davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17
MILLER AGAIN HEADS
 12TH DISTRICT CLUB

John c. Miller was unanimously re- elected president of the 12th District Independent Political and Social eInb at the annual meeting held last night
 Under MT Ailler's able management the club has grown rapidly and is now in very hourishing condition. It was Years day. The following other of hcere were chosen: Vice president. John Hope; corresponding secretary, Edward Lz1dford; financial secretary Henry Helbig; treasurer, Albert 1Yorf- fee; board of governors, Freder5ezx Curtis. Jr., chairman; Charles Poole, Frederick Langdon, David Miller and William Krout; house committee. Dan ie1 Connor, chairman, George Rickel, Thomas Meehan, Benjamin Bradley and Benjamin Lirnbert; entertainment committee, Andrew Krouse chair man: sergeant-at-arms. Joseph Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17
(Park City AlIeys.1
AS AS 514-14oo

:: Although the Federal league has announced that it will stand pat on it's 1914 circuit the outlaws are said to be casting around for a place to transfer the Kansas City franchise This was a. big financial failure last season One proposition is to place a team in Philadelphia. It is believed that Connie Mack is in bad with the Philadelphia fans and that an outlaw team would be popular.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17

Myron TsHerrick, former Anabassa- dor to France, discussed plans with President Wilson for establishing 9 clearing house at New York for 5fhe distribution of relief for war sufferers in Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17

Charles de Broqueville, premier and minister of war in the Belgian Cabi- net, arrived in Paris from London to discuss matters of finance with the French Cabinet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17

s 1.5oo New Fan woolens B. ZEE AFFORD BROTHERS BUY
 E East Side and WestsERd E
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17


 It is reported that Governor Whit man of New York state. will do away with the present boxing commission which consists of three members, and will appoint one man for the job. Sid Mercer, 8 sporting writer on the New York Globe, is a favorite candidate for the position.
 President Johnson of the American league has gone to French Lick, Ind, to see Col. sRuppert and it is reported that the deal for the purchase of the New York Americans will be com pleted there.
 <. The Washington xGlee club football p4ayers of New Haven deny the re- port that they.intend to disband. They will hold asmeeting tonight to elect a captain for next season.
 Bug. Retsigl, whose favorite sanuse- ment was to steal rides on the merry go-round at Savin Rock, wants to be manager, Of the Topeka, -Kas, baseball team. Bugs must have calmad down considerably since he pitched for New Haven.
 Doc Reisling, who pitched for Bris- .tols when that team won the pennant in the old Connecticut league, has de- termined to retire. He won a. pen 1nant for London in the Canadian league last season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17
REAL REASON WHY MACK
 TORE CHAMPION TEAM APART Snappy Snapshots Of Interest To 5J Those Who Follow Sporting s# Events

An effort is being made to arrange a game between the Dartmouth and University of Chicago football elevens for next season. The. plan is to have Dartmouth play in Chicago next year and Chicago come east the following season. 4,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17

Farmer Want Ads One Cent ea word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-17
BOWLING.
FRATERNAL LEAGUE. (Park City Alleys
48s 452 4s1-141t
kOncEDOfanau,

Court Peouonnock.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

his demands. Villa is ably advised
by Gen. Angeles, who is regarded as
the intellectual equal of any of Car
ranza's counselors. What Angeles
has in mind can only be surmised
at this time, but it is not likely that
he is keeping Villas forces intact
for the purpose of imposing Carran-
"a upon the people as president.
Now that the United States, by
announcing the withdrawal of it's
troops, has permitted the Mexicans
to gain the impression that it is
afraid to interfere further with
their revolutionary game, another
season of blood letting is to be look
ed for. The withdrawal of the
American troops is sufficient evil
dence, in the mind of Mexicans,
that the United States is not in
position to protect it's citizens in
Mexico. Therefore, Americans in
that republic will do well to look
out for their lives and property
when the impending clash occurs
between Villa and CarranZa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Now some of the papers oppos-
ing Senator Cummins profess sur
prise that the senator did not add
to his laurels by taking active part
in the fight against the rivers and
harbors steal. Had Mr.. Cummins
been in the limelisht in that fight
his enemies would have claimed he
was insincere and that he was do
ing it because he is candidate for
reelection. However, Senator Cum
minis did more for the American
people than he would have done by
heading off the pork barrel, when
he forced an amendment into the
railroad rate bill requiring the
roads to secure the permission Of
the interstate commerce commission
before they could increase rates.
That amendment is worth hundreds
of millions of dollars to the Ameri-
can people and we believe the state
of Iowa will show at the ballot box
next November that she appreciates
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
TROUBLE COMING IN MEXI(

