davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Growth Of Prussian Cities
iEure within a abort, time. In Dsu,seh.

figure within a abort time. In Dsutseh.
Wilmersdorf the Increase IN five years
WAS over y per cent Berlin itself
shows only ! per cent increase.
All CT cities In the 10000 class show
an increase In population In all these
citi's births have been IN excess OF
u,e.hs a number Of cities have lost
by immigration, chiefly Berlin. From
1905 20 1910 people moving away
ircm Berlin outnumbered new arrivals
by nearly $4,000. Among other cities
70 show a loss In this respect are
Elberfe'd, Altoona, AK le Chapelle
and Crefeld Among the cities which.
In addition 70 increase through births.
attracted immigrants. were the cities
surrounding Berlin, as well as Frank.
fort on Main. Dusseldorf. Essen. Bres.
Tau. Dortmund, Cologne and Kiel.
Frankfort on Main gained $4,000 IN.
habitants IN this manner
As compared with the period from
1900 20 1905, the figures FOR 1908 10
1910 show that Increase Of population
In cities OF over $4,000 was somewhat
less rapid Increase Of urban popu.
lation through immigration" appears
TO be diminishing Excess NJ births
was more considerable between 1908
and 1910, although In proportion 10
population births arc also decreasing
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02

with the other boys. he said. Then
no big men will come Ia and try 70
murder me"
His mother agreed '%'rvently Bu,
Detective Mcllhardy became snspl
cious.
Where did you say that big man
came in?" he asked.
The boy indicated a window. close
10 which stood n feather bed IN such
a position that one entering by the
window would have had TO crawl over
tho bed But there wasn't q mark on
II. The detective took the boy into
another Don and there made him con
Tess
u tied myself up" said Andrew 81
didn't want 10 stay In here | wanted
20 go out In the field and play dctec.
tive and wild West"
when the detective Informed the
parents they cried
Take him away to Jail! He's a
bad boy"
So Andrew. r., vas taken 70 the
Children's society rooms and will be
arraigned IN the children's court.
charged with attempted suicide and
juvenile delinquency
Gee It looks like I'd never get q
chance TO play he said.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Manuserlp, Of Famous soma.

Washington. D. C-Mrs RcboCca
Norwood who h. 81 years old, has
come" To- town from her home In Tex
urkaua. Texas. to deliver a. her
cousin. Francis Scott Key Smith, the
original manuscript OF The star
]Sp,uglod tanner written by his
grandfather Francis Scott Key.
Although this Is my FIRST visit to
Washington" said Mrs Norwood to
newspaper mon who wanted 10 s,r
The star ~Spanglsd Banner" In the
original, don't feel like q total
stranger here. Ny father Daniel Tur.
uor vaa @ member Of congress rom
North Carolina FOR years and while
here met my mother. Anna Douglas
Key. q Washington girl ana married
her"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Fran, House In kaosa, city.

has been o foundation under Il. TO.
day 10 rests Oh posts. Despite It's
age, says Miss Agatha Waller. the
house s. snug in the winter time.
Almost half a century has passed
since John Waller bought the house
and several adjacent lots. His first
purchase DO that neighborh1od was OF
u half lots and the house. For this
he paid $3.50 Today any one Of these
lots would be- worth several times that
amount
When my father bought she
house, said Miss Agatha Waller. IT
set several lots east OF 10 present po-
sitiuu and faced on Fifth street The
porch which runs along the side OF
the house 10 It's present position was
then said 90 be on the front OF The
hOus, u was a neat house. We
were proud ot II and It's fame OF hay
ing been brought here from Tar on
Cincinnati ~ Course IN these days
Of ias' travel Cincinnati does not
seem 'ar away. but h seemed % long
distance then
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Seeks 10 Palm OFF Murder Story,
But II Fails to Convince.
Didn't Want to Mind Baby. &c, Eve.
ming Meal and Do sundry Other
Odd Jobs So Matched Up
Horrible Tale.

