davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Important TO Mothers
Mioht Have Prevented Secession.

Yes" replied the Philosophic NON
key, after the Darwinian theory had
been considered in all its bearings; If
our ancestors had only been gifted
with more diplomatic foresight and.
had had the power To enforce their
policies, the monkey tribe would to-
day be the leading race in the world"
All" inquired another monkey;
what policy DO you think our ances-
tors should have adoptedY
The policy of once monkey, al
ways Il monkey"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
DDDN('S EVENING
E4IRY TALE % wary 7
go, = yI $50 ESQ., !
WHAT THE RAINBOW THINKS.

"Such wonderful thing happened
in Fairyland the day before yestcr-
day." said Daddy, "that 1 must tell
you all about 1t at once"
"Oh yes, Daddy, please" said
Nancy.
"The Fairies were giving a Lunch
con Party for the Birds, and they
wanted to have a great, big Surprise,
The Birds which were invited were the
Robins, the Orioles, the Blue Jays, the
Humming Birds. Some of the Song
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
PekIn Duck.

They lay a large egg. These eggs
have a very fine flavor.
You will find the eggs not as fertile
if you let the ducks grow thin.
Give the ducklings plenty of air and
stuff them with feed. Sprinkle sand
over their feed as this will be sure
way of them getting as much as they
need.
Watch that the ducks have suitable
attention and regular feed. A few
well cared for pays better than too
many that are sighted.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Accommodated Him.

The old man looked across the table
at his daughter. THAT young man
Smiley called on me today, Maria.
believe you sent him."
"Yes, papa"
"Of course, l questioned him con-
corning his prospects, and found him
TO be a decidedly frank young man.
He said that all he needed was start
In life"
"What did you do, papaF
The old man smiled grlmly, and
glanced down at his heavy boots. II
gave him what he needed" he said.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
ITCHING, BURNING SCALPS
crusted With Dandruff Yield Readily
to Cuticura. Trial Free.

Cuticura Soap to cleanse the scalp of
dandruff crustings and scalings, and
Cutlcura Ointment to soothe and heal
feelings and irritations. Nothing bet
ter surer or more economical than
these super-creamy emollients for hair
and scalp troubles of young or old.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Durable.

81 want a slogan" said the manu-
facturer of photograph records. Some
thing that will convey the idea that
our records never wear out"
The advertising man lit fresh ciga-
rette and thought for eight seconds by
the clock.
How will this dog he asked. lone
of our dance records will outlast the
best hardwood dancing floor ever
built New York World.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Bad Precedent.

Two Scotch soldiers who steadled
the men at critical moment by play
ing mouth organs have been given
medals, which does not alter the fact
that the average mouth-organ player
should be shot without the prelimi-
nary of a drumhead cOurtmartial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Conversational Diplomacy.

''Who is your favorite composer"
wagner" replied Mr.. Cumrox.
"You must be student of musicr'
mo. l mention Wagner for the sake
of relieving myself of conversational
strain. If the other man doesn't like
Wagner, he won't want to hear me
say another word"
"And If he does?"
Hell want to do all the talking him.
self"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
PIGEONS SELECT OWN MATES
Breeders Should Be Selected With
Definite obJect--lnbreeding Is
Not Desirable.

Pigeons usually mate in pairs and
remain constant through life, al
though the mating may be changed If
desired. minated pigeons, especially
males in the loft, are n source Of
much trouble, and usually prevent
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Habit In Mankind

Man is the creature of habit. AS We
acquire good or bad habits, we sue
coed or fail in whatever we undertake.
Yet, that is not always true, for some
set out to ruin themselves by drink
or other vices and succeed at 1t.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

Sparrows were in
vited, too, as the
Fairies love their
voices and call
them the Fairies
Canaries."
"Do their voices
sound like Cana
RESP" asked Nick.
eyes," answered
Daddy, "they are
very much the
same, and the Fai-
ries think that the
Song Sparrows
have even love
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
MOST POPULAR MARKET DUCK
Pekin is Favored for Marketing While
Indian Runner Takes Lead for
Egg Production.

