davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21

At bay in a dense group of woods near South Norwulk. Conn.,.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
General Markets.

New York Sept. ig BUTTER-steady: receipts. iaS3s pack ages.
 CHEESE-Firm; receipts, 6.305 boxes. EGGS-Steady; receipts, 17.037 cases, POTATOES-weak Maine. per bag. S2a 220: Long Island. per bbl. or bag. S25a 250; Jersey, S2a22O; sweets. Jersey. No, l. per basket. Slza1 S5; southern yellow. per bbl.. S2. 25a2.75.
 HAY AND RAw-Steady. LIVE POULTRY-Steady. DRESSED POULTRY Weak
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21

Automobiles Stored and kept in Good Repair. First-class mecha- nician in attendance. Careful Drivers.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
GRIM ES AND

n At bay in a dense
 S group of woods near
 NNO South Norwulk. Conn. CASUALTIES. Tony Sabino, a man. fac. known to have shot one man and suspected of the murder of another stood off posse of farmers and deputy sheriffs. He is armed with a shotgun and has defied his captors for almost a month.
 At bay in the forests in Canada near the international border. William Henry Wilson. who kidnapped and mai treated Gladys Price. shot one of his pursuers and, firing repeatedly with posse. More than 1000 men on the Canadian side of the line and 500 on the south in the United States have taken up the chase.
 Della Halsey, twenty-two years old, daughter of a farmer of Hardin coun- ty, Ohio, was dragged from store In Kenton by Jesse Newman. a rejected suitor, and murdered. Newman fired three shots into the girls body and then killed himself.
 Nine immense storage tanks of oil were destroyed at Los Angeles and others threatened by fire which started at the Hercules Oil Refining company's plant. between Los Angeles and Vernon. The loss so far totals $5OO.OoO.
 The ruins of the Rocks hotel at TnI1 M haIw searched for the body of a woman guest, who is thought to have perished in the fire which destroyed the hand some $5O,0OO structure.
 The largest molasses storage depot in the world. that of the Sugar Plant CTS Storage and Distributing com pany. at New Orleans. La, burst, and more than 100000 gallons of crude sirup flowed out through a break in the walls
 The police are searching for the burglars who robbed Bishop Greer's home in New York of bric-a-brac val ued at several hundred dollars
 Ferdinand Kramme. a barber of AL toona, Pa, committed suicide by stand ing In front of large mirror in his shop and shooting himself.
 Five cadets and stoker were killed at Valparaiso when the propeller of the transport Casmas smashed their launch.
 Eleven persons were killed and four teen injured in fire which destroyed the Juneau hotel at JuneSu. Alaska
 The Chilean training steamer Tu capel has been wrecked. Eighty -onp persons were drowned.
 During the Saxon army maneuvers near Pirna eleven men were drowned in the Elbe.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
NEWS OF OUR

ana three Mader1St0a NeiensoHS' are reported to have been killed in a battle fought near Camargo, Mex. It Is reported in Laredo that the town of Reynosa, near Camargo, has been captured by the Magonistas.
 The Canadian government har seized the Gloucester schooner Arbutus at Louisburg. The Arbutus put into Louisburg on her way to Gloucester. Mass, and there took on a consign ment of fish destined for her owners in Gloucester. This constituted vio lation of the treaty of ISIS.
 The 1ispa-ch boat r Septen1bre lies off Port de Paix. Haiti. with mutiny and fire on board. The steamer Ec- laireur, which went to its assistance. has returned to Cape Haitien with sixty of its passengers. One hundred and fifty passengers remain on the vessel.
 President Estrada of Ecuador is ser iously i'll.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
DEATHS OF NOTED

