davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
LINES is DISCHARGED.
Case Against Man Who Told Lurid
story Of Burglary is Dropped.

Gideon Lines, who was recently ar
rested on the charge OF larceny by
conversion OF $3.50 sent 10 him by
Los Angeles man, TO pay the charges
OF shipping his furniture and paying
the storage bills. was discharged by
Justice Jeffries. Tuesday morning. The
prosecuting attorney recommended
that the case be dropped. as the prose
cutting witness could not come here
from Los Angeles II is said that A
settlement was made
Lines recently figured in the lime.
light when nc reported sensational
burglary OF his former home on Sibley-
st where he pictured himself as Civ
ing a burglar a desperate battle. AMI
lodging bullets from the burglars re-
volver. Later he admitted that the
story was a falsehood
The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
Mrs. Cobb Loses opera Glasses.

IL anyone finds a pair % pearl
mounted opera glasses. Lea Lamaire'
make. and inscribed with the initials
&C. NJ. c." he will promptly return
them 10 their owner. IL he is a good
baseball fan. The glasses belong 10
Mrs. Tyrus Cobb, and we're lost by
'Cobb's sister Florence. rs she was
leaving the Lyceum theater Monday
|svenilg.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
pFspoNpENT HANGS SELF.

MUSkEGON. Mich June 29.-tSpc.
cial) -Bcrtus Jansen. one Of the o.d
pioneers OF Muskcgou. IN "a So Of tex
porary insanity. caused hy hroodiug
over the burning 90 death Of his Sis.
ter. recently took bis own life by
hanging himself this morning. lie was
also labQring under the impression
that the police were after him
The Detroit times., 1909-06-30

nu.tness-Tii., ttsInttag. So FUSS and
no feathers THE plain, neat Kind that
looks right Times Printing Co.. No
Is John R.-st Phone 1923
The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
COMMISSION TO MEET.

LANSING. Mich June 29-(spc,
cial The public domain commission.
created by an act passed by the recent
legislature viii hold its first meeting
in this city July TO- and will or
gauiza
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
The Weeks Roll of Honor
WRITER'S CONTEST

Los Angeles first prize $780, Bueah Miller Be1vedere
Honorable mention-Owen Notion 300 Kensngton Road
Helen NJ Howell, III North Avenue &C.
Out of town. first prize $OOVgnia Smith, Alb Islay
street. Santa Barbara.
Honorable menton-Madge Ssco, Anahem and Dawson av
enue Long Beach; Elda Mathes Ocean Park
LIMERICK CONTEST
Los Angeles first prize bookHeen Ferguson, 1916 Emmett
Honorable mention-Theodore Fielding 21O7 Aessandro
street; Florence Farmer, 485 East Thrtyeghh
Out of town. first prize book Marguerite Dust Downey
Yates, San Jacinto
UNFINISHED STORY CONTEST
First prize book-Owen Notion, 800 Kensngton Road.
Honorable mention-Phylis Mullen, 1O8 North Wellngton
Ella Brun, FL Monte.
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST
First prize $1O0-Helen M Howell III Avenue Co.
BIRTHDAY CALENDAR
First Prize book-Wnfed s. Epson, age T. Ocean Park.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
COMIC SHEETS AMUsE,
BUT DO NOT BENEFIT
(Honorable Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
III VERY one reads the funny paper
n in our house and we all enjoy it,
- too. Of course we children enjoy
it most, but mamma likes to look at it..
too. Grandmother cannot help but
laugh over it sometimes, but she said
the other day that she was beginning
to think maybe it wasn't just the thing
for children after ALL"
I think sometimes there are pretty
good lessons in it. l look more for The
Herald Junior now, though, for am
always anxious to see whether any of
US or our friends won any prize, and
then there is more good sense in it
anyway than the funny paper, and it
does US more good.
The Junior makes US put our think
ing caps on, and maybe it will make
poets or writer's out of some boys or
girls who would not have thought of
trying without The Herald Juniors
suggestions. 1 think the reading in it
is preferable to the funny paper because
it teaches us more and in that way
gives US more pleasure.
OWEN MOTION,
800 Kensington road, grade AT, Tenn
pie street school.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
COMIC SECTION BURNS
WELL, BUT STAINS FLOOR
(HonorabIe Mentionl

