davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23
cHlsuM is INDICATED.

Governor Of Oklahoma Pardons Editor
Convicted Of Criminal Libel.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Members Of
the National Negro Press association
and friends of Melvin ]. Chisum have
been showering him recently with con-
CALCULATIONS since 1t became known
that the governor of Oklahoma has
issued q pardon to Chisum The par
don was recommended after a thorough
Investigation of the cases against him.
In his findings Hon. J.. NJ Crook Of
the pardon board says:
Melvin J. Chisum was wrongfully
convicted in the county court of Logan
county and wrongfully charged with
criminal libel although he published
articles IN the newspaper he was con-
Quoting and editing In reference to
Langston university.
There were serious scandals in -
gard to the conduct of the students al
said university. Chisum published the
facts in reference to such conduct. The
publication was strong. but no stronger
than the facts Justified This depart
ment regrets to admit that upon inves
IkdlIOu SaSu luaakduIc
facts to be exactly in accord with
Chisum's charges.
ut Is fact that President Page was
peremptorily relieved of his position in
the university ten days after the first
Statements Of Chisum in his paper. and
1t may be that the exposure Of the sit
uation over there by Chisum led to
such result But 1t must he considered
that In the exposure of such conditions
deleterious to public health or moral
safety the press is always and invaris
bly, . most potent w,sipun-
Southern Laborsrs Given Employment.
Three hundred colored men from the
south ha, e secured employment In the
mills and factories Of Pittsburgh since
the first week in November. 1t Is re-
ported that more than thousand men
will be given employment In the vari-
GUS industries In Pittsburgh and vicin-
ity before Jan l..
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23

One on Mother.
do 60 to sleep. Willie," urged the
exaggerated mother. Remember. there
is an angel guarding you"
Don't be so conceitedv' answered
the hopeless child.-L.ondon Ideas.
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23
Erisndlv Osfensn.

Friendly Dsfsnse.
Disgruntled Boarder.-Coffee h not
our landlady's strong point.
Cheerful Ditto-Maybe not, but her
butter is.-Baltimore American.
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23

Speederly-Doctor. think my wife
u slowly poisoning me!
Doctor-Either you're crazy or she
has the patience Of an angel!-New
York Globe.
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23

"You naughty boy! You've torn yow
clothes again. Why did you Try to
crawl through the barb wire fence?"
"Well, you see, Mr.. Smiths big dog
kind Of acted like he wanted me to-"
Pittsburgh Press.
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23

Brought Her to Terms
"Ferdy 10 . mean boy. To tease him
refused to give him a kiss over the
wire"
'Wellf
"He Immediately asked the telephone
girl to give him some other number"
-Kansas City Journal
The Denver star. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1913-1963, 1916-12-23

Gentle Maid.
Are you in love with young Smith r
I'm love! despise him."
but saw him kiss you good night +"
'-Oh. couldn't be rude."-Pelican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

wont be no excepshion to this parade
everybody welcum. After marching up
and down Main ST until exosted- the
paraders will perceed to the Town Hall
to recooperate while Anne Hillyer. our
talented loryer. legal lite, J. of the P.
& notary publick delivers a elokwent
4th OF July orashion which he SWEET over
for three weeks writing and has SWEET
over ever sinst trying to commit the
blamed thing to memery. Anne says
he has about half of it committed and
will read tother half.
After this orashion the audience will
rush from the Town Hall to the lawn
on the rear under the trees where there
will be tables pervided by the Ladies
Aid of the Bingville church which will
fairly groan under the weight of good
things of which all will partake with
great relish until all is so full of Wit
tells that they are uncomfortable. For
this meel only a nominal fee of rs cents
will be charged.
In the evg. after it gifts dark there
will be fireworks set off by private par
ties perviding they amt all been set off
during the day in the exsitement- This
will conclood the Bingvil1e 4th of July
celebration and all will disburse to their
various homes conschious that they
have saw their duty & did it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

The crowd around Iink asked him
where the fire was and Hink looked
kind of foolish and explaind that his
wife had went to bed and he had set
down to read spell before retiring but
had dropt off to sleep and dreamp that
the Town Hall was on FIRE and the
dream was so real that when he woked
up all of suddint he thort it was true
and afore he realized what he was a
doing he had rusht outen the house
and was hollering FIRE as loud as he
could say it.
Soon as Hink explained this them
as was crowded around him returned
to their homes in deep disgust and by
the time they had did so three outen
II members of the Bingville Fire Dept
had responded prompt by rushing to the
Town Hall where the water pals IS
kept to fight the fiery tungd monster OF
flame. On the way home they all stopt
at Kinks and told him what they tnort
of ennybuddy who would give false
alarm of FIRE like that. Hink felt purity
small about the occurrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
GLORIUS 4TH EDDYTORIUL

