davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-16

Invitations Recalled
f,n account If tte death Of cap
tain Thomas Pinckney, of Charles
ton, s. c. Mrs, Otto Theodore Hess
has recalled the invitations for the
card party which was tu have been
given Il her home on Floyd Avenue
-r-rss Friday t1tt-itt IN fiU-1or ut VI fss
Ellen RireUe Scott.
Tea in Honor of Debutnnte
One nf The most Interesting at
fairs OF yesterday afternoon was an
Informal Yea for the debutantes IN
4 honor Of Mis- Louise Wilmer dnuEh-
ter Of the English Consul ana Mrs.
Arthur r. Wilmer. Mrs robert
& Pegrani WAS the hostess and the en-
tersainment was given al her home,
4 I1z8 West Avenue. The decorations
1 xsre all in pink. sna pdragons being
Z used. Mrs Wilmer and Mrs John
sSGaka. Jr.. poured chocolate and sev-
\ eraI girls Of the younger society set
Z assisted Mrs. Pegram IN serving. They
were Miss Mary Nicholas Ainslie.
q Miss Maud Ainslie Miss Dorothy Har-
Irisun. Miss Charlotte Jones and Miss
&sHirrinia Chesterrnan
szs Richmond signal Corps Bali
0Ea 50 the largest society events -.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

II they could. and will lament that
they are as much enslaved as were
those who we're sent to the galleys
in the days Of old.
The second time he will be received
heartily. The third time his friends
won't find so much Of interest to Ques'
ton him about. Some business will
be pressing. and they'll ask him to
excuse them. They will be awful
sorry, but they'll tell him he knows
Row It is. He does. He knows the
American business man has no time
for the person who loafs. The loaiing
man who calls on busy men soon be-
comes a bore. an afhiction, a nul'
sance. lie has no place IN America
today. and he viii not have until
about 25i5. II then.
That the millionaire Of % who re-
tired the other day returns to bust
ness is almost a certainty. No man
OF his energy can be an idler.-Com'
merce and Finance.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
THRALL OIL FIELD
REPORTED ON FIRE
Several Tanks Are lgnited Following
Bolt Of Llehtning-Details
Not Known.

Temple, Tex, April pa special
from Taylor says:
Lightning struck a storage tank in
the Thrall oil field, and at midnight
more than 10000 barrels of oil is
burning. Telephone communications
between Taylor and the oil field is
badly crippled by fire, food and light
ming, and roads are dangerous, owing
to washouts and overlooked streams.
hence information as to the progress
Of the fire is meagre. II is known.
however, that the First Thrall OIL
Company has three 1,2OO-barrel tanks
on fire; the McMurphy Company
three tanks Of like capacity; the Bow
ers-Witherspoon Company has three
tanks burning, while several tanks
OF the Corsicana Petroleum Company
are burning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
BRAZOS RIVER
RISING RAPIDLY
Lacks But Few Feet Of Running Out
and Another Overflow
Is Feared.

Reports from the plantations In the
Brazos bottom saythat the big Brazos
river is again rising rapidly, and at
some places is only a few feet from
the top OF the banks. Heavy rains in
North Texas and in the vicinity OF
Waco are serving to make the river
approach another overflow. An extra
heavy rain near High Bank and Port
Sullivan last night has caused the
Little Brazos river to overflow and
near VALLEY Junction a long stretch
Of the International & Great North.
ern Railroad track is reported sub
merged.
The big Brazos is not reported out
at any Of the plantations near Bryan
but is within five feet Of the top of
the bank at ]. S. Mornings plantation
near Mudyille, and the residents Of
the bottom have been warned of the
danger Of another overflow, and many
are reported to have left with theil
stock, and others are preparing t
leave II the river continues to rise.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
TORNADO WRECKs
FOUR HOUSE,
Corn Is shueked, Chicken
Feathers and Mules Are Kill, y
Twister Near childress.

Chlldress. Tex. April 23.-This
county was visited By a tornado OF
destructive character Wednesday az
ternoon about 1880 o'clock. The
storm struck the Garden We y COM
munity, some eighteen miles east Of
ChUdress. Four houses were destroy
ed. two belonging to Trlmble Bros.
and two to w. T. Rix, but II so hap
pened that in some of the homes the
occupants were away, and in the 9TH
ers they were in storm cellars.
Trlmble Bros. lost four mules. In
addition to this much corn was shuek-
ed by the twister and all chickens had
their feathers torn from them. One
mule was blown mile, but survived
the experience.
Two houses some 200 yards apart
were blown together and wrecked by
the collision
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.

