davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a RIA

sweet notes Of song, and to seek
suitable places to build their
nests, and We imagine that the
mails are laden with epistles
from Betsy Jane giving forth
walls in strains somewhat SINH
lar t" the following
Hubby, dear hubby, come home
to me now,
From the clty and state house so
warm,
IT'S lonely without you, why do
you not come,
And see to things on the farm?
You told me when you were cleo
ted last fall,
If | would hut once let you go,
You surely get home before
March was gone,
And | really believed 'twould be
so.
Hubby, dear hubby, come home
to me now,
Come home ere the springtime is
through
The old br;ndle COW has a white
calf,
And the lambkins are bleating
for you,
The hens have been setting a
fortnight or more,
They soon viii be off with their
hroods,
The old speckled turkey has stol-
en- her nest
Away in the brakes or the
woods,
Hubby, dear hubby, come home
to me now,
The garden needs spading for
peas,
The boys should be picking up
stones III the lot,
And you should be trimming the
trees,
When will you get through your
bills and resolves,
Stop talking prohibition and
rum,
OF pure food and gratis" and
other such things
And tend to your business at
home.
Hubby, dear hubby, pray what
do you mean
BY bighballs, gin rickeys and
bud"
Old Grow, "Jim Grow" and
Fallstaff and "skee"
And the geeser who hustles the
Suds.
You were always so proper and
tidy at home,
Yon never used language so
queer,
/ dyn't want to chide you, /
know you're so good,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14
JEFFERSON
CITY NOTES
The InteIIigencer Core.
spOndent Finds Many
Items of Interest.

In the Forty Years Ago
column in Kansas City Times of
March 3rd, we find this: "The
bill authorizing the construction
of 4 bridge over the Missouri
River at Lexington passed the
House today
From Auditor Gordon's report
we find that the state paid $26,
976 for printing the constitution
al amendments voted on at the
last %electioo in one paper in each
county of the state. In Ilafay-
cite County the amendments were
printed in the Higginsville JEFF
fers1nian, receiving therefor
$23t.60.
The Introduction of bills was
stopped by resolution on March
9th.
The p~ensioning of disabled
Confederate soldiers who r not
inmates of the Confederate Home
at IiIgginsyille, is proposed in a
measure by Mr.. Salts of Phelps,
vas %cngrossed by the House. The
Ill carries an appropriation Of
10000 to pay the pensions dur
ng the next two years. 1t pro-
tides that a roster of pensionable
ex-Cenfcderate be furnished by
the adjutant general. -Four dem
oarlta opposed the bill. These
were Representative Turley of
Carter Scott of Barry, Dugan
Of Webster and Shepperdson of
Ateilison. -Four republicans sup
por'ed the bill, being Represen-
tativc Witt o Franklin, Valen-
tine Of Putnam, CLANCY of st.
LOUIS and Hunt of Dent.
The bill Increasing the number
Of supreme Judges from seven to
MIN was properly killed in the
House.
The Boyd bill extending the
operation If the women's nine
honr law, now applicable to man
ufa turing, mercantile and me-
charical pursuits, laundries and
workshops, and to hotels, res
laurants, telephone and telegraph
companies, with certain eXcep-
ions, Wen to engrossment in
he House. CannerieS and pack
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14

