davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-04-10
No. SIS
Report OF the conditio Of
The
Blabon State Bank

at Blabon, in the State OF North Dakota, at
the close OF business Apr, 4, 1917 ~
Loans and SO. 1888 oR :
Overdrlfts secured and unsecured. 673 81
Items in Transit IA *
Banking house furniture and fix
pd lures 5000 90
posits ...... 500 90
Due from other banks. 49,. S .4G5 2s
cash. 2.W7 Is 12.432 A
Iotal -. SO. 172 4S
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. ... s 10000 on
= unu. 500 90
and taxes paid ..:.."... 29s 20 =
tndlv. deposits subj ect
to heck........... 2a,544 10
Demand certificates Of
Time certificates Of de-
Bills Payable. 49,. -. 10000 90
S76. 172 4s
State Go of NORTH s pakota, IS
named bank. do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge
and belief. T.. 70: SELL.
Cashier.
day of Apr, 1918 ~.
lsEALl ~ Ella Sonstrud
Notary Public Steele County, North Dakota.
Correct Attest. j. D, Brown
NIB. Cassellf lNrectors u
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-04-10
36s.
Report of the condition of The
COLGATE STATE BANK,

a, Colgate, in the State of North Dakota
at the close of business, APR, 4th. 1913.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ...... ..... s 1888 II
OVerdrafts. secured and unsecured 81 II
Warrants. stocks. tax certificates
CLAIMS. etc :. 8 AZ
Bonds TO secure Postal Savings 500 90
Banking house, furniture and fix
Due from other banks: sis.sse 81 ''V'' ~
Checks and other cash
4OU ~
Cash.....:..".... $3.50. 1852 90 1928 ~
Total,..:. ........ S19.153 20
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. ... 100000 90
surplus fund 1000 90
Undivided profits less expenses
and taxes paid :. Observation-Disclosures. 1859 OIL
Indiv. deposits subject
to check.........:.. $23,2O1 81
Demand certificates Of d.
r aiePo sart t;; Z, E. 1851 40
post. .......... 49,. 32,O78 40
Due to other banks !. 2.T32 70 59,594 10
Bills payable, 5000 90
Total. ...... s7s.15s 20
STATE OF NORTH DAKorA, -
County OF Steele.
I. H. P. Rice. CashiertSof the above named
bank. do solemnly swear that the above state.
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
H. RICE, Cashier.
day Of Apr. 1913.
(seaD Notary Public.
I'D. Brown,
Correct. Attest: ME- Cassel. directors.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
LOVE SONGS OF THE FROGS

The love songs of the frogs seemed
hardly less wonderful than those of
the birds, their musical notes varying
from the sweet, tranquil, soothing,
peeping and purring of the hylas to
the awfully deep, low bass, blunt bel
lowing Of the bull frogs.
Some of the smaller species have
wonderfully, clear sharp voices and
told us their good Bible names as the
"Whippoorwill Isaac-Isaac, Yacob- va
cob Israel-Israel," shouted in sharp,
ringing, far-reaching tones, as if they
had all been to school and severely
drilled in elocution.
In the still warm evening, big
bunchy bullfrogs beloved, Drunk!
Drunk! Jug-o'rum! Jug-o -rum!" and
early in the spring countless thou
sands of the commonest species, up
to the throat in cold water, sang in
concert making a mass of music, such
as it was, loud enough to be heard at
a distance of more than half a mile
Far, far apart from this loud marsh
music is that OF the many species of
hylas, a sort Of soothing, immortal
melody filling the airlike light
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
WEDDING RING ON HER FOOT

