davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04
Constipation Cured Overnight.

A small dose of Po-Do-Lax tonight
and you enjoy full, free, easy bowel
movement in the morning. Nogriping,
for Po.Do-Lax is .Podophyllin MAY
Apple) without the grippe. Po-Do-Lax
corrects the cause of constipation by
arousing the liver, increasing the flow
OF bile. Bile is natures antiseptic in
the bowels. With proper amount of
bile, digestion in bowels is perfect.
No gas, no fermentation, no constipa-
tion- Don't be sick, nervous, irritable.
Get bottle of Po-Do-Lax from your
druggist now and cure your constipa-
ton overnight. Adv. L.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04
Estray Sale.

Taken up, one brown OK, age about
8 years, marked crop off right ear and
crop and split off left ear. Unless
owner comes forward and proves own
ership and pays costs as the law directs,
the said work OK will be sold as an es-
trayed animal. on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 1915,
at 10 O'Clock u. m. at my Office in
Montgomery, La, as the law directs.
The said OK is appraised at $500 by
John Williams and j. w. Dyson.
W. r. JONES,
Justice Peace Ward Z, Grant Phi, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04
Thou Art a Priest For the
Age After the Order Of
MeIChiSedeC. I"
Gods New Order of Priesthood-Each
Member Called and Chosen-The
Great High Priest-His Sacrifice of
HimseIf-The Under Priests of This
Order-Membership Limited In Num-
berthe Purpose For Which the
Priesthood Is Ordained of God.

Albany, n. Y.
August 20. Pas
tor Russell deliy-
cred a masterful
discourse here to-
day. His text was.
NO man taketh
this honor to him
self but he that is
called Of God, as
was Aaron" He
brews ga.
The Epistle to
the Hebrews. the
PaStor pointed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04

E. G. Hudson, merchant of Chamblee,
Ca, says Foley Cathartic Tablets are
the best on earth for thorough clean
sing movement of the bowels without
the slightest Inconvenience or sicken-
ing and no bad effects. They certainly
do relieve indigestion or constipation
quickly and liven up the liver. J. w.
Duncan Co. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04

my hand and seal of office at Colfax,
Louisiana, this August 18th, 1915.
c. ID. LACROIX,
by. Clerk and by. Ex-Officio Recorder
Grant Parish. Louisiana.
q. r. Stamp l0c Cancelled.)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04
Gas Lighting Outfit for Sale.

The Methodist church having been
fitted with electric lights, the gasoline
tank, hollow wire and two generators
with globes, constituting a con plete
hollow wire outfit, will be sold cheap.
Apply to Fl. G. GOODWIN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04
Don't Make
Curiosity Telephone Calls

Because 1000 idle curiosity seekers In Bingham
ton asked 'Cenual where the IRE was, an emergency
call for an ambulance was held mp for nearly min
utes and this delay resulted in the death OF T..
Physicians say that had the ambulance been secured
at once --'s life might have been saved
-Elmira Advertiser.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04

and made part thereof to be record
ed with this act OF Incorporation.
Thus done, read, and signed in Col
fax, Grant Parish. La, on this the LIST
day of August, 1915, by the above mem
toned subscribers and incorporators,
together with me, notary in the pres
ence of the subscribing witnesses, after
a full and complete reading of the
whole.
THOS A. ROY, Mansura, La.
EMIL REGARD, Mansura. La.
j. w. DUNCAN, Colfax, La.
C. H. TEAL, Colfax. La.
A. M. LESAGE, Colfax, La.
S. P. SCHENBERGER, Shreveport,
ID. c. RICHARDSON, Shreveport, La.
by Sam W. Richardson.
w. A. BROWNLEE, Colfax, La.
I. H. McNEELY, Colfax, La.
j. 1. WOOD, Winfield, La.
ATTEST.
]. C. MCKNIGHT,
j. E. SWAFFORD.
EARL ROBERTS,
Notary Public, Grant Phi. La.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
Parish of Grant.
! Before me, the undersigned duly
| qualified authority, personally came and
appeared w. A. Brownlee and t. II.
McNeely, to me well known, who being
! first sworn, deposed and said that they
are two of the incorporators of the
Grant Oil & Gas Co., Incorporated;
and that fifty per cent of the capital
stock of the said company, being to-
wit Sixty-two Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars 1862. 500. 00) has been subscrib-
ed, and that more than fifty per cent
of the said subscribed stock has been
paid in. w. A. BROWNLEE,
T. H. McNEELY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
on this 18th day of August, 1915.
EARL ROBERTS,
Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Rapides.
Having examined the above and fore
going act of incorporation of the Grant
Oil 4 Gas Company. Incorporated, and
finding nothing therein contained con-
trary to the constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, do hereby APP
prove the same
Done and signed at Alexandria, La,
on this 18th day of August. 1915.
JOHN r. HUNTER,
Dist Atty, 18th judi Dist. Court.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Parish of Grant.
| hereby certify that the within and
foregoing to be true and correct copy
Of the original charter of the Grant
Oil & Gas Company, Incorporated as
filed in this office under Register No.
3487, same being recorded in Charter
Book ~ at page 20 ct seq on the 18th
day of August, A. ID. 1915.
In witness whereof. | hereunto set
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-04