ny con erns in cities under
10000 were exempted for not
to exceed ninety days during
the rush season. Telephone OPP
orators were exempted in cities
under 5000 population. The bill,
similarly amended, has been en-
crossed in the Senate. Practi-
CALI only household duties are
exempted rnder this bill.
The Senate has passed a bill,
introduced by Senator Craig, UNI
der the provisions of which
county superintendents Of public
schools viii have their neces-
sary travelling expenses paid by
the county court. These are
among the most useful county
Officials, and yet none whose
duties are so important and so
poorly paid. The vote on the
bill was unanimous.
&sR
The county unit local option
bill has passed both Houses, and
hav,rg no emergency clause, will
not go INTO effect until ninety
days after adjournment of the
Legislature. 1t was generally
believed the measure would be
in the Senate, but the
vote stood 20 in favor and -
opposed. Under this new law
counties hereafter will vote as a
whole rs to The adoption Of local
opt n. Ur der the present law
all towns Of $500 vote separate
the county. This new law
it is commended, will make Nil
sou; practically dry. Higgins
Will. at this time, is dry, having
voted un'er the $500 class but
hereafter viii vote with the
coW ty as 3 whole. This, how
ever, will not change matters
as It is understood anoth-
er local option bill introduced
will continue Higginsville in the
dry column, as well as many
other similar towns throughout
the state.
\ bill was sent to engrossment
prohibiting the name Of any
candidate going upon more than
one election ballot.
The newly appointed Demo
cratic officers at the Nevada
asylum are as follows: DR.. w
P. Bradley, of Windsor, superin-
tendent; DR.. c. B. Simoce, JEFF
City, J. W. Dawson, FL
Doredo Springs, w. A. Summers
If Laclede County assistant ply
,iciaus; Frank B. Galloway, Of
Nevada, steward; j. E. Huff, Of
secretary Of the board
zee B. Ewing Of Nevada, treas
rer; Miss Chambers of Appleton
Any bill in any way
}ity, matron.
ouching prohibition would
liberation to say nothing Of
passing it. Fifteen years ago
here were two prohibition states
n the union; now there are nine.
By the passage of the county
mite local option bill it is held
the next two years there
,ill be only three "wet' coun-
les in Missouri, Buchanan, jack
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14
SON and st. Louis counties.
A


have a voice, in ease of failure.
in naming the receiver. A wise
pro rision.
The House passed the BIZ con
ferring exclusive jurisdiction on
probete courts in counties Of less
than $4,000 inhabitants to pro
vide for the care and control of
delinquent children.
81
The Senate has passed the
bill su~spending the abolition Of
the convict labor leasing system
until Dec. 31st, 1915. The price
per day is fixed at IS cents.
Senator Crossley is the author.
A bill introduced allows sher-
lifts, marsbals and other prison
officials to charge Is cents a day
for the board of each prisoner.
Senator Crossley has intro
ducad n bill allowing county
~trreasurers one per cent for
handling school money.
A bill introduced allows jurors
to separate in capital cases on
con sent Of the prosecution and
defense.
Misses Anna Wood E~ggleston
and Francis Bowman of Licking
ton spent last week here visiting
the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
John p. Gordon. Compliment
tary Mrs. Gordon gave one of
her enjoyable teas, of which the
Jefferson City Democrat-Tribune
has this to say; Mrs. John P.
Gor5on's tea on Tuesday p. m.
was a pleasant affair as her en-
tertainments always are. A num-
Der of ladies called informally.
Among those who assisted were
Misses Francis Bowman, Anna
Wood Eggleston of Lexington,
Rachel Curry of Kansas City and
Misses Painter and Sarah Paint
err ct Carrolltcn, Martha Tin
Sly. Mrs. Morris Gordon, Mrs.
Willard King"
Governor Folks announce
mcnt for United States senator at
the 1914 election was enthusiast
tieally received by the House
members. SO far there are three
other candidates-Senator Stone,
Judge w. II. Wallace and Judge
W. w. Graves.
March fourth, Inaugural
ton day, the democratic mem
bers of the Senate and House had
joyous time. A resolution of
congratulation was sent Presi-
dent Wilson and ON the 7th, a
reply was received relative there
to.
The white slave bill. advocated
the W. G. T. U. has, passed
both houses, and only awaits the
governors signature in becoming
a law.
After a great battle the cit
tie red school house" or more
properly speaking, the rural
schools, ere to be cared for.
bills looking to the bring
ing IF all rural schools to an up
grade standard will likely be
enacted into laws. The general
purpose Of these bills is to pro-
vide State financial aid, the re-
.luirement being that the county
Or groups Of counties or districts
first have gone to the legal
$ of local assessment and
.axation for the raising of local
school revenues.
TIE report as to the location
If the reform school for negro
girls reported approving Of the
aIreadv nurchased at Tin
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14

It looks like the slogan Of the
1910 prohibition campaign, 'Mis-
souris going dry viii be made
good. At this time Of the ia
counties in Missouri, SO more
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14

TAe report as to the location
of the reform school for negro
girls reported approving Of the
site already purchased at Tip
ton A protest was filed against
locating it at Upton, but the
committee concluded that there
would be a protest no matter
where the same was located, so
this much vexed question is
definitely settled, providing the
legislature passes the bill now
before it establishing this public
institution.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14

