davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
CONTEST CLOSED

The school improvement contest con.
Quoted by the County Improvement
Association during the past three
months closed Monday, May 31st
Forty-six schools representing eight
townships of Bennington County, were
enrolled. In one town nine, the totaI
number of schools, were entered and
in no town were there less than four
This means that approximately $50
school children, or including the teach
ers superintendent and school direc-
tors, over one thousand individuals
have been working.
"To make the local school the cen
ter Of local community interest.
ITO improve physical conditions.
ITO help provide school Libraries,
pictures and supplementary equipment
for the school building and ground"
are the objects stated in the prelim-
mary announcements Of the contest.
No strict rules were laid down for
the contestants to follow, but every
thing which contributes to the objects
stated above will apply.
Representative of the County Asso-
citation have visited nearly all the
schools one or more times; they have
been in communication with the teach
ers and superintendent, have supplied
to all schools requesting them, garden
seeds, secured from the L. S. De-
partment of Agriculture through the
kindness of Senator Carroll S. Page,
and have endeavored to lend aid and
encouragement so far as possible. The
fact that the present secretary did not
assume the position until March LIST,
the opening date of the contest, pre-
vented him from giving as much time
and attention to it as he desired.
The real object and reward is felt
TO be awakened community interest
and united and organized effort, but
incidentally, the schools were Compel
ing for three general prizes of twenty
five, fifteen and ten dollars. Also,
where four or more schools were en-
rolled in any one township, town
prize Of five dollars was offered TO the
school accomplishing the most in that
town, provided il was not the winner
Of general prize, in which case the
town prize would 90 to the second in
rank in the town.
The reports from all the schools
have not yet been received but are ex-
pected within few days and as soon
az possible final results and
awarding Of prizes will be announced.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

Paul Kirby, employed at the gorge
power station in Winooski slid down
the sloping dam a distance of about
30 feet Saturday afternoon, landing on
the rocks. He received dislocated
left shoulder and was badly bruised
about the body. Mr.. Kirby, with bare
feet, was engaged in putting on the
weather strips, when one Of the boards
started TO go down with the water and
in making a grab for it he slipped.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

July l the industrial accident board
has already had notice of one accident
and has received an application for
blanks for another. Of course, no ac-
cidents that happen prior to July
can be considered by the board, but it
indicates that there is genral inter-
est in the law. The mans case who
seeks remedy under the law is sad
one. He is the father of nine children.
He lives in the southern part of the
state. He asks the board to come and
see him and settle with him, prob
ably believing that all he has to do is
to make a request and receive the
money for his injury.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
AGE-T0-COME DOCTRINE
1continued)

ANNhffhN'1f
\ By faith Moses when he was come
10 years refused 70 be called the sor
of Pharoah's daughter, choosing rath-
or TO suffer affection with the peopl,
of God than TO enjoy the pleasures o!
sin for a season, Esteeming the re.
proach Of Christ greater riches than
the treasures in Egypt For he had
respect unto the recompense Of the
reward BY faith he forsook Egypt
not fearing the wrath Of the king, for
he endured as seeing Him who is in
visible. Heb, MIA TO Is. AT the
time indicated by the foregoing scrip.
ture reference, Egypt was the prom
inent nation Of the earth, and being
accounted the son Of Pharoah's daugh-
ter Moses was al least a member OF
the royal family and entitled TO all
the honors attending that high posi-
ton. His hope in Christ must have
loomed large indeed TO give up such
splendid earthly prospects for re-
ward discovered only by faith. But
his faith had a sure foundation, for
day by day he and the whole house OF
Israel drank of the eternal and spirit
ual rock that went with them in their
journeyings. and that rock was Christ.
LIST Cor. XII to 4. 1t is true that in
the atonement services at that time
probably the brightest emblem Of
heavenly glory was seen within the
most holy apartment of the sanctuary,
and by the high priest alone. But for
the benefit of the multitude this same
Shekinah was held aloft by night over
the camp, (the pillar or cloud of fire.
as an assurance that the people there
in were held under the watchful eye Of
the Lord Jesus, who was their leader
and protector. By day the moving
cloud directing the course of the null
titude was plainly visible to every eye
which might be turned towards it. As
the cloud and pillar were not hidden
from any, neither were the blessings
followed in their wake. With all these
things displayed in the worlds pres
ence, would il be strange if aliens
were attracted to the standard of Is
rael? And if some took their place
under that standard would not all
others have that same privilege ?
Could an impartial Creator refuse re-
lief to any such? No indeed, on the
contrary. The infinite plan of re-
provided at the very begin
ming for needy race, included for the
of strangers to place in
Gods earthly family. (Whosoever
will may Gomez. Not only so, but one
manner Of law was to govern these
and the house Of Israel. Exc. XlI-19. !
Lev. XVI-29. Lev. XIX-34 Please
read these texts carefully and then say
whether these needed a sec
ond probation in order to learn the
ways of God. Also please read Heb.
XI-32 to 40. See the martyrs and
others left their record in heaven. adv.
CONTINUED
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