1T is beyond the bounds
of possibility to answer
promptly the mass of Gu
rios;ty telephone calls that
threaten to swamp our ex-,
changes every time there is q
large fire.
Calls for physicians, the am
bulance or the police, held up
at such times might result in
the loss of human life.
For your protection, as well
as for the protection of your
neighbors, we ask you not to
call the telephone operator
merely out of curiosity. After
all, she has no more informa-
ton than you have.
ALEXANDRIA,. LA.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

third letter for the Children's Story
Telling Club. On Friday when come
from school the first thing l ask my
mama is: "Where is the paper?"
For know where our page is. like
to read the stories; they are very nice.
The best story l like is: Chow Mabel
and Monty played Indian" 1t is
very interesting one. / never forget
your club. have a sewing club in
school. We used to sew at noon. We
sold it and we bought a present for
our teacher. l think l will join your
contest and will give you the answers.
l years, 2 biddy, hand, door,
back, 6 lay, said, 8 see, 9 peck, 10
head, IL awful, IL peck. send all
my letters to Chicago to my aunties.
Next time am going to send them
the whole copy to show them our nice
paper for my cousins like to read
stories too. l think my letter is going
to get too long. Next time l will
write about my two calves; l have
all kinds of fun with them. 1 think
l will close, so good bye. From your
friend, Sylvia Levora, Buckley, Mich
igan.
Sylvia, Dear-I am awfully sorry
that your list of Missing Words came
in too late for the Contest. You see,
the Contest closed March 18th and I
didn't receive your list until after
THAT DATE. But we are going to
have other contests-DANDY ONES
some time this summer, and hope
you will take part in them. l am glad
you like our club so well and l will
be glad to get that story about your
pet calves.
And now, Dearies, must say good
bye. Be sure and watch for NEXT
WEEKS CLUB-It may have a sur
prise for you.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31
MOL, BAND WAGON.

card and l thank you for it. I think
this will be all for this time. Your
friend, Naomi Louise Slater, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Naomi-Did you receive your Miss
ing Word prize? You see, sent so
many that l cannot always remember
the names of all the little members.
If you did not receive one let me
know. Your letter was very nice.
Dear Editor:-I have been reading
the story Telling Club and think it
very interesting. l would like very
much to join. l have been reading
it long time. | like the story of
"Barby and Fritzie" very much, and
also the FAIRY Shoes. | have been
having the Whooping Cough and could
not go to school. My little brother
died January 10, 1915. His name was
Ernest but we always called him
Ernie. l miss him very much. Do
you have to pay anything to join
the club? Well, will close hoping
to see this in print AS ever, Miss
Flora Gee, Elk Rapids, Michigan.
F'lora-You wrote nice letter and
| was glad to print it. My little girls
had the Whooping Cough about three
years ago and they both coughed with
it all one winter. l am glad you told
me which story you liked best.
think "The Fairy Shoes" was very
nice little story, too. One of our little
members wrote it. No indeed, Dearie
you don't have to pay anything to
join the club. l hope you received
your membership card. 1t is very sac
to miss a dear little brother, Flora
but we should try to be as happy as
possible because it is right to be
happy.
Dear Editor:-I thought l would
write, few lines again. This is my
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31
The ChiIdren'S Story
Telling Club
ESsiliyn Dale Nichols, Editor
1915 ST., Rock Island, Ill.,
Of
1915 ST., Rock Island,

