davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Wanted A, N. c. Flyer.

Governor Hays received from the Aero Club of America letter saying that the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Buffalo, N. Y, is offering free course in aviation to one officer from the militia of each state. The course is valued at S400. The Aero Club will contribute $40 toward the incl dental expenses of each officer accept. ing the offer The letter asked Gov ernor Hays to recommend some ofh- cer in the Arkansas National GuaFd. The governor will confer with stan officers of the guard relative to the letter It is improbable any officer will accept, as there is no money available for paying his expenses at the school and the state has no aero plane equipment.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Machine Guns for A. N. c.

Recent accountings for lost federal property charged to Arkansas Nation al Guards federal appropriation will mean increased activity, according to staff officers. The organization of two machine gun companies, one for each regiment. will be one of the first activities. One company probably will be organized in Little Rock. Where the other will be formed is not certain. Each company will have a strength of 30 men and will be equip. ped with four machine guns.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Governor Issues Pardons.

Allie Miller and Richard Elan, sen- fenced in the fall term of the Lee Circuit Court to one year each for grand larency. The governor also pardoned Robert Foster of Pulaski county, sentenced last December to one year for grand larceny.
 A proclamation was issued relieving Nathaniel Thomas of Pulaski county from paying part of $10 fine assess ed against him this month for petit larceny.
 Governor Hays pardoned Venue Gillian. alias Jim Hamilton, convicted of forgery in Little River county in January, 1915, and sentenced to four years.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Robins Peculiar Affection.

A robin which Edward Beltrando, a Red Lion (Pa) shoemaker, saved from a cat has developed such an affection for it's rescuer that when other robins in the vicinity migrated it remained behind.
 Although tho bird was never caged it does not stray far from the shoe makers shop. coming there at inter vals during the day and sleeping in the shop every night.-New York World.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Loan Cost His Job.

A loan he secured from an aged in- mate of the State Hospital for Nerv- our Diseases cost Fay Black. attend ant, his position. The check for s35 which the old man had given him on his bank account, representing the savings gathered at his trade of shoe making was stopped on order of Su- perintendent E. P. Bledsoe, when he learned of it. Superintendent Bledsoe discharged Black
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
City Men Better Developed,

City men are better developed than country men. according to the report of German army surgeon. who bases his statement on the result of the ex. animation of 10000 soldiers. He says the farmers were inferior in carriage and in development of bone and mus cle, and that he found among them more cases of curvature of tho spine, flat-foot and varicose veins than among the city men.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Pearson Reaches Pen.

Cincinnati Pearson, Woodruff coun. ty negro. who was sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder after the Su- preme Court had reversed a sentence of death. arrived at the state peniten- tiary to begin serving his sentence. He shot and killed Woodruff county deputy sheriff.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

Contractors erecting the S40,000 high and public school building at Wynne say that they expect to be able to have it ready for occupancy by the first of April. All the outside work is complete The heating plant has been installed. Carpenters are rushing their work on the inside fin, ishings, placing of seats, etc. This building will have an auditorium that will seat 300 and all public gatherings in connection with the schools will be held there.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Economy Urued.

Economy has become a word of unusual interest in the last year, though naturally to less extent in the United States than in Europe. Our training has not fitted us to appreciate it's dignity and cultural worth in both theory and actice."-American Cook cry Magazine
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Shipping Industry Worried.

Lake Superior shipping interests de- clare that they will never be able to move the 5s,000.00O tons of iron orc at which the demands of next years steel contracts have been estimated. The big Minnesota mines are at the height of their prosperity along with the rest of the steel industry.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Sayings for the sheepowrer.

Good lambs are money makers.
 Speculation and uncertainty of tar. if tinkering have been the bane of the sheep industry.
 Keep dogs and strangers out of sight of the flock.
 Lambs will make a great growth on clover and alfalfa hay and corn.
 The ability of the ewo to properly nourish her lamb is one of the most important considerations in selecting breeding stock.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Finds Roaers Water Pure.

Dr. c. w Garrison, state health off cer, who examined the water of the Diamond spring, from which Rogers gets its source of water. pronounced it to be pure. A new treating plant has just been installed by the Rogers Light and Power Company.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Relieved of Fine.

