davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
Staggers Skeptics.

That clean, nice, fragrant com
pound like Bucklcn's Arnica Save
will instantly relieve a bad burn, cut,
scald, wound or piles, staggers skep-
tics. But great cures prove it's a
wonderful healer OF the worst sores.
ulcers. boils. felons, eczema, skin
eruptions, as also chapped hands.
sprains and corns. Try it. 25c at
Wheaton & Sons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
What is Most Necessary to
Happiness?

Many of us will thoughtlessly an
swer, money, but health is far more
necessary. Money will not cure
rheumatism, sprains, cuts, wounds,
bruises, burns. scalds, sores and such
troubles, but Rcnnc's Pain-Killing
Oil will Never known to fail Try
il Price 25c, SOC and $l00, at
Wheaton & Sons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
LOCAL MARKETS
The following market quotations are
correctedsevery Thursday morning:
GRAIN.

The following market quotations are
correctedsevery Thursday morning:
GRAIN.
Wheat-No | white, 93c No. , rec
93c
Oats --33c. old or new
Shelled corn-j3c.
Beans-Hand picked. nar bu $500.
Rye-6jc.
Buckwheat-3l. 25 per 100 lbs
HAY.
No. Timothy-Sl2 90
AIixed-Sl0.00 to SlL0O
Clover-No. /, IS 90 per ton
Straw 500
CLOVER SEED.
Juue-5500 to $3.50 per bushel.
Alsyke-s5.50 60 $500 per bushel.
Mammo.h-$5.0o to so per bushel.
Timothy-l.75 per bushel
LIVE STOCK.
Eogs-Ss 80 per cwt
BeefCattle-S2 90 $500 per cwt.
Sheep--S3.5 30 per cwt.
Lambs-s515 per cwt.
Veal Calves Is
DRESSED MEATS.
Beetle o. Sc per pound
Bogs-ll.20 per cwt.
Mutton-7c per pound.
Veal Calves &c per pound
POULTRY, HIDES, ETC.
Brothers large-l4c.
Hens, large fat-l2c per pound.
Ducks, young-l0c per pound.
Geese, alive-S per pound.
Fat Turkeys, alive-l4c per 10
Beef Hides-7c per pound,
Horse Hides-s2 a. 3 90.
Deacon Skins-25c.
Calf Skins-llc per pound.
Tallow-5c per pound.
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC.
Potatoes. new-S0c per bushel
PRODUCE
Butter-26c per pound
Eggs-l7.lSc per dozen.
Lard-1215c per pound.
Honey-l2c per pound.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
ATTENTION

am soon to leave Alma for the north
west and before leave, Sept. lst., all
accounts and contracts due the late firm
of Convis s. Convis MUST be settled.
My telephone number is Bell 80, Union
AZ. This means business.
LOU cONvIS.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17
Short Farm Talk

70 raise good crop of corn it
is necessary that the weeds should
be keep out as they pump out the
moisture and take up plant food
which the corn plants should have.
In removing the weeds the face
of the ground has to be stirred
and this makes dust mulch which
save moisture; in fact it is so i'm
portant that it would pay to culti-
vate merely for the sake of es-
tablishing it. even if there were
no weeds to kill. In killing
weeds it is always we'll to be-
gin when they are small, as it
takes very little then to get rid of
them. nor is it necessary to go
deep. In fact shallow cultivation
also produces a good soil mulch
and does not cut the corn roots
which come quite near the sur
face. A rain compacts the sur
face and the ground should be
cultivated as soon as the water
has soaked down sufficiently so
that the soil flows from the shovels
in loose friable condition. In
case it is not stirred after rain
there may be as much evaporation
from the compact surface as the
rain fall amounted to, in fact in
some cases more.
Moisture is very important in
the soil, as the plants need it, and
it is also in the moisture that he
plant food dissolves and the one
way the plant gets its food is in
solution. So cultivate to kill
weeds and preserve moisture.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17
CITY Ordinances

