davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30

was emaciated from FEVER, had persist
ent ache in my back and was completely
worn out. The urine was In a terrible
state. and some days would pass half
gallon of blood. ! left the hospital be-
cause they wanted TO operate on me.
then went to st. Joseph's Hospital In
Omaha and put In three months there
without any gain. ! was pretty well dis
couraged when | was advised to use
Doan's Kidney pills. but by the time
had used one box the pain in the back
left me. | kept right on, and a perfect
L. You may put anyone in communication
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30

time I active and WELL although years old I can do
fully much work woman in Centraa enjoy
good health"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30
CONVINCING PROOF FROM GRATEFUL USERS

THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Washington Womans Remarkable Recovery.
Mrs Enos Shearer Yew ST.. Centraia Wash, kid
the other badly diseased
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30
IN HOSPITAL FOR NINE MONTHS.
Awful Tale Of Suffering From Kidney Troubl

Alfred j. O'Brien No End St. Sterling Colo. says:
the Baltimore Marine Hospital for nine months.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30

the result You in communication
with will give proof that this is
rect"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30

The Young man cannot be too ale
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

vesting the grain with sickle and ~
fail, as they do to this day in certain
European countries, but the small farmer IS,
perfOrce, putting great deal more manua'
labor into the gathering of his grain than Is
the owner of one of the vests 5O0Oacre
wheat fields, where combination harvesters.
drawn by traction engines or 40 or SO horses,
perform automatically every function from
cutting the stalks as they stand IN the neld
to delivering to the waiting wagons the
threshed, cleaned and sacked wheat, all ready
for the market without the touch OF human
hand
Under the old conditions harvest time on
the farm meant hard work for the women folks
as we'll as for the men and this is still the
case just in proportion the old-time cond''
lions yet prevail. The burden Of RESPONSE
bility that fell upon the farmers wife and
daughters was that Of feeding the harvest
hands. To be the wife had help, for her
neighbors all pitched in and helped even as
their husbands and brothers, on similar CO.
operative basis, were assisting the farmer IN
getting in his grain-a service that would De
repaid in kind the turn of each came IN
the round of harvesting activities that en-
braced the whole countryside. Under this
plan, when harvest time meant continual
succession of neghborhood gatherings there
were compensations of the farmers wives in
the opportunities for g0ssipy gatherings that
went the time-honored sewing circles one bet
ter whereas the farmer girls might behold
romances grow under their eyes as the lads.
fresh from the harvest fields, had most con-
vincing evidence as to the prowess In cookery
of the local bellies.
AS a development of this system, that was
scarcely an Improvement from the feminine
standpoint, came the plan of harvesting by
means of hired hands-possibly through the
medium Of a Grew" that accompanied a
portable steam harvester that made its rounds
FROM farm to farm. Under this plan, which is
yet the approved one in most sections, the
farmers wife and daughters have to get up
three meals day for dozen or score OF
husky harvest hands and yet they are not so
sure of assistance from the other women OF
the neighborhood as was the case when these
latter had no smihr duties at home through
the presence of the men folk at the common
harvesting rendezvous. Worse yet, the young
ladies have scarcely the interest that was mani
fest when the volunteer harvesters to be
served were the eligibles of the neighborhood
instead Of as now, nomadic laborers or, at best,
college boys working for funds to put them
through school.
Latterly there has been some relief from
that phase of the harvesting system which has
meant so much hard work for the fair sex. It
has come through the introduction of cook
wagons or kitchens on wheels which accom-
pany the big threshing outfits from farm to
farm and serve food to the harvest hands right
at the scene of their work-thereby saving, by
the way, the time that was formerly spent in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Settled Them.

I've a sight O sons-thirteen alto
gether." remarked a prosperous old
farmer. land all of ems done me
credit save the three eldest, who
sOwed wild oats at a pretty rapid rate,
and then came home and saddled my
shoulders with the harvest.
"Well, I own I was glad to see 'em
back, and Toasted EN-, and petted
EN-. and set 'em on their legs again.
only to see 'eln skedaddle of afresh
only to see 'em skedaddle of afresh
when things had slowed down, with
all the cash they could lay hands on.
THAT thereabouts sickened me, 80
called the rest of 'em together and
There's ten of you left, and If any
of you I'D like to follow t'other three
won't try to stop you. But, under
stand this, though there may be few
moro prodigal sons, therell be no
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
of emf
And" continued the old man, IT,
umphantly, i've had trouble WI mono
Of en- since!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
WHEN THE SHAH TRAVELLED

