davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
NEGRO MAMMY's MONUMENT.

While the proposition to erect a mon
ument to the old negro nanny of
ante bellum days comes long after the
dear old soul has donned the golden
slippers-it has nevertheless touched
an answering chord in the universal
heart of the south.
The movement looking toward an
appropriate memorial of some kind in
honor of this unique type of foster
motherhood is well under way-and the
capital of the nation has been selected
as the proper site for the proposed
shaft.
At the seat of government it will
be seen by the largest number of Wis
itors 1t will give emphasis to the I'M
written but essential part which she
really bore in national affairs. It will
put upon record at the republics CEN
ter an expression of the south's kindli-
ness of feeling toward this typical pro-
duct Of the old regime in Dixie.
Much that is beautiful and tender in
the south in ante-bellum days-center-
ed about the old negro nanny. She
was a power on the plantation. Not
only from the occupants of the quarters
but from the inmates Of the big house
she exacted the respect which was
| due to one of her station. No action
of the blood royal was ever prouder.
She possessed an aspect which was al
most imperial And she actually did
belong to the privileged class. Her
word was law. No queen or duchess
ever wore her coronet more regally
than she wore her turban. No lioness
ever fought for her young with an in
difference to danger so pronounced--or
with an exhibition of courage so mark
ed as she brought to the care of the
infant in her arms.
AT the expense of the old negro
nanny not an unkind word has ever
escaped the lips of one over whose
cradle she ever crooned lullaby or into
whose ear she ever breathed a tale OF
Brer Rabbit.
She nursed "the gentleman of the
old school," whose like the world viii
probably never see again.
If you want to see an old southerner's
eye grow moist, just touch some tender
spring of recollection which will con.
jure up before him the black face o,
his negro mammy-and the tear which
will sparkle upon his lash will tell yol
that her memory is an abiding infiuenc,
upon him still.
Old nanny is enshrined today ii
millions of Anglo Saxon hearts.
OF course, in an age of utilitarianisn
there will be some to speak disparag
ingly of the proposed movement-bu
few of the old veterans will be anon,
. the number.
: And the poorest Of them will be gla,
Q to contribute his mite to this fund.
2 Through the shadows Of fifty year
the black hands still reach to then
Above the roar of the market plac
: they can still hear the music whic
I the black lips used to sing. II the oil
! negro nanny Is not upon the bank
70 greet them when they reach at las
the waters edgeh her cradle songs wi
II
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
Cruel Fate.

Chicago Post: Who is lieutenant
governor Of New York? Who is to
fill Hughes chair at Albany from
October / to January IL, 1911?
Mr. Horace of White of Syracuse is
the man, but how many of us know it?
Even the New York newspapers, in
telling of the governors appointment
to the supreme bench, hardly mention
the name of the man who is to be his
successor There is almost unani-
mously a jump from Hughes directly
to Roosevelt Loeb or Root, as Ii there
we're to be no interregum at all. We
hereby nominate all lieutenant gov
ernors to full citizenship In the land
Of political forgetfulness heretofore
populate exclusively BY vice presidents
Of the United States. And the almost
complete absence of public comment
upon Mr.. James SchooIcraft Sher-
mans st. Louis speech on the Payne
bill does not tend to soften the cruelty
Of this proposal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

