davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08
CONSERVATIVE LEADER RESIGNS

IBY UNITED PRESS CABLE SERvICEl
LONDON, Nov. S.-Arthur Balfour
today caused great sensation in
English politics when ne resigned as
the leader of the conservative party.
Rapidly failing health is assigned as
the cause
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08
NANkING SURRENDERS

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS1
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-Nanking
has surrendered to revolutionists with
practically no resistance, says dis
patch today to the Chinese Free Press
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08

clans declare that to force him to
serve on the jury would endanger his
life. Mendhalrs mother Is i'll and con-
stantly calling for him, so both were
excused by Judge Bordwell today,
leaving only three men in the Jury
box as a nucleus for the permanent
illry
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08
BOSS MURPHY LOSES GRIP

GBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-With the
county ticket barely scraping through,
with the judicial ticket in Brooklyn
overwhelmed, and with the assembly
going Republican, Tammany Hall is
badly frightened over the election re
suits Of today. Loss of control of the
New York Legislature and the loosen
ing of Tammany's grip in New York
City is causing the prediction of the
passing of Boss Murphy's rule.
Wear Grover shoes for tender feet
At Salomon's.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08
CHARGED WITH MURDER

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 8.-Follow
ing the discovery Of bones alleged to
have been those of an infant in a fur
mace at the home of Mrs. Geo. Kelley,
detective S. B. F. Smith left today for
Warren to arrest Hilda Johnson, do
mestic, who is charged with murder
by the ncineration of her own child
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08

Leland, candidate for coroner, defeat
ed 9. ]. NJ. Toner, labor candidate, by
more than 1000 votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-08

Dixie Land" Tne song, which made
decided hit with the visitors, is as fol-
lows:
California C.xie.
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
STATE CONTROL or ROADS.
Why a Kansas county's Surveyor Fa-
vors a Uniform System.

The state control of roads in order
to bring about uniformity and elimi-
nate the offices that have to do with
road building is advocated by ]. NJ.
Lindsay, county surveyor of Wyan-
dotte county, Kan. Mr.. Lindsay would
abolish the office of county engineer
and have a resident state engineer ap-
pointed either by the state highway
engineer or a good roads commission.
AS a continuation Of the plan the
township road overseer would be un-
der the control of the resident engi-
neer, and the result, Mr. Lindsay
says. would be a uniformity Of roads
aud bridges.
suppose" Mr. Lindsay said. that
the county commissioners of one cOun-
ty should erect a concrete bridge and
on the same road in the next county a
cheap tin affair is erected. In a few
years the cheap bridge may wear out
and a heavily loaded wagon or a
thrashing machine would be compel
led to go around it. Under state con-
troll this condition would not arise, as /
the plans for bridges would be more |
or less uniform. Not that all bridges |
would necessarily be concrete. but the /
capacity and condition Of every bridge /
I'm the state would be known by every |
resident engineer If the survey OF
every county road we're made in con-
formity with roads in adjoining coun-
ties the ultimate result would be a
road straight across the state at no
unusual cost.
This would be the case If surveys
for all generally Travelled roads were
fled in the office Of the state highway
engineer or with a good roads COM
mission. Then. too, the road boss
who insists upon his own ideas Of
road building, whether they are right
or wrong, would be eliminated. He
would be under the direction Of a
engineer. and his bit Of
road would receive the same attention
as any other road in the state"
Mr.. Lindsay is one of the three
Of a committee appointed by
the Kansas Engineering society to
procure the passage Of good roads
laws in the Kansas legislature next
winter. He is endeavoring to get the
support Of the society for state con-
troll of highways.
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
DRAGGING ROADS WITH AUTOS
How Six Machines Helped to Make
Two Miles Smooth and Hard.

Two Miles Smooth and Hard.
Tha Muskogee (Okla) Motor club is
improving the roads in Muskogee
county. This club is composed of fifty
motorists. The members have bought
fifty split log drags and are using
them on the roads leading out Of Mus
kogee. The first trial was made a
short time ago and proved a great sue
cess.
A stretch Of road two miles long
leading out Of one of the city's prin-
cipal thoroughfares was selected.
When the ground was in the right con
dition the six split log drags were at
tached to the rear axles of six ma
chimes. and the two miles Of road were
thoroughly dragged. The result is that
they are as smooth and hard as could
be desired. II took the motorists about
a quarter of a day to do the work
This work is to he extended. The
fifty members Of the club are to be di-
vlded into squads of six each Each
squad is to be given a division Of road
to improve. More drags will be made
The material in drag of this kind
costs S4.3O if bought at lumber yard
and hardware store, but any farmer
can make one with ordinary tools for
nothing by using split logs,
as the name Of the drag suggests.
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
Broom Corn Made To Order

Want Broom Corn 10 make up. Seed taken
of if desired Small lots for cash can be lett al
VIM Denney's Blacksmith Shop in Milford
Large lots TO be brought to my home in Cedar
Neck on main road TO Cedar Beach.
WALLACE WATKINS, Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
Women Eor eood Roads.