But l had to insist pretty strongly De1Oro
he consented to lay aside his weapon
"rhe shah, for that matter, was no less dis
trustful of his own subjects. l observed that
when the Persians were in his presence they
adopted a uniform attitude, which consisted
in holding their hands crossed on their stom-
achs, no doubt as evidence Of their harmless
Intentions. 1t. was a guaranty-of a very cas-
ual sort, must admit.
For the rest his alarms displayed them
selves under the most diverse aspects and In
the most unexpected circumstances For in
stance, there was no persuading him to ascend
the Eiffel tower The disappointment of his
guides was increased by the fact that he would
come as far as the foot of the pillars; they
always thought that he meant to go up.
But no, once below an immense iron frame
work. he gazed up In the air, examined the
lifts, flung timd glance at the staircases,
then suddenly turned On his heels and walked
away. They told him in vain that his august
father had gone up as far as the first floor;
nothing could induce him to do as much.
"The instructive dread of darkness and soil
tude was so keen in the Persian monarch that
he required his bedroom to be filled during
the night with light and sound. Accordingly
every evening" as soon as he had lain down
and closed his eyes, the members Of his suite
gatnereu IouAu LIB Deu' A6nIeu Oil INC S"iA
delabra and exchanged their Impressions
aloud; while young mobiles of the court, re-
lieving one another in pairs, conscfentiously
patted his arms and legs with light, sharp
little taps.
"The king of kings imagined that he was
in this way keeping death at a safe distance.
if perchance it should take fancy to visit
him in his sleep; and the extraordinary thing
is that he did sleep, notwithstanding all this
massage, light and noise"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

ing the light OF the moon, if the latter be
available. Drought and other causes may i'm
pei the western farmer to work his harvest
crews double time in order to hurry in the
sheaves, but as rule the grain grower in
these favored sections of the country is not
constantly menaced by thunder storms such
as have from time out of mind, caused anxiety
in every eastern farming community until the
precious grain is safely in the barn. The Sc
curance Of adequate help in harvest time is
one of the big problems of almost every farmer
east or west who raises much grain The i'm
proved harvesting machines that cut down the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
<cONyx>1C TIE S4C,fTD G3AHv/0 ZHE OQ EZEWq71P

become imperative on the large farms of the
"est' california and the Pacific northwest,
owing to the immense force of men needed to
career the grain on these baronial estates of
the wheat empire" On one of these big
1arms in Oklahoma, which may be cited as
representative, there are in use twenty-five har-
Vesters and binders, each of which average a
cut OF ESQ acres of wheat per season. Similar
~ on some of the Dakota farms one may see
In season anywhere from twenty to forty ma
chimes in one far-f1ung line charging into the
golden sea of undulating grain Merely the
drivers OF these machines make goodly force,
to say nothing of the other members of the
harvest crew, and when anywhere from fifty
to one hundred horses are employed in harvest
Ing operations, the care of these animals is
In itself something of chore.
Perhaps the most picturesque feature Of
harvesting on the big farms beyond the Mis-
souri, river comes when the operation is carried
on at night by means of the illumination of
torches and locomotive headlights, supplement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Doctors Said He Would Die
4 Friends Advice Saves Life

I wish to speak of tho wonderful cure
that / have received from your noted
6wamp-Root, tho great kidney AMI blad-
der cure. Last summer was taken with
severe pains in my back and sides.
could not breathe without difficulty and
was nearly wild with the desire to urinate.
Was compelled to do so every ten min
utes with the passage of pure blood with
the urine. tried all the different doc
tors from far and near, but they said ii
was no use to doctor as would die any
way. was at the end Of my rope and
was 50 miserable with pain and ths
thought that I must die that words can
not tell how felt. One day friend told
me of the wonderful help she had received
from DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. She gave
me one of your pamphlets which I read
and determined to try Swamp-Root. After
taking half bottle I felt better. Have
now taken ten bottles and am well as I
ever was, thanks to Swamp-Root. / wish
to tell all suffering people that have kid.
ney, liver or bladder trouble, that DR.. XII.
mer's Swamp-Root is the best medicine on
the market.
All persons doubling this statement can
write to me and I will answer them di.
rectly, Yours very truly,
CLYDE F. CAMERER,
Rosalie, Wash.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
zSrd day of July, 1909.
VERNE TOWNE, Notary Public.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