Governor Hays relieved w. T. Brown. convicted of violating the over draft law in Prairie county, of pay ment of a $25 fine on condition that Brown Day one-hah the costs in the case.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Take Places of Soldiers.

Berlin has five schools where wom- en are taught the art of conducting a street car through the crowded thor oughfares. Each week between 300 and 400 woman conductors are gradu- ated to take the places of men called to the front.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
DiIIahunty Surrenders.

Tom Dllahunty. Monroe county ne gro serving a seven-year sentence for assault with intent to kill. who es- caped from the state farm at Cummins during the recent flood, surrendered voluntarily to officers at the farm, the Penitentiary Commission announced. Dillahunty began his sentence last May.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Warrants Are Redeemed.

Approximately s6,o00 in state war rants were redeemed by the payment of insurance taxes.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
ARKANSAS IN BRIEF.

One of the largest deals in mining land ever made in the North Arkan- sas zinc field is pending between the owners, a Pittsburg (Kan.) company. and Ex- x-Governor Heiskell and asso- ciates of Oklahoma City. The land under consideration consists of be- tween 400 and 500 acres in the famous Sugar Orchard district.
 Otis J. Hughes of Center Point was the victim of a peculiar accident re- gently when horse threw it's head around and butted him. The blow struck on MT. Hughes head. He was knocked down and painfully hurt.
 Judge Dene II. Coleman appointed Ben S. Brann of Swifton, Charles l.. Fox and H. c. Nuckalls of Newport as commissioners of accounts to audit the books of county officials for the current year.
 The Chess-Wymond Company lost a vast amount of slaves and bolts in the recent high water. Their loss at Guion is estimated to be between $12.- 900 and s15,000.
 A Jersey COW belonging to Will Hill sank in some sticky mud near Ozark and was almost covered when she was found It required hard work to rescue her
 The churches of Corning have or ganized a charity board which will do the work done by United Charities As sociations in other cities. Clyde H. Slaton has purchased the Lockesburg Tribune. and will take charge March l.
 Thousands of dollars worth of Ar. kansas soft pine lumber that has been tied up on Eastern railroad lines for the past 30 days. because of the em. bargo on these lines has at last been | forward ed to the consignees. When | this embargo went into effect 1t was ! impossible for the manufacturers to All orders in the Eastern market | The Rogers Democrat calls atten. ton to the fact that 17 years ago this month the temperature at Rogers waa 2l danraes hel0w sern
The Spectator., 1916-03-03
Hogs Quickly Degenerate

Purebred hogs receiving scant care quickly degenerate and are about a worthless as the genuine scrub.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Following a protest at a mass meet, ing against orders from the Chan in the Cemetery paving district, which embraces all of Pine Bluff, the attorneys and the commissioners have agreed to give the property owners until April 1 to pay their delinquent taxes without the attorneys fee of S2.50 for each lot on which the tax IS delinquent. There are more than l. 900 lots on the delinquent list
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Crawford county land were filed for record at the Crawford county court house, Van Buren, by the McDonouSh oil and Gas Company of Fort Smith, which was organized with a paid-up capital of S25, 900. This is the largest number of leases filed for record at one time since the field was brought in.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Beware of planting too much cot ton" is the warning being sent throughout the South by the Confer ence of Cotton States Bankers in a statement calling attention to the con. ditions which now make it necessary for each farmer to be "on the safe side
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Cleanup, paint-up and fix-up" week, March 20-27. is receiving the attention of Camden organizations. The Young Mems Public Service Blu. reau. under the direction of President H. H. Dyer, will take active charge of the work. The idea was tried here a year ago and found to be a means of thoroughly cleaning up the city.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Eyerton went on the list of zinc ore shipping points on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad, when Potts and Haze shipped their first carload of zinc ore from their mine near hero
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

A bolt of lightning almost tore off the right foot of Carroll Lindsey ne gro, 19 years old, while he, with his parents and five brothers and sisters, were sitting around a stove in their home. one mile east of Conway. The lightning struck the chimney, follow ing it to the floor, which was torn into splinters.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