New York.-The last.straw burden
was placed on the shoulders OF thlr
t~eeu.year-old Andrew Gussig when his
big. married brother John augmented
the Gussig household In the basement
of No. S2s East One Hundred and
bixty-seventh street with AblenOna
Gussig. an infant daughter. Before hes
coming Andrew had no time for play.
The front door had to be polished. the
railways OF the house, OF which his
father IL ~ianitor. must be cleaned and
the vacant fats shown to prospective
tenants. Andrew. Jr.. had had 10 as.
sist his father In all there tasks.
But after the coming OF the baby,
while Andrews father. mother. brother
and brothers wife we're out at days
work In the neighborhood. the boy had
the additional task OF minding Able
mona and preparing the evening meal
And there were a lot OF fellows had
a tent in a lot" said Andy. after II
was all over. and they said | could
60 out and play with them and one OF
then had a gun and they was playing
Wild West. But | didn't have any
time.
SO today when they left me all
alone ] saw a chance TO get even. /
put the baby outside with some little
girls and ! ven In the house | had
q lasso and ! tied II around my feet
! turned on the gas In the kitchen
and then ! cut a little bit from the
lasso. lay down on the kitchen foor.
tied a piece Of my mothers dress
around my mouth. made a moose
around my hands and turned them I'M.
I'll Il was tight.
Then | waited on the floor for my
father and mother TO come home. I
thought they'd believe s~omebody'd
tried to murder me and they'd let me
play outside and not leave me alone
in the basement 10 mind the baby
and mind the house.
John. the bakery boy. came into
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
DEPENDING ON CURVE BALL
Pitchers Cannot Afford 70 Allow Bat.
tiers TO Meet Ball as squarely as
They Can Fast Ones.

Billy Evans says American league
pitchers are using the curve ball more
this season than in any of the five
seasons he has been @ major League
umpire
with the lively ban lu use pitch.
crs cant afford to let uait'ss meet II
too we'll" Evans said They depend
on the curve ball to fool 'Nc batter
and keep him from meeting the ball
al ]squarely as he al meet a fast one.
"BatteTs don't hHy. 10 hit q fast
ball very hard this season Ia get II
past The Inneld. Pitchers are depend.
ing on the curve ball almost entirely
when rlnucrs nre on
pitchers are using the curve q good
deal more this season when they have
three balls and two strikes on the bat.
ter. Under these conditions the bat
tor knows the pitcl er will try 10 get
the next one over Pitchers generally
have better control Of the fast ball
and last year could take a chance on
haying q hit This year they prefer
trying 10 fool the batter with a curve
oven az the risk ~ a base on balls.
In q game / umpired In Boston
Ralph Works passed FIVE mon rather
than pitch the fast ball with three and
two on hatters The catcher siFnaled
for a fast hail each time. but Works
shook his head he took n chance
with the curve and could not get II
over"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
DO PITCHERS WORK ENOUGH?
Some Baseball Men Think That Twill
ers Have II Altogether Too Easy.
Shifted Quickly n HI.

Now and then n little curiosity Is .
pressed as 10 whether the modern
pitchers obtain WORK enough 20 keep
them In good condition This doesn't
refer 10 their physical condition. but
10 their pitching condition.
The custom has grown upon mana.
gers TO shift pitchers In a hurry n
they happen 20 be battcd hard when
the gam Is close. For that roason
almost all ball teams are carrying
more pitchers IN comparison with the
actual work that they do on a ball
field then they ever did.
n occasionally n Of the pitchers
who happens 20 be hit hard we're 10
be Kept In the game instead Of being
sent to the bench II might be that
the team would rally as quickly be.
hind him as II would behind a fresh
pitcher. and II frequently has been
demonstrated in baseball that n pitch.
or may be- hit hard In one inning and
after that hold a team 10 almost moth.
ing.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
W SHIPS IN THE WORLD
Carrying Trade Is Done In Bigger Yes.
sells. Being More Prohtable-Ton.
mage Growing.

London It will surprise many per.
sons to learn there arc fewer ships In
the world than there were a few years
ago Lloyds Register now gives the
total as 30,0s7. whereas the figure for
lsG7-Os al 2O.3O3 The explanation
Is simple The carrying trade Of the
globe il done IN bigger ships. because
u is more profitable. The Olympic. for
example, only cunts AZ one vessel.
whereas ner 5000 tons would IN the
old days have been spread over quite
a respectable fleet
Again. sailing ships have largely
disappeared A single steamer replac.
Ing three Of them is at least as ~.
fectiye. All the same. the worlds ton
mage Keeps growing The 30,OE7 ships
represent 43,l47.l54 tons. whereas the
larger number OF a few years back
stood for 3~s,43S,0l7. a growth OF 300.
900 tom In four years
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
HISTORIC OLD HOUSE
Brought 10 Kansas From Ohio
by Boat.
Frame Structure Transported In See.
lions From Cincinnati Haf q
Century Ago Once Housed
states First Governor.