to capture the Legislature and disre-
gard the voice of the people. A well
known liquor dealer of some short
card" fame is said to be slated for rep
resentative by the Marshallites in this
country.
Rolette Examiner: Whatever may
be said for or against the different
candidates for congress we believe
that L. B. Hanna, the present in
cumbent, will be reelected hands
down. Who the second successful
contestant will be is entirely a mat
ter of speculation.
Flaxton Times: w. M. House of
Wyndmere, announces himself as a
republican candidate for secretary of
state. Mr.. House is an old time resi-
dent of the state, having moved here
in 1881. He is a practical farmer,
owning half section near the above
named city. For ten years he was
superintendent of schools of Richland
county, a fine penman and a veteran
of the civil war. He never received
a pension and never asked for one
1SAAIS SA1NCAb4 k1AoLL 446 Cd11l6
the struggle unscatched. Many papers
Of the state are supporting Mr.. House
and thoroughly believe that he is well
qualified for the high Office to which
he aspires.
Plaza Pioneer: Insurgency in
North Dakota is simply a desire to
hold office; an insane delusion that
the people of the state are dying to
have them elected to some important
Office. For years these present in
surgents were turned down by both
caucus and conventions, but they in
vented the primar. election law SO
they could get more definite knowl-
edge. Last year their party turned
them down and still they are in the
ring asking the voters if they didn't
make a mistake last year. When we
run onto a leading insurgent who does
not want an Office we will print his
cut. There are a lot of conscientious
voters who do vote for insurgents, be-
lieving that they represent something
good that they are trying tossave the
country, not officer it. These men are
entitled to credit for being sincere
but they should not be encouraged In
following band of hypocrites.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

fg That was foxy F'renchman who
suggested that the men sit on one side
and the women on the other at public
entertainments-and let the women
solve the hat problem to suit them
selves. If the ladies in other cities
had the good sense of those in Fargo
there would be little necessity for that
however. In most entertainments in
this city the ladies remove their head
gear as promptly as the men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
FATAL QUARREL OVER COW.
Wisconsin HoteIkeeper Gets Gunshot
as Woman's Retort.

as Womans Hetorr'
Ladysmith Wis, May 14.-A cow was
the cause of tragedy near here, A. A.
Pjerron, the owner of the Hotel Ar
thur, west of this city, being shot by
Mrs. Mike Mikaski in a quarrel over
a wandering bovine
The hotel owner objected to the
Polish woman's pasturing her COW on
land owned by him, and quarrels have
been numerous.
Finally, Wednesday night, the wom-
an and her husband became involved
in a more bitter quarrel than ever be-
fore with the hotel man. Finally, wheG
Pjerron began making threats while
standing in front of the Mikash house
the woman ran into the house and
emptied a shotgun into his body. The
woman and her husband are both in
JAIL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

bach threatens to publish the names Of
the people involved
600
An isolated tract of land in the Bis
marck district was solo for SLABS.
coo
The primary law makes things easy
for certain bosses-and enminators.
WsSD
The Munich Herald thinks that =. a.
Cooper must be q versatile man. He
is.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
CENSUS ESTIMATES MADE.

Breckenridge, Minn., and Wahpeton,
Thought to Have 5000 Citizens.
Breckenridge, Mimi, May 14-Esti-
mates compiled from census returns
from Breckenridge and Wahpeton give
an unofficial count of 5000 people for
the two cities. 1t is possible that the
population of the two cities will run
considerably over that number but at
present the above returns seem cor
rect. The coming summer will see a
considerable boom in both cities, and
by fall the population should be in
excess of 5000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

John D. Rockefeller would go broke
if he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare a better medicine
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dys-
entery or bowel complaints. 1t is
simply impossible, and so says every
one that has used it. Sold by all deal
ers,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
A GOOD LIVELY RAM

CAN MAKE A LOT OF TROUBLE
FOR TWO LOVERS SITTING ON A
LOG, BUT A BUFFALO PITTS
THRESHING OUTFIT nevcr makes
any trouble for anybody tina. tries to
work it. BUY of LYNCH, The Imple-
ment Man, Casselton, Fargo and Chat
fee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

You can warm a girls heart quicker
with diamond necklace than with a
ton OF. coal, but you can make a
thresherman happier with BUFF
FALO PITTS THRESHiNG OUTFIT
than you can with whole yard full
OF other makes, See LYNCH, The
Implement Man, Casselton, Fargo and
Chaffee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

A touch of rheumatisni, or twinge
Of neuralgia, whatever the trouble Is,
Chamberlain's Liniment drives away
the pain at once and cures the COM
plant quickly. First application gives
relief. Sold by all dealers
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
VOLUME xxxIIl, NO. 1854.

