davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01
FUNNY SAYINGS
Il Was Startling.

"sir, am correct in repeating what
! saw in the papers yesterday, that
nom the commencement OF the Pan
ANA Canal up to date the number OF
lives sacrificed number eighteen hun
dred?"
You couldn't have read it right
was the reply. 1T gave the number
at twenty-eight hundred. l read 1t
very carefully, because have broth
or down there"
No one expected the solemn-looking
man to say anything, but after a Lit.
tie he turned to the passenger on his
right and remarked:
'Twenty-eight hundred, ehI JUST
wait minute.
He took out pencil and paper and
ngured for moment and then said
Wouldn't you call those figures
startling, sir?"
"Oh, perhaps"
But they are startling, str-very
startling"
"They may be-"
But they are, sir-they are. l am
an undertaken, and have Just figured
1t out that the profit on those $500
burials was exactly $1,000, and
wasn't there, sir-I wasn't there!"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01
LIVES ON q CENTS A DAY
Marcus M. Wood Works a Little on
His Farm and Reads Much
Money In pucka.

Marcus M. Wood Works a Little on
His Farm and Reads Much
Money In Ducks.
Webster, Mass-Marcus M. Wood,
the aged philosopher of Webster Gore,
has solved the problem of high cost
Of living. He and his wife live on 4
cents day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood occupy a small
Farm one mile from Webster. For
twenty years Mr.. Wood has read chap
ters of medicine in an effort to prolong
life. He is 75 years old. Recently,
when broken down in health, he bought
his home on high land. On this farm
the couple have lived for cents a
day. On holidays Mrs. Wood prepares
Wood gives the following as a daily
menu:
Breakfast-Fried Indian meal, pud-
ding. butter, Concord grape jelly,
doughnuts, wheat sherbet.
leeUMFonq 'dnos olBmoL-IeuuId
pudding, doughnuts, potatoes, grape
jelly, butter, bread and cracked wheat
and milk.
Supper-Buckwheat cakes, gravy,
butter, plum jelly, cracked flint wheat,
drink
The grapes for the preserves and
jellies are grown on the Wood farm. as
are the wheat and apples. The dough-
nuts are baked by Mrs. Wood. Tea
and coffee are injurious to health, ac-
tn I,1
two drinks off his menu several years
ago. He said:
"I do not claim the business man of
the city can live on cents a day, but
l do claim that any one who will live
on the farm can practice my daily rou-
tine of work and pleasure and live
for or 4 cents a day 1t is necessary
to live on the farm and eat the fruits
and vegetables of the garden. With
$1,000 you can live handsomely the re-
mainder of your life. Meals at 4
cents a day will average about SIS for
the twelve months"
At his farm Wood works little and
reads much. He believes he has a
plan to reduce the high cost of living
by India runner ducks.
Sell the piano and buy ducks" is
his advice. Wood has experimental
with the ducks and finds that at time
when hens are very coy about coming
across with eggs, his India runners
are producing eggs of all sizes. Five
eggs week each duck is the average.
Wood says Each duck will lay 24O
eggs a year, eggs that weigh thirty
ounces to the dozen, and flavor just
as good as hens eggs although the
whites are little tougher"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01
HELD BY A NAIL

WlRETON, Pa.-William Harding
made an unfortunate visit to his hen
house, when he heard suspicious
noise in his back yard. AS he was
standing on box peering into the
shed he slipped and fell through a
small window. The seat of his trous-
ers caught on a large nail and he hung
there. Efforts to release himself were
unsuccessful.
Hardins's wife and son, who had
been visiting relatives. returned the
Following morning, Then it was that
the unfortunate man was discovered,
almost dead from exposure and ex.
haustion-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Many
Cases.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.

Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty of evidence of their worth.
H. F. Marsh, Ellen street, F"nton,
Mich, says: 81 can still recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. I have found
them to be the best kidney and back
ache remedy that 1 have ever tried
My first experience with the medicine
was several years ago. I have used
them on several occasions during the
past few years when my kidneys
haven't been acting just right or my
back has ached and troubled me and
they have never failed to give relief.
The statement l gave some years ago
in their praise still holds good"
Price soc, at all dealers Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-Eet Doan $
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Marsh
had. Foster -Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo,
\. Y. ADV.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01
THREATENS POTATOES.

