davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20

cargo of barley she will be the first
of the north Pacific vessels to have
a great American flag painted on
both sides of the gray hull. as well
as the name of the vessel. The flag,
painted yesterday. is 20 feet long and
10 feet wide. Captain w. NJ. NAL
lett took this action as safety first"
course against German submarines.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
SEVEN PLEAD GUILTY TO
MOONSHINE CONSPIRACY
(By United Press Leased Wire J

Fort Smith. Ark, Oct. 20.---Seven
men under indictment in the govern
ment's case charging wholesale
"moonshine" conspiracy to defraud
the United States out OF millions
over a period OF years here, pleaded
guilty today. They will be sentenced
Thursday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
INITIATE MEASURE TO
STOP SUNDAY BASEBALL

Portland, Oct 20.--A movement TO
place before the voters next fall an
initiative measure which II adopted
will do away with baseball and all
other classes OF commercialized
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
RETIRED BRITISH CABINET
MINISTER SEES KING
(By United Press Leased wire. J

Iby UHIteu FresB LeHseu WIrB.J
London, Oct. 20.-Sir Edward Car
son, resigned attorney general, today
saw the king at Buckingham palace,
giving new impetus to the talk Of
probable complete reconstruction OF
the British cabinet.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
PAINT AMERICAN FLAG
ON THE SHIP DIRIGO

Seattle, Oct. 2O.--When the Amer
lean full-rigged ship Dirigo leaves
for Swedish ports tomorrow with a
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Worse Vet.

"Why Is It nobody likes Tomr
"Oh, he's one OF these 7 told you So
fellows"
"How about Billr'
Hes worse yet. He's one Of the I
could hive told you n IA wanted to-
variety "-- Eyrhnnge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Don't Dodqe.

Do not dodge. Whatever the diff
culties to be met, they are not made
easier by trying to dodge them. In
trying to dodge a missile from one
direction you may come in line with
one from a different direction. When
we dodge trouble we are more than
likely to get into other trouble no
less easy to endure. Look with cour-
age on what must be met. Faced
with courage difficulties are half con-
quered. Better to meet and conquer
difficulties than to dodge them. Do not
dodge duties that devolve on you.
Duties performed add strength and
dignity to character. 1t matters lit
tie what these duties are; though they
may be of the simplest and humblest,
well and truly done, they acquire dig
nifty. Stand up bravely and sQuarely
to meet the difficulties of life. With
courage you will conquer. You will
come through life with fewer scars
than by trying to dodge dlty or diff
Guilty. Trying to evade begets in
man a cringing spirit. He gets
habit Of trucking, and upright, self
respecting manhood is gone. Don't
dodge if you would hold yourself
above meanness.-Milwau Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

Wake up, you doggone OF rabbit,
wake up and git out'n our barn. know
you, dag gone you, even if you be dis
guised by hidin' behind that thar four
poster bed on runners. Wake up, you
OF hit! You be Henlopen Laffenwell's
accomplice in crime, been't We? WAL,
you git right out'n our barn an do
your sleepin' where you belong. Dag
gone If you kin use our barn to give
your limitations of Rip Van Wrinkle.
Come on now, git"
When we finally reached home Aunt
Martha asked us how we enjoyed the
sleighride.
"The scenery was perfectly lovely
it was so stationary" Peaches an
swered, with chattering teeth.
"One of the best walks ever had"
l said as / put both feet in the fire
place to warm up.
Lohengrin, Ell? To make him go Mr..
Wagner would have to set him to rag
time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