The death of John g. Mccullough
leaves II living ex-governors of Yer
mont. They are: John w. Stewart
1S70-72; Samuel Z. Pingree, 1884-S6;
Ebenezer j. Ormsbee, 1S86-SS; Viii
liam P. Dillingham;, 1SSS-90; Carroll
C. Page, 1S90-92; Josiah Grout, 1896
9S; Edward c. Smith, 1S9S-1900; Will
liam w. Stickney, 10000; George H.
Prouty, 190S-10; John A. Mead, 1910
IL; Allen NJ. Fletcher, 1925.
Although the workman's compensa-
ton act does not go into effect until
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

The statistics relating TO very young
boys, General Carter says, have often
been questioned, but he adds, it must
be remembered that the enlistment Of
mere children as drummers and ffers
formerly was authorized in our army
General Carter himself was only
twelve and half when he enlisted as
a mounted despatch messenger in
1864.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

For baby's Group, Willie's daily
cuts and bruises, mammals sore
throat, Grandmas lamenesss-- DR..
Thomas Eclectic 0il--the household
remedy. 25c and soc. adv.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
GIVING OUT
The Struggle Discoursges Many q
Citizen Of Manchester

Inc struggle DiscouTageS many
Citizen of Manchester
Around all day with an aching back,
Can't rest at night;
Enough TO make anyone give up"
Doan's Kidney Pills are helping
thousands.
They are for kidney backache;
And other kidney ills.
Here is convincing proof of their
merit:
Daniel Bowen, Manchester Center,
VT, says: Il began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills, procured at Pettibone's
Drug Store, five years ago, when !
was suffering from a severe attack Of
lumbago. ] was so lame that ] could
not get about and at times this lame
ness extended into my shoulders and
thighs. had used Doan's Kidney
Pills only a few days before ! got re-
lief and continued taking them until
was able to get around with comfort.
Whenever ! have had sign Of kidney
complaint since, Doan's Kidney Pills
have never failed TO fix me up all
right"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr. Bowen had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, ". Y. adv-8-Z
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
4 Per Cent.
per annum

per annum
Dividends are declared twice a
year viz: as of the first days OF
January and July, according to law.
All dividends not withdrawn will
be added to the principal and draw
interest as new deposits, whether
the bank book is presented or not.
Deposits made on or before the
fifth day of any month draw inter-
est from the first day OF that
month.
Trustees: |. Z. Gibson, Presi-
dent; J. r. Judson, Vice-President;
John Robinson, f. d. yelling, Z.
l.. Sibley, D. F. Gardner, Harrison
|. Norton.
c. ii. DEWEY. Treasurer
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10
WHO FOUGHT OUR WAR?

Our Civil War has often been called
the "War Of Youth" on account Of
the age Of the soldiers upon enlist
ment. In this connection an inter-
esting table is given in "The American
Army" Major General William H,
Carter's recent book.
OF total Of 2,77S,304 men enlisted
in the Union army during the war less
than one-fourth were more than II
years old The table Of ages at en-
listment follows:
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

The following towns are represent
ed: Arlington, Bennington, Dorset,
Rcadsbcro, Rupert, Sandgatc. Shafts
bury, Stamford
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
"Wanetka and Other Poems"

