davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

been ordered by Albert Homer, pres
ident of the company, and some of
them are finished now. l. Jacobs, vice
president of the company and head
of the California Canneries Company
attended the meeting He came here
from San Francisco for that purpose
Cane conditions around and about
Hilo have never looked better This
is the opinion of E. FaXon Bishop,
president of G. Brewer & Company.
But the question of what price sugar
will bring is another question, he says
Sugar which has been received in
Atlantic ports up to January %
amounts to 99.134 tons. This is
decrease of 17,G24 over the previous
weeks, according to WilIett & Gray in
their issue Of January %. Improve
mCnt in buying is reported.
AS a result of complaints made to
Ching Shat of the Oahu Rice Mill on
what they term excessive rates charg-
ed by the Koolau railway in hauling
their products TO Honolulu may result
in q concerted movement to cause
reduction in the rates.
A. Nj. Novel; Of the Sugar Factors
Company has stated that the new
basis for tho sale Of sugar on the At
lantic is very favorable to Hawaii.
Under this new naSis, sugar is sold
subject TO the reduction Of .2432 which
represents the difference between the
old a0d new tariff. The reduction
took effect February 8, about a month
before the new tariff schedule goes
into operation.
Brad3treet's for January 3 says that
for the full year 1913 there were in
the United States 1853 business fail
ures. as compared with 1882 in 1912
This is an increase c. So per cent.
over 1912. of Is per cent. over 1911,
and Of PSI per cent over 1910. The
liabilities for 1913 were 1921, 781 ,075.
an increase of 46 per cent over 1912,
when the liabilities were $19S.902, 1873.
Experiments are under way in Ger
many with a view to utilize the pa
pyrus and other reeds of the Nile
marshes as fuel by drying them, re-
ducing them to powder and forming
briQuettes.
Quotations received by the Hawaii
an Sugar Planters Association Mon
day showed that 90 test centrifugals
at New York were at 3.t2. The cable
adds: "Hawaiian sugars sold during
February subject to proposed reduc-
ton Of duty on Cuban sugar 3.4S.
A census bureau report recently
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

made showed 3,O09,759 tons of cotton
seed crushed and 396,934 bales of lin
tiers obtained to Dec. 81, from the crop
of 1919 compared with 2,729,S97 tons
and 352,972 bales in 1912.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

The Hawaiian Cannories Company.
at a directors meeting last Saturday,
decided to build a Cannery at Kapaa
Kauai Work is to so ahead on this
project at once. Plans for it have
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

II. F. Mac Conaughey, a canned fruit
expert now visiting here, predicts
that the pineapple industry of these
islands will be Of great a value to the
territory as sugar He has visited sew
eral Of the canHeries and plantations,
and is highly enthusiastic overf the
way the fruit is grown and preserved.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

AS a result of complaints made to
Ching Shat of the Oahu Rice Mill on
what they term excessive rates charg-
ed by the Koolau railway in hauling
their products TO Honolulu may result
in a concerted movement to cause
reduction in the rates.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

DR.. Z. '. Wilcox. agent in sharge Of
the federal experiment station. sees
roselle as one of the growing indust-
ries Ct the islands. He says he has an
offer to pay four cents for any amount
OF roselle up to 100000 pounds.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

Sugar which has been received in
Atlantic ports up to January %
amounts to 99.134 tons. This is a
decrease of 17,G24 over the previous
weeks. according to WilIctt 4 Gray in
their issue Of January %. Improve
mCnt in buying is reported
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

been ordered by Albert Horner, pres.
ident Of the company, and some of
them are finished now. l. Jacobs, vice
president of the company and head
of the California Canneries Company
attended the meeting. He came here
from San Francisco for that purpose
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

Experiments are under way in Ger
many with a view to utilize the pa
pyrus and other reeds of the Nile
marshes as fuel by drying them, re
ducine them to powder and forming
briQuetteS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

Cane conditions around and about
Hilo have never looked better This
is the opinion of Z. Faxon Bishop,
president of c. Brewer & Company
But the question of what price sugar
will bring is another question, he says
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

A census bureau report recently
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

5773-Feb. Z, L. II.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH"
FOR SOME INSANE FANS

