davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-01-22

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en- aItfor bpr Set er iom Hegel life
set melt smifpGrotge Gpr ior Ell al.
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Sane at gaa lent % iogte, enten Den
bar nleget at trpffc paa eller life,
er en- meget Hem Sell. Men niterc
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man utoer SGmning al l(ngbeite
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mer at benptte Sopper % Scope
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mart lfal BABE Sole eaer netop bar
bnot Sole, orbeioeS meb Soritanb %
pasies goot; men nleo liot ertrn
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mere ileit BRUCE Sopper pao lin
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Sole bpert Ior, og iflll0e Set bGnbe,
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gelig iom I~rbeibsopr, futbe oct fan-
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12

recommended by a committee of in.
ventors headed by Sir Hiram Maxim,
who has designed a simple apparatus
which the government is now testing.
The object of the apparatus is to
cause large and rapidly spreading fires
by means of specially designed in
cendiary bombs thrown in the path Of
the advancing gas at distance Of
several hundred yards. BY this means.
since the heating of the air must cause
an upward current, it is expected to
drive the gas up out of harms way.
Sir Hiram's explanation of the
scheme is as follows
The German gas at one atmosphere
of pressure is two and half times as
heavy as air. In escaping into the ali
it very quickly becomes mixed with
a large quantity of air. so that by the
time it reaches our trenches it is, as
a rule. less than l per cent. heavier
than the surrounding air; that it, it
is extremely light, as compared with
the air, but it is quite strong enough
to prove fatal In most cases we find
the air that has only e-thousandtk
part of chlorine is the one that has
done the most harm.
at occurred to me some months
ago that if a fire could be produced
between the gas and our trenches,
the rapid upward movement of the air
would take the chlorine along with il,
and this is true. The bombs that
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12
BULGARIA BORROWING
FROM GERMAN BANKS

BERLIN, Sept. 11-Dr. T. Stoyan
off, director of the public debt admin
istration of Bulgaria, who is now in
Berlin and has arranged here for a
loan of $50,O0O,OOO with German ana
Austrian banks, says that the Bulgar
ian National Bank now has larger
gold stock than ever before. It am
cunts to $12,OOO,OOO, besides nearly
$6,000,000 in silver.
The currency of the country. how
ever, is at a discount of about o. nor
cent. in trade with the outside world.
but DR.. Stoyanoff attributes this. not
to any unsound financial or BANKING
conditions, but to the fact that Ru1-
garia is now unable to find exnor4
markets. 1t cannot sell it's agricuI.
tural products abroad, because III.
markets OF Germany and Austria ar.
closed throughout the Serbian block.
ade of the Danube in one oiract;or
while in the other, namely, by wav Of
the Mediterranean, Bulgaria's onlv
seaport, Dedeagatch, is closely block
AIDED by the English. From rris
years crops the country will have
about 100000 tons of wheat and rye
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12

first made were to be thrown by hand,
but it was found that, in order to be
thrown any distance, they had to be
made quite small and moreover, they
could not be thrown as far as the Off
GERS wished to throw them. | de-
liyered 100 to the government for ex-
perlmental purposes. A few of these
have been tested, and it was found that
the fire should be greater and farther
away, SO l have designed very much
simpler and larger form. The firm in
London which proposes to make them
has designed machine for throwing
them with great accuracy a distance
Of 300 yards, which will be quite
enough. By this means fire of any
size may be produced and if the fire is
large enough the gases must be dissi-
pated; it cannot be otherwise.
The first bombs | designed involved
the use of petrol, but it was thought
that the consumption would be so large
that here nigh be shortage. l have
therefore been experimenting, and
am now in possession of a liquid that
Goes just as we'll and only costs half
as much, while the supply of it is I'M
limited"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12

he greater part of it in Russia. 1t has
drainage basin of 34,950 squars
miles.
THE river enjoyed great CONNER
vial Importance during peace times.
Enormous quantities of timber, cut in
the dense White Russian forests, wera
tioated down the river to Memel, and
heavy shipments of grain from Russia
and from Poland were made down its
course. 1t was navigable for large
boats as far as Grodno. There is lit
tie or no current in the river; its
whole fall from its source to the sea
being only $50 feet The lowlandg
from Tilsit are protected against
foods by careful system of dikes
The banks along most of the rivers
course are low and often fanked by
marshes. The commercial importance
of the Niemen Cor las the Germans call
their part of it, the MemeD has been
largely increased by a number of
canals"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12
Niemen Riuer Is One of the
Strong Links in Russian Aid

