davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-12-27

mas que da aingana otra, Ia parte
ono So rafierc Al departananto de
Sanidad Y ,aneficeneia, 4 cargo del
Dr. Gomez Brioso
! Empiaze por lameatarsc, tlene
sobrad':s raz5n, de Ia falta de
reglancntos sanitarios
Hora es va de que Ia Asamolea
larisle sobse ramo tan importante
como cs Ia salud del pueblo.
En- breve ha de reunlrse y confla-
mos en- que abordara y resolvera ell
prob!ema de la higiene pdoIlca tan
necesario en- toda Ia isla.
Todo cuanto q este respecto lndl-
ca el Inspector de sandad Gle San
Juan, es muy atendible.
Clama por Ia Immediate urbanlza-
ci5n del pohlado de santurce y pl-.
de Sc verifiouen rapidamente en- el
mismo las obras que Sc hicleron en-
el de Puerta de Terra.
Es precise conocer bien esos 81
tios que naman "Gandul" y "Culto'
para comprender la urgeneia de las
medidas que tan acertadanente
propone el DIR. Gomez Brioso.
La vida en- ell "Gandul" es, a todas
luces, un serio peligro Como muy
bien dice ell Inspector de Beneficen-
cia, eel drenaje del suelo es Ia aten
ci6n principal de Ia admistracion en-
ese distrito populoso."
Deben hacerse reformas en- la ur
banizaci5n, GALES, plazas, jardines,
parques, desecacion de los mangla-
res, muelles etc
Estima importants el costo de las
ebras "pero ESQ, agrega no debe
preocupar a la ciudad. Ell estanca-
miento, dice, es la anulaci6n y Ia
muerte."
En- Santurce (y celebramos 10
olga un funcionarlo municipaD "do-
nina el capricho, el azar, 10 que ca
da cual qulere hacer, no los que a
todos interesa Sc haga'.
Presto oidos ell conceio municipal
s tan oportunas como pravlsoras
indicaciones y decfdase a arrostrar
por todo que cuantos gastos oca-
stone el proyecto, traeran como con-
secuencia l6gica mayor ingreso pa
"a Ell tesoro municipal Algo Sc ha
hecho pero es mas 10 que queda
por hacer.
Santurce puede ser, dentro de
breve plazo la mayor poblaci6n de
la isla. Cuatro kilometres tiene de
largo y, para saber et ancho que
tiene, ,basta darse un paseo por sitios
como Machuchal, Minillas y Conda-
do por Ia parte norte y Martin Pe1a,
Melilia y Miramar por el Sur.
De Ia importancia de Santurce da
una idea muy aproximada la ley que
dividio en- dos secciones el registro
de la propiedad, porque aquel pobla-
do, por ST solo, producia mucho mas,
que cualquiera de los registros de la
propiedad de San German, Huma-
Gao, etc.
Santurce es no solo un barrio aris
tocratico sino democratico. La po-
blacion segdn afirma ell Sr. Gomez
Brioso y es sabido, ''se va trasladan-
do i Santurce" De modo que mien-
traS Puerta de TERRA Sc estaciona "
de Marina, no hay que hablar por
que la estaci6n naval Sc quedara con
el.a), Santurce es suficiente para
alojar toda la que pueda venir y ALA
Sc van no solo los ricos sino los mas
necesitados. Precisamente ell GandM
~ el Culto no estdn copados por los
primeros sino por los segundoS y es
esa clase trabajadora la que mas ne
cesita de la ayuda eficaz del primer
Ayuntamiento de la isla.
Que 10 So Olga, senores concejales,
que los pro- ectos solo sirven de pro-
paganda para las elecciones y que
luego, como dicen en- la La gatita
blanca, Sc hace 10 que Sc puede.-
CaslmirO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-12-27
l. tol1esI eEdei;ia dc l'ta, ..ies
aREClO DE SIS pCION
In TODA LA ISLA

or medic de los igentes IN nun $ Coz
Direcsa Tn trimestre orc ....s2-55
Tn semestre ...... 500
Tn afo por adelantadosS-oo
g. el exterior. Tn nano ORC. -. $500
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-12-27
cARTAs DEL PUEBLO

Del informe del alcalde.
Sr. Director de La Corresp sponden-
eia." San Juan.
Estlmado compat.i)ta:
Del informe emitido por el alcal-
de de la ciud'd morece ocuoarso
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

Mid sullen gloom and starIess clouds
that spanned
Across the newborn World; in
dusky night
When men bowed meath the bloody
scepters might,
When Force was rule and Battles
filed the land,
There came a queen, a goddess fair
whose hand
Held high above the gloom a bea-
con light
A torch with fame that breathed
peace and right
To warning worlds where chaos held
command.
This goddess queen was Law; and
bright she shone
With three-foId beauty 'gainst the
demon strife,
That long had he'd an undisputed
sway.
Soon from the land all dreaded
feuds were gone,
Harsh, cruel wars gave way to peace
ful life,
Then justice ruled and night was
changed to day.
Jackson P. Jones.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
World Wave Of Extravaaance.

