davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
SQUIRT GUN AWES BURGLAR
Huge Bluff With Deadly Weapon"
Nearly Makes Woman Faint
In New York.

New York.-Mrs. Sarah Ehrlich,
wife of a wealthy fur importer, found
a strange man In her home at 1858
Decatur avenue. the Bronx. put pis-
toll at his head, made him drop two
parcels containing jewels and silver
ware and marched him five blocks to
the Bronx Police station. She was on
the verge OF fainting when she handed
her revolver to Lieutenant Brown.
Then 1t was her prisoners turn to
collapse when the policeman burst
into laughter as he held up the dead
ly weapon" . bicyclist's squirt gun.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

sell 'em out for export and for the
New York trade.
There's millions in this idea. Think
of Paris eatin' horse meat when 1t
could be eatin' jack rabbit. Think Of
Berlin doing the same thing when 1t
might be livin' on corn-fed bunny.
Think OF New York's East side smack
In it's lips over Belgian hare,
when it might have good. healthy
meat raised In the open. That's where
most of the rabbits are going
straight to Paris and Berlin. l ex-
pect to invade London If l can get
rabits enough
And don't mind telling you con-
fidential that there's goin' to be some
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
MILLIONS IN JACKS
Kansan Has 10000 Fenced in
and Corn-Fed on Ranch.
Confident That sunflower Venlson
VIII Bring Him a Fortune and
Solve Perplexlna Meat
Problem.

Kansas City, Mo.--It's easy to beat
the high cost of living. All you have
to do is to eat jack rabbit and like
1t. Very simple, indeed. Numerous
experiments have been tried for the
cheapening of meat. They range all
the way from frog ranches" to bear
FARMS" including deer preserves and
wild geese hatcheries. But the one
thing that is to remove the underpin-
ming from the market quotations on
beef is the Kansas jack rabbit. At
least that is what Samuel G. Craw-
ford says. Mr.. Crawford also says
that he has the making of a mighty
nifty little rabbit ranch near Grace,
Kan, and that he has come to Kansas
City to arrange for cold storage facil-
tiles necessary to the handling OF
"Sunflower venison."
1t may be Mr.. Crawford was dream
ing as he sat in the lobby of the Ho-
tel White looking at the rain through
a haze Of cigar smoke. He says that
the wasn't. In fact, Mr.. Crawford was
emphatic in the declaration that he
has a real, bona fide, about-to-be-pros-
porous reservation for long-eared bun
nies In the immediate vicinity of
Grace, and that there's millions In
st." But give Mr.. Crawford a chance
to speak for himself.
Sounds funny, does it?" says Mr..
Crawford, says he, passing the cigars,
but it amt no joke. Neither am try
ing to sell stock in the enterprise. You
see, I've leased several hundred acres
of land In northwestern Kansas, Just
about halfway between Grace and
Quickville. l reckon I've got as many
as 10000 jack rabbits in chicken wire
inclosure. got most of 'em from a
rabbit drive, which promoted among
the farmers of that county. The rest
got for eight cents apiece from the
farmer boys who trap 'em. I'm feed
ing 'em corn, and they fatten up like
steers-weigh eight or ten pounds in
prime condition.
And talk about your good eatin'-
say, fellows, II you never sunk your
teeth into a stall-fed Kansas jack rab'
bit, you don't know what eatin' is
that's all. Have another cigar?
I'm going to walt until the cold
weather and then begin to kill OF
these rabbits. I'm going to ship 'em
in carload lots to Kansas City, and put
'em in cold storage. Then I'm going to
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
KILLS DUCKS BY BOOMERANG
sportman Says He 5asged Twelve on
Eight Throws-Hurls One Into
Water, Another as Flock Rises.

