davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-12-14
For Sale.

For Sale.
l still have some extra good Duroc
Jersey boars not related to any ev-
err sold. j. E. Young, 1873 First
street, Webster City. Martin phone
9494. 1908"
The "sweeter" she is, the more
she deserves box of Liggetts choco-
lates, only at Buster" Browns,
6dSf2t2
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-12-14
Licenses ISSUED in August.

Following is the list Of automo-
bile licenses issued in Hamilton
county during the month of Aug
ust:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-12-14


From the moment Of its discovery
wore 1t as a bracelet above my right
hand, and once it saved my life.
At the extreme bottom of the pack
age, carefully preserved between two
sheets of thick cardboard, lay page
torn from. a newspaper. It was on that
heavy, CLOSED paper which some
journals use for their pictorial sec
tions and was covered with miscel-
laneous illustrations.
1t was on the point of throwing ne
thing away when some impulse led
me to turn 1t over. What ! saw al
tered and remolded all my life from
that moment forward.
A curtain of dusk was beginning to
fall upon the hinterland at the edge Of
the forest. The fringe of cane and
palm was filling up with shadow, and
the peak OF the volcano was breeding
against sky of FURNISHED copper.
When 1 turned the sheet it was
as though 1 had come face to face
with an actual personality where a
moment ago there had been nothing
animate. OF course it was only be.
cause the art of photographer and
engraver had ably aided each other,
but the portrait which worthily filled
the seven columns of glazed paper
was marvel of lifelike presentment
and of indescribable loneliness.
There are authenticated cases, in
plenty, of men who have loved a face
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
g m @elifb.

3mei 9uart CRIME Somatoes, Elm
9uart peibe 3miebeln, elm GROCER
Ropf araut. Elm GROCER aopf 9lumen'
tobl, pier @tod @enerie (ein 8iinoel).
3ebn iuBe 9eppers fein sebodt. beoedt
NIT @aher unb 3mei tleine Sahen Dol
@al3 uno iber Na@t fteben laHen.
nd@iten Morsen ole Tlliiigtett auss
oriiden unD folgenoe @aaen bo5u
tun: 3mei Quart GfIg, orei Sat en-
:3uder. Damn lansiam gum &o4en
fommen, bun1 figt man ba5u cine
Mii@uns BON elmer Safe Mebl. pier
Sii4lDffel poa @enf, einunoeinen bal
BEN Seel0ffl Sumerie pomoer, bieie
brei @o4en init Gffs gemii3t, Bis
es anfdnst, ftetf gu tperben, oarr1 tugt
man es 3uiammen NIT ben anoerer1
@aden uno la{e es to4en. Biz es ftetf
mtrb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
meblfl6be 3u Obf.

Birner oner onoeres Sbff tpirb &c,
i@nitten, na@ 8elieben ge3udert, Elm
paar Neltent0pfe oa3u getan, betnabe
pei@ geto9t. gu iieben Biz aht per'
foner re9ne man Elm 5uart Mebl,
bier Seel0ffel 8adpulper, 3mei Seelof'
fel @ol3, a1es piermal bur4 etn
@ieb %miteiranber iieben; oonn ntmm
man 70 piel Mil9, UNI einen Seig gu
MAIDEN, ben man gut ausftefen tam;
tut ben 2Dffel iebesmal in Die 8rlbs
Der Tru@t, ebe man bic &l0be ous>
fti4t uno in einen Sopf NIT to4enbem
WoKer gibt; peun fe fertis 1lno, ie<
ben lie aus pte 8rot. mas ungefdbr
5pon5ig Minuten oauert; ile mullen
out 3ugebedt unb senug 8ribe baben.
u1n bas Mnbrennen gu perbuter.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Spffnnna reqte iid in tint. y