On next Tuesday, rain or shine,
foul or fair or be the weather what
it will the glorius 4th of July will
ockur in our midst in spite of
ennybuddy.
AS edditor s. prop, & every
think else conneckted with the
Bugle we would indeed be craven
cur & fit for nothink except trea-
sons strattyjirns & spoyles if we
wassent to eagerly grab this tur-
rible big opportoonitty to dash of
red hot eddytoriul on this ospish-
us occashion. We repeat that we
would be a poor excuse as the ed
ditur of the biggest circulating &
only newspaper in this end of the
county if we diddent take our pen
in hand and do justice to July
4th, 1916 a. D. pluribus unus!
1t is hard to reulise that a hole
VT has went & fitted by sinst Bing
vile celebrated July 4th 12 munths
ago but stitch is the case. Goodness
how time flies, don't it? But now
amt no time to repine about that
The thing for every citizen of
Bingvil1e to do at the present writ
ing instid of looking back over the
past is to turn his eyes frontwards
lords next Tuesday.
Praps before we perceed with
this eddytoriul emmy further we ort
to throw in a word of two of ex-
planashion for the benefit of some
of our more ignorunter subscribers
as to jest what the glorius 4th of
July is for inclooding its intents &
purposes so to speak. We have OBJ
servd in the past that some of our
best citizens boilers & yells on the
18th until they are all outen breth
and if a person asks them what
they are hollering &yelling about
they him and haw and skratch their
heads & amt able to explain what
July 18th means. This is simply
ridick1us & it is for stitch igno-
ramusses that we dwell here for a
minnit in making a explanation
of July 4th.
The 4th of July evry yr is set
apart to commemorate & cele-
brate the birthday of American IN
dependents. In other words it is
the day when the Stars & Stripes
flaps in the breeze and the Ameri-
can Eagle hops up on his perch,
flaps his wings and screeches out
the battlecry of freedom fit to bust
hisself. That's what the 4th OF
July is for & unless it IS utilized
for that purpose by every citizen
of Bingville he amt went & did his
full duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

Let every man woman child and
dog in Bingvi1le be willing next
Tuesday to boiler & yell from sum
rise to sunset even if it makes EN-
so hoarse they cant speak above a
whisper. That's the way to indi-
kate how patriotick we be and uf,-
less we all make all the noise we
can we ort to be ashamed of our
sells.
Bingville has allus done herself
proud in the past when it come
to celebrating the 4th of July and
according to present indycashions
she amt a going to make no ex-
cepshion to the rule next Tuesday.
In mother collum of this ishue
will be found a full graffick &
complete acct of how Bingville will
celebrate the glorius 4th in a man
ner befitting the occashion. Read
this acct and then guvvern YOUR
self according.
Let everybuddy here in Bingvi11e
regardless of age, sex or former
condishion of servytood help all
they can to make the Bingvi1le July
4th celebrashion a deefenine susk-
sesst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
Country Correspondence
PECKHAM'S RIDGE

Alonzo Peckham made trip to the
co. seat last wk Il Skillings askd
Alonzo whether it was a pleasure trip
he made to the co. seat and Alonzo
told Il he went there to pay his taxes
& if ennybuddy could git emmy pleash-
ure outen that he must be blamed
fool.
Miss Abigail Branscome attended a
taffy pull over Happy Valley way 10th
err evg. While there somebuddy axi-
dentally throwd a mess of tafy on
Miss Abagail's hair some of which she
had to cut off to extrycate the taffy.
Abigail says that's the last taffy pull
she'll attend for a spell.
I-ige Peterson had pig to excape
from his pen last wk. & amt seen hide
or hair of said pig sinst 1t was a
black and white pig about 9 mos. old.
Emmy person finding a pig of this de-
seripshion kindly notify Lige. Lige
says he calkilates somebuddy who want
ed pig has appropriated his pig in
which case he has his suspishions where
it is and unless this pig is returned
prompt the law must take its course.
There aint no births to report from
the Ridge this wk, but we'll be good
cal surprised and amazed unless we
have somethink defynate to say along
this line by next wk., but moren that
we cant state at this writing.
Some of our citizens who is in favor
of ediucashion thinks we ort to have a
school house nearer to the Ridge than
Districll No. which is four miles
distant They say if they was a child
agoing to school they'd ruther grow up
in ionor11uts than walk that far for
nolledge.
Mrs. Susan Hanson while ironing
tother day picked up a hot iron often
the stove before she realized what she
was doing and then let it drop on
her foot smashing one toe. Susan has
the sympathy of the entire community
in her mis- forchune
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

