davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Cabbage growers on Muscatine
Island are in clover" this year. The
crop has been very large, and the hot
weather over the country has lessen
ed the crop elsewhere. Hundreds OF
cars of cabbage have been shipped to
other markets and the average price
obtained has been close to $40 a ton.
Other years the farmers have been
willing to accept $40 for the same
cabbage
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

AS a suggestion in the interests
of economy, this statement is repro
duced from the Brighton Enterprise:
"The town council has contracted
with attorney E. L. Edmondson to act
as legal advisor at a salary of $40 a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
Attempts to Cut Throat.

st. Louis, Aug. ESPECIAL: Phillip
Nickerson, aged 26, attempted suicide
By slashing his throat with a razor.
He declared he wanted to die because
his wife kissed him all the time and
would never give him chance to
smoke his pipe.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

-Des Moines' horrible example
was evidently too much for the peo-
pie of Fort Madison. A proposition
TO adopt the commission form OF
government was defeated in a special
election by a vote of 100 against to
Cor
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Watch the expression of men and
women, going by in the street and
gathered in public places, light heart
ed with elation or depressed with
complaining and you will understand
that life without abandon is a dance
without music.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

On July the suggestion was
made that Brighton build a city hall.
On the 18th the council decided to
act on the suggestion. Work has been
started and the structure will be COM
pleted this fall. There is an ex-
ample of energy that is worth while.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
Mrs. Belle A. Mansfield. sixty-hve

Mis-. DtlIt n. oiNtJ ~
years old, the first woman ever ad-
mitted to the practice of law in the
United States, died suddenly last
week at the home of her brother,
Judge w. ]. Babb, at Aurora, ILL.,
Mrs. Mansfield was admitted to the
Iowa bar in 1868, two years after she
was graduated from Iowa Wesleyan
College. She was widely known as
an educator and at the time of her
death was the dean of the college OF
art at Depauw University, at Green
castle, Ind, where she had been a
faculty member since 1885. Previous
to that time she held the chair of po-
litical science at Iowa Wesleyan Uni
versity, which she took soon after
being admitted to the bar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
New Miners Union.

Abba Republican,: The new Regal
local union of the United Mine Work
ers is getting along nicely. 1t is No.
407. The local has a good member.
ship, and Mike Egan will use all his
influence as president to better condi-
tions and enlarge the membership.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
There is political gosaln at De

There is political gossip at Des
Moines connecting Col. David j. Pal
mer with the Republican nomination
for governor. The Keokuk Gate City
says: There have been lots worse
suggestions than this and none better,
Colonel Palmer is capable and desery,
ing and has no superior in the state,
as vote getter."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

II" says the Fairfield Ledger,
the farmer-and the agricultural
states-get as much out of tariff laws
in the next ten years as they have got
in the past ten they may thank their
lucky stars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The champion fish story of the
season comes from DEBORAH. 1t is to
the effect that a boy went to sleep
while fishing, and four-pound bass
swallowed his hook and pulled the
hoy into the river. But he Weakened
before he drowned and managed to
land the fish.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

w. L. Harding, representative
from Woodbury. county in the last
three general assemblies, makes the
first definite announcement of candi-
dacy for lieutenant governor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

-Keokuk Gate City: There are
thirty girls in class in the Metho-
dist Sunday school at Kirksville, a.
and fifteen of them are named Helen.
There is no information as to how
the other fifteen managed to escape.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Things were lively at Richland
last week. The Crew store was sold
three different times lastly to ]. j.
Marsh of Eldon. Stock, building and
fixtures, with residence property, were
taken at $4,000, while all deals, COW
cred by one contract, aggregated
s175,O0O
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Waterloo Reporter: Oskaloosa is
going to have something unique and
attractive in the way of a public band
stand. 1t is to be made of steel and
concrete. A splendid idea for perma-
nent park ornamentation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

sues. For the first seven months of
the current year the ilotations of
bonds, notes and stocks have aggre-
gated $1,359, 379,95O, an increase of
$3.50, TAI, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
blessed little darlings-why, the idea
is simply preposterous!