st. Joseph, Mo.-An American hun
ter who carries boomerangs instead
of a repeating shotgun is a curiosity,
but Vernon Tantlinger. local nimrod,
uses the Australian war weapon when
he goes after ducks.
Tantlinger is an expert with the
boomerang and recently bagged
twelve ducks with eight throws OF his
club. Tantlinger says that as the
statutes do not prohibit the use of
boomerangs he can hunt within the
city limits whenever he can find game
His mode of action in killing wild
ducks is to throw one boomerang into
a fock when 1t is on the water, and
when the birds rise he is ready to hurl
another stick into the flock as II is
punched upon the wing.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Drs. A. Sartori and Marc Langlois. OF
the organic matter stored under the
nails of the average person who deals
with raw or cooked food.
Micrococcus radiatus. streptococcus.
mirococcus. and a prodigious number
OF eggs OF taenie were found to be
the common inhabitants of the finger
ends of general servants. grocers' as
sistants. and others who had to han
die food.
In fact, all the microbes which are
usually found In the air find their way
IN larger or smaller quantities under
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
Baby Hanged on a churn.

Bloomsbunrg, Pa.-Returning to the
kitchen after a few minutes absence,
Mrs. Ruben Hess of Cambria, Colum-
bia county. found the body of her ten.
months-old son hanging Imply by the
neck from the handle OF churn on
which his bonnet strings had caught.
Strangulation caused the death OF the
baby.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
Coca Either Way.

A machine operable from either
end, like a street car. has been evolved
in England, and It is probable that the
first car will make its appearance on
London streets In q short time. The
bus IL steerable from either end. anS
when II is desired to proceed In the
reverse direction, It II only necessary
for the driver and conductor "a
change places.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
Extreme Effects.

Some OF the extreme panier effects
introduced this season suggest an or
dinary sack combined with Turkish
trousers. The pannier is slightly
gathered into the waistband and falls
between the knee and the ankle. over
a plain narrow skirt; so that the full
ness lays over II. This style is
ually carried out In the flower
silks or chiffon that suggests (
ne des oe L.ouis XIV.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Il is doubtful II Andre de Fouqui-
will succeed in his announced
30 to persuade us to dress aft.
French fashion. since American
lave a rooted prejudice against
airing corsets and hoopsk.-ts with
- frock coats.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

the nails. say these authorities and II
is in the interest of the public health
that all persons. and especially those
connected in any way with the food
should have their nails closely trim
med. !
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

spear fish through holes in the ice.
They cook their food. In kindling
fire they strike two crystallized
stones together"
DR.. Anderson brings back hundreds
of specimens OF mammals. birds, fishes
and minerals that will be divided be-
tween the domipion geological survey
at Ottawa. Ont. and the American
museum OF Natural history in New
York. He has thirty.five specimens
OF caribou.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

canned 'venison' on the market just
as soon as can make arrangements
for little packing plant. That's some
thing new. too. amt It? Thought so.
But all you got to do is to squirt a
little California port wine into every
can, an you'll have something that
tastes more like venison than deer
meat itself.
Jack rabbit is what the world is
hungry for-good old Kansas jack rab-
bits. corn fed an drippin' fat-an'
there's millions in It, Let's have an
other cigar"
Mr.. Crawford was buying the three
for-a-dollar kind. Could he have been
dreaming?
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A London gentleman. opposed to tip
ping, let his .whiskers grow rather
than bestow honorarium upon the
-tcnsorial artist. Wonder II the new
style whiskers have anything TO
DO witt. this latter day crusade against
tips?
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

To be simple and to be without
guile is to triumph over all. Is there
mot the case of the young woman who
when congratulated upon the quality
and strength OF her perfumery said
that she was glad he had noticed itH
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
DIAMOND AND DIAMONDS GO

a brooch. all valued at $1,000. were
gone.
Detectives waiting near the store
arrested Diamond He denied know
Ing what had happened to the jewelry.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
DYNAMITE IN HER FIRE WOOD
Woman Narrowly Escapes Death as
Il ExpIodes In Home at shsnan-
doah, Pa.

Shenandoah, Pa.-To hurry dinner
the other day. Mrs. Charles Schreeves,
a we'll known woman. put wood on a
slow coal fire in her kitchen stove
A frightful explosion followed. shatter-
ing the stove, and the shock and flying
pieces wrecked the kitchen. which also
took fire. Mrs Schreeves was rem
dered unconscious. but escaped seri-
GUS injury. 1t is supposed one or
more dynamite caps we're In the wood.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

In Baltimore a police justice has
arranged mirrors in his court room so
that drunks and disorderlies will have
to see themselves. Justice should
have a little pity.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

This is a smart little blouse to be
worn with a costume skirt. 1t Is in
soft chiffon taffetas, with embroidery
on the shoulders, center front straps
and cuffs Two deep folds are made
from the shoulders TO waist each side.
Materials required: IA yards AZ
inches wide.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

An eighteen-pound lobster has been
caught in Long Island Sound. Still. a
chorus girl can catch bigger ons
than that on Broadway any day in
the year.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
BITS or WORLDLY WISDOM.