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I WOULD be hard to tell who reads
the comic supplement in our house.
If papa is first to open the paper
he folds the comic sheet neatly and
puts it in the fire. Mamma says she
wishes the papers would not print any.
I think the "Wobbie and Weggie"
series is rather funny. The tall, thin
one and the short, round one, pair Of
simpletons who were always doing the
silliest things and finding it out after
ward, or sometimes they didn't find it
out. Mamma says the pictures were
not well drawn, but they did express
something, and she thinks the ''Muffy''
pictures were drawn by an artist, be-
cause "they characterize the innocent
little draggle-tailed Muffy." and are
nicely colored, but the jokes aren't az
good in themselves as the ''Wobbie and
Weggie" jokes.
When look the comics over it makes
me feel trashy. Sometimes my brother,
years old, asks what the pictures
mean, and some of them are so coarse
and silly and horrid that he wouldn't
be able to understand what they mean,
and good thing he couldn't.
He would rather look at his nice
Christmas books. He never gets tired
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
Paper Eagerly Sought

My Dear Aunt Laurie:
The funny paper in our house is very
amusing and we would miss it very
much if you should ever take it out.
We all read it and like it. Papa and
we girls try to see who is going to get
to see it first; sometimes papa will
run out doors before breakfast and get
it and look at 1t before we get chance
to, then we have to get it away from
him. Then mamma would say: LET
the baby have it." so we would give it
to him.
1t Is pretty hard to say who enjoys
1t most, but I think we all do.
Yes, Lunt Laurie, think other read
ing matter is preferable, but some
times we get many a good lesson out
Of the paper. because we enjoy it so.
Well, I have written all / know on
this subject. Sending my love and best
wishes to you and The Herald Junior,
1 remain your niece,
HAZEL S. FOUST,
Age IA: grade s, Orange avenue
school, Monrovia, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
Letters to Aunt Laurie From Nephervs and Nieces
SMILING BECOMES A CUSTOM
Happy Little Girl Makes Many Friends
by Cheerful Manner
First Prize)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
ENJOY the funny paper very much,
but I am willing to give papa the
u banner for the biggest laugh.
feel as if 1 enjoy it as much as he,
but he can laugh alone.
And I make him read it to me, for
l do not like a lonesome laugh.
My teacher says: Laugh and the
world laughs with you" But the world
seems far away when 1 read the funny
paper alone. 1 like Pinky Prim and
Rosie PoSie in The Herald. There is
another girl who dresses in fluffy white,
and when she wants anything and is
refused she smiles so sweetly she can
not be denied.
The first time 1 read it I thought
I would take up the idea, and it works
fine on papa.
Mamma tells me to try it all the time,
everywhere, and everybody will love
me; and / think l will, for I always
like smiling people the best.
We have been reading old Greek
stories, and 1 never get sleepy over
them; 1 love them. But the funny
paper is a good-time surprise that
makes you glad.
BEULAH MILLER.
Age 8, grade 8, Belvedere school, Les
Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
PROVIDE SOMETHING BETTER
Children Will Find Interest in More
Profitable Matter
First Prize)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
THINK that in the comic supple
ments in most Of the papers the
- drawings are very crude They
amuse the children, but they certainly
don't cultivate an artistic tempera-
ment.
The grammar is hardly good at all.
/ think that if children could be in
terested in papers like the Junior they
would not be so crazy to get the funny
papers.
But I don't think that the funny
papers do very much harm, and they
mustn't be taken away from the chill
dren until they get something a good
deal better to look forward to every
Sunday.
I am glad there is going to be an ar
lists contest in the Junior.
VIRGINIA SMITH.
Age IA. Alb West Islay street. Santa
Barbara, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31

send it to a poor little sick boy and
girl and their mother reads it to them.
They think it is very nice to get the
funny paper. Their mother tells me
that it makes her children feel lots
better, and she says it makes her
bright to see her children so happy.
Then there is little girl named Mary
who says she likes the fairy tales bet
ter than the funny paper.
MADGE SISCO.
Anaheim and Dawson. Carroll Park
school, fifth grade. 13 years. r. F.
d. No. 2, box 129, Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
COMIC PAGE PROVIDES
FUEL FOR FIREPLACE
Honorable Mention)