William Ysncey Erwin, the we'll
known Kentucky poet. is in, the city
for the purpose of placing on the
market new book Of his poems call
ed "Wanetka and Other Poens." 1t
is handsomely bound book of 2f6
pages, printed on antique paper and
contains a frontispiece portrait of
the author and ten full-page illustrs-
tons. The book takes its name from
the first poem, an Indian story told
in verse and taking up twenty or
more pages. This is followed by rs
other poems on variety of subjects.
narrative, history. sentiment and
emotion. One of the Kentucky poems
and there are several-is The
Dark and Bloody Ground" written
following the night rider days. the
poem describing a trip of observa-
ton by the author. One Of the
verses Of local interest is:
From Pembroke; he his journey
took,
Nor cast behind him sad'ning look.
But hasten'd on to Hopkinsville,
Where he would fain be dwelling
still,
There, friends were many, foes but
few,
Sad, though he, there, could little
do,
The friendships form'd completely
drown'd,
All echoes of the bloody ground"
Other poems of noteworthy merit
are "The Bitter Dregs," What
Makes Kentucky Great" The Old
Spring House" etc.
! Mr.. Erwin issued his first volume
of poems in 1906 called Original
Poems and Acrostics. This book is
now in its third edition. The pres
ent book is better in every way, the
verses being of a much higher order
of merit, many showing rare poetic
genius.
| The author has many friends in
this city, but this is his first visit
here in nine years. He will remain
here for several weeks placing his
book in the hands of people Of litera-
ry tastes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
WATERWAYS or THE WORLD
Three Really Great Ones. Two OF
Which Have Had an Event
ful History.

Now the historic relation among
these waterways is this-that it was
the seizure Of the Dardanelles and
Bosporus by the Turks that sent Co
lumbus in quest of Panama canal
that is, in quest of a water highway
from Europe to Asia across the At
lantic-and it was as the successor
of the obsolete Byzantine route to
India that the Suez canal was
planned and constructed. The
epochal coincidence in the history of
the three emphasizes the satisfaction
which is to be felt at the American
control of the Panama canal. We
can realize how deplorable and in
deed intolerable it would be for that
highway to be placed under such big
oted, selfish and exclusive rule as
that which for centuries has con-
trolled the Dardanelles, or to be sub
ject to the disturbances and menace
which have at times assailed the Suez
canal, and which would frequently
prevail there were it not for the
assertion Of British authority. Yet
the former history of the Isthmus of
Panama suggests that if left to local
control the fate of the canal there
would be comparable in evil with
that of the Dardanelles under Otto
man, and that of Suez under native
Egyptian rule. These latter have
only now, after many years, and as
a result of inestimably costly war,
entered into the fortunate estate
which we have peacefully assured to
our canal from its very inception
George Harvey, in the North Amer
lean Review.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Why sardines Are Scarce.

Handlers Of foreign canned goods
whose troubles have been legion since
the Europea: wwa- upset normal trade
conditions. are now complaining OF
the frequency with which contractors
abroad break their delivery contracts
This practice, 1t was said In local job.
bling circles yesterday. has obtained
to wide extent in the matter of sar-
dine shipments. AS is customary.
firms here contracted with packers in
Norway and other countries for speci-
fic quantities of the fish. Foreign gov
ernments, however, with agents on
the spot, have been offering the pack
ers much higher prices than the con-
tract rates made with Americans, with
the result that the packers in many
instances are yielding to temptation
and jumping their obligations with
houses here. Scarcity Of foreign sar-
dimes in this market, together with
advancing prices. are the result.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Fishing Days.

When we are confused and harried
oy the turmoil Of modern life. our
heads and our hearts aching with its
complex problems, its exigent de-
mands. its rebuffs and its bitter disap,
pointments, let US turn once more to
the forest and meadow, the peaceful
stream. with the tieecy clouds of over
hanging boughs kindly tempering the
rays of the summer sun; let us drop
our pens. abandon for the nonce our
manuscripts, our ledgers, or the stock
reports OF the day. and go a-tishing' .
Willis Boyd Allen. in Scribner's
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Hopkinsville Boy Patriot.