Governor Folks announce
mcnt for United States senator at
the 1914 election was enthusiasts
tically received by the House
members. SO far there are three
other candidates-Senator Stone,
Judge w. II. Wallace and Judge
W. W. Graves.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-03-14
The Lexington InteIHgenoer.

a. W. ALLEN. Editor and Publisher.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
Daddy's Bedtime
~ Why the Old
OFOTV- Lion Pretended
To Be m

- AID daddy to Jack and Evelyn, Come and sit beside m and TIL tell
you q good story about Mr.. Lion and Mr. Fox
"Mr. Lion ws getting old, and he found 1t not 30 easy to hunt az
he had once done. He could not see the game 9 o well, and he could
not run so fast TO catch it.
Dear DEAR Mr.. Lion groaned; I'm getting SO thin that my W motheG
would hardly know mel
mfr. Lion scratched his head and thought very hard. Then his eyes
sparkled. The very thingl An excellent panP he cried. a
$50 he went nmpng out Of his den and sat down in the sun, grooming and
grundng Is loudly as he could.
HE knew very well that locke, who lived In the big palm trees lear his
cave would be snet to hear him.
Presently Jocko came swinging across the branches If the trees chatter
ing Is he came What's the matter, Mr.. LonF he asked.
"Oh, I'm 10 sick, 30 ickr moaned Mr.. Lion. Z doubt IL I'll ever be able
TO get about again.
.~ Eyes; I'm a poor lonely old lion without a friend IN the world the lion
went on, squeezing a tear or two out Of bis wicked old eyes 3
but / haven't deserved any better I've been a very wicked lion,
Tim sure I'm s@ry' the monkey murmured, and If there is anything 1
can do just mention it. -
IF you'd just ask them all to come and bid me gOodDy before I de- the
lion said In a broken voice, I could pass away in peace
"The monkey said he would give the message to all the Jungle folks
When they got it some of them snorted or grunted or growIed that they didn't
carea and that the jungle would be well rid Of old Mr. Lion.
"Ony the goat the zebra and the deer said they were sorry for the lion
and that, Is he vas too i'll to do any more harm to any one, they would stop
to see him, as he had asked. ."'
Mr. Fox went with them. When they neared the Hons den the fox said
he would step up and see whether the lion was well enough to rel company.
mfr. Fox peeped in, and there sat Mr.. Lion laughing and polishing OF
Jockos bones. He had eaten the monkey for dinner, the foolish little fellow
having come down to visit the lion. I'll. @.# aL
"The fox stole back to the other animals Friends said he, If any of US
go in to call o Mr.. Lion I'm afraid re will soon be feeling worse than he
does. Take my advice and go home . # ..~. /.
"And you nay be sure they went" A#
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
PERJURY IN COURT.

Judge Buttz of Devils Lake is to be
commended for his prompt action in
causing the arrest of u witness who
perjured himself on the stand by say
ing that he didn't know the differ
enCe between a glass of beer and a
glass of buttermiIk."
Judge Buttz promptly ordered the
mans arrest and held him to the next
term of court on a charge Of perjury
under $4,000 bond. The judge also
made a statement in which he said that
this kind of business would be stop
ped, that the time had come when no
man could come into that court and
make a joke out of his testimony.
If there were more Of this prompt
commonsense method Of squelchirs
those who try to make a fool out Of
the courts and a farce out of justice,
there would be less cause for criti-
cism of court methods. The Forum
believes that the judges have the
solution of man. Of the problems Of
court procedure in their own hands
if they have the back bone to put
them into practice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
PAST FIFTY? YOU
NEED "CASCARETS"
WHAT GLASSES ARE TO WEAK
EYES, cAscARETs ARE TO
WEAK soWELs-A 1o-CENT BOX
WILL TRULY AMAZE YOU.