Freezing politeness is not restricted
to the ice man.
Mutual deception is a popular game
during courtship.
1t is easier to borrow trouble than
It is to pay debts.
A man may work for all he is worth,
and not earn bver 81 week.
A young NJ. D. never tries to cure
the infatuation of his sweetheart
Every man makes mistakes. but the
weather man gets more of his in print.
In order to be happy a woman must
get a strangle hold on her disposition.
Ever notice how proud the average
man is of the things he is going to
do?
Judging by the quality OF the prod
uCl II 10 uO NOnutl VIC BOL oO lhuSh
free advice.
Many a man gets ratified when a
young widow acts as II he was trying
TO flirt with her.
A woman's LONELINESS has reached
the limit when she can't make up to
look pretty in a photograph.
The man who is weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting nearly always
complains that the scales are out OF
order.
You never catch man in the act OF
sneaking up quietly behind your back
for the purpose OF putting money in
your pocket
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
BACK TO KNEE. BREECHES

until they learn to do without a hat
altogether.
Another novelty which is advocat.
ed Is that each man shall design his
own clothes.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

There used to be made in this coun-
try copper-toed shoes that the small
boy could not kick out in one month.
All, those were happy days for par
ents!
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

ny business man In Connect
Nly married his telephone OPP
was q brave experiment,
5tead Of having his opera
up. he has given her the
, call him down.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Infantile paralysis has appeared
among the Eskimos in Alaska. The
backward races must often sit down
and wonder whether civilization really
pays.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

That restored Venus of Milo proves
be q southpaw with good curves-
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Physicians are now discussing
whether incurables should be killed.
Which brings up the question: How
can physicians agree on who are In
curables?"
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Resolve to live a hundred years
4 you can do IT," says a st. Louis
Aysician. But the majority OF good
resolutions are broken in a short time.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Jhinese women are said to have
most beautiful complexions in the
Id. Still, It depends on whether
orientally considered.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A baby was born in New York on
the elevated. Starting life pretty
high.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Before ordering your split pea soup
you should patriotically inquire II the
pea was split in Germany or America
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Our pupils are found to be weak In
the three RS. The old-fashioned
spelling bee might pro6tably be re-
vived, 1t seems.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

kissing is forbidden in public places
IN Switzerland. Undoubtedly on the
gfound that there is more than enough
danger there without It.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

An eastern man wrote tragedy and
the manager turned 1t into comedy.
is but a step from the sublime to
ridiculous. after all.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

According to a scientist, all men
will be baldheaded in 500 years. It's
n cinch they will II they live until
then.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A London specialist says that mod
ern dress is killing women. Yet most
women desire their gowns to be kill
ing.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Medical science is constantly discov'
ering hundreds Of new reasons why
people should call IN the doctor.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

"Women's dres@s are to become
tighter" Roller skates next and
boy behind to push.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Somebody claims to have discovered
black snow in the Alps. But any win
ter he can find lot Of it in Pitts
burgh.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

They say the new ten-dollar bill Is
work of art, but 1t can't be at that
ice.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

London is shocked over the way the
British nation is taking to gum chew
ing. But they stick to It.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Anyway, the theory that marriages
are made in heaven can't be much
consolation to spinsters.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Plants and vegetables are to be
raised by electricity. AS far as fruits
are concerned, we already have elec-
tric currents.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

ow the German scientists have dis
ed a means OF producing artifi'
jIk. Why not invent a way to
eggs on the egg plant.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A London swindler sold dried
peas for liver pills. Probably Just as
effective.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

IN some parts Of Africa men buy
their wives by the pound. In this
country It is the husbands who are
uKually sold.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Concerning that Red Sox victory.
ay not drop It? Snodgrass did.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Our good intentions must be hot
stuff-considering the pavements
made of them.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

men outnumber men In both New
and Philadelphia.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

We haven't much use for men who
try to impress upon us that they don't
have to work.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
seord for RemarryIna.

