davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
Sale
of
Zion
l.,aCes

and display Of illustrations Of mechanical de-
vices requisite in the art Of fine lace making
Ct This sale offers an exceptional opportunity for
economy purchases Of durable fine laces Of ex>
quisite beauty. 1t will prove very interesting
even to those not intending to purchase. F Zion
Laces, manufactured in the most modern lace
factory in the world, are the best Of their kind
the best wash laces ever placed before the
American Women-and sold without a customs
laces. FAn machines Of Zion Lace Industries
are and have been operating Is hours daily,
except Sunday, for about three years, with the
product of each machine sold ahead several
weeks New machines are continually being
installed. FWomen wanting laces for present
or future use will experience marked saving
by visiting our lace counters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
Ladies' Waists

Big bargains in ladies waists.
One lot of fancy waists neatly trim
med at. So. Is
One lot of fancy waists neatly trim
med at. So. 90
One lot of fancy waists neatly trim
med 5O
One lot of fancy waists neatly trim
med 81 80
Ladies' tailored waists in linen and
percale at. $3.50, $1.90 and 98c
Ladies' tailored waists in colors, at
.98c, Sill and 81 20
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02

Yelling in all colors, Is in. wide,
Csc values, special for the reduc-
ton sale. .l5c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
OverCOats

The price you buy an overcoat for will be less
than what the making alone is worth Buy overcoat
if YOU need one and want to save money
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
Ribbon
Ladies' Underwear

Ladies fine rib all-wool underwear.
Just the thing for spring wear.
75c, $100 and $1.25 values, spe-
cial for the reduction sale. !. !. $50
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
Clothing

LOOK FOR THE GREEN TAGS
What we say for our clothing is
that every suit in our store will be sold at
a big reduction. There will be no excep-
tions and while our reductions might not
look so big on paper, it is our necessary
profits that you will receive. The spe.
cia1 sale price on our
$500 Suits Reduction sale price $3.50
$35. 90 Suits Reduction Sale price $3.50
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
42C Table

Everything placed on this table is
a special for the reduction sale at
42c.
Mems banded shirts, worth from
SOC to 75c.
Mems negligee shirts, worth from
SOC to 75c.
Mems leather mittens, worth from
SOC to 75c.
Mems extra heavy wool sox, worth
60c.
Mems summer caps, worth up to
$1.00.
Mems winter caps, worth up to $1.00
Mems work shirts, worth SOC.
Mems and boys work gloves, worth
up to 75c.
Mems dress gloves, worth from
Csc to 85c.
Boys night robes, worth SOC
Boys knee pants, worth from SOC
to SIPS.
You will be gratified to find such
unheard-of bargains as will be plac-
ed on this table.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
LADIES' CLOAK DEPARTMENT

Everything we have in the cloak goes at big
reduction.
Ladies' Coats
LOOK FOR THE GREEN TAGS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-02
Belts

Ladies Csc and Csc belts, special
for the reduction sale. &c
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
Here Is Our aSy
Plan:

Send in the coupon below and I villa
send you prepaid 100 Sharp's best
needles, sizes SO, 1-5, 4, and 6, and Is
darners and bodkins, all fitted in
handy and convenient needle case. The
darners are for cotton, WOOL lace,
gloves, carpets, etc. Every one of these
115 needles is high grade, big eyed, ex-
made in Austria and Germany The
points are sharp, the eyes are wide.
When you receive them, show them to
your friends and ask them for rs
cents each for set of needles, just like
yours, in connection with an attractive
special offer which [ will authorize you
to make. This offer is so attractive
When YOU have collected only 500 for
us in this way the lovely Dinnet Set
will be yours. Put your name on the
coupon and send it at once.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
WANTS ANOTHER SET.

[ have received my dishes and am so
proud of them l cannot commence to
express my thankfulness. The other
premiums and the grand secret prize
and the delightful post cards were all
so charming. My husband says the
dishes are far beyond his expectation.
When tell my friends about them they
come to my home and [ show them the
and talk about them for hours I want
another Dinner Set as soon as I can get
them.-Your delighted friend, Mary
Valiant, Ezra, Miss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04


o OF the of The
i
n
mis-
let
he
n he
soonas
~
at once
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
Read These Enthu-
SiaStFc Letters:
WOULD NOT TAKE $500.