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. at
tempts at passage of the Nieman river
have figured in the war dispatches
almost from the outbreak f hostih-
ties, and the banks of this stream
have formed one of the most contested
lines in the east AS the struggling
German and Russian armies swaye,,
backward and forward, the Nieman has
been crossed and re-crossed, and the
Teuton invaders are still fighting t,
put its line behind them. y descrip-
ton of the Niemen, which has won a
place in history as the most stubbo, n
ly defended waterway in the worlo
war, has just been given out by the
National Geographic society. 1t reads
as follows:
"The Niemen river. through its mid
die course, builds one of the strong
links in the western line of Russian.
defense. From Grodno fortress tt
the stronghold of Kovno it continues
the powerful secondary line of de
tense of Brest-Litvsk Tilsit the
great troops and munitions center TO,
the German campaign In the northeast
is upon the Niemen, and from here tht
German invasion of Courland was
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12


AT the beginning of the war. the
whole lower line of the Niemen was
passed by the invading Russian armies
which swept on westward to Koenigs-
burg, the capital of East Prussia. The
Russians passed this line a second
time, and third time, captured ami
destroyed Memel, the first Baltic por.
of the Niemen. The lower course o..
the Niemen is now far behind the Ger.
man lines; Kovno, the powerful Rus.
sian fortress to the north of its middle
course, has fallen and a German army
now occupies Grodno the fortress at
the southern termination of this line
The Niemen rises in the center Of
the Russian government of Minsk the
sources of the river being almost du@
south of Dpenaburg. 1t flows, with
many turns and bends, west to Grodno,
where it turns north and pursues ar
irregular course to Kovno. From Kov-
no, the river turns northwest; enters
East Prussia; takes its sluggish course
over the lowlands of Tilsit, and emp
ties into the Baltic Sea through the
Kurisches Half and through canal to
Memel. It's total length is 400 miles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12
NDNEN HIRED IN TALKING
MACHINE PLANT; MEN STRIKE

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. 11-Em-
pIoyes of the American Graphophone
company, 100 Or more, struck today
Tor an eight-hour day, 20 per cent. in
crease in wages, adjustment of a wage
cut on piece work year ago. and cor
rectlon of condition due to the en-
pioyment at less wages of about 400
women at less wages, in places OF
men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12

Your advertising is read in the
Tmes-RecOrder. There's a gold mine
in every advertisement on the DOL
LAR PAGE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12

Tor export and about 100000 tons of
lhdlan corn DR., Stoyonoff evidently
hopes that Austria and Germany viii
open up the Danube in order to get
Bulgarias surplus grain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-12
BRITISH WILL FIGHT
GERMAN GAS WITH FIRE

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE British ar
my plans to fight the German gas at
tacks with fire. This is the scheme
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Great Britain Hust Apologize.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Nov zz.-The
United states will demand an apoi-
ogy from Great Britain for the search
ing " ne American steamer Zealan-
three-miie limit gff PrqgIesso Har-
dia by a British warsblp wiihin he
Dor, Yucatan u will also call for Q
disavowal OF the act with q promise
that It will not happen again.
The action Of this government will
be based on the report OF Commander
Dismgkes, Of the battIeship Kentucky,
and John German, ARericep Consul
az PrOgregsO. They asserted ~ no
reports received al the state depart
ment that the Zealandia was boarded
within the neutral waters OF Mexico.
State department officials declared
tonight this Is the arst case ~ Bbjcb
undisputed facts have given the goy-
ernmeDt the clear right and at the
sane time obligation 20 act definitely
and decisiveiy. II Is thought in some
quarters that upon the publication Of
the facts. Great Britain may voIun-
tarily disavow the act.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Tulip and Narcissus Bulbs.