Hold seord for Eemarryina.
Philad ia.--Mrs. Hazel b. West
holds Il ord for haste in marry.
ing aft' ce. Three minutes aft.
er heI vas granted she ap.
pearef yense TO ,w~r'S'acrge B.
LippY
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

disagreement az to
me OF the sun crossing
es any difference with
and the tempera-
Noticeable fact that
come along reEu.
Gear, spring and Az
zoe.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A porous plaster will stick to a man
who won't stick to his word.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

You may be able to catch on, but
do you know when to let go?
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

a married man has to growl occa-
sionally just to keep from forgetting
how.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
SAYS AN ENGAGED GIRL.

"It's fierce"
"Everybody's changed"
"Even mother has changed"
"sister has changed for the best"
"She is crazy about II, especially
her bridesmaid dress"
"Ot course, mother and Will al
ways be the same. but she Is differ
ent."
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
DISEASE CARRIED BY NAILS
Medical Authorities In France Point
Out the Danger and Urge
Close Trimming.

Paris.-A short finger nail crusade
Is one OF the results OF recent reyela-
tions as to the French nations lax
ity in all matters connected with hy'
ofana J.y
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

When some men reform they are
apt to overdo the thing.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

The man who is weighed in the bal.
ance and found wanting nearly always
complains that the scales are out OF
order.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

You never catch a man in the act of
sneaking up quietly behind your back
for the purpose of putting money in
your pocket.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

The movement
about by q ssries
two welEknown 4
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

- been brought
yes made by
WtborlliaR
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

Better not take things too easy-un-
less they belong to you.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30
WHAT ALL ARE SAYING

There's nothing quite so busy as
an idle rumor
Some people borrow trouble and
some buy It outright
Better not take things too easy-un-
less they belong to you.
When some men reform they are
apt to overdo the thing,
You may be able to catch on, but
do you know when to let go?
A porous plaster will stick to a man
who won't stick to his word.
a married man has to growl occa-
sionally just to keep from forgetting
how.
We haven't much use for men who
try to impress upon us that they don't
have to work.
Our good intentions must be hot
stuff-considering the pavements
made of them.
Anyway, the theory that marriages
are made in heaven can't be much
consolation to spinsters.
IN some parts of Africa men buy
their wives by the pound. In this
country It is the husbands who are
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

A woman's homellness has reached
the limit when she can't make up to
look pretty in a photograph.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-30

There's nothing quite SO busy as
an idle rumor.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
REQUIRES BOND OF $s5, 900.
Thompson Starrett Company Of New
York Seeks to Recover Statues.

Montpelier, Sept. s.-John B. Plunkett
Of Mortified has been made the defend
ant In a replevin suit brought by the
ThompsonS tarrett company Of New
York, the suit being 10 recover statues
designed by Saint Gaudens and attached
by the banks in Mortified in acllnns
against the f. p. Ellis Granite company.
4 bond for 500 600 has been filed, probably
the largest in the history of the county
clerk s office.
There are six statues involved. They
We're designed by Saint Gaudens and made
by Bernasconi. After the foreclosure pro-
c, edings brought by the Thompson-Star.
ret company at the last term of county
court, in which the report OF the master
was against the Ellis company the stat
ues were attached for $4,000 each by the
Mortified National bank. Mortified Trust
company and the Mortified Savings bank,
Mr.. Plunkett being the serving officer
The Thompson tarret company now
seeks to recover the statues b replevin.
w. B. C. Stickney appears for the com.
pany.
A large number Of divorce cases have
been filed to be heard at the term OF
Washington county court to begin Tues.
day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
SECOND DEATH AT RUTLAND
Warren w. Andrus, Fireman on Shif-
ter, Succumbs to His Injuries.