Kansas city. Kan.-Wlthin n few
hundred feet VI the site OF the new
city hail and almost under the shad.
ow uf the beautiful 81 Mary's Catho.
lie church there stands the oldest
frame house In this city. II Ii the
home of the Misses Amelia and Aga
tina Waller. daughters ul John Waller.
one Of the early settlers Of Wyandotte
county.
BESIDES being the oldest house Of Its
Kind 10 the city this residence has The
distinction Of once having sheltered
for a period Of several months tho
first governor ~ Kansas. Charles Rob.
insuu The Walters have learned that
hv once had his Office In the front
room of the house. but whether be ~.
sided In the remainder of the dwell
INK they DO not know Ills period OF
residence iu the house was To the
early COS. before q permanent state
capital of Kansas had been selected
His home was near Lawrence. hut
business interests brought him TO
Kansas CITY, history says.
This little house % IL a one story
structure with four rooms now. ana
II used 'o have but three was brought
here from Cincinnati on a boat II
II believed hat the house was occu.
pied In the Ohio city When II was
brought down the ohio river. aud up
tho Mississippi and The Missouri. and
into "a, Kaw. II wa 10 sections. The
sides had been taken apart aud the
weather boarding removed The old
carpenter here AYERS the weather
boarding was fastened 10 the frames
with wooden pins. Miss Agatha Wal
Ter thinks the house Was plastcrcd
o o. after 30 was pa together here
Just who brought the house to Kan.
sas city has not been established u
Il known. however. that 70 arrived IN
lN5s and at that time samuel Mcln
tyre q Of The men who plated Wy.
andottc county. owned the property
upon which the house stood. u Is
probable, therefore. that It VAS he
who was responsible Tor the house
being transferred On the banks OF the
KaW
The house is si.lI well preserved.
The owncrs OF II seldom have occa.
sion to have II repaired There never
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
BOY TIRES OF WORK

the kitchen to leave the bread The
door was open. You'd ought to seen
John! lie ran ont yelling.
John went to Frank Klein. ianitor
At No. SIS. and told what he had seen
Klein ran back 10 the Gussig kitchen
and cut the ropes from Andrews feet
and hands.
"A big man came through that win.
dow said Andrew. and tied me
down and turned on the gas"
Patrolman Wolf was called Acting
Captain Place Of the Morrisanis vita.
ton came with detectives Captain
Brennan Of the fremont station did
likewise, after word had reached Cap.
tain Price OF tho Bronx detectlyy bu.
e that murder had been attempted
The block was surrounded. men
went 10 roofs and others questioned
jewellers In the neighborhood while
an ambulance surgeon was working
over the boy his mother ran In.
MY poor boy!" she walled. Il left
you all alone 10 mind the baby"
Andrew was equal TO the occasion.
It's better for me to play outside
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
An ImaalnarY GANG.

Jack Hayden of the Louisville Col.
onels In Il southpBw aud has every.
thing that the best OF twirlers have
when II comes TO the finging art.
Jesse Orendorn vas catching him In
an imaginary game the other day and
kept calling for ms aud outs trying
to fool The batters Hho were not
there.
When Move, the Indian shortstop,
cam to bat. Jack threw three straight
n es yer the plate and the kid went
out. Then Hickman OF Toledo came
up and by mixing hem "A little Hick
was forced 10 roll 20 Robbie e. short
Finally Jesse Orendorf remarked:
We'll Jack. here comes Hayden at
bat"
Whereupon Jack quoth. we can't
take any chances on a guy ike that.
so here goes four wide ones" And
Hayden passed himself 10 keep him
from hitting the pellet.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
PHlLLlES ARE GOING STRONG
Team 10 Composed Of Hand Hltters
and Has Two star Pitchers In
Moore Inc Alexander.

The Chicago Cubs think that tho
pills Will be In tho ponnAni light TO
the nnish and say hat the record Of
the Phillios at home will assure them
OF a good standing
This home record dope Ia based on
the short left iold b~leachers, which
means a homer To the player dropping
the ball among tho spectators.
one OF the oldest and most valued
members Of Chances team says Of the
phillies:
1T Is a club that has a bunch Of
cleanup hittors. aud any man on the
team Is liable 10 break up a game with
a long drive AZ any stage. This short
bleacher Is going to be q blk help TO
Dooin's crew Tor u couple " reasons.
In the FIRST place. n a pitcher
pitches ,hom inside 10 u Highlander.
any u ~ the Philip club Is likely to
lace II into The bl,nchcr.
The second sid. '0 the argument II
that several ut the phils who have
been hitting into tho hlruch,rs arc
natural right reid bittc,s aud e pitcher
IL throwing away his own game by
pitching To- stop LETT field hitting
I tell yug, boys. The rhili,s have a
hall club MAT BE- going 10 be- % the
'ght from starr ~ finish From what
read another pitcher g. needed TO
hare The work with Ear. Moore. a
marvel az an times. aud this Kid Alex.
ander. who is tipped Go me ls "a won.
dor"
For tho benefit o.! iupuisi'iyo fans Il
viii be- we'll to add thar the gentleman
Who speaks 10 highly ot tho rhlIics
has cen a member uf the cubs tor six
years aud Is a jausoruus cleanup hit.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
STORIES
| @0FsK#3