Most OF the bulbs sold by florists
and seedsmen in the United States are
imported directly from the Neither
lands, the annual importations
amounting to nearly a million dollars
In value. In order to encourage the
growing OF Dutch bulbs in this coun-
try on a commercial scale and to pro-
vide American grown bulbs of SUPER
Tor quality. the department of agri-
culture established bulb-propaga-
ton garden near Bellingham, Wash.
where the conditions of soil and eli
mate are similar to those in the Meth
erlands. for the purpose of conducting
experiments in the propagation, cult
walton, harvesting. storing, and plant
Ing OF these bulbs. 1t appears from
the Investigations that have been con-
Quoted that American-grow tulip
bulbs in forcing tests in comparison
with imported stock under the same
conditions are freer from disease and
blossom from five to seven days ear
her than the same varieties imported
from Europe; also that the flowers
produced from these bulbs have longer
stems and are of better color and quail
ity than those from foreign-grown
bulbs. Tulip and narcissus bulbs can
be propagated and grown successfully
along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and In the region of the Great Lakes
but owing to the cost OF labor only
comparatively limited areas have
been planted. The largest areas de-
voted to the growing of these bulbs
on commercial scale in this country
are in Virginia. Rhode Island, Wash
ington and California. A single grow
er near Portsmouth, Va, has a plant
ing of 65 acres of narcissus, and dur.
ing the biossomins season ships daily
large quantities OF blossoms.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Seeing that no other pers07 had
brought the Ash story season to i fit
ing finish. a West virginian assumed
that duty and performed the task In n
manner deserving OF widespread ad-
miration and applause. Indeed, the
narrative is almost as thrilling as were
the recounts OF the inkfall, instead Of
rainfall. several years ago, in the war
born state. According to the narrator
OF this latest and wonderful occur
renee. the passengers on a steamboat
plying. the Ohio river between the
Ohio and West Virginia shores were
startled by a queer downpour on the
deck OF the boat. After IL had subsid-
ed sufficiently to permit of investiga-
ton, the passengers and crew discov-
cred that there had been a rain OF
fishes (all OF them, OF course, as big
as the whoppers" that 30 often get
away, and when the count had been
completed there were ~ as fine SAL
mon and catfish as an epicure would
desire to gaze upon. II follows. of
course. that the fishes were cooked
and served to passengers and crew,
and II every fellow aboard didn't get
all he wanted II was his own fault.
The only explanation OF this won
derful fishfall is that the paddle-wheel
OF the boat had probably connected
with a floating fish-box OF large di-
mensions. and as a result had hurled
the contents upon the boats deck.
But, whether that or something else
be the real explanation does not merit
serious consideration. the main fact
being that the fish story season had
to be closed with all the frills and
thrills possible. and that this was done
by the aforesaid West Virginian is be-
yond dispute. An ordinary fictionist
would have scaled and cleaned the
fish into readiness for frying before
the upheaval. but nobody would have
believed him, whereas the story told
by the more circumspect man will be
generally swallowed and will be re-
warded as nearly related to what is
known as Gospel truth" So, as Of
ten declared in the past. when there is
need OF narrative extraordinary,
leave IL to West Virginia! -Cumber-
land News.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

at cheap rate Of interest to the far
mer so that he can enjoy equal priv1-
leges with those engaged In other
lines or business. The theory Is that
the government shall furnish the
money to the agricultural banks as II
has to the National Reserve banks.
this money to be loaned to the farmer
for long time period ut a low rate
OF interest and this interest and prin-
cipal to be divided into annual pay
ments running over period OF not
more than twenty years. so that mt
the end Of that time when the farmer
makes his last payment he will have
paid the entirep urchase price and
will have his land free OF encum-
brance. Many good men have gone
down In the struggle and lost their
homes on account OF high interest
rates and short time payments. Many
a man has had to struggle and skimp
and starve himself and his family 80
that he could meet these payments as
they fell due. Under the proposed
plan. however. the farmer with any
reasonable earning capacity should be
enabled, In addition to meeting his an
nual payments. to educate his chill
dren and enjoy the reasonable COM
forts OF life as he goes along and feel
that he Is secure from a foreclosure
OF mortgage as long as he meets his
annual payment. Low interest and
long deferred payments will do more
to build up agriculture In this coun-
try than any other system that can
be devised. advocate building up
the farms and giving the farmer at
least an equal show with those en-
| gagged in other lines OF business.
The issues coming up in this Con-
gress are non-political, for this is a
time when patriotism and not poll
tics should control our law makers.
should be pleased to hear from
all friends interested in these and
other measures that may come up fol
consideration.
/ Very truly yours,
WILLIAM G. BROWN
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Preston County Agricultural Rxten.
sion School

The Agricultural extension school
for Preston county will be held at
Fellowsyille, November both to De-
cember Ord by the college of agricul-
ture Of the West Virginia university,
cooperating with tue county agent
and the county farm bureau. The SEES
sions will start at 0 q. m. and close at
.. m. and will include the following
range OF subjects: Soil fertility, ami
NAL husbandry. farm crops, horticul-
ture, dairyng From this list sub
jects especially suited 70 this locality
have been ehSssp, The instructors
are z. A. Louder, II 8. esnIbeIl and
X. X. Je6riss. They will take up the
subjects both By lectures and practI-
cal demonstrations. Write or call the
secretary and ask him TO register you
for the entire course The member
ship fee is 50 cents but all members
OF the county ssTicpitural association
will be admitted free Of charge upon
presentation OF their association tick
cts. All money collected goes 10 de-
fray local expenses This Is an excel
lent opportunity 90 study local farm
problems under competent instruc-
tors.
Secretary. J.. . simpsoa. Newburg.
County Agent. Jno. y. Deyoe, King
wood
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Surprise Party