rocking chair for Miss Samantha Deev-
ers who is on the sick fist and has
been SO for several yrs. past. This is
Samantha's faverite chair and she has
set on it so mulch and rocked back &
forth by the winder that she has near
ly wore it out.
Eph Higgins our accommodating P
M. desires US to notify the patrons of
the P. o. that the offs will be closed
all day next Friday being as that is the
date Eph has set aside to hoe his corn
aint no use to poster him for mail or
stamps next Friday. If you desire mail
or stamps get EN- Thursday or wait
until Sat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
Personals & Lokals
Mkt

Brad Hins1ey TUX off his boots OUT
on the back PLAYER and left EN- there
tother evg- becuz they was so muddy,
During the night Brad's shepherd dog
pup carried off one boot and hid II
somewheres and Brad can't find If no.
where's. As a result Brad is Disguised
with the pup and wants to sell him.
As Brad says, what in tarnashion good
is one boot without mate to it7
Doc Livermore, Our horse, veterinary
& huming speshia1ist made I'D bot
tie of medisin last wk and being as
he diddent put a label on it at the
time now he can't recall what it's COM
posed of. Doc says the reg1ar price of
a bottel of medisin that size is 50 cts.
but being as he don't know what's in il
he'll sell it to the first custummer for
a quarter. Here's chanst to git a
bottle of medisin cheep
Mrs. Cy Hoskins baked pound cake
last Satterday which fell on her for
some reason or other & is verv hevvy
instid of being light as ushual Mrs.
HosSins was awful put out but CIV has
consoomed nearly all the cake as we
go to press. Cy says he thinks he likes
cake that has fell bettern tother kind
being as its richer
Hen Weathersby prop of our general
store has discovered that the mise has
been eating the soap ON his shelves.
Hen says he'd haft to be most turribie
hungry before he'd etc soap.
Miss Mary Ann Whittacre's corns
has been bothering her a good cal late
". Last Sabbath when Mary Ann put
on her best shoes to go to church she
hmped most all the way there and dur
ing service had to slip off both shoes
anobserved.
Yves Woodruff while fooling with
one of his steel traps tother day per-
paratory to setting it for a rat had the
trap to go off and ketch him by two
fingers. Yves hollerd and danced round
like everything but finally managed to
extrycate hisself Yves says Judging
by what the trap done to his fingers he
calkilates IT will hold rat all right.
Bud Hinckley who amt quite right in
his head swallerd glass marble tother
day. When Bud told his mother what
he had did she was nearly frantick and
sent for Doc Livermore. Doc examined
Bud who peard to be as we'll as ushual
and he told Buds mother that he did
ent think a glass marble would hurt
Bud to emmy extent unless it got broke
Lem Brown our expert carpenter is
engaged in putting a new seat in a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
HOORAY
The eIorius 18th to Be Celebrated
in Bingvilie With Loud Ec!aW !
Big Enthusiasm Manifested
BY Our Citizens Loud Do
iRgs Will Take Place in Our
Midst all Day long!-Read
the FolIering Program 6 Then
Make all the Noise You Can!
Next Tuesday is July 4th.