enemy nag. IN particular. the impe
rial government is unable to admit
that American citizens can protect an
enemy ship through the mere fact Of
their presence on board.
Germany merely followed Eng
lands example when she declared
part OF the high seas an area of war
Consequently, accidents suffered by
neutrals on enemy ships in this area
of war cannot we'll be judged differ
emily from accidents to which neutrals
are at all times exposed at the seat
of war on land when they betake
themselves into dangerous localities
in spite of previous warnings.
IF, however, it should not be posi-
BILE for the American government to
acquire an adequate number of neu,
trail passenger steamers, the imperial
government is prepared to interpose
no objections to the placing under
the American flag, by the American
government, of four enemy passenger
steamers for passenger traffic between
North America and England
Assurances of free and safe passage
for American passenger steamers
would then extend to apply under the
identical pro-conditions to these for
merly hostile passenger steamers.
"The president of the United States
has declared his readiness, in a way
deserving of thanks, to communicate
and suggest proposals to the govern
ment of Great Britain with particular
reference to the alteration of maritime
war.
"The imperial government will al
WAYS be glad to make use of the good
Offices of the president and hopes that
his efforts in the present case, as well
as in the direction of the lofty ideal
of the freedom of the seas. will lead
to an understanding.
1.-THE undersigned requests the am
bassador to bring the above to the
knowledge of the American govern
ment, and avails himself of the oppor-
tunity to renew to his excellency the
assurance of his most distinguished
consideration. Won JAGOW."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

meets an automobile he goes to sleen
and tries to forget 1t. Isn't that bene,
than running away and dragging Won
to a hospital? There must be Soma
thing about an automobile that affects
Lohengrin's heart. l think it is tho
gasoline. The odor from the gasoline
seems to penetrate his mind to the ra.
gion of his memory and he forgets ia
move. Lohengrin is fine horse, with
a most lovable disposition, but when
the air becomes charged with gasoline
he forgets his duty and falls asleep at
the switch"
went out and explained to my wife
that Lohengrin was victim of the
gasoline habit, and that he would
never leave that spot until the Bubble
went away, and that the Bubble
couldn't go away until the chauffesx
woke up, and that the chauffeur
couldn't wake up until his mind had
digested lot Of wood alcohol, so she
jumped out of the trick sleigh for the
purpose of telling Lohengrin just what
she thought about him.
At that moment somebody opened
the folding doors in the barn just
ahead of us, and Lohengrin, with a
whitening glance at friend wife and
shrug of his shoulders in my direction,
tippy-toed to cover and left us fiat.
Ostler Joe, the charge d'affaires Of
the barn, tried to stop Lohengrin and
ask for his credentials, but the equine
onion brushed right by and planted
himself and the droshky in the middle
of the barn floor where he promptly
went to sleep again.
Just as we hurried away to flag an
approaching trolley car heard Ostler
Joe say to the slumbering Lohengrin:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

the table and went to sleep with his
face in cute little nest of hard-boiled
cigarettes.
rushed to the telephone and called
up the liveryman, but before / could
think of word strong enough to fit
the occasion he whispered over the
wire: Il know your voice, Mr., Henry.
suppose Lohengrin is waiting for
you outside"
Forthwith tried to tell that livery
man just what / thought about him
and Lohengrin, but the telephone girl
short-circuited my remarks and they
came back and set fire to the wood
work.
my, my!" could hear the livery
man saying. "Lohengrin's hesitation
must be the result of the epidemic of
automobiles which is now raging over
our country roads. The automobile
has strange effect on Lohengrin. 1t
seems to cover him with a pause and
gives him Inflammation of the speed"
thought of poor Peaches shivering
out there in that comedy sleigh staring
at q dreaming horse, while in front OF
her 3 Red Devil Wagon complained in.
| ternally and shook its tonneau at her
and once more jolted that liveryman
with a few verbal twisters.
pDon't get excited" he whispered
back over the phone. 'Iohengrin is a
new idea in horses. Whenever he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

ovsrtaking a telegraph pole every once
in while, when suddenly we heard
behind us a very insistent choof-
choof-choof-choof!
Its one of those Careless Wagons"
/ whispered to Peaches, and then we
both looked at Lohengrin to see If
there was a mental struggle going
on in his forehead, but he was rush
ing onward with his head down, watch
ing his feet to make sure they didn't
step on each other.
Choof-choof-choof came the Torpedo
Destroyer behind US, and wrapped
the reins around my wrist, in case
Lohengrin should get uneasy and want
to print horseshoes all over the auto
mobile.
The next minute the machine passed
us, going at the rate of IA constables
an hour. and as it did so Lohengrin
stopped still and seemed to be biting
his lips with suppressed emotion.
coaxed him to proceed in English.
In Spanish and Italian, and then in a
pale blue language of my own, but
he just stood there and bit his lips.
believe If he had possessed finger
nails he would have bitten them too.
gave the reins to friend wife with
instructions how to act If the horse
started, and l jumped out to argue
with hinI.
Jus. NIhen ! had picked out good
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
France offers to Lift Embargo.

