davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22
this statement:

"The idea Is simply idiotlc, II i
had him here, believe me, l would do
a bit of fatherly work and it would be
some work too. Then man Is an IN.
poster. am the father Of only one
child, a girl who died at birth. That
was when was 20, and the baby's
mother was Eliza Weatherbx, my first
wife.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22
INP0ST0R
MAN CLAIMS 70 BE SON OF NAT
c. GOODWIN Is SAID TO BE In.
ING BY HIS REPUTEo FATHER.
(ByaUntted Press.)

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July "a
When shown dispatch from New
York stating that John Nv, Goodwin
claimed to be his son, Nat G. Goodwin
today was very peeved. He issued
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22
Birth Certificates.

pr. Q. u, Holland yesterday filed
fo4f birth certificates with the clerk
of Vie county court for ccording.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22
london Bridges.

Few perhaps are aware Of the ex.
tent to which the city of London Is
bridged over In all it seems there
are no fewer than seYenty-fvf
bridges. OF these nineteen are rail-
way bridges three alS bridges owe
roads such as Holborn yiaduCt, an
fifty-three bridges which. connectpri
vate premises
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22
M!LZ NA!7 FOR TAET
SECRETARY WILSON WILL NOT
ISSUE HIS REPORT UNTIL THE
PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM
BEVERLY.
(By United Press, J

WASHINGTON, D. c., July "a
Tat Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson
intends to hold up the decision Of
President Taft in the Wiley case was
Indicated today when Wilson declared
at the White House that he would not
have his Sreport on the matter ready.
until President Taft'sr return from Bey.
lerly next week. =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22

sham duel story as the wound is
one that could hardly have been IN.
flicted in play.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-22

Ad.readerS become home-oWners as.
a matter oticourse for they GET
TEREsFIrD IN THE PROPERTY
PROPOSITION m THIS CITY and
Ihey LEARN th!ng about real estate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
In MAINE
STILL in DOUBT

Augusta, Me, Sept. 2o.-After hav-
ing completed the tabulation Of the
official returns on all four questions
which appeared a week ago. the gov
eruor and council last night adjourn
ed until Thursday, September 2S.
when they will meet to consider cor
rections.
The results as announced yester-
day were as follows:
on repeal of the constitutional pro
hibitory amendment:
For repeal, COAST
Against repeal, 6O,461.
Majority for repeal. 26.
The statewide primary system was
adopted by majority OF 44,034.
The majority in favor Of locating
the state capital permanently at Aug
usta was 1884 and that for increasing
tho debt limit ia cities Of forty thou
sand and over, $50
Attorney General Pattengall stated
last night that the question OF the
repeal Of the prohibitory amendment
was still in doubt and it was his be-
lief that corrections would show a
considerable majority against repeal.
The time for receiving corrections
will not expire until October 8.
Governor Plaisted said that cor
rections might be made in the re-
turns or several towns which mater
tally alter the result.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS

this dinner. Emory was advised to
adopt.
And this is the board for which re-
port all tariff revision must be held
up!
Government by Stealth.
The Taft administration is even un-
popular with the army Of govern.
fhent employees in Washington While
they are not saying anything publicly
they are very bitter because Of the
many rules inaugurated under him
which enjoin them from appealing to
congress for any improvement in
their conditions. II the clerks should
critieise their conditions publicly they
would be discharged.
The object Of the administration in
resorting to these harsh gag rule
methods is TO prevent a leakage Of
information which might prove injur.
ious to the republican party.
AhS duHtluiotl dtlOH HdHdEtIb viii
not permit any government employee
to give out information to newspaper
men until it has been 0. KID by the
head Of the department. The follow
ing official order signed by George
Obs Smith, director Of the Geologi-
cal Survey, sives al idea Of the Rus
sian-like censorship attempted in this
department: Rule 2. That no inter
view shall be granted without secur-
ing from the person soliciting the
same a promise that he will, before
submitting the material to hls publi-
cation office, present copy Of his
manuscript to the director for ap-
proval"
SO far ais is known among news
paper men in Washington. nothing
SO drastic as this in the way Of press
censorship was ever attempted before
in America.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
TO SAVE OLD MANUSCRIPTS
Japanese SILK. Thin and Transparent,
Is Passed or Them and Pre-
serves Them.