Each time the shah Of Persia went to Eu-
rope, where he spent large sums, he procured
the money needed for his journey not only by
raising loan, generally in Russia, but also
oy another method, which was both ingenious
and businesslike.
Before leaving his possessions" writes NJ.
Paolt in McClure's, che summoned his chief
officers OF state-ministers, provincial COVER
nors and the like-and proposed the following
bargain to them: Those who wished to form
part of his suite must first pay him sum OF
money, which he fixed in accordance with the
Importance Of their functions; 1t varied be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 francs. In return, he
authorized them to recoup themselves in any
way they pleased.
Here we find the explanation of the large
number of persons who accompanied the shah
on his travels. and the quaint and unexpected
titles they bore, such as that of minister of
the dock yard Though Persia has never
owned navy, and one still more extraordi-
nary, that Of attorney to the heir apparent.
"Although they sometimes had romantic
souls, they invariably had terribly practical
minds. Eager to recover their outlay az
quickly as possible, they practiced on huge
scale and without scruple or hesitation what
l may describe as the bonus commission
system. This explained how on each of his
trips to France the shah was able to spend
from eight to twelve million francs in pocket
money.
He always carried loaded pistol in his
trousers pocket though he never used it. On
one of his journeys in France he even took
it into his head to make high court official
walk before him when he left the theater car
rying a revolver pointed at the peaceable
sightseers who had gathered to see him come
out. As soon as l saw this l ran up to the
threatening bodyguard
"'Put that revolver away said. 1t is not
the custom here
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Trying to 30 Witty.

They were sitting in the parlor with
the lights turned low. The hour was
pretty late. He and she had talked
about everything, from the weather to
tho latest shows. He yawned and she
yawned. but he made no attempt to
yawned. but he made no attempt to
move toward home. and she was be-
coming weary.
At last she said: IT heard q noise
outside Just now. wonder If 1t could
be burglars?"
OF course he tried to be funny.
Maybe it was the night falling?"
he said.
20, l guess not" she exclaimed;
guess 1t was the day breaking"
(Hasty exit of he.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

going to and from the farm house
This latter was considerable item
if the farm house was located sew
eral miles from the harvest field in
which the men happened to be work
ing at noon. These kitchen cars have
been in use to some extent for sew
eral years past, but great improve
ments have been made in them of
late. There are now provided for the
use of the big travelling harvesting
crews range wagons" with several
of the largest size kitchen ranges
mounted on truck, and more Won
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
CASE OF FAULTY JUDGMENT

eddy busy woman. In her autobiog-
raphy she records that she entered
life under tho most happy circumstan-
ces, being blessed with remarkably
fine constitution.
Il was a big child" she writes, "and
grew so rapidly that was at my full
height, which IL tall for q woman, ut
thirteen years of age. But my appear.
ance indicated nothing Of that pecu'
liarity Of mind which. whether good
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.

To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last
To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them we'll covered in a jar full Of -four
until used, and as soon as removed
from empty Jars. One can then afford
a good quality of rubbers, as kept
thus they will safely last several sea-
sons, When there is doubt of old
rubbers. they may often be made to
exc out one more season by using tive
Of the rubbers to each Jar and screw
Ing down tight. Always stand newly
filed Jars upside down until cool. to
test the tops and rubbers.-Desfgner
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

brother was then a beautiful child,
'Mr. Edgeworth's eye then fell on
me, and having looked at me for some
time. he paid some compliment to my
parents on my well-nurtured anipal
nature. He then patted his own fore
head, and added, with no great ten
derness to their feelings, But you
may depend upon it, Mrs. Butt, she
wants it here and the little taps on
his own brow were repeated. This
hint mado my poor mother, for a
while, very uneasy."-Youth's Compan.
ion. 49, =. - = e.. FL H. H..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Quality Designated.

Claude Grahame-White, the cham.
pion of the air, has, says the Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph, like most
young Englishmen, a very keen and
delicate taste in champagne. Mr.. Ora
hame-White lunched the other day
with compatriot who offered him en-
Enthusiastically an Italian champagne.
There" said the host, smacking his
lips, that is what l call an honest
wine!" Mr.. Grahame-White tasted
the mawkish and muddy beverage and
rejoined: Yes. poor but honest, eh?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
BURGLAR Befrlended Him.

Burglar Befrlended Him. :
A burglar was arrested for robbing
a house up the state some time since.
and the next morning the victim rush
ed wildly into the magistrates Office.
AS soon as he could get his breath to
working again he told the official that
he had come to see about the Drts-
oner.
"Glad you came down." was tho at
fable response of the magistrate. Il
suppose you want to appear against
him."
well, l guess mott" exclaimed tho
victim with a glad smile. Il want to
kiss him on the brow and give him
SO. Among other things that he stole
from the house was a package Of love
letters that I wrote to my wife before
We were married"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

or bad, was soon afterward made man.
ffest in me.
Il have often heard my mother tell
a singular story about me and my
brother when he was three years old.
Our parents took US to Lichfield. We
were at the palace, visiting Miss Sew
ard; and Mr.. Edgeworth and the first
DR.. Darwin were there also. We were
brought in te be looked at, and DR..
Darwin took ny brother up, as I have
since seen a Freedman take frog.
by one leg, exclaimiag at the same
time, What . noble animall's Ny
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