6anfborem Ser5en," idreibt 5err $.
sdnen bon MrcoIa, Sasf., Il enoe i'd
6iele Modridt. Bor brei Sabren pnr=
Sc unler flei1res &in6 iebr franf. 3ett-
tpeiie uor es unfdbtg, 5u idluden.
@s mur6e idredlia biim INTO frnft-
log. Bir bottert 5uei Mer5te, ober
fie idie1rert 1tidt imitan6e gu fein, gu
belfen. sic ponten Damn operieren,
aber sic Rleie NOR gu idmad oa5n.
unier Sous mor tra1tererhim. Sd
las honn etnes Mben6s in unierem
6amilienbIatt iiber Sorni's Ilpen-
frdnter. Sn mir regte ii@ bic Soft
mng. 8ir entihloiien unS> es gu
gebrmuden nn6 ionbten nod @ret1ta
fir bier G1oiden. sdon Sic erIte
S1oide boIf un6 nodbem tie Die
5peite ger1ommen, NOR iie bon ibrem
9ei6en gebeiIt. @ir f0trnen MIR @oH
fur 6en inns 611rd Mpemfrdd11ter ge-
ian6ten gegen 6onfen. Mdftet ooh
auh u16ere nit Sic em pnr6erbare1
6eiIrnitteI befunnt tper6en."
6orni's MpenfrG1tter lit feine Mpo-
tbefer . Me6i5in, ionbern Elm oltes,
5eiterprobtes 4rd11ter Seilmittel,
meIdes SEM Bublifum brett bonn
9aborotorium geIiefert uiro. Mn1
ld]reibe Inn ein @remplor Beg n4rn11'
fenboten," meldes fret oeriar6t miro
un6 Sic i~1tereiIante @eididte Der
gn6edung oiefes &eiImiHels, Dor
mebr ols b1tnoert Sabren, ertbalt.
Mon menoe fi9 at: ST. Setter Sobr'
men & Cons 60, 1875 60. &opne
elbe., @bicago, 81.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
@urtenfaIut

Tidt ieDe @urteniorte i4eint i14
bier5u gu eignen, oa mande 9ausz
frauen Sic @rfabrung gemo4t baber1.
bah Die @@eiben nit Der 3ett 5dk
perben. 9ier bic Mnleitung: 3tem>
lid junge, nod gang grim %ouslebenoe
@urfen tperben sei9dlt. in @@eibden
ge1@nitten, NIT @al3 beftreut uno etne
@tunbe iteben laKen. Damn out Elm
Sud- ouseinanoer gebreitet, big ieoe
Teudtiqteit o~beeloufen lit uno bic
@urfen aiemlid troden ausieben. 60
,perben lie in glider ober @teintDpt e
eingei&idtet, aber nur bolb poa.
Damn pirb gutter. niat gu iharfsr
Weineiiia oorauf gegoHen. Biz ct eben
iibe1 ben @urten itebt, uno enolid
feines Olipen0l aufgefuat. Die Sopte
tperoen nit 8loie perbunoen uno talt
oufbemabrt. Wenn fir ben @ebrouh
.au fdorf. tonn man lie etpos mdt1ern
unb our6 Mnmohen NIT Rabm ben
@e1hmad etpos mtloern.
Mun tann aber @urten lange tr111
erbalten. um lie gu @alat gu pertpenz
ben, penn mon foleenoes 8erfobren
befolgt: I'm @urten langs iriid gu
erbolten. iuft mar por5ugltd quite
aus uno 5iebt Defenders oana4. oaB
lie oidt an Der Runte abeetniffen tper,
ben, oamit Der @tiel on Der Rante
bleibt. Damn reinigt mon bic @ur>
ten mittels elmer meiden. iauberen
Burffe uno trodnet tie gut ab. 9ier<
ouf beftreiht man lie nit frtf6em @i<
,peiB, unp anor 10. oab teine @teqe
Der Sberfldhe uerfeblt Dtro. Not>
benz bic @urten gong .troden ftno,
bdngt mar lie mittels zines 8tnofo-
bens, Der an Den Stielen befeftigt
,pirp, an elmer Ghnur ODER @tange
IN einem febr trodenen Raume auf.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
. !

