davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
FIippant filings.

Chewing gum Is our great national
substitute for thinking.-FOrum.
A girls school at Cambridge reports
a full course dinner for 20 cents.
Huh! Who ever heard Of pickles be-
ing served in six different waysf-
Washington Post.
Some Of the geographical sharps in
sist that Mexico" should be pronounc-
ed "MahekO." But most Of US prefer
some Of the names the Texans call it
Cleveland Leader.
Kansas proposes to regulate house
cleaning by law. Kansas will have a
hard time preventing the women from
piling all the furniture in the house
in the front hallway. - Detroit Free
Press.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
Pert Personals.

Truly. these are Richard 0lney's de-
clining Columbia State.
Confronted with marital troubles,
Manuel reflects that he always has the
stage to fall back on.-Exchange.
Still. If G.. K. Chesterton has too
much fun with the eugenists, they may
publish his waist measure in support
Of their Observation-Disclosures Post.
Congratulations are due to Sir Thorn
as Upton on the fact that he did not
have to depend for his success as a
man Of affairs on his judgment as a
constructor Of yachts. - Washington
Star.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
Science SiftingS.

A child ten to twelve years old re-
quires 0y6 the food Of a man.
Astronomers have figured that the
sun loses In its mass a quantity equal
to the volume Of the earth every 30
100000 years.
At $50 feet below the surface Of the
water the amount Of illumination is
about the same as that on the surface
on a clear but moonless night.
Two Frenchmen have invented a
process for treating Photographic mega
lives by which the effect Of stereoscop-
ic relief is produced in pictures.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

E. H. Faulkner, news agency; slO9 S.
State street.
Nine. Rosa Lee Tyler, ice cream eafej
1913 S. State st.
George Martin, maker Of fine Gig
airs and news stand, 10 w. Slst St.,
near State.
Il. N. Harvey's barber shop and
news stand, 1924 State street.
w. 3. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, "a w. 3lst st., near Dearborn.
w. III. Maxwell, notions, cigars, TO-
bacco, CONNECTIONS and news stand,
5244 state st.
Edward Felix, notions, cigars and
news stand, 81 W. SOth st.
+. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, 3 W. 9th st., near State.
Sylvester McGloftin, news stand and
laundry office, 4l22 State st.
William Gaughan, laundry Office
cigars, tobacco and news stand, 26S6
State st.
E. N. Oliver, notions, cigars and
news stand, Is w. Seth Street, near
State.
A D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions,
stationery and news stand, S64O s.
State st.
George MeFaro, shoe shining parlOrs
and news stand. sS0Oh State street.
7. B. Hall, Laundry efiee, cigars,
tobacco and news stand. 36ls South
State street.
Bell 4 Afford, cigars, tobacco and
news stand. 3I2sh South State street.
Fred N. Waterfeld, cigars, tobacco
notions and news stand, 52O2 South
State street.
Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco
and news stand, 3342 5. State street.
J. s. Williams, ladies and gents shoe
dressing parlOr, laundry office and
news stand. IL E. 34th street.
Miss E. NJ. McClain, hair dressing
parIor and news stand. 80 W. seth
street.
F. N. Diffsy, cigars, tobacco, notions
and news stand. 1905 State street.
A Turpin, cigars, CONNECTIONS and
! news stand, 35ll S. State street.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
The Royal Box.

Queen Mary Of England is q poor
conversatiOnaiist
King George Of England is an ear
nest student Of meteorology.
1t is remarked that there is a short
age Of daughters among the royal fam
flies Of Europe.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy has
been awarded the Carnegie hero gold
medal for his work In encouraging he
roic deeds in Italy by the example he
set in giving aid to the sufferers Of the
Messina earthquake in 1908.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
Fashion FriIIs.

colors Of women's gowns are to be
quieter, saE manufacturers. And the
wearen?-New York sun.
Skirts are To be fuller this year.
which Is gratifying. Nothing Is pref
tier. than a skirt full OF Chicago
News.
Every time Jon see skinny lad sit
down IN street car and hoist bis
pants 10 his knee 50 Jon can see his
passionate SILK socks We QUIT laughing
at what women 80 vearing-C Inein-
natI Enqri-.r
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Russian explorers have discovered an
i1land about half the size Of Europa
Nature b very careless with her r.
lAnds- One finds them lying around
everywhere.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Some predict that the time win come
when people VIII read each Others
thoughts like book. Many hyleayes
VIII be discovered where least sx-
pscted.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