In one of those cities where the
women have actively taken up the
work of civic improvement the wO-
mans club has created department
Of good roads and has appointed a
committee to have charge. This is tie
first action Of the kind that we have
noticed. The local newspaper says
that this committee has not been
asked to work the roads. but it surely
will be able to work the men who con-
troll them. to judge by the success Of
the efforts Of the women I'm the past
for improvements of advantage to the
city" And therein is stated the secret
of the value of such an undertaking on
the part of these women If the men
won't build good roads the women can
make them. Southern Good Roads
begs leave to acknowledge itself a firm
and unwavering constituent of this
club of progressive ladies who not
only enjoy books and original articles
on current topics. refreshments and so
ciaI pleasures connected with the usu-
al feminine club. but also incorporate
into their realm of activity such
laudable work as furthering the good
roads movement
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
Oil Versus Water as a Dust Preventive.

Oil Versus Water as Dust Preventive.
The superintendent Of parks in Kan
sas City found that in one year a saw
ing of "a per cent was effected by
using oil instead of wafer as a pre-
ventive of dust Sprinkling would
have cost for that year S16.2O7.32
Oiling cost S1O.G7t44 The superin-
tendent said that occasional light ap-
plications of oil during the season i'm
proved the wearing surface Of the
driveways The damage to the wear
ing surface comes largely from attri-
tion Of the grit or dust on the road
way, and oil. he pointed out. compacts
the grit or dust. thus checking dete-
rioration AT once and preventing the
damage that comes from automobile
travel
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
BUILDING OF
Good ROADS
Suggestions For the Treatment
of Rural Highways.
NO PATCHWORK WHATSOEVER

The Work to Be Done In seetions-A
Mile Should Be Carefully Finished In
Its Entirety - How the Roadway
Ought to Be Cared For.
How good roads should be made and
how they should be cared for is tersely
described in the Iowa Homestead by
an enthusiast, who says:
In the first place, there should be no
patchwork roadmaking having for its
object only to make one particular spot
passable. Road work should be done
in sections. For instance, a mile OF
road should be taken and completed in
its entirety. Every inch of it should
be made a good and safe road. ven
ture the assertion that not more than
one mile Of road in ever ten is safe
or free from some dangerous trap to
cause trouble to careless drivers or
those not given to close observation OF
the roadways. They should be made
so that child might safely drive over
them
Beginning, I would establish a rea-
sOnable grade so that no steep hills
remain when the work is finished. I
would make over the entire width OF
the road from fence to fence. I would
make the actual roadway OF usual
width, with only rise enough in the
center to shed rain. From the gutter
at the side Of this roadway / would
make a smooth and even grade to the
fence line. Then l would compel the
property owners along the road to keep
the roadside well set in grass and to
NOV and care for it just as they do
their meadows. No deep, unsightly
and dangerous gullies would be per-
mitted and the man who scraped a
lot Of grass, weeds, clOds and trash
into the center Of the road should at
once be condemned to penal servituds
for life. Capital punishment would be-
too good for the one who secured his
plOw in the road.
The road worker who plowed up a
stretch Of road late in the fall and
left it to mellow up until spring
should be banished to roadless Sfbe-
ria. A plow has no place in any road
that has once been properly made.
The care of a road made according to
my plan would be only that of going
over it occasionally with a drag. The
occasion for the use Of the drag, how
even, houd be from the viewpoint OF
the need of the road and not the con-
of the operator of the drag
No man would be permitted to drive a
drag over a road unless he were a
licensed graduate of roadmaking
school. A road drag is a dangerous
thing (for the roadi in the hands Of a
man who does not have sense enough
% use it.
/ would build a complete and effec-
i've drainage system to take care OF
he water that finds its way to the
'Oad-not a guesswork one. but one
damned by drainage engineer who
Knew how.
/ would make culverts and bridges
he width of the road. No small cul-
'erts should be built They invaria-
Dly fill up and remain a damage A
rood. big concrete bridge is the safest
nd cheapest that can be made
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
GOOD ROAD ITEMS.