not too long l would like to see it in
print. From your friend, Bernice
Weatherbee, Berlin, Michigan.
P. ST. would like to have you send
me membership card if you please.
Bernice-I was very glad to send
you a membership card which hope
you received long time ago. Your
letter was not too long and l hope
you will enjoy seeing it in print even
though you did have to wait quite a
while.
Dear Editor:-I saw your stories
and thought would like to join your
club. | am little girl nine years
old. We just moved on a farm. |
like it very much. have a mile and
half to go to school but don't mind
that. l have three kittens and a dog,
and three cows and two calves. got
them all named This is my first
living in the country. | wouldn't go
back to town to live. | have lots of
fun here helping papa with the cows.
Well, / must make my story short;
| could write lots more. From Louise
Speelman, Kewadin, Mich.
Louise like the country best,
too. You wrote a nice letter and
was pleased to print it. Next time
you can write "lotS more" can't you
| hope you received the membership
card l sent you.
Dear Editor:-I have been reading
the letters and stories and l think
they are very nice. / would like to
join the club very much and also the
contest but l suppose will be too late
for it. l am ten years old and in the
fourth grade. l have four little
brothers and l am the only girl. If
my letter is good enough l would like
to see it in print. Yours truly, Anna
Lockhart, Frankfort, Mich.
Anna-Of course, your letter was
good enough to print; it was very
nice indeed. l sent you a membership
card. Did you receive it?
Dear Editor thought that l
would write and join the club. am
eight years old and l go to school
and l am in the third grade. My
teachers name is Beulah Cook. There
are twenty-five children in our school.
There are four children in my class.
/ have got one little brother three
years old and his name is Donald.
Well, this is all for this time so 1
will close. Dorothy Lawyer, Ada,
Michigan.
Dorothy Dear-Thank you for a
very cute little letter. l have a little
girl named Beulah, and l have little
nephew named Donald. Write again.
Dear Editor:-Charles and l re-
ceived our cards the other day. The
editor of our paper is very sick. We
haven't had the paper for three weeks
and we are missing the stories. l
missed my story. / received letter
from Melba Daniels of Lake Odessa,
Michigan. She answered the riddle;
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31
l will write again. Russell Annabelle,
McBain, Michigan.

l will write again. Russell Annabelle,
McBain, Michigan.
You can see that your letter was
good enough, Russell, and we will be
very glad to have you write again. l
hope you received your membership
| card.
Dear Editor:-I will send you the
words for the Missing Word Contest.
years, 2 biddy, 8 curled, boards,
legs, s show, said, see, 9 peck,
10 head, IL disguised, II pull. Many
| thanks for the pretty membership
card you sent me. Your little friend,
Lorraine Kraft, Harbor Springs, Mich
igan:
Loraine-Your letter is another of
the letters that should have been
printed three or four weeks ago.
There were about a half dozen letters
that were overlooked few weeks ago
through a mistake so l am printing
some of them this week. | am glad
you liked your membership card and
hope you received your prize.
Dear Editor:-I have been reading
your letters and stories and think
they are very nice and have made up
my mind to join your club. l am nine
years old. | have one sister; hel
name is Olive Webster; she is five
years old. | think these names are
right, are they not? 1 years, 2 biddy
8 ribbons, 4 roof, legs, 6 lay, said
8 see, 9 pull, 10 have, IL forlorn Oh
sad, II pull. Good bye, Beulah Web
ster, Belding, Mich.
P. Solve wants to join the clul
too.
Beulah, Dear-Your letter shoult
have been printed some time ago blu
it was among those that were over
looked. | sent you a membership
card; also a prize which l hope yol
received. | am very sorry that
overlooked Olives name; but it is bet
ter late than never, isn't it, so l an
sending her a membership card now
Dear Editor:-I enjoy reading thu
stories very much and would like II
join your club. I have two pets; +;
kitty and bird. Have you ever reat
the "Bobbsey series? Our teacher!
have read the "Bobbsey twins at the
sea shore" and "The Bobbsey Twins.
l attend school in the intermediate
room of the Caledonia school. l an
in the fifth grade. There are thirty
six on roll; of that number thirteen
are in my grade. am glad it's get
ting warm weather, so we can roller
skate and play ball. If my letter i:
all right l would like to see it in your
paper and would like to receive 9
membership card. am ten years old
Your friend, Elouise Betzler, Gale.
donia, Michigan.
No, Elouise, never read "The Bob
sey series" but / am sure l should
like to. Vivienne Edithcara Loves tt
roller skate too, and even four-year.
old Beulah tries to put on Sisters
roller skates, sometimes. You wrote
a very nice letter, Dear, and l hope
you will write again. l sent you a
membership card.
Dear Editor:-I love to read the
stories in the Children's Story Telling
Club. l will try and write one too
am ten years old. l have only a
quarter of a mile to go to school so
can always go on stormy days too.
am in the sixth grade. l have two
brothers older than myself. We have
a dog named Fleet which we think
a lot of. l sent you the Missing
Words and received my membership
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