CINCINNATI June 2O.-lf any par
ticularly red hot fans" are noticed az
League park on the Fourth OF July
maybe they will be suTe-enough luna
tics from the Longyiew asylum out
for safe and sane holiday
That's 10 be the rule at the asy-
lum this year The management has
decided 10 cut out the old.fashi0ned
fireworks as calculated to awaken too
much excitement among the inmates.
and perhaps lead 10 serious conse.
.quences. Baseball will be substituted.
The scheme has been quietly tried
with some of the inmates and has
worked well.
Judge Herman r. Goebel one OF
the trustees al the asylum. said to-
day,
Yes. We have some fans among
our inmates. and We are going 10 take
them 10 League park on the Fourth.
Under proper supervision of course,
though | doubt whether that will be
necessary. They enjoy the game just
as much as other folks. and from
what I have seen. think they could
give lessons in behavior 10 some OF
the sane fans | doubt III anybody
except the guards will know they are
not mentally normal"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20

smile faded from old Jonthy's. face.
Maybe he was thinking of\the time
before Dave came home.
JOINTLY says T. iii would be sin
not TO believe H. IN Try Also IN
remember the name orchids.
And J takes him away from there.
On my watch one night / saw Ev'
elyn about midnight open the window
for air could see her holding up
some sort OF garment with gold braid
ON II. ] snoOped as near as | could
TO try and see what IL was and then
have fun with her about H. No use.
But, as ! went on my toes | struck
something with my foot and picked
IL mp. u was a brass button. put
II into my pocket.
! had forgotten about il the next
day, and pulls il out accidental when
Jon and me Is together.
why, daddy, where did you get
That yells Jon, taking il from ME.
mo wonder we're under suspicion, -
II Was a brass button with c. S. A.
stamped on IT,
Well SAYS !, there have been
plenty OF Confederate soldiers at
about the place where ! found Il,
more than once"
"Or." says Jon some Union sol.
der may have sewed il on his coat
in place of one with U. S. A. on it,
Or, one Of them might even have
been wearing Confederate coat.
I They do such things
was looking at il then.
TITS bran new, Jointly" says l.
NO" says Jonathan, not new"
That's rust--from the wet grass.
We'll" laughs Jonathan, "Old Sus-
picious, what's the answre?"
you don't think Evelyn might
have dropped it--thrown II away? 1t
! Or, maybe-That's not the 'spool?'
NO laughs Jon.
But then. as usual, IL came 10 him.
why, yes. she might have dropped
IL, poor girl! 1t may be a souvenir
| possibly only think, daddy, cut from
| her fathers coat, and sent TO her.
She might have thrown 1t away so as
not 10 hurt our feelings-and be loyal
to us,--then repented. Think what
sacrifce., For us and the Union
OF course, she'd be shy of letting us
know about repenting the sacrifice,
but that doesn't lessen it's greatness.
And that would explain the other
night Shall we give II 10 herr
Sure" says |, handing 1t out TO
him.
Then. again, after while, it came
right.
mo. Then she'd know we knew
her dear little secret Tonight I'll
put II back where IL was-but SO
plain in sight she cant miss It. May
be she's still hunting for II. To
nights my watch"
And nice old Jon told me the next
day that she had come down in her
nightie and looked for II, and had
found it,
Poor little girl She was So
happy! I'm glad she didn't know we
knew She cried. Her very heart
seemed broken"
"But why shoulI her heart seem
broker" | asks.
Well--Jon didn't know.
(Continued.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20