\
Dear Aunt Laurie:
TN OUR home the Sunday comic
sheet is devoured with the most
n relish by the dining room stove;
and L honestly think that is the best
place for it.
Ny mother says that it spoils ones
sense of humor l think this is quite
true, because a person who has the
funny paper as an ideal is unable to
appreciate or to enjoy wholesome fun
or true wit
1 think that it would be taking a
great step, morally, if the comic sup
PIGMENT in the Sunday papers would be
abandoned and other reading matter be
put in its place.
The Herald could easily afford to do
away with it without furnishing sub
stitute, as The Herald Junior already
occupies the place for the children that
the comic sheet was supposed to fill.
HELEN M. HOWELL,
Age Is; III North Avenue Sc; Los
Angeles high school, grade BIO.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31

of them, because the pictures are beau
tiful and really mean something.
When we sweep the kitchen we use
dampened newspapers torn in little
bits to keep the dust down. One time
L used the colored comic with the rest,
and it stained the floor. It isn't even
good to wipe the floor with.
l can't think of anything we need in
place of it. Papa says "The papers are
too big already; better get done with
them sooner and get out by the ocean.
Or if you want reading matter read
some of the good literature that stands
neglected on the shelves"
How would it do to have some of
Cooper's novels and Martin Chuzzlewit ?
Or some poetry?
ELLIDA MATHEWS.
Ocean Park, box G. Age 12 years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
Pasadena Scenery

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My father has business in Pasade-
ma and I go there very often. I like
very much to ride out to Pasadena on
the car because it goes so fast. When
I was out there last Saturday we went
to see some Of the beautiful homes on
Orange Grove avenue We also went
to see Busch's gardens. AS much as
we saw was very pretty, but we could
not go inside and around the gardens.
as people are not allowed to go in
there only on Sunday. The grounds are
large and very pretty. It consists of
several hundred acres of ground. It
is all like little mounds. They are COW
cred with grass which is very green.
LOUIS MARGOLIS,
426 North Figueroa street, age 8 years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
Likes Pinkie Prim

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Every member of our household likes
and reads the funny paper. Papa and
mamma read it and so do my brother
and I, and after we have had a good
laugh over it we lay it aside to take
up other parts of the paper. I am
sorry to see that a Kindergarten So
ciety wants to stop publication of
the funny papers, and I hope they
won't succeed in depriving us of our
Sunday laugh.
We don't any Of us take the pictures
seriously any more than we do of
stories Of "Trip Van Winkle," "Cin-
derella," RED Riding Hood" Beauty
and the Beast" and giant, dwarf or
fairy tales of any kind. We know
there is no such person as a real Santa
Claus or bunny on Easter, but we en-
Joy all these things.
Pinkie Prim always sets us a good
example. Rosey Posey always gets
punished for being naughty girl.
Major Ozone is right about fresh air,
but he is so unlucky.
Handy Andy, Bud Smith, Bruno and
Mooney Miggles are just to laugh at
My papa says it rests him to read the
funny papers. MAUDE EDWARDS,
1927 West Tenth street, grade 5, Hobart
school. Age II.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
FUNNY PAGES TRAVEL
THROUGH MANY HANDS
Honorable Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
III He funny paper comes every Sun
day morning. Papa reads it
= through, then I read it, then it
goes to Jim and ma. They read it and
like it. Sister Jane says it's too silly
Bridget likes it better than any of u.s.
Then the hired man reads it. He says
it's awfully silly, still he likes to read
it, Then when company comes they
read it through and through, then it
goes to Uncle Pete, then to Aunt Mi
randa, then to all our cousins. There
are six OF them. Baby likes to read the
pictures.
When we all get through with it We
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
A New Niece

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Thissis my first letter to The Junior,
and~Y think that I am the first girl
to write to you from Santa Barbara.
| like The Junior very much. I like all
the rest, but the part I like best is the
letters that the Juniors write.
I take drawing lessons, and some
day I want to be an artist. Do you
think the sketch I send you is sug..
gestive of morning call? I'm afraid
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-06-29

