davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

ing has made him n expert in diseases of the fnny youngsters.
Once the $4,000 is secured, it is proposed to retain a male fish pstholog1st
who has made a life work of one of the strangest paths of scientific endeavor
known. There are barely a score of recognized fish Psychologists sin tn United
States at the present time, it is said, and one of the possible sources OF DIM
Guilty the government may experience is the employment of such an expert
a a salary of only $4,000 a year. He will be required to make his headquar
tms at Washington and receive here the reports of threatened outbreaks OF
It is not particularly well known to the general public that trout and
salmon are greatly troubled with a disease which in the human being would
be considered somewhat close to a gotre. This is a swelling of the thyroid
gland in the throat Of a salmon or a trout, which soon becomes apparent by
a swelling Of the throat, and eventually results in the death Of the afflicted
fish. At the present there is no known remedy for the disease, and 1t is to
begin a study of this and similar ailments that the bureau of fisheries is ask
ing for a fish doctor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

worked upon the a%eroplane, Durand
had brought the dirigible almost to
perfection. And, at the moment when
he was about to see his invention
adopted by the French army, he had
committed murder-a foul, mex
cusable murder while under the in
fiuence Of absinthe, to which he had
become addicted by reason Of the
mental strain he had undergone.
He was shipped to New Caledonia,
but, after serving three years there,
he was pardoned and disappeared
from the haunts of his associates.
That was a year ago, and since then
nothing had been heard of him.
Il want to do something for my
country, Durand explained.
"You shall be attached to the aero
plane DIVISION answered Lamarche'
Durand laughed quietly. II do not
wish to become a private aviator
he said. Il have a plan by which you
can capture Fort Gleichen."
What is it?" asked Lamarche i'm
patiently. He had had a thousand
plans submitted to him during the
past three months.
"Give me a thousand pounds Of
melinite,' answered Durand, "and
will blow it into the earth, I will
blow away all traces Of it."
IF there is a thousand pounds O
melinite to spare in France you shall
have 1t, provided you can convince
me of the feasibility Of your scheme
the general answered.
1T Is very simple" replied Durand
in the mountains Of the Vosges
where I have lived during the las
year, l have my perfected dirigible
/ will load it with a thousand pound
Of melinite, which is ais much as !
will carry, in addition to my owl
weight. / will steer it above For
Gleichen, pull the valve open, afte
calculating the descent, and escape 4
my parachute. The balloon will dro'
squarely into the center of the for
and blow it from the face of tn
earth"
They talked over the project 70
a while, and the more Durand e,
planned, the more feasible his propose
appeared to the French general.
OF course, from an aeroplane, onl
small bombs could be dropped. Blu
there was no reason why a balloo
should not contain a thousand pound
Of melinite, an explosive dead
enough to obliterate all trace Of th
famous stronghold that barred the a,
vance of the army. It was obviou
furthermore, that the dead weight
the load, after the valve had bee
opened, would send the dirigible
earth with a speed and aim that not
ing could avert. N
Seven days later Durand, with
thousand pounds Of melinite in b
dirigible balloon, and the parachu'
attached to the aluminium stern, roI
slowly above the French camp IN
the air.
From the walls of the fortress Il
besieged general. glass to his eye
watched and wondered at this ne
%ananeuver.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Rival Authors.

Charles Reade's famous novel, THE
Cloister and the Hearth"-was re-
ferred to by its author as "a good me-
dieval story One-ifth Of the ma
terial in "The Cloister and the Hearth"
first made its appearance as a serial
in Harper's Weekly in 1859. under the
title "a Good Fight" AT the same
time, says the author OF THE House OF
Harper" Dickens "A Tale OF Two
Cities" was being seriaIized In the
same journal. Reade, not entirely sat
isied with the agents offer. wrote the
Harpers in regard to payment: VA
Good Fight is q masterpiece. "A Tale
of Two Cities is not e masterpiece.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
HousehoId HInt FrOm RATHER.

(You could write your name on the
table, it was that dusty.) Suppose"
saidf father, peering w his glasses
i(eyd glasses) at his industrious rag
playing daughter, Il say, suppose you
stop hammering on the 'Mendelssohn
Rag for a while, and practice with
the dust-rag an hour or two. think
mother would be pleased"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Make sunflower Useful.