Al Eastboune, England. resides a
woman probably without an equal in
the world. She was borr minus arms,
yet she can do almost anything with
her feet Her name Is Mrs. Peirce,
and recently she attended q dinner
given TO the old people OF the town
by the local Lodge OF BufIaloes.
She surprised everybody present by
placing her feet upon the table. and,
picking up her knife and fork with
marvellous deXterity, commenced to
enjoy the feast, She manipulated the
knife and fork quite as we'll as any
ordinary person would with her
hands, and although she looked very
uncomfortable with her feet on the
table, she was quite at ease.
One had to look very closely TO dis.
cern that Mrs. Peirce was actually
using her feet, and had anyone been
looking round and had not known Of
her inhrmity, they would have passed
without noticing anything, so natural
did she look
As housewife. Mrs. Peirce is truly
wonderful She cooks the dinner,
cleans the house; in fact. she fulfills
and very creditably, too-almost all
OF the duties Of a housewife. She
has had seven children. but of these
SIX have died The seventh, however,
is married, and Mrs. Peirce is now
grandmother The other children did
not die early, and up to the time of
their deaths, Mrs. Pierce did not re-
quire any assistance in order 10 ade-
quately attend TO them.
This unique woman wears her we'd
ding-ring on the left foot When she
was married she was asked If she
would care to sit down for the bride
groom to place the ring on the toe,
but she refused, and, lifting her foot
TO the level of her husbands waist
with the greatest OF ease. the neces-
sary performance was successfully
carried out
Then, again, Mrs. Peirce can write
excellently with the left foot and can
perform the art OF needlework TO a
wonderful degree OF excellence. She
works with the left foot and guides
the material with the right.
When asked to hand" anything,
Mrs. Peirce does So with perfect ease
and comfort. Should the article asked
for be on the sideboard or on the
piano, her foot would leisurely lift
itself up to that particular place. and
the request would be fulfilled II IS
said that Mrs. Peirce's feet are far
more capable than the hands of some
nennle
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
NO TAXES ARE PAID HERE

The prospect Of new taxes will not
perturb the inhabitants of Innishmur-
ry, an island off Sligo, Ireland, who
for many years have defed collectors
Of both rates and taxes. There is no
direct communication with the island
and in recent report to the local gov.
ernment board it was stated that the
rate collector could find no boatman
bold enough to take him across.
Some years ago two rate collectors
who tried to land in Innishmurry were
driven off by showers Of stones. The
population, which consists Of about IA
families, is said to be a happy com
munity. One of the islanders, a very
old man, acts as ruler and settles any
disputes that arise, but these are rare.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

This, the largest and most delicate
seismograph ever built, was complet.
ed a few months ago for the American
Museum Of Natural History, New
York. A few days after it was in.
stalled It recorded an earthquake in
Alaska, 3,100 miles away The ex-
traordinary sensitiveness Of the in
strument is such that it is affected by
heavy winds and even wave-beats on
the sea beach in order to obtain this
freedom Of motion the instrument in
stalled in the museum, a strong frame
of angle iron supporting the steady
mass, rests on a concrete pier whose
base is firmly cemented to the solid
rock beneath the building. The pier,
furthermore, is entirely free from con
tact with the building or its floors. so
that no local vibration can be trans
mitted to the delicate registering ap-
paratus The steady masses are sua-
pended in such a manner that they
act as horizontal pendulums, so that
their own plane of oscillation is tan
gent to the surface of the earth. The
horizontal axes of the masses, along
which they are free to move, are at
right angles to each other, The diff
ferentiaI motion between the earth
and the pendulums is what is record
ed and measured by means OF stylus
that rests lightly upon the surface Of
smoked paper which is drawn slowly
under IL mnking a white line
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
~ AEggI Meaqaas RaagmanC zwAAaR7(

the mistress sits at the receipt Of Gus
tom.
The main street presents a constant
succession Of interests. ancient and
modern. A motor dashes along the
narrow causeway, bounding over the
uneven cobbles, its six cylinders snort
ing defiance TO all old-time institutions
A team of stolid oxen, drawing a pom
derous wagon of a type unchanged for
nearly two thousand years, bars the
way. There is not room for the two.
BY sheer inertia the product OF the
first century triumphs over that OF the
twentieth, which coughs and splutters
with impatience as it finds itself re-
duced to following its rival at an un-
easy two miles per hour. At evening
time one appreciates most fully the
romance of the place. The mellow
tones of the vesper bells from the
cathedral are heard softly swelling
and falling over the town; uncon-
sciously almost, one is drawn in their
direction. On turning the corner of
side street, the towers of the cathedral
suddenly come into view, with the
mighty Grand Combin soaring into the
blue armament $4,000 feet above. In
the last rays Of the sun, which have
long since left the valley, the SHOWS
of the mountain flash and redden as If
no longer cold, but glowing with in
ternal fires, and as they turn from pink
to vivid crimson they appear to float
above the earth, and the mere thought
of climbing them seems an empty
dream. The mule paths that wind
over the nearer hills lead past numer-
GUS wayside shrines. each containing
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

