davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
New and Terrible War WEAPON.

A French scientist is said to have de-
vised gas bomb which kills every
living thing within 300 yards. The
bomb was tried on thirty sheep. 1t
burst 200 feet away. but all the ami
mails succumbed to the deadly gas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Bullets Like Bumblebees.

The first actual witness TO describe
the fighting on the French frontier was
reserviSt named Joaquin. This is
Jacquin's story. told on his hospital bed
at Chambery:
"All night long we listened to the
roar of gunfire. AS the dawn appeared
We could hear the first Prussian bullets
pass our ears. 1t was a curious sensa-
ton. One could say at first that a
swarm of bumblebees was passing
him. Then we all take our breath, and
lnstinctively one opens his cartridge
pouch.
"A brief order rings out. We lie
down, and a fusillade begins again.
What noise! We make a few leaps
forward and lie down and begin firing
again. We carry out this maneuver
right to the frontier posts.
"A hundred yards farther are the
German positions. The charge bayO-
nets order comes, and we leap forward,
and the Germans decamp.
AT last we tread on Alsatian ground.
Formidable shouts resound in our
chests. l run fifty yards and fall sense
less from sunstroke. | recovered TWEEN
| ty-four hours later, but the surgeon
would not let me remain on the firing
limo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14

Maine has its little day Of fame today as
the national barometer in politics Kan
sas and Vermont formerly divided this
distinction with Maine, but We are mighty
glad to get rid of our share and no doubt
Kansas feels the same way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14

"Tsn t Deeds, the lawyer, a rather
extravagant man. by no means.
We known him to make one suit last
for several years. ''-Boston Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Kitchener's War Bed.

When Earl Kitchener entered the
British war Office to take up his new
duties his first remark was addressed
to a porter
is there q bed hereE" Kitchener
asked
NO. my lord" was the reply.
Get one" snapped Kitchener.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Describe Charleroi Charge.

A glimpse Of the fighting to the south
of Charleroi was obtained by two tray
elers who were endeavoring to get
from Namur to Givet.
suddenly above our heads" they re-
late, 1.-The guns began to speak. A bat
terry opened fire upon a wood on the
other side Of the valley. From the
fringe of this wood German infantry
Immediately appeared. some fleeing in
disorder. others marching out in good
formation. From the right and left our
shells dropped upon the first of the
Germans who fed from the woods,
striking them down as they ran under
this fire. The panic stricken infantry
fed again to cover under the trees. As
they turned a rain of shells destroyed
before our eyes the column of troops
which was advancing. 1t was a tragic
spectacle"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Air Pilot a Girl.

Writing in the Petit Parisien. a cor
respondent from DIXON tells of the
alarm caused recently by a mysterious
aeroplane apparently pursuing group
Of six other aeroplanes on the way to
Dijon from the southern center. Soon
after their arrival at DIXON the stran-
ger landed near the military aerodrome
The mysterious pilot, on being interro-
gated. proved not to be a spy. but d
young English girl, who had donned a
uniform in the hope that she might aid
France. She was detained pending the
arrival Of her parents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
France Muzzles Husbands.

instance Of the severity of the censor
ships in France \ young Partisan
woman received at her house a letter,
on the envelope of which she recogniz-
ed the handwriting of her husband,
now serving at the front She eagerly
tore open the envelope, only to find
that it was empty, but in the corner Of
the envelope in a hand quite unfamiliar
to her was written the Iaconic message;
Madame. your husband is quite well.
but he is too communicative"
The young wife understood that her
husbands letter must have been inter
cepted by the military authorities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Grit In Face of Death.