In some countries, notably in the
Russian provinces north Of the eau
casus, the sunflower serves other pur-
poses besides ornamenting gardens
with its huge golden blossoms, The
seeds are used to make oil, which is
employed both in the manufacture Of
soap and in cooking. The stems and
leaves are burned and the ashes used
to make potash. Last year the sun
flower factories Of the Caucasus pro
duced $4,000 tons Of potash.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

congregate a. lunch hours and regae themselves with foods and milk. Vt is
not so much that the bugs Chamber down the sides O. empty milk bottles
and eagerly lap up the succulent drops of the white fluid. The judge hasn't
tie slightest desire to deprive poor hungry bugs of their sustenance.
But the Judge has a decided feeling against the bugs eating up the thou
sands of drawings and descriptions of patents stored in the galleries. 1t
appears that the bugs, after feeding on milk left by ktndhearted employees of
the department, are still hungry, and go foraging around in the files for
choice documents upon which to finish their repasts. Perhaps it is wrong to
drink first and eat afterward, but these are bugs. remember. and there is no
accounting for what bugs will do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

clerk of the interior department, has
anything to say in the matter-and he
has everything to say, as a matter
of fact.
The judge has just issued an edict
that milk bottles-either full, half full
or empty-are to disappear at once
from the precincts Of the patent office.
It is not so much that the bugs scram-
BILE in gangs and troops from all cor
2ers and crevices of the patent office
and. invade the galleries where the
EMPLOYEES OF the office are wont to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

ing the fiscal year 1912 the number was 1897.
This office" says General Andrews, has identified by means of this sys-
TEN dead men who were former soldiers and whose identity could not be salts
factorly established in any other way Is well as civil offenders who sought
to evade arrest for their crimes by enlBting in the army under assumed
names, and soldiers who left impressions of their fingers while in tn act OF
committing some serious ofense.
ct is undoubtedly true that the use of fngerprnt records and photo
graphs has deferred criminals from attempting to enter the army for the
purpose of escaping detection and arrest by the civil authorities"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
stiIl s~peakIna.

eShe' told Percival never to speak to
her again and he said, oh, very well!'
and left her"
"And they don't speak?"
ooh, yes, they do. She saw to
that. She went Immediately and Sc
cured a situation as a telephone opera
tor"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
QUITS.

"Your boys we're in my ~appletree
again" observed the nrst suburbanite.
IF you say anything more about Il"
declared the second ditto, TN send
you the doctors bill."-PhiladelphiL
Ledger
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

likes to do nice things for them and
pay them little attentions. The third
assistant postmaster-general, Alexan-
der Dockery, is another bachelor. At
his home in Missouri he is a political
force. He was at M time governor
of the state.
There is also John Barrett, direc-
tor of the Pan-American union. He is
a man Of some means, with a taste
for society.
The presence Of the diplomatic
corps in Washington naturally means
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Many Eligible Bachelors in the National Capital

VIZ AsHINGToN has a long list of eligible bachelors. Among them is the
w new associate justice of the Supreme court, Judge McReynods. How
exe he is by no means q misogamist: He is fond Of the society Of girls and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Bugs, Deprived Of Food, Desert the Patent Office

pUGs of varied shapes and hues no longer lap up milk with great gusto in
ID the patent Office as of yore. The good old days of Bugdoms free dairy
lunch in that building have passed forever. il Judge James l. Parker. chief
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24

experts in the employ Of the govern
ment that epidemics among infant ish
at government hatcheries cost more
than 81, 1000, 900 a year. These epfdem-
les usually occur among fish less than
six months of age, and the damage
worked by disease is greatly increased
when the adult value of the fish Is
taken into consideration.
For $4,000 a year, officials of the
bureau say they a obtain the seFv-
ices of a fish pathologist, whose train
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Finger-Print System Proves Useful to the Army

ORIG. GEN. GEORGE ANDREWS, as aduant general of the army, has
ID made a report to the war department in regard to the successful opera
ton of the fngerprnt system Of Identification in the detection of military
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-24
Fish Doctor Wanted for Government Hatcheries