its waxwork figure of saint or Madon-
ma, illumlned by a glimmering light,
and before which, at this hour, kneel'
ing peasant may often be seen. The
spirit OF devotion is always strong
among a mountain people. a scarcely
surprising circumstance in localities
where even the greatest OF human
constructions are dwarfed into insight
ficanee by the grandeur of the Alpine
masses.
Within the cathedral. candles here
and there family reveal the curious
mosaics OF the tenth century and the
rich carving Of the early Renaissance
stalls. I'm which the forms Of flowers
and fruits are so ingeniously wrought
that they seem like the living reality.
Near at hand is remnant OF the first
Christian church of the valley, a
small altar on whose worn steps, as Is
testified by an inscription, have prayed
40 generations Of Aostans. Scattered
through the building are peasants in
devotional attitudes. perfectly oblivi'
! Gus To passers-by, with eyes fixed on
the distant lights of the great altar
and with lips moving with oftrepeated
prayers. The shrine Of Notre Dame
de Grace within one of the side cha
pels is specially favored by the ma
tives There would seem TO be some.
thing in the alteration of the Virgin
particularly adapted to the southern
temperament. Throughout Italy, II
one may judge by the number OF stat
ues and paintings and dedications,
she is given precedence over all other
personages. Laborers returning from
their daily occupation, valley dwellers
from the market place and townfolB
throughout the day, kneel before the
altar on the wooden Pre- Dieu, mutteI
a few aves and paters and then pro
ceed on their course. Quite apart |
from their religious suggestions, an
cient structures and symbols have an
influence that is felt by the most ma |
terialistic temperament. They would |
almost appear to retain something oi |
the spirit of the devotees with whom |
they have been associated through the |
slow revolving centuries. They teach |
lessons and impart ideas not to be
found in books of history, and win
doubtless continue to do so long after
the usages that gave them their first
significance have passed away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
BIRD-HUSBAND WAS DUTIFUL

Of all the birds he had studied. said
w. Farren, in a recent lecture at the
British Royal Photographic society's
exhibition, none showed conjugal af-
fection in quite the same way as the
herons of Andalusia, in Spain. When
ever the two parents relieved each
other at the nest they Invariably
crossed their necks in momentary
embrace, after which the newcomer
took up the duties Of sitting, and the
other few away The brown backed
herons never omitted this affectionate
salutation Speaking Of the famous
egret "heronry" in the same district,
Mr. Farren said that the egret wore
its coveted plumes with far more
grace than he had ever seen any lady
wear them. The slaughter of these
birds in the nesting season was pitia.
BILE. Frequently the parents birds were
robbed of their plumes and left to die,
while the young ones starved in the
nest. The Americans, he was glad to
say, were doing their best to stop the
traffic in osprey plumes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

mount importance in education. We
train the conscious intelligence. but
wholly neglect the harmonizing of
those deeper emotional states on which
music and the elements in all the
arts which are akin to music play so
powerfully. Plato held that the in
PRODUCTION of new kind Of music
might imperil the whole state, by
subtly insinuating a disturbing infu-
ence into the character of the citizens.
And really we have only to remember
how different we feel in room that
is nobly proportioned and in room
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