Duck raising is one of the most
profitable branches of the poultry bust
ness.
For market purposes alone the Pc
kin duck is popular. For eggs the In
dian Runner takes the lead.
Ducks are never troubled with lice,
neither do they have cholera or roup
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic make it practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly TO fortify the
system against the depressing effect of
summer heat. as those who are strong
withstand the heat of summer better than
those who are weak. Price soc.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

do more than twit-
ter and chirp
among themselves
as to what the
great Surprise
was going to be,
who S h Ould APP
pear, right along
with the Rain
Drops, but Mr..
Sun, and then over
n hill came the
m o. s beautiful
Rainbow with all
the glorious colOrs
the Fairies adj
mire so much.
"And then you
should have heard
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
COVETED BY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head Of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stir, you can re-
store 1t to it's former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress
ing. Price S1.00.-AdV.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Reduced.

81 bought building lot in Commu-
ter Park yesterday for nine hundred
dollars"
"Why, thought they were asking
fifteen hundred dollars for those lots"
"They are; but mine was a second
hand one"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
"NutsheIl.D

''That crazy nut over there got so
violent yesterday the warden had to
put him in straltjacket," said the
guard at the insane asylum. "Umph |"
said the facetious visitor that's what
1 call putting It In q nutshell"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
LIuht Poultry House.

Have light poultry house admit.
ting plenty of fresh air, The germs
Of most diseases cannot live in fresh
air or very strong light.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Dust SAtflnn Hen.

Dust the hen with some good lice
powder before placing the eggs under
her. Repeat a week later and again
IL necessary. Watch the hen, nest and
Nesting material for lice and mites.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Why TraveI2

"Going to the SeaShore this sum-
mer?"
whats the use? 4 breezy day on
Broadway is Just us interesting
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
Hla Idea.

Teacher--Johnny, what is a hypo-
crite?s
Johnny--A boy wot comes to'school
with smile on his face.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

1t is difficult for the man enjoying a
continuous holiday to keep out OF mis-
chief.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
soAP IS STRONGLY ALkALINg

and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with La Creole Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs, Price. $1.00.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

Society has got TO be such an ex-
pensive game it breaks fellow 10
play it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

A railroad is projected to reach the
top of Scotland's highest mountain,
Ben Nevis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

WoMANs GROWING GLORY
is her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t in
the natural way. Price S1.00.-AdV.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

As some men see 1t, our national
game is any kind of skin game.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

It is difficult TO improve on nature,
even in the form of n natural-hOru fool.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

Americans own nearly all Cuban
sugar cane.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.

TITO 10 iHG HSG VI IOO T'
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using ala Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03

What costs nothing is worth nothing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-03
INTERNATIONAL.
SUND6YS0IOOL
LESSON

(By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago)
Copyright 1916, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
loouacious France.

The Frenchman feels compelled to
express his thought, to make it OBJ
jective, to communicate it, writes
Anatole lie Braz in the Outlook.
Thought means little to a Frenchman
unless he writes it or speaks it. We
are people who, when we have some
thing to say, insist upon saying it..
Sometimes we are accused of not even
waiting until we have something to
say! We are often called loquacious,
Possibly we are. But / am not sure
that we should resent the criticism.
The heavy cultural, taciturn nations
have never been the foremost servants
Of human progress. Athens was To-
quacious. But compare her winged
words with the heavy laconics OF
Sparta, and ask yourself to which Of
the two the world is most indebted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

tell the whole story. There is much
variation about and below the aver
age, there are many school districts,
and even many counties, where the
term for the past year was not over
60 days"
From the reports of the school year
ending June 80, 1915, there were Is
rural school districts in Arkansas that
held no school that year; school
districts in that state with only one
month of school; 60 school districts
with only two months of school; and
577 school districts with only three
months of school. And yet a great
majority of the town and city schools
in Arkansas have a school term of
eight or nine months. That there
are equally deplorable conditions in
the rural schools of other states will
be shown in the next talk. This dis
elimination against the farm boy and
the farm girl in free school privileges
is not just or wise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
MUCH SLANG FROM THE SEA.
"CIose Quarters" and Sailing Against
Wind" Are Two Instances"