Die tleine Mnna: r9err 9eutnant,
meme S9peiter 9elene ltebt Sic
febr!"
2eutnant (ent5udD: n@@, 1T es
tpobr? ., bu iuBes Rinb! Da bait
gu apon3ig pfennig! Mber ieBt lag
mir ou4, mie tommit bu eigentlt9
bo3u, mir Dos gu perraten2"
Die tleine Mnno: rMeil mir Der
9err MHeHor uno Der 9err Doftor
6nfur au9 jeoer 5tpan5ig pfennig ge>
gebert 9aben!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
QmmSrQQpu /.

Gin @tid 2ammfleii4 f@neioet
man in beliebige tleine @tide. Sn
eiren 9opf sibt man etmas Butter.
ldBt 5mei fetngef@nittene 3miebeln
gelb onlaufen, ftaubt etnige 20ffel
Mebl barber unp gieBt. na4bem bie>
{es et&pas %ansebraten, Dos n0tige @a1,
Ter oorauf. 9as Tleii4 ba5u gege=
ben, @ol3 unD pfeffer nod @ei4mad,
uno bun1ten lanen. Bis oas Jleii4
beinabe mei9 lit. oonn peroen pier
frif@e @urten sei@dlt. Der 2dnge no&
bu1mgef9nitten, Ole Rerne entfernt
unb no9mals to4en .lafen. Biz Die
@urten elafig ausieben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21

8ermalter auf Sen 8eg, INN Serrn
Mielien at iuden. @ir fanben i'm
einige buroert Meeter bonn 2an6baaie
entfernt I'M 8raben Ser @bauiiee lie
qeno, aus elmer Stirntpunoe blutenb,
Dor. @ir bemiibten ut1s um i'm, 10
out es ging un6 trugen i'm in'S
Sous"
vMGmddtiger @ott!" riefen ale
e1tiett, uno @eroa iebte nit idl1l9=
5enoar @ttmme bin511: uSit er oenn
l6mer perlest?"
Sic @unoe liegt etpas iiber Ser
stirn uno lit 5iemli9 tief. ST mub
nit SEM &opf m1f einen Stein &C.
ldleu6ert poroen fem. 9os BetpuBt-
fem lit erit TOR elmer balben Stunoe
5uriidgefebrt. Serr Mielien beauf-
tragic midi, sic Serrfdaften gu be-
nodribtigen."
@er6o 1tieb einen Sdmer5ensidrei
aus un6 ltiirmte> Miriam un6 Dem
Dierer 5urufen6, ibr GIT folgen, 90
bon. Sm @ofe iatpongen ii6 ale
orei in Sen Suttel un6 iprengten i'm
geltedten @alopp 6em 2anobouie gu.
Mah einem piertelitiin6igen &ttt
langten tie benn ou4 idon BORT an.
gul0 6arauf betraten Die bei6en Do=
men NIT tiefter @rregung Dos freuno-
lide Mobn5immer> in bem man @arl
ouf ei11en 9tbm gebettet botte. Seine
.sttrn par NIT einem tpeiBen Su6e
ummu1roen. gfeben ibm iaB u1f einem
@tubIe Ser Gertpalter, Ser iid bel Dem
gintritt 6es 8eiu6es erbob un6 ii6
nit reipectpoaer @erbeugung 5uriid=
5og.
Gin ettpus tribes 9d6eln buidte
iiber oas blaiie Mltlie @arl's, ols
feline graut ibm 6ie 9anb rei9te.
uSsm bonfe Dir, @eroa, baB gu
gefommen biit, un6 uud Sbren,
.6rdulein @erner," iagte er Damn.
Isle MAIDEN id0ne @ei@idten,
@err MieIien," iogte Miriam. ~Sie
monen uns 10 ffur5 Dor Ser @ermab=
lung nod front tper6en."
sd 6enfe, Sic @ranfbeit miro
roid pergeben, grd6ises Trdulein>"
emgegnete @ar1. sir 6iefes mal
bin i6 nod nit 6em gdre6en uno
elmer fleinen @erletung 6ubongefom-
men,"
uWos lit 6enm eigentli9 geideben,
@ar1," fragte MIN @er6a baitig.
u9ein 9iener bebauptet, gu ieieit ge=
itern oben6 n11f 6em Madbauiemege
bonn Nferoe g%eitiir5t un6 bdotteiit ourd
6ieien Stur5 eine be6euten6e @tirn~
munoe bopongetragen. Die sa5e
fommt mir iebr rdtbielbaft Dor. gu
iitt bod ionit immer 10 ii6er 5u
Tferoe, nno Der uSalfe" gebordt SIR
6oh m19 tpie Elm 2umm."
@nrl ienf3te leiie, Damn aber iagte
er rnbig: u@enn es fem m11B, mtn
i6 gu@ sic gan5e 5ode genau er-
5ablen. Mber erlaabt, 6ob i@ leiie
1prede, oenn ih mia nid, 6aB Die
9iener es b0ren. sic tpii1en NIT,
oob i6 bonn Nfer6e geitiir5t BIN. Sod
Sen ganaen Sadberbalt tptien lie
11idt."
@er6u ur6 Miriom tporen boiler
Grmartung. uMein @ott, mos baben
sic renn @ebeimniBbolles 5u entbiil=
len," iagte 5uerit Miriam ibren
.StubI nGber an &arl's 2ager beran=
riider6. =
r5ponne uns nidt auf sic Softer,
@sarl," rief @er6o, Sen Berlobten et=
tpos oerb am Mrme riittelno.
vgdmebteit gu in irgen6 elmer gro
Ben gefabr? gitte, iprid Gid often
uns gegeniiber aus"
(Sortiebung folgt.)
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
9ps haft.