SASo VI NV AANA-
Gates the fascination of
this phase of farm opera
tons by his longing to
pitch hay" when he in
vades the agricultural reg
ion for his vacation. That
Is, he is enthusiastic
about pitching hay until
he tries it. Perhaps he
would not deem it quite
so much fun if he had to
do it for a livelihood and
If he could not quit his
job whenever he happened
to get tired.
So, too, the farmer boy,
transformed into a city
dWeller who looks back so
longingly at the good old
harvest times on the old
homestead, is very prob
ably, after the fashion of
mankind, remembering the
pleasant things only and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Would Try Another.

There was going to be picnic that
morning. says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The little boy prayed before
he retired at night that it might be q
tino day. And when he looked out Of
the window at the peep of dawn, It
was raining.
In the evening. the little boy
wouldn't say his prayers. '"Mamma."
he asked, as he was going to bed.
where do they sell idols? l want to
Ket one to worship"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
scientist Could Not Foresee Brilliant
Future in Store for Gifted
Woman.

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Sherwood, popular
English writer for young people near
y century ago, industriously kept
her life, and as upward Of seventy
seven books and numerous pamphlets
by her can be traced, she was undoubt-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

SASKATOON offers prosperity to far
mers in every branch Get a farm in
Saskatoon district, and your own and
family's future need worry no more. You
were not intended to live and die striving
merely to make ends meet. Half the work
here would swiftly fatten your bank &C.
more time. Write Commissioner, Board Of
Trade, Saskatoon. Saskatchewan, Western
Canada.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

times, and said that 1 ought to have an
operation. would not listen to that,
and when q friend of my husband told
him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it had dono
for his wife, I was willing to take it:
Now I look the picture Of health and
feel like it, too. I can do my own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk q COW.
I can entertain company and enjoy
them. I can visit when choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. I wish I could
talk toevery suffering oman iE9dgirln,
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for tho cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
It is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. It ha1
cured thousands Of women who have
been troubled with displacements, lnr
6ammation, liberation, fibroid tumors.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all otheP
means had failed. Why don't you try IT'D
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

derful yet is the steam COOKER" which looks
very much like a fire engine, but which per-
forms marvels in quick cooking. Why, in the
early morning. for instance, coffee will be
ready for all the members Of the largest
harvesting force within twelve minutes OF
the time the fires are lighted. This plan of
cooking for the harvesting crews has virtually
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

they remained in the rural domain long enough
to witness all phases of the harvest-time activity
and long enough to contrast the rush and hustle
OF this busy period with the more placid existence
OF more normal times down on the farm"
The average city dweller whose early years
were spent farm harks back to nothing so
fondly as the picturesque annual drama of the
bringing in the sheaves And the city dweller-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

A great and valuable knowledge IL
to know when not to talk. Anyone
with the power Of speech can talk. but
It takes a wise head to keep silent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

number of men required for the task have
helped some, of course but it requires a GER
tain number of men to operate the machines
and in times of prosperity when labor is scarce
the farmer often finds that heavy inroads have
been made in his seasons profits by the fancy
prices he has had to pay for the hired hands
to handle the crop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
1 Letter to
D.. KllaeP b c..
1 Ha8hantsn, n. T.
Provo What Swamo-Root w

Prove What Swamp Root Win Do For You
Send to DR.. Kilmer l. Co.. Bingham.
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
booklet of valuable information, telling
Ill about tho kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty.
cents and one-dollar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

Romance Is not altogether lead.
Even the most hardened old bachelor
has a withered flower somewhere in
his possession.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

ASK FOR ALIENS FOOT-EASE
tho Antiseptic powder to shake into your Shoes Re-
nevos Corns Bunions. Ingro wing Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet, Bllsters and Callous spots. Sold
everywhere, 26c. Don't accept any substitute Sam
ple FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le BOY, ny.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syrup for Childre1
teething. softens the gums, reduces inlamma.
ton. allAys pain. cures wind collie, &c o bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Extrxvaaant.

Extrsvaaant.
Ada-Cholly Saphedde was in Q
brown study the other day, and Of
fered him a penny for his thoughts.
Edith-You spendthrift! You never
did know the value Of money:
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to keep some other girl from getting
him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Ston tho Pain.

The hurt Of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. It heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 500 b.
druggists. For free sample write to
J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River FAILS. Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

The Hume, GUS Hat.
Has she any sense Of humOr7"
Il don't think so. She can look at
her hat without laughing. '-Lippin'
colts.