CLOSE Quarters" and Sailing Against
Wind" Are Two instances"
A great many people use slang
terms and expressions without know
ing their real meaning or their origin
Ninety nine people out of every hun,
dred when their health is good, say
they are first rate" Why? First
rate" is a sea-faring term, and was
originally used in the classification
of the old wooden line battleships.
Sailing under false colors"-a
term supplied to a person who pre-
tends to be other than he isis a
survival of the same period.
This latter expression, like "to
throw overbOard" get rid of
something's obviously nautical; but
few people know that "skyscraper"
was originally sailors slang.
Close quarters" IS another very
common expression. This, like first
rate" and its accompanying express
oAOhS' SSNOllu IdJt, lulIu rate dlu
so on, comes from the days of wooden
fighting ships The quarters" were
projections erected aIong the bul-
warks, behind which sailors could lie
low, and which were used to help to
repel boarders.
"To sail against the wind"-to be
very much in the minority-and ito
lower your sair'-to confess yourself
both terms borrowed
from the sea, and the same may be
said of high and dry" and laid up"
and of "spliced, the siang term for
getting married.
When we talk or a person being
knocked into cooked hat, we mean
that he was limp enough to be doubl-
ed up and carried under the arm like
the cooked hat of a naval officer.
And We say that so and so will be ION
he rocks" if he does not steer
clear of the money lenders.-An-
wers, London
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

uation is a goodreminder
or the benefits one gets
from drinking n hever-
age rs pure and good as
CoCa-Cola. Not only do
we please our raiatcs
and derive Wholesome
rcfreshmcut IRON tho
drink but we also give
our systems that bit of
SUGAR sweetness that
they crave and which is
necessary to health and
tissues. Is it any Won
der then that CoCa-Coll
is so popular and so
universally drunk that it
has been called the
drink the nation drinks?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

! Washington. with its congressional ap
preparation of $4,000 per year, just
escapes trailing along at the end OF
the list. 1t expends only sc cents
per capita on evening schools.
While these figures do not have any
necessary connection with the char.
acter of the work accomplished. and
while there are undoubtedly varying
conditions to be considered, yet it
must be admitted that per capita ex-
penditure on evening schools gives
some measure of the community in
terest in this type of work.
Evening schools offer almost the
only means of combating illiteracy
and inability to speak English among
adult aliens, two disabilities which
have already reached disquieting pro-
portions in the United States. Society
has stamped both as liabilities, and
the public veal demands united eff
fort to discharge such liabilities. Elm
ination of illiteracy and inability to
speak English is only one form Of
preparedness. Are the
school budgets of the q leading Am
erican cities making due provision to
meet this responsibility?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
PROHIBlTlONlSTS CRITICIZE
INDIANA VICE-PRESlDENr