I received my set Of Dishes promptly.
They are all O. X. Also the package of
Dishes Dish refused $500 for my Dishes.
Would not take $500 for them. Have
been dealing with mail order houses
for long time, and various firms, but
you are the most reliable and courteous
firm with whom I have ever dealt.-Mrs.
Henry Parker Slayden, Tenn.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
Two Extra Presents

The set of Dishes is not all we give
you. There are two more presents for
you, if you adopt our plan-two dandy
rewards. just for promptness. One of
these extra gifts is a specially selected
collection of forty different high grade
postcards. The other iS-Well, that's
secret but you will enjoy it all very
soon, if you send in the coupon right
now. The coupon below starts the whole
novel and fascinating plan.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04

I have given away hundreds of
these handsome sets Of Dishes. Below
are letters from a few Of our de-
lighted friends who have gotten them.
You can get a set just as they did if
you act quickly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04

I want to GIVE you this 33-piece
Dinner Set. I don't want you to pay
me any of your money. I absolutely
give you the Dishes in return for
small favor which will take only q
few hours of your spare time.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
NEVER WAS so PLEASED.

never was so pleased with anything
as / was with my dishes and other pre-
miums. l am SO thankful to you for
doing just as you promised.-Lila
PEBBLES, Spread, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-04
GRAND PREMIUMS.

My dishes are real beauties. I am
more than delighted with them and the
post cards. l can't see how you give
such grand premiums for such a little
favor.-Florence Linzy, White Bluff,
Tenn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
Interest i'm Short Course.

Popularity of the Short Course in
Agriculture at the Wisconsin College
of Agriculture at Madison continues to
grow. Those who complete the course
must take the studies for term of
fourteen weeks for two winters. Ger
tiicates signed by the Dean of the
College of Agriculture are given for the
completion of both terms. Sixteen of
these were granted in 1895. One
hundred and seventy were granted in
1911. Interest is alive all over the
state. Announcements for the Short
Course next year were published last
June, and already seven thousand Of
them have been distributed to farmers
of the state. Many Of these announce
ments are being sent out daily in re-
Spouse to requests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31

Want advs- will be found on page 8.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
AWyAERoPLANE
& ADVENTURES \!
@~ ARMSTRONG DRExEL
IL NY Closest Calls In the Air

we're strain on the planes that It Is
extremely dangerous.
think. on this day speak of. that
1 was turning the machine in her own
length or even shorter. l was paying
not the slightest attention to the angle
at which was flying: all my thoughts
were on the little circles l was cutting
through the air. when suddenly. felt
myself slipping on my seat, and |
realized In a fash that my planes
were dangerously near the perpendic-
ular.
There was no time to think One
instant more and she would have lost
her balance and come crashing down
sideways to the ground 80 feet below.
Instinctively I threw my weight to
the high side. My hand at once touch
ed the bottom Of the framework-a cir
cumstance that will give some idea Of
my great angle. l took my feet from
the steering lever. braced the left one
against the side of the framework,
showed the steering post over with my
knees to warp the left wing and help
to right her and them closed my
eyes and waited for things to happen.
But, fortunately for me. l had done
the right things just in the nick of
time. An infnitestimal fraction of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
Odd Geographical Facts Few
PeOpIe Know About

The following list Of odd things
about the earth that the average person
does not know has been compiled by
Prof r. II. Whitbeck of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin geology depart
ment:
Did you know
That the Pacific end Of the Panama
Canal is farther east than the Atlantic
end?
That Venice, Italy, and Montreal,
Canada, are in about the same latitude?
That if an express train had started
out from the earth for the planet Nep
tune at the birth Of Christ, and had
travelled 90 miles an hour day and
night ever since, it would not yet be
half way there?
That Cuba would reach from New
York to Chicago?
That the mouth of the Amazon river
is as near to Europe as it it to New
York?
That, when measured in degrees of
longitude, San Francisco is about in
the middle of the United States, in
Guiding Alaska2
That the entire continent of South
America lies further east than Florida?
That Glasgow, Scotland, is in the
same latitude as Alaska?
That, if the southern end OF Chile,
South America, were placed at Florida
that single country would extend
northward entirely across the United
States and Canada and half way across
Hudson Bay?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
Conservation of Water Power.

Conservation of Water Power.
Investigations of possible sites for
developing water power on the public
domain are being pushed by the United
States Geological Survey, with result
ing Withdrawals of land from entry
where it is found that valuable sites
exist. In July 81, 725 acres of such
land were withdrawn, including a
great number of power sites. No esti-
mate has been made of the horsepower
involved but owing to the character of
the power sites withdrawn it is believed
to be very large. These July with
drawnals made total outstanding area
withdrawn of 1, 546,2 acres, based on
the examination and recommendation
of the Geological Survey, and in
volving thousands of power sites and
doubtless millions of horsepower The
Withdrawals are made in aid of pro-
posed legislation by Congress which
shall provide for the fullest possible de-
velopment of these enormously valu-
able properties and at the same time
guard the public interests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31

copyright. 1911, by Henry NJ. Nicely.
Copyright in Great Britain and Canada
All rights reserved
~O every man who flies there
comes the moment when fate
hangs by filmy thread. when
a hairs breadth one way or
the other means life or death. | know
of nothing in human experience which
can leave so indelible an impression in
30 short a space Of time. With the
aeroplane as It is built today these crit
ical moments are really only the in
intestinal fraction Of moment The
danger is reached and In a fash it is
passed-safety or otherwise. There Is
no time for thinking. Everything must
be done by instinct.
True, we do make voluntary and log
ical movements when we get into these
scrapes, but I believe that these move
ments are always made too late to do
any real good and that the first in
stinctive motion, without reason and
without thought, is what decided the
outcome of the moment
Sometimes we have a warning OF
what is coming, and in such instances
we can prepare ourselves and meet the
danger with plan Of action logically
thought out and calculated to meet the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
PUBLICITY.

