davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
(Chicago .Post.)

A Wisconsin professor has written a
book in which he maintains that slang
is not to be discarded wholly. the pro-
prieties being a general guide. He
does not tolerate the frankly vulgar.
the lingo coming from the technical
talk of sports or anything which a
ing the language
The definition of slang is so loose
that where pure English strays across
the border it is difficult to indicate.
The professor refers to a clergyman's
eXhortation of his pewholders Ito hit
straight out from the shoulder as
slang. but a justitia bile form of it.
Most of us would regard tina mere
~ as straight comparison. the phrase
being constructed Of words in good
use.
The professor Chs name is O'Shea,
regards the modified and pardonab BILE
use of slang stimulating in the express
sion of ideas and agrees with most
everybody who has considered the
subject that apt slang eventually be-
comes a part of the language. How
ever. to II who hetrs language bub-
bling from the turf. the prize ring,
the ball field and the billiard room it
seems that Mr.. 0'Shea has made rath-
er a timid advance. The example of
the clersyman's eXhortation is not very
strong beer. Could he be persuaded
to make his study complete-to go the
Derby distance, you might say-he
would need a guide and a glossary
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
= = =
y CONVENTIONS CONTRASTED. =

(Ernest Hamlin Abbott il

Eh''''NN ~
The outlook.
There are certain contrasts between
the convention ut Chicago and that at
Baltimore which may be worth pass
ing notice.
Al Chicago all the arrangements
were extremely we'll planned. Crowds
are never comfortable. but those at
chicago We're as comfortable as
crowds can we'll he. The hotels We're
thronged. but they were orderly. and
seemed to understand their business
II least SO did the hotel at which ]
stayed, and it was tested to the full.
The arrangements in the coliseum in
which the republican convention was
held We're admirable. Every n en-
Titled to a seat knew just where he
would find it. and knew he could get 1t
i he followed the perfectly clear in
structions. The police We're highly
V~ention We're managed With an elfici-
ency that helps to explain why the
republican party has been in charge
of the nation for so long a time.
At Baltimore all the arrangements
We're corr"spondingly i'll planned. The
crowds We're uncomfortable. The no.
tells looked mussy and Uttered; they
perhaps did their best, hut ON" felt
that everybody, from elevator boy to
headwatcr. WAS SWampcd.
The arrangements at the armory
where the democratic convention was
held were outrageous. No one knew
or could tell where he might sit from
session to session. One night ! could
find no seat even in the section TO
which ! was assigned, and wandered
about or sat back under a stairway
until found a perch mp high in a
part of the hall to which my ticket
did not entitle me to GO.
One evening the perfectly orderly
crowd in which | found myself in
front of one entrance was hustled
about by the police and doorkeepers
i'll the that impot"nt men al
ways assume when they are clustered.
The police We're fairly ornamental. on
the whole g~ood-natured. and. so far
AS my observation went. We're partic-
ularly fortunate i'm having to deal
With a crowd hat was particularly
long-sut1cring in spite of the inCon-
veniAnce to which the Very bad man
agcment of affairs subjected them.
And the sessions of the convention
were conducted in a happy-go-lucky
fashion that seemed to throw some
light on the history of the democratic
party in the last two generations.
The republican convention WAS a
verv unusual one in the lack of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
New York WORLDLY

a new and amazing theory of the
is put forward by Prof. II. II.
Turner of the Royal Astronomical So
ciety of England. He holds that the
whole community Of stars. numbering,
he estimates. about 1000, 600. 900, is
suspended in space in the shape of a
somewhat iattened globe, with the
Milky Way for its equatorial belt.
Astronomers at the national observ-
atory here are engrossed by Prof.
Turner's view which. they say, explains
in a new way Prof. Kapetyn's theory
that the universe is composed Of two
vast parallel streams of stars moving
in opposite directions.
If" says Prof. Turner. 1.-The earth's
distance from III sun be represented
by n inch. the nearest fixed star
would be about five miles away. The
community of stars would then
be about the present size of our earth
and would contain about a thousand
million stars in all. scattered at dis
tances some miles apart, more closely
near h center nj more widely near
the surface.
The general shape is not spherical.
Our earth is 1attened at the poles. and
the star community is probably more
f~fattened. But a more serious difference
is that whereas our earth has for equa-
tors only an imaginary line, the star
community has a very real and mag
nificent beltof extra stars, which we
call the Milky Way.
turning from dimensions and
shape to internal history we shall find
a more convenient contrast in the So
lar system. We are accustomed to the
absolute tyranny of the sun. to whose
control we all submit, keeping at as
signed distances from him and receiv-
ing benefits in the shape of light and
heat. But the star community is a
pure democracy. where control is vest
ed in n community at large, though
its effective seat is in their center.
n particular light or heat eman-
ates from the seat Of government,
which is, however, occupied for a
brief spell by every star In turn. The
outermost are urged toward the center
by a unanimous vote; but as they re-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
THE POETS LAURELS, TOO.