Next Tuesday is July 4th
This day & date promises TO be the
biggest occashion which has ever took
place in our midst during the proud
history of Bingvi1le, and all citizens of
the town who nave left in their buz-
Gums one spark of patriotism is asked
to put their shoulder to the wheel SO
to speak and make the affair a turri
Bile sucksess
Seth Dewberry Our lion hearted town
constubhle has appinted hisself Grand
Marshal for the 4th of July. Seth has
nounced that on the evg of Tuly 8
he is going to set his alarm clock to
go Oft at z a. m and will retire erlv.
Soon as Seth is woked up by the alarm
clock he will dress and perceed to the
Publick Square in front of Hen Wea-
thersbys store where ne will wait i'm
pashiently for daylight At the first
streeks of dawn Seth will fire his sig
shooter bravely into the air and thus
offishially usher in July 4th.
After Seth has ushered in the dav
other folks is at liberty to shoot off
guns or boiler & yell or fire crackers
and make all the noise they desire. but
whoever does SO before Constubble
Dewberry gives the signal is liable to be
rested.
From daylight until breakfast time we
persoon pandvmoniuTn will reign 500
preme perviding every citizen does
their part Then there will be silence
for hour when we will all partake
of our morning meel
AT 10 a m prompt & punkshual the
grand 18th of July parade will take
place. This parade will start from the
Town Hall and will be led by Constub-
BILE Dewberry in his uniform and wear
ing his bright constubble badge on his
chest and carrying a American flag.
Seth will be follerd by the Bingville
Horn Band who will wear their uno-
forms (espeshially them as has enny)
and viii play some appropriate patri-
otick air in loud & vilent manner.
Next after the band will march the
members of the Bingville Fire Dept
each one carrying a water pail belong
ing to the Dept as insigny of their
brave calling so to speak. (P. S.-Be-
ing as there amt enuff water pals to
go round amongst all the members, pri-
waite citizens has agreed to lend their
water pals perviding the iremen re-
turn same after the parade is over)
Behint the Fire Dept will march all
our well knowd citizens inc1ooding
wimmen with babes in arms if neces-
sary Children & everybuddy else. There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
A False Alarm

Hink Barclay ackted like a blamed
fool and made hisself ridicklus in the
eyes of his nabers tother night by bust
ing outen his house and running down
Main ST as fast as he could run and
hollerine @Fier. Fierw as loud as he
could boiler.
1t was about bedtime in Bingvilie
or in other words half past p. m
Folks who had went to bed run to their
winders and them as haddent went to
bed rushed out and surrounded Hink
whose eyes was plugged out and his
hair standin on end being as he diddent
have no hat on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
FIREWORKS TO BURN

Are YOU aware, patriotick citti-
zen. that the CIorius 4th of July
amt only two or three days away
| Well. what are you a going to DO
about it, if ennythink1 Unless you
celebrate it by maxim all the noise
& explosion you can you ort to
be ashamed of yourself. Erry
Datriotick citizen of Bingville OFT
to celebrate this great event re-
CARELESS of noise or expense The
| 4th of July only comes onct per
annum and you can afford to cele-
brate it. Lissen:
Let me help you to celebrate the
4th. Come to my store & see the
grand & glorious display of fire.
works which I have laid in es-
peshially for the occasion. If you
desire to make noise & be heerd
all over Bingville don't forgit that
/ have the things to make a
noise with. Sutch as for instants
as cannon crackers, fire crack
ers, sky rockets, whizz wheels,
roaming candels, gun powder,
snakes in the grass, cartridges,
gun powder, blasting powder
& other loud explosives too nu-
merus to mentchion.
You amt no patriot unless you
buy hole mess of these things and
set them off on July 4th at the risk
of life & limb. Show that you've
got the curridge of your convick-
shions & believe in American In
dependents.
led Peters, our intelligent school
teecher, viii clerk for me until af-
ter the 4th, being as ! expeckt a
big rush for fireworks. Jed & me
will show our big stock of ex-
plosives with great cheer to them
as have money and come to buy
Otherwise please don't poster US
and take up our vallyble time
Buy your fireworks while the stock
is fresh and don't wait until they
have been all pickd over or until
after the 4th of July is over-then
ID will be too late.
My store will be open bright and
early on the morning of the 4th &
will remain open all day long.
Yours for a loud noise on
July 9TH.
HEN WEATHERSBY
Prop. Gen1. Stor.
BingviIle.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06

ten feet and coming straight at him.
His companion sought safety in flight.
but Madison had been told that to
run from a rabid coyote was the worst
thing to do. so he stood his ground
and looked around for something with
which to attack the coyote. which had
stopped upon the boys arising.
All that Madison could see ICf a
weapon was a rock between himself
and the coyote and he charged toward
1t before the animal made any further
progress toward him. aud with one
well directed cast he struck the coyote
on the head and knocked it senseless.
Without giving it any time to recover
Madison ran 10 the coyote and fin
ished its earthly career with a vigor-
/ ous application of his boot heels. The
coyote was then seen to be extremely
emanciated and was no doubt serious
ly weakened by the course of its dis
ease.-Rattle Mountain Scout.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06

tain. fought at San Juan Hill and par
ticipated in the operations against
Santiago. July. 1898. His work
brought a second commentator for
gallantry.
After a short tour of duty at Fort
Ethan Allan. VT. he went to the Phil
ippines and was part Of Major General
Young's command in the North Luzon
expedition. He participated in twelve
engagements. General Young recon-
mended him for Brevet Major for gal
liant conduct in action at San Nicolas.
P. l.. in November, 1899, and General
Wheaton added his recommendation
for conspicuous gallantry at Aligangan
in April of the next year.
On his return to the States in 1901
Dodd did garrison duty at Fort Ethan
Allan and later at Fort Assiniboine
Mont. In July. 1904. he was made Il
lieutenant colonel and assigned as sec
ond in command of the famous negro
Tenth cavalry. He became colonel
in April, 1903, and was put in com
mand of the Twelfth cavalry.
Colonel Dodd was doing the duties
of brigadier general as head of the
Second cavalry brigade on the border
at the time when Villa made hi.
! Columbus raid.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06
MANY ASK PARDON
OR PAROLE

or the ninety-three conv'cts at the
state prison who are asking for parole
or pardon. at the next session OF the
Board of Pardons. the following are
from Elko County:
Burt Davis. burglary, Jure 1915. Is
to 20 months. Parole.
John Burke. burglary, second de-
gree. November 1914. to 3H years.
Parole.
w. c. Burns. fraudulent check, April
1913, l to 10 years. Pardon.
John Donohue, burglary, first de-
gree, September 1913, % years.
Parole
George r. Dove, murder. first de-
gree, April 1900, life. Parole.
o. j. Duscher, asst deadly weapon,
November 1915. l to 2 years. Parole.
Henry Best. burglary. second de-
gree, November II, 1915, ) 70 years.
Parole.
Roy Freeland. grand larceny, April
1913. to II years. Pardon.
Dick Gregg. embezzlement. August
1915. TO IA years. Parole.
John Adams, burglary, first degree,
June II, 1915, Is TO 20 months. Parole.
Harry Van. forgery. November 1914.
2A to 8 years. Pardon
Morris Lorraine, forgery, July 1914,
! l to IA years. Parole.
]. Madden, perjury. November 1915,
l to IA years. Parole.
Snyder Smith. grand larceny, No.
vember 1912, to IA years. Pardon.
VIM. A. Smith, attempt rape, OctoD-
er 1914. to years. Parole.
Jim Ross, grand larceny, November
1912, TO II years. Parole.
James Morton. burglary, February
1914, 10 to II years. Parole.
/ Albert Nelson, asst to rape, No
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06
CAREER OF
VILLA NEMESIS
BY Pae. and Intr News Service.


Colonel George A. Dodd. the leader
of the cavalry attachment which rode
fifty-five miles in seventeen hours and
smashed Villas command near Guer-
rero on March 20, has a long record
OF active service against Indians,
Spaniards and Filipinos. He retires
this year. so the present expedition is
a fitting crown to his career.
When he was graduated from West
Point in 1876 his classmates included
Herbert w. Slocum, now commander
OF the Twelfth Cavalry, whose men
bore the brunt of the Columbus raid;
Hugh L. Scott, now Chief of Staff of
the Army. and Brigadier General Err.
est A. Darlington, Inspector General.
The young West Pointer was as
signed to the Third Cavalry and al
most Immediately entered the long
struggle to pacify the Indians of the
West. For ten years he was CAM
paigning almost constantly. He took
part in the Powder River expedition
OF 1877, the actions against the
Indians of the Red Cloud Agency in
1873. the Ute expedition of 1879, where
he won official commentator for gal.
lantry, and the Arizona operations OF
1883, and helped put down the hos
tiles in what is now Oklahoma State in
November, 1893.
In the Spanish War. Dodd. now CAP
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06
DR.. swEZY RECEIVES
ARMY COMMISSION

DR.. C. E. Swezy today received a
commission as first lieutenant in the
medical reserve corps OF the U. S.
army. says the Winnemucca Star.
The commission Is signed by Presi'
dent Wilson and Secretary of War
Baker. DR.. Swezy took the examina'
ton for the position at Fort Douglas,
Utah, in January. He will not be sub
ject to active military service except
in case of an emergency, when the
medical reserve corps may be called
upon. So far as known DR.. Swezy is
the only surgeon in this state who
holds a commission in this branch Of
the army.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06

SOME GOOD LOTS AT s1ss.oo PER LOT.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-06

1920 ACRES GOOD LAND ON THE NORTH FORK
LANDING GROUND. FIVE DOLLARS PER ACRE, CASH.