Publicity for the legitimate cor
poration spells prosperity, in my
opinion. BY publicity | mean
that business corporations should
not conceal the records of their
transactions, but should make
them public and should at all
times deal fairly and frankly
with their stockholders and the
public in general. In the last
few years the American public
has lost many millions of dollars
through swindling operations in
imaginary enterprises, bucket
shops and get-rich-quick schemes
generally, prompted by alluring
advertisements and circulars. II
the investors had had Opportu-
nifty to know the real financial
condition of these companies and
their business methods their saw
ings would not have been lost.
Instead their money would have
been put into legitimate business
corporations.-Attorney General
Wickersham.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
FOR WIVES.

Never allow hirelings to tend
your husband in what concerns
his bodily welfare.
See that his clothes are ready
each day and betting the sea-
son of the year.
Assume the qualities of a ba-
rometer that you may foresee the
electric disturbances which visit
every menage.
When your husband Is in a bad
temper don't develop similar
symptoms, but when he is merry
initiate him unfailingly.
Don't fondle him before meal
time. Kisses to a hungry man
are as soap bubbles to parched
throat.
Use your tongue only in agree
ment. Disapproval is best ex-
pressed with the eyes.
If your husband has the govt
don't insist on walking.
If you wish to convince him
that you are a better actress
than Bernhard and sprightlier
dancer than Pavlowa show him
that you are better cook than
Escoffier.
A wife's duties are, among 9th
ers, to smooth over domestic
tiffs-a man never admits he is
in the wrong-to attend to the
household finances and to have
an eye for the week after next.
Finally. never lose sight of the
fact, in making all these sacri-
fees, that. if man supports the
family. woman is his superior in
far more ways than he is hers
Georgette LIE Blanc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Procedure at Special Town Meet
ingS.

PROCEDURE at special Town Meet
ings.
Many special town meetings will be
held in the next few days to determine
whether towns will vote tax for state
aid roads or bridges to be built in 1919.
Procedure in voting these taxes will be
the same as in voting taxes at regular
town meetings. The question can be
presented in the form of a resolution
and can be voted on by reclamation or
by division of the of the house. If a
majority of the meeting so decide, the
question can be votedon by ballot, but
this is not necessary.
The minimum tax for improving a
piece of road is $500; for improving a
bridge or bridges is $3.50. One or both
or several taxes can be voted provided
the total of all taxes does not exceed 3
mills on the towns valuation, unless by
a three quarters vote the limit is raised
to mills. If there is no county system
of prospective state highways laid out
in the county, taxes can be voted and
the town board selects the roads or
bridges to be built after the county
board selects system.
If an improvement is voted, the town
board must apply to the county board
through the county clerk on or before
September for county aid on the i'm
provement. The State Highway Com
mission has sent form of resolution to
be used in voting taxes and form of
petition to the county clerk to every
town clerk in the state. These or
copies of them may be used for the
purposes named, and extra copies will
be sent to anyone on request to the
Wisconsin Highway Commission at
Madison.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
BITS OF WISDOM.

BITS OF WISDOM.
Drawing is speaking to the
eye; talking is painting to the
ear.-JOubert.
For we that live to please must
please to live.-JohnsOn.
That is the bitterest of ALTO
wear the yoke of your own
wrongdoing.-George Eliot.
No inheritance can supply the
want of a virtuOus education
Thomas Wilson.
1t is by presence of mind in
untried emergencies that the ma
tive metal of a man is tested
Lowell.
When men are pure laws are
useless; when men are corrupt
laws are broken --DiSraeli.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
Good Farm for Sale.