A medical journal has an article on
How to Lie When Asleep" OF more
Yalne would be an article on how to
lndues people TO ten the truth when
awaka.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

The Suez canal Is nothing but level
aalt water ditch. while the Panama
canal Is a fresh water bridge for ships
from ocean to ocean.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Il there no way for congress 10 70
duce the winter prices Of American
beauty rosesl That would be q great
help to the counting industry.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

A new comet recently sighted Is said
to look peculiar to the astronomers.
Probably it is following the prevailing
styles In skirts.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

No way has yet been developed 10
enable the American agriculturist b
raise radium, but he can do the next
thing 10 It He can raise beef.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

30 far wireless telegraphy has saved
the lives Of 5000 persons who would
otherwise have been lost at sea. Il q
doing more than pay dividends.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

OF course France will criticise the
Panama canal And OF couse France
did much better when It had the
chance.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

A Boston talking machine company
has gone into the hands of a receiver.
Talk in this case seems to. have been
too cheap.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

With radium costing $4,000 more q
gram druggists will still have TO look
to the soda and cigar counters for their
profits.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

When you 60 to a restaurant don't
forget to order oysters. Finding pearls
Of great price in oysters IL awfully
common this year.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

People on Mars are burning blus
nghts TO attract our attention. says an
astronomer. May Be nothing more
tan 4 celebration Of some Marian
foothal victory.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

1t is news that a scientist has grown
nerves in a bottle. but most cases OF
nerves grow from bottles.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Every properly equipped historian
now employs a force OF catalogues to
index and cross index the various Bal
Kan war;
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Experience shows that It Is just as
difficult to get out the woman vote as
It has always been to get out the man
vote.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Miss Jane Adams says she admires
Mrs. Pankhursts capacity for martyr
dom. Believe use. 1t is some capacity.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Philadelphia girls have pockets in
their stockings. For safety It may be
necessary to sew up the slit.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Woman finds the glass that cheers In
her own dressing room.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04
The earth being q ball we must el'
pect to ind some bounce in the word

II you want to avoid being annoyeu
By files In your house keep them OUT
side.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

When a man courts trouble 1t dOesD'
take him long to get her to consent "
be hIs.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Half heartedness is the sign OF .
weak will.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

1t Is never 100 early to realize that II
Is never too late to mend.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Perhaps the chief requisite In w
movement Is a safety first e'"
science.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

Work Is the UesI thing to make -
love Life.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

One half the world certainly knows
how the other half dances.
The broad ax., 1914-07-04

THE BROAD AK CAN BE FOUND
ON SALE AZ THE FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:
From on and after this date 1he
Broad Az, can be found on sale At the
following news stands;
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
NINE, kORDICA IS IN
PERIL OF SHIPWRECk
Steamer Carrying Singer and
Others Is Ashore.

Brisbane, Australia.-A very brief
dispatch from Thursday Island says
that the Dutch liner Tasman, bound
from Sydney, N. S. W., for Java, is
ashore in a dangerous position in
Bramble Cay, Gulf of Papua.
There are many passengers aboard
the Tasman, including Nine. Nordica,
the singer, and the Panama-Pacific eX-
hibition commissioners Adams and
Stallsmith. The Tasman sent a wire
less message to Thursday Island, tell
ing of her peril. Steamships have
left to give assistance.
The point where the Tasman went
ashore is in Tasman strait, between
the nOrthermost part of Australia and
New Guinea. Thursday Island is in
the same locality
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
VOTE TO REINSTATE
MRS. ELLA F. YOUNG
Mayor Harrison Uses Police to
Settle School MIDDLE.