otto Knabe is playing the game Of
his life.
Pete Compton. outhelder Of the
Battle Creek team. vas sold 10 the St.
Louis Americans.
Capt Lord was fined $50 for push
ms al umpire. It's all right II one
doesn't push too far.
Gene Dcmontreyill, Ii being
doomed for manager Of the Memphis
team next year to succeed Bll Bern.
hard.
Herman schacfer denies he perpe
trated that parrot story on Ping Rodie
but all the clrcumstantial evidence Is
against him.
Connie Mack and his men are play
Ing the game in a quiet, u~nassumIng
mnnuer, but are getting there slowly
but surely.
Andy Mcconnell has become an i'm
portant cog In the White Sox ma
chino.
The PhilliUs have about as strong q
pitching stan this year as any team
In the league with Alexander. Moore
aud Chalmers going a. their best
Mike Donl,n Is satisfied with being
sent TO litstou II does no make any
difference to him and hts SALARY goes
on Just the same
Another first basemnn has b,cp ~.
cured Tor a trial on the Chicago Cub
club President Murphy has procured
Ngler Of N" Newark team Of he
Eastern league.
Joe tantiilun and his Millcrs ara
beading tor the pcLnaui AT a pretty
steady gait In the American assocIa.
o race Joe was unable to hold his
wcn back any longer.
Pete Compton. a Battle Creek ONT.
heldcr, has been signed by the 81
Louis Browns. Pete Browning was a
lamou hitter There may be many
a hit In the name Pete
40 no hit no run" games naye
been scored this season In the Nation.
"a league There has been one I'm IN,
American league. JO, Wood Of no.
Ton Is credited with that against 81,
t.uuis
II q the same thing 10 the
rEillies to have Doom, Magce and III
tuL out OF the game as II would mcau
TO the Cubs II S%heckard, Schultz and
archer would be taken out OF the
game
Catcher Spencer who was secured
from the ST Paul team by the Phulies
Is somewhat disappointed that ne f.
not to be given the regular iob of
catching instead Of letting Pat Moran
handle It.
Umpire Brennan OF the National
league has blossomed out as a writer
lie has written an article ia which Ia
says umpires do not mind being caIIed
robbers and thieves and a few other
pet names.
Brockton and South birmingham
the two Massachusetts towns which
claim the honor Of bringing up Martin
o'Tooie, may Join In a celebration for
the sensational pitcher when he re-.
turns home this fall.
Every time Frank Chance watcha.
Jake Daubert, star f~rstsackor OF the
Superbas, work he think. Kind
thoughts Of the time not far baok
when be had a chance 10 get him be
fore he became a star.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
German Kingdom Has T~hIrty.Two M
n~leipsljties Of More Than 100000
Against TwentV.NJne In 1903.

Berlin-According 10 the last cen
sus tautumn OF 1870. Prussia has 30
cities Of over 100000 inhabitants.
against 30 cities OF hat size In 1905
and 20 IN 1900 ~Sixty.one cities Of over
10000 inhabitants each have a total
population OF lO.SSO. 900 In 1906 there
were 81 such cities with a total popu'
lntion OF $780, 900. and In 1900, "
with r population Of 100000.
Cologne Is now the second city In
Prussia In size. having passed Bres'
lau. second IN 1905. Frankfort on
Main, with 4l4.59S inhabitants, comes
fourth
Heaviest increase during the period
from 1905 TO 1910 was noted In the
cities Immediately surrounding Ber.
lin OF these cities. four-Charlotten.
burg, RiXdorf. S~choeneberg and
Duetsch.W ilmersdorf-hav now over
l00,0 900 Inhabitants, while the nth,
Li%chterberg. bids fair TO attain that
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Anttsmoksrs Find Average Consumed
In Toxic 10 $3.50 Heurly-Wu
Ting Fang interested.