A campaign to complete the Battle ship Arkansas Silver Service fund was launched at Mayor Taylor's office in Little Rock at a meeting of the BattIeship Arkansas Silver Service Commission of which Mayor Taylor is chairman. Mayor Taylor said he had received assurance of hearty CO., operation from 100 men in various parts of the state and several plans for raising money were discussed.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

c. N. Savage and T, c. Widener have purchased the hardwood timber tract about two miles north of Pike City from the Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Company They will manufacture Dtaves.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Mrs. Lillian M. Hill, a wealthy woman of Joplin. Mo, says she will lease 1000 acres in Searcy county, Arkansas, subdivide it into 20-acre tracts and sub-lease these tracts to working men, who are to dig the ore under the lands, pay her reasonable royalty and put the surplus into any enterprise that appeals to them,
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The Rogers Democrat calls atten. ton to the fact that 17 years ago this month the temperature at Rogers waa 2l dasraes helow sero
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Congressman Wingo announced that the president by proclamation, has re- leased approximately 300,000 acres from the Arkansas National Forest, of which several thousand acres are pub lie lands and will be open to home stead entry. This is in addition to the many thousand acres that Con gressman Wingo and the other con gressmen have heretofore had elimi- mated from this same reserve.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Seventy-six wagons loaded with leat aud zinc ore left Ponca City for liar rison, the railroad shipping point fo the mines in this camp. This is thu largest ore train that ever left thi camp and will bring approximatel! $S,OO0 back to the operators.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Frank Robinson, of Poe, negro, who was bitten by mule, was taken to Memphis and had his leg amputated The mule attacked Robinson last No vember. and his foot was taken off at the ankle then. Blood poison set in and another amputation was neces- sary.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The houses at Calico Rock which floated from their foundations during the high water are being replaced. They will be anchored with heavy con. crete blocks placed six feet in the ground The wagon bridge over Cali co creek has already been replaced. It will be anchored.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Judge F. M. Merriman, who was the second mayor of Conway 40 years ago is a candidate for mayor again. In his announcement he says, "If this office should be given to me, l prom 'ise to wait 40 years before asking for it again"
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The Missouri Southeastern Utilities Company. which is supplying electric current to several farmers in Missis sippi county, may build an electric line out of Yarbro, Mississippi county iu the near future.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

Delight is to have electric. lights soon.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The Texarkana Board of Trade held a meeting to outline plans for the big meeting of the Four otates Highway Association here March 23, Several committees were named and number of suggestions were adopted for the entertainment of the delegates.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The Chess-Wymond Company lost vast amount of slaves and bolts in the recent high water. Their loss at Guion is estimated to be between s12.- 900 and s15,000.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

The churches of Corning have or ganized charity board which will do the work done by United Charities As sociations in other cities.
The Spectator., 1916-03-03

A Jersey COW belonging to Will Hill and was almost covered when she was found. It required hard work to rescue her.
Evening journal., 1916-12-28
ELKTON Rector RECEIVERS
FROM PAINTING SPELL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
lLHroN I'D. Dec 2s.--The Rev.
William saesuier. rector OF Trinity
j =. Church. is recovering from
fainling attack suffered on Sunday as
be MRS hcidins the morning service
IN the church.
The amount o; mail received and
ont out from enc Fn1ton nostoncc for
ihe Christine aca on exceeded by far
,nat OF any ether year.
Personal. Rllph Andrews visited
hiH home m Cambridge. Md. on
Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. william
Joseph MiNcr. of Baltimore. are the
guests o' Nrs Miller's parents. tho
Rev, and Mrs William Scheuler. Miss
Florence h Woolley IS tho guest Of
ner nephew. Judge Victor B. Wooliov
+ ih Nilmington.-El wOod Kirk of Viii
! in'pgtor was here on Sunday. Mrs
. William II. rder has been the guest
/ % relatives I'm Middletown. Del.-Wn
liam s. Clair, OF Port Deposit. Is a pa
fient IN Union Hospital MIR. and Mrs
Frank r Howard Of Chesapeake City
were recent Wilmington visitors
/ Jacob J. Minister is recovering from
/ injuries received by a TALL on the ice
[ Mrs. Stanley Steele. Of Wilmington
I has returned from a visit to Mrs 10
soph IT, Steel Of Chesapeake city
I Mr. and Mrs. Hiram mccullough
/ Pearco. OF ST. Paul Mimi. are IN
guests OF Mr.. Pcarco's mother Mr..
/ A. J. pearce Mrs Emma Campbell ]
/ an In Union Hospital--Dr. and Mrs
/ Vernon H. Mcknight Of North East
/ spent Christmas with the parents q
Mrs Mcknight, Mr. and Mrs Williar
W. Burnley.
Evening journal., 1916-12-28