In the preservation Of rare manu-
scripts and books an additional safe
guard has been found in Japanese
silk.
It's use has removed fear that
long existed IN the minds OF librarians
THAI the rare old manuscripts would dry
up and return to their original eie-
ments- Fortunately. however. the
employment of silk of extreme thin
ness and transparency has settled the
question of the life Of these manu-,
scripts for the next two or three hun
dred years at least By that time,
perhaps. some ether method may be
discovered
This silk is thinner than the thin.
nest tissue paper. the threads being
finer than spider webs It is pasted
over the manuscript so firmly that It
wards off all dust and air. and yet is
so transparent that it dos not inter.
fere any more with the appearance Of
the manuscript than would an ordia.
ary pane Of glass It strengthens the
manuscript 90 that the danger Of
handling Is reduced to minimum.
For some time past the United
States library Of congress has had in
hand the examination and protection
Of all its old manuscripts. employing
for the purpose the silk mentioned
Unless one he an expert in old manu-
scripts he is unable to recognize the
fact that the silk has been used
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
COMMISSIONER
INVESTIGATING

Oklahoma city Sept 20 Upon
complaint registered by c. L. stone
Of chlekasha. one OF the general
agents Of the Oklahoma National Life
Insurance company, State Insurance
Commissioner Ballard is investigating
the distribution Of certain advertis-
ing literature BY agents Of the New
York Life company
A circular distributed ES agents of
the latter company. which bears the
tile New Companies vs.. Old" is all
legged to violate the state law in that
il does not show the liabilities OF the
various companies compared while
showing the assets OF the same. The
effect Of the circulars against which
complaint is made Is TO disparage
new companies. II Il said that Com
missioner Ballard has ordered the
New York Life company to appear
within five days in answer to the
charge made against IT,
1T looks ike an attempt is being
made 10 down the Oklahoma compan-
les" said Commissioner Ballard. He
stated that the agents Of the New
York Life also have put out matter
that pnrports 70 calculate the ratio
of premium income on new business
to expenses. by the table which the
agents Of the older companies fur
nish it is calculated that the expense
OF securing new business is extremely
high for the young .npanies in com
pagison with the OH. whereas the re-
port OF expert actuaries and Best's
report show that this is not the case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20

This is a fine place TO study the
superstItions OF the crowd. said q
Subway ticket chopper "Two-thirds
Of the couples who pass through The
gate are brimming over with supersti
ton. 1t shows itself in their fear Of
separating and walking on different
sides Of the post Good-looking. edu-
Gated people are afraid Of that.
"well quarrel says one---usuaIlS
II is the woman who says it. or IL
two women are together they both say
II at the same time. We let that
post get between us.
.Then. II they are badly bitten BY
tho bug of superstition. on~ goes back
and passes through on the other side
SO as to obviate the danger Of flare
up."-New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
SECRETARY SAYS CRITICISM
or BOARD IS UNJUST

~The school board has perhaps been
more severely criticized in the mat
ter OF the improvements that were
placed on the grounds at the West
school building than any other piece
Of work that has been done under the
present administration and this crit
icism is unjust said William Stacey
today. The school property is off
grade according to the statement Of
the city engineer and Of course this
is correct But TO protect the trees
that have a splendid start, the
grounds were filled in rather than
graded down. The members OF the
board did what in their judgment
was the best for the improvement Of
the grounds" continued the secretary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
NOT WARNED BY HER PEARLS
Empress Eueenie Did Not Profit BY
Superstition Attaching TO Her
Bridal Necklace.

Various are the superstitions at.
tached to precious stones. and the
prognostication Of the lady who com
mented on the Empress Eugenie's
bridal pearls has certainly ample justi.
ication in later years.
Tt was a Spanish lady" says Jane
T. Stoddart in her biography, who as
she admired the pearl necklace worn
by the youthful sovereign quoted with
melancholy foreboding that proverb Of
her country. The pearls which women
wear on their wedding day are SYM
Dol OF the tears which they WI
shed,
= think IT Is Maeterlinck who SAYS
somewhere that luck really means The
possession Of q sixth sense which
warns one OF coming disaster or dan
ger The Empress Eugenie must sure
" been possessed Of the faculty,
though alasl she did not profit by It.
Strangely enough the empress first
act after her marriage showed that her
mind was brooding on images of death
and sorrow. At the beginning of her
honeymoon at St. Cloud she asked Ma.
poleon to drive her 70 Versailles and
there she inspected with mournful in
ferest the rooms Of Marie Antoinette
IN the Little Trianon
"On returning to Paris the impe
rial pair visited the Archives Nation
ales and read Marie Antolnette's last
letter written from the Conciergerie
on the morning Of her execution. Eu-
genia IN later years made a collection
Of relics belonging to the haplesa
queen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
tBy clyde II. Tavenner)