Maastricht Holland, the gateway TO
the Belgian theater of the war, pre-
sents scenes of suffering and misery
seldom seen. Across the neutral from
tier have come hundreds of refugees
with only the clothes they stand in.
Refugee camps have been establish
ed by the Dutch Red Cross and several
hospitals have been imprOvised for the
sick and wounded.
The little cathedral has been trans
formed into temporary hospital.
Stories Of the heroism of the wounded
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14

China imports wood pulp from
Britain, Sweden, Norway and Ger
many.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
tion. Limited space on the first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
a line first insertion with 80 per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line first
insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
Of copy.
Position. 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Divide Human Targets.

a Belgian sculptor who answered the
call to the colors tells how he and sew
eral companions narrowly escaped
Heath in barn during recent fighting
about Liege. He said the Belgian
troops in the trenches were in the best
Of spirits throughout the fighting and
would pick out their enemies as the
Germans approached and divide them
among themselves.
The tall Goliath is miner one man
would cry out. I'm take the sausage
to his right" another would reply. and
they seldom missed
The sculptor said that after hours Of
fighting one Of his companions. an
nrtist, was wounded in the shoulder. Il
Helped him TO a barn near by" the
sculptor declared. "SOme tired SOL
iliers and q farmer were there, and
my companion was resting on the stair
when the Germans forced their way to
the barn. Bullets whiZzed about and
the barn was set on fire by the enemy.
We knew that to leave the barn meant
death in a hail of lead and to remain
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14

Germany employs l72, 535 girls under
the age Of 10 in her industries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Boombs From the Sky.

For the first time in history a great
civilized community has been bonn
barded from the sky. y Zeppelin, her
aided only by the buzZing OF her mo-
tors, circled over Antwerp at l O'Clock
in the mOrRiug, Persons who had not
yet slept heard the drumming and
darted to their windows as a streak Of
light shot out from an elongated
shadow in the sky. An instant later
there was Il great crash as a projec-
tile, heavily laden with explosives, tore
apart a building 200 yards from the
headquarters of the Belgian general
staff in the Hotel St Antoine. which
apparently had been the target at
which the projectiIe was aimed.
In all there We're ten of these streaks
of light from the shadow 1000 feet
above the sleeping city and ten deafen
ing crashes below. They came per-
haps half Il minute apart
Hardly had the sound of the first
explosion died away before rifles and
machine guns, constructed for defense
in just such an emergency. We're train
| ed on the great shadow overhead and
/ uIlUS " DIS BES III bII lI4C H1tllfGllll llOIll
| all directions below. The fire had no
| effect and after the tenth projectile
was hurled upon the city the Zeppelin
rose and disappeared.
Dr. Charles Sarloea of the New York
| Times-London Daily Chronicle war
service says:
81 was awakened at l o'clock by a
frightful cannonade. 4 Zeppelin had
been sighted about 200 feet above the
town. l at once went out into the
streets and for eleven hours scarcely
| left the scene of the catastrophe.
In Il single house found four dead.
One room was Il chamber of horrors.
the remains of the mangled bodies be-
ing scattered in every direction. In
the house opposite a husband and wife
| whose only son had just died i'm battle,
were Killed. whole family wiped out.
The Place du Pods Public, where
the tragedy happened, surpasses in hor-
rOr anything | ever saw.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
SIDE LIGHTS
EUROPEAN WAR
Stirring Deeds of Valor and
Remarkable Incidents, Odd
and Tragic.

meant being burned alive. One Of the
men shouted that he would surrender
Another said he would blow his brains
out rather than become a prisoner. The
farmer was the only one who kept a
cool head. He saw a narrow chink in
the wall and began widening it. We
helped him, and all managed to squeeze
through. The Germans were not on
this side of the barn, and we crept
toward a wood near by, where We were
safe"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Out of Tunnel to Doom.

Thrilling incidents of the fighting
about Liege are being told by wounded
men who We're in the garrison Of the
besieged city. One said that a half
dozen Belgian carabineers came upon
seventy Germans who were escaping
through a tunnel. AS they emerged
the Belgians shot them down one by
one. When four had been killed the re-
naming Germans surrendered, believ-
ing they faced a large force.
Many stories are told of the daring
of German spies. One spy, in the uni
form of a Belgian soldier, slept in a
hayloft by the side of two Belgian po-
licemen without having his identity
discovered
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Captor Returns Sword.