While Canada has an area some
what greater than that of the United
States and Alaska, its population,
about 100000, is less than that OF
Pennsylvania, and 100000 less than
that of New York
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Newton Daily News: The Chau-
tauqua stands for education, refine
ment and culture. It's a good recon-
mendation for man to be able to
enjoy il.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
Either Charley Needham, or How

Either Charley Needham, or How
ard Burrell says in the Washington
Press: An eastern judge rules that
ten DAYS are enough for a visit for
a mother-in-law to make. That is
mean; in fact, most of the mother-in-
law jests are poor stuff. AS a rule,
that class of women are bully institu-
tions."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The storm of Monday morning blew
down bushels of apples and wind
falls. are being offered for almost any
price. sse4asTg
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
New County Home.

Jones county is completing hand
some new county home for the pau
pers and the incurable insane. II rep
resents an investment of $4,000 and
Is a credit to the county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

1t has been developed that no one
lives on the exact center of popula-
ton in the United States. How
strange that this chance of fame has
been overlooked
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

! According to George Fitch, when
woman has nothing else in the
world to worry her, she goes and
hunts up fern.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

New securities issued during July
reached a total OF $129,912,OOO, as
against only s6O.2Ol,OO0 a year ago.
an increase OF s69,71l,00o. contribut.
ed almost wholly by the sale Of mum
erous small blocks OF industrial Is
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The author of the popular song,
PUT on Your Old Gray Bonnet" liv-
ed at Moulton when he was a boy.
Percy Wenrich is his name, and he
has become a famous song writer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
Bjuuer Than Ever

The New Sharon District Fair will
be bigger and better this season than
ever before. Preparations to that end
are now in progress.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The Reporter weeps because Wat
erloo has no postal savings bank. For
aught we know they might get the
Oskaloosa branch at discount.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Knoxville Journal: OF course
the Des Moines river is navigable
except at intervals. Even the Red
Sea went dry once.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

1--we had a lot of trouble during
my life" an old man says in a re-
cent book, "but most of it never hap
pened,"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

is there any connection between
1.-THE way the fire bell is rung, and the
location of the fire?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Lincoln township, Tama county,
has made herself famous by raising
salaries of rural teachers to $50 per
month.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The Waterloo Reporter thinks
fishing must be good at Oyster Bay
it's so awfully quiet there.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

1t is reported that there remains
one elevator boy in the Capitol at
Washington who has not been investi-
gated by the democrats.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
The Old Settlers.

Much interest everywhere in Iowa
Is being manifested in Old Settlers
gatherings this year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Wheat-No. 2 red
89A @90c; No. 3 red S71a @S9c; No, 2
hard, S9h@91c; No. 3 hard, $50
Gle; No. northern old $1.10@1.12k;
No. northern, $1O5@1.10; No. 3
northern, 95c@$1.O0; other grades
neglected.
Corn-No. 2, GAN @64Ac; No. 2
white, 67A @67kc; No. 2 yellow,
e4a@64%; No. 3, 64@64Ac; No. 3
white, 66A @67c; No. yellow 64A q
641a; No. 4, 63R@63A; No. 4 white,
64A @66A; No. yellow, 63A @64c.
Oats-No. z, 39@39Rc; No. 2 white
4OA @4O%c; No. 3 white, 39k @4Oc;
No. white old 4Ok @4O&c; standard
4OA @4O&c.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

r-Sioux City Journal Some OF the
neighbors' children occasionally show
symptoms Of sayagery, but our own
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

The mortgage which the pessimist
gave on the corn crop has been lifted
by the glorious rains.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Nothing is a gain that is made at
the cost of character.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Waterloo would have us under
stand that the snow story is snow lie.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

erly old hen then took possession of
one of the boxes in the feed manger
in the barn and is trying to hatch out
kittens from the cobs in the box.
- - -
Newton Journal: A roll Of butter
was hauled up from the bottom of the
well at the farm four miles west of
Newton known at the Henry Phillips
place, one day last week. 1t weigh
ed between eight and ten pounds and
must have lain in the bottom of the
pit longer than two years. Robert
Breckenridge has lived on the farm
two years and this is the first time
the well has been cleaned since he
and his family took possession, and
he has never had the platform open.
- - -
Abba Republican: There was a
funny occurrence down at Hooking.
A couple got married and following
the ceremony there was a big noise
in the celebration of the event. The
result was a big fight in which one
man was badly cut across the mouth.
He had the fellow who did the cutting
arrested and he was fined $40 and
costs for disturbing the peace. Fol-
lowing this the man with the injured
lip wanted to know what he got out
of it and was advised nothing. The
fellow thought all the time he was
going to get the $40 which went into
the school fund. He will now bring
an action, so he says, for personal
damages. ...
- - -
Advertisement in the Clarinda Jour
nal: "Those kids that stand in front
OF the windows these hot nights IN
Adamless costumes, and whistle at
the girls as they go by, can get some
long night gowns made by Mrs. Cole.
She has a new sewing machine. Don't
all come at once"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Two flowers are very popular
among foreign noblemen, the Ameri-
can beauty and marigold.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Jupiter Pluvius has demonstrated
his ability to come back.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

