devoted friends.
Their evenings were divided between
making plans for these unfortunates
and reading aloud from the Bible or
other books.
When Polly gained courage, Douglas
sometimes persuaded her to read to
him, and the little corrections that he
made at these times soon became
noticeable in her manner Of speech.
She was SO eager, so starved for
knowledge that she drank 1t as fast
as he could give it 1t was during
their talks about grammar that Mandy
generally fell asleep In her rocker, her
unfinished sewing still in her lap.
When a letter came from Jim and
Toby 1t was always shared equally by
Mandy and Hasty. Polly and the pas
tor. But at last a letter came from
Jim only, and Douglas, who was asked
to read It. faltered and stopped after
the first few words.
IT'S no use my tryin' to keep 1t from
you any longer. Poll" the letter began.
I'VE amt got Toby with us no more.
He didn't have no accident; 1t wasn't
that He just seemed kinder sick an
ailin' like ever since the night we had
to a you behind. | used to get him
warm drinks an things an try to
pull him through. but he was always
a-chfllin' and a'aehin'. If 1t wasn't one
thing It was another. | done all |
knowed you'd "A wanted me to-. an
the rest of the folks was mighty white
to him too. l guess they kinder felt
how lonesome he was. He couldn't get
no more laughs In the show. SO Barker
had to put III another man with him.
That kinde. hurt him. too, / s'pose,
an showed him the way hat things
was a-goin' 1t was Just after that he
wrote the parson a-tellin' him to never
let you come back. He seemed to "a
got an idee in his head that you was
happier where you was. He wouldn't
let me tell you bout his feelin' rocky,
cause he thought It might mebbe
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04

porttco than with any thought OF his
first sermon
His speculations were abruptly cut
short by Mandy, who hustled out OF
the door with a wide smile OF welcome
on her black face and an unmfstakahAe
ambition t take him immediately UNI
der her motheriy wing. She was much
concerned because the church people
had not met the new pastor at tina sts-
ton and brought him to the house.
Upon learning that Douglas had pur-
posely avoided their escort, p~refesrfns
10 come to his new home the first time
alone, she made up her mind that she
was going to like him
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04
CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VI.
|riTIHEN John Douglas uncle Of
fered TO educate hts nephew
WI for the ministry the boy was
- less enthusiastic than hts
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04

there any more to that storyT'
sh asked, ignoring his question
Yes indeed"
would you read me a little moreT'
She was very humble now.
Where thou diest win l die, and
there win / be buried. The Lord do so
to ma. and more also. II aught but
death part me and thea"
Their eyes met There vas a long
pause. Suddenly the sharp, sweet
notes OF the church bel brought John
Douglas 20 hts feet with a start Of
surprise.
-Have you got to goT Polly asked
nann.<eA.1l~