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
POLL TAXES WITHIN. THE CITY
OF BEACH, PRESCRIBING REGULA-
TIONS THEREFOR, AND PENAL
TIES FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS HEREOF.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEACH,
NORTH DAKOTA, AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION 1.
POLL TAX. WHO SUBJECT. Each
male person residing within the limits
of the City of Beach, between the age
of twenty-one and fifty years, except
such persons as are exempt by law,
shall be subject to poll tax of one
dollar and fifty cents, which shall be
paid in money, to the street commits
sioner of said city as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SECTION II.
STREET COMMISSIONER DUTY
OF The street commissioner shall
obtain the names of all persons sub
ject to a poll tax, and shall make a
list of the same to be kept in book
for that purpose. on the first day of
May in each year, or as soon there
after as may be practicable, and at
once notify every such person so list
ed of the amount of such poll tas,
time and place of paying same. which
time shall not be more than five days
from and after notice. Provided.
that every person subject to poll tax.
located in said city of Beach, after
such poll list shall have been made
up shall be enrolled and his name
added to such list. and he shall be
liable to pay such poll tax in the same
manner as though his name had been
originally enrolled but any person
who has paid his poll tax elsewhere
for that year and has receipt there
for. shall be exempt from further pay
ment for that year.
SECTION III.
PENALTY. Any person who shall
fail or refuse to pay such poll tax
within five days from and after being
notified as provided by this chapter,
shall upon conviction thereof, be sub
dollars nor more than ten dollars.
SECTION w.
STREET COMMISSIONER TO
MAKE COMPLAINT. If any person
shall fail or refuse to pay such poll
tax after being notified as provided
herein. the street commissioner shall
make complaint to some court having
jurisdiction, and upon a warrant be-
ing issued for the arrest of such per-
son. shall forthwith bring him before
such court, or in the absence of such
court. to the nearest court, having
jurisdiction, for trial or examination.
Passed this 2sth day of May, 1910.
Approved this 28th day of May,
1910.
f. f, NOBLE,
Mayor.
Attest: GEO. MCCLELLAN,
City Auditor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17
NOTICE FOR BIDS


Sealed proposals for the Office of
county physician in and for Bill
lings county, North Dakota, will
be received by the board of county
commissioners Of Billings county,
North Dakota. at the office Of the
undersigned up to 2 o'clock P. M.
Of July 5th, A. D. 1910.
The services Of the county ply.
stefan are as follows:
For the term of one year to
give his professional services and
attention as physician to the needy
poor patients Of Billings county,
resident or transient, and to furn-
ish all medical and surgical work,
medicines, etc.. and whatever
may be requisite and necessary
for the proper treatment Of such
needy poor patients.
The year 20 begin July 5th, A..
D. 1910, and end July 5th, A. D..
1911.
Physicians submitting propos-
ais will be required to file with
the board a fee bill of charges
usually made in their practice and
use same fee bill as basis of
their prosposal, proposing to rend-
er their services as aforesaid as
the occasion and demand require.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
By order of the board of county
commissioners of Billings county,
North Dakota, and under my hand
and seal this 10th day of June,
A. D., 1910.
j. A. McGregor,
County Auditor Of Billings
County, North Dakota.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17
Petitions Filled

Petitions as filed in the office
of the county auditor and to be
voted on at the primaries of June
Goth, 1910.
Sheriff
Henry Will
w. H. Neuens
Frank Konczak
Auditor
Charles Harkins
j. A. McGregor
Treasurer
J.. E. Arnold
Clerk of District Court
Paul w. Lebo s..
Geo. A. Olson
Register of Deeds
Geo. E. Burgess
James C. Westergaard
States Attorney
Joseph Denoyer
R. F. Gallagher
Superintendent of Schools
OOoSpu ~ AAISuCu
j. B. Linger
County Judge
j. A. Paxton
County Surveyor
Thor. G. Piomason
County Commissioner, LIST Dis.
trict-
H C.. Short
John Tester
P. Hahnsen
Assessor
3rd District, P. w. Lebo
End Di trict, j. A. Arbuckle
Justice Of the Peace
F. E. Heath
Members of the House Of Repre-.
sentatives, 39th District. Vote
for three names only
j. P. Reeve
Harve Robinson
George Mcclellan
H. A. Lombard
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17

Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets will brace up the
nerves, Danish sick headache,
prevent dependency and invigor-
ate the whole system. Sold by
P. H. Lee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18