Nnt CIVIL WaIs 10 d0ho at his home in Rumson road, Sea- bright, after an illness of long dura- ton. For nearly two years Colonel McCook had been troubled with heart disease and intestinal disorders.
 Elizabeth Edson Evans, the Ameri- can author. is dead In Aibling. Ger many. She was born in Newport, N. H.. in 1882 and had resided in Europe since 1870. Mrs. Evans was a daugh- ter of Dr. Willard Putnam and Lucia Field Cwilliamsl Gibson. In 1868 she married Edward Payson Evans. the author. who Is a native of Remsen, N. Y.
 Assemhlyman Paradise Jimmy" Oliver of the Third Assembly district, New York. for many years a political idol of the lower east side, died in St. Vincent's hospital, Death was due to a complication of diseases from which he had suffered for several weeks.
 General Antenor Firmin, who de- serted his post as Haitian minister at London to help overthrow. President Simon of Haiti. is dead. E. Fl. Madison. representative in congress from the Seventh district, Is dead of apoplexy at his home fin To- peka. Kan.
 Thomas Henry Carter, senator from Montana until March last, is dead at his Washington home.
 Lord Lochee of Gowrie. second only to James Bryce in his knowledge of America. Is dead.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
CANAAN GAR A G E

Automobile Livery, Storage and Supplies of All Kinds.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
for some months, is in a critical cond,-

for some months, is in a critical cond, ton. , The strike threatened by the shop men of the Illinois Central railroad has been diverted.
 Rear Admiral Harris. governor Of the naval home in Philadelphia, has been retired.
 Frank J. Gould has been fined $l.O0U as a member of the steel wire comb nation.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
SAULT STE. MARIE GIVES
 TAFT HEARTY WELCOME
Many Canadians Among Those
 Who Greet President.

In the presence. of a cheering throng President Taft was formally welcomed to Sault Ste Marie as he alighted from the train.
 A noticeable element in the assembly was the great number of Canadians who had crossed to see "the man who was going to annex Canada"
 He produced profound impression on them with his genial smile and hearty handshake as he said: "A gentleman from Canada, glad to meet you. sir"
 The days program included a brief tour of the city by the presi- Eent and a review of 2,5O0 school chill lren in the government park. after which the president made a brief visit at the home of Governor Osborn.
 After a luncheon at the armory the principal address of the day was de livered in the park surrounding the park school.
 Following the address there was a review of troops at Fort Brady and an inspection of the docks.
 The president has accepted an invi- tation of Chancellor Strong of the Uni versity of Kansas to address the uni versity Y. M. c. A.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
FORE EIGN NOTES OF INTEREST


 INTEREST. 1b5 soldiers who have taken part in mutinous demonstrations brought about through the influence of the Young Socialist party. A general court martial sentenced 139 soldiers to twenty-four days arrest. Of the other demonstrators two were sentenced to twenty-five days arrest and fourteen to twenty days confinement.
 Advices indicate that the Chinese government intends to suppress the disorder in Szechuan province with strong hand. Tunn Fang. director Of the imperial railway system. has left Hankow with 1000 troops for the scene of trouble. Additional soldiers will be collected on the border of the province
 Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has abandoned her intention to open the states general in person in conse- uuence of the determination of the So- cialists to make a monster demonstra-. ton for universal suffrage in the streets simultaneously with the pas sage of the royal procession.
 Martial law has been declared in Vienna to check the food riots. This Is the first time such action has been taken since the revolution of 1S49. The disorder began at a huge Socialist meeting in front Of the rathaus. Pro- test was made against the prevailing high cost of food.
 Unprecedented scenes of turbulance. which required the police interference. were witnessed in the New South Wales parliament when Speaker Wills of the lower house refused to answer interpellations based upon newspaper reports that he had called them band of ruffians. The jewelry which belonged to Belle | Fillmore, the American actress for whose murder her husband. Dr. H. Fl. Crippen. was hanged was disposed of in an auction room in London. Tho flaming sun" brooch which figured in the trial of Crippen brought only $100.
 The betrothal of Prince Boris of Bulgaria, the heir apparent to Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas of Russia, soon will be announced. +#.-
 The appointment of George Bakh- metiefr as Russian ambassador to the United States to succeed Baron Rosen is officially announced in St. Peters burg.
 The international antialcoholic con gress has opened at The Hague, Hol- land, with LAO delegates, represent ing thirteen countries.
 The French government places the wheat crop in France at 32o, 600 bushels. a gain of 52,Ooo,o0o bushels over 1910.
 Great Britain, Germany, Austria and Spain have agreed to recognize the re- public of Portugal
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-21
PRICES REASONABLE.