Officials of the agricultural depart
ment of the government say that de-
spite stringent regulations regarding
the Importation of diseased potatoes,
the crop in the United States is men
aced by powdery scab. The scab at
tacks young tubers as they mature in
the ground.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-01

''I know" supplied June, In sort
of solemn ecstasy, clutching small
hands in the pink frills of her morn
ing frock-"I know, father, she's going
to teach both you and me to laugh"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
A Barometer Of Prosperity

1t is an old saying that when the
railroads are prosperous everybody
is prosperous, and the manner In
which their income lie disbursed, as
above explained, tells the reason
why. In short, for years they have
been regarded as the great business
barometer OF the nation. No other
industry in the country employs 50
many men as do the railroads, and.
furthermore. It is q high grade Of
labor employed upon as lucrative a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
WILL DEBATE DISARMAMENT
Teachers win Discuss Live Question
at County Meeting Here Saturday

The county teachers association
will meet in the auditorium Of the
high school at Abilene, Saturday
December IL. The program: y
General session, 10 o'clock-Mu-
sic, Enterprise high school students;
Invocation, Rev. A. Casselman; Ad-
dress, 1.-THE Dickinson County
Teachers Association and What 1t
Stands for; Its Object" supt W. o.
Steen: folk dance, Solomon second
grade; address.
Afternoon session, 1 O'Clock
Meeting of county athletic associa-
ton; roll call; announcements; re-
view of state association, Supt.
Francis Robb, Herington; music, En-
terprise high school.
Graded section-Debate, "Resolv-
ed: That the European Powers
Should be Disarmed to the minimum
strength necessary for the mainte-
nance of domestic peace;" affirma-
tive, Prin. ]. VanArsdale, Lulu
Nemechek; negative, Prin. w. o.
Stark, Agnes Campbell. Profitable
Busy Work, Anna Dakin.
Rural section-Debate, Resolved
That Kansas should establish a PEN
sion for her teachers who have
taught rs years." affirmative, Ruth
Edith Frey; negative, Car
rie Saylor, Cora Purves. "The Teach
er's Duty on the Playground" Iva
Manor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10

cut its way out only at the last mo-
ment, losing great numbers of men
and many guns. Yet it was able
within a few days to reorganize and
take the offensive.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Petrograd says:
"The Bourse Gazette estimates the
German losses in the months oper-
atoms in the Lodz region at 1907
600 men, or, roughly, one-fifth Of
their strength"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
CARRANZA BRIBED SENATORS?
Sensational Charges in Senate Re
ceive Little Attention

Washington, Dec. 8.-Senator
Robinson of Arkansas today intro
duced resolution directing an in
quiry into a published report that
$4,000 was paid to United States
senators by agents of General Car
rama for influencing the withdraw
al of American troops from Vera
Cruz.
The foreign relations committee
would visit foreign countries and
hold hearings" and report before
March 4. 1915. The resolution went
over until tomorrow.
Senator Smoot declared the senate
belittled itself by taking heed OF
such charges and other senators ex-
pressed disbelief in them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
HOLLAND LOANS MILLION
DOLLAR WHEAT 10 BELGIUM

Rotterdam, via London, Dec. g.
At q meeting held here today Of the
Netherlands cabinet. attended by
Charge d'Affaires Langhorne and
Captain T. F. Lucey OF the Belgian
relief commission, the government
consented to loan and to deliver i'm
medIately 10000 tons of wheat. val
ned at $1,000. 900, to be used at once
in Belgium at such points where the
danger of starvation is most acute.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10

basis as obtains in any other large
industry. When times are good near
liz two million people. first and
last, are employed by the railroads.
and when this vast army is working
full time and Is contented the mil
lions they pay out for merchandise
and for the living necessities pro-
Iduced on the farm cannot help but
have tremendous effect upon the
commerce and agriculture OF the
country.
But this is only half the story.
Aside from the nearly two million
Operatives directly employed by the
railroads in normal times, the hun
dreds of thousands of men who work
in the great steel mills, the coal
mines, the lumber industry and in
the big car and locomotive shops
are equally vitality affected. for when
the railroads are making extensive
Improvement and buying heavily OF
these supplies 1t means that these
great industries are running full
shift, while when the railroads are
subsisting only upon the absolute
necessities It means that many OF
them are only working half shift.
Farmer vitality Concerned
That the farmer has a very vital
and personal interest in this situa-
ton should be apparent at glance.
When the millions Of laboring men
in the United States are profitably
employed and when all our great
enterprises are running
full shift 1t means that he will have
n larger demand and receive o high
er price for the things he produces
on his farm-for his corn, wheat,
pork, beef, mutton, cotton, wool and
other farm products. In other words,
80 interdependent have we become
and so closely allied are the inter-
ests Of the farmer, the merchant, the
manufacturer, the labor and every
other great national industry, that
the prosperity Of one has become the
prosperity of all. paid adv. To be
continued next week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
GERMANS PAY
HEAVILY FOR LODI
Capture Of Town Called One Of Most
Brilliant Achievements
RUSSIAN LOSS Is SEVERE, TOO
Cutting Through Circle Of Enemy,
Germans Rapidly Reform and
Take Important Strategic
Position
RUSSIAN LOSS IS SEVERE, TOO