Three Of the great powers, the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many are about TO wrestle with the
deficit question The British liberals
estimate the gap between revenues and
expenditures which parliament must
make good by new taxation as $50.
900. 900, while the conservatives, after
the manner of opposition, put it at
$40, 100000.
The German government wants
$4,000, 900 more revenue at once,
and here in the United States we
know that when the books are closed
at the end Of the current fiscal year
there will be deficit Of more than
800, 10000 Congress keeps right on
as if there eyre no such thing as mad
euuate revenues.
In all three countries big military
and naval appropriations are largely
responsible for the excess of expendl-
lures. though in neither Great Britain
nor Germany is the proportion OF the
taxpayers money devoted to fleets,
pensions and armies as great as III
our oUn.-Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

There are still a few film manufacture
ers not included in this combination
which is called a trust by its op-
ponents.
One Of the peculiar developments
Of the moving picture business is the
demand for views for special pur-
poses. Manufacturers, lectures on
travel and other topics, prohibition
agitators, and others interested in
persuading the public to accept their
statements, find the moving picture a
valuable adjunct. In a recent case
in which a New York transportation
company was sued for injuries said
to have been caused to boy in an &C
cident, moving pictures were pro-
duced in court by the defendnt as
part Of the evidence. They showed
the boy at play in the street and were
intended to prove that he was not as
badly injured as had been asserted.
With twentieth-century enterprise
the anti-salOOn leagues and prohib-
itioist lecturers in various states have
introduced moving pictures as a sub
stitute for the horrible examples" ex-
hibited by John 3. Cough and his
contemporaries. The modern sub.
situte shows the supposed drunkard
in he act of beating his wife or pawn
ing his babies shoes and later Keeling
down the street. Such views have
been exhibited in a number of states
in recent campaigns and have helped
to stir up popular feeling against the
liquor business.
Emphasis is being placed upon the
educational value Of moving-picture
views. The proposal has been made
by the head of the Peoples Institute
in New York to introduce them in the
public schools in order to instruct
the children in such subjects as the
growth of plants, the habits of birds,
or historical events.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
A Team Boat.

Here and there, along the Ohio
river, there still persist a few of the
olden time ferries, such as were com
mon over the middle west three-quar-
tiers of a century ago. In one or two
cases, as at AnderSon's ferry. well be-
low Cincinnati, the ferry is operated
by steam power 1t is just a fiat boat,
with tail for assisting landings, at
either end, and then the engine house
at one side the covered body of the
boat. At Lawrenceburg, however, the
ferry is of more ancient style still At
either side the vessel a stall admits
horse. The animal, we'll within this.
operates a treadle in treadmill fash
ion, and this rotates the clumsy pad
dlewheel outside. In such fashion the
boat is worked back and forth across
the river. The same style of boat
was in operation between Halifax and
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, before the
adoption of the steam ferry in the
first half of the last century.-Ship-
ping Illustrated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