] Il week elapSeS WITHOUT llS ldll Ol lIeSH
snow, gives place with startling rapid
ity to the olive groves and vineyards
of the valley 5000 feet below Here
| the difference OF few thousand feet
produces a richness of variety that
could only be experienced by the ira
verse of thousands of miles on the
more level parts Of the world. II is
| this diversity that gives Aosta its par
! ticular charm. There is probably not
another town in Europe of equal i'm
portance that is so closely overshad-
owed by great peaks. To this day 1t
remains, as Pliny termed 1t, the last
town in Italy on the northwest; and it
Is doubtless due TO this seclusion that
II has so completely maintained the
character given to it by it's Roman
builders. To the traveller fresh de-
scended from the icy wastes above,
the quaint mixture of Roman and
medieval antiquities with the modern
life of the town provides the most
agreeable of contrasts Picturesque
street vistas greet him at every turn;
at every step he is reminded of the
doings Of a bygone age. Here is a
massive Roman bridge half sunken in
the ground. which once spanned a
tributary river that has long since left
its ancient channel Near by is
street crucifix reared close by an arch
way beneath the houses through which
pass peasants, priests and soldiers to
the surrounding villages. Few pass
the shrine without making salutation;
Aostans in general are particularly de-
vout as compared with the natives of
other Italian towns. On market days
the street is traversed by peasants of
the valley, gay with many-colored |
scarves, bringing in their produce In |
their native carts and on the backs |
of asses. These animals are larger |
than the common gray species, dark |
in color and often quite handsome |
beasts. A few yards distant is the
Honorary Arch of Augustus and the |
massive Roman walls, q feet in |
height, which to this day still exist in |
their entire circuit. Blind men and |
cripples support themselves against |
the weatherworn masonry of the |
eastern gate, the Porta Praetoria, keep |
ing up a continuous wall, calling upon
passers-by to regard them in their
pitiful loss of sight and health and in
voking loud blessings on all and sun
dry to mark appreciation for favors
to come.
A short ramble through the narrow
streets gives many indications of the
Bub-alpine character of the town. Here
is a cobbler's shop. its exterior deco
rated by half a dozen chamois skins.
with horns and hoofs intact. Next to
it is gunsmiths, with implements of
the chase and ice axes of a primitive
type. Metalware shops abound, at
tracting notice by thier array Of pol
ished copper. The windows are filled
with the glitter of COW bells and metal
studded collars of varying shapes.
Milk churns, pans and strainers, and
the huge copper cauldrons used In
cheese-mal1ing CLEAN like mirrors in
the dark little interiors, frequently en-
on to the pavement, where
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

H. W. rieenor' tising your pills, and
resolved to try them. did, and took
only two boxes, and l am now sound
and well. l regard my cure as remark
able. can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills to any one who is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as was" Write to Mr.
Fleenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or oodd's Medicine Co,
Buffalo, N. Y, Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
(English and German words) and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
PATTERNS ALL HAVE VALUE
Their Meaning May Be Subtle, but
They Undoubtedly Have Effect
on the Human Mind.

No pattern is without meaning. Just
like related tones Of music, the rela-
ton Of tones and colors or Of lines
and spaces in a pattern appeal to
something in us below the surface
Of ordinary consciousness, perhaps, but
all the more sensitive on that account.
The Greeks gave to music a para
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
Welcome CHANCE.

Before you take this house," said
the honest real estate agent, Il wish
to tell you something that is against
it."
What is that?" said Hemmandhaw.
TITS right next to a boiler shop"
AS he took out his wallet to make
the first payment, Hemmandhaw Ne.
plied:S
"Oh, that's all right! The family
next door to where we now live haA
parrot a phonograph and "A pair al
twins Judge
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

Where's what's his name, the lead
ing romantic actor of his day?"
"Kean Kemble? Why, he's filming at
4 thousand week" And where's
Patty Lind, the marvellous young so
prano?" She's cabareting at two
hundred night"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
oNE-HANDED GIRL PIANIST

Miss Evelyn Webb is the only sin.
gle.handed pianist who has won both
the silver and bronze medals In the
London College of Music examina-
tions Miss Webb. who is sixteen
years old, lost the use OF her right
hand at an early age, but with her left
hand can play difficult music at sight.
When fourteen years old she won a
special merit certificate at the STRAIT.
ford Musical festival and she has nu-
merous other trophies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

IE descent by car from the
st. Bernard Hospice to the
town Of Aosta is a swift
transition from the frigid to
the semi-tropic zones. The
sublime but savage desola-
tion of rocks and noun
tains. where, even in the
height of summer, scarcely
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

which has been built without any care
or idea of proportion, to realize how
strongly we are affected by these
silent influences. Think, too, how the
pattern of wall paper may affect us,
even though we may be quite uncon.
scious of what it is that makes the
difference. The very fact that we
talk Of patterns as gay, restless, de-
pressing, or the like, shows how they
respond to our moods.-The Atlantic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

This optimistic analysis Of the mo-
torious London fog goes on to aver
in all seriousness that "ones insides
are fabricated with the natural grease
In the air"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
Prudent In One MaY.