The Fargo Forum ana Republican "
pubIished every evening except Sunday ln
The Forum Building, corner OF First avenue
and Fifth street north, Fargo, N. ID.
SuhscriptIon - The Fargo Forum ana
Daily Republican, by carrier, loo per week,
or 40c per month, In advance; 50 per year
III ner wear. The Fargo Forum and Sat
urday Republican, Sc per year. single
copies SC. Subscribers will find the date
to which they have paid, printed opposite
Address all communications to The Fo'
rum Printing Co., Fargo. ". ID.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

ET DR.. Briggs of Radcliffe college
says education in the east has been q
failure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

AZ The per capita has decreased AZ
cents but that doesn't make much diff
ference to the fellow who is busted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
police Chiefs Pick Rochester.

Birmingham, Ala. May 14.-Roches
ter. ~. X, was selected today ais the
next meeting place OF the Internation-
lal Association Of Chiefs OF Police.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

Tar The bootblack trust in New York
is organized under the high sounding
title of the United Shoe Cleaning Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

sy If Peary proceeds from London to
Copenhagen-will he be forced to sub
NIT his proofs?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

EE The new queen of England is
named-Victoria Mary Augusta Louise
Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes-and
she's not large woman either.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

Az Young Philander Knox feels bet
ter now that he has been forgiven.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

ltg If j. Pierpont Morgan's daughter
does wed Judge Lindsey of Denver
who will dare say 1t doesn't pay to ad-
vertise?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

leg In Brooklyn a policeman shot
down a bike scorcher who was break
ing all records on a sidewalk and en-
dangering the lives of people. Fargo
cops might practice up
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

ET Jack Frost kept nipping the toes
of the May queen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

eg A French surgeon illustrated a
lecture with moving pictures showing
every movement in connection with an
operation for appendicitis. His asso-
ciates charged him with being unethi-
cal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

Eg 1t is estimated that 65 per cent
of the people of the United States live
in cities-and still some people wonder
at the increased cost Of living.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

eE If there was as much danger in
kisses as some of the grouchy scientists
assert-the undertakers would be
working overtime.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

4 Forum Want A6d viii sen ii for Won.
a Forum Want Add will sell ii for y on
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

surely accompany them to the better
land.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

oST kddes would rather
W bedtime
~ tell tonight how this about
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
BROOM FACTORY FOR MENA
]. C. Steed, a Blind Broom Maker From Louisiana Here-Is Trying to Get
 Others Interested.

J. C. Steed, who came here about week ago looking for a place to start a broom factory, now has his machinery and ex. poets to be making brooms soon. For the present he will use a part of the room in which the Ship ping, Canning and Manufacture ing Association has opened ar office. It is the one formerly o. cupied by Justice of the Peace w. J. Hay near the postoffice.
 Mir. Steed has been blind since he was eight years old. He has had thirteen years experience making brooms. lie left Louisi- qua with several other broom men, but these left him before getting to Mena. If they have not located yet, MT. Steed hopes to get them to come here and go 10 raising broom corn.
 The material that he has here now to make brooms was shipped in, but he understands the grow. ing of the corn and expects to have much growing in Polk coun' ty by next year.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
THREE MENA MEN
 INJURED IN WRECK
Rear End Collision at Howe D.railed IS Cars and Injured Engines No Re port as to Responsibility
 Little Delay to Trains.