CHICAGO-Mrs. Ella Flagg Young
was reelected as the superintendent
OF schools at riOtOus meeting of the
board of education. Four new mem
bers of the board were seated, only
after stormy scene in which a de-
tail of policemen sent by order of
Mayor Harrison, forced John c. Hard
ing, Henry w. HUFFMAN, James 3.
Dibelka and Charles o. Sethness, for
ner trustees, to withdraw
Challenges were hurled at the chair
by the defiant members. They were
supported in their fight by Trustees
William Rothmann, J. J. Sonsteby and
several others.
After the new appointees-all pre-
disposed to vote for Mrs. Young
were established in the places of the
deposed anti-Young quartet, the meet
ings proceeded to vote on motion to
reconsider the vote by which John d
Shoop was elected superintendent at
last session and to re-elect Mrs. Young
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
The insuIted Tiger.

In ''Tigerland" C. e. Gouldsberg. its
author. alludes to the belief. current
among some of the natives of Bengal.
that tigers resent being discussed by
human beings and should one overhear
a man doing SO will not rest till it has
killed and eaten the offender" There
fore when a tiger is near at hand they
speak of it as "geedur for
jackal-and so hope to deceive it.
When it was pointed out to an old ma
tive that to insult tiger by calling it
a jackal-the smallest and most insig-
nificant beast in the forest-was scarce
" the best way of propitiating it he
merely shrugged his shoulders and
said, "Kya jane?" (who knows?) add
ing by way of explanation that ''such
was their 'dustoor' CUSTOM
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
pexonshire,s YuLe Log.

In Devonshire the Yule log was rep
resented by the Ashton fagot," which
was brought In and burned with great
glee. The fagot was composed entirely
of ash timber. hoped round with nine
bands. and while it burnt merrily on
the spacious hearth sports and fun
were the order of the night For every
crack which the bursting of the hoops
made the master Of the house was ex-
pected to furnish fresh bowl OF
Honor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
CONFESSES $500. 900 THEFTS
James E. Foyee Pleads GuiIty-AII but
$4,000 Recovered.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-James E.
Foyee, who formerly was a SIS a
month clerk employed by the Farmers
Loan and Trust company of New
York, pleaded guilty before Judge
Patterson On four bills OF indictment
charging him with forgery and obtain
ing 100000 on false pretenses from
the brokerage firm of c.. d. Brown &
Co., in the New York Stock Exchange
building.
Last month Foyee obtained loans
through Brown & Co., amounting to
100000, less commission, from local
banking concerns. All the money has
been recovered except $4,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Eirst county Game Preserve.

FREEPORT, ILL. = The first OF
the 1O2 county game preserves to be
established in Illinois by the State
Game and Fish Commission is in
Stephenson county, 1t includes four
sections of land in the township of
Buckeye, north Of this city, which will
be stocked next spring with ring
necked pheasants, quail, prairie chick
Aax and other game birds
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Tiqer Superstitions.

Numberless are the superstitions as
ISOLATED with the tiger. The natives
of India believe that its whiskers are
a deadly poison and that when finely
chopped and secretly put into per-
sons food they will assuredly cause
death What is known as the "evii
eye" is greatly dreaded in India, and
to avert this parents hang the claws
of tigers round the necks Of their chill
dren
What Money Can't Buy.
Money will buy a lot of things bat
Il can't buy the loyalty of dog or
the friendship of a baby.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
MRS. ADLAI STEVENSON DIES
Wife of Former Vice President Sue
cumbs at Bloomington, III.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.-Mrs. Adlia
E. Stevenson, the wife of the former
vice president, and past president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, died at 1925 o'clock
at her home in Bloomington. Mrs.
Stevenson had been confined to her
home more than month. Early in
November she suffered general
breakdown.
Her condition gradually became
worse until death ended her struggle
The end had been expected for sew
eral days, and her family was at her
bedside
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
HOSIERY GIRLS ON STRIKE
Police Called to Dispense 1000 Work
ers at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-As many as
1000 hosiery workers, nearly all ol
them girls, went out on strike in four
different mills controlled by William
H. Tauble, 1.-THE hosiery king" be-
cause of reduction in wages.
The strikers formed themselves in
to a procession and marched through
the mill district, causing much excite
ment. The police were called out to
dispense them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Republics Board Replies.