A dispatch to London from Amster-
dam tells of the capture Of General
Leman, commanding the Liege forts,
by the Germans.
Battering down one of the outer
forts, the Germans found the aged gen
eral beneath the wreckage nearly suf-
located. He was taken before General
Won Emmich.
The Belgian handed his sword TO the
German, but the German returned it
lin recognition of General Leman's
splendid defense
General Leman was taken to the
military prison at Cologne.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
HUMAN INTEREST
ON GREAT
Best Stories From Scene of
Action Run Gamut of
the Emotions.

NRAPHIC stories or battle, death
g - scenes and deeds of herQism
- are coming slowly over cen
sored wires from the European
war zone. Some of the most intensely
interesting of these narratives are here
given:
War incidents which show how the
| French present a smiling front in the
| face of the war are related from Paris.
At the Care de LEST, the eastern
railway station where troops by the
| thousand were leaving for the German
frontier, wives, mothers, sisters and
sweethearts met and wept in multi
tudes. But French soldier turned the
| tragedy into comedy. On a large card
board he initiated the signs announcing
the destinations of trains in time Of
Ipeace and hung it on the military spe-
cial. 1t read:
Holiday excursion to Berlin"
| Whereupon the women dried their
tears and laughed.
a woman, her face very white, came
out of one of the municipal offices at
which official information is given of
the death or injury of French soldiers
Four sons had left her a few days ago
to join the colors. Another woman
lcame up to her and said:
Have you good news of your sons?
My Jean is safe"
Yes" the first mother replied. they
are all safe. They are safe in the arms
lof the Father. l am proud to give all
to the cause"
Cows as Barricade.
The story of a skirmish between
French and German cavalrymen is told
in a letter received in Paris from a
young officer at the front.
Leaving our station to patrol some
woods in front of our line" the officer
wrote, I'VE saw in a clearing a dis
mounted section of German cavalry
Mt the gate of a large farm. The lieu
tenant in charge of our party ordered
! half the troop to make a detour and
approach the farm from the opposite
] side while the rest of us attacked from
] the front. The Germans. hearing the
noise of horses hOofs, ran out Of the
farm and tried to remount, but we
were on them too quickly Our lieu
tenant fell with Il bullet in his hip,
o. but shouted, Never mind me; into the
f. farm. quick. and cut them up.
I'VE rushed in. The Germans took
: refuge in byres and. hiding behind the
! cattle, fred revolvers at us. We soon
/ finished them off. \ German sergeant
T. who had shot our lieutenant remained.
He was hiding behind a cow. | fred
Il two shots, and the animal fell dead.
When l was about to shoot the ser
:. geant the lieutenant, who had been
carried in. shouted that should spare
him, and he was made prisoner.
: Within five minutes another German
patrol, attracted by the firing. galloped
up. We received them with a hot fire,
= and the assault lasted twenty minutes
+ Re-enforcements relieved us shortly,
=. and we trotted back to camp. l took
h the German sergeant's revolver as a
e prize"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-14
Che Brattlebnro 8efurm1er

Entered in the postoffice at BrattlebOrO.
Vt, as second class matter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Methodist Church Notes.

The 25th anniversary of the Dedi-
cation of the church will be Obsery-
ed next Sunday at the 11:O0 hour.
An interesting program is planned
Letters from former pastors will be
read; history and "reminiscences OF
the Leon church will be given; there
will be special music, etc. A silver
Offering will be taken to pay for re-
pairs recently made and for some
that will be made in the near future.
All members and friends of the
church are most cordially invited to
attend this anniversary occasion.
The Standard Bearers met last
Monday at the parsonage for their
second meeting since the organiza-
ton.
The regular meeting of the Guild
in the church parlors next Tuesday
at $3.50 p. m. Hostesses, Mrs. Fred
Teale and Mrs. J. w. ROwell.
Last Sabbath evening program
was given on the Hymnal, it's history
and that o. several familiar hymns.
Sunday school at 9:45 next Sab
bath as heretofore. Also Young
Peoples meeting, which will be led
by Professor Cooking. Specific an
nouncements concerning the 1880
service will be made at the 1900
service
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Specials at the Idle Hour.