While their countrymcn at home
have been Hcclaining the American
winners of the olympic Wreaths at
Stockholm another representative of
his country has been making a rec
ord at oxford university. He has
captured the poets laurels at thar
seat of learning and thereby has as
deeply shocked the other portion of
the British public which has not
been ~benoaning the athletic decad-
ence OF tho nation.
a hundred years or more ago Sir
Roger Newdigate. first haronet of
Hareiield and a grandson of Il chief
Justice under Cromwell. noted as a
parliamentarian and an antiquarian.
established the Newdigate prize for
poetry at his alma mater. This poetic
trophy has in its time been % by
John Ruskin. Matthew Arnold. Sir
Edwin Arnold. w. ". Mallock and
ord S%elhorne. names reNered in
Britain. Now to these must he adj
ded the name of William Chase
Greene. a Rhodes scholar from Mas
sachusetts. The subject of the
Newdigate prize is set by the judges.
This year it was Orchard I Before
Jerusalem" But when it came to
exploiting tho "lion-hearted' in he
roic Verse the young man from the
BAY state had his competitors tied to
the starting post. That it was
"some poetry" YOU can judge from
this excerpt describing Richard talk
Ing leave of Jerusalem:
Upon thine ancient throne in
nleenly wise
Still hou dost wait thy day; Of
amethyst
And sapphire is thy crown Of hills.
thy Veil
The gold-spun glory of a thousand
clouds.
Mine eyes are dim, and ! can look
no more
The prize itself is only S1O5
hut that is not a sum to he scorned
by a Rhodes scholar between remit
tances from home. The honor. how
ever. is the thing. The poet lau-
reate may he made by a friendly
statesman, bur the winner of the
Newdicate must win on merit. The
fact that the prize went TO his Am
eriCan. no doubt sorely against the
grain, rov the ~impeccability of the
Jury. So while We throw up our hats
for the American visitors at Stock
holm let us give a hand for the star
spangled poet at oxford.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
South american Trade GROWING

Since Secretary knox's visit to
South America the Americans in that
country have taken courage and are
making renewed efforts to extend
trade relations between this country
and South America" said Col. II. ]
LYNN. an exporter and importer, OF
Chicago. Former Secretary Roots
visit TO South America did a lot Of
good and gave us an opening in tina,
part OF TIL" world that has led to
good results. hut knoX'S trip has
served TO strengthen matters, With tbs
result that. in my opinion, the com,
merca between South America ana
n United states will be more THAI
douhled in the next YEAR OF two.
Every N knows. of course. that
the European nations have practically
controlled the trade al South America
Germany, England and France have
almost monopoliZed business in manu-
features. True. these countries have
catered 10 conditions. They have
tried to please and to meet the de
mand. whereas our American manu-
~tur have given little or no at
tenti0n to the South American bust.
ness. 1t has been only in the last sew.
eral months that our manufacturers
nav" Sent their goods into the South
American countries in acceptable con.
dition. For a long time the method.
employed by the manufacturers dom.
business with South America We're 81
slipshod that anything with an Amer.
a brand upon it was cast asjd.
without even being inspected. Ger.
MANY. France and England. on tn,
other hand. made every effort 10
please. and what was more, extende(
long credit while our manufacturer.
insisted upon payment within thirt,
DAYS at the most.
There is 10 reason why the United
states should not control the bulk O
th" trade with South America. an,
now that We have started in on tn,
right road. there is every prospect tina.
We shall control. What We need. %
course. is an American merchant ma.
zine. Tho American flag is rarely seer
IN the harhors of South American
ports"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. ID. G.