are from the dominions Of Francis Jo-
seph.
In 1884 only four per cent of the
immigrants were from Italy; now the
percentage is nearly forty. From
Austria Hungary in those days came
nine per cent. of the immigrants; that
empire now furnishes rs per cent.
Russia's quota 16 years ago was four
per cent; now 1t Is more than sixteen.
The Scandinavian countries proper
ton used to be ten per cent; 1t only
Is half that now. Germany's was 40
per cent; now 1t is four. Ireland's
was IL; now 1t Is Ave.
Great Immigrant Army.
There have come to this country,
from the time the immigration records
began in 1920 up to the end of the last
fiscal year, nearly thirty million immi-
grants. This is equal to the entire
population Of Spain. Portugal and
Sweden combined. Compared with
this alien invasion Of America the
history-making, shiftings Of the Franks
and Gauls and Goths and Vandals and
Huns were nothing at all. That Is
one indication of the reason why the
government is beginning to regard
the influx of more than a million i'm
migrants a year as one OF its most
serious domestic problems. Immigra-
ton experts believe at least rs per
cent. of the immigrants now neces-
sarily admitted, although they may be
able to earn living, are Of no bene-
fit to the country, but, on the con-
trary. are detriment; that their
presence tends to lower our standards
Of living and civilization, and If they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
PUTS sT0MACHs IN ORDER.
No Indigestion, Gas, Sourness or Dys-
pepsia Five Minutes After Taking
a Little Diapepsln.

There should not be case Of indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or gastritis here if read
ers who are subject to Stomach trou-
bic knew the tremendous anti-ferment
and digestive virtue contained in Dia-
pepsin. This harmless preparation
will digest a heavy meal without
the slightest fuss or discomfort, and
relieve the sourest, acid stomach in
five minutes, besides overcoming all
foul, nauseous doors from the breath.
If your stomach Is sour and full of
gas, or your food doesn't digest, and
your meal don't seem to fit, why not
get 50-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any druggist here in town, and
make life worth living. Absolute re-
lief from Stomach misery and perfect
digestion of anything you eat Is sure
to follow five minutes after, and be-
sides, one ffty-cent case is sufficient
to cure a whole family of such trouble.
Surely, a harmless, inexpensive
preparation like Pape's Diapepsin,
which will always either at daytime
or during night, relieve your sick,
sour, gassy, upset stomach and digest
your meals, is about as handy and val
liable a thing as you could have in the
house.
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Downing Family
Copyright by Mcclure syndicatej
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

| ing, who gave a munificent sum for
the purpose. He was the third baronet,
and grandson of the first baronet.
One immigrant came from Devon
shire. He was Thomas Downing, and
member of the Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania was naturally the place
he chose for home. Downingtown is
the name of the town he helped to
settle, and the old homestead stili
stands.
In New England, we find Emanuel
Downing at Salem, Mass, in the sew
enteenth century. He was born in
London. Benjamin Downing and wife,
Sarah Hunter, were living at Hatfield,
1879. Emanuel of Salem married Lucy,
sister of Governor Winthrop, and
their daughter Ann married, for her
second husband, Simon Bradstreet, the
last colonial governor of Massachu-
sets.
Francis Downing was in Virginia in
1924, and it is supposed that 1t is his
descendants who settled in Maryland.
and later, also in Kentucky.
Among marriage connections of the
Downings of the south are the Hick-
mans, Lewises, Madisons, Jacksons,
Taylors, Hunleys, Crutchers, Muirs
and Russells. Delilah, Ruth, Rebecca,
Venetia, Isabella and Juliet are favor
lite Christian names of early genera
lions.
The Downings have always respond
ed promptly to any call to arms in de-
Tense of their country. Hoffman
records Lieutenants Thomas of Massa-
chusetts and William of Pennsylvania
Captain Daniel-probably of Massa-
chusetts-was captain in the Revolu-
ton. He, too, lived to a ripe old age,
dying in 1927. His wife was Betsy
Riell
William Downing of Maryland
served for short time in the Revolu.
ton, afterwards removing to Ken.
lucky. Richard Downing of Maryland
was literally boy of '76, and served
through the war.
There is connection with the
Cromwells of England, through the
marriage of William of Maryland, SOL
der, with Rebecca Cromwell. Her
father was Maryland settler and di-
rect descendant of the Cromwells.
The Downings of New York state
were probably of the New England
family.
The coat-of-arms reproduced is:
barry of ten, argent and vert, a griffin
sergeant, vert
Crest: An arm endowed, habited in
mail, proper, tied around the wrist
with ribbon, or, and holding an ar.
row, barbed and fiighted with gold.
The coat-of-arms upon the walls of
Downing college is blazoned; barry OF
eight, argent and vert, a griffin Sc.
greant, or, within bordure, azure,
charged with eight roses, of the first,
seeded and barbed, proper. Mottai
Quaerere Verum-seek the truth.
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New Haven was in the continental
army and there were doubtless many
others.
In searching the records we come
across interesting data relative to
regimental orders to the minute men.
Thus, for instance, they are earnest
ly recommended again to have their
hair cut in the brush mode, hats
cooked, their shoes made tight to
their feet, with buckles, and generally,
when they wear overalls, to have on
their hunting shirts, remembering
that they now compose part of the
grand army of the United States Of
America, Immediately under the view
of the general and chief officer
Washington. Such regiments as
have not drawn tomahawks are i'm
mediately to provide themselves with
them"
The coat of arms illustrated is bla.
zoned in Barker's "Peerage": Lozengy,
sable and argent; a chief ermine.
Crest: A boar PEASANT, collared and
bristled, vert This is doubtless the
first coat Of arms granted to the fam.
lily and it is later one which is bla,
zoned: Argent; on a chevron cotised.
sable, between three Cornish choughs,
proper, as many crescents, of the
field.
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MADE HIS APOLOGY AMPLE
Irish Legislator Even Withdrew the
Words That He Was About
to Utter.