London, Dec. s.-The occupation
OF LODI, Poland, by the Germans and
the retreat of the Russians Is con-
sidered here one Of the most bril-
liant achievements OF the war thus
far. The Russian loss was severe,
according to Berlin reports.
Less than a fortnight ago the
army to which victory has fallen
was surrounded By Russians, and It
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
Dairynaeu Must Pass Test

Topeka, Dec. S.--After January
all Topeka dairymen, from barn men
to the drivers Of milk wagons. must
pass q medical inspection. II the
examination shows the applicant to
Be tubercular or to have any conta-
gious disease, he must cease to
handle milk sold in Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10

More Than 500, 900 Persons in Want,
U. 8. Ambassador Reports

washington, Dec. s.-Dire need
Of food among the people of AL
bania and Palestine was reported By
Ambassador Morgenthau to the state
department today. In these coun-
tiles, the report said. more than
three hundred thousand people are
facing famine and thirty thousand
already have died of starvation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10

from Vera Cruz, passed through here
for Emporia, where he will be the
guest for several days of William
Allen White. He then will go to
Carlisle, Kan, to visit with his mo-
Their and then 10 San Francisco,
where his wife and baby are. He
has a two months furlough.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
YOUTH WHO WANDERED
I GOES TO TOPEKA SCHOOL

Sheriff Hassler went to Topeka
today and took with him Walter
Stroup. the 15-year-old youth who
broke his parole from Juvenile court
to wander over several western
states, only to return here and be
held on q juvenile court charge. He
has been committed to the boys in
dustriaI school at Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
MAKING HEADWAY
AGAINST CATTLE DISEASE

washington, Dec. 7.-officiaIs OF
the department OF agriculture be-
lieve the foot and mouth disease
among cattle win be completely mn
der control By the first Of the year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-12-10
Funston visiting IN Kansas

wichita, Dec. S.-Maj. Gen. Fred
eriek Funston. recently returned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
$4,000 OPERA
CURTAIN ARRIVES

The big red velvet curtain Of the
Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, which is the second largest IN
the world and Is used only on the
stages OF the Metropolitan and the
Atlanta Auditorium, has arrived here
for use during Grand Opera Week,
and arrangements are being made by
Assistant Treasurer Cecil Meyer, Of
the Auditorium, to place IT. The cur
tan Is valued at $4,000
The total seat sale to date this year
is far ahead OF the sale at this time
last year, according to announcement
made Thursday. Sale Of season tick
cts for grand opera win end SRtur-
Gay night, and thereafter it will be
necessary to buy single performance
tickets. 1t also was announced
Thursday that there are several
thousand dollars worth Of seats re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
Time Of First Wife's
Death May Free Man
ChargedWithBigamy

II the first wife Of Joseph $. I'M
berger, former Albanian held in sa-
vannah on a charge Of blgamy died
before he married a third time. he
probably win escape punishment. ac-
cording to his attorney Col Shelby
Myrick.
The police learned Thursday that
before Umberger met the girl he lived
with on Houston street in Atlanta a
year ago. he had married Miss Bes-
sic Adelaide May, in Newark, in
1907. Umberger says she died be-
fore he married Miss Carlotta Wick
enburg, the pretty Jacksonville
trained nurse. who lived in Savannah.
The fact that she was alive would
annul his second marriage. and the
fact that she died before he married
the third time, would have made him
a free man. to do as he pleased TIM
berger was not acquainted with any
Of the women now employed at the
Montgomery Theater here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
TURNER REPLIES
TO CARTER'S
CHARGES
Electrical Board Should Be Abol-
ished as 'Star Chamber
Body He Declares.