Alfalfa liill" Murray will probably
be elected congrcssman-at-largc from
pklailoma." said Governor y. N.
johnson If Tin" Choctaw nation. Muir
ray is IN" man who, at tn" Baltimore
convention. flew in tn" face of Tam
many after New York had east its
ninety votes for Speaker Clark. He
IS related To- Governor johnson.
II haN" puarr"led with Bill eve
since The convention said Governor
johnson, because he was the man
Wllo perhaps turned the tide for Will
son. The oklahoma delegation WAS
about ready To give its whole vote ia
Speaker Clark, and would have done
50 probably on the ballot succeeding
the one in which Clark got n ma
%iorit$, had ii not been for Murray
The latter had nothing against Clark.
but n" Vas aligned against the Clark
mCn ON TIA" oklahoma delegation. II"
is II nj tn" strong men of oklahoma -.
WAS president of the constitutional
convention, and a candidate for GOV
ernor. and he was beaten by the same
sort nt methods that defeated Clark
for tn" presidential nomination in
Baltimore.
Alfalfa Bills part in the Baltimore
convention. | presume. will go down
in history. 1t was the straw that
turned the tide toward Wilson. was
for Clark, and am not Yet %reconcil"d
to his defeat. because | believe he
would haze made the strongest candi-
date the democrats could have nam
ed. Governor Wilson. however. will
get the full Democratic vote and
enough republican votes to win. There
is no doubt that he will carry OKLA
ftonla. Tn" entrance of Roosevelt
int" the fight may have considerable
bearing. but ] do not believe tho col
nrrl .ar ,--lt
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
y X :
RADJUM CURES IN BRITAIN.

. . = = = Il = . y y = . = = : . . . .
A lot of fanciful speculation has
been INDUCED in concerning the
amount of radium in the British Isles,
one newspaper having credited the
Radium institute with possessing : IL
drains Exhaustive inquiries. how
ever. show that. roughly. there are
only five grams altogether in that
country. of which the Radium insti-
tutc owns Just over n gram. There
are 2S.5 grams in an ounce avoirdu-
pois, so that the institutes share of
radium works u az a little over one
tWentN-eighth of an ounce.
Next in order of wealth in radium
comes. strange to tell. A prominent
E-ray operator in Harley street. who
possesses Just under a gram. Then
comes the London st. Mary's. st.
Thomas Guys. and the MiddleseX hos
pitfalls. which have between them one
gram. The cancer wing of the Mid
dleseX hospital is doing some useful
work on radium effects, both in phys
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

ocratic state and a majority of the So
called doubtful states. OF course, the
number of votes in the electoral col
lege in 1918 will be considerably
greater than it MAS in 1909. but. rela-
lively, | think, Wilson will win a
greater victory than any candidate
Tor the presidency ever Won Natural
~. there is a great regret in Missouri
that Clark was not nominated, but
Missouri democrats are good losers.
and they will line up behind Wilson
in November"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

New York. July 20.-Joseph KilIen.
the messenger boy who ran away with
checks a~ggregating a half million dol
lars and 1922 in cash, was arrested in
Buffalo and will be braught back
home. He left the checks in a valise
at Albany. Killen was employed by
the United Cigar Stores company and
was expected to take the checks and
cash to a bank for deposit.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

Colonel Henry Watterson ha.
signed a pledge never to speak the
name of Bryan again. That's ar
easier total abstinence pledge fol
the colonel to keep than another one
we know of.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

Senator Hepburn takes a fall out
of our historians when he declares
h a Jefferson did not originate the
Declaration of Independence, but
only acted as secretary of the COM
mittee. In Heyburn's view, it was
Jefferson's p%enmanship and not his
brains that gave him the place of
honor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

tipiied by $500 Cthe number of inch
es in a mile) multiplied by 5000 Uhe
diameter of the earth). equal 4S,153.-
600.000.0 00,0 or owe forty-eight
quintil1ion miles.
The distances in the universe are so
vast that no telescope has ever ac-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

tually revealed the disc of a fixed star.
All that is shown in the most power
full reflector is a mere point of light
without any definite outline. Each
fixed star is regarded by astronomers
as a sun, the center of it's own plane
tary system.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
Says Wilson VIII Get Big Vote.