On Tuesday OF last week a surprise
party was given At the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. " G. Funk Of Nsvburg. Il
being Mr.. Funk's birthday. Various
games were played throughout the
evening. At reasonable hour re-
Treatments we're served. Those pres
ent we're Misses BERTHE Knots. Enle
Larew. Nellie and Ciarice Loughrie.
Mary and Eunice Funk and Nellie
9ns" Messrs. Oscar Larew, James.
Thomas and Junior Loughrie. Homer
Knots. Paul Frazier and George
Shay' Mr.. and Mrs Vim. Larew and
Mrs Sarah Loughrle. At midnight all
departed Wishing Mr. Funk many
more birthdays.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Ninety-two years ago yesterday. IN
the city OF Baltimore. Md. a child was
born who was destined to have more
TO do with the upbuilding OF a sister
state-then unborn-than perhaps
any other man. That child was Hem
ry Gasssway Davis. He was educated
In the schools OF Baltimore county,
but being left fatherless went to work
at an early age. When he grew 10
manhood he removed to Piedmont.
then in the state OF Virginia, where
he became superintendent OF a plan
tation. When the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad was completed through Pied
mont he secured employment on 1t
as brakeman. He soon gained pro-
motion to conductor. and was later
appointed agent at Piedmont.
Saving and investing his earnings,
he was enabled to purchase store,
which he and brother managed.
Foreseeing the immense possibilities
OF the mining industry in the new
state OF West Virginia, he invested
heavily i'm coal lands, becoming a
pioneer coal operator OF the state.
He projected and carried to compile
ton the West Virginia Central and
Pittsburgh railway, which he after
wards sold. Always a builder and de-
veloper. he built the Coal and Coke
railway, OF which he is still presi-
dent.
In 1866. Mr.. Davis, a Democrat, was
one OF the few members OF his party
elected to the West Virginia House OF
Delegates. Following his service
there. in 1868. he was elected to the
State Senate, where he served three
years. In the year 1871. the Demo-
Gratis having come into power in this
state, Mr.. Davis was the almost un-
animous choice OF the Democratic ma
jority In the Legislature for United
States Senator. Six years later he
was again elected to the nations
greatest Legislative body. In 1883, SC
faithful and efficient had been his ser.
vice that he was again urged to ac-
cept election to the Senate, but re.
fused owing to the press OF private
business. He has six times been hon.
ored by his party by selection as O
delegate to national conventions.
In 1904, when an available candi.
date for the vice presidency OF tn,
United States was sought by the Dem
ocratic party, the choice fell upor
Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Vir
GINA, the first and only resident of tn,
mountain state ever to receive {
nomination for a national office.
Mr.. Davis has been prominen
| figure in the business, social and DO
litical lie OF his adopted state. II,
has grown old in the service of hi
people. always devoting his time an,
ehergy to the Gpbuilding OF their in
terests. More than a score of year
has passed since the Grand Old Ma
OF West Virginia, as he has long BEEF
afectionately called, reached an,
passed the allotted three score an,
ten. In the course of human life h
cannot be expected to remain man,
more years, but it Is the earnest hop
of his thousands of friends. through
out the state that he may at least b
permitted to round out full centur,
OF useful life. When the time for hi
passing does finally come, it will leav
a void in W-st Virginia such as tn
loss OF no other resident of the stat
could cause.-Clarksburg Exponent.
| The Argus leads-and glad tn se
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
1914 Report of Sale Of Red Cross
Christmas Seals.


While the 1914 sale of seals i'm West
Virginia far exceeded that of any pre-.
vious years. yet we are still far from
our goal, "a seal sold for every man
woman and child in West Virginia
The per capita sale being emily sos
per cent, scarcely more than one seal
to two individuals. We have also fall
len from the 18th to the 18th state in
point OF sales in the union, but are
second only to Maryland OF the south
ern states, far outranking Georgia and
Texas, which were ahead in the 1919
campaign
This year as last, the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton OF tuberculosis is awarding pen-
nants to each city or town which has
the largest per capita sale OF Christ
mas seals. Last year Charleston was
the winner I'm West Virginia with the
record Of ga seals per capita, only
six cities In the U. s. having a better
record. The sale this year is starting
out most suspicipusly, orders having
already been received for seals IN one
hundred and forty towns in the state.
II any one desires to sell the seals and
II no previous agent has been ap-
pointed in your town or village write
to Red Cross sesl Headquarters. Gil
Union building, Charleston, ~. Va.
and you Will be supplied.