George Jake. Jr.. the little four
year.old son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Jake, of Hopkinsville, who is here on
a visit to mis- grandmother. Mrs. Mol
lie Durrenberger. in Delafeld found
q cartridge around the place Monday
ahd laid it on a rock and struck it
with another to hear the explosi IN
The cartridge went off and shot him
in the left arm above the elbow and
is a painful flesh wound. His arm
was dressed by his uncle. Julius Top
milISE and later he was taken to St.
JoseIShs hospital where antitoxin
was administered to prevent blood
poison. The boy is getting along
nicely. a wiser but a sadder boy than
before.-Bowling Green News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Aeroplanes in Arctic.

A Norwegian steamship company
whose boats ply to Russian ports on
the Arctic ocean. has conceived a
novel use for the aeroplane. which 1t
hopes to put into operation next
spring. The route is frequently
blocked by icebergs aud ice foes. the
steamers lose much time in searching
for channel and then usually do not
find the best one. The proposal Is TO
have an aeroplane on each steamer.
When ice is sighted. the aviator is to
ascend and fly over the ice until he
determines the best channel.-Ameri
can Boy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
DAUGHTER DIES
And Aged Mothers Condition
Is Critical.

Miss Eliza Arm LittIefieId died
Tuesday morning at 1870 o'clock at
the home of her mother. Mrs. Nancy
Littlefeld. No. 408 North Virginia
street. She hpd been III for some
<time. DEATH WAS due to nephritis.
n She was SO years old and was born
In Caldwell county. but had lived
here since early childhood.
She leaves q mother. who is now
Ill and 10 . critical condition at her
home. here. Mrs. Littlefeld is rs
years old and her illness is consid-
cred very serious.
She also leaves three brothers. j.
B. and Geo. Littlefield of this city.
and d. Nj. Ettlefeld. of st. Louis.
and two sisters. Mesdsmes j. 7.
Talsr, of St. Louis and Mary Sands.
of Henderson.
Owing to the illness of the mother
the services could not be held at the
home but short ceremony was con-
Quoted at the grave. The interment
took place at Riverside Cemetery
yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
SIXTH OIYMPIAD DATED 1916
Originator Had the Thought That
Sport Might Ultimately Take
the Place Of War.

When in the nineties Baron de
Coubertin devoted so much of his
time and energy to the revival of the
Olympic games he was actuated by
the belief that international COMPETE
ton in sports might take the place Of
international strife, Harper's Weekly
remarks.
Five Olympiads have been held
since the games were revived at Ath-
ems in 1896, and now when most OF
Europe, including France, the coun-
try of the baron, is at war, the pro-
posal to substitute athletics for war
fare has been made again. This time
Prof. Walter B. Cannon of Harvard
university is the advocate. In his
book, Bodily Changes in Pain,
Hunger, Fear and Rage" he dis
cusses the relation of emotional
changes to the fighting instinct, and
agrees with the militarists that it is
firmly fixed in mankind and that the
results of his researches. prove il
true. There are, in his opinion,
physiological provisions for fierce
struggle" in men as well as in the
lower animals. When there was
hand-to-hand encounter or a chance
to display and use individual skill,
men did enjoy fighting.
The sixth Olympiad is scheduled
for 1916.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Is Croker Land a Myth?
New York World.)

An leland three times as large as
Texas might long remain undiscov-
cred between Alaska and the North
Pole. 1t is more strange when such
a vast territory, once reported. is
found to have no existence.
Croker land was seen in 1906 by
Peary and his men from Axel Hell
berg land. Nansen, Capt. Csgni,
the Duke of the Abruzzi. now en-
Sgsged in grimmer work, and himself
kad pushed close to the pole. extend
ing our knowledge Of the regions
north of Greenland. Spitzbergen and
Nova Zamba. On the other side
was a great blank on the map. but
after Peary's return an island with
conjectural outlines was stretched
into the white space denoting the
unexplored. And Donald B. Mac.
MILAN was dispatched at the head of
a museum of natural history expe-
dition to visit the new country and
report.
Now Mr.. Macmillan writes that in
April. 1914. he left Peary's old out
: look on Axel Heiberg and with three
companions dashed over the ice 125
miles in the supposed direction Of
Croker land. No land greeted him.
There was no bottom at $50 fathoms.
The currents did not betray land
near. He was forced to return with
try conviction that Cro:ker land, at
~iesst in the place indicated. did not
exist. One must believe that Peary
was mistaken. Land there may be.
and much of it. beyond the point
Macmillan reached. but its place
aud size are still matter for guess
work.
An error in observation at great
distance with high-power glasses is
not perhaps remarkable. A mirage
from more distant peaks might &C.
count for it; or atmospheric conci-
tions Importing an appearance of
height. distance and solidity to
to piled-up ice formations. And it
must never be forgotten that Arctic
knowledge proceeds by what is not
found as well as by what is found.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
WARS SHADOW OVER PARIS
French Capital Is Feeling the Stress
Much More Than 10 British
Metropolis.