With the republican party hope
lessly divided. there is no doubt that
Governor Wilson will get the largest
majority in the electoral college that
ever was given a presidential candi-
date said Robert B. Adams, a prom
inent lawyer of st. Louis. "Roose-
welt had 336 votes in the electoral
college in 1904 and Taft 321 in 1908.
The former, as every one knows, Sc
cured the largest popular vote ever
g1Ven n candidate, more than O.
100000, while Taft's plurality was up-
ward of 1000. 900. Previous to 1904
the largest plurality was obtained By.
William Mckinley. in 1900. Grover
Cleveland. when elected the first time,
had less than 100. 900, and nearly
100000 on the occasion of his second
election in 1892. Garfield had the
smallest plurality given any candidate
since 1910. In a total vote of moro
than $4,000 Garfield won by a
few votes more than 1000. Eight
a previously Grant had set a rec
ord by obtaining a plurality of near
ly 100000. Four years afterward
Samuel ]. Tilden had a popular plur-
ality of more than $50, 900, but. as
every one knows. he was not inaupur-
ated president.
I really believe that Woodrow
Wilson will be given a larger popular
plurality than was given Roosevelt in
1904. 1t is a sure thing, it appears
to me, that Roosevelt will take a
large number Of votes from Taft.
while Wilson viii carry every dem
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

The waste basket must be a para
disc. for many stories with happy
endings to find their last resting
places there.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
American Racer is Rctroga.inr.


In less than five wears there will
not be 200 thoroughbred horses in the
United States fit for racing purposes"
said John +. Ryan of Montreal. head
of he Canadian national bureau of
breeding.
The anti-racing laws have driven
out of the country a Very great num-
Der of good horses. and while there
are some few places left for the own
ers of racers the Thoroughbred indus
try has been so largely injured that
there is not a single breeder left in
the country who has any heart in his
work.
The d~ecadcnoe of the thoroughbred
in America is shown by the racing
charts. which every day record the
winning of sta Ike races by horses seven
and eight wears Of age which five
years g would not have been able
to win cheap selling races. I am
proud to say that Canada is giving
every announcement to the thorough
bred. h breedinr bureau is hand
somelv supported. and is providing
means for supplying Great Britain,
the mother country. with sufficient
horses to equip its army in time of
need"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

That great Italian composer who
eloped with a ballet dancer, will have
an opportunity to compose his wife,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

If an unmarried Were
elected I congress it would he clearly
a case of Miss representation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

The prohibitionists in time will
learn that the hand wagon is more
powerful than the water wagon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

Some people concedc ~cvcrybody'S
right to their own opinions, provided
they agree with his,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

A woman's ideal figure walks in
the looking glass.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20

of the question he is accused of talk
ing back.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1912-10-30

(Dokonczenie ma stronicy 6tcl),
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1912-10-30
Ts|egTamy kTsjove3.
Wiceprezydent Sherman, spokoj,
ME spedza noe.

Utica, n. Y, 80 pazdziefnika.
- .Wiceprezydent Sherman, o
ktorym doniesiono, IL jest powaz-
ME chory, ME znajduje sic jeszcze
W groznym stanie. Wprawdzie
wczoraj popoludniu chwilowo
mu sic pogorszyio, lecz kryzysu
lekarze spodziewaja sic dopiero
"a kilka dni. Wczorajszej jak i
onegdajszej nocy, zasnaf snem
naturalnym bez pomocy srodkow
usypiajacych. Wiceprezydent ME
>cierpi wielkicl1 bolesci, lecz jest
bardzo niespokjny iniekledy ma
wet nierozumny, co Jest skut-
klein obecnosci W organizmie tru-
cizny uremicznej, ME wydziela-
nej powodu niefunkcyonowahia
merck. y
:. Ami familia, ami lekarze ME u
sifuja ukryc krytycznego stanu
pacyenta.
Oprocz lekarza fanilijnego DIR.
Peck'a, opiekuja sic wiceprezy-
dentem DIR. Janeway Z Nowego
Yorku dr.. Elsner re Syracuse.
PAM Cleveland wychodzi "a Z
MAJ. :.
Nowy York, 80 pazdzierfnika.-
Wczoraj podano do wiadomosci
publicznej. IL nastapily zareczy-
ny pani Cleveland, wdowy. 20
prezydcpcie Cleveland z Prote'so-,
rem Thomas J. Preston, lr., z
Wells College, Fakt ten do via
.domosei publicznej podal prezy-
dent uniwersytetu Princeton, J.
Grier Hibben, ktory jest PlN-
jacierem obojga.
PAM Cleveland liczy lat 4S i
lest dwa>lata mlodsza od Prote-
sora Prestona. Oboje poznali sic
w Princeton, gdzie prof, Pre-
ston uczeszczal ma kursa W ro-
XII 1906.
Cd czasu smierci jej meza, q
czerwca 1908 r., PAM Cleveland
zamieszkala dwoma corkami l
iedynm synem w miasteczku
Princeton. Gdy professor Pre-
ston objat katedre profesora ar
cheologii W Wells College, zbli-
zvlo to ich jeszcze wieeej, gdyz
pani Cleveland Jest abitufgentka
tegoz zakladu i wclaz nm SIG
wielce interesuje.
n -. 81. - k-l. ~
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1912-10-30
TeIegramy zagTaniczns.
Z wojny.