In rear end collision that oc cured Thursday y morning at Howe between two north bound extra freight trains of the Kansas City Southern railway, Brake n n Lon Frady of the front train and Engineer w. l.. Harper of the rear trai1 aud Fireman Roy Gather, all of Mena, were iuiur- ed. Frady had some of his left slde ribs injured. The doctor who examined hum al Howe reported that two of them were broken. He was examined here by pr. F. K. Watkins and Dr. G. P. Duuman, who could not do much with him on account of his sore. ness. Harper's injuries consisted in two cuts, one on his forehead and the other on his upper lip. His injuries are not at all danger ous and 1t is not thought that Frady's will develop any worse. Gather had his h ulder wrenched.
 The accident happened within the yard limits of Howe and be- tween the switches, so that trafnc was not delayed long, all trains using the switch track to pass the wreck. There were fifteen cars derailed and the caboose and a car of lumber were destroyed by fire. The loss on these is esti- mated at little over $3500. The damage to the engines was very slight. amounting 10 about $500. Traiumaster $. P. Henderson of Meus, and Superintendent F. B. De Garmo were at the scene of the wreck soon alter it happened. The wrecker from here went out Thursday morning and the steam wreckiug derrick from Pittsburg arrived there in the afternoon.
 The front train was in charge of Engineer Wright and Conduc- tor Wheeler. The rear one was double header, the first engine carrying Eugiueer Harper, the second Engineer Stein. Conduc- tor Lee was in charge.
 The railroad officers here have given out no information as tc who was to blame for the trouble, This is said to be one of the wors, smashups the road has had fol ! years.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
BIG STRIKE IMMINENT
Representatives of the B. of L. F. X E. of 62 Railroads May Be
 Called Ont.

F. w. Lewis, general Chair mau of the B. of L. F. and E. on the Kansas City Southern rail- road, left last Thursday for Chicago in response to notice to come at once.
 This call has to do with regu- lasions between the general man. agers of all railroads west of the Mississippi and the fremen's rep resentatives, which have been go- ing on for some time, and which at this time appears 10 be in grave danger of resulting in one of the greatest strikes in history. The contention is over demand by the firemeu for an increase It wages.
 A poll of the 6remen of all the interested roads has been com pleted, aud by their votes the mer have declined to accept the offel of tue railroad managers by something near 9 to l. :.
 The firemen despite their cyl dent determination to strike | necessary to enforce their de mauds. still are hopeful of reach ing a settlement by arbitration O otherwise.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
DAVIS WILL NOT MIX
Senator Returning Home Merely fol Business Matters But Not
 For Politics.

Washington, March l0.-Sena. tor Jeff Davis leaves for home to- night, bo be absent, he says, fol week or ten days. He says ht has some important cases in cour at Beuton that require his atten ton. When asked if he intended to take any part in the state cam paign that is now being waged il Arkansas he said most emph atic ally that he did not, that his visi home was purely on persona matters and had no relation tt politics whatever. He said als' there was nothing special going on here that demanded his per sonal attention at this time.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
MOTHERS FATAL MISTAKE
On Neighbours Advice, Ru5s Morphine
 on Suffering Babe Posoi Fatal.


 Paragould, March s. Mrs. J. F. Smith of MIarmadnke, this county, made fatal mistake Sat urday when she applied morphine externally to her eight-mouths- old infant. During the prepara- ton of dinner, Mrs. Smith left a pot of boiling water and grease on the floor and went about other duties. The infant crawled to the vessel of hot water and grease and overturned it, cmptying the contents upon its body. The mother appealed 10 neighbor fer som ething with which 10 ease the child's pain and was advised that morphine rubbed on the wounds was very effective reme- dy. She obtained the deadly drug from a nearby pharmacy aud hastened to apply the remedy The skin being broken on the in fant by the severe burns, the poison was taken up ins antly by the blood and conveyed througt the system. The child soor | lspsed into an unconscious state and despite the efforts of seyera ph ysicians, died Saturday nighl about l2 o'clock.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
Capt. Bogardus Again Hits the
 Bulls Eve.

This world famous rife shot who holds the championship record of 100 pigeons in 100 consecutive shots IS living at Lincoln, III. Recently inter- viewed. he says: ''I have suffered a long time with kidney and bladde; trouble and have used several well known kidney medicines all of which gaye me no relief until 1 started talk. ing Foley's Kidney Pills. Before used FoIey's Kidney Pills l was sub ,ected to severe backache and pains 1T nv kidneys with suppression ane oftentimes cloudy voiding. While mon arising in the morning l would cat dull headaches. Now have taker lhree bottles of Foley's Kidney Pill and feel 100 per cent better. l aI never bothered with my kidneys ol bladder and once more feel like m. own self. All this l owe to Foley Kidney Pills and always recommen' them to my fellow sufferers. " Sol' hv Jackson Drug and Furniture Co
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
CATCHES THIEVES
 IN HIS CORN CRIB
Farmer Lies in Waiting and Shoots White Man. Who Resists Capture and Later
 Escapes.