UTAsHINGToN-Congres has been asked by the bureau of fisheries of the
w department of commerce for a n appropriation of $500 annually to cover
the salary of a family physician for all the domesucated fishes of the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
CREAMERY buIliR
PRICES REDUCED
Only Feature of Fair Day on
Morris Avenue-Shipment
of Hens Received

The drop of IL cents in the price OF
creamery butter was the only feature of
fair day on Morris avenue yesterday.
The reason given is supply and demand"
The supply here is very good and the
demand somewhat short.
y good shipment of hens arrived yes
terday and merchants say the eonsign-
ments may be expected with some degree
of regularity in the future. The demand
is beginning to show strength and the
price is firm at Is cents. Few fryers are
being received at the present time, but
there is steady demand for the ship
ments. The fryer season will begin in
earnest about April or even as early as
March 15 one lone turkey was seen yes
terday afternoon on the street. The deal
ers say that there is steady demand,
small of course, for turkeys.
In the fish marelSt the demand yesterday
was only fair. The supply is good, how
ever, and merchants say they expect a
better demand today and the rest of the
week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Firm; middling, IL 15-16c;
net receipts, 20,591; gross receipts, 90,
591; sales, 1881; stock. 275,5S4; Great
Britain, 25,694.
New Orleans: Steady; middling, 12%c;
net receipts. 11,444; gross receipts, H.
SOB; sales, 1888; stock, 1,413; France
6002; continent, 90; coastwise, 1113.
Mobile: Firm; middling. a12a4c; net
receipts, 493; gross receipts, 493; sales
$50; stock, 55,196; coastwise, $40.
Savannah: Steady; middling. 12Ac;
net receipts. 5251; gross receipts. 210S;
stock, 155,277; continent. 949; coast
wise, SAC.
net receipt, 252: gross receipts. 262;
sales, 100; stock. d6,619: coastwise, 1871
Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts
1887; gross receipts. 1887; stock, 24,364,
continent. 1882.
Norfolk: Steady; middling, 1890: net
receipts. 1850; gross receipts. 1850;
sales, 1886; stock, 61,243; coastwise
1880.
Baltimore: Nominal; middling. 12hc;
gross receipts, 5549; stock, 5137; con
tinent, 6779.
New York: Quiet; middiing. 12.70c;
gross receipts. 1887; stock, 101.235; con-
tinent, 250; coastwise, 1914.
Boston: Quiet; middling, 12.70c; net
receipts, 125; gross receipts, 6311;
stock, 12.133.
Philadelphia: Quiet middling,
1880; stock, 1888; continent, 1886.
Texas City: Net receipts, 3110 gross
receipts. 3110; stock, 1887.
Brunswick: Stock, 1861.
Aransas Pass: Stock. TAO
Jacksonville: Stock, 2501.
Pensacola: Net receipts, 125; gross
receipts, 1876; continent. 1875.
San Francisco Net receipts, 1917:
gross receipts, 3317 France, 1917.
Totals today at all ports: Net, A.
sos; Great Britain, 1854; France, 6002;
continent, 21s51; Japan. 3317; stock,
!, 1,057,173.
Consolidated at all ports: Net, 191,-
zoo; Great Britain, 67,245; France. 49,
953; continent. 10S.334; Japan. 1917.
Total since September / at all ports:
Net, 7,390,067 Great Britain, 2.085,251
France, S0S,379: continent. 2,502.1 1873; ia
pan 220,156; Mexico, 20,1i9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
REPORTS OF BETTER
SPOT DEMAND HELP
March Contracts Carried
About 6 Points Above
Best Level