TROUBLE COMING IN MEXICO.
Washington Post: On the eve of
the withdrawal of American forces
from Vera Cruz a wretched state of
affairs is reported from northern
Mexico, where Pancho Villa holds
sovereign sway, in defiance Of Car
rama. Villa train service, Villa
money, Villa armies and Villa civil
administration prevail from the Dor
der southwark to certain point,
where it meets Carranza train SER
vice, Carranza money, Carranza
armies and Carranza civil admins
tration. Villa money does not Ego"
in Carranza territory, and Carranza
money is mo good" in Villa terri
tory.
Gen. Obregon, one of Carranza's
chief lieutenants, has been bottled
up in Chihuahua, If he is not actu-
ally urder arrest, while Gen. Ange-
les, Villas right hand man who was
cashiered by Carranza, has been sent
to Sonora to put down a third revo-
luton which has raised it's head
against Villa and Carranza alike.
The uprising in Sonora and Low
er California is said to be quite for
midable, and evidently it is some
thing more than mere emeute, as
Villa is dispatching 5000 men to
quell it. If events run true in Mex
leo, as heretofore, a full blown revo-
luton will be under way before Car
rama can install himself in Chapul-
tepec as constitutional president,
backed by the 10000 or 10000 votes
which are regarded in Mexico as the
popular will"
The readiness of Villa to put
down the revolt in Sonora will hard
ly be construed as evidence of de-
sire to place Carranza in the presi-
dency, in view of the armed truce
now prevailing between them. 1t
is rather evidence of Villas deter
mination to remain absolute master
of northern Mexico, above Carranza
or anybody else. Thus far he has
proved himself able to surmount any
and Carranza has kept
peace with him only by yielding to
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Some persons say they can live as
correct lives outside of the Church
as in it. Do they realize that they
are living on an inheritance of NOR
ality and responsibility handed
down from previous generations?
There is a great deal Of this left-ov-
er piety in the world bequeathed by
cody ancestors, earned by father or
grandfather, and easily squandered.
Bishop Babcock.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

hardly be disputed, what call is
there for a third party program at
this time-the only possible result
of which must be the strengthening
of the party of alleged incapacity
and the division of the one party
which has given the nation every
line of progressive legislation it has
had in the past fifty years?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
WHERE GERMANY STANDS.

We, in America, have hardly at
tempted to understand the war in
Europe, because we look only at the
superficial factors. We denounce
the insensate folly of the potentates
who seem to have made the war,
and we even believe that we our
selves could never fall into such a
slough of barbarism. We forget
that only a month or two ago we
went to war with Mexico because
the de facto president of Mexico re-
fused to explode twenty-one charges
of powder in exactly the manner in
which we wanted them exploded. No
real protest was made against that
war. 1t was pretended that it was
not a war because the man we were
fighting should not have been presi-
dent Of Mexico. But that subter-
fuge hardly deceived anyone. The
best that could be said of our war
that, like the sin of the lady in
Marryat's famous book, it was only
a little one. By good luck it has
not become big one yet. Now, re-
membering how lightly we set that
torch alight, let us imagine If we
can that Canada were inhabited by
an alien race like the Japanese, ag'
gressive and warlike, with a huge
standing army and large navy, and
that this people were rivaling us in
commerce all the world over and
looked with greedy eyes on the fer
tility and wealth Of California. Let
US further suppose that this people
were allied to another progressive
race inhabiting Mexico, which was
also trained in arms and possessed
large navy and cherished hopes of
retaking New Mexico and absorbing
parts of Texas. It is obvious that
we should be supporting an army
large enough to fight both these
alien aggressive nations, and, per-
haps, a navy a little larger than the
combined navies of both peoples.
Our annual bill for military and
naval expenditures would be some
thing over a thousand million dol
lars. If you can imagine such con-
ditions you may realize in some
faint degree how this European war
has come about. But you will not
then get the feeling of European
nations unless you suppose as we'll
that our population has grown too
large for our territory; that we are
terribly prolific people and we see
every outlet for emigration barred
by our hostile neighbors. But the
very word emigration shows the i'm
possibility of our ever really feel
ing it. How can people that an
nually receives millions of immi-
grants put itself in the place of a
people that is constantly emigrat-
ing? Let us do our best, however, to
make the mental leap. 1t will help
us to understandable. j. Whigham
in the october Metropolitan.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
Statement of the Ownership, Man
agement, Circulation, Etc.

dScmCAl, SA1CuAdIAou, oIS'
Ut the Freeman, published weekly
at Webster City, Iowa, as required
by act of congress.
Editor, w. F. Hunter; business
manager, D. l.. Hunter; publisher,
Freeman-Tribune Pub. Co.
Owners holding one per cent of
stock: D. L. Hunter, w. F. Hunter,
First National Bank, l.. A. McMur-
ray, S. A. Hunter, J. l.. Kamrar.
Known bondholders, mortgages
and other security holders, holding
one per cent or more of total amount
OF bonds, mortgage or other securi-
ties: None.
w. F. Hunter.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this End day of Oct. 1914.
G. D. Thompson,
Notary Public.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
A Fort Dodge man a few years