Here's a nickel, but I'm afraid you
will use It to buy whiskey."
Never fear, mum. I've taken some
big chances in my day, but | amt
never yet tackled any booze that could
be bought for a nickel a drink"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

to quit work, and
doctors failed to do
rue any good. ] kept
getting worse all the
time, and It at last
turned TO innamma'
tion of the Bladder,
and / had given up
all hope, when one
day ! received your
little booklet adyer-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move aud regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take
children like them, Used by motherl for2iyeara.
Al all drugRists, 2bc Sample mailed FREE.
Address, A. =. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y. Adv
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
SAWS Londonis Fou Is HealthY.

THE Londoner," writes Frederick
Rawlins, far from being harmed by
the sooty air he breathes, is benefited.
| maintain that long residents in Lon
don gradually absorb SO much carbon
in the form of SCOT they become, to all
intents and purposes, like walking fill
ters and their food is naturally puri-
fed.
"As to their lungs, II must be OBJ
Vious that, crusted with carbon, as
they are, and nourished on It, their
lives are greatly prolonged"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
SUFFERED FOR 25 YEARS.

MI. r. M. Fleenpr, R, f, D. 80, Otter
bein, Ind, writes; 81 had been a suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about 20
years. l finally got so bad that l had
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

Shimmerpate-Wh is the matter
with Susie? Has she got cramps?
Mrs Shimmerpate-No she is sim.
ply practicing the debutante slouch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

There are women carpenters in
Thibet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12

Mrs. Mamie Turner, the old lady
here pictured, lives at one of the
lodges of Cholmondeley castle, Che
shire, England, which has been her
home for more than so years. Though
she is more than a hundred years old,
she retains all her faculties and pos
sesses a strength which is remarkable
in one of her years. Besides attend
ing to household duties, she makes
it her business to go into the woods
daily to gather fuel for the fire.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-12
The Reason.

THAT man looks grave"
why so?"
"IIe's buried In thought"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28

lishment directly across the street
from his main store. which he con-
ducts under another name, to cater to
a cheaper class Of patrons. His two
places give him a monopoly OF the
business.
Shelton & Willis, successful Negro
undertakers at Indianapolis, Inds re-
Gently purchased the large stone
church adjoining the Colored Y. M. G.
A. there. which they proposed to re-
model and make one of the finest. and
most modern undertaking establish-
ments, white or colored. in Indiana
polls.
The $4,000 Colored Pythian Tenn
pie at Evansville. Ind, will be ready
for occupancy in December. The first,
or ground, floor will have q motion
picture theatre and store rooms. the
second floor will have office rooms
and an auditorium, while the third
floor will be fitted up with lodge
rooms.
One Of the most successful real es-
tate dealers in Indianapolis Is J. Wal
ter Hodge. Mr.. Hodges office Is right
down to date, and the volume Of bust
ness annually transacted by him runs
nm info ,fha hupdrod fbou ands
Logan H. Stewart, one Of the most
successful Negro real estate dealers
and builders in Indiana, has recently
established a factory for the manu-
facvture of cement building blocks at
Evansville, Ind, and is operating it
most successfully with an entire
crew Of Negro employees.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO.
BY Or. Booker T. Washington, In the
"Worlds Work Magazine, New York
City, November, 1919 ....

II am trying to get the white PEG.
pie to realize that since no color line
is drawn In the punishment of crime,
no color line should be drawn in the
preparation for life, in the kind of
education, in other words, that makes
for useful. clean living. am trying
to get the white people to see that in
hundreds Of counties in the South
It is costing more to punish colored
people for crime than It would cost to
educate them. am trying to got all
to see that ignorance, poverty, and
weakness invite and encourage the
stronger race to act unjustly toward
the weak. and that so long as this con.
dition remains. the young white men
Of the South win have q fearful handi.
cap In the battle Of life."