Sofiar, so pazdziernika. -
Wczorajsze wieczorne telegramy
z pola bojow donosza, re roz-
strzygajaca bitwa Bu}garow. z
Turkami juz sic toczy! Me via
domo jeszcze, gdzie sic znajdu-
je ognisko j punkt giowny tel BIZ
twy, ale prawdopodobnie jest on
ma przestrzeni miedzy Lule Bur
gas Dimoteka, tam bowiem
znajduje sic giowna 100000 Ii
czaca turecka armia Nazima Ba-
sly. Jest to ostatnia deska ra-
tunku Turcyi - ia bitwa, a roz-
grywa sic ona w niepomysnych
warunkach.. bo Buigarzy - "a
iawszy Baba Eskesi, odcieli ar
mie cd Konstantynopola cd A
dryanopoia, a podobno takze cd
SaIonik. Buigarzy zajeli juz TAX
ze Rodosto wielki obronny fort
na Morzu Marmara. JeSli sic
wiesc ia potwierdzi, to znaczyla-
by ona, re Buigarzy owa arrnie
Nazima Baszy okrazyc j. otoczyc
zamySlaja.
- Przy zdobyciu Kirk-Kilisse-
ju dziaIy sic straszne okrucien-
stwa, Swiadczace o barbarzyl-
stwie Turkow walczacych W
ich szeregach Tatarow, Kurdow
Baszybozukow, rzucali sic oni na
jehc6w rannych zebanli szarpa-
Ii ich gardla, rozpruwali ich cia-
Ia, wytupywali i'm oczy, ucinali
uszy dionie innych dopuszcza-
Ii sic nieludzkich wprost znecan.
Po szpitaiach peino jest nieszcze-
sliwych zoinierzy pokaleczonych
W TAXI potworny sposob.
w Filippolis (Rumelia bui-
garska) bawi kr6lowa bulgarska
zajmuie sic ona opatrywaniem
pielegnowaniem rannych po szpt
talach.
- Buigarzy zniszczyli tureeka
latarnie morska pod Inada. Ar
mia buIgarska rozpostaria linie
swei walk cd Nora Czarnego
az DO Stare Serbie i caly ten kraj
Jest W reku Buigarow; jedynie
Adryanopol trzyma Sic jeszcze.
dobywany cd trzech dni; upadku
lego MONA sic kazdej chwili
spodziewac. Buigarzy posuwala
sic wzdluz rzeki' Ergene, daleko
luz ma poludnie cd AdryanoPola.
kt6ry tenn samem stracil ma zra-
czeniu strategicznem. DO Buiga-
rzy iuz sa .poza twierdza' czesc
fch armii jej dobywa, a reszta
postepuje dalej ku Konstantyno-
polowi. w Adryanopolu panuJe
nedza, gi6d, upadek ducha; ra-
tunku, pomocy = posilkow, od-
cieta cd armii twierdza dostac luz
ME moze. Forty prawie wszystkie
lea juz w gruzach. Bulgarom IL
trudniaja akcve deszcze jesienne
/ rzeki cd mich wezbrane. Mary
ca Tundza Arda, miedzy kto-
remi ley miasto.
- Zgodnie utrzymuja. re POLO
zenie strategiczne arrnii giownej
Nazima-Baszy miedzy Lule Bur
gas a Czarlu jest beznajdziejn;e
rozpaczliwe! Buigarzy juz i te ar
mic odcieli cd Konstantynopola,
okrazyli ia poza MIA sic znajdu-
il. Bulgarzy dotarii juz do Mo-