NEW YORK.-The board of trustees
Of the George Junior republic at
Freeville, n. Y, refused to abandon
the republics methods and in a speci-
fic reply to the attack of the state
board of charities pointed out that
VIM. R. George, accused of grave i'm
moralities, has no connection with the
eaIanv.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Pride In Their Country.

In Germany there is a national asso-
citation called the HeimatsschutZ Bund
which was formed for protecting an
preserving the natural beauty of tn
German fatherland. together. with its
historic and artistic buildings. cities,
monuments, etc.: also TO unite the eff
forts being made by various local and
state organizations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Main Thino.

Ted-"Cheer up, old man! Absence,
you know, makes the heart grow
fonder." Ned-"What's worrying me
is that I'm not just sure that it's hav-
ing the same effect on the girl -
Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
Expresses Gratitude.

Expresses Gratitude.
Il need not tell you that l feel very
deep qualification at being able to sign
this measure and the very deep esteem
for the men who made it possible for
me to sign it.
There have been currents and count
er currents that threatened the exist
ence of the bill, but it has come
through safely. Especially to the
chairman OF the two committees and
then to the members of the commit
tees themselves 1 wish to tender my
congratulations for bringing this bill
safely into being.
This is the first of a series of con
structive measures which the Demo
cratic party means to pass in order
better to serve the people.
Law Is Constructive.
"In saying this do not wish to cast
any reflection upon the tariff bill But
that was passed in order to remedy
existing evils. This is strictly a con
Structive measure. l consider it a
happy OnlCH JudL IL Has USCl uIduS Il
law just fifty years after the passage
of the national banking act in 1864.
1--WE have come to the end of the
day of criticism. What we have been
trying to do has been to engage in a
peaceful fight for the betterment Of
conditions. This day of peace has. ar
rived. Business men have a better
understanding of conditions and critic
ism has been entirely obliterated. To
day marks the constitution of peace
Sees New Epoch.
1--WE have simply been seeking to
serve the best interests of the coun
try. l believe that the passage of this
bill will mark new epoch in the bust
ness of prosperity"
The pen with which the president
signed Woodrow" he presented to
Representative Glass. That with
which ne signed Wilson" he present
ed to Senator Owen.
The senate began voting on the
final passage of the bill at 2:3O o'clock
in the afternoon. The bill was pass
ed by vote of 43 to %. Four Repub-
licans voted with the Democrats. They
were Jones, Norris, PoindeXter and
Weeks.
Speaker Clark ended the House,
part in the work by signing the bill
at PAS o'clock.
Congress Adjourns.
The senate adjourned for the Christ
mas holidays at A o'clock and the
house at $40. Congress will recon
vene on January IL.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
MONEY BILL A LAW
President Wilson Attaches His
Name to Measure.
is FULSOME IN ITS PRAISE

81 Believe That the Passage of This
Bill Will Mark New Epoch in the
Business Prosperity" He Declares
First of Series of Constructive Meas.
ures.
WASHINGTON = President Wilson
has signed the currency bill, making
the measure a law.
There were present at the ceremon"
the majority of the members of the
cabinet, members of the senate and
house committees on banking and cur
rency, Mrs. Wilson, the Misses Flea
nor and Margaret Wilson and Mrs.
Owen
After signing the bill the president
arose from his desk and said:
1.-The most significant fact in the
passage of the currency bill by both
the house and the senate was the
team work evident in both chambers.
One OF the most pleasing and crafty
ing results was the great number q
Republican votes cast for this meas
ire
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
He Listened to All.

Fontenelle listened to everything
and he offended no one by disputing
anything. At the close Of his life he
was asked the secret Of his success.
and he replied that 1t was by observ-
log two maxims Everybody may be
Night" and Everything may be SO"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-01-02
PlNDELL is STILL IN THE AIR
Effort to Bring About Editors Con.
firmation Fails-Burton Blocks Il.