Washington, D. c., July 12.-France
has offered to lift her ambargo on raw
hides in return for supply of Amer
lean leather goods for military pur-
poses, according to advices received
on Saturday. The plan, if worked out,
will release for manufacture in this
country vast quantity of raw hides
which has accumulated in France. The
Paris dispatch also contains requests
for American wheat -four for the use
of civilian bakers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Frank Holt Is Buried.

Dallas, Tex, July 12.-Frank Holt,
the man who shot J. P. Morgan. con-
fessed to placing bomb in the Ma
tional capitol and later committed sui
eide, was buried here on Sunday. Mrs.
Holt and her two children were pres
ent at the services, as was also her
father, Rev. O. f. Sensabaugh. The
services we're conducted by Rev. ]. p.
Mussett of Fort Worth, close friend
of the family.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
SEENG LIFE W1h
No. JOHN HENRY
~ % George HobaIt
lsN.(N@V John Henry Goes Seighriding
John Henry Goes SIeighriding

sized hunk of ice which was to be my
argument, Lohengrin came out of his
trance and started of, but Peaches
forgot her instructions and spoke
above a. whisper and he stopped
again.
Then / took the reins, cracked the
whip, shouted few paragraphs of
the language General Villa uses in
Mexico when he captures Federal
soldier, and away we rushed like the
wind-when it wasn't blowing hard.
The hours flew by and we must have
gone at least half a mile, when an
other Kerosene Wagon came bouncing
toward us from the opposite direction.
In it was happy party of ladies and
gentlemen, who were laughing and
chatting about some people they had
just run over.
Lohengrin saw them coming and
stopped still in the middle of the road.
Then he hung his head as low as he
could, and l believe if that horse had
been supplied with hands he would
have put them over his ears.
The people in the Bubble began to
shout at us, and l began to shout at
the horse, and friend wife began to
shout at me, while Lohengrin stood
there and scratched his left ankle with
his right heel
Then the machine made sudden
jump to the right and liked by us at
the rate of about $500 fine, while
the lady passengers in the cabin de
luxe stood up and began to hand out
medals to each other because they
didn't run us down.
Ten minutes later Lohengrin came
to and looked over his shoulder at us
with smile as serene as the morning
and once more resumed his mad Ca
reer onward, ever onward.
We were now about two miles from
home, and suddenly we came across a
big red touring car which stood in
front of roadhouse, sneezing inward
ly and sobbing with all its corrugated
heart.
Lohengrin saw the machine before
we did.
He knew there must be an automo-
bile somewhere near, because he
stopped still and quietly passed away.
l jumped out and tried to lead him
by the Coroner's Delight, but he plant
ed his four feet in the middle of the
road and refused to be coaxed.
I took the horse by the ear and
whispered therein just what thought
about him, but he wouldn't talk back.
told him my wife's honor was at
stake, but he looked my wife over and
his lips curled with an expression
which seemed to say, Impossible"
1t was all off with us.
Lohengrin simply wouldn't move I'M
til that sobbing Choo Choo Wagon had
left the neighborhood, so / went in
side the roadhouse to find the owner.
/ found him. He consisted of a Ger
man chauffeur and eight bottles of
beer.
When I explained the pitiful situa-
ton ito him the chauffeur swallowed
two bottles Of beer and began to cry.
Then he told the waiter to call him
at 1880, and he put his head down on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
AEROPLANEs FIGHT DUEL
Teuton Flyer and Observer Appear
Over Aerodrome on Dniester Be-
hind Slav Lines.