which might hide a man ayins down,
or up in a tree, within twenty yards
OF YOU
"Now. YOU don't tell me it's as bad
as that, Jointly" ! says.
Then Jon took the back track r
/ thinking he'd scared me.
NO. no, All we got 10 do is 10 De
straight Union as we are an of MS
JOINTLY" says ], though "its r
creepy business watching and beirg
watched like this. Is there anything
20 stop it?'
Jon hesitates "A little. then he says,
as If he didn't like to-
Eyes. daddy enlisting
Then. according TO that you don't
think It's our neighbors We mecU-d0
( ing Just as we are dolng?"
4 Jonathan hesitates a minute, then
he says
Eyes, YES, daddy. of course That's
! all il is Forget it--and be careful
! Evelyn cried a good deal now. and
| lost her color But how she did love
/ Dave, When they met she would just
( fly al him, And she'd tell him that IL
would soon be over now soon be
over Only. instead of feeling almost
| like bride she'd always burst into
! tears when She said that At last
Jon figured it all out on grand scale.
/ Dave and Evelyn were both foolug
Ius What was going on was prepare
tions for q wedding Evelyn was max.
I ing her own trousscau
Then, some day. all OF sudden.
Wen be up against a wedding and the
4 Joke will be expected 20 he on you and
me BE ready to laugh"
/ Jon saws ]. touching his head
some ones getting queer. Is IL you?"
| "Woll, daddy" laughs he happier
] than any OF them about that wedding
! "do you expect a girl 10 work day
after day on her trousseau without
! tears?"
"Of JOY, expect" says J. for a joke
! For joy" mods Jon, serious. why
daddy young girls wedding is the
most wonderful thing in her whole
| life"
Mine wasn't But suppose you're
| thinking ABOUT the time when you
were a young girl. And how many
! times Won were married." says /, for
/ another joke on Jon.
| But he laughs and understands,
this time and hugs me so that 1
J thought my ribs were cracked.
you see, daddy, Jon goes on, Il
have known this for a long time, and
| If you'll come with me III show you
and prove my faith in my own proph-
ecy"
He drags, me behind the barn,
where he has a nice little hotbed with
some funny flowers in it,
We'll that's nice and unexpect,
ed" says l. but go on and prove
! it. These are flowers; that's a we'd
ding What's the answer? Please
tell me-"
There's the answer" laughs old
Jon. Those orchids. They're some
Of the frailest and rarest flowers in
the world and | am raising them for
EVelyns wedding, Orchids Moth
ing less would be appropriate You're
not TO tell If they think they are
going TO surprise us, this will tell
them that they haven't succeeded"
We stood there minute, and the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
WAR"
Copyright 1918
The Bobbs-Merrlll Company
By
John
Luther
Long

deal like a man That made Jon
change his mind
Yes" he saws. There's hardly
any possibility of Evelyn being taken
for man, she's too feminine. But,
yes, we'd betted look out little
more There's no use In taking
chances. Wen watch you and me-
night and night I'll fix up tue old
fiintlock. II will hold a pint OF buck
shot"
was mighty glad for Jon to tumble
in like that. thinking IL all his own
plan.
"Yes." SAYS. "I'll go 10 town and
get a carbinc,
thought. in that way. 10 account
for the one ! had
Jon kept on planning while We
walks toward the kitchen. When We
got near, Evelyn poked her head out
from the stairway. with candle IN
her hand. like she expected 10 find rs
all there But. when she halted end
saw that no one was there but Dave,
asleep. cunning kind OF look came
on her face and she. quick. blew out
the candle In "A minute we saw her
come out the door on tiptoef and
watch about for us. Then she hurried
TO that place where the spool had
dropped and hunted for 1t in the
grass Some one came along the
rad Maybe she thought II was us.
She runs on her tiptoes back and
through the kitchen, up 20 her room.
"Jon." asks, what do you make
of that?"
"She needed her spool" says Jon.
1T was empty" says !.
well, laughs Jon. cant you
imagine some use for an empty
spool?"
Not since yon made dog-wagons
with them" says |. and. anyhow,
there are dozens of them right where
She came from.
but not one Of them the right size,
suppose. just as | used TO find out
when | made the aforesaid dog
wagons OF at least three different
sizes OF spools, sometimes four"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
XVI.
EVelyn's Spool.