Is tho greatest Of all strength builders. n
people would only throw away patent modi.
cines and nauseous concootions aud take
simple Nuxated Iron. I convinced that
the lives OF thousands OF persons might be
saved, who now die every year from pneu-
monia, grippe. consumption. kidney, liver
and heart troubles etc. Tho real and true
cause which started their diseases was moth
ing more nor less than lack Of iron in the
blood.
Not long ago q man came TO me who was
nearly half century old and asked me TO
give him preliminary examination for life
insurance / was nstonished 20 find him
with O. blood pressure Of boy Of 20 and
as full Of vigor. vim and vitality as a young
man. in fact young man he really was--
notwa outstanding his age. The secret. he
SAID. was taking irOn--NuXntod iron had
filed him with renewed life. AT 80 he was
in bad health; az as he WAS careworn and
nearly all in--nou 81 so. a miracle Of vi
tality and his face beamiug with tho
buoyancy Of youth.
Iron is absolutely necessary to enable
your blood 20 change food into living TISSUE.
Without IT, no matter how much or what YOU
eat your food merely passes through YOU
without doing YOU any good You don 2
get the strength out Of it, and as @ consc
qucnco You become weak, pale and sickly'
looking. Just like a plant trying 10 grow ia
oil .Inf In
Evening journal., 1916-12-28

road trainmcn. in an effort 20 ward
of nationwide railroad strike. This
was followed by the appearance OF
railroad executives. representing mil
lions os dollars % capital, and for
days The conference went on to no
avail
Immediately aftcrward the prasi-
dent welded his big stick owe.
Congress and 'orced the passage o.
am eight-hour law. avertrc the
irike.
Then came he election The OK
citing scenes OF uncertainty sur
rounding the climax OF tuai struggle,
were transferred TO Shadow Lawn.
where The President was ncGdMr ni7
vacation. The President himself tells
an interesting story Of tho twenty-four
. hours. from Tucsd8. eve-lng unh.
Wednesday evening. when the re
turns gave the result first 10 Hughes
ana ihen to Wilson.
During Tine dar evening hc sa'
with Mrs. Wilson and his daugh-
/ fer Margaret. in Che library of th'
mansion hearing Che returns. The'
were q dubious loi Of returns. an'
after all the Now York papers ta'
awarded .ae victory 20 Hughes. thgr
ecomed l,tlc homo for him III the out
look.
u retired about 1880" the presi
dent saya. telling % his feelings, "ani
az That 'imc ne uaHon could nc
be termed encouraging wa
shaving the next morning when M
daughter. Margaret who had rise
early In order 10 catch o train fo
New York. came up and informej m
/ was elected.
"'Oh. pshaw' I said to her, VIVA
do you meane Lots have some of th
details She then told me that carl
reports received over press associa
ton wires In the Executive ohlce in
dicated the change. However I wen
on shaving. Details were not YER
complete, They, OF course. came la
ter"
The President that day played al
exceptionally good game Of golf.
Mrs. Wilson's confidence I'm IN
} outcome already had been indicate
when she planted tulip bulbs in th
front yard of the White House, i
order to enjoy them next fall.
Evening journal., 1916-12-28
Year 1917 Promises To Be Most
EVenffuI Year In Presidents History

dangers when Germany proifered
peace to the world.
The White House itself has housed
some of the most dramatic scenes I'M
It's history. Full details may never
be told of the dramatic conference
between the President and Admins
tration leaders in the library OF the
Executive Mansion. when it appeared
inevitable that the United States
would be drawn into war with Ger
many.
1t was then the President told Sen
ator Stone, OF the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, that if another
American life were lost as a result
OF violation by Germany Of her
pledges to this country on subma-
rine warfare. the only course left
open to him, was to sever diplomatic
relations with Germany And Ques
toned as to whether or not such ao-
ton would mean war the President
replied he had been told II would. II
was a stormy conference. in which
the minds Of the President and his
faithful leaders we're laid bare.
It was followed by an effort to pass
resolutions in Congress warning
Americans off armed ships-a meas.
ure fought to a successful finish by
the President himself. Later he ap
peared before Congress, notifying
that body OF the virtual ultimatun
sent TO the Kaiser following the Sus
sex sinking.
There was another dramatic con
ference in She White House. Tn,
Gold room, famed for its spectacular
social events during years gone by
was opened TO a conference between
the President and FIVE hundred rail
Evening journal., 1916-12-28
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.