t-rJ 2it AL IL AuNNHntAtI
Washington. Sept 20. - On his
swing around the circle President
Taft win tell the people it was nee
essary for him to prevent a reduc-
ton Of the cost Of living because the
tariff board hadn't reported.
Here is some tariff board history
that the president will probably not
refer to:
The tariff board was created Sept.
2G, 1903. On June 7, 1911. p months
later. congress called for whatever
data the bard had collected on wool,
and was informed that the board had
nothing to report What was the tar
iff board doing during these 2t
months?
Soon after the appointment Of the
board. its chairman, Henry c. Emery
established headquarters in the pri-
vate residence OF Frederick Hale, son
Of Senator Hale Of Maine. who has
been known for years as one Of the
most powerful defenders OF ultra pro
lection.
In October. 1910, II was announced
that the work Of the tariff Doard'
was to be doomed at series Of ban
quets. For three months the ban
quoting campaign occupied the time
and attention Of the board. Among
the hosts was the Arkwright club,
the leading association Of high pro-
lection manufacturers Of the country.
Then on February 1, 1911. Chairman
Emery was the guest OF the National
Association OF Wool Manufacturers
the wards Of schedule K-with WIZ
lam Wood on one side and Vice.Pres-
ident r S. Clark on the other.
The plan finally adopted for esti-
mating costs is the plan which, at
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20

Mexico Is among the pioneers In
rubber culture. as there exist today
plantations more than quarter OF a
century old. For many years Mexico
has been one OF the largest producers
Of rubber. and its exports have
reached enormous figures. and while
q small amount OF this was guayuIe
or bastard rubber. the largest proper.
ton was Of the cultivated product.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
EXPECT HALF sALE pER ACRE

W. P. Lindsay north Of town near
the cigar vendor factory has a fine
field Of cotton. It is estimated that
II win produce a half bale to the
acre Good cotton fields are the ex-
ception rather than the rule over the
county; the fields of good cotton are
in streaks," says Mr.. Lindsay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
SHIPPING COTTON ABROAD

Foreign shipments Of cotton have
been sent out Of chickasha and the
cotton bLsiness is showing much ac-
tivity around the compress. Three
shipments have been cent to Liver
pool. England from Chickasha this
season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20

EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU
SPEND AT HOME HELPS TO MAKE
cHIcKAsl4A A BITTER TOWN.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
JIMMY STARTS AGAIN
-oNLY LITTLE FLUTTEER
Telegram by United Press.

Corning, N X. SEPT 20 Jimmy
Ward started at $3.50 this morning
and alighted at Addison II miles in
IS minutes. ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20

Attorney j. D. Carmichael made a
business trip to Oklahoma City today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
ATTENTIONS JOE SHELBY cANF.

On next Saturday, September 20,
at 1880 p. m. you are requested to
meet in regular annual session for
the purpose OF electing officers 10
serve for the ensuing year
All members are ESPECIALLY request
ed to be present to take part in the
deliberations.
Our y. D. G. chapter is cordially
invited to favor us with the presence
and smiles Of its members.
JACK HALE,
Commander.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20

cHlckAsHA MERCHANTS CAN
SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS AND
THE PRICES ARE RIGHT.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-20
OUT OF THE GLOOM
Many a Gloomy countenance lin
chickasha Now Lightens With
Happiness.

A bad back makes you gloomy.
Cont be happy with continual back
ache
The aches and pains Of bad back
Are mostly due to sick kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys.
They have made many happy
home in Chickasha.
Read what grateful citizen says
J. P. Simmons. 912 s Third St..
Chickasha. Okla. says 4 had kid
ney trouble after my service in the
army and about five years ago the
complaint annoyed me a great deal.
The kidney secretions were TO fre.
quent in passage. obliging me to
arise often al night and ran down
in health, through not obtaining my
proper rest MY back was weak and
at times was very nervous. Hear
ing Of Doan's Kidney Pills I procur-
ed a box at the Owl Drug store and
began their use ! am now entirely
free from kidney trouble and from
my experience believe that this rem
edy. II taken as directed. win cure
any case Of that complaint
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. FosterMiburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name II Doan's -
and take 10 cshe- 2td-itw
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
THOMAS EDISON.

Thomas Alva Edison was born Feb
H.. 1917. 80,
He is the greatest inventor in the
world. -,
.One Of his sayings is, 81 never did
anything worth doing by accident, nor
did any of my inventions come by &C
cident.'
One Of Edison's inventions is the
monograph. The photograph itself
has brought him millions of dollars.
He also invented the beautiful IN
candescent electric light known all
over the world, and the megaphone,
which you can put to your ear and hear
cattle eating grass five miles away.
In 1873 Edison married Miss Mary
stillwell, young lady who had helped
him in his experiments.
Thomas Edison is known as the WIZ
ard of Menlo park, and his inventions
have saved other people thousands or
dollars.
Everett Goltry, age 13.
Russell, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
FORTUNE AND THE HEGGAR.