| didn't want to- take the RESPONSE
bility of watching for that spy, and
maybe. shooting him, myself, so |
thought had better work Jon into
il with me. somehow. no matter III
had promised not to tell him. They
Iad no business to ask such a thing.
Jon" ! says. things are getting
So bad around here that we got 10
arm and look out fol- the place. When
they get 10 cutting down trees and
breaking windows so they can look
in it's about time"
Eyes" mods old Jon, 1--WE been
thinking about that myself"
Then Evelyn turning Union -"
What" SAYS he, like an explosion,
what's that
"Evelyn's turned Union"
"Who told you?"
"she."
Yes" says Jon that makes her
doubly precious."
Well, don't mean that.
why" asks l. NO one cares
whether she's Union or rebel. No one
. but US knows what she is. don't
suppose that makes her any more
precious, does il. Jonthy?"
Yes, it does, daddy" says Jon.
"Sha's nearer TO MS all What did
you mean. daddy"
Well | says. Il kind OF thought
that having rebel in the house
would keen us on good terms with
the Confeder?tes, and keeping LOYAL
Ourselves would keep ,rs straight with
the Unions. There wasn't much
senie in IT, because no one knows OF
her sentiments. Just a kind OF a
bra'ch. But I felt that way"
1suppose IL Is the very worst way
10 feel" laughs Jon you know
wha always happens TO people who
cary water on both Shoulders, !
dom think that that has had the
leaa thing 20 do with keeping the
secSsionjsts from bothering US For.
as ton say, none OF them know her
poliics"
'hnyhow." goes on, shed better
stoI her long walks alone-and going
10 bwn so often"
Daddy" answers Jon who do you
ttial would harm woman--a girl.
IN fct,"
We'll" adds, II don't want to
scae YOU. But what happened to
AWE Shuster-"
"rbpt's So mods Jon. that's so
daHv''
hnie WAS on an errand 10 Orders
am some Union soldiers took her for
suspect they had been Watching
trng 10 escape in woman's clothes
! Rte 10 saw what thew done 10 her
Rn they treated her like she was 2
nsal Anyhow she looked = good
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
Financial
Strength

On December 81, 1913, the DETROIT LIFE had
1855 of Assets for every 500 of Reserve Liability
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20

! know US, and talk In a changed voice
Even wore handkerchiefs over the
lower part Of our faces.
We would go to bed in the usual
way. then the one who was 10 stand
watch would sneak up That was IL,
hard part of IL getting MP after going
10 bed and fooling the sleep with the
notion that II was att fiXed till morn
ing. Mostly. Jon had TO wake me. ..
there would have been no watch, And
often have TO admit Jon was good to
me and watched two nights in success
sion when he came and heard M
snoring so in earnest J admit ! have
big snorS
had never been about much al
night And shopping now in the light
Of the moon made honest things look
queer, and made me acquainted with
many queer things which had looked
/ honest.
The way the lights used 10 perform
in Ben Orders garrett window was q
caution. Sometimes II was a regular
dance And there were whistles and
horns blowing now and then, and all
sorts OF creepy shadows and things
and rapid riders
The fact of the matter is. though
| don't like to admit II, | was afraid 10
be out alone al night II got me so
nervous that ! was ready to fire al
the Dummies | wakened out of Their
maps. And II trod on a twig and il
broke. ] flew around with my carbine
cooked, ready to murder the twig.
began TO wish the watching was done
with. But these very things showed
us the necessity for II.
But the worst OF it was that ! dis
covered and Jon, too, for that mat
ter--that we weren't the only ones
out at night with guns. watching
There was regular ring about the
place we couldn't break through
Every now and then some one would
challenge us and turn us back.
don't know whether or not they knew
us. but we never knew them, and they
didn't seem like neighbors. Jon SAYS
they know us and are keeping us IN,
der watch. He says that one night
some one pulled his hat UP to see who
he was. and seemed disappointed.
"Of course, they all know you
daddy" he laughs
why 500" SAYS l.
Because of your language" laughs
he again
but | never talk"
Yes he says you talk TO your.
self"
only when there's nobody about"
says J.
only when YOU think there's no.
body about. laughs Jon But. if you
want 10 make sure OF that. you got to
search all the bushes and things
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
CHAPTER XVI.
C. S. A.