teeth and Sara Burnhardt has ricketts,
but then children win be children
My husband has ep;leptic fits occa
sionally. I always tell my boarders
so they won't be scared if he's took
sudden. But, land, he don't mean
anything by it. The land sakes, there
goes the bell again
She departed to answer the sum,
mons. Henrietta sat down suddenly
upon the humpy bed She wept. AT
home they were just coming back
from the Meeting Sister Lizzie
would be there to supper with the
babies, naughty Henrietta and sturdy
Dave. 1t was time for the cows to be
coming up from the pasture. The
men were milking them and putting
up the horses in the hay scented
barn. The women were flying around
the neat comfortable kitchen, frying
potatoes and bacon and stirring bat
ter cakes-her fathers favorite dish.
Wall, Miss jenkins, so you'd like
the room tonight, would your
Henrietta arose: 'No, thank you.
1t isnt-it isn't-Im afraid it wouldn't
do"
She walked rapidly and with erect
head to Mays new store. The first
train for Jenkins Corners left the next
morning at 9, but she had read OF a
girl spending the n ght in a station.
At the millinery department she
found Mrs. Robinson waiting for her.
Mrs. Robinson had no suggestion OF
French about her in dress or manner.
She was a business-like and much
driven woman, but with a feeling
heart and seeing eyes. She looked at
Henrietta.
This is Henrietta Jenkins" she
said warmly, taking the girls hands
in hers. I'm glad to see you. l told
Minnie Allen I wouldn't let her get
married if she didn't send me some
one as good as her and she tolQ me
she could fill the order. I hope YOU
haven't arranged about a boarding
place" she went on as Henrietta was
mute. "My aunt, from Fulton county,
is keeping house for me and several
of. the girls in the shop. We have a
coy little fiat. 1t isn't elaborate,
but it makes a kind of home for us.
We have room for another and we'd
like to have you try US. Oh, there's a
letter that came for you this after
noon. l guess they haven't forgotten
sou at home, yet" 1t was her fathers
writing. He must have mailed it when
he brought her down to the train.
Henrietta chOked.
I'm always glad to get a girl from
the country" went on Mrs. Robinson.
Il was brought up there, myself. I
visited Jenkins Corners once when
I was a girl. Here's Sadie Jones. She
lives with us and she'll take you up
to the house. You can get kind of fixed
up before suppertime. That is, OF
course if you haven't made other
plans"
Sadie Jones, a jolly looking girl,
like Squire Shannon's daughter, shook
her hand cordially, and gave her a
wink.
Henrietta swallowed a few Incl
pient tears and smiled: mo, |
haven't, Mrs. Robinson,-and you are
just as kind as you can be-and I'm
sO-glad I came,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
MANY OLp-AGE PENSIONERS.

The first few weeks of the old-age
pension law developed the fact that
l person in every 20 in England and
Wales is a pauper. In London the
ratio is l to IA, and the figures gath
cred tell such a story of national p0y.
erty that the government is believed
to be in danger The Liberals are
fast becoming unpopular for their
forcing of the act upon the country, as
it is already manifest the pensions
will greatly increase the tax trade.
More than 100000 persons have been
found eligible for the old-age pen
sions, and it is expected that this to-
tai within the next few months will
reach $50, 900. Figures compiled re-
Gently give a population to England
and Wales Of nearly 35,0O0,0O0. The
number of paupers is 1,700,o 900, while
1000. 900 receive government aid,
either as paupers or old-age pension
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
Only Man Who Knew.

Many stories are current in legal
circles regarding former Judge W. T.
Wallace, one of the best known jurists
in the history Of San Francisco, but
here is new one, vouched for by
Billy" Barnes, at one time district
attorney. 1t runs thus:
Wallace was examining a candidate
for admission to the bar. All questions
had been satisfactorily answered, and
the lawyer to be had passed so bril-,
liantly that Wallace decided to put a
simple question to terminate the or.
deal. Gazing benignly at the young
man, he asked;
What is the liability of common
camter?"
Although lawyers the world over
and from time immemorial have
wrestled with this problem; though
millions of words have been taken in.
to the record of various cases in
which this unanswerabIe question was
involved, the fedgling calmly eyed
the judge and at ,ast solemnly re-
piled:
Your honor. l must beg you to
withdraw the question. | did know
the answer, but. unfortunately, have
forgotten.
For a minute Wallace eyed the
young man; then, turning to the law
yers who were grouped around him,
remarked:
Gentlemen. this is a sad case, in
fact, calamity. The only living man
who ever knew the liability of com.
mon carrier has forgotten. San
Francisco Call.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
New York a Colossal Mistake.

New York has become the greatest
deep-roundation city in the world
Nowhere else do men go dry-shot
eighty-fye feet below the water-IeveI
without intervening 0arrier-as they
did under the Mutual Life build ng-
and come back 10 tell about it. NO
where else do caissOns sink at the
rate of two feet an hour. as they did
on the sites of the North Trinity and
United States Realty buildings. No
where else does one come upon COM
plete portable accomplishing plants
hat will stand cartng about a city
and when set down are capable Of
sucking in, COMPRISING, and cooling
column Of air a foot square at the
rate of fOrty-ive miles an hour. The
New England coast has its six and
seven masted schooners; but New
York is the only known cruising
ground of the four-masted. four
doomed. electric-driven rapid-hoist.ng,
self-turning, portable derrick.
The colossal mistake by which New
York was originally located is now of
iucalculable value to our engineering
profession: the fact that it stands up
on an island several sizes too small
surrounded and partly overlaid by
sixty feet Of mud has developed more
real engineers in America than all
the technical colleges that We have.
It is they whom I have respectfully
have transformed a small river-girt,
rock backed, swampcoyered, scarcely
habitable island originally worth
twenty-four dollars, into what is now,
in some respects. the most livabIe.
though in other respects the most IN
ljyable, but at all events the most
lived upon. most densely populated.
richest spot under the sun.-Benjamin
Brooks in NcClure's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
ASSAYS $4,000 A TON.
Rich Strike in Republic Causes Sen