Quitting at ~, as one of the officers
of a great drug concern did because
he had become a millionaire and
thought he would enjoy the rest Of
his life as his fancy dictated, has
caused much comment. In this par
ticular instance the man started as a
minor clerk, was departmental head
before he was 30, and has been noted
for his devotion to work. Some OF
the newspapers, discussing his action,
have called him a philosopher, dwelt
upon the "drudgery of work." and Ia.
mented that most American men keep
at their business until they drop.
The man who has played an active
part in business life and retires at AZ
is to be pitied and not envied. IL is
possible to do such thing in Europe.
but not here. II takes a thousand
years or more for Nation to develop
a leisure class. America is young.
There is no leisure class here worthy
Of the company of man who is any
account. The man who retires is iso-
lated. He may plan or hope to idle
or play as the fancy suits him, but
he cannot. Habit will force him to
call occasionally to see his old friends
or associates. The first time he visits
them he will be received with q
warmth that will gladden. his heart
They will tell him how fortunate he
is; how they would do the same thing
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
LESSON OF GOOD MANNERS.
children's Manners viii Be Bad II
Parents Are Bad.


In the course Of a very interesting
little article entitled, "Your Children's
Manners" in the May Woman's Home
Companion appears the following wise
comment:
Good company manners depend
upon good home manners. As for Ia.
BILE manners, the active child who
from his earliest years has been ac-
customed to regular meals Of simple
food with sufficient variety for his
health and pleasure will be hungry
enough at meal time to eat anything
that is put before him. II from be-
ginning he has been encouraged by
example, then good table manners
will be as natural as breathing. They
will be part Of him, and he will make
use of them wherever he is.
THE place for a parent to begin
training the manners Of her child is
with her own manners. Whenever a
mother complains to me Of the bad
manners of her child she is uncon-
sciously lodging a complaint against
herself as a mother. OF course GER
tain amount of boisterousness and will
fitness is to be expected, and hoped
for, in the child; but bad manners
spring almost invariably from the
carelessness. lack of consideration,
artificial ideals, lack of time-many
busy mothers, II is true, cannot give
the time they wish to their children
of those who are responsible for the
child's training.
1.-THE old ideal OF training in be-
havior was based largely upon the
principle Of the child's consideration
for its elders; the modern principle
demands also the elders considera
ton for the child"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
AS TO COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE.

II now appears that the way for the
introduction of the compulsory school
attendance law passed by the Thirty
fourth Legislature, has already been
paved, so to speak. Our schools, par
ticularly in the rural districts, have
grown wonderfully during the past
few years in attendance, in new build
ings, in repairs and in equipment.
This new awakening will meet the
new law and the conditions it imposes
without shock, without revolution and
without disturbance of any kind. The
old and the new will touch hands,
like the runners in a relay race, and
the great movement will go right on
only with accelerated speed. The
San Antonio Express, discussing the
change, says:
"The confidence frequently and
widely expressed during the legisla-
tive stage of the compulsory school
attendance proposition, that Texas
would not at first find this law radical
in its demands and revolutionary in
its effect, now appears to be well
founded and the way to thorough APP
plication of the law seems to have
been well prepared.
AT least, deductions of this nature
are permissible in study of the State
Department Of Education's recent sta
tistics of the increase in the number
of school buildings in common dis
tricts, through 1913; and the totals oil
expenditures for buildings in both
common and independent districts
through the three years up to and
through 1918 may be accepted as a
healthy, gratifying sign OF very gen
eral determination even to forestall
rather than to prepare for, the coming
of a day when a thoroughly liberal
policy of school house extension
would be obligatory.
1.-THE figures of expenditures both
by bond issues and from the custom
ary maintenance funds, for new school
houses and improvements on old, ag
gregate several millions within this
comparatively brief period; and the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

The Hon. Joseph w. Bailey, once a
resident OF Texas and representa-.
tive Of it's people in the United States
Senate, is now a resident Of Washing
ton, D. c., and a legal representative
Of various trusts and corporations.
While representing Texas in the Sen
ate Mr. Bailey was not infrequently
located at the headquarters Of the
Standard Oil Company, &c Broadway,
New York. II is quite possible the
distinguished gentleman may still be
found at the old number occasionally,
as he is now representing the Riggs
National Bank, controlled by the
Rockefeller interests, in its suit
against the government. - Austin
American
In other words, II you see a halter
around a mans neck you may know
he has Just swallowed a horse. That's
the trail the Bailey yelpers followed.
Golfers, the instigator of the calum-
MES against Bailey, has confessed its
error, and acknowledged the need OF
his great services in the Senate of the
United States, but in our opinion he
will not again enter the political
arena.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