A Fort Dodge man a few years
ago married a woman in the Omaha
Jail, declaring he was going to re-
form her. His name was August
Brandenburg and few days ago he
made application for a divorce in
the Des Moines court, stating that
she was a whisky drinker and that
she could drink gallon of whisky
without stopping. He says that she
has been in Jail 126 days this year.
1t may be presumed from Mr.. Brand
enburg's own statements that he is
not a bowling success as a reform
err
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Canada is sending about $4,000
troops to take part in the European
war. If the conflict continues two
or three years it is likely that not
more than half of them will ever
return home.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Col. Roosevelt is denouncing the
tariff policy of the democratic par
ty, yet in advising voters to support
the bull moose ticket he is doing ali,
he can to keep the democratic par
ty in power.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
SOME COMPARISONS.

The railroads are bombarding the
newspapers with pamphlets urging
the government to pay the railroads
more for carrying the mails. Their
latest circular compares the in
come railroads receive from express
companies and that received from
the government. They say they re-
ceive SO per cent of the total gross
receipts of the express companies
for carrying their cars, while they
receive less than 20 per cent of the
gross receipts of the postoffice de-
partment for carrying mail cars.
"This statement is probably true"
says the Sioux City Tribune. AT
least it is known that express COM
panies, owned by railroad directors
and interlocking interests split ev-
en- with railroads. 1t may also be
true that since the introduction and
increase of the parcel post the rail-
way companies are being underpaid.
Even so, it might be added paren-
thetically, considering the number
of years railroads were overpaid,
their average compensation for a
period of the past 20 years is still
rather high.
"But while they are issuing COM
parsons of the compensation they
receive from various sources for
hauling traffic in special cars, why
don't the railroads tell how much
they receive from the packing
houses, the fruit companies, the re-
frigerating car companies, the Pull
man company and the other corpor-
atoms whose cars they haul?
What per cent of the gross re-
ceipts of the packing house corpora
lions do the railroads receive for
hauling their refrigerator cars?
What per cent of the gross re-
ceipts of the Pullman company do
railroads receive for hauling Pull
man cars?
"How many of these companies do
the railroads actually pay for the
privilege of using their cars or get
ting pay from them?
Comparisons are odious.' but
having started to make them, why
not complete them?"
NUT FOR COLONEL TO CRACK.
Des Moines Capital: In his
speech at Galesburg, Illinois, Colon
ell Roosevelt declared: 1.-The demo-
cratic party has not only shown it
self, as always, utterly incompetent
to insure efficient legislation Of far
reaching consequence to the public,
but has kept true to its past record
of promise-breaking and Of the fall
sification of its words by its deeds.
If that is the case, and the facts can !
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

ed President Wilson easily distances
all predecessors. And at that, he
has had only nineteen months in
which to do it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Apparently the people of Iowa
are more interested in politics this
year than has been generally be-
lieved. Col. Roosevelt had tremen-
dous audiences when in this state
and reports come from Des Moines
that Senator Cummins is being
greeted by big crowds wherever he
goes. The senator seems to be at
his best and is delivering many
hard blows to the democratic party.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Kicking-good, strong, kicking
has its uses as well as it's abuses.
The kicking INDUCED in by Senators
Kenyon and Burton against the
pork barrel graft saved the country
s5O,0O0,OOO or $75,OOO,OOO.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Manson Journal says that,
whatever else Iowa does next year,
she should try to raise larger crop
than she did this year, because the
world will need it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

That German army seems to have
a charmed life. With both wings
cut off and its center smashed it is
still strong and vigorous.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

They are again overhauling the
police force in Chicago. That is the
usual thing they do to the police
force in Chicago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Yes, the Iowa democratic plat
form promises economy, but the ma
tional democratic platform promises
the same thing. Iowa may be for
given if she hopes to be excused
from the national brand being prac-
ticed by the dominant party.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Carranza is preparing to step
down before he gets kicked out.
Wise old guy is that man Carranza.
At last reports Villa had not re-
signed as a general in the army.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

1t is observed by the Sibley Trib-
une that, in spite of the fact that
Senator Cummins says Maurice Con-
molly has no show, the senator "is
sufficiently alarmed to leave Wash
ington and come to Iowa to mend
his fences"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

IF it should be decided to pass
the state fair around, the biggest
pleas for it would come from COM
munities which have made the big
gest failures of county fairs" thinks
the Clinton Herald.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