Most old people must give to the
bowels some regular help, else they
suffer from constipation. , The condi-
ton is perfectly natural. 1t is just
as natural as it is for old people to
walk slowly. For age is never so
active as youth. The muscles r less
elastic. And the bowels are muscles.
So all old people need Cascarets.
One might as well refuse to aid weak
eyes with glasses as to neglect this
gentle aid to weak bowels. The
bowels must be kept active. This is
important at all ages, but so
much as at fifty.
Age is not a time for harsh physics.
Youth may occasionally whip the
bowels into activity. But a lash can't
be used every day. What the bowels
of the old need is a gentle and nat
ural tonic. One that al be constant
" used without harm. The only such
tonic is Cascarets and they cost only
10 cent per box at any drug store,
They work while you sleep.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
Telephone Man Tells How
A Laugh Cost Him a Million

IS. Ell . "EH. r- #f# H-## d. -sH .s q
| desk and took out a lot of drawings
and spread them out before him.
What is it," / ased him.
Wei sir he said, I've set for
hours at a time watching that burned
old telephone of. yours, cussing them
girls that's got it in for me, and figur-
ing u a plan to get even with EN-.
And I've got it. rye got the thing
right here that's going to throw every
one Of 'em out of a job. I've invented
a telephone that don't have to have
no central switchboard, nor no girls to
operate it; and there it is
wei sir, | looked over his plans,
and I saw right away that he had
made a wonderful discovery. And then
I tried to find out what was wrong
with his phone, and I soon found it.
He had an old tin sign with his name
On 1t hanging out in front, and 1t got
rusty, and he had a new one painted
and brought the old sign in the shop
and hung 1T on the rear wall over his
telephone. When his front door open
ed and shut, it caused a draft of air,
and the tin sign hanging on the wall
swung back and forth, and occasional
ly it would get caught in the two bind
ing posts that stuck up above the tele-
phone, and would short-cIrcuit it SO
the telephone would not work until
the door would open and another
draft would swing it free.
Stronger was not much Of an artist
and his drawings were very crude, but
he had a good idea all right. He pro-
posed to me that If I would help him
with his plans and get them in shape
SO he could apply for a patent he would
give me 10000 shares of stock in the
company he intended to organize to
put the invention on the market, and
agreed. He came with his
the next Suday to my office in the
telephone building, and i fixed up his
drawings and he sent them tic Wash
lngton and was granted a patent for
the automatic telephone.
He sold out his undertaking bust
ness and took his patent to Chicago
and rented a suite of rooms in the
Rookery building, and put up a work
ing model of his automatic telephone
there and then sent for me to come
and see 1t in operation. / went, and,
while his device was practical and
worked to perfection, 1t was put Up SIC
awkwardly and the workmanship on ii
was so crude that when he opened a
closet door to show it to me, and ]
saw the clumsy soldered connections
on the wires / laughed long and loud.
| couldn't help it.
But the laugh cost me 81, 1000, 900.
Old Stronger slammed the closet door
shut. He was mad as a hornet, and he
turned his back ON me and wouldn,t
speak to me again. He wouldn't even
answer the letters I wrote him after /
returned to Kansas City.
soon afterWard he organized a
company with $50, 600 capital to push
his invention, and that was the begin
ming of the great Automatic Telephone
Co. Before ! could go to Chicago
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
ArausViHe. News,

Argusviiie, N. D., Feb. 24.-To The
Forum: The Yeomen lodge members
will give a masquerade dance Feb.
%. A good time is anticipated.
The Ladies' Aid gave a social Sat
urday evening. They having a nicely
arranged programme and lots of good
things to eat for which they received
q. nice sum of money.
H. ByerS is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hagemeister are
both on the sick list.
Miss Myrtle Bush, who has been
very sick with the measles, is get
ting along nicely.
The Ladies' Aid is invited to meet
with Mrs. N. A. Erickson, March 6.
Rev. Mr.. Muller, pastor of the Con-
gregational church is spending a
couple of weeks in Chicago with rela-
tives and friends.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Boughton came
out from Fargo for the social Sat-
urday evening. They. gave a nice
selection on the piano and mandolin,
They stayed over Sunday with Mrs.
.Boughton's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Kennedy.
Miss Gertie yeitch is VISITING her
mother, Mrs. Geo. Veitch for a few
days.
Floyd Washburn of Trotter, N. D.,
is visiting at McLean's.
Miss Mary. Mclean is teaching in
district No. 81, Berlin township, Mr..
Clark, their former teacher, having
been called to his home in Illinois on
account of serious illness. Cor. A.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
PREDICTING A SILENT CITY.