There is In congress a western rep.
resentative Of Celtic origin who has
more than once stirred up the ami.
mails" by his propensity to bait the
opposition.
On one occasion he rose to de-
nounce the statements made in q
speech that had been delivered by a
member Of the other party. His Inn
petuosity led him to phrase his re-
marks rather strongly.
"Order, order!" exclaimed the
speaker, pounding with his gavel.
Again, In a minute or two, did the
son Of Erin return to his charge of
wilful misstatement. Again was he
called to order"
1t was a critical moment. His col
leagues, for motives of policy, did not
wish him to be put out of the debate,
so they limited so by tugging vigor-
ously at his coat tails
Now, it's very dangerous matter
to trifle with the tails of an Irishman's
coat, save in the cause Of friendship.
Nevertheless, the indignant yet good
natured member recognized the com.
mand of his party and sat down after
delivering this Parthian dart:
II obey the ruling Of the House, and
1 beg to retract what I was about to
observed"
That one touch of Irish oratory took
the whole House by storm.-Lippin.
colts.
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Merryrnan Family

Merriman and Maryman are the old
est forms of this name. Another vari-
alton is Marman, although it does not
look like very near relative. Some
theories ascribe the name Merry, as a
surname, to the personal name Mer-
dericus, some important parsonage of
prehistoric times. Merri is the name
of French commune and from this
Merryman, or Merriman, may be de-
rived and therefore of French origin.
Other French words which may have
been responsible for Merryman are
Merle, Merrie, Merry, Merry, Merrye
and Merrys. Among varieties of the
name Merryman found in the records
are Merryam, Meriman, Merryam,
Myrrian, Myriam, Merriam and Merri-
man.
The Merrymans probably cannot re-
call the time when they were not
landed prcprietors in England. Their
largest estates are in Wiltshire and
Marlborough. They have held impor-
tant positions as statesmen and pro-
fessional men and can count many
bright and shining literary lights.
One, prominent in the East Indian
service, was Major Reginald Gordon
Merryman.
The New England immigrant was
Walter of Harpswell, Me. Virginia
also had its pioneers and the family
was connected by marriage with the
Lewises of Virginia, the descendants
of Col. Fielding Lewis, who married
Washington's sister Betty.
In the south one photography is
Merrimon. This is the usual form,
particularly in North Carolina.
The pilgrim Walter has a romantic
history, If we are to believe all we
read. A little romance now and then
helps to enliven the pages of the past,
which otherwise might be too prosaic
reading. Walter was kidnapped in an
Irish port about 100 and brought to
Boston, where his ship money was
paid by a man from Maine, who
taught him the trade of ship carpen-
ter at Portland. It has been said that
Walter was born in Scotland. He Is
called lone Of the most upright of the
early settlers Of Harpswell." Walter
married Elizabeth, or Betty, Potter
and there was another connection
with this family, through the mar
riage Of Mary Merriam with David
Potter OF Lynn, Mass. Merriam was
a colonial form of Merryman.
Hugh, son of Walter. and born
about 1744, married Delight Bailey of
Hanover, Mass. and their children
were of the number of the muses..
Hugh's house "was place of great
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were to remain away they would not
be missed, except by the transpoyta-
ton companies.
No one considers New York as an
American city now. Londoners &c
home and tell their folks that they
met very few Americans there. The
other day the kaiser greeted some
Manhattan Germans with the remark
that he was glad to welcome fellow
countrymen from the biggest German
city in the world outside Of Berlin.
Because the American city has .
bad influence on the foreigner the
government is doing all 1t can to in
duce him to settle out in the country,
where he and his family will not be
huddled in tenements and die from
tuberculosis and other preventable dis
eases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
"Hangar," the Alrshlp Word.