Petrograd, July GA German
aeroplane appeared over the Russian
aerodrome on the Dniester and was
Immediately engaged by Russian
aeroplane, which used a machine gun
effectively. The German aeroplane re-
piled, and pierced the Russian ma
chine five times. The duel terminated
in the German airman being killed and
the military observer wounded. The
machine turned turtle and fell blazing
within the Russian lines. The observ-
er burned to death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Rut He Understood.

The artist was painting sunset, red
with blue streaks and green dots.
The old rustic. at respectful dis
lance, was watching.
"Ah," said the artist. looking up
suddenly, perhaps to you, too, nature
has opened her sky-pictures page by
page? Have you seen the lambent
flame of dawn leaping across the hVid
east; the red-stained, sulphurous isiets
floating in the lake of fire in the west;
the ragged clouds at midnight, black
as a ravens wing, plotting out the
shuddering moon?"
mo-" replied the rustic, shortly;
mot since / signed the pledge TIT
Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16

CAY! isn't it great to get all wrapped
y up in fur robes in fine old sleigh
and let a fine old horse drag you over
the fine old snow on fine old coun-
| try road?
Answer: It is.
It's great If all the ingredients are
properly proportional. but nine times
out of ten something goes wrong with
the horse or the sleigh or the snow or
the road and you find yourself four
miles from nowhere, sitting on an Ice
hummock and screaming for transpor-
tation. while the harsh winds OF Win
ter are biting their initials on your
southern exposure.
Peaches and / went to visit Uncle
Peter and Aunt Martha upstate, and
when friend wife found the ground
covered with snow, right away she
began to sit up and beg sleigh ride.
She said that the sweet jingle-jangle
Of the bells would bring rest to her
nerves after season of trying to
cross the streets in New York without
being struck by taxicab, so Uncle
Peter told me where to find a livery
stable and off / liked.
Anyone who has never lived in a
semi-rural town will doubtless recall
what handsome specimens Of equine
perfection may be found in the local
livery stable-not.
The liveryman in the town where
Uncle Peter lives is named Henlopen
Laffenwell, and he looks the part.
/ judged from the excited manner
in which he grabbed my deposit
money that hs had note falling due
next day. }.a1 rs,
Then Heplopep shut his eyes. count
ed six, turned around twice, multi
piled the day Of the week by 10, sub
tracted z, and the answer was cream
colored horse with four pink feet and
frightened face.
The gargoyle gazed at me sadly,
sighed deeply and then backed up
into the shafts of sleigh that looked
something like a BARRIERS chair and
something like the tumbril Marie An
toinette used the afternoon she went
to the guillotine.
The liveryman said that the name of
the horse was Lohengrin, because 1t
seemed to go better in German.
drove Lohengrin up to Uncle Pc
ter's residence and all the way there
we ran neck to neck with a coal cart.
Lohengrin used to be fast horse,
but quite some time ago he stopped
eating his wild oats and now leads a
slower life.
When reached the gate | whistled
for Peaches, because was afraid to
get out and leave Lohengrin alone.
He might go to sleep and fall down.
Friend wife came out, looked at the
rig and then went back in the house
and babe everybody an affecting fare
we'll
There we're tears in her eyes when
she came out and climbed into the
sleigh. She said she was crying be-
cause Aunt Martha wasn't there to
see us driving away and have the
laugh of her life.
We started off and we we're rushing
along the road, passing fence and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Wilson in Auto Crash.

Windsor, Vt, July president
Wilson experienced his first automo-
bile accident in more than two years
today when, on the road between New
port and Claremont, a car with five
men riding in it smashed into his high
power car and was partly demolished.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Puts German losses at 1.5o4. 52s.

Berne, July - Especial to the Lon
don Morning POST The last sixteen
Prussian casualty lists contain the
names of 94,747 officers and men kill
ed, or wounded, making the total Prus-
sian losses to the end of June 1,504,523.
This does not include 164 Saxon cas-
ualty lists, nineteen Bavarian lists, 211
with the Lemberg lists and thirty-six
navy lists.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Opinions React.