Rich Strike in Republic Causes Sen
sation in the Old Camp.
The richest find Of gold ever report
ed in Washington has just been made
on the new republic mine at Republic,
samples assaying as high as $4,000 a
ton, says a Spokane dispatch to the
Seattle POst-InteIligencer. The find
was made on the second stope, be-
tween Nos 2 and 8 levels. Sufficient
work has not yet been done to show
the extent of the ledge. Some of the
ore taken rom the ledge was so rich
ore taken from the ledge was so rich
the bank at Republic.
Much of the stock of the company is
owned in Seattle, L. w. Anderson be-
ing the president. The company was
incorporated last summer to take over
the Old Republic, which was sold by
Patsy Clark or several million dol
lars and was later abandoned. Since
the new company assumed control en-
tirely new bodies Of ore have been
uncovered and cars of ore have been
shipped that returned as high as $780,
900. About fifty men are now en-
ployed at the mine and the town has
revived Other properties are opening
up.
L. w. Anderson, the president Of
the New Republic company, lives in
Seattle, but he has cen a mine Op-
orator in Republic for twelve years.
He has no associates in Seattle in
his mining enterprises. Mr.. Ander-
son returned yesterday from Republic
with a car of ore assigned to the Ia
coma smelter. He confirmed the
report of the strike, which is the big
gest of a series that have been made
in open Slopes in the upper levels re-
Gently. The ore is the same sugar
loaf looking rock, in which there is no
visible mineral Of any character. 1t
was this same ore that made the Re
public famous a decade ago. Mr..
Anderson said last night that the ore
bodies are, in part, combinations of
the old lodges traced into outlaying
areas, and partly entirely new ore
shoots. the existence Of which was
hitherto unsupported.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

ers. While l person in 20 is listed as
a pauper, with paupers and old-age
pensioners combined, the figures
stand at l to Is. One person in IA
in London is a pauper, exclusive OF
the pensioners. The old-age pension
law has many restrictions, so that it
does not reveal the full extent of the
national penury A full pension of
S1.20 goes only TO those over 20 years
of age, and who have never been in
prison. There are about a dozen
minor disabilities, yet, despite all re-
strictions, 100000 persons are regis
tered for full or partial pensions
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

Wed begun to think it would
never come TO anything" said Mrs.
Dove frankly. ''for sister Sue IS
forty and Mr.. jerks is forty-nine.
But they're married at last, and the
funny part of it is that they seem
as happy as If they hadn't been
well, what We used to call counting
for seventeen years"
'Ah, romance of the Middle
Agesi" Mrs. Doves caller politely
observed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
Artistic Toast.

Round or diamond-shaped pieces OF
cast have been much in favor this
year for the afternoon tea.
Toast and tea were made for each
other and the toast seems to fit into
the : o'clock function better than any
KIND Of sweet cakes or sandwiches.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
PAINFUL PROGRESS.

You don't seem q h getting
along we'll groaned the victim in
the chair.
No" rejo' ned he dentist. 4
have evidently struck a snag."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27


small ucks
choche
length The collar
black
trimmed with black
the hat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
ABDUL HAND.

Abdul Hamid, Castro, Queen Lii, the
Carl:st pretender, the Orleans and
Bonaparte 'sovereigns" Of France, the
eX-CroWn Prince Of Servia and a
dozen or 50 unattached former pr EST
dents Of Haiti and San Domingo
might take possession of some un-
noticed South sea isle and form an
interesting little colony of their own.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

Modern Americans are an unhappy
race, says a Chicago professor which
is useful information, whether true
or nOt,-Atlanta Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
QUITE A BILLION
SEE FLYING FILMS
MOTION PICTURES SUHPHSS
EVEN BASEBALL IN
POPULARITY.
$4,000 900 is INVESTED IN 1000
TERS-cHIcAGo
HAS 313,
HARMFUL SUBJECTS BEING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MADE
REPUTABLE.