green, brown and some places shade
it with black. The leaves paint them
green and make the foliage nice and
thick, clear out over the river as you
see it in the picture. The woods
across the river use dark green at
the bottom of the woods, and at the
top of trees light yellow. The water
paint it blue and shade where the
shadows are, with darker blue. The
grass also green, on this side where
the large tree is.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

Dear Riddles When l prepared
last weeks club l thought (perhaps)
this weeks club would be written
while your editor was travelling, but
since then I've been THINKING! It's
thinking, you know, that makes people
change their minds, and I've changed
my mind. I've decided to write this
weeks club BEFORE l start on my
trip so there will be no possible
chance for delay or mistakes.
' And NEXT WEEKS CLUB! Well
7 won't tell you what it's going to
be. You just watch for it. Now we
will have our letters.
Dear Editor like your club I
have been reading the Children's
Story Telling Club; like it very
much. / think it is very nice. want
you to please send me a membership
card. Yours truly, Roy Shotz, Yuma,
Michigan. Missing words-1 Years, 2
Mother, 8 Word, 4 Roof, 5 Head,
Lay, z Said, 8 Take, 9 Thought, 10
Head, II Lot, IL Pull.
ROY am glad you like our club
and l sent you membership card
which l hope you received. l am
sorry that your Missing Words were
Sent in too late for the Contest, but
we are planning to have other con-
tests and hope you will take part in
them.
Dear Editor:-I like the last story
you wrote the best of all l believe. I
will send the answers which / think
are right for the Missing Word Con-
test. / am pleased with it very much.
1 Years, 2 Biddy, Hand, Roof,
Legs, 6 Show, Said, 8 See, Squawk,
10 Head, II Dignified, IL Pull. If
these are the first best answer please
send me a nice story book because you
said we could take our choice of a
doll, game or story book. Good bye,
your friend, Marion Cook, Leota,
Michigan.
P. S.-My first name is Amelia but
they call me Marion.
Marion-I was real sorry that your
Missing Word list arrived too late for
the Contest. The Contest closed, you
know, on March 18th and your list
was received much later than that.
But never mind, we will have other
contests and hope you will take part
in them. | am glad you told me
which story you liked best and 1 hope
you received the membership card l
sent you.
Dear Editor:-I am reading the
Children's Story Telling Club and l
would like to become member of the
club. l am little girl eleven years
old and am in the seventh grade. l
go to school most every day. l like
my teacher; his name is Mr.. Sevey.
l have two brothers, their names are
Curtiss and Howard. Howard is in
the seventh grade with me, and Cur
tiss is going to high school. He is
in the tenth grade. If this letter is
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31
she got it right. Will you put it in