That history will itself? Do believe that valley
possible Influential men,
and real mistaken and that their
judgment poor when they The Mehow valley another
Wenatchee?
any called but few chosen Five thousand
reading advertisements and but fifty average
reply them One is large enough There
all The Meow valley thousand
and there ample for six thousand and fveacre
tract of apple land for each
you Mehow valley largest
of Washington That its soil pronounced the fertile
the northwest That its north and south valley
late os? Do you thirty
miles of lines canals dtches fumes and aeras make
of the wonderful apple districts this wonderful country?
18th day of April started to advertise this wonderful valley
that time have sold thousand of which
local all of them knowing what Wnatche
has the and what Methow will be the future
who capable of looking the themselves and
from all standpOnts.
Where better you place surplus capital savings than
the Methow valley whose hyve miles of fertile table lands from
four miles width afford such wonderful opportunity for
fruit culture What other lands the state well recommended
by like Mr. Van HOdebeke and Professor W. S. Thonbr? Where
this country of invest hundred
hundred dollars returns short
If minds of better make it. Eek
perience good teacher but do get much
1903 where Wenatchee time
the clock back will have the Wenatche valley
what the Methow today The question do you
the in United today
If do opportunity show and maybe something
Mehow little better than the best of
At least let show
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Foo Filters In London.

call London public buildings are
now erected with fog filters" said ar
architect "They are essential. Lon
don's yellow brown fog. made Of the
smoke of q million soft coal fires
smells Of sulphur. irritates eyes and
throat and causes headache. 1t pene
trates houses Waking on winter
morning. you can't see across YOU
bedroom for It, SO now all public
buildings filter it. The air is drawn il
one orifice only. and fans hurl i
against curtains Of cotton six inche:
thick. 1t is forced through these cur
tains. 1t comes out on the other side
for distribution through the various
rooms fairly clean. pure. Transparent
air. But the white filter curtains! Ev
cry day they must be changed. II
takes only an hour to gray them. and
by nightfall they are as black as ink"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
An Income for Life,

%OVVV bIVuA ~ fANASos
Walnut lands in Sunny Oregon. Stu
ated in the beautiful Yamhill Valley, 25
miles from Portland on the Southern
Pacific railroad. 1900 acres, full bloom
ing orchards of selected,3 years old.
grated trees. divided into and 10 acre
tracts. 600 acres left. We care for these
trees years without cost, when you will
have an 8 year old grove bearing you an
income that will increase 100 per cent
annually thereafter. This land will ire
BILE in value in the next three years. For
a limited time will offer 100 acres to
genuine inquirers from North Dakota at
$500. an acre. $50. down, So. a month. l
will personally select this land for you.
I invite my friends to take advantage of
this exceptional opportunity. Price pos
itively advances to $500. an acre July LIST.
Write at once for descriptive booklet ex-
planning our offer.
WALNUT GROVE COMPANY.
SIDNEY L. WARDWELL,
Sales Agent, 22S Stark Street,
Portland, Oregon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
l4orrors Incidental to Old Time Exc.
cution BY DROWNING.

Execution Ivy drowning was abol
ished in France by Henri Quatre. onl,
to be revived by one If his successors
It was finally abolished as a statutor,
method Of execution by the earliest de
cree Of the great revolutionarfes.
AS late as the eighteenth century
death by drowning was decreed to {
felon in Edinburgh. and in the middle
ages it was common enough mode
Of doing convicted criminal to death
That execution Of this nature was cor
sidered as humane rs any other, so fa1
as the victim was concerned, is show
by the fact that ii was not unknown
among the carly Jews, who varied tho
punishment Of stoning adultereSses b!
drowning them. Among the Egyptians
1t was common. The Roman lex cor
nelia sanctioned the method by placing
1t on the statute records. Tacitus tells
us that the Germans copied the prac
tice from the Romans. The Teutol
termed it the "last baptism" and ht
did not allow his powers OF imagina
ton to sleep when he set about de
vising additional varieties which
should add to the excitement attend
ing upon the doomed persons dcpar
ture from life. The convict was sewc(
up. Monte Cristo fashion, in Il bag. an(
with him were Enclosed vicious dog
a hungry cat, violent rooster. Il ven
omous viper. all very much alive an(
presumably kicking.
For what reason it is hard to see
but death by drowning was by many
peoples considered preferable for erin
inal women. In the case Of very de
based or very mean offenders thr
Romans had more or less pleasan
fashion Of drowning the doomed ores
in marshes, first incasing them il
elaborate crates.
For refined cruelty in killing off thcil
female criminals the earlier Albanian
were certainly the most inventive IL
the matter Of ingenuity. 1t is com
monty known. Of course. that even thu
modern Albanian has less respect fol
womanki'd than any other known NAL
in the human catalogue, not even OK
Guiding the Chinese. The approved
method Of doing criminal or even 8
displeasing woman to death prevalen'
among them up to rather less than +:
century ago was to chain her in tank
into which the water was allowed tt
flow gradually. AS the water reached
her breast it was allowed to recede
sometimes back to her ankles, whel
the refilling Of the tank began anew
If the woman had children the torture
was varied by the drowning or mutila
ton Of them before her eyes. To vari
Gus parts Of her body was attached
such food as attracts rats. Of which
a number would be let loose.-Nev
York World.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Scottish lmpartiaiitv.