Breakfast foods are likely to ad
vance in price. Hay is now worth
about a cent per pound.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

st. Louis, Aug. 9.-Wheat-No. 2
red, 87@S8&; No. 2 hard, S7@$1.00.
Corn-No. 2, 631ac; No. white
63h @64c.
Oats-No. 2, 39@39kc; No. 2 white
39@39kc.
Peoria, Aug. 9.-Corn-No. white,
621ac; No. 2 yellow, 64hc; No. yell
low 641zc; No. 2 mixed, 64kc; No.
3 mixed 641s No. mixed, 631ac.
Oats-No. 2 white, 39c; standard,
3SAc; No. 3 white, 3S1ac; No. white
CSC.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

81 forgot" never fattened pay
envelope.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-10

erly old hen then took possession of
one of the boxes in the feed Manager
in the barn and is trying to hatch out
kittens from the cobs in the box.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

interior of Africa all his stuff must be carried by
native porters.
Such expeditions are costly-all the more
why the pictures should he good. Mr. Ru-
dolph Willie, who is now New York photog-
rapher. went over very much the same ground in
1901 that exPresident Roosevelt traversed. Willie
had two white assistants and 10 negro porters,
The party walked 1,500 miles. They were gone
nine months. After their provisions gave out
they lived principally native sweet potatoes
and peanuts with some birds. Some of the time
they had nothing to eat. They smoked dried
leaves. The trip cost $4,000 and Mr.. Willie
brought back only 400 pictures The rest of his
plates we're lost through mishaps.
Because the travelling photographer is con-
stantly going from one part of the world to an
other and seeing life in SO many phases. he is
probably subject to more difficulties and dangers
than almost any other man. One day he is climb
ing dangerous mountain peak. The next he is
photographing volcano He gets head-on pic
ture of horse race. He shows the world what
happens during a riot With the hunter he shares
the dangers of the forest; but he takes chances
no hunter would dare to take. He sometimes
crosses raging torrents slender cable bridges.
Again he braves the sea in tiny boat. He crawls
around the skeleton work of high buildings. In
war timo he faces hardshirs, sickness and bull
lets. And like the explorer he suffers privation.
heat cold and hunger For the public must see
the uttermost parts of the earth
That the public may know how he works, the
travelling photographer sometimes has a picture
taken OF hlnsei1 IN acuon MI horace Ashtoh
is shown in illustration taking a bird'seye
view of New York city. Mr. II. g. Pointing once
spent two days photographing Indian alligators
Whenever he approached they charged him. Fl
nally by handing them meat pole he got the
desired pictures. swapping the brutes as they
stopped to bolt the meat. Then he decided to get
a picture of himself photographing an alligator
This was still difficult He had to be nearer
the animal and really make 1t pose for the picture
At last everything right and the assistant
the bulb. At the instant the ALL
gator leaped forward. It missed Mr.. Pointing by
an inch.
Mr.. Willie asked for pictures showing him
self In dangerous position. "a is never
photographed in his most perilous moments" was
his answer. He admitted that he had taken pic
lures that involved "a little risk" When he
in Africa, for instance. three lions suddenly
sprang at him from behind 4ock. He scrambled
up the rock to reach tree. AS he jumped from
the rock the lions leaped on the rock They were
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