r@eim 2efen Sbrer @ebtdte tperbe
i9 immer lebboft an 9eine ertnnert."
Isle tponen bod bamtt fagen, bab
@ie ben @inorud meiner @benbirtigz
teit nit 9eine baben; nt4t etma, bob
meme Merfs plugiate inb9"
rWeoer bas etne nod bas anbere;
SIRE @eot@te erinnern MIDI tets an
SOS {9Dne 9etnef@e 2ieb: SD &peib
ni9f, nos 1pn es bebeuten1!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
@i@t 10 i@limm.

Trau: rM@, mdnne, bier @o&en
fon i9 getrennt BON Dir i'm Rurort
bertpeilen!? -. So per3ebr' t@ MIDI
ia ppr @ebnfu4t na@ bir!"
@atte: r8erubtge bt4, @@ab a
biBl mos miro i@on nod iibrigbleiz
benz"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
m {.

r9at 1d Der 4utler benin gar ni4t
I'M sic getummert, na@bem Ct Sic
%iiberfubren batte?"
s. bod; er bielt an uno rief mir
gu, i3 {olte einen Mugenblid liegen
bleiber. @ie i9 i'm nod gan3 perz
buBt anf4nue, bat ct MIDI raid pboz
tpgrapbiert unb 1T 6ann auf uno boz
pongefobren!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
@eritppfnnq unb 11nperbanlidfeit.

SD babe GIamberIa1Hs SdDlette
qebrauft uno mug iager, onb tie oas
gelte finb, mas id ie fir geritopfung
uno unperooulidfeit gebrmadte.
Meiue 6rau gebraudte lie gleidfals
fir gerItopfung, uno Tie tbaten tbr
out" idreibi Gugen 8. 4nigbt, Bil'
mineton, q. 6. gu to11fen bel Mar-
tin Molitor. - An3eige.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Sir @auS umo.
Slide.

6urpergolDeteR abmen.
0ergolbete Biloerrabmen reinigt
NOR BON @dmuB. inoem man etnen
gon3 meihen. reinen @hmamm in
Weinei1ie taudt uno ben Rabmen iebr
poriidtig oomit iberftrei4t. obne gu
reiben, Na9 a9t Minuten fpilt man
lie porfi4tig nit reinem @aher oh
unb ldbt iie an einem mdbis marmen
Srt trodnen, obne 5u beribren.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Dfl 4.