Last year New Jersey spent
/. more than SI0OOOOO in repair
ing roads
Escambia county. Fla, is in
!. yestigating the cost and advan-
!. tages of she'll roads.
Spain is planning a circuit
/ highway 1914 miles long, to cost
/. S144O,0O0
There is a movement on foot
in Iowa to spend tte hunters
license fund for road improve
. ment
. OF the 100000 miles of public
road in the United States 44,000
miles rank as irst class.
Williamson county, Tex, will
spend 100000 in the construc-
ton of sixty miles of gravel
. road.
. The Boys Booster club Of Iron
I county, Mo, has the honor of
being the first company Of good
: roads soldiers in Missouri.
Citizens Of Franklinton. La,
have asked for a per capita tax
. in their parish Of 81 on each
male between sixteen ard Gftgr-
for good roads
The Automobile Cub Of 4u
diana lis Offering s2aH vi o,n
prizes % fhnraad grgisnFs
; who maAe u ~ in
keeping up th
White sulph
product in thew7 A
wood pulp. IS be
; Of New York
surface The eX
, ing watched with
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
Flat Rnads vsrsns Convey.

Flat roads, as opposed to those OF
convex section, are recommended in
the London board Of trade traffic re-
port as tending to minimize the splash
ing Of pavements with mud
Milford chronicle., 1911-01-06
How to Get Good Roads.

Get together. agree ON policy Sc
lect representatives, 10 put that policy
into effect and you viii have good
roads
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
RASH ALL OVER BABY'S BODY
ItChed So He Could Not Sleep

ION July 27, 1909, We left Boston for
n trip to England and Ireland taking
baby with US, After being In Ireland
u few days nasty rash came out all
over his body. We took him TO doc.
tor who gave us medicine for him.
Tho trouble started IN the form Of q
rash and was all over baby's body,
head and face, at different times. It
lrrltOtod, and ho would scratch II with
all his might Tho consequence was
II developed into sor9a, and wo were
afraid II would leave nasty eeara on
his face,
"When we reached England we took
baby to another doctor who said his
condition was due to change Of food
and climate, and gavo more medicine,
Tho rash got no better, and II used to
itch and burn Nt night 10 bad that tho
child could not sleep, lie was COM
pletely covered with II at different
times, II was at this time that my
mother advised uB TO try Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment, After using Cutl.
ourN Soap and Cutleuro Ointment for
about nlno months tho places dI0Op,
poarod There arc not any scars, or
other kind Of dlanguroment, and baby
IN completely cured by tho Cutloura
Soap and Olnlmont, We have no fur.
thor trouble with bObya skin, Moth,
Ing stopped tho itching, and allowed
baby TO sleep but Cutleura Soap and
Cutlcura Ointment" tslgned) Mrs,
Margaret Gum, 20 Burroll At, Rox.
bury, Moaa,, March ~, 1911
Although CutIeura Soap and ONT
meht are sold everywhere, u sample
of each, with 92'page book, will be
mailed free on application 20 Uutl.
oura,' Dept. ID X, Boston.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
Some Mosquitoes.

yes said the traveller who had
Just returned from South Africa. 81
was one day so annoyed by mosqui-
toes that ! was compelled TO take
refuge In an old iron safe which lay
discarded on the veldt.
my first emotions Of Joy at my
happy delverance were hardly over
when the mosquitoes, scenting me,
began to drive their stngers through
the safe, Fortunately, | had a ham
mer IN my pocket, and as fast jas their
stIngers same through the iron |
olInched them, until at length such
n host Of them was fastened down in
this way that, when they started to
fly away, they carried me and that
safe six miles,
Then, one by one, they died with
tho exertoE, and | was able 20 come
out with safety Yes, wonderful
things happen In foreign parts,"-
ideas
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
SEEMS EASIER TO REMEMBER R
Remarks Of Writer In Cleveland Plain
Dealer Appear to Contain
Much Sense.