his the back of an offending photogra-
pher This would not bother the camera
particle it not that Mr. Morgan always sees
to 1t that the camera is broken with the back. An
other difficult subject to photograph is John d.
Rockefeller.
Many of the who watch the world with the
camera have chosen special field of endeavor.
Mr. E. s. Curtis and Mr.. George Wharton Jones
have elected to photograph the Indian. But in or
der to overcome the Indians fear of the camera
and get intimate pictures of their life that would
have historic value these have had to live for
months and years among the aborignes Mr..
James is adopted member of the Moki Indian
tribe, His Indian name is Whiteman with-the long
beard -who-isnot afraid-ofrattesnakes. In some Of
their religious ceremonials the Moks live rat
tiers Mr.. James, in order TO get his pictures, went
through the ceremonies with them. AS a result he
laid up for months with snake bite.
The photographing of wild creatures likewise has
its devotees Mr. Julian A. Dimock spent
photographing tarpon in Florida Miss Julia Rog
ers. the naturalist fished for him. and played the
tarpon within range of the camera. The two
in rowboat. The result of that summers
paign Is a most wonderful series of photographs
showing the huge fish every stage of their great
leaps.
Mr.. Dugmore and Mr.. schillings, the German
scientist. among the most daring of animal pho
tographers. Each has spent months in Africa pho
tographing the fauna.
Even dangerous is the practice which the
worlds Unsuitable thirst for knowledge has brought
about of photographing wild animals at night In
the blazing light of day the photographer can take
his picture from comparatively safe distance.
particularly If he is using a teephoto lens. But
in the darkness of night the subject be within
the radius of the hashlight-a distance at most of
only few yards. Tsen, too wild animals can see
in the dark. Man cannot. With the fall of night,
also wild animals lose in part their fear of man.
Thus the chances all against the photographer.
OF all the men who are now watching the world
with the camera the most famous is Prof James
Ricalton of Maplewood. N. ]. That is he is of
Maplewood those few occasions when he is
home Mr. Ricalton school teacher.
His scientific knowledge and his love of travel
caused Mr.. Thomas Edison to send him to India
to find certain kind of wood for electrical pur-
poses. MIR. Ricalton found the wood Also he took
some pictures He has been doing 1t ever since
and that 80 years ago. Now he is well into
the sixties. but there is nothing that daunts him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
OPINION NOT ALWAYS FINAL
Pretty Safe to Say That Doctor's
Diagnosis Was away Off"
In This Case.

The pretty daughter of a physician
is engaged to q college student Of
whom her father does not altogether
approve. His daughter Is too young
to think of marriage, the doctor as
serts; the college student is too
young to think of 1t. likewise. 1t is
out of the question.
She explained all this to her lover
the other night.
Father says" she summed 1t up;
father says, dear. that will have to
give you up"
The young man sighed. Then it's
all over?" he murmured, with gloomy
Interrogation. And the girl laughed
and blushed.
We'll" she said, well, you-you-
know that when the doctor gives you
up that's just the time for you to take
more hope. Isn't 1t sometimes that
wayT-Reboboth Sunday Herald
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

New Standard copper steady
spot, February, March. April and May,
s11.95@12.15. Exports Of copper so
far this month. according to custom
house returns, 3,63S tons. Lake cop
per. S12.62h @12.s7k; electrolytic,
s12.37h @12.62k; casting, $4,000
1925.
Tin, weak; spot. s4125@41.75; Feb
ruary. s4I15@41.50; March. April and
May. s41.25@41.5O.
Lead dull: s4.4O@4.5O, New York;
S4.25@4.35 East st. Louis.
Spelter. dull; s5.35@5.45 New York !;
$5.25@5 80 East st. Louis.
Iron.-Locally iron was quiet. No.
1 foundry Northern. s15.25@16.25; No.
2, s14.75@15.75; No. foundry south
ern and No. foundry Southern soft,
s15.25@15.75.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
Very Tortuous Indeed.

The late Hugh ]. Grant of New
York once talked at political ban
quet, about noted corporation law
yer.
"Oh, yes. he's grand mind" he
said. "a grand legal mind. He's got
the most tortuous mind in America"
Mr. Grant shook his head.
"A tortuous mind indeed" he re-
peated. Why, If he swallowed a
nail, he'd bring up screw"
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
Dairy Products.