Hangar" denoting shed for air
ships, is taken from the French. who
use 1t also to denote shed for cars
and wagons, especially among farmers
The word is not Celtic. It was much
used in the Middle Ages to denote the
service exacted from country people in
forwarding government couriers. We
first hear the word In the fifth century
before Christ, in Eschylus, Herodotus
and Xenephon. They got the word
from Persia, where it denoted the
kings courier. This word, ''angaros, .
whether originally really meaning q
messenger or burden. should not be
COMPOUNDED with the term. "angel,
which is Greek, while "angaros" Is Per
sian. English dictionaries will throw
light upon the subject in the article
"angariation." Few words have shown
greater resistance chan this Persian
postal term.
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D@nmSm@

rial. We also find the Downings in
Sussex, Essex, Cornwall and Norfolk.
Groffrey Downing, born 1924, in Es-
sex, married a lineal descendant of
Henry Ill, Elizabeth Wingfield.
There is a connection with the no.
BILE house of Howard, and if the Down
ings do not claim descent from a hun
dred earls, it is simply an oversight,
not an fmpossibility.
Famous Downing street, London,
where ministers of the crown have
their official residence; is thus named
because Of grant of the land from
Charles II. to Sir George Downing.
At the time Downing street was a
pretty, open place"
Downing college, Cambridge, was
founded by another Sir George Down
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
HOW thu oreaks Bake.

A very primitive oven Is used by
the Greek peasants for baking bread. A
fire is first lit inside to heat the fab.
ric; then the embers are raked out and
the dough placed within. When the
oven grows cool the bread is supposed
to be baked. All the ovens are sit
uated in the open air. and several
houses usually share one between
them.-Wde World Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
Back to tho Wild.

There was a time when all dogs
were wild and when what we call
wolves were different from other dogs
only as collie now is different from
Newfoundland, for instance. From
time to time you will hear of dogs
that have returned to the life of their
ancestors and have run wild with the
wolves of the prairie or of the woods.
In the town of Sandy in Oregon a
greyhound one night made the &C
quaintance of a coyote, which is a
kind of wolf, and ever since he has
lived away from the town, running
with the coyotes and approaching hui.
man dwelling-places only to. steal a
hen or two when he has been more
than usually hungry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18

The Downing family is one of
ancient and honorable lineage
"knightly lineage" The derivation of
name is Anglo-Saxon, from the word
dune, a hill. Dune, de Doune, lie
Downe are ancient forms. Downynge
is early English, also DOWNING.
In that oldest and most valued rec
ord in all England-Dowesday Book
we find that Ralph de Doune was
the kings thane, and he had two
manors in Devon. Whether de Doune
was Norman, and the founder of the
Downing family in Great Britain, we
are not prepared to say-in haste, lest
upon later information we must re-
pent.
Devonshire has always been one
stronghold of the family, and Axmin-
ster, a town where they have lived
from time commonly called immemo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18

hospitality" Walter, Jr., also Of the
second generation, married Betsy
Weber and James, another son, mar
ried Hannah Blake.
Frances, daughter of Walter and
Betsy, married Andrew Jack of Maine;
Miriam, another daughter, married
Robert Potter and Mary Merryman
married Jonathan Weymouth.
Nor are revolutionary ancestors
wanting. Marcus Merryman, Esq.," of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
Thirty Miles Per Hour Rabbits Limit.

Thirty Miles Per Hour Rabbits Limit.
The crew laying out the trail for
the Glidden tour in June discovered
a new sport. A repeating shotgun is
carried in the tonneau of the car and
as jackrabbits pop out and sprint
along the roadside Dali H. Lewis, the
American Automobile association
scout, and his companions take turns
in shooting at the long-eared game.
Rabbits are pest in Kansas, but
jack travels at the rate Of 80 miles
an hour and to hit one from car 60
ing at the same rate is some trick. so
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the pathfinders will not thin the ranks
to any great extent. They have sew.
eral scalps. to their credit, however.
and it makes the miles spin faster to
be on the lookout for game.
Lewis is the authority for the speed
of a jack rabbit. He says he has
roads, and that after the 80 miles
pace is reached they begin to lag.
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You Can Tell by Faces.

You Can Tell by Faces.
Cheerful Pessismist-Well. how's
things these days?
Dolorous Optimist-All right. Lots
of work, money coming in hand over
fist! Can't complain a bit!
Cheerful Pessimist-Well, that's
certainly good news! Now with me
things are simply rotten!-Puck.