Maxim, whose inventions along the
noise rather than quiet, has y plan for
a noiseless city. In it's earlier stages
the silenCer will be adapted more for
isola ting single buildings, Offices or
a very limited area. Details Of the
scheme have not been given ou-, but
it is supposed to provide for the alb
sorption of sound waves by an inst"u-
ment which sends out neutraliZing
waves. "a noiseless city is close at
hand" the inventor is quoted as say
ing. Maxim is already the invento:
Of a nolseless gun, and is both an
authority on the production and sup
preston of noise.
For those who live amid the roar
of a big city, nature softens the
sound by rendering the hearing less
acute. Much of the din which seems
so marked to the visitor accustomed
to quieter surroundings falls on ears
rendered Callous by constant assault.
In the country the Chirp Of the bird,
WIG 49, u NHS GA
lures, the signing of the winds are
recorded by human impression which
would in large part escape the per-
son whose daily life is spent in
factory or busy hive of industry. But
even the most sensitive human ear
fails to catch the reputed music of
the spheres" around and above us.
Noise-racked human nerves could
be relieved by the kindly aid of the
siIencer, sick rooms protected and the
h]arshness of everyday life modified.
Pocket silencers might be invoked
against the loud talking friend. who
would be curbed by the knowledge
that when his tone Of voice got be-
yond 100 1t would be inaudible. The
Society for the Prevention of Use
less Noises would also have a power
full ally.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28

Kansas City Star: A laugh at the
wrong time lost Herman w. Ritten
hoff $1,000, 900. Mr.. Rittenhoff is the
contracting superintendent of the
Home Telephone Co. For thirty-five
years he has been working for differ
ent telephone companies in Kansas
City. and it hasn't soured his temper
nor worn the edge off his happy dis
position, nor smothered his hearty
laugh. But he laughed once in the
wrong place, n that gave him one
of his best stories.
did l ever tell you how I missed be-
ing a millionaire 2" is the way he be-
gins this story. MOP. Well. the
chance came to me twenty years age
when I was working for the old Bell
Telephone Co. Its offices then were at
Sixth and Wyandotte streets and we
used the old Blake transmitter, a tel
ephone that had a crank in the front OF
the box, which you whirled around a
half dozen times to call central. One
of our customers was A.. b. Stronger,
al undertaken, who had his place of
business on the north side of West
Ninth street between Wall and Wyan-
dotte streets. Strower had more
trouble with his telephone than any
other mar in town and, as / was the
trouble man, all of his complaints came
to me. Nearly every day he would
call me up and complain and curse
and threaten and, tear around about
his telephone. / sent every workman
in the office down there at different
times, but they lever could find any
thing wrong with his phone, and this
always Increased the fury of old Strow-
GER
Whenever your men come to my
phone works all right, and as soon as
they go away the dad burned old phone
refuses to work. he used to ay. j
tell you, it's the girls at the switch
board. They've got it in for me-
He became possessed of the idea
that the girl operators were systemat-
ically working against him, and he
was SO convinced of this that he got to
hate them and the next idea was one
of revenge against them.
I'm going to put every girl tele-
phone operator out of a job one of
these days he said to me one time
over the phone.
"The climax came. one day when a
friend of his, whose wife had just died,
tried to reach the undertaken yer the
phone and could not do so, and then
called another undertaken and Strow-
ger lost the patronage. And so / de-
cided to go myself to Strowger's place
and see what was wrong with his
phone. When / went in he stormed
and raved about the money he had lost
and the girl operators.
TITS those girls in the central Of
flee that's doing it, Ritternorf,' he said
to me. But I'm going to get even with
'em. I'm going to put e. ory last one
Of 'em out of a job. Look at this
And he pulled out a drawer Of his
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-28
Short Course for Women Grows.

Fourteen counties OF Missouri are
represented in the short course for
women, which is now holding it's Sec
ond winter session at the Missouri
College Of Agriculture. Lewis and
Newton counties each have three
students. while Andrew, Lincoln and
Boone counties have two students
each. The remaining nine students
represent as man different counties
of Missouri.
This is a seven-weeks' course be-
ginning with the opening of the uni
versity after the Christmas holidays.
and continuing until Feb. ri. 1t is
one Of the many new projects BY
which the Missouri College Of Agricul-
ture seeks to extend its educational
advantages to all people and ali
classes in the state. lit started last
winter with an enrolment of four
teen. The 80 per cent increase in
the Eecond winter following It's es-
adjustment indicates the popularity
which will be accorded 1T after ii
has become well established and the
people of Missouri have come to-
recognize that a bright girl lis entitled.
to the same chance which Is now
Freely accorded her brother.