Gune cine Glafde oreipiertel poll
frifder ungepaf4ener uno ungetnad'
ter Pflaumeniteine uno giebe lie poQ
nit 96prooentigem beiten @einseift.
forte gu uno laFe pier3ebn Sage ite'
ZEN. Damn gieBe Den @eingeiit ab,
f~iltriere ibn, meKe i'm uno mii4e gu
lie Elm Ptnt @einseift elf un3en in
elm pint @aKer getodten uno gut
abgef4dumten 3uder. Jdrbe na4
Belieben nit @maraeosrin. ST Der
Pflaumengeiii ni4t tlor, filtriere nod
einmul.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
u II d ri4tig.

@diiler (betlomiert): yTrub mor.
gems, tpenn Die 9dbne trGbn 80"
0todt).
r2ebrer: rWetter: bic 9abne trdbn
90. Scum, tpte?"
@9uler: raiteriti!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Gin / happen.

Otter @auner (au ieinem @ertetot>
ger): Sd m0@te mid bon Sbnen Der,
tetoigen lafi en-. 9err Dottor; perfi<
gen sic aber au4 iiber bic geb0rigen
8ruitt0ne Der ueberaeugung? 2egen
sic bod mai our probe io'n bis4en
loS!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
5umorisfisches
u usfidtspo1l.

.Sot Sbr @obn benn ir benz 8antz
gef4dft cine austDmmli4e @teaun92"
rNa, es sebt; an @olair triegt Ct
5par nur finf3is Mart; aber ct gez
niebt Elm groBes 8ertruuen: 3pei bon
ieinen 8orgdngern iinb nit 5ebntauz
fenb Marf bur9gebrannt!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Mibperf It dnbnis.

MiBperFdnbnis.
.Seut 1T @rof 8burg auf freien
SUB geieBt tporben."
rM9 = tparum iaB ct benn2"
r@ab? = 9as grdflt@e paar 1T
qe1hie6en t%por6en!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
CT 10 eiB 9.

CT meib es.
50, ia, bic Men19beit pirb INNER
pentger mioeritanbsfdbig!"
~2etoer, leiber, bos mi1en mir Mutz
Ter am be1ten!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21
Sief]ter g d j.

r@oter, itedt Dir man n @@nupp>
tu9 Elm gu bic 8eerbigung bon oeinem
alien Treunbe!"
rM4 - laB Mutter, UNI ben tDein'
i'd BLOB innerli9!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
DIED..

BECKSTEDT. On Friday. october p. 1915, at
X 1910 am, METHA E., aged twenty three
years. beloved daughter of Sophia and the
late Henry Beckstedt.
Funeral from her late residence, 6l5 9Th street
southwest, Monday at o'clock. Friends and
relatives invited. ..s "a
BINGHAM On Thursday. October 81, 1915.
JEANETTE BINGHAM, devoted daughter Of
James Bingham.
Funeral from her late residence. lip street
southeast, Saturday. October %.
Royce. On wednesday, October 20. 1915 at
T:l5 pm. at his residence. 2Ol6 18th street
seven years. beloved husband of Jane E.
Boyce NEE Torney).
Funeral from his late residence Saturday. Octo-
Der %, at 9 pm. Relatives and friends In
vited to attend. lnterment Congressional
cemetery. .r- x
BOYNTON On Friday. October 70, 1915, at
his residence, 2516 18th street northwest, DR..
GEORGE w, beloved husband of Eta L.
Boynton (nee Warnke).
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
BRADSHAW On Thursday, October q. 1915. at
l:3O pm at his residence. Chevy Chase, Md.
LEONARD PAL. husband OF Elizabeth @
Funeral on SATURDAY. October %. at pm, from
the residence of his brother -in-law, James p
Robertson, 223 5th street southeast.
DAMMANN. On October 81. 1915, ADOLPH.
beloved husband Of Olivia and father Of
Milton Leonard, Joseph and Earnest Dam
mann, at his residence. 526 West 1l3th street.
New York.
OWENS. Departed this life Thursday Aasnins,
October 81, 1915. at S:45 o'clock. In the fnn
realization Of Christian faith. LILLIAN D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22