Hrmation failS-Burton BLOCKS 1t.
WASHINGTON-A strong effort to
bring about the confirmation of the
nomination of Henry NJ Pindell of Il
linois for ambassador to Russia before
the adjournment for the holidays fail
ed
Senator Burton declined to accede
to the request when submitted by
Senator J. Ham. Lewis.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-01-02

per cent, went TO the United Kingdom;
2,4O4,397 bales. or 27.3 per cent, to
Germany; 1,O22,642 bales, or 11.6 per
cent, to France; 496,499 bales, or Sc
per cent, to Italy; and 1,31s,17O bales.
or Is per cent, to all other countries.
The value of cotton goods of domes-
tic manufacture exported during the
fiscal year 1913 amounted to $53,743,-
977, the largest amount for any year
in the history of the country. More
than one-half of this amount is ac-
counted for by the exports of cotton
cloth which amounted to 444,729,241
square yards, value dat $30,66S,234.
The value Of cotton goods imported
during the year amounted to s63,9S5j-
9SS. Tht United Kingdom, Germany,
France, and Switzerland, in the order
named, contributed the largest
amounts, these four countries furnish
ing 95 per cent of the total. Laces,
edgings. embroideries, and the like.
formed the most important class, the
value of these goods imported amount
ing to $35,776.3O1, of which Switzer-
land furnished almost one-third.
The estimated number of active
cotton spindles in the world for the
year ending August 81 is 143,39S, 900.
an Increase of 37.717,O0O, or 35.7 per
cent, since 1900. OF the total. $685.
OOO or 9S.S per cent, are in the United
Kingdom; S1,52O,OOO, or % per cent, in
the United States; 11,1S6,O0O in Ger
many, 9,21S,O0O in Russia; 100000 in
France; and 6,Os4,OO0 in India. The
total mill consumption of cotton for
the year is placed at 21,542,OOO bales.
The United States with i,7S6,0OO bales,
leas all other countries, the United
Kingdom with 4,44O,0OO bales, being
second, and Germany with 100000
bales third.
Formerly the manufacture of cotton
was confined largely to England and
few localities in other countries.
In recent years, however, not only mas
the industry increased wonderfully in
these established oenters, but it has
been extended until, at the present
time, there are very few countries
without some cotton mills. The spin
ming of cotton by power-driven ma
chinery has been introduced into
China. Turkey, Brazil, and, to less
extent, into Indo China, Australia,
Egypt, and number of countries in
South and Central America. 70 l'e-
sent accurate statistics covering the
industry tin oughout the world is well
nigh impossible, but reliable data are
available for al of the important cot
ton manufacturing countries.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-01-02

It is best to buy fresh meat aud
vegetables. A can of salmon costs as
much as beef stew, and is not half
as nourishing or satisfying.
Cleaning Teakettle.--If the enamel
inside a rusty teakettle is not cracked
it may be thoroughly cleaned by put
ting in soda and cold water and bring
ing to boil.
small sewing bag with needles.
thread. thimble, etc, and hooks. eyes
and buttons is a great convenience to
TO the occupant OF the guest chamber.
To clean brass plate without soil
ing the woodwork around it. cut a
piece of cardboard the shape of the
plate and place It around it when
cleaning.
Clean white enamel furniture by dis
solving one tablespoonful of baking
soda, in pint of warm water. Satur-
ate soft cloth and wash the furni-
ture.
TO save sugar---A bit of soda added
TO stewed fruit lessons the acidity 81
that very little sugar is required TO
sweeten.
Postage stamps. IF postage stamps
stick together run hot iron over
them; they may he separated at once.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-01-02

for thebetterment Of farming are able
to show in five years from now that
the work pays the farmer, that the
farmers working according to their
suggestions are actually more SUCCESS
full than other farmers, then the whole
farm population will insist on going
to school as they go TO the fields.
I'm such revolution in matters
agricultural, the agricultural colleges
will need the best thought of the state
governments. and the sanest sort Of
management, or they will be lost in
the rush they have started and are
now leading II. on the other hand,
It turns out that even under the best
instruction farming still remains the
same steady, slow, ciose-figuring old
business, that the results of the bet
ter methods are SO small as not to
be very apparent, then the movement
to carry salvation TO the farmer will
wane, and the professors who have
left the agricultural colleges for com
mercial life will go back and the deans
will be relieved OF the fear that their
dearest professors are likely to be kid
mapped overnight"