New York. January l4-Cotton was
higher today on reports of a better spot
demand and a bullish Interpretation of
census figures on supply and distribution
fer the month of December. Houses with
Wall street and southern connections
seemed to be the best buyers on the nd
vance, which carried March contracts
about points above the best level reached
on the bulge of last Friday, and closed
the market steady at a net gain of from
I to Ia points.
lew overnight selling orders and some-
what disappointing cables were consid-
ered responsible for an opening decline of
l point, but the market quickly firmed on
covering and moderate support from
bllish sources. Leading SPOT house brok-
els We're credited with buying March.
which seemed to increase the nervousness
of near month shorts, while a good deal
OF the southern buying here was said to
represent covering of hedges against sales
OF spot cotton to spinners or exporters in
the south.
Reports We're received from southern
points indicating a better spot demand,
and in several instances the lower grades
were mentioned in that connection. This,
combined with evidences of full do
mestio mill consumption during December,
seemed to make a considerable impression
on sentiment.
Best prices were reached in the late
trading, when present crop deliveries sold
II to Is points net higher, with January
showing relative firmness. The close was
or 3 points off from the best under
realizing Domestic mill consumption of
4S2, 900 bales for the month of December
make a total for the first four months
of this season of 1.97Io00 bales, compar-
ing with $4,000 last year. According to
LEGAL statisticians, continuation of the
present rate of consumption would leao
to a total domestic mill consumption for
the season of about 5,95o,000 bales, which
would break all records
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
COTTON REGISTERS
A SMALL ADVANCE
Buying Based On Census
Figures On Consumption
By Mills In December

New orleans, January 14-The price of
cotton registered a small advance today
on buying based on the census bureau
figures on consumption by American cot
ton mills during December. rhe rise
would probably have been wider but for
the profit taking operations of recent buy
ers. Little short selling was in evidence
at any time, while in the early session
there was no little covering by the bear
side
The consumption of 4s2,19S bales of cot.
ton during December by the mills of this
country was larger than even the bulls
looked for. The consumption In Decem-
ber, 1912, was 1926 bales. This brought
forth much bullish comment, and many
kilograms were sent into the interior of
the south calling attention to the prosper
1ty apparent among the manufacturers.
1t was pointed out that consumption in
December fell off only 1886 bales. compared
with the preceding month. against a fall
ing off In the same month of 1912 of 80 2ss
bales, and that consumption for the flrst
four months of the season was 1o7 464
bales larger than in the same period of
the previous year, in spite of the fact that
1912 consumption was on a record break
Ing scale.
The market opes-ssa 2 TO 4 points up and
soon was up. Profit takIngs cHuseel-s~-
momentary reaction after which prices
gradually worked to level 10 to IL points
over yesterdays final figures The close
was steady at g net gain for the day of
to 10 points. Spot accounts continued
favorable in tone and helped futures to
no small extent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
M. HI. SMITH RESIGNS
AS A DIRECTOR IN
LOUISVILLE BANK

Louisville. KY, January 1.-THE wide-
spread agitation against interlocking di-
rectorates induced Milton II. Smith, presi-
dent of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
way to resign today as director of the
National Bank of Commerce here. This
reason was given by Mr. Smith today at
the annual election, when he announced
he would not serve for another year.
Mr. Smith declared he desired to put
himself in position where he would be
free from criticism as a result OF the de-
velopment of public sentiment against in
terlocking directorates. He said he wished
to give his entire attention to the in
terests of the railroad of which he Is
president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
WHEAT GATHERS
STRENGTH At START
Export Sales Continue and
Signs of Foreign Buying
Spread Out

Chicago, January 1i.=Estimates
that ali the surplus wheat in the Unit
ed States and Canada viii be required
by importing countries, had bullish
effect today on prices. The market
closed strong at the top figures of the
session. &c above last night. All 9TH
er staples made net gain--corn. a
1Ae; oats. Is a sc, and provisions, 2ls
a 20c.
Wheat gathered strength from the
start. Export sales continued and there
were signs that foreign buying here
had spread out into future deliveries,
July in particular. One incentive to
purchase was the injury said to have
resulted from alternate freezing and
thawing in some sections of the winter
crop belt, notably Kansas. Rain was
said to be delaying and spelling ship
ments in Argentina; threshing returns
in Australia were unsatisfactory, and
navigation was reported to have closed
on the Danube.
The strongest swell in wheat came
after issuance of figures indicating
that Europe is consuming million
bushels week moro than the record
breaking totals a year ago. Heavy Of
ferings at the extreme advance were
taken as freely as at any time since
the May price was at 80 cents.
Important interests in the corn trade
changed front today and covered sew
eral million bushels on an advancing
markets. The supply of old Argentina
crop was said to be exhausted and the
new crop unavailable Eliroppans were
bidding for corn from the United States,
the first time in a long while. Cam
ceiling of hedges by shippers rendered
to frighten shorts, although cash sales
today were not large.
Oats Joined in the strength of other
grain. Demand. however. was only fair.
Provisions climbed with hogs and
corn. Top figures of the day, though,
were not maintained, prices receding
somewhat owing to holders attempting
to realize profits.
Future quotations We're as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
STOCKS ADVANCE IN
!, THE LATE TRADING
Gains 2 to 4 Points Among
Representative Shares In
Few Instances