Color sergeant Of highland company
Tin which were one or two English
calling the roll:
angus Mackayw No reply. cloud
err angus Mackay" Still no reply
(Sotto voce.) II ken ye're there. Yer
aye at yer jooty, decent mon. but ye'rt
over modest to speak before sac mony
folk: ! see ye fine" marks him dowr
In the roll.)
John Jones!"
y Squeaky voice replies, "'Ere."
Sergeant-Ou. aye, ye're here or say
ye're here. but ye're sic muckle leeal
I Gamma believe word that comes oot
O yer mooth, sac I'll fist mark ye door
as absent!-London Answers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Much Like Demosthene..

woman" he said, "really ought t.
be better orator than man."
"Why sou she asked.
Because" he replied, ito a certain
extent at least she follows the meth
DDS Of that famed orator Demos
themes"
I'm what way7' she inquired, still
busy with the finishing touches Of hel
toilet.
You remember" he answered, ''tha,
Demosthenes used to practice talking
with his mouth full Of pebbles"
She hastily took the pins out Of bel
mouth and Informed him that he wal
. mean old thing anyway.-New Yorl
Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Refused TO Accompany He,

Refused to Accompany Her.
A noted German lyric soprano, who
may as well be nameless here, as she
10 no longer before the public, devel-
oped in her later years a habit Of sing
ing out Of tune. One night at small
company. being asked to sing, she
promptly consented, and her hostess
then went to Otto Lessmann, the Ger
man critic, who was present, and said:
Herr Lessmann, viii you accom-
pany Madam BlankT'
with pleasure. Where 10 she 90
ing1''
"Why, to sing"
"No. pardon me, not there. New
York Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
An Excellent Investment.
1000 per cent Profit in Is months. Cash
besides Health and Happiness.

1000 per cent Profit in Is months. Cash
besides Health and Happiness.
81 have been drinking for years-not
SO that I was a drunkard-but every
time I came to town got in company
and drank considerable from the black
bottle. 1t seems as though / can see
the bottle now as ghost, I get so
I would come home to my wife and
children, drunk and ugly, forge g my
business and everything except the
black bottle. In desperate / took q
bold step, went to the rth Dakota
Liquor Institute, Gran Forks, paid
4125.O0 for the liquor cure, and got
cured. That is where I made 1000 per
cent profit and obtained health and
happiness"
Your truly,
We have hundreds of letters similar
to the above and will be glad to furnish
the addresses of the parties to anyone
desiring them.
References
Any reliable business man of
Grand Forks. All correspond
ence strickly confidential.
PETER WlNGER.
. Manager.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
And SO He Left Thorn.

With a heart full Of good intentions
and a bag full Of uplift tracts he ap.
preached the cottage in the bucolic
wilds.
Madam, may leave some tracts
with you?''
'You may, kind sir, but leave the
heel marks Of them pointing directly
toward these steps."-New York Times
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Art

Ffiend-Whati You pawned your one
good coat to get canvas for your paint.
ing7 Artist Yes. Friend-And how
much did you get for the picture?
Artist-Nearly enough to get my coat
out.-Cleveland Leader.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
The North Dakota
Liquor Institute

has been conducted in Grand
Forks for over II years; has re-
stored to prosperity and good citi-
zenship thousands of unfortunate
men and women, has brought
comfort and happiness to hun
dreds of homes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07

Truly re II q tide In the affairs Of
men, but there IL no gulf stream set.
ing for e. n ooe direct3one-Lovall.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
Remember

We guarantee to cure any case
where the patient has spark of
vitality on which to build. We
do not only eradicate the drug or
liquor from. the system, but we
remove the appetite, and patients
grow rapidly in flesh and vitality.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-07
The North Dakota >
Liquor Institute Cure

restores ambition and manly
strength, gives back to the pa
tients clear head and high
ideals.