Texarkana, March 9.--W. k. Meredith, a farmer living four miles west of this city, last night shot one of two men he claims to have caught in the act of robbiug his corn crib. The wounded man. Meredith says, is ueighbor and today he obtained a warrant for the arrest of A. F. Medley, a white man, charging him with participating in the theft of COTE. The other man, who described himself as Moses Flynn, Is a negro. He was captured by Mer- edith and locked up here today.
 For some time there have been leaks in Msredith's corn supply, he says. and he determined to seek the cause. l! was plain that robbers were at work. Meredith, armed with a 3S.caliber revolver, stationed himself at a point from where he could comm and a view of the crib and waited.
 His vigilance was rewarded about midsight, when he saw two forms moving toward the crib in the darkness. The farmer waited until the thieves had en- tered the crib and loaded corn iu sacks and then confronted them when they attempted to leave. Oue Of the men, the negro, sub mitted quietly, but the white man showed tgh ht.
 Meredith says he was forced to use his revolver and that he shot the white man in the shoulder, The wounded man turned and rau, making good lis escape, but Meredith says he recognized him,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
CLEANUP" DAY FOR CAMDEN
Mayor Sets Date Uron Which City k
 to Be Put in Order.

Camden, March 9.-Mayor E. H. Carson has set aside Saturday, March 19, as "clean-up" day for the city of Camden. At recent meeting of the New Century Club, a women's organization, the mem bers passed resolution asking the mayor to set aside two days in the year, one iu March and the other early in October, to be known and observed as days on which the ci!izens would make a united effort to clean up not only their own premises, but the streets and alleys as well.
 The School Improvement Asso- citation will assist the women in their work.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
CAN'T HIRE HELPERS
New Election Law Won't Allow Hir- ing of Hacks and Men to Work
 Around the Poiing Places.

Little Rock, March 9.-Attor- ney General Norwood today con- strued the new primary election law to prohibit candidates from paying "workers" at the polls on election day.
 Heretofore the polls have been marked by political helpers, par ticularly at primaries.
 lie also cuts out hack-hiring for bringing voters to the polls. He says Socialists and Republi- cans would not violate the law by voting in the Democratic primary, but would violate rules which the party has right to prescribe.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-17
FIGHT OVER ODD
 FELLOWS REQUEST
Young Widow of A. Shirey Will Appeal to Courts in Effort to Break Will-Great Disparity
 in Ages.

Little Rock, March 10. = A lively con,,st IS probable over the estate uf A. w. Shirey, the ec- centric old merchant, who was assa ssiuated Tn his store at Min. turn Tues lay night, leaving a will in a bank vault at Newport which beq eathed his entire es- tate to tns Odd Fellows to erect a sanitoriu n for Odd Fellows in Hot Springs, and cutting his wife atd other relatives off with 1 cent each.
 Mrs. Shirey was married to her husba d about ten years ago. She was the daughter of renter on oue of the Shirey farms, and was then about Is years of age. Shirey was 70 She soon filed a suit for divorce, alleging cruelty. He ii d cross suit alleging infidelity. The chancery court granted decree in favor of the youag wife. The case was taken to the supreme court, which de. cided neither entitled to a decrS c. Snifey refused to live with or cou- triaute to the support of his wife, SO two years ago the supreme court handed down decree or d ring him to pty her $50 per mon h. He paid this the last two years ct his life.
 Mrs. Shirey will not be satis6. d with her one cent fortune, it is said, but will endeavor to collect h dover right, she being the legal wife of Shirey at the time he was assassinated.
 The Odd Fellows will make a contest for the money which has been left to the lodge, which will amount to obout $250, ,000 ia all probability, if the widow is not allowed to break the will.
 The brother and sisters of the deceased will also probably file g contest of tue will, reports iron Newport state.