Missourians goes straight to my heart
Perhaps your affection misled your
Judgment. No doubt, however. your
Partially for me will be forgiven By
tho generous people Of Missouri when
they remember that our friendly asso-
citation Is Of long standing. beginning
IN the kindly and close relation OF
teacher and pupil. take it that when
you were reading law in my office, II
some prophet had made bold to predict
that in this blessed year you would be
Governor Of imperial Missouri and
Speaker of the National House Of Rep
resentatives. he would have been in
imminent danger OF being clapped into
a straightjacket and a padded cell.
Thank God. ascent to high places is
possible for the poorest lad in the land
under the benign institutions, for no
boys are poorer than were you and l.
Your friendly act reused in my mind
many fond memories Of the time when
you and I were living the simple life
among the best Of people. After all is
said, there is no friend like the old
friend who shared our morning days,
no welcome like his greeting, no hon.
age like his praise. Fame Is the scent
less sunflower with gaudy crown OF
gold, but friendship Is the breathing
rose with sweets in every fold"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
VERDICT FAvORS D. c.
G. Bert Repasz Fails to Win $4,000
Damage Suit,

verdict in favor of the District of
Columbia and the Capital Traction
Company was rendered late yesterday
afternoon by a jury in Circuit Division
1 of the District Supreme Court in the
suit for 100000 damages filed by g.
Bert Repasz. The plaintiff slipped on
a car track in Georgetown, was tripped
by a depression in the street next to
the rail and was thrown to the ground,
sustaining a sprained ankle. according
to his testimony.
The defendants claimed that Mr.. Re-
pasz, while trying to catch a car,
slipped and fell The fall was not oc-
casioned, they claimed. by the depres-
sion in the roadway.
Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and r.
H Yeatman represented the plaintiff.
Assistant Corporation Counsel White
ford appeared for the District of Co
lumbia and Attorney G.. Thomas Dunlop
for the railroad company. -.-- ---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
GIRL GARMENT WORKERS
TELL OF HARD LIVES
Must Toll Long Hours and Go With
ont Lunch to Earn s.
q Week.

CHICAGO. October 22.-Pathetio
stories of the lives Of girls who dwell
in tenements and gain a precarious
livelihood in the garment trade have
been unfolded before the aldermanic
committee that is investigating the
garment workers strike and its causes.
Manufacturers ignored Invitations to
be present.
Tears came to the eyes Of some Of the
girls as they told of their struggle for
existence. The normal earnings Of the
girls. testimony showed, were IS a
week, and only supreme efforts. working
from daylight to dark without lunch.
would bring in So. Sidney Hillman.
national head Of the Garment Work
ers' Union, explained that in ''the bet
ter shops" girls received $12 a week
for the work with which the testimony
was concerned. Today's witnesses
came from the cheaper shops.
seventy-Eig Cents Week.
Pearl Krupnip said that in dull times
she had earned as low as IS cents a
week. Fannie Berg testified that the
girls have to buy their own needles.
Three hundred girls. she said, had to
use the same roller towel. Alderman
Healy called the attention of the health
department to this.
Miss Berg said that she worked from
1880 am. to 5:45 pm, and that she and
thirteen other girls engaged on bast-
ings were able to make So a week by
giving up half of the lunch hour to
work. All of the witnesses complained
Of harsh treatment from foremen. most
ly in the way of abusive language.
Alderman Geiger was curious to learn
how the girls managed to live on their
incomes. Miss Berg explained: Il
pay IS month for my room and my
sister charges me Is cents a meal for
what 1 eat. I am often hungry, but
can't afford to spend more"
What have you and the others been
doing since you went on striker" Anna
Javorowsky was asked.
Going around beating up scabs," she
calmly replied.
Did you ever beat up one yourself?"
Yes, l beat up one."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
FERDINAND PETERSEN DIES.
As a Boy He Lived in House Where