st. Paul, Mimi, July 2O.-Criticisn
of Charles Warren Fairbanks and
Thomas r. Marshall, republican and
democratic candidates for the vice
| presidency, was voiced tonight before
the national prohibition convention by
J. Raymond Schmidt, prohibition ma
tional committeeman of Indiana, the
home state of the two candidates.
Mr.. Schmidt said;
Politics will soon be boiling hot
in Indiana. The state is disputed
territory with the two old parties
competing furlously for its control.
The coming Indiana campaign will
really be the verdun front in the
national political warfare.
The campaigning will emphasize
national issues, since two United
States senators and thirteen congress
men are to be elected and there
is a Hoosier vice-presidential candi-
date on each major party ticket.
Fairbanks is satisfactory to reac-
tionary interests and machine lead
ers, but his candidacy offers no hope
to the progressively minded citizen
He has never been known to publicly
comment on the prohibition question,
excepting in Canada several years
ago Within the last fortnight Mr.
Fairbanks has declined to sign a rem
onstrance for the removal Of saloons
from his residence ward in Indian
apolis.
IF anything, Vice President Mar
shall is even more partisan to liquor !
He was elected governor of a town
ship option platform to succeed eX- |
Governor Hanly, and in the third year
of his governorship signed the bill |
repeating the county local option law
which Ex-Governor Hanly had dragged |
from the legislature the last year of |
his term. Like their running mates |
for president, these men have no rec
Ords on the temperance question over
which the organized liquor interests
need feel the least alarmed.
"The prohibition party has under
taken the task of bringing recognition
TO the liquor traffic. Our business |
Is to make old party silence golden I
with fruitage for the prohibition party
on election day. The outlook is fine,
and the prohibitionists feel that big
are just ahead"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
STRIKING DIVERSITY IN
EVENING SCHOOL BUDGETS

Surprising differences have been re
every school expenditures of the 81
leading American cities, made by the
department of the interior through
its bureau of education. Newark, y. j.,
the highest city on the list in per cap,
ita expenditure for evening schools,
| reckOned on the basis of total popu-
lation, spends over II times as much
as Baltimore. Newarks expenditure is
$4,000, or AS cents per capita,
whereas Baltimore with $4,000 popu.
lation spends only $4,000 for evening
schools or 80 cents per capita.
Pittsburgh and Detroit, which are
in the same population groups as Bal
timore, spend 1876 cents and 11.9 cents
respectively. Los Angeles and Buff
falo, each with about 10000 inhabit-
ants, spend, respectively 2GG cents
and 2l2 cents, as contrasted with Gin
cinnau and Milwaukee, also in the
100000 class, which spend SIS cents
and 81 cents respectively. New York
City, first in point of population with
5,333,O0O and Kansas City, twenty
first on the population list with 2S4,-
0OO both occupy consecutive positions
in the schedule, spending ia cents
and 141 cents respectively.
Boston and Philadelphia are con-
siderably below these figures with Sc
cents and 73 cents expenditure per
capita, respectively yet both of these
cities count their foreign born by the
hundreds of thousands and their non
English speaking inhabitants by the
scores of thousands.
Chicago and St. Louis spend like
102 cents per capita, al
though these cities differ widely in
population and in the character of
their immigrant problems. Seattle
and Cleveland are far apart from al
most every point of view save per
capita expenditure on evening schools.
Their expenses on this account are
&c cents and 90 cents, respectively.
spends 10 cents per cap.
ia. while New Orleans and Jersey
City are close rivals with 6.1 cents
md 6 cents per capita, respectively.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
ANNUAL COLL PARADE OF
TOPEKA PLAYGROUND kids"

Topeka, Kan, July 21-Hundreds
of children of the Topeka Fairgrounds
are expected t. march with their
"dollies' in the annual doll parade
this afternoon at 4:9O o'clock on the
grounds OF the state capitol building.
Little girls, and some little boys, too,
have been planning for weeks On the
parade, and have devised many
schemes to "show OF" their dollIes
to the judges in the hope of getting a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

prize. The dolls will travel in all
kinds Of equipages, from dainty floats
to infant perambulators.
Prizes will be offered for the oest
dressed doll; the best doll float; the
best homemade doll; the best clothes
pin doll; the best Indian doll; the
best rag dali; the smallest doll and
the largest doll. Other prizes will be
offered 10 the children showing the
greatest ingenuity in the doll exhibit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
BAD TO HAVE A COLD HANG ON