There is q new science called mne-
monies, which is trying to get itself
introduced into our public schools. We
have no knock on this science-only 1t
seems to us to be a roundabout way
of arriving at facts that you ought to
remember right of the hat. 1t ap-
pears to work something in this man
ner:
when was Lincoln born?" asks the
teacher.
IL f,fforget," whines the pupil,
Naturally you do, Go at It right,
How many MUSES. are there in mythol-
ogy?"
Mine"
Fright. Now double that number"
INSTRUMENTATION"
Right again Multiply It by 1OO,"
1880"
Good. Add the number Of MUSES.
to that"
"1S09."
aha That's when Lincoln was
born, Why don't you learn the scien.
tifc way of getting at these things%
AS we said In the first place, It's a
noble science, but we'd rather remem-
Der dates. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
Snakes Infest Tomb.

nes and underground chambers to the
hundreds of yenomous reptiles, spi-
ders and lizards.
In the shadow Of the walls Of the
fort a plain white headstone marks
the grave of the infant Of Sergeant
Smith, which was born in 1883 and
lived Ave weeks. A single plank
serves for the primitive drawbridge
that once aided soldiers In crossing
the moat now a ditch Of mud the wa
ter teemlng with Shiny moccasins,
Rattlesnakes, seven feet long, with
innumerablo rattles, have been killed
recently by fishermen near the fort. It
is said that If a stone is thrown into
the chamber of DEATH" where the big
rattlers have their home the sounds Of
kissing and the shirring Of rattles re-
semble the noise made by arousing a
monster swarm Of bees,
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
WANTED TO BE AN AVIATOR
Missouri Girl Evidently Very Much In
Earnest In Her Desire to Nav
loate the Air.

Mr. Claude Grahame White, the IA
nous English aviator is constantly
besought by young women to teach
them to become aviators. Many make
application by letter. One OF these
letters reached him the other day
from a point in Missouri, Cleared Of
Its errors in grammar spelling and
capitalization, it read something Ike
this;
"Oh, Mr., Grahame-WhIte, teach me
to be a planer,' saw one Of them at
Kansas City and | think It is just
heavenly | would like to run a
Wright monoplane or a Bleriot BIZ
plane, but If you have better flyer
| would try that think | would look
cute running a baby flyer Pa says he
wouldn't mind my having a baby one.
Couldn't you bring ore out here for n
week or so and show me how to run
It? assure you good time"
Mr. Grahame-White was compelled
to decline the young woman's kind in
yitation.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
New Association Gaining Many
Members.
FAITHS CURATIVE POWER
NOTED HEALTH EXPERT
GIVES REASON FOR BIG
SUCCESS IN MEDICINE

Tremendous success has attended the
organization Of the new Munyon Hope
Cult" Professor Munyon claims that he
has secured more converts than he even
anticipated, and says that his Hope
Cult" is growing In leaps and bounds. 1t
Is said that the total membership of tho
association throughout the United States
is now well over the half million mark.
In statement for publication Prof.
Munyon said:
'I want to talk to every sick, ailing and
despondent person in this city | want
to preach my new creed TO them.
want to tell them about my new philoso-
ply Of health which is the fruit Of q
lifetime of study and experience In deal
"I want to eXpound the Great Truth
that have learned that there Is moro
curative power In an ounce OF Hope than
In pounds OF Dope, That sick people
should not take medicine except as a
medium through which the great cura-
tive power of Hopo may be mad9 etfec-
tive, Medicines are necessary In the
present state OF the worlds progress be-
cause they give patient physical sup
port and strength and renewed Vigor
with which to brace up the will power,
One knows, from the action OF the proper
medicines. that he or she Is feeling bet
ter by this inspired hope and faith,
which complete the cure,
81 think that probably a million per-
sons at least in the United States have
declared themselves cured by my med-
cines, and ! know that these people have
had the best remedies medical science
had TO offer. l have always contended
that II there Is any virtue In medicine
my followers should have the best, but
verify believe that more than one-half
Of those who have been lifted to health
from the bondage Of chronic Illness,
through taking my medicines, have been
really cured by the knowledge that they
had the utmost IN medical lore Qt their
command and the Hope this inspired,
'I am not in any sense q practlclng
physician l employ at my laboratories
In Philadelphia a large staff OF expert
physicians and chemists, and / have
many other physicians In various cities
OF the United States detailed TO give free
advice TO the sick and afflicted My
headquarters are at Munyon's Labora-
tories, 53d and jefferson SITS, Phila,, Pa,
and | have there q stoff Of duly register
ed physicians and consulting experts,
and TO all who desire II | offer the best
Of medical advice absolutely free OF
charge"
Write today. addressing Prof j, M.
Munyon personally and your letter will
have q special care
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
cIroumstantIaI Evidence.