Rutland, sept. s.-The second death
in connection with the head-on collis-
ion Friday night on the Rutland road
between freight train and n switch
engine. near the fair grounds in this
city occurred early this morning at
the Rutland hospital when Warren W.
Andrus, who was the fireman on the
switch engine. succumbed to his in
jurics. One Of his legs was crushed
so that 1t had to be amputated, the
other leg was broken and he was ia
jured internally. Mr.. Andrus was 10
years old, and is survived by a wife.
his parents, brother and four sis
tiers.
Harry B. Miller. the Rutland rail-
road fireman who met instant death in
the freight wreck here Friday night.
is the fourth member of his family to
die by violence. his father dying from
a fall, his brother by drowning and
his sister by fire
Twenty-Five years ago. few days
before the birth of Harry, his father.
John Miller fell from a scafrold at
the mill at the Brandon Italian Marble
company and was instantly killed. His
elder brother. John. was drowned in
1907 when boat in which he was fish
Ing in Lake Dunmore with two other
men was overturned. his companions
being saved. The sister. Elizabeth. a
bride Of few days, was burned to
death at Glens Falls. N. Y. by the ex-
plosion OF an oil stove.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
TWO DEAD; THREE MISSING,
Twenty Freight Cars Piled Up ON Men
beating Their Way,

Fort Plain, N. Y. Sept. s-rwo men
we're killed, three are missing and proba.
bly, dead. and damages amounting to thou
sands OF dollars was done az the result of
the wreck Of fast freight train on the
New York Central a mile east Of here to-
day. The five wreck victims were beat.
ing their way on the train, which was
running at rapid rate when a car truck
broke. The car was derailed and others
- the rear followed until 20 or more had
crashed together and were strewn in all
directions. tearing up rails and roadbed
for hundreds Of feet.
From the wreck the dead body Of an
unidentified man was taken. while Harry
Mcdonald of 80 Prescott street, st. Johns.
Newfoundland. a printer. was so badly
Injured that he died later In a hospital
at Amsterdam. Three men. Identity un-
known, who are missing. are supposed to
be under the debris OF a number Of cars
which were smashed to kindling and piled
high.
Father Morrissey, n local priest, was
one OF the first at the wreck and admins
tered the last rites to Mcdonald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
COLLAPSE OF SURGEON
DURING AN OPERATION

New York. Sept. 5.--Just after he had
made the primary nelson's upon a pa
tient in the home Of Mrs. Robert C.
Shymer at 10 West 41st street Tuesday
afternoon DIR. Henry Beglc, noted
English surgeon and one of the physi-
clans In the employ of the German EN-
peror, dropped beside the operating
table in comatose condition. The pa
tient had been under the influence OF
anaesthetics for some time and it was
9eared that he might recover conscious
facss while still on the table. Not know
ing how III Or. Begle might be. in adj
ditior. the nurses were thrown into a
state OF panic. One Of them however.
happened to think of DIR. J. C. Walker.
DR.. Walker is GA years old and has not
been actively practising for some time.
Tho nurse In question knew where to
find Dr. Walker and Il taxicab rushed
him to Mrs. Shymers house at ton
npeed. DR.. Walker Immediately picked
lip his stricken colleagues instruments
and finished the operation just as the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
CASES OF MUCH INTEREST.
Rutland County Court to Consider
Them at Term Opening Tuesday.

Rutland. Sept. S.-The September
term Of Rutland county court will
open here Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock with Judge T.. l.. Waterman
OF Brattleboro and Assistant Judges
H. NJ. Redield Of Hubbardton and Ed
win NJ. Horton OF Chittenden presid-
Ing. 1t Is to be a grand jury session
and among the cases to be considered
Is the sudden death of a Dandy man.
1t 10 said that a woman 10 under sus'
picion.
There are %3 divorce cases on the
docket at present but more always
como In on the hrst day OF the term
Forty-two cases are set for trial by
jury and 80 by the court. There are
number OF big civil cases which are
on the Calendar. One is the $4,000
negligence case against the Rutland
Railway Light 4 Power company
growing out of the accidental electro
cution of r. A. Laurence and there
are five other negligence cases against
the electric concern. The city OF Rut-
lana has negligence case to hght
ana the State OF Vermont has case
against J. T. Lanahan Of this city to
collect the bond on a liquor license.
the defendant having been prosecut-
ed for violating his license,