The special for Thursday evening
at the Idle Hour theatre is the Selig
feature in two reels, "The Finger
Print" a photoplay that has the
thrill and sentiment. 1t is a remark
ably clever detective story dealing
with the famous Bertillion test. A
pretty love story forms pleasing
part of this splendid picture. The
Cines feature in two reels, THE
Wheels of Justice" will be special
attraction on Saturday afternoon and
night. 1t is powerful and intensely
dramatic story, produced by the COM
pany that made the picture, "The HUI
man Bridge" which feature made a
great hit in this city some weeks ago.
The story is wonderfully realistic. A
young author is thrown from a
bridge and his manuscript stolen by
a jealous rival. At the same time a
bridge constructed by the brother of
the authors sweetheart collapscs
killing several men. The brother,
fearing the consequences, flies from
the country and the author is accus-
ed of having been the cause Of his
disappearance. The author is rescu-
ed by farmers and taken to their
home His recovery, the faithfulness
of his sweetheart and the final hap
ply outcome makes charming story.
Matinee will start next Saturday at
1880 and will continue until 5
o'clock. First show starts at 1880
in the evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
A Revival Of Cattle Breeding?

Figures just sent out by the de-
partment of agriculture furnish some
grounds for hope that the cattle in
dustry of this country is on the eve
of a revival. One has to dig below
the surface of statistics to find this
encouragement, but it is there.
The number of cattle, other than
mich cows, on American farms on
New Years day is estimated at 3d.
$4,000. This is decrease Of s.
$4,000 in the last four years, or an
average of about 3.3 per cent per
year. No hope there, surely-but
going a bit deeper, it appears that
the decrease in number of stock for
the year 1913 was only one-half OF
per cent. I
Considering that 1913 saw a ter
rifle drought overspread many great
states, and that in those states tens
of thousands of unfinished cattle and
breeding stock were hurriedly ships
ped to the stock yards, one Of two
things is clear. Either government
figures are wrong, or the increased
breeding of cattle through the Unit
ed States in general has offset the de-
cline in the drought area. 1t is to
be hoped the latter explanation is the
true one
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Free to Farmers.

BY special arrangements the Rate
kin Seed House of Shenandoah,
Iowa, agrees to mail a copy Of their
big 1914 illustrated Seed Catalogue
and sample of their famous Dia-
mond Joe's Big Early White Seed
Corn that has a record of over 200
bushels per acre, also sample OF
their New Alberta, Canadian grown,
Oats, to every reader of this paper.
who plants farm or garden seeds and
nursery stock. 29-4t.
This book is complete compen-
dunn of farm and garden seeds. It
tells how to grow big crops and all
about the best varieties of corn for
your locality; also seed oats, wheat,
barley, spells, grasses, clovers, alfal-
ia, pasture and lawn mixtures, seed
potatoes, and all other farm and gar
den seeds and nursery stock: 1t is
worth dollars to all who are in want
of seeds of any sort. 1t is FREE to-
all our readers. Write for it today.
The address is Ratekin's Seed
House, Shenandoah, Iowa, Box 926.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
The Company Disbanded.

The Sleepy Steve Comedy Co.,
which gave performance at the
Auditorium Saturday night, disband-
ed Sunday at this place, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinski, the managers Of the COM
pany going to Kansas City, and 9TH
er members of the company going to
some northern point.
Cold weather and bad roads, re-
sulting in poor patronage, brought
about financial perplexities which
drove the company onto the break
ers.-Bethany Democrat.
This company were billed to ap-
pear in Leon the previous night, but
Manager VanWerden received word
that they were not up to standard
and advised all his patrons not to at
tend and the result was that not
enough persons attended to show to.
If all opera house managers would
treat their patrons in this way the
bum companies would be put off the
road in short time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Christian Church.

A great audience greeted Mr.. ant
Mrs. Armitage Sunday evening OF
their story of prison Life"
The Endeavor meeting Sunday ev
ening will be led by Olive Conner
The subject is to be, "Well Stored
Memories a memory meeting.
At the meeting Friday evening the
election of officers for the coming
year was completed and all reports
show progress.
The address Sunday evening will
be Some Things the Church Has
Done"
March 10 at 1880 o'clock Mr.. Car
rick Of Murray will give stereop-
ticon lecture on Missions Around
the World" Admission free, Offer
ing going to Foreign Missions. All
invited.
All the members of the church
board including those newly elected
will take supper at the church Thurs
day evening after which they will
reorganize for the years work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Baptist Church.