she got it right. Will you put it in
the paper? The cards are very pretty,
Is there any limit as to age in joining
the Children's Story Telling Club i?
One of my friends told me that she
was going to join the club. Charles
said that he would write later. Who
got the first prize and the pretty card
in the box? | am glad that some one
else got the prize besides me. But
my card is very nice. Good bye, from
Hazel Rice, Lewiston, Michigan.
p. S.-Rosa Pinkler from Conklin,
Michigan, sent an answer for the
riddle.
Hazel-Of course, / will print the
riddle. Did you send it in with your
letter? If you did it has been mislaid
or lost-or, did you send it under sep
arate cover? am glad you liked the
cards sent you. May be if you could
tell me which papers you missed l
could send you copy containing your
story. Of course, you know who won
the first prize by this time; also the
second prize so | won't need to print
it here. There is no age limit to join
ing the Children's Story Telling Club.
We have some members fifteen years
old and we have two grown-up men,
bers-your editor and another lady.
This letter of yours, Hazel, should
have been printed two or three weeks
ago but for some reason there was
mistake. (There are mistakes some
times, you know Tell your friend
that we would like to have her join
our club.
Dear Editor:-I have all the words
and hope l will get the first prize. If
| should | would take game. Yours
truly, Esther Warren, Laingsburg,
Michigan.
Here are the words: 1 years, 2
biddy, 3 hand, floor legs, 6 show,
7 said, 8 see, 9 cluck, 10 head, II
startled, IL pull.
Esther-There was also a mistake
about printing your letter: it should
have been printed two or three weeks
ago. But mistakes do creep in now
and then in spite of all our careful
ness. | hope you received your prize
and hope you will write another nice
story for us some of these days.
Dear Editor: l think the stories are
very nice. | would like to join your
club. | wrote story once before
and you didn't put it in. have three
pets; cat, dog and hen. Their
names are Niger and Daisy. The
hen hasn't any name. have two
brothers; their names are Hin and
Lynn. lin will be four years old
the eighteenth of October. Lynn will
be two the thirteenth of July. hope
to see this in print d. Thelma
Graves, Conklin, Mich.
Thelma-I printed your first letter
quite long time ago and now l am
printing this one. | am real sorry
that l cannot print the letters as soon
as receive them but, of course, that
is impossible because have so many.
Each letter must wait it's turn, you
know. Write again, Dear, and | will
surely print it just as soon as l can.
Dear Editor have been reading
the letters of the Story Telling Club
ever since it started l think they are
nice. l would like very much to join
the club. | have a pet dog named
Ted, and two cats. They are very
nice. If my letter is good enough l
would like to see it in print. If it is
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

Dear Friends
This week we will paint a picture
of Grand River, perhaps some of you
have seen Grand River, at. different
places or points, this is not the way
it looks in Grand Rapids, as we have
no beautiful trees shading the river.
The most you can see here is Bridges
crossing the River, several new ones
were built last summer, and are now
in use by the new Inter-Urban line.
The tree, paint by using a little
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

Do your best on this one, so your
standing will reach not less than (75)
as per your membership card, remem-
Der your work will not be returned
only once per month, and will not be
returned unless stamp is enclosed.
Write your name and address on each
piece of work, so there will be no mis-
take in sending you your own work.
Do not mount your work, but just
fold it carefully and send it in a
common envelope.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

A simple and dainty design for the
new model corset cover. The design
can be carried out effectively in either
French or eyelet embroidery. Stamp
ed on fine quality nainsook, 40c; cot
ton for working, 15c; perforated pat
tern, including all necessary stamping
materials, 15c.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-31

A simple design which worked in
Bulgarian Embroidery together with
insertions and lace, trimmed neck and
sleeve edges as illustrated, makes a
very dainty Blouse. Stamped on IL
yard of 45-inch lawn, Toe; cotton for
working, Zoe extra; perforated pat
tern, including all necessary stamping
materials, zoe.
Evening star., 1915-03-20

own table. Jane has agreed to sell
them fifteen or twenty leghorn hens
and to supply them with milk and but
ter after the first week in April, when
our COW comes fresh. Just now we are
buying our own milk and butter. as
the COW is turned dry. Jane refused
fatly. however, to sell them baby
chickens. and I backed her up in this
Our first hatch gave us only seventy
one. three of which have died, and we
are going to need to keep every chick
It Will be possible for US to hatch until
the end Of May. They only wanted the
baby chicks for broilers, anyhow, in
tending to kill both cockerels and
pullets as soon as they were big
enough to eat. We are willing to sell
them all the cockerels they will want
but 1t would be little short of criminal
to permit any pullets to leave the
place when we are going to have trou-
Bile as it is getting our flock up to the
size we want.
The unusual March weather we have
been having has given me a chance
to start farm operations lot earlier
than l had hoped. I had about an
acre of ground plowed Wednesday,
which am going to put out in small
fruit. with early potatoes between the
rows. This will enable me to get the
planting of raspberries and potatoes