Don't let your cold hang on, rack
your system and become chronic
when DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey will
help you. 1t heals the inflammation,
phlegm. You breathe easier at once.
DR.. Bells Pine Tar-Honey is a laxa-
tive Tar Syrup, the pine tar balsam
heals the raw spots, loosens the mu-
cous and prevents irritation of the
bronchial tubes. Just get bottle Of
DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey today, it's
guaranteed to help you. At druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

that name may or may not be Interest,"
ing to us, but what is interesting is their
statement that 1t has, as hydrocarbon
equal food value with the starcuy foods
and by digestion largely adds to the
fatty tissues Of the body.
Why do we eat sugar anyway? Your
first answer might be: Because it is
sweet and tastes good" OF itself the
answer would be correct, but tie more
important fact is that the body Graves
sugar because it needs IL. And when tho
body Graves something it gives Us an ap-
petite for it. So primarily that's why we
like sugar and things made with sugar
and not just because they are sweet.
In view of the fact that sugar las gone
up so tremendously Of late these facts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured


by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure catar-
rhal deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness
is caused by an inflamed condition of
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing. and when it is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless
the Inflammation can be reduced and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed for
ever. Many cases of deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an in
famed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts
through the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure. Circulars free. All drug
gists, 75c.
J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
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" THE RURAL SCHOOL TERM ::
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:; :: :: :: ;: ;: :: :: y :, :: :. q :: =
CBy j. l.. McBrien, School Exten-
sion Agent, U. S. Bureau of Edu-
cation, Washington, d. c.

sion Agent, U. s. Bureau of Edu-
cation, Washington, D. c.
Talk One.
The first problem IN the program OF
the federal bureau of education in its
nationwide campaign for better rural
schools is that of a longer school
term. "A school term of not less
than 100 days for each child" is the
minimum term. according to Commits
sioner Claxton, which all states with
a shorter term should strive to reach.
The latest data (1910) available
concerning the length of term for
urban schools and for rural schools
separately give the average number
of days school was in session during
the year for urban schools, 1S4.3,
and for rural schools, 1917. For the
United States as a whole the urban
schools are in session 46.6 days long
er each year than the rural Schools"
says A. C. Monahan, the bureaus
specialist in rural school administra-
tion.
In Rhode Island and Connecticut
the difference between the urban and
rural school term is 3.S days, while
in South Carolina it is SS5 days. The
average number of days in the rural
school term in the several states
ranges from 90 in New Mexico to
1870 in Rhode Island. Four states
New Mexico, North and South Caro- |
lima, and Arkansas-each had in 1910
a rural school term of less than 100 |
lays, while Florida had rural term |
of exactly 1901 days. But" declares
Mr.. Monahan, "these averages do not !
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

Stings or bites OF Insects that are
followed by swellings, pain or itching
should be treated promptly as they
are poisonous BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT counteracts the poison. It
is both antiseptic and healing. Price
Csc, SOC. and $1,00 per bottle. Sold
by Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21
What MDOWthouf SuqQr?
TZIZERH1G
SGCzZ3 CT1N|

We are so used to sugar
that we are likely to for
get to give it its properly
important place. Right
now if somebody asked
YOU what sugar was good
for you'd probably say -
"Oh! to put in coffee and
tea and for making cam
dies and desserts" That's
tive all think of SUGAR
as n sweeterer and over
look its value as q food.
The chemists classify
c11r0r, cr a 1,-lrCao,.IO,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

The want ads make the best adver-
tisng medium for the small merchant
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-21

are interesting because we find that in
stead of the luxury SUGAR having gone
up it is the FOOD sugar that has raised
Its price. Aot-even though the price is
up we have to have our sweet food just
tie same.
Certainly the makers Of that delicious
beverage Coca-Cola must have dis
covered that sugar is up, because one OF
the principal ingredients in making Coca
o,GIa syrup IS fine cane sugar. Think OF
l'-tAey use an average of so tons Of
sugar n day-about carloads. Bat un-
IKE many manufacturers that company
mas itself borne the raise and so You and
pay Just the same today for our bottle
or glass Of Coca-Cola that v-e,y,e ol,,,o,.1
paid. Incidentally, this phago Of ti'o s;+9