The statement of President Wilson
at the Associated Press luncheon that
world affairs are rapidly drawing to
a climax" has got the whole world
guessing. England in particular is
very much wrought up. The conclu-
sion that the war is to be long drawn
out, and that ii must be fought to a
finish and to victory at whatever sac
rifce of life and money, has become a
fixed conviction in the mind of every
Englishman. The prediction of Presi-
dent Wilson has stirred them up and
they are wondering upon what he
bases his conclusions, what rents he
has discerned in the cloud OF war,
by what astrological divining he fore
sees the, coming end. The English
men, however, regard President Will
son as the last man in the world who
would treat lightly so grave a situa'
ton, and they will await further en-
tightening from him before forming
and giving expression to their opin
ions.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
THE WOMEN COME IN

Editor Carnes Of the East Texas
Register, published over in Carthage,
thus expostulates: Some Texas
newspapers need to learn that an edi-
tor or a publisher may be either male
or female. The forms 'editress' and
'propritress' are not approved by any
standard authority. Might as well
speak of woman presiding officer
as presidentess. Even when admissi'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Bile. as in the case of poetess and
authoress, such expressions are bad
form" Editor Carnes is right, and
he is backed by the authority Of the
Postoffice Department at Washington,
which recognizes no such things as
a postmistress. all postmistresses be-
ing postmasters, officially speaking
State Topics.
The same might be said Of woman
kind in general. All statistics. all
history as well as all observation.
show the biscuit roller propellers and
pie compounders are masters OF the
situation.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Personally we would be glad to see
Huerta start another revolution in
Mexico and lead it himself. The blood
of Madero still cries out and the
whole country would like to see
Huerta on the firing line.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Count Zeppelin is planning great
things for his wonderful ships OF the
air in future raids on England. The
prime purpose for which these raids
are planned is to destroy, or put out
of commission, the war armament and
munitions producing plants. All other
damage possible will of course be
done. but this is secondary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
FLOODS AND STORMS {.
RACED THROUGH TEXAS

Danger Is Imminent of Another Terrible Brazos
River Overflow = Storm Wrecked Houses
and Many People Drowned in Floods-Sev-
eraI Killed by Lightning and One in Train
Wreck From Soft Track-Lightning Caused
Several Fires, the Most Destructive Being in
the ThraII Oil FIeds- Overlooked Greeks in
Austin Drowned From Fifteen to Twenty
People. @
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

State Superintendent reckons that
the people of Texas are building
school houses at the rate of two a
day-substantial buildings, in the
main, erected according to the school
house building law In this, surely,
there is nothing to indicate that either
public sentiment or official supervi'
sion will have to be forced when the
compulsory school attendance law
goes into effect and the resultant
greater scholastic census calls for
more and better structures"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
Concerning Conversation.

81 don't b'lieve in de devil; he amt
never said muffin ter me-" the doubt
ing brother said.
NO" said an old colored brother
IAN he amt gwine ter say nuttin' ter
you after he gifts you. You'll do all
de talkin'. Atlanta Constitution.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

The San Antonio Express para
grapher INDUCES the unkindest cut
of all. He says "Terre Haute's
election convicts will now have occa'
sion to tackle this problem: If votes
we're worth 50 each at home, how
much is Leavenworth?"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
Whole State Storm Swept.
IRY Aaaoclnted proaa.1

Dallas, Tex. April 23-Reports in
dicating that last nights storms in
the Southwest cost two dozen lives
reached here today
In Austin the loss Of life from an
eightinch rain causing the creeks TO
overflow. is estimated at fifteen TO
twenty.
At Garden Valley In East Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Aimee-I hear you are going to
marry young Simpkins. Allow me to
congratulate you.
Hazel-But am not going to marry
him.
Aimee-1ndeed! Then allow me to
congratulate you some morel--India'
napolis Star.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

fNhhAaN NNhn'F NNH Nf -
ming while driving his team
from Mineola.
At Chrlstoyal. II. c. Goldwlre
killed by lightning. 4,
At Ramsdell, w. L. Boyn0
killed In n train wreck due
track.
The storm covered nearly a
and Oklahoma.
The railroads reported wash
every section.
Lightning burned a dozen
and caused several big fires, u
being in the Thrall oil field.
The Fowke Lumber Compa
was burned by lightning at
Lightning and wind at La
broke hundreds Of window
smashed many big trees.
At Austin the rain made Wei
shoal creeks a mile widc
Ezell's home was swept awf
creeks. Ezell escaped, but
lleyed eight other persons OF
and King families In this ho
ished. 4
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
ONE MILLION LOSS.
fny Associated Preaa.l

Austin, Tex, April 23.-Twelve are
known to be dead from the floods here
and five others are missing and be-
lleved to be drowned. One hundred
families are homeless. The property
loss here amounts to 100000. The
property loss throughout the State lie
estimated at 100000.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Mrs. Toggerblossom - Vain man!
Did you never observe that designers
take a woman's head to adorn many
of your coins?
Mr.. Toggerblossom-No; but lave
observed that designers take many
of my coins to adorn woman's head.
National Monthly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Villa seems to have lost his rabbit
foot. Perhaps he now regrets the per-
sistent rumors of his death current a
few months ago were not true.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

tBy Associated Press.l
Austin, Tex, April 23.-The drown.
ed In last nights floods here will
number fifteen or twenty.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

what are your ideas as to the
future Of your party"
81 haven't any to express" replied
Senator Sorghum, until l ascertain
the ideas of the party concerning my
future" Washing Star.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