Paris still contains goodly proper
ton of its idle American colony, many
of them useless, too-rich boys. others
to be met with caution, and they are
still to be found with the women
whose business 1t is to part the fool
from his money at certain cosmopoli
tan resorts.
A kindly soul asked friend to din
ner at one of these places. They
dined wisely If not too well, but most
extravagantly extensively 1t is pos
sible STILL as it always has been, to
eat cheaply and admirably in Paris
1t is also possible to eat dearly and
badly, particularly in places opened
expressly for the tourist trade.
Three or four Paris theaters are
open in the afternoon, finding i'm.
mense difficulty in casting the plays
with every actor under forty-fve at
the front. The rest are closed, as are
all the music halls except Olympia and
a few small places in Montmartre.
The French are astonished when they
are told that business is as usual in
London's places of entertainment, and
when 1t is explained that in London
only few families have paid the toll
of war, they suggest once more Git is
a suggestion l have often heard) that
they are not bearing their full share
of the heavy burden of the fight.-Ex
change.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
REGULAR HOURS FOR FEEDING
After First Week Give Calves Little
Dry Graln-Feed Skim Milk
- Four to Six Months.

By r. c. wEATHERSToNE)
Feed at regular hours and after the
first week give little dry grain, after
they have drank the milk.
Give them all the clean. cool water
they will drink.
Sprinkle a little salt on board
where they can lick it.
Give a little bright, clean hay. As
they become accustomed to 1t increase
to what they will eat up clean,
Increase the grain gradually until
IL reaches a pound a day. Shelled
corn, whole oats. bran, shorts. wheat
are all good; but preferable in the
order named.
Always feed the grain dry in the
box after taking away the milk pail.
Leave them in the stanchions 80 to
40 minutes after feeding.
Handle them frequently. Avoid
frightening them.
II they so on good pasture at six or
seven months Of age gradually shut
Off the grain.
Feed the skim milk four to six
months.
For forage, alfalfa, red clover. pea
and oat hay mixed with meadow hay,
fodder corn, ensilage are all good. The
first four are the best.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
HIS MAKEUP MADE TROUBLE
Prominent indianapolis Man Was
Called on TO % Some Strenuous
Explaining to Officer.

The next time g. Edgar Turner
takes part in a minstrel show he prob
ably will remove his makeup before
he starts home.
Mr. Turner was one Of the end men
In the Third Christian church min
strel show last week. After the per-
Torrance he started to his home In
Park avenue. nearby. Immediately, not
taking time to restore his face to its
once lily Wilderness. To make the
quickest time he went up an alley and
there was where he got into trouble.
A policeman stopped him and wished
an explanation. Mr.. Turner thought
the jokes that had been perpetrated
at the show had taken pretty well
with the audience, so he could not be-
lieve he was being arrested for that.
Being a lawyer and sizing up the
situation, he at once began his argu-
ment for the defense. He explained
that he was not a real negro; that he
had been to q minstrel show and was
taking the shortest way home. Then
the policeman explained that a negro
had been murdered by another negro
in that vicinity not many days ago and
that the police had been watching for
the offender.
Just why the police thought the ne
gro who committed the murder would
come back to the scene of his crime
was not explained as far as is known
INDIANAPOLIS News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
P. M. Moseley Losses S1O0.

Washington, July 7.-Thirty.three
Kentucky postmasters are to receive
increases in salary and Is will suf-
fer decreases in the annual readjust-
ment of postmssters' salaries yesUer-
dsy. Salaries we're cut 500 year
at Cadiz, Hopkinsville and GreenvilIe
and cut $500 year at Marion. In
creases of 500 annually at Prince
ton and Henderson we're made.