GEO. M. BULLOCK. Prop.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Raising the
Limit
A Story Of What Happened
on Christmas Eve
By Jeanne Olive Loizeaux
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

1t was Christmas eve in o city. The
rich were preparing by the expendi-
ture of. hundreds, perhaps thousands.
Of dollars to enjoy the festivities,
those in moderate circumstances piec.
ing out what they did not have, by
working with their own hands, the
p%oor-alas, the poor-going without the
joys others were blessed with, except
where the good Lord sent some benev-
olent person to hunt them up and be-
stow upon them a dinner or q few
toys for the children-the children that
1t would seem Christmas is especially
for.
The streets were crowded with be-
lated purchasers, some buying decora-
lions, some gifts Of value, some q few
simple toys. The spirit Of Christmas
was among them, within them. A fa-
Their had forgotten that he had prom
Used Jimmie a jackknife, a mother
that Lucy must have q set Of dishes;
brothers and sisters remembered at
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Air as a Curative.

Pure air and plenty Of it is the best
the greatest curative agent. All the
remedies ever devised for this fatal
disease are futile when the patient
does not live and sleep under condi-
lions which mean that plenty Of air
will be fed to the infected lungs. Per-
sons who live outdoors, and especially
those who sleep outdoors or sleep in
rooms that are ut all times we'll en-
tilated, rarely have tuberculosis.
The investigation of the congestion
Of population commission in New
York city has shown that there are
today 10000 persons, mostly adults,
living in Americas metropolis who
are doomed to die Of consumption.
The death list is greatest among i'll
fants Of less than II year and among
adults. Young persons who spend
more time out of doors are less fire.
quently sufferers.
The tremendous toll that tuberculo-
sis eXacts from residents Of great
cities is due to the fact thai thousands
Of persons sleep in rooms that nev
have sunlight. that are dark ever in
the daytime and have little or no venti-
lation. The same conditions in q lesser
degree cause thousands Of deaths from
phthlsis in the country and In smaller
towns where land is cheap and where
good air is abundant.
The remedy is obvious. Sleep In a
room with one, two or three windows
open. Put more cover on the bed and
let the pure air in. II all the citizens
Of this republic were so situated that
they could follow this advice, and II
they would follow 1t, the great white
plague would he banished from the
land within IL generation or two. ,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Exit Gambling slot Machines.

A man Of the world who recently
completed Il tour Of the United States.
having visited twenty-fotr of the com
monwealtls and nearly all the impor-
tant cities, places himself upon record
rs declaring that the gambling slot
machine which was in evidence near
ly every where in public eight 81 ten
years ago has disappeared from view.
Those who %freluented h%arrO"n,s Il dec
ade ago remember the vast variety "f
these cheating m~ecllanisms. In dance
halls, theater entrances and ut other
places they were set up to catch the
nickels of the unwary.
AS a rule, the person With the gam
bling spirit fairly we'll developed has
so little control Of his mental faculties
that he will take Il dier time after
time on Il proposition that needs must
appeal to Il person of average intelli-
gencc us IL sure thing shot for the
other fellow. Consequently 1t was not
merely the one nickel. but enough
nickels to make the dollar and more
that We're poured into the open maws
Of these pastifcrouS slot machines.
1t has been figured out that Il mans
chance to win from one OF these ma
chimes is about / in 101. OF course
Il fellow can win Il nickel now ana
then, but that merely iDcites him t.
plunge for the dollar and two dollar
stakes, which not one man in Il thou
sand ever can win, owing TO the dis
honest construction of the machine. II
is gratifying to know that the slot
gambler has been practically knocl'e'
out by the laws Of the several st"
so that at present 1t is seen only y =.
most disrepntable places. The a.. :.
ening Of public conscience and private
common sense have combined to pu.
the slot gambling device out OF com
mission. Glory be! ~ ''.-' 9 E
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Congressional Change Needed.