There is a pleasure in poetic pains.
-Cowper.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Randolph is that Bluxton's new
girl with him?
Sylvester-oh, no; that's just one
of his old ones painted over.-Judge'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Our idea Of an unhappy man is a
proud person with a last years model
automobile.-Dallas News.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

Silence is the mother of truths
Disraeli.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06
WILL EXPIATE HIS CRIME
 ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY

Whitehorse Star: If the decree Of the court is cargiod out, and there is yet nothing to indicate that it will not be, Romilo CaeSari' now a prisoner at the jail here, will be hanged five weeks from today February 5, for the murder of his former associate and room mate' Dominica Melis, of which crime he was convicted at session of the territorial court held here late i'll September
 Caesari, the condemned man, has thus far accepted his probable fate philosophically, more so than is ordinarily the case undec similar circumstances. He has been ire Quently visited by Father PlamOndon but what passes between them is' of course, not known. Caesar pass es the time by reading, singing and playing solitary with cards Early after his conviction and sen tence he done considerable yelling. but has been less noisy during the past several weeks. The vigil of the death watch is never for an m- stant relaxed.
 The act Of execution will be inc charge of Sheriff George Brtmstone' who will come here from Dawson to perform his duty. The work Of constructing the galIows from which the hanging will take place has not yet been started.
 The condemned man is said to both eat and sleep well and is quite talkative. His reading is all Italian literature, his knowledge Of English being very imperfect al- though he can converse fairly in telligently in that language. Caesarl is not believed to have any relatives in this country. Whether he has communicated with relatives in Italy concerning his position is not known.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06
WRITES IF CONDITIONS IN
 THE CH|sANA PLACER CAMP

chance of hitting the old channel.
 Considerable prospecting is being zone on Ptarmigan creek, g tribu- tary of the Beaver. About forty meu are there. I have an interest :n six claims, and it is just possible that we may locate pay. Rim pros poets look fairly well.
 T am getting a pump for the wea ground on Alder creke, and l think l shall do one work there :n connection with the boys who own the ground. This creek has a chance of being the best Ecre, and l surely hope it will prove such"
 The first complete election re turns for the White river district here came in the letter from Mir. Goshaw. They show SS votes for the Chisana precinct, and 57 for the Bonanza precinct; tC- tal, 14O. Mir. Goshaw ads that the population Nover:ber 3 was 23S.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06
SIGNAL CORPS MAN
 FREEZES IN ALASKA

Eagle, len. 6-Francis E. John son, signal corps operator at Don nelly's, was frozen to death last We'd nesday night. He left the station he morning previous with a horse, and was going to relief cabin to Lut in a stove. It is thought that his horse went through an overflow on the river end he got vet, and started for help, but could not make it in the heavy snow storm. He was found near big rock where he had trampeG the snow down hard trying to keep warm. He was not dressed for cold weather.
 The men who found him say that when they reached him only his legs and arms were stiff, and they would probably have been able to save his life If they had gotten to him an hour or two sooner.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06
\ LONG ATUSH OVER THE
 SNOW INTO THE ARCTIC

Dawson, Jan. 6-The Royal Northwest Mounted Police patrol tor McPherson and Herchel island got away Monday morning, January 4. Sergeant Edgerton, who arrived in Dawson a few days ego from 3he outside was in charge, and took with him three constables and two Indians.
 Sergeant Clay, now at McPherson, will return with the party, and ser geant Edgerton wilf remain on the Arctic side.
 A large quantity of, mail has ar rived here from the outside for traders, whalers and others at Mc- Pherson, Herschel and vicinity and includes important matter for Valhjalmar Stefansson, the noted polar explorer, who started out with the Karluk under the auspices of the Dominion government and was forced to abandon the main project after the ship was crushed ill the ice.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06
GEOLOGICAL WORK TO
 BE DONE IN YUKON

Ottawa, Jan. 6-D. D. Cairnes, Dominion geologist, says that the plans for geological work in the far north are not yet outlined and a good deal will depend on. the amount of money available. Owing to the decreasing revenues and the large war expenditure there likely will be a tendency to hold down gen eral expenditures in all departments work. Dr. Cairnes expects, how ever, that at least one party will 20 into the Yukon, and will con tinue investigations In the stewart river district. The plans for work Will not be definitely known until the department estimates have been approved. Dr. Cairnes' report will be ready about the middle of Jan uary.