city Electrician r. c. Turner Thurs
day replied to the charges Of dis
elimination lodged against him BY W.
NJ. Carter, an electrical contractor. at
a meeting Of the Fire Committee
Wednesday afternoon
Carter complained that the city
electrician refused to grant him d III
cense to do electrical work In At
lanta. He charged that Turner was
prejudiced against him because Of his
activity in organizing Local No. rs,
of the Electrical Workers Union Of
Atlanta, in 1911 Carter contended
that ais the result of the organization
Of the union, wages of electrical me-
.chanics were increased from $3.50 to
$3.50 q day, and for that reason the
Electrical Contractors Association
had it In for him.
"Star Chamber" Session Charged.
Mr.. Turner in turn charged that
the meeting Of the Board OF Electrical
Control held Wednesday afternoon,
was a "star chamber" affair because
he was not given notice that there
would be meeting.
The board should be abolished
Turner said 1T looks a though 1t
meets only 10 near complaints against
me, The members are square pegs
in round holes. Only a few know
that they are members. The board
has no right to pass on my official
conduct. carry out the law as it Is
laid down to me. and the courts are
competent to pass on whethersI am
right or wrong"
Turner Holds Up Permit.
1T seems that Tnrner reuuirpd Car
ter to pass an electrical examination.
Carter claimed that he had already
passed one. The opinion Of City At
torney Mayson was asked, and he
said that Carter did not have to pass
another examination before the board.
The board then authorized the issu-
ance Of a permit, but City Electrician
Turner stated Thursday that he had
no intention of issuing one until Car
ter got d certificate, from the board az
examiners
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
Suffragists to Help
City in Clean up.

A committee appointed by Mrs,
Amelia Woodall, president Of the At
lanta Equal Suffrage Association,
Thursday began active work to enlist
the suffragists Of Atlanta in the
movement to clean up Atlanta for
grand opera and the shriners, follow
ing the enthusiastic Endorsement Civ
en- the crusade at the regular meet
ing Of the association at the Hotel
Ansley wednesday afternoon. The
committee is composed Of Mrs.
Charles Davis, Mrs. W. Nichols DR..
Evelyn Lessnoff, Mrs. c. Rehber and
Mrs. Frank l.. Stanton.
The committee will co. operate with
the Chamber Of Commerce. the City
Federation Of Women's Clubs, the
Shriners and other organizations in
terested. It Is probable that a gem
eral meeting of all those interested in
the work viii be called within a week
or ten days.
The association also announced, its
intention to work during the coming
session of the Legislature for the
passage of bill to allow women to
practice law in Georgia, bill to pro-
vide for compulsory education, and a
bill raising the age Of consent from
10 to is years. Mrs Woodali named
the following Legislative committee
to take charge OF the Tight: Miss
Mamie T. Pitts, Miss Margaret Laing,
Mrs. j. W. Armistead. Mrs. G. w,
Pickett. Councilman Claude Ashley
and ]. L. Rodier
The resolution recently adopted by
the Federation OF Trades and the
Federation OF Women's Clubs. MAX
ing May 81 Child Labor Day. was
Endorsed by the association.
Fifty new members were reported
by Miss Stella Lynch, chairman of
the membership committee. Miss
Lynch has secured in four weeks los
names and her committee lis, bring
ing the total membership Of the as
ISOLATION up to $40.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

on cards hand-painted in the same
color. yellow silk hose. handsome
towels with yellow crochet edges. and
other pretty souvenirs in yellow were
given as prizes, and at the close OF
the game, delicious salads, asplcs, etc,
were served on silver platters gar
nished with yellow flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs Riley have beenkresi-
dents Of Atlanta only a year, but
they have made many friends dur
ing that time, Mrs. Riley being a
charming acquisition to Atlanta so-
ciety. Her guests were Mrs Booth,
Mrs, George NJ, MoCarty, Mrs Thorn
as ID, Meadoi, Mrs ]. G. Beam, Mrs.
Rueker MeCarty, Mrs. w c. Hum
phries, Mrs. Lindsey Hopkins, Mrs.
William +. Spalding, Mrs Montgom-
cry Francis, Mrs. Thornwen Jacobs,
Mrs. Thompson b. French.
Miss Ferol HUMPHREYS and Miss
Lillian Jacobs assisted the hostess in
entertaining
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
PERSONAL