With the assembling of congress
ment that there should he Il change In
the system by which congressman do
not begin their Legislative duties until
neatly thirteen months after they have
been elected. This year The matter Is
emphasized because the people ut the
polls expressed themselves AS unmis-
present congress is strongly Isepub-
lean: the next house OF representa-
tives will DC. cvcn more strongly Dem
Ocratic.
The congressman elected Nov. 3 Will
begin drawing their salaries from
Uncle Sam March i next, but un,rs;
Il special session is called they VIII
not begin their legislative duties uuti
the following December. Thus the
will Of the people, expressed Mt the
polls, will have no expression ia the
legislative halls for more than Il year.
Every one is agreed that this sys-
TEN Is wrong and that the newly
elected con .rrSsmen should have Il say
in making the laws at the earliest
practical m after they are elect
ed. 1t is possible now for even the
delegate from faraway Manila TO
reach Washington within five or six
weeks without undue haste, so it
would seem that two months would
be Il reasonable time to elapse between
the election and the assembling Of the
new congress.
But an amendment to. the cOnstitu-
ton is necessary to make the change,
and amendments to the constitution
are hard to effect. The subject has
been up before every congress for
many years, but nothing definite has
eve been accomplished. We may eX-
pect to hear the matter debated at
length during the coming session.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
The Inevitable.

wv
The winter cometh on apace,
Fare Indian summer routing.
On every moist, convenient place
The ice will oon be sprouting.
The snow will tumble from the sky.
And; taken altogether,
AS sure as you're three inches high
We will have lots of weather.
Anon the winds with hollow tones
Will scud around the corner
And sing q ong Of arctic zones
That couldn't be forlorner.
And men who basked as butterflies
Throughout the dizzy summer
And failed to lay aside supplies
Will own it is a hummer.
Society will trim it's lamps
That sent but feeble flicker
Throughout the days of summer camps,
And those outside will smoker
And say the game is all q bluff,
A show Of neck and railnent.
And they will bet that half the stuff
Is bought on weekly payment.
The cold will soon be acting smart
And calling us its steady,
And we will say it can depart
AS soon as it is ready.
Those who have reached the mature
OF ninety-nine or greater
Will all be very glad, I'm sure.
When they can see 1t later.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Annual Advice.

Annual Advice.
Buy your Christmas presents early
Is the oft expressed advice.
Who would not be pleased to do so
II he only had the price?
Those who purchase them on credit
Very calmly wait until
They can get them safely landed
On the January bill.
What's the sense Of this excitement
Long before the day Is near?
eome would have vi at 1t buying
In the middle Of the year,
Or, still better, more forehanded.
They would have ~ bargains nail,
Do We would be sure to have them,
At the winter bargain sale.
But this grand advice 10 wasted
A. into the ear Il flows. .
Without stopping for . moment
Out the other Q IL goes.
Even one who has the money.
Having harvested his crop.
In q manner almost reckless
Spends Il at the grocer shop.
On the whole, Il may b better
TO avoid the. rush. and start
Buying ere the a1Dle1 are crowded
In the ChTistMSspeesont mari,
But pfocrAstination conQuese,
10 that late on ChrastmAs night
10 procure thtngs for tho Stockings
It's q foot race and Q hgft.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Novelties Of the New Congress.

When the Sixty-second congress con-
venes in 1911 II will contain several
unique features. For II thing 1t will
have the first Democratic house Of
representatives seen in sixteen years.
1t will behold the. first Democratic
senators from New York, New Jersey
and Ohio in about the same length of
time, although in the case Of Ohio n
might 60 back farther yet without
finding a Democrat in the upper house.
Stranger still, it will witness a Demo
cratic senator from Maine, the first in
more than a generation. 1t will also
be the first time since the days of
Grover Cleveland that a president has
been confronted by a house Of an adj
verse political faith.
The Sixty-second congress will con-
tain a Socialist and a Single Taxer. In
days of old Tom l.. johnson and some
other Single Takers invaded the house,
but it was so long ago that the fact
Is almost forgotten. Moreover, none
Of them vas so thoroughly identified
with the doctrine as Henry George,
Jr., the man who beat Representative
William S. Bennett in one Of the New
York city districts. AS for the Social
list congressman, Victor l.. Berger of
Wisconsin, the brains of the Socialist
party in Milwaukee and elsewhere, he
is the first Of his kind. Mr.. Berger
promises not to wave a red flag under
the nose Of the speaker, but v
theless he will be regarded with some
curiosity, not unmixed with a%pprehen-
sion, by the country at large.
In the next house will be a Buffalo
newspaper man who was elected by a
plurality of ten and another repre-
sentative who reported that his only
campaign expense was 5 cents ex-
pended for a lemon. This is certainly
a novelty, for in congressional matters
it is usually the dear people who get
the lemons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