The death of Ferdinand Petersen,
formerly of this city. in whose ia
Tiers horje, on 10th street northwest,
Abraham Lincoln died, occurred In
Baltimore Monday. Mr.. Petersen, who
was sixty-seven years old, was living
in the now famous house as a boy
when the martyred President breathed
his last there. At the time of his de-
mise and for several years previous
he was residing in Baltimore with his
daughter, Mrs. Harry T. Thomas, 1900
Chelsea avenue.
Mr.. Petersen was for many years
head salesman for w. B. Moses & Sons.
both when that firm was in business
at 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue
and at it's present location. He was
also member of the firm of Petersen
& Childs, carpet dealers, in business on
Market space. Funeral services were
held at his daughters house We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
WANT SPEECH ON SUFFRAGE.
Local Club Would Have Every Con-
vention Here Addressed on Subject.

Steps to obtain the permission of
every organization scheduled to meet
in the National Capital during the COM
ing season to be addressed by a suf-
frage speaker were decided on at a
meeting Of tho Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Suffrage Club held last night in the
Public Library. The suffrage question,
II the plans are fruitful, will therefore
enter more or less into the business of
every one Of Washington's many yearly
conventions
On the Tooth anniversary of the birth
of Mrs. Stanton, one Of the mothers OF
the cause" there will be mass meet
ing November IL under the joint aus
pices Of tho District States Association
for Woman Suffrage and the Elizabeth
c. Stanton Suffrage Club.
Miss Emma Gillette, dean of the
Washington College Of Law, related to
those present last night incidents in
the life of the great suffragist. A new
constitution and bylaws were formu-
lated for the organization, and Miss
Catherine Drayton was elected dele
gate to the Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
Clerks Elect Officers.

At the meeting of the Clerks Mutual
Benefit and Protective Association, held
Tuesday, the following named officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing
year: C. w. Hummer. president; +. G.
Schultz, vice president; L. J. Silver
man, recording secretary; II. e. Fisher,
financial secretary; j. Leo Kolb, treas
urer: DR.. C. A. Weaver. medical ex-
aminer; NJ D. Rosenberg, attorney. and
Charles Shannon, warden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
MRS. FLORENCE SWIFT DIES
Widow of Founder Of Packing Com
pany of Chicago.

Washington friends have been in
formed of the death of Mrs. Florence
Swift, widow of E. c. Swift, founder. of
the Swift Packing Company of Chicago.
at her summer home at Pride's Cross
ing, Mass, yesterday. She was formerly
Mss Bailey of Lowell, Mass. Mrs. Swift
spent last winter in this city with her
daughter, Mrs. AXel Christian Wick
field, formerly Mrs. Clarence Moore.
The deceased had been ill since last
summer, suffering at that time stroke
of paralysis. Her illness FASTENED the
return OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wichfed from
their honeymoon travels in California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22

posed to punch the time clock until
1890" she said.
Bessie Alt. who earns 81 q week. re-
lated that she keeps within her income
by walking two miles to and from work
and spending only Is cents . day for
food. Miss Alt was asked II any FORE
men made improper advances to her.
Some OF the girls told me that the
foreman had asked them to go out with
him." answered the witness. III they
did they were better treated"
Better paid?' asked Alderman Geiger.
Il think So"
Fannie Berg told Of a system of fines
offender is fined $3.50 or 81. II the
offender Is not known, we arc all
assessed Is cents apiece" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
SPEAKER CLARK THANKS
GOV. ELLIOTT v. MAJOR
Voices Appreciation for Being
Named the Greatest Living
Missourian.

Speaker Champ Clark recently was
named the greatest living Missourian
by Gov. Elliott w. Major of Missouri.
in reply to a request from the Panama
Pacific exposition to make such a Sc
lection. Writing to Gov. Major ex-
pressing his appreciation of the honor
done him. Speaker Clark said:
"I am profoundly grateful to you for
the high and unusual honor you con-
ferred upon me by naming me the
greatest living Missourian. To be Sc
lected from among so many illustrious