Rev. E. Looney, who has held such
successful meetings at different
places in the county and is missionary
for the East Grand River Association
will begin a series of meetings at the
Leon Baptist church next Sunday
morning at 1 o'clock and Sunday ev-
ening at 1880. 1t is expected that
these meetings will continue for
some time every evening. Rev.
Looney has done grand work in
every place where he has held meet
ings and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend these meet
ings. Those not attending other
places of worship will be welcome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Decatur Nj. Il. Church Notes.

Those who missed the lecture Fri
day night are the losers We are
all glad for the good day last Sunday.
A large Sunday school, an excellent
League service and good attendance
and good services Throughout the
day. The pastor was pleased to see
new faces in all the congregations.
Our regular services in town next
Sunday morning and evening. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all to
worship with us. All will enjoy the
service. The choir is doing good
work and it is improving. Plans are
being made to add to our music.
Plan to spend the day with us and
you will get help for all week. Re-
member we use the hymnal in morn
ing service so if you have one in your
home bring it with you. Choir prac-
tice Saturday evening at 1880.
j. A. E. Cunningham, Pastor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Garden Grove Express Buys q Per1na-
nent Home.

The Garden Grove Express is going
to have a home of it's own. The
building in which the Express Office
has been located for a number of
years was recently sold to A. E.
Northrup and editor Hoadley decid-
ed he would fix it so he would not
have to move again, so he purchased
the building on the north side of
Main street known as the Parrish
building, which was occupied by DR..
Wards dental Office, and it is being
made ready for printing Office. Mr..
Hoadley has one of the best equipped
Offices in town the size of Garden
Grove in the state and we are pleas
ed to see him located in his own
building.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Dufty-Akers.

At the Methodist parsonage in
Leon, Wednesday afternoon, March
4, Miss Lavon Duffy of Beaconsfield,
was married to Jesse F. Akers, of
Grand River. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Guy J. Fansher,
in the presence of Miss Myrtle Duffy
sister of the bride and Elmer Akers
brother of the groom. Mr.. and Mrs.
Akers will reside in Grand River. We
wish them happy married life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
RObertS-Imel.

Harley S. Roberts of GAINESVILLE
and Miss Edith Incl of Charlton
were married Saturday afternoon
March 7th, at the home of their
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Epperley
Rev. j. w. johnson officiating. Mr.
Roberts is station agent for the 90
at GAINESVILLE. Friends join in best
wishes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing services II a. m. and 1880 p. M,
conducted by Rev. H. w. McMican
of the Omaha Seminary.
The choir will render special mu-
sic both morning and evening
Get into the church-going habit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Bulrell-McC artney.

Mr.. Jesse Burrell and Miss Janette
Mccartney, both of Davis City, were
married at the clerks Office in this
city last Thursday, the ceremony be-
ing performed by Justice j. J. Walls.
These young people are well and ia
vorably known by a large circle of
friends at Davis City, where they
will make their home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Grand River to Vote on Electric
Lights.

At the city election to be held at
Grand River on Monday, March 80,
the voters will vote on the propo-
sition of granting the Herald Pub
fishing House of Lamont, franchise
for running an electric light line to
that good little town from Lamont
and furnish Grand River with cleo
trio lights and power.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Brethren Church Notes.

There will be preaching services
Sunday morning at II o'clock by F.
"A. CARRIER. Sunday school as usual
at 10 o'clock.
Prayer meeting at 1880 Thursday
evening.
The women's meeting will be held
on Saturday afternoon, at $3.50, on
March 14th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12
Fuller-Ray.

Mr.. John J. Fuller and Gertie Ray
were married at the home of Rev. j.
w. Johnson, Sunday, March 1. They
will make their home on farm
southeast of Leon. Congratulations.