A man cannot speak but he judges
and reveals himself.--With his will.
or against his will, he draws his por-
trait to the eye of others by every
word Every opinion reacts on him
who utters it.-Emerson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Would BE Dangerous to TeII.

A Boston publisher, whose name
We withhold lest you be tempted to
injure him, says he has a method
which will enable anyone to learn to
play on the cornet for Is cents.-~-.
Florida Times Union
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Enormous Alaska Copper Yield.

Seattle, Wash, July 1.-THE pro-
duction of copper in Alaska will this
year reach the phenomenal figures of
from $20,0OOOOO to $25,0OO,000, it is
estimated from the production to date
The value. of Alaska's entire output
last year was only $3,3G5,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Idle Metaphors.

What is the title of that book you
are reading?"
THE Sea of Matrimony.'
Hum! Any submarines about
ooh, yes, but the particular ship
whose fortunes / am following is IN
no danger. It is conveyed by dread
naught."
'Meaning?''
The brides neither
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
On Travelling.

One was telling Socrates that such q
one was nothing improved by his
travels: 81 very well believe it," said
he, for he took himself along with
Vim. "-Montaigne.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Must Travel to Know.

The world is country which no.
body ever yet knew by description.
one must travel through it ones self
to be acquainted with .t.-Chester-
field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Tiny oven.

An electric oven, tiny enough to be
placed on a microscope. and used for
heating and drying objects that are
to be examined, has been invente
By German scientist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Germans Have Travelling Libraries

Germans Have Travelling Libraries.
Constance, Switzerland, July r.
As the German soldiers have express
ed the wish for good books, Berlin has
organized a series of travelling librar-
les for the trenches, says dispatch
to the Constance Gazette. More than
100000 books have already been do
mated for this purpose.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-16
Mans PecuIiarity.

Man, as has been remarked several
times before, is Peculiar Cuss. Jude
Johnson, who beats his wife, thinks it
is shame that Short jerks criticizes
Mrs. jerks grammar. -Atchison
Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28
Milton

Burglars attempted to enter the M.
H. Ansley home one night the past
week. The screen of the bedroom
window was found unfastened and
some pieces of iron were found lying
in the grass with which an entry to
the house was attempted.
On Thursday afternoon, May Is, the
library board and the president of the
Fortnightly Club were the invited
guests of the w. r. C. A fine literary
program was given and the library
was presented with very handsome
flag, 6x10 feet, which will be flung to
the breeze for the first time on Decora-
ton day.
Miss Jeanne Roy and Mr.. w. Glen
Whittet were married Tuesday even
ing, May Is, at the home of the brides
parents at Wausau. Miss Roy taught
school here last year and won many
friends by her pleasing manner. Mr..
Whittet has lived in or around Milton
all his life and is a popular young man.
They will temporarily reside with his
parents on College street until the new
house being built by the groom is COM
pleted.
The annual Shakespeare play to be
given by the students of Milton col
lege on the evening of June Is, will
be Romeo and Juliet The princi-
pal characters are already chosen and
are hard at work on their parts, prac-
ticing as often as possible. Although
the play is a tragedy and somewhat
heavier than those that have been
presented the last few years, Prof.
Stringer, who is coaching it, is we'll
pleased with his cast, and is confident
that the audience that sees the play
during commencement week will not
be disappointed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28
OeerfieId

The village board has appointed A
MunsOn village marshal, street COM
missioner, superintendent of municipal
electric power plant and village plumb
er for the ensuing year at salary of
SIT per month.
Archie McCulloch returned to his
home here Sunday evening. Archie is
looking fine and says he feels fine The
wound made in probing for the bullet
doesn't bother him.
H. J. Quammen made trip to Prai-
RE du Chen last week in his Dodge
car and by measurement on his return
found that he had made 20 miles to the
gallon of gasoline. Considering the
weight of the car and being new, that
is good record.
Mrs. D. A. Sutherland of Juneau,
Alaska, arrived here Monday evening
for an extended visit with her mother,
Mrs. Anna Evenson, and other rela-
tives. Mrs. Sutherland was, before
her marriage, Miss Hilda Evenson, and
has not been back here for ten years.