0ulleu IIEba Dldli Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S-President
Wilson faces a new year fairly teem-
ing with the portentous problems in
International affairs. Peace discus
sion in Europe-with the President
as one of the foremost characters in
the drama doomed large on the
years horizon. Behind this vision
however. there rose intricate and
dangerous questions of trade and
diplomacy, the readjustment of world
affairs. and the economic revolutions
bound TO follow close OF war.
In brief, 1917 promises to be one
Of the most eventful twelve months
Of President Wilson's Administra-
ton. The year. nevertheless, made
its bow at the White House mildly
inaugurating no changes in the Presi-
dents regular program OF daily work.
Looking back on 1916, the calen-
dar pages disclose twelve months OF
almost constant strain at the White
House.
Our own rights as a nation. the
liberties, the privileges, and the prop
erty OF our people have been pro
| foundly affected" as a result Of the
war. the President declared recently
He probably was thinking Of hi
long tour through the Central West
urging immediate response TO a cal
for preparedness; HIS constant diff
culties with Germany and England
as a result OF breaches Of interna
tional law: his appearance befOr,
Congress with a warning that broker
relations with Germany was a crisi
Immediately facing the United States
and finally the hope of an end TO thes'
Evening journal., 1916-12-28

old Mississippi River song-"Ohl Dem
Golden Slippers
Then comes Howard hopp. zylo-
phonist, with The Glover Land Inter
mezzo." followed by Ward Barton,
yodelling. Sleep. Baby Sleep
The final plumber is the Gypsy
Countess Verona and her genuine
gypsy czimbalom Miss Verona gives
a novel Interpretation of MY Old
Kentucky Home"
All OF these are double disc records
and when an encore is demanded, Il is
only necessary TO reverse the record.
Evening journal., 1916-12-28
VAUDEVILLE SHOW
On COLUMBIA RECORD

A delightful novelty comes from Co
lumbia IN the form of a miniature
vaudeville show for the home enter
iainment. Il consists of a number OF
recordings by vaudeville hcadliners,
arranged in the following manner:
Fannie Brice opens the perform
ancc with one OF her song hits-"lf
We Could Only Take Her Word
Helen Louise and Frank Ferera fol-
low with a Hawaiian instrumental
novelty. the composition Of Helen
Louise herself-"The Hawaiian Por-
uguese Tango
Next is Harry G. Browne and his
Banjo. assisted by the Knickerhocker
Quartette. in an Interpretation OF an
Evening journal., 1916-12-28

nervous rundown people who were ailing All
tho whlc double their strength and ondur.
auce and entirely rid themselves OF an
symptoms of dyspepsia. liver and other
troubles in from ten 10 fourteen days time.
simplv hr taking iron in the proper form.
And this after they had In some eases been
doctoring for months without obtaining any
benefit But don't take the old forms Of
reduced iron. iron acetate. or tincture %
iron simply to save few cents. The iron
demanded by Mother Nature for the red coll
oriur matter On the blood OF her children Is.
alasl not that kind Of iron. You must take
iron 10 "a form that can be easily absorbed
and sssmilated 20 do you any good other
vise 30 NAV prove worse than useless Many
an athlete and prizc-fghter has won the day
imply brcausc he knew the secret Of great
strength and endurance and allied bis blood
Evening journal., 1916-12-28

tone. the brain Tags and the memory fails
and they often become weak, nervous, lrri-
table respondent and melancholy. When
the iron goes from the blood of women, the
roses go from their checks.
In the most common foods OF America,
tho starchcs. sugars, table syrups candies
polished rice. white bread. soda crackers
biscuits macaruni. spaghetti, tapsoca, sago
farina dcgcrminated cornmeal no longer
Is iron TO be found. Refining processes
have removed the iron Of Mother Earth
from these impoverished foods. and SHY
methods Of home cookery, by throwing down
the waste-pipe the water in which our
vegetables are cooked is responsible for an
other grave iron loss.
Therefore. IL YOU wish 10 preserve your
youthful vim and vigor TO ripe age, you