SO Jonathan fixed the old flint that
she'd go off the first time instead OF
the tenth, and loaded her with about
a pint OF buckshot. and one night Jon
he watched. the next did And the
funny thing about il was that no one
else in the house knew a thing about
II. Except they pestered me about
being so sleepy
Once in a while ] came near end
ing the life of one OF the neighbors,
but they always took me for what
took them. suspicious, and made suf-
ticient explanations. We use To pun
our hats down SOS no one would
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
Getting the
Business

The DETROIT LIFE has written over $4,000
600 of Life Insurance in Michigan this year to date.
Will write 100000 this month"; and at the present
rate, will write $5,OOO,OOO this year There up
wards of 20 Od-Lne Companies doing business in
Michigan. Less than five of these Companies, re-
CARELESS of age or size, now writing much in
surance in Michigan as the DETROIT LIFE
The DETROIT LIFE is writing over 100000
month in Wayne County
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
OFFICERS

III. ]. Guthard, Vice-President.
s. A. Graham, Vice-President.
F. ID. Davis. Nice-President.
]. ID. Baty. Secretary & Treasurer.
F. II. Watson. General Counsel.
j. II. Carstens, Medical Director.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20


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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
DRAFT ORDINANCE TO
STOP ST. LOUIS NOISE

ST. LOUIS. June 2O.--Norman Sad
Ter. assistant city attorney. who is
working on the draft OF an anti-noise
ordinance. has virtually decided 10
Incorporate the following features in
the proposed ordinance
Require owners OF bread and milk
wagons TO equip them with rubber
tires
Prohibit airdome pianists from Civ
ing a continuous performance OF The
Tune the Old Cow Died On"
Make bread box lids noiseless. Driv-
.ers now slam them down down az 5
m or thereabout with a sleep de-
stroying crash.
Stop the screeching OF locomotive
whistles.
Put the lid on KeOknk Dam electric
pianos in saloons. Some or them are
heard two blocks away.
Silence the cries OF newsboys on
Sundays before 10 a. m. This sugges-
ton came from man who signed
himself John Spigot"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
Prompt
Payment of
Death Claims

The DETROIT LIFE has paid to date DEATH
CLAIMS to the amount of $30,05700 and every
claim to date has been paid the day proofs were re-
ceved at the HOME OFFICE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20

In California there are $4,000 acres
on which grapeyines are growing;
100000 planted 20 vino grapes; no.
900 to raisin grapes. and $4,000 to N,
bile grapes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-20
Complete
Protection
Policies

In the event of total permanent disability,
whether from illness accident, the Company guar
antees to waive Premium Payments and the FULL
AMOUNT OF THE POLICY Is CONTINUED IN
FORCE, without any liens or deductions of any kind
whatsoever
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
maps
TOPLAY CRACKER
YANNIGANS HERE
Good Games Billed for Monday
and Tuesday While Regulars
Are in Macon.

n TLANTA fans are not to be de-
~ prived of their favorite pastime
while Billy Smith and his
Crackers are absent in Macon playing
Monday and Tuesday against the Bos-
ton Braves in that city.
The Cleveland Maps, in full force,
are due to arrive in Atlanta Saturday
from Athens, and Billy Smith has ar
ranged for match games to be played
between the Maps regular team and
the Cracker yannigans, left behind
while the rest of the club is in Macon.
The regular exhibition game fee of
Is cents will be charged, and the
game ought to be we'll worth It, for
not only win the full Cleveland team
be seen in action, with Ilajoie, Jack
son and the rest OF the stars in har-
ness, but also the Crackers should be
able to put up lively resistance with
the following squad to make up a
team from:
Pitchers-Dent. Doescher. Ehrd and
Kissinger.
Cateher-Munch.
nfielders-Amason, Nixon. Kirchei
and Manush.
Outfielders-Extra hands borrowed
from the Maps; good ones, Joe Biz
mingham promises they win be.
Elliott Dent will be manager ex-
officio, or whatever II Is, Of the yannl-
gans in the absence of Billy Smith
and Elliott states that he is going tC
put his help through some PAGES that
will make Billy think he took the
wrong team to Macon.
The games viii start at 3 o'clock.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
American Olympic
Committee to Meet

NEW YORK. March 2s.-colohel Rob-
ert M. Thompson, president of the
American Olympic committee, has called
a meeting Of the committee, to be held
at the club next Monday night
This win mark the opening OF the
American campaign for the games to
be held In Berlin in 1915. The commit
tee is practically the same as the one
that conducted the negotiations for the
games at Stockholm, which resulted in
an overwhelming victory for America.
The principal business viii be TO devise
means Of raising the necessary funds to
get team together and equip 1t for
the games 1t is realized that the Sc
lection Of the team VIII depend largely
year