l offer for sale my farm situated in
the town of Kendall, six miles south of
Mineral Point. 1t consists of $50 acres,
good dwelling house, and outbuildings..
Inquire of the owner on the place.
NICHOLAS KERGEN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31

second later would have been useless,
machine just as she was passing the
critical angle, after which there would
have been nothing to support her in
the air. and | should have gone crash
ing downward As swiftly as it had
come the danger had passed: the ma
chine had righted herself. and opened
my eyes to find myself sailing away on
an even keel-safe, alive and thanking
God for it.
| looked beneath me and saw that
the mechanics were gazing mp at me
with no idea Of what l had just passed
through. Mac, however. looked as
white as a ghost He knew.
Naturally my nerves were about
gone. Ny heart was humping like a
triphammer. and | could scarcely get
my breath from the excitement. But
| made up my mind that Mac was not
going to see me quit. so. as though |
had intended just what happened,
went sailing away to the far side of
the grounds and came back again in
wide, easy. sweeping curves that land
ed me at the feet of my excited part
ner in perfect style,
! | did not fly again that day
Lost In Cloudland.
| MY other narrow escape was the re-
suit of a tiuke, and was saved by a
| fluke. To this day | have not been
able to figure out why either of the
fiukes happened. | was practicing at
Beaulieu for height: altitude work had
attracted me from the beginning, and
| practiced constantly. In fact, had
several times exceeded the worlds
record for height as it stood then. but
could not claim it officially. as | used
my own Paragraph and aneroid and
the flights were made with Mac and
the mechanics as the only watchers.
On this day I went up toward even
ing. 1t was one of those gray DAYS
with thin mist over everything and
damp feeling in the air that sug-
gested an impending fog | should
have known better than to attempt to
climb under such conditions. but |
was keyed up to it and did not want
to put it of.
The mechanics turned the propeller
over and l was of. The engine was
running with that smooth purring that
is music TO the ears Of an aviator. and
without any incident whatever l
climbed co something like 5000 feet,
which was then above the record. and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
SENTENCE SERMONS.
The noblest question in the
world is, What good may | do
in it?"-Benjamin Franklin.

The noblest question in the
world is, What good may l do
in t"-Benjamin Franklin.
No definition of religion salts
tes us except that which de-
clares that it is the completion
of the life of man.-Phillips
Brooks.
If you find yourself beginning
to love any pleasure better than
your prayers. any book better
than the Bible. any house better
than the house of God. any table
better than the Lords table. any
person better than Christ or any
indulgence better than the hope
of heaven. take alarm.-Thomas
Guthrie.
The thing we long for that we
are
For one transcendent moment.
Lowell
We live in deeds. not years: in
thoughts. not breathS:
In feelings. not in figures on Il
dial.
R9i!ey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31

all the horrible possibilities Of loss
of mentality and mental balance near
" two miles above the earth-with the
slightest mismovement spelling awful
DEATH pulled myself together again
and made a final desperate effort to
cross the 10000 mark.
1t was impossible for me to know
whether l had succeeded or not. The
last few feet were such a bitter strug-
gle up and down. up and down,
through the thin air that I could not
look at the Paragraph and indeed could
not see the line the one time did try.
Finally. utterly exhausted and numb
both in body and mind, gave up the
struggle and turned the nose Of the
Bleriot toward the earth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31
CONSTANT SORROW.

To Sorrow
| babe good morrow
And thought to leave her FAR
away behind,
But CHEEKY, CHEEKY,
She loves ME dearly;
She is so constant to me and so
kind.
| would deceive her
And so leave her,
But. alb. she is so constant and
so kind!
Keats.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-31

emergency in the best way. At other
times the danger comes and is past be-
fore we really realize what is happen
ing, and in these instances it is only
the instinct that comes with long train
ing in flying that pulls us through in
safety.
have personally had many thrilling
experiences in the air, but there are
two instances that have left upon my
memory stronger impressions than all
the others. l regard them as my two
closest calls.
Both of these thrilling moments came
to me while | was flying for practice
at my school at Reaulieu, near South
ampton, England Ny partner, MacAr-
die, and have an ideal flying grounds
there. It is seven miles from the rail-
road station, with perfectly fat coun-
try. smooth and clear except for one
line of telegraph wires.
My Closest Call of All.
MY closest call came TO me in most
undramatic way. There were no spec
tators save only MacArdle and our
mechanics and think that Mae was
the only one of them who really saw
my danger and knew that he was
near to losing partner.
was flying low with the Bleriot
XII. with the Anticipated type of wings.
/ started to circle the place in wide.
easy curves, without any definite OBJ
iect in view. | found the machine
was banking we'll at the turns, and
became curious TO see just how small
a loop l could make with her. so l
gradually narrowed the circle in which
| was flying. There seemed no limit
to her possibilities: | felt as though |
could turn her on her beam ends If
wanted to, and so. without the slight
est thought Of danger. | kept drawing
closer and closer about the center. fly
ing at q great angle all the time be-
cause the circle had become so small
that there was no straightaway flight
1t was case Of jam the rudder over
hard and see how close she would
come about
1t may be we'll to explain that the
Bleriot banks automatically when 60
ing about a turn-that is. the far side
rises and the near side falls until the
machine is frequently tilted at an
angle Of forty-five degrees. This can.
OF course. be prevented by warping
the wings and keeping her on more
even keel, but to do this puts so Sc