Kansas City.-Butter - Creamery.
24c; firsts, 21c; seconds. 19c; packing
stock, 1870.
Eggs-Extras, 2ohc; firsts. 1sc;
seconds. 1Sc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

st. Louis.-Wool lower; medium
grades combing and clothing. 20Jkn
23c; light fine, 1908: heavy fine, Is
OFT; tub washed. 20Q33.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
Cotton.
niddling,

New orleans.-Cotton middlil
14Bc.
Galveston.-cotton. steady. 15c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

few inches behind him. He got
into the tree safely. though he
dropped his gun. His camera was
strapped to his back, so he sat on
a limb and photographed his pur'
suers. you can see very well"
said Mr.. Willie, why have no pic
ture of myself doing it,
Mr.. Dugmore's most thrilling
moment in Africa would likewise
have been impossible to photo
graph. He had crept to within 30
yards of a sleeping rhinoceros,
when the beast suddenly jumped
up and charged him at express
train speed Mr.. Dugmore took
head-on picture of the beast at Is
yards. and his companion fired at
the drop of the shutter. fortunate
ly turning the animal. although
Mr.. Dugmore has no picture of
himself In this situation, his photo
graph of the charging rhinoceros
is one of the most remarkable pic
lures in existence.
Yet photographers have some-
times gotten pictures of them
selves in extremely dangerous situ-
ations; but such pictures are prob
ably never posed for. That is what
Mr.. Willie had in mind when he
said that one's nerilouS moments
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling. 100 lbs. .1.37
Rye. Colorado, bulk lilo
Nebraska oats, sacked 80. 1.25@1.27
Corn in sack ............. .99
Corn chop, sacked ...............1.0o
Bran, Colorado Ills
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
Game.
Butter.

Eisiu 20
Creameries, ex. East, lb. :. %
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. :. 2S
Creameries. I'd grade, lb. :. 81
Process and renovated go. 81
Packing Stock .......... 131a
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
A S '-.-
Dime

Why spend a dollar when 10c buys . boz
of CASCARETS at any drug storeP Use
as directed-set the natural, easy result.
Saves many dollars ,ousfsd on medi ines
that do not cure. Millions regularly use
CASCARETS. Buy . box now-l0e
weeks treatment-proof in the morn
ing. 80
cAscARRTs roc box for . weeks
treatment ali druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes m nth
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

never pictured. | have photograph
of moving-picture man in battle. who was
made conspicuous by his wagon and his outfit.
but who was nevertheless calmly grinding
away at his machine while shells and bullets
were falling all around him But he was not
posing. He was intent upon his work that
he did not know that fellow knight of the
camera had snapped his picture. Mr.. Pointing
has equally remarkable likeness of himself.
With an assistant he day climbed the Jap
anese mountain Asama- anna to get picture
of the crater. While his helper stood waiting
with another camera Mr.. Pointing advanced to
the edge of the VOLCANOES mouth. He was in
the very act of taking picture when an erup-
tion occurred. The assistant quick as
the volcano. He snapped Mr. Pointing before
the latter could even turn round. Then the
two ran for their lives
Not all of the difficulties of securing pic
lures are physical People have to be photo
graphed well things and animals, and
many prominent personages have such a deep
hatred for camera men that they go to great
lengths to balk them. Mr.. J. p. Morgan. for
instance has an unpleasant habit of breaking
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
Eggs.
New York Metals.

Eggs. case count. case -.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10
"Cned
Neuralgia
Pain"

that I had a neuralgia pain in
my arm for five years, and 1
used your Liniment for one
week and was completely
cured. I recommend your
Liniment very highly
]. McGRAw, 1916 Vaudeville
St, New Orleans, La.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-02-10

- CHAPS at some time you
/ / ! ! ! ! J J ! ! ! !
have stood on street cor
~Nl ner and breathlessly
II watched a man with a
lII~ monster camera worming
lU yl his way along a slender
Th iron girder hundreds of
lW feet above you, to get a
INN picture from certain per-
| w ilous point of view or
you may have been at a
race course and watched with a shiver
young man who stood on the track,
with his eye glued to the finder OF a
camera while the horses thundered
down upon him. Possibly you saw
another young man at the most dan
gerous turn Of the Vanderbilt cup
course calmly photographing the roar
ing racers as they rushed toward him
at 60 miles an hour. while your heart
stood still until the dust cloud blew
aside and showed you the picture man
still alive. You marveled that any hui
man being would take such risks. You
would have marveled still more had
you known that for these men risks
are a part of the days work--the work
Of placing at your breakfast table in
your newspaper next morning, or a
month later in your magazine. pho
tographic history of the worlds do
ings. For these are the men who are
watching the world with the camera.
Newspaper photographers, writer's