shanghai.-For some time an anti
cigarette smoking society has exist.
ed in China. but itS zeal has not been
apparent in any missionary effort
But this ls TO be changed
His excellency WI Ting Fang con.
vened a meeting recently at Shanghai
and arrangements were made for an
energetic crusade against the cigar.
cite habit Mr.. Chen agreed 10 ad
dress a circular letter on this matter
TO all the members Of commerce OF
the empire.
DR.. Yao. director Of the Interna.
tional institute. offered 10 post letters
to the open ports and large towns ask.
ing them 10 render help Mr. King
consented 10 appoint lecturers "a
busy streets and other places TO pro.
claim the benefits 20 be enjoyed by
abstinence from cigarette smoking,
the salaries TO be paid by himself
A sum Of $500 was subscribed for
propaganda work. and money for SOC
copies OF a booklet entitled China
and the Cigarette was promised by
two members OF the association. A
secretary. a treasurer four general
workers. sixteen persons to dlssuad'
the cigarette smokers. to make inves
LEGATIONS and 20 collect data. and ter
persons 10 deliver lectures we're 80
flected.
Statistics YER recently compiled
with regard 10 the amount OF tobacco
daily consumed By the citizens o.
Toxic A. regards cigare 81 81 .s3I
cigarettes with m~outhpioces attaches
and 1880 without are smoked ever
hour.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02

one Of the pitchers whom Manager
McGrdw Of the Giants banked on
aoayily for this season was Louis
Druckc. the young recruit from Texas
prucke did some good work in tho
iwirliug line last year and It was TX.
poctcd that he would round 10 In Tine
shape and be a owe Of strength TO
the Giants this season But up to date
Druckc.s showing has been Of q mcdl.
OGRE order lie has been hit freely by
opposing butsmcu and Dc, not appear
10 have m" cunning In his pitching
arm that be had last year. II may be
that the young Giant viii display bet.
,~r !orm as the season advances and
the pitchers a succeed In checking
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02

No,y York "A vision In ice OF Hen.
Dirk Hudson's famous Half Moon" as
she Is said to have looked when she
sailed up the Hudson river 300 years
ago was sighted by the passengers on
the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam The
iceberg was 400 feet long and 1875
feet high and 30 near were the pas.
sengers TO II that some Of them claim
they could make out the Icy figure OF
a man az the tlller,
Even the masts and deck gear we're
clearly outlined and Captain Rogge.
veen remarked that II was tho strang,
est Of the many strange lcebergs be
had seen at sea
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02

Winsted. Conn-While rolling for
bass In Lake Mahkeenae IN the Rork.
shires, tho other day. Frank Parsons
got n strike" and when he began
to take In his line a society gul.
who was In bathing $50 yards away
cried out: I've been hooked
She had taken a dive OF the float
after Mi Parsons boat had passed
by and the trolling hook caught her
bathing suit and held fast The girl
swan to the Parsons boat where she
was unhooFtd
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Cow Wins rua-of.wsr.

Nazareth, Pm While oliver Heimer
WAS driving through this town WITH
a sturdy COW tied TO the tail end OF
the wagon, the COW became frightened
and uurning suddenly. pulled the wa.
gon and horse In the opposite diree
ton
When the horse regained a foothold,
a tug-of'WRr ensued In which the COW
menagec to pull the wagon over. up
setting Mr.. Heimer and his wife and
painfully iniurinE them.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
China Hits at Cigarettes

II these cigarettes. says a statisti.
clan, could be connected from end 10
end they would cover a distance OF
$4,000 feet. which exceeds the height
OF Mount Full by 1860 feet
In the Nihonbashi ward Of the city
the smoking IL heaviest. each lnhabi.
tant smoking on the average from
$3.50 to - worth OF tobacco per year.
In addition. over LOO ions OF cut to.
baeco are smoked every year.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
o,rool. Once Win Red,

Marty O"TOole was a member OF the
Cincinnati Reds about two years ago.
lie was allowed 10 don n suit and grab
n ham sandwich and a cup OF coffee
for a day or 80, That is nothing
against Marty. though, He Ii not the
only good ball player that Garry Herr.
mann had overlooked. There are
enough good players, formerly Reds.
making good on other teams to win 9
In alsot any league.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
He Faints ON Seeing Beard

an experience he had not had for 20
years.
For the FIRST time since he was .
young man steinman came to town
and visited his cousin. Mrs. Sarah Nc.
Cune. In P%errysvillS . Il wnn
there BY accident that he glanced
into the mirror.
Great Scott" he exclaimed, and
fell In q faint When revived he re-
marked: what a great change hAu
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-02
Go, 10000 for . Lower Berth.

Bainbridge. GA courteous act on
the part Of william H. O'Neal has
been rewarded by a fortune. While
travelling In California. O'Neal ex.
changed a lower for an upper berth
with ] T. Young. OF Oakland. who
esteemed the favor so great he rave
him $4,000.