The democratic party can beat
John w. Rowley when it comes to
preaching economy but when it
comes to practicing what he
breaches John w. can beat the dem
ocratic party thousand miles or
more.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Rumor has it that our esteemed
fellow townsman, Col. B. F. Keltz, is
back into the republican party with
all tours and that he is even sup
porting Senator Cummins for re-
election. Good for the colonel. We
need every vote this year, but it
might as we'll be understood now as
later on that every recruit cannot
be assured of an offise, even in the
event of the success of the party at
the polls.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

To work on, serve on, love on,
unnoticed and unpraised, is perhaps
the finest heroism earth can show.
&C. H. Morrison.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

It is the opinion of many taxpay-
ers who have watched the list of
bills filed by engineers that they
are allowed too much money for SER
vices performed. Then there is an
other angle from which to view the
matter. The taxpayers furnish the
money to purchase equipment and
to support institutions for sharpen
ing the wits of these engineers. The
only return the taxpayer gets is an
opportunity of paying from 81 to
$40 per day for his services after he
has paid for his education.-Cedac
Falls Record.
Hold On, there, Lars, somebody
will be charging you with being a
reactionary. 1t has become sign
of old fogyism and decay for a
newspaper to protest against the
legalized robbery of taxpayers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

The European war and the pro-
gressive party are making it COM
paratively easy for the democratic
party nationally to win victories.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

Going East.
No. SO, Fl. Dodge to Water
loo Express q. m.
No. 16, Sioux City to Chica-
60 Express---------12:O7 p. m.
No. IA, Omaha to Chicago
Express pm.
No. II, Omaha & Sioux City
to Chicago Limited-- 1912 p. m.
Going West.
No. II, Chicago to Omaha &
Sioux City, Limited------2: a. m.
No. Il, Chicago to Omaha
Express --l0;Os a. m.
No. Is Chicago to Sioux City,
Fast Mail a. m.
No. IS, Chicago to Fort
Dodge Express------------7.O5 p. m.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
Going South and East.
No. II, Des Moines Pass--S:O5 =. m.
No. 4, Chicago Express-----3:5 p. m.
No. "a, Ia. & Oak. Ex.---D:10 p. m.
No. 30, Way Freight-------10:0O q. m.
Going North and West
No Is, Ia. & Oak. Ex------7:6 3. m.
No. 3, Ia. & Oak. Pass---1:20 .. M
No. 13, Eagle Grove Pass $50 p. m.
No.13, Way Freight --------2:5o p. m
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

John T. Hamilton, "non-partisan'
candidate for governor of Iowa, is
working the economy side of the
road, but fails to commend Senator
Kenyon for leading in the fight
that prevented the democratic party
from squandering from $50,000,OOO
to $75,OOO,O0O in dredging old
sloughs, digging out creeks and
draining ponds that never existed.
If Mr.. Hamilton is sincere he ought
to denounce extravaganza wherever
found, but he is like some trust
buster who is eternally bowling at
the trusts in some far-off state
while winking at those under his
very nose.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Bathhouse John, who has repre-
sented the first ward of Chicago in
the city council ever since the mem
DRY of man runneth not to the con-
trary, declares that the fact he is re-
elected from time to time proves
that he is a trustworthy representa-
tive. But just the same Johns op-
ponents declare he holds his job by
distributing favors where they will
do John the most good and by serv-
ing his constituency with turkey on
Christmas. John knows the value OF
fat contracts to the ward healers
and of fat turkeys to the voters.
That is a combination that has kept
many a rascal in Office.
That President Wilson has moral
courage was demonstrated few
days ago when he said he favored a
law prohibiting interlocking direct
crates, because the democratic
platform has promised it," A man
without unusual courage would say
nothing of the demands of plat
form that he had SO persistently ig-
nored. That platform declares
against two terms for president,
but President Wilson is a candidate
for a second term. 1t also stands for
a broadening of civil service re-
form, but this administration is
weakening rather than strengthen
ing civil service. That platform
promised economy in governmental
affairs, yet this congress and ad-
have expended more
money than any congress and ad-
in the history Of the
nation during a time of peace. That
platform contained a plank in fav-
or of free canal tolls to coastwise
but the president tore
that plank from the platform with
evident relish. In view of this rec
ord it lily becomes the president to
declare he favors certain thing
because it was promised by the
platform" As repudiator of the
platform upon which he was elect
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

Now that Col. Roosevelt has CIV
en- the liquor interests a jolt they
will be reminding him of that "gen-
tleman's cellar" at Oyster Bay.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

That man Edison has some head
upon his shoulders. He comes for
ward very frequently with some new
invention that is worth while. His
latest is a method of making car
bolic acid. We import most Of our
carbolic acid and the European war
has stopped importations. 1t is used
to great extent in many indus
tries and some of our manufacturers
were suffering from it's scarcity. 1t
is stated that in short time the
United States will be an exporter of
this acid because of Mr.. Edison's In
vention.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-06

The man who is at the steering
wheel of an automobile must give
the work his undivided attention if
he hopes to prove a success.