New York, January 1i.-In the last
hours trading of today stocks advanced
vigorously in volume. Prior to that
time the movement was narrow ard
uncertain, with slow downward trend
In the early session.
Closing prices showed good gains
among the representative shares with
advances of to 4 points in few in
stances. Traders were bearish at the
outset and there was more or less
pressure at times on the speculative
stocks, particularly United States Steel
land Reading
Another adverse influence was the
rapid decline of some of the specialties
which recently have shown pronounced
strength. This applied especially to
petroleum stocks.
Texas company sold 10 points under
its high record of few days ago, and
Mexican petroleum was depressed
nearly points.
Bear selling was passed ostensiby
on rumors for which there appeared
little basis regarding the attitude 9t
the Washington administration regard
ing antitrust legislation.
BY the same process of deduction
the late advance was ascribed to dis
patches from the capital alleging that
the yosition of the President after all
would be less at variance with the
views of the street than had been an
ticipated.
Whatever part this influence played
In shaping the course of the market,
1t was evident that the late improve
rlont was due to some extent at least
TO a change of heart among profess
s.onal traders.
The resistance of the stock market to
pressure early in the day gave con-
vincing evidence of good underlying
strength
Another feature of the trade which
gave the shorts an easiness of attitude
was the steady absorption of high
grade stocks ending in uneasiness.
In the bond department business was
on an increased scale at higher prices.
In the, face of these conditions bear
traders apparently decided to retreat.
= IN the last hours trade there was
heavy buying for both sides. Passing e
of the New York, Chicago and st. Louis
: common dividend was expected, and it
did not affect the stock which rose / u
points.
Iron trade reviews while hopeful in
tone failed to confirm recent reports
of resumption of business on large
scale. 1t was said, nevertheless that
the outlook was definitely better.
..eonds were firm. Total sales, par
vsfue s3,475,0 900. Panama IS advanced
y on call transactions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
DEPORTATION OF
PRIEST SUSTAINED

Vancouver, 3, c., January M-The &C.
portation of Bhagwan Singh. Hindu
priest of prominence, from Canada, No
venber 2S last. was sustained today In a
judgment handed down by the supreme
court of British Columbia. No action for
damages In the courts view. can lie
against the immigration department be-
cause of the deportation.
Bhagwan Singh was forciby put ABOARD
a steamer and sent to the Orient. At
tempts were made by the use of the wire
less telegraph to have him put ashore at
Victoria, his attorneys having obtained
writ of habeas corpus. The wireless or
der of the court was ignored by the im-
migration inspectors whom the higher
tribunal has sustained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Fruits and Produce

Appies, wine sap, per Dbl s5.50a6.5O; New
York, 20 or. $3.50: New York imperial
apples, bbl,, 5000: Ben Davis, $3.50;
Baldwin, s5d575 bbl.; lines. per 100.
sl.oo; lemons box 800, $3.50; Florida
grapefruit s4a5; Florida oranges $3.50;
Malaga grapes, imported. in kegs. s6a7.
Emperor grapes, s226 Irish potatoes. 81 %
G1,lo bu. sweet potatoes. Sl.75 bbl., S5a9Oc
bushel; Jumbo celery, 81 dozen; Cali
fornia celery, per crate. $3.50. Dan
fish cabbage. 21ao lb.: purple cabbage. per
h., &c; rutabaga, turnips, h., 1&c, new
crop red and yellow onions, &c lb.: import
ed onions, crate. s1.7v: cranberries, per
box, $3.50; bbls., 50; cocoanuts, Sc bag, 50
bag; chestnuts, lb., Sc: imported In kegs,
1oc lb. English walnuts. 15Q20c; Brazil
nuts. h., 1SQ2Oc: almonds. IsQ20c; f1lberts,
i5c; pecans, 15c: California figs, case, 81. 80;
dates. lb., Sl.c.