One day there was beggar creeping
from house to house asking for q rev
cents to buy something to eat with. he
CARED an old wallet with him grum-
bled because the rich people were
never satisfied with what they had.
Just then Fortune came around the
corner and said II will give you all tne
gold you want, on one condition; ana
that is, all the gold that falls into tne
wallet shall be pure gold, but all that
falls onto the ground shall become
dust" Fortune began by pouring the
gold and asked If it wasn't enough. re
said no. "just little more" She salo:
Now you are the richest man in the
world.' Just a little more, just a
handful or two" Fortune poured an
other piece in. The wallet split. tne
gold fell onto the ground and became
dust. The beggar was poorer than ever
now because he had no wallet
Gladys Pumroy, age 8,
Ottumwa, Ia, r. NO. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
The Courier Junior
Published by
THE couRlET. PRINTING Cc-
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAU$.
EDITOR.
JUNIORS HAVE GRIEVANCE.

Dear Juniors.-We have received
Ave grievances from as many juniors
and we certainly deserve to be "scolo-
ed" for our faults. Here is what we ala:
omitted five names Of five of the nicest
Juniors in the world from the Chrls..
mas Stocking club. Two of these aeat
children say that we failed to print
their letters, too, but printed all the
others" We acknowledge forgetting
the names, but the last charge, print.
ed all the Others" we can deny. we
never print "all the Others" because
we never have room to do so. How.
ever. these Juniors can write again
and we will see that their letters are
published. We are very sorry 10 learn
that we omitted any names from tne
Christmas Stocking club and hope tnat
the following Juniors will forgive us:
EDWARD ENGLE.
EDNA ENGLE.
MINERVA RUSSELL.
BERTHA FLEMING.
IvYL FLEMING.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
MALES FIRST LETTER.

Dear Editor.-This is the first time
I have ever written to you. Papa mas
taken the Ottumwa Courier for a long
time and enjoy reading the Junior
page very much.
am ten years old and in the fifth
grade at school. l like my teacher hne.
For pets have twenty-five black
chickens and one white one, which !
like best of all She is tame and Will
let me catch her any time. She VIII
eat out Of my hand, too. g&
l have a wagon and sled. nave q
fine time using them. =
| used to have a pet pigeon and
little gray bunny, but the pigeon flew
away and we let the bunny go to the
woods.
We have a gentle horse, which l can
ride and drive.
We have a nice Jersey COW, too. She
has calf now.
had party on my birthday and
received many pretty presents. Every
girl in my room was invited. My birth
day was on November 8. :,
| have three sisters, who are all
older than am. have no brothers at
all.
/ think the story called Johnny
and the Soldier was very good. think
the boy was kind to.give the poor ola
soldier 80 much to eat.
/ am trying to get the prize Tor the
best letter at the end Of January, but
/ don't think will.
am your friend,
Maize Lewis, age 10.
:, williamsburg, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07
Rocking His Kitty
To Sleep

Hearing song that was sweet to hear
From a dear little boy in rocking
chair,
I tipped to the door to take peep,
And found he was rocking his kitty to
sleep.
He held her close to his baby breast,
Singing "The brides have gone to rest
And dear little kitty must say good
night,
And close her eyes to the fading light
Then moved away to my tasks again
Listening long to the sweet refrain
Till the voice grew still, and I did not
hear
"A sound from the lad in the rocking
chair.
So tipped to the door once more to
peep,
And found the little boy fast asleep,
While kitty, perched proudly upon his
knee,
With wide-awake eyes looked up at me
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07

His first published verses which ap-
peared in the Portland Gazette in
1920 did not show particular merit but
he advanced rapidly in his art while
in college. He graduated in 1926
standing fourth in a class Of thirty
eight, which included Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, and began the study OF law in
his fathers office, but in 1926 was Of
fered the newly founded chair of mod
ern languages of Bowdoin, with the
proposal that he spend several years
in Europe in fitting himself for the
position. After being abroad for nearly
two years he returned to fill the chair
with great dignity. In 1881 LongfelloW
married Miss Mary Storer Potter OF
Portland, lovely and highly edu-
Gated woman. In 1885 he was called
to Harvard to succeed George Ticknor.
professor Of modern language, but
wishing to perfect himself in the Ian
guages and literature Of northern
Europe he spent year abroad, while
there meeting with the first great :sor-
row of his life in the death Of his wife.
In December, 1885 he returned to Cam
bridge and was admitted as q boarder
into the historic house which was built
by Col John Vassall. At the death
f its owner in 1843 he bought the
property and in the same year he mar
ried Miss Francis Elizabeth Appleton
Of Boston. Some of the poems that
Longfellow wrote and what has5
read are as follows:
Evangeline, Courship of Miles Stand
ish, The Golden Legend, The Belfrey
of Brugs, Song of Hiawatha.
Gradually declining In health he was
attacked by peritonitis from which he;
died March "a, 1882 He was buried
at Mt Auburn. A bust Of Mr.. Long
fellow is in Westminster Abbey. He
left two daughter and two sons to
mourn his death. &
l would like to receive letters aud
post cards from the Juniors.
Hannah Clark, age IA,
Lucas, Iowa.