Mrs. Charles T. Glover continues
i'll at her home in Ansley Park.
Mrs. Evelyn Harris who has been
i'll at her home in Peaehtree circle, Is
much improved.
Mrs. Sam Blanc viii leave Atlanta
Friday for a short visit to relatives
and friends in New York
Mrs. Melville Strauss. Of Columbus,
is visiting her sister. Mrs, Samuel
Schoen.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lockhart ano
children have returned from a stay or
several weeks in South Georgia.
Mrs. William Bucknell, of Phiiadel-
phia, has postponed her visit to her
son and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. How
ard Bucknell until June, and VIII not
be among the grand opera visitors,
Mrs. Grace Battey Bayard has re-
turned home after spending two
months as the guest Of Miss Reeves
and her brother, Captain James
HAYNES Reeves, Of the Third Infan-
try, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
MIR and Mrs. Robert Hanson, Jra
Of st. Louis, announce the olttn u
daughter, who has been named lsa-
bel for Mrs. Hansou's cousin, Mrs
Richard Johnston, Of Atlanta. Mrs.
Hanson was Miss Minnie VanEpps, OF
Atlanta, before her marriage.
MRS. W. e. Hawkins entertained
az an informal spend the-day party
Wednesday in honor of Mrs. George
Carleton. Of Detroit who. Is the guest
Of her sNter, Mrs. Robert Wood. Mrs.
Carletonfwill visit another sister, Mrs.
William S. Goldsmith, before return
ing home.
The friends Of Frank Montgomery
will regret to learn that he will leave
Friday for Pittsburg, where he Will
make his home in fIHure. He will be
associated with his brother, Springs
Montgomery, who has been there a
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. r Lesh and Mrs.
Edward Mcclellan. Of Boston, will ar
rive Friday from Augusta to visit
Mrs. Thornwell Jacobs IN Ansley
Park. Mrs. Jacobs father, John Lesh
o. Boston, arrived Thursday from
Summerville. S. G., and Is also Mrs
Jacobs guest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

Clean -Up'Days
in Other Cities
Described

The 1clean-up. campaign received
another impetus Thursday when at a
meetingJof the Chamber OF Commerce
committee reports on the accomplish
ments Of such campaigns in other
cities were heard by the committee
men who went to work Thursday af-
ternoon with renewed vigor to have
Atlanta spick and span for the Shrin-
ers' meeting in May
w. H. Leahy, secretary Of the in
dustrial bureau Of the Chamber and
a committeeman in the campaign,
read report on the cleanup
campaign now In progress In Boston,
in preparation for the holding Of the
tercentary celebration OF the landing
Of the Pilgrims Mr.. Leahy told how
the Bostonians had developed the
campaign through platform lectures
and by wide publicity through the
newspapers already had obtained re-
markabie results in placing Boston on
the road to clean, healthy city,
He also spoke Of st, Louis and
Denver as shining examples Of pro-
gressive spirit in their respective
campaigns for clean city"
with the aid Of the Shriners' en-
tertainment committee. the City Fed
Grafton of Weman's Clubs and the
street Committee of the City Council,
the Chamber OF Commerce committee
in the cleanup campaign will join
forces in finishing the work begun
last week to give Atlanta the appear
ance Of clean and healthy city in
which to live when the Shriners be-
gin to arrive for their convention.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
CLOGGED NOSTRILS OPEN At ONCE,
HEAD COLDS AND CATARRH VANISH

balm dissolyes BY the heat OF the nos
trils; penetrates and heals the in
famed swollen membrane which
lines the nose, head and throat; clears
the air passages stops nasty dis
charges, aud feeling Of cleansins,
soothing relief comes Immediately.
Don't lie awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed. nos
trils closed. hawking and blowing
Catarrh or a cold, with its running
nose, foul mucous dropping into tie
throat and raw dryncss is distress
ing but truly needless
Put your faith Just once in "Elys
Cream Balm and your cold or ca
tarrh win rNFeiy disappear -ADNER-
TISEMENT.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

served which have not been paid Eor.
and that unless these seats are taken
BY Saturday night the reservations
will be cancelled
Az the request Of p. X. BauIxnIeli
secretary OF the Georgia Association
for the Blind, IT. has been decided to
admit all blind persons free when acA
c0mpanied by a person with q mid
admission. The blind win be given
seats behind the sight line, but from
where everything can be clearly heard
The same courtesy was extended last
year.