the last moment some forgotten article
and were hurrying hither and thither
to supply the deficiency. There were
lovers who had but lately plighted
their troth carrying home gifts.
Big Jim could not escape the hurry.
the laughter. the package laden throAg.
He hated the bedizened windows, tbs
greetings, ever the strings of turkeys
and chickens in the market windows.
He hated Christmas time. And, worst
Of all, he hated the word home. And
it was being rubbed in. Why not let
bygones be? For two years he had
not even heard of his mother, and
then she had written that Mariana had
married John Foster. That was natu-
raj, Of course. John had stayed by his
job, and John was not dependent on
cards mainly for a living.
Big Jim, with his hands in his peck
cts, fingered the roll of bills and the
loose money, over $500. He had been
lucky last night, but tonight, like as
not, Shorty or some n would get 1t
away from him. He turned down a
side street and cursed beneath his
breath as a little italian with a basket
on his shoulder proffered him a small
plaster Christ. He thrust out his chin
and passed Charley's place, for he had
already reached his limit In drinks.
That chin kept him from passing his
set limit in anything. He was no
weakling. He kept his word and was
bad by choice, not through lack of
will.
The very sleighbells jingled "home,"
and he hated to think Of himself in
that connection. He would have gone
to his boarding house, but no one.
save perhaps Shorty. who had de-
serted his wife, would he there-they
all had wives or kids or mothers or
some girl to maks merry with, to be
kind to, IL only; once a year. Then into
the city clangor came the beat of a
drum and a singing and strumming-
the Salvation Army. In their march
they stopped near him-he could catch
the words Of the high, coarse tenor:
Come home! Come home!s
Why don't you all come ONE?
The song finished. he caught words
of the harangue begun by a young
girl with a clear voice.
Eyes, come home! Come back to
your real selves! Quit your sin, your
drinkin' an gamblin' an be decent.
boys! 1t pays! 1t pays, girls! Go
home to your mothers! Sin amt pleas
ure, an It costs dear in tears an hu-
S. .f,o~v C0,rnN nornAf1 gI{o o1TInk
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
HumOr and
Philosophy
0y DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

NHE man who doesn't laugh when he
see Il prosperous citizen fall on the
slippery sidewalk isn't to DC trusted
with the church collection.
There has to be a person in every
community who is always threatening
to submergc somebody in Il near scan
dal or every one would die Of bore
dom.
The unexpected company always
comes when the dinner is made up
of leftovers and near foods.
When the relative his wife likes least
makes her annual visit the wise man
goes out Of town.
1t is sometimes embarrassing when
the maid speaks better English than
the mistress.
Every man should be master in his
won't let him.
When q mar is bossed by his wife,
bullied by his daughter, p%atronized by
his son and terrorized by the cook, the
office boy has to bear the brunt Of his
baited temper.
If the girl in the fat above plays
classical music eve hours Il day buy
a photograph and give yourself he
ragtime treat that is coming to you.
1t is more apt to be a mans stomach
than his conscience that keeps him
awake.
When you hear men talking about
the fortunes they have made you will
notice the fortunes are like the fish
they didn't get.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13
Another Kind.

"Do you know the nature, of an
oath" asked the Judge.
at is what your father says when
the breakfast doesn't suit him." said
the youthful witness.
"No. This only means that you will
promise to tell the truth"
cit must he Il denatured oath. then"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

Reports III New York show that
there are thousands OF clerks in that
city for whom there is 10 employment.
At the SAME time the country IL short
Of farm hands. The farm boys are be-
ing educated for clerkships. but the
city boys are not being educated for
farm work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

Every time the Mormon officials read
about the matrimonial doings in the
New York smart set they renew their
declaration that pofyganay should be
abolished.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

The baseball magnates by various
disputes and controversies manage to
keep interest in the sport more or less
alive throughout the winter, but It
wouldn't be fair to say they do 1t on
purpose.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

Los Angeles, Cal. is go well pleased
with the census figures that nobody
there thinks Of asking for q recount.
The city gained about 200 per cent III
ten years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-13

Uncle Joe Cannon may yet learn
what 1t means to carry on an heffec.
tual struggle 10 catch the speakers
eye.