A Scotchman and his wife were Wis
iting in a Wild beautiful part Of the
country. While driving one day with
their host, the two men sitting to-
gether In the front seat while the lady
sat behind, they crossed q high bridge
which spanned n roaring torrent. An
unusually loud splash caught tho gen
tlemens attention for u moment, but
nothing was said After several miles
the gentleman turned to address a
remark to his wife, but her seat was
empty.
aye" he remarked TO his host
that will be yon splash We heard"
Housekeepor
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
MEE'TZE LADY
MEETS NEE. I S SUCCESS
In Curing Herself Of Serious Fe-
male Ailments, by the Use
of Cardui.

Meetze, Va.-Mrs. ]. c. Green, In a
letter from this city, says: "I suf.
fered with womanly troubles, so that I
could hardly sit up. Two Of the best
doctors in our town treated me, and I
tried different medicines, until | gave
up all hope of ever getting well.
One day, decided to try some Car
dui. 1t did me so much good that |
ordered some more, and it cured me!
Today, feel as well as l ever did in
my life.
The pains and the trouble are all
gone. feel like another person, in
every way, wish every sufferer
could know what Cardui will do, for
sick women"
Thousands Of ladies have written,
like Mrs Green, telling Of their really
remarkable recovery, from various
forms Of weakness and distress. Car
dui brought relief, after other rem
edies had failed to help,
Isn't it likely that you will be helped
by Cardui this remedy that has been
in constant successful use for more
than half century? It's record of
years Of success, in relieving troubles
such as your own, s proof that 1t will
help you, too. Try It,
Get bottle, from your druggist, to-
day
N. B.--Wrlte tot Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chnt-
tnnoOga, Tenn, for Special IDstruc-
tions, and 04-page book, "Home Treat
mcnt for Women" sent In plain wrap
per, on request.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
BABES TOMB FOUND
RATTLESNAKE DEN
Cannot Change Resting Place Of
Child Until CoIOrY of Rep
tiles Is Exterminated.

New Orleans, LA battle to the
death with a den Of rattlesnakes will
be necessary before a babys grave
can be removed from beneath the
crumbling ruins Of Fort McComb, near
here, when workmen begin their oper-
ations next year preliminary to the
erection of the proposed $4,000 club
house Of the Louisiana Motor league.
The site of the old fort is a wild
and weird spot. The moss-covered
structures have crumbled away, leav-
ing the large rooms, areaways, tun-
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
Grab Bites Quest.

suddenly Tonnyaon lot out Yell
uprOng into the air. tipping the table
onto two legs, and hoped around the
room, whats the matter, WilllamW
cried Mr. and Mrs, Kane, who feared
Tennyson had gone mad, "A soorpl.
onl A scorplonl II stung mel I'm
n dead manI' shouted Tonnyson, "oh,
that's my orobl" exclaimed Johnnie do.
llghtedly, 81 forgot about II, Give IL
to me-" His papa give Il to HIM
where Il would do the most good.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
CRAB BITES FANILY GUEST
Tethered TO a Table Leg, His Crab,
ship Starts Something During Din
ner Hour.

Chelsea, s, do not let your little
boy make a living toy Of y hard
shell crab, you can never tell what
will happen John Kane, who lives on
Decker avenue, caught somo hard.
shell crabs and his son John, Hyo
years old, appropriated tho largest
one, tied q string to II and amused
himself by watching II crawl back
ward, When he wearIed Of this
amusement small Johnnie tetherod the
crab to u leg of the dlningroom table
and soon forgot all about It.
Kane had his brothorln-law, William
Tennyson, TO q erab.meat supper
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
A Reader Cures His
Constipation Try II Free
sImp0 way Any FAMILY

Tho editors OF Health Hints" and
"Questlons and Answers" have one Ques-
any other, and which, strangely enough
they find the most difficult to answer
That Is "How can | cure my constlpa-
tlon2"
Dr Caldwell, an eminent specialist In
tIsod tho speciality for forty years and ia
convinced that tho ingredients contained
ia what IL called Dr. CaldwellH Syrup
pepsln, has the best claim TO attention
from constipntod people,
Its success In tho cure OF stubborn con.
BtIpatlon has done much to dlsplaco the
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
Tho Climatic Autoorat.

"What should like" said tho self
indulgent person, would be to have
wealth enough to permit me to live
IN n cool place IN summer, and regu'
lato the temperature according to my
own fancy in winter"
"You don't need wealth What you
want 10 the Job OF jNnltor,"
The Harrison times., 1911-10-28
The CrlIshlnu Proof.

Here, While, you come right away
from that bad boyl"
"He amt o bad boy mamma, He's
u nice boy, He gave me half his
orange an u big bite Of his candy"
Mercy, the child Is Socialist
Come away from him this instantl'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer,