davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
When the Drama
League Meets

On Wednesday, May 3, at o'clock.
the Drama League will meet to discuss
SIS Moving-Picture Censorship Rated
Among the Extra Hazardous Callings2"
The speakers will be DR.. Crenstone
Brenton, of the National Board of Cen
sorship: the Rev. John ]. Wheeler of st.
Johns Catholic Church the Rev. William
r. Lallou, of st. Johns Catholic Church;
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of Philadelphia;
]. w. Binder, of the Motion Picture Board
OF Trade Walter w. Irwin general mana
ger of Vitagraph- -Lubin-Sellg- -Essanay, Inc.
In it's latest bulletin the Drama League
indorses "a Pair Of SILK Stockings" The
bulletin reads:
If one admits the theme-the rather
ancient muddle of gentlemen guests get
ting themselves unwittingly into milady's
chamber-the play is bit of drollery,
done with sparlxles of rank dialogue. and
touched off by flashes of clever and anus.
ing comedy acting, While II is not a
play for the very young, one would be
needlessly prudIsh to take offense. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

tins are MIR. ard Mrs. Roy Atwell. II
you see a dark haired well-dressed woman
slipping surreptitiously from a seed store
some afternoon and trying to appear un-
conscious of the bag of alfalfa seed under
her arm, you may safely stop and OBJ
serve to yourself, There goes the wife of
the comedian of Alone at Last" And
If you see the appartion of slim, lugu-
brious and funereal gentleman trying to
appear in natural state of mind as he
strolls into the corridor of his hotel with
a rake. a new scythe and sundry items
of hardware know that it is the actor
who is Count Welligarde in Franz lie.
har's wonderfully tuneful operetta.
Mr.. Atwell' was born in Syracuse, N.
Y, and up to a short time ago lived in
an apartment building and felt nervous
If away from street-car bells and the
plano across the hall He was a city
dweller of city dwellers. and a diligent
devotee to the actorism of using the night
instead of the day.
II don't understand exactly how 1t
happened" he explained. ~ wasn't i'm.
pressed with the idea of farm, and Mrs.
Atwell swore she would never leave our
comfortable Manhattan apartment But
here we are with our rooms at the hotel
full of grain seed and agricultural i'm
plements." The Atwell place consists of
12O acres at Croton-on-tne-H Hudson, the
SiCarS1y whence New York draws the
water 1t isn't allowed to use. The At
wells have a lovely view of Manhattan's
bath Lwater-to-be horses, chickens, re-
tainers of the David Harum stock and
some real growing manicured fields.
The appearance of an actor-farmer In
their midst caused much speculation In
the Yankee breasts of native Croton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
A Little Bug Has
Got Him Even
Now

One would think to listen to Roy Atwen
sing his famous bug" song that he felt
he was free from microbes at the moment
but feared invasion and believed in pre-
paredness. But not SO. The agricultural
microbe is working havoc in the ranks
of the theatrical profession. The bucolic
germ with the atom spinach is disturbing
the stellar system All the world Is be-
coming farm and Shakespeare will have
to be revised to conform to the thesplan
habits of the day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
AMUSEMENT
SECTION
ga TYPE, A TYPE,
MY KINGDOM
FOR A TYPE"
The Cry of the Movie Director When
Unusual Characters or Persons
Are Needed for Play

four nanIcures cocaine fend, burglar.
hnxen-haired baby, old man Tor corpse; para
1yttc. man with caulihower ears eight mod
els. 10 society dancers, cabaret singer, bar
room loungcT, iuRglsr, egyptian mummy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

war dance. with all the paint their counte-
nances will stand, Indians come at 81
day With faces plain and ordinary In
dian attire. 50 a day. Cowboys bring
about the same, with IS a day extra II
they supply their own horses. Bronco
busters receive special prices
No man can impersonate paralytic
satisfactorily, so the unfortunate comes
in for $40 day. Sentiment plays a deep
part in the days work, and when Grip
pied men, women, or children are used,
double pay is their reward.
Models are engaged from the cloak and
suit houses and are generally pretty good
examples of the genus tryon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

have been confronted with a number
of misconceptions regarding the exact
status of the Actors Fund of America.
which l am glad to have an opportunity
OF setting right Whenever a success
full benefit in behalf of this professional
charity is launched, many of the people
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
The Actors Million-Dollar
Fund
BY Daniel Frohman

A very liveEy campaign Is under
t1dy all over America to raise the
SI,000,00O needed for the Actors
Fund. The moUies hGUe undertaken
to raise half this sun, the drama the
other. One local side Of the latter Is
the actors ball, t1hich DH be held
here IN Nay. Mr.. Frohman explains
the need OF the Fund IN this article.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22
THE VOICE OF THE FARMER
To the Editor of The Observer:


The deposits of uric and calcium
salts in the ducts of the large blood
vessels Of the heart and brain are
caused by the absence of sufficient
quantities of sodium and potassium
salts. Such deposits harden the veins
and make them brittle, causing them
to break or rupture whenever the
blood pressure becomes excessive un-
der the influence of abnormal agita-
ton. In such cases the blood enters
the brain, and causes either complete
paralysis, or paralysis of one side of
the body, an affliction known as apo
plectic stroke, because il strikes per
sons down as if struck by lightning,
in such cases, the only preventive
remedy is the normalization of the
blood which makes deposits of cal
cium salts impossible. With normal
blood there is no danger of paraly-
sis. and systematic normalization
would annually save the lives Of in
Vulnerable human beings, who now
fall victims to the rupture of blCcd
vessel
We may now observe the same proc.
ess in the boil devil of the cotton
plant. The nutritive salts are lack
ing, the fibre is short, hard and brittle
and easily breaks while being spun
or woven. A strong, even cotton fiber
can be produced only by normalizirg
the sap, and il this is accomplished
all anxiety about the cotton plant viii
cease.
Our nervous system is likewise de
pendent upon the blood, and we L;ay
safely assert that abnormal conditions
of the blood are the cause OF all dis
turbances of the nervous system, be
cause all diseases act first upon thu
nerves.
The nutritive salts are the founda
ton for the wholesome nutrition o
the nervous system because they ac
in accordance with the law of polar
ity, being in themselves a contrast o
the solid, hard and resistant matte
with the soft, fluid and changeablt
. and because they are really the sal
of life, containing the elements @
. strong vitality and stirring up tn
other food materials to vigorous az
tion while holding them in solid con
bination.
We need not fear of being accuse
\ of exaggeration when we contend ths
the general weakness and lack of r,
: sistance. the short fibre and the del
. cheney in quality of much of the co
!. ton harvested in our country. are tn
!, natural results Of impoverished sol
which is continually being robbed {
its substance, and, consequently,
lacking in mineral salts.
m Neither do we exaggerate In stain
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

A Greene county merchant who had
preacher in competition in a chicken
eating contest knows better now. The
Ash Grove Commonwealth reports the
contest as "a battle of giants until
the tenth round" when the merchant
took the count. The preacher then
gave several exhibition rounds just to
demonstrate that he was in champion
ship form.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

E. ". Railey, who has been presi-
dent of Railey and Bros. bank for
one and fifty years. enjoyed the ami
versary OF that event Saturday, and
was presented large bouquet by the
employees of the bank. Very likely
Mr.. Railey is the only banker in the
United States who holds such a rec
ord. Weston is proud of her honored
cltizen.-Weston Chronicle.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Acting the role of the late Carrie
smashed with her fist the window Of
a pool hall there in order to register
her displeasure at her husbands pa
tronage of the place. The woman's
hand and the husbands feelings were
lacerated.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Chillicothe is second in furnishing
the largest number of recruits for the
army in the Kansas City recruiting
district, Topeka, Kans.. being first.
The towns below Chillicothe are ST.
Joseph, Sedalia and Ottawa, Kans.
Chillicothe has sent six recruits to
Jefferson barracks at ST. Louis.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

T. G. Anderson showed US an egg
that was laid at his farm which had
the letter "E" plainly in script on one
end. Now, seventy-five or one hun
dred years ago superstitious people
would have been worried about this
freak of an egg. Time was, you
know, when the highest courts OF
England held that there were witches
-Atchisoa County Mail.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The swarm of bees that chose for
home a niche in the wall OF the
Knights of Pythias hall at Brecken-
ridge made the last mistake of their
lives. When all the bees had retired
for the cold snap, a heartless squad
of workmen engaged in putting in a
new stairway sealed them in with
cement.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The tooth of a mastodOn that
weighed six pounds, and part of the
jaw bone. which weighed sixty
pounds, has been added to the coIlec-
ton of oddities belonging to Arnold
Dooley of Stoutsville. These two rem
nants of this prehistoric animal were
picked up on one of the SmeIzer farms
on Indian creek in Monroe county.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

A Ray county man boasts of having
in his possession some nails eighty
years old That manicures may not
feel that they have been neglected he
further states that the nails are hand
made and of wrought iron.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

AS a testimonial to the merits of
an advertising medium. the Lection
Times tells of a small want ad that
cost 80 cents and got a wife for a
lonely widower, Later she sued for
divorce and got $4,000 alimony.
There is in the incident somewhere
proof positive that it pays to adver.
tise and also that it pays to read 'em.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Suit for s4l2,50 has been filed
against the sheriff of Mercer county,
the claim being based on the recent
destruction by party or parties un-
known" of certain intoxicating liquors
seized by the sheriff while acting in
his official capacity. The liquor was
seized and stored in the courthouse
at Princeton. and several nights
thereafter a "lynching party" de-
stroyed it,
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Someone has figured out that the
man who does not chew tobacco saves
twenty-eight working days each year
by not having to walk about solving
the problem as to where to expecto,
rate, says the Excelsior Springs Jour
nal.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Shortage claims in freight ship
ments are by no means uncommon,
but the incident of horse buyer who
shipped from Carrollton eighteen
horses and found nineteen in the car
when it arrived at st. Louis is novel
Just how the extra horse got into the
car is something of a mystery. but
the theory is that liveryman who
did the loading must have put in un
Intentionally a horse left in his barn
by a patron.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Because his credit was not good for
a scent drink of cider, Tom Cook
started rough house" in a Mexico
restaurant while drunk, and was shot
and killed by Howard Smith, an
employe of the restaurant. who was
eyonerated by the coroner's jury.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The plan for Cape Girardeau to have
a lady cop" has been vetoed by the
mayor, who thinks the appointment of
a policewoman there would be merely
another way OF wasting the city's
money.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

A chap broke into the postoffice at
Knobnoster in broad daylight and will
not be prosecuted for his act He was
in hurry to mail a letter and did
not notice that the glass door was
closed.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

After being an invalid for a num-
Der of years, seriously i'll for over
seven months. Charles W. Spicer died
at his home in Fillmore. He was the
eldest son of William and Nancy
Raddock Spicer, and was born in JEFF
ferson county, New York, July Is.
1897. Hence he was. at the time of
his death, aged SO years 8 months and
% days. He was the only brother
of the late DR.. c. W. Spicer
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Mound City is organizing a company
of state militia. Seventy-eight young
men have already signed up. The
Fourth Missouri regiment is just one
company short, and Mound City is
hustling for the place.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

A delightful surprise was given At
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John p.
Motsinger Saturday, April 8. in honor
of Mrs. Mary X. Motsinger and Viii
liam X. Cowan. that being their
eightieth birthday. Mrs. Motsinger
and Mr.. Cowan are among the Oldest
twins in Missouri. Music and games
were enjoyed throughout the day, and
a bountiful dinner was served at the
noon hour.-Worth County Times.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The peach crop of Howell and Ore
gon counties is still safe. The cold
and stormy weather last week has
not damaged the crop and prospects
are still good for large yield of
peaches, apples and all kinds of fruit.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

A glance at the new state map,
issued by the Missouri Bureau of
Geology and Mines, shows that the
cities and towns of Worth county are
among the highest in north Missouri.
The elevation of Grant City is l,1Si
feet. Sheridan is 1,046 feet, and Irena
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The largest mortgage ever filed in
the recorders office was placed on the
books today 1t was for S29O,000, on
7,043h acres Of land situated in the
western part of this county. and be
longing to John S. Bilby Mr.. Bilby's
home is in Oklahoma. but he was for
merly a resident Of the Quitman com
munity and is estimated to be worth
over a million dollars.-Nodaway Dem
ocrat-Forum.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

II a catfish has sense of gratitude,
one fish in particular should ever re.
gard as a friend the Cape Giradeau
dead beat who tried to buy it from a
fisherman there. The customer went
to the fsherman's dock at the river
and choosing a 3-pound fish, still alive,
told the dealer he would buy It on
credit. For answer the fisherman
threw it back into the water. "I'll
get as much for it there as I would
from you" he said, for he had credited
the customer before.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

is l,l67 feet above sea level, and the
highest town north of the Missouri
river
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Living in Worth county are several
men past the three-score-and-ten mark
who are following the pursuits and
duties of active lives. A case in point
is that of A. Scammahorn of near
Grant City, who in spite of the fact
that he is more than "a years old, in
tends to put in and cultivate 20 acres
of corn this year besides milking five
cows and caring for the other duties
about the farm.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The Odd Fellows Home of Missouri
which is located just south of Liberty
has most unusual health record
Although there are over a hundred
children there all the time. there has
never yet been a death among them
One child who had lived at the Home
while died in Kansas City, where
she had been taken for an operation
This health record speaks mighty well
for the merits OF regular habits, whole
some food and careful observation oi
sanitary needs.-Liberty Advance.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Lafayette Chandler. a negro farm
hand who Tuesday night shot and
killed Sheriff John Fl. Dierker. when
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The first wagon road within the
present geographical limits of Mis-
souri, ran west from Ste, Genevieve to
the lead mine, Fourche Renault, on
the Meremac river, northwest of the
present site Nf Potosi, county seat of
Washington county, according to
Houck's history. The mine there and
at the present Old Mines was first
worked about 1920. For several years
the ore was carried to the river on
mules. 1t was nodded into a sort OF
collar and hung over the animals
back. After Ste. Geneyieve was set
tied. about 1882. some two-wheeled
wagons were made and used to carry
ore. The road followed almost the
route taken by the Illinois Southern
railway as far as Sprott. Then il
went northwest TO the mines. II wa:
about fifty miles long. Later othel
roads were established to the LaMott'
mine. in what is now st. Francois
county. The mine was south o
Pennington.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Elmo is another town that has
taken a progressive step on the
school question. voting S3,500 recently
for an addition to the present build
ing.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Dierker and others attempted to ar
rest him, was shot and killed the next
day by a mob which had been search
ing for him for thirteen hours. After
the shooting a mob soon formed. When
the negro was discovered in the hay
loft of barn near the Plackemeier
farm, he set fire to his hiding place.
The barn was surrounded and as he
ran to the door throwing up his hands
as If to surrender, hundred bullets
were fired at him. He fell back into
the blazing structure and no attempt
was made to recover the body.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The Maryville chautauqua for this
year will be held Aug. to 3.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

County judges fell off their bench
according to Kirksville dispatch tell
ing of a taxpayer there asking that
his assessment be raised $4,000.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS ROUTE

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS ROUTE
Electric trains leave Sth and Edmond
half after every hour from go a. m. to
7:30 p. m, then $3.50 and II rs p. m, for
Willow Brook, Dearborn, Camden Point.
Liberty, Excelsior Springs and Kansas
city. Limited. $3.50 a. m, 1880 and 1880
q. m. Call Main 81 for further infor-
nation.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22
AMERICAN MIRROR PLATE
.. GLASS COMPANY

Mirrors, ResiIvering, Windshields, Bev'
cling, Grinding. Polished Edges, Etc
Glass for all purposes. Telephone Main
3007. 1913 Fred. Ave, St Joseph, Mo.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Word was received from Congress.
man Alexander, Wednesday, that he
had endorsed Mr.. o. p. Gentry to the
president for appointment as postmas
ter at Liberty. The term of the pres
ent postmaster, Mr.. r. f. Ward, will
expire in August, but all four candi
dates for the position wanted the mat
ter settled at an early date, hence the
announcement of the congressman as
to the one he would recommend fol
the positiOn.-Liberty Advance.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Friday, April 2S, has been set apart
as tin can day" by the Willing
Workers of Parnell.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The executive committee of the
Fairfax Fall Festivities met Monday
night and settled upon the dates for
the annual frolic Sept. Is. II and Is
was their unanimous decision
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Slater is laying a pipeline to the
Missouri river, a distance of twelve
miles. to secure her water supply.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

The Parnell high school has a grad.
uating class of twenty this spring,
seventeen girls and three boys
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Continues on Page Ssven)
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Mrs J. NJ Stockton of Clarksdale
recently sold twenty-nine hens at SO
cents per hen. They brought S27.S7.
The price is said to be a worlds
record.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22

Jacks ". k. beanstalk is outdone
Some friend sent a Holden man Z
plant of an Australian lily. and il
three weeks it grew fifty-five inches.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-04-22
NEWS FROM ALL OVER
IMPERIAL MISSOURI

IMPERIAL MISSOURI
The Maryville chautauqua for this
year will be held Aug. 8 to 3.
Friday, April 2S, has been set apart
as tin can day" by the Willing
Workers of Parnell.
Slater is laying pipeline to the
Missouri river, a distance of twelve
miles. to secure her water supply.
The Parnell high school has a grad.
uating class of twenty this spring,
seventeen girls and three boys
Mrs. j. NJ. Stockton of Clarksdale
recently sold twenty-nine hens at 90
cents per hen They brought S27.S7.
The price is said to be a worlds
record.
Jacks W. k. beanstalk is outdone
Some friend sent Holden man a
plant of an Australian lily. and in
three weeks it grew fifty-five inches
The executive committee of the
Fairfax Fall Festivities met Monday
night and settled upon the dates for
the annual frolic Sept. Is, II and Is
was their unanimous decision.
County judges fell off their bench
according to Kirksville dispatch tell.
ing of a taxpayer there asking that
his assessment be raised $4,000.
Elmo is another town that has
taken a progressive step on the
school question. voting S3,500 recently
for an addition to the present build.
ing.
A chap broke into the postoffice at
Knobnoster in broad daylight and will
not be prosecuted for his act He was
in a hurry to mail a letter and did
not notice that the glass door was
| closed.
! The plan for Cape Girardeau to have
lady cop" has been vetoed by the
mayor, who thinks the appointment of
policewoman there would be merely
another way OF wasting the city's
money.
Mound City is organizing a company
of state militia. Seventy-eight young
men have already signed up. The
Fourth Missouri regiment is just one
company short, and Mound City is
hustling for the place.
A Ray county man boasts of having
in his possession some nails eighty
years old. That manicures may not
feel that they have been neglected he
further states that the nails are hand
made and of wrought iron.
Someone has figured out that the
man who does not chew tobacco saves
twenty-eight working days each year
by not having to walk about solving
the problem as to where to expecto,
rate, says the Excelsior Springs Jour.
nal.
Because his credit was not good for
a scent drink of cider, Tom Cook
started a rough house" in a Mexico
restaurant while drunk, and was shot
and killed by Howard Smith, an
employe of the restaurant. who was
eXonerated by the coroner's jury
The peach crop of Howell and Ore