VT. ho.ob,1, ,,,do,,t,4oaI., aa
eeli vs. It's UL''e DIS 'he haIionaI Spo''
OF America, there is at least one
other diversion which attracts a
,,ras.s.r nIrrnhcr NJ Aroaricane Ahout
-n,,...oo -.-,..-... -.;, .z--t..iau 70
.,.,l ~ 1l1.,l t.n.,.l,
fn@, l...o7 ~ 1ono. tho r,n,,fng.,,ic-
t,,-. .ha,., d,o,,. -. a+taadance or
I'D, 20 -. ~, attl,,,a,oo c,f
,.. 49,. me- -, 49,, o,,oro.o,a
~ -. y.l-t,. - 49,, rorr, If
a..,.----,.-t '.,' a,, ,,,ar,a,
49, IL ~ .-.hoI[. ,.l,,,r,+r,,
s,~.ad.. mic iofont indrstrv has
5a,,.r,.~od - nafnt whore s5o ooo-
Goo +. f,,,o-t,1 il if ar5 r Ooo NOV
tno--fnrl,ra bonea. are scattered over
the -,,,nt,.,. 0r tho Iarpnr CITIES
Cb.~a-o b.. 81 ,rasan+ 212 moving
nfrt-,.. .ho,,g and will nrobahIv
bays 200 hafore The end Of the Dres-
lr.. ..... ,....,.' ,-,.rI. .b,. ono @ ouie
on ...t,.l I..l,f. roe ca, L,ror,f.co
7ar -.t,.l'..,,,I. On and posto, o.
'' F'
Hun -I"ds Of smaller cities and
towns have from one TO dozen and
IN" .r3Ze has extended 10 Mexico,
CeLua. and South America, and the
Panama canal zone.
Nearly LOOO.OOO rect or 1870 miles
r-.....' o,',t,. ~ t,o $1,000 rS ra+o -
.--- III
tho Eye every second that the ma
chin IS i'm motion, so that every day
MAX ne of these films is in itself an
enormous business. The organiza-
1lun which controls them not only
has agents phOtOgraphing scenes in
cver.nart Of the world, but maintains
thear RS and out f-door establish
ment- where complete plays and all
sorts Of other activities are presente
ed before the camera.
Until recently, theaters were as
rule, segregated in certain sections
OF tl@ large cities. Cities like New
York, Chicago and Philadelphia
coVel such areas that the working
poop" had little or no time after re
turning from their days work to
jravel to distant section for recre-
alton. Besides, it was expensive. To
man VINO has TO support a family
ON small earnings every nickel
courts. and carfare is a serious con
slde"atiOU.
At doors Of the poor.
Instead of the millions Of these
TaoH" having to go to the moving
picture show, it has come to them.
In every ueighborhood in the large
cities the shows have been estab-
iishsd I'm fact, they are most mum
.rOu- tu the thickly populated parts
of the city, The moving picture
exhibitor does not have to go to the
expense of constructing a theater.
His equipment is so simple that all
that is necessary is to rent a store
0r hal. to comply with fire reguIa-
lions. and to ornament it tnexpens-
uelg The cost is insignificant com
pared Go that Of eQupping the regu-
Tatjo1 type Of theater while the
charge Of nickel or a dime brings
within the reach of millions of per
sons Il form of entertainment which
formerly they could not afford.
Vaudeville managers did not fore
see Il few years ago that moving pic
gura shows would chase out yaude-
win. itself and become new and eX-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

BY a municipal election in Zion
City which is said to have killed him
politically, we are reminded that Vo-
Iva, the successor of Dowie, is still
numbered with the Ijving-New Or
leans Times-DemOCrat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27
JUST CHICAGO.

That 6-yearold Chicago boy who
has been lost seyenty-siX times may be
said to have contracted the umbrella
Washington Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

A Chicago prophet announces that
something extraordinary is about 10
happen There is a prophet who pos
sesses admirable precaution. He
doesn't pretend to say just what is go
ing to happen Perhaps the sweet
peas we planted three weeks ago arr
going to come up.-ToledO Blade
Chicago will have 1900 census
takers. Any one not showing up with
100000 will lose his job.-Cleyeland
Leader.
And now the University Of Chicago
censures the pOmpadour. Really the
moral tone OF the university is quick
ening.-Springfi eld Republican.