davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-20
This Australian official photograph

ured his jabs to a nicely, shot one,
two punch across with unerring aim,
and when CLANCY became really dan
gerous at close quarters the elusive
little Italian ducked his head out OF
the danger zone.
Dundee gave one of the best exhibit
tions Of all round ring work that the
fans have witnessed this season in his
many bouts at the Olympic.
CLANCY was bent on landing one
blow, his famous sleep producing left
hook, but Dundee was too clever at
footwork to get in dangerous terri
tory.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-20
BLADES IS 0. KID.

New England Lightweight Champion
Claimant is Rocked to Sleep in Fifth
ROund-LeOnard to Box Brown.
New Haven, Nov. 2O.-Chic Brown,
New Ravens popular little boxer, won
undisputed claim to the New England
lightweight championship by scoring
a technical knockout over Young
Blades of Woonsocket champion, in
the fifth round of scheduled 10
round battle at the Arena last night.
Referee Dave Fitzgerald stopped the
bout after one minute and 25 seconds
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-20
DUNDEE WHIPS CLANCY.
New York Lightweight Scores Easy
Victory at Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Nov 2o.-Johnny
Dundee, the New York lightweight,
ontpointed George CLANCY OF Balti-
more In their six round bout al the
Olympia A A. last night
CLANCY missed enough blows to
beat half a dozen Dundees, as his
punches which were labelled * O."
failed to land In direct contrast to
Chaney's misses was Dundee's fault
less Judgment of distance He meas
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-20
SMITH-FULTON BOUT OFF.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov 2O.-An-
nouncement was made here last night
that the ten-round bout between
Gunboat Smith and Fred Fulton,
scheduled for tonight, will be post
poned until next Monday night
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-20
CARNEGIE TECH ELECTS.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 2O.-Silvester
Williams has been elected captain Of
the 1918 football team of Carnegie
Tech it was announced last night.
Williams played right end this sea-
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
TAFT TO MAKE
TOUR OF SOUTH AND WEST
(By United Press)


New Haven, Conn, March lex
President William Howard Taft is
lining the speeches he will deliver on
his paul Revere" ride through the
South and West, beginning next We'd
nesday, to awaken the spirit of pre-
paredness and patriotism in the peo-
pie of those sections.
DR.. Taft will leave here the first
of the week and go to Richmond, Va,
for his first speech, Wednesday
night. He will speak in Greensboro,
N. c., March %; Atlanta, March %;
Birmingham, March "a; Nashville,
March 25; Memphis, March 26, and
II the evening at Little Rock, Ark;
Dallas, March 27; Oklahoma City,
March 2S and 20. DR.. Taft will be
in Chicago, March 80, and back here
April 1.
with the greatest reluctance"
said DR.. Taft today, 81 have come
to the conclusion that we need COM
pulsory military training. We are
now looking over the brink of hos
tilities with some of the belligerentS
in this war. We could not have bet
ter proof of the need of body of
trained men in this country at once"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
WHITMAN DECISION DOOMS
BOXING IN NEW YORK

New York, March 14.-Any idea
any one might have had that boxing
wasn't on it's last legs and tot4ering
unsteadily to its corner for the final
round should be thoroughly, dissipat-
ID by Governor Whitman's action in
New York when he refused to per-
nit Les Darcy to appear in public
bouts.
Whether it will seep into other
states and knock the game clear out
of the ring is something else and
remains for time to tell.
Whitman was severely criticised in
many quarters when he took his stand
against Darcy, while in other spots
ne was highly commended.
Critics declared he should not have
shown discrimination against Darcy.
rointing out that Freddie Welsh. Tom
Cowler, Ted Lewis and others were
allowed to box without interference.
They are just as much at fault as
is Darcy, for they are Englishmen,
whereas Darcy is an Australian and
of Irish descent.
Whitman's action seems to have
been taken because Darcy had neg
ected his duty to come to America
and get some easy money. The spec
-acle of a foreigner coming here and
separating New Workers from their
cash because they were easy marks
evidently didn't appeal to the COVER
nor. The other English boxers al
'eady were in this country when war
vas declared
Darcy made a frightful mistake
when he refused to talk business with
Mike Gibbons and promoters from the
Middle West. Then, when he list
4ned to bad advice and separated him.
self firm Tim O'Sullivan he made an
other bad step. Each of these ac-
tons caused adverse comment and the
people began to kick.
Governor Whitman's attention nat
urally was called to what was going
on. He couldn't have helped seeing
it if he read the newspapers. Darcy
wasn't complimented by any means
in the things said about him. If Gov
ernor Whitman got the wrong i'm
preston it's his own fault.
The money grubbers among the
boxers are fast choking the wind out
Of the goose that lays the golden egg.
1t wouldn't be at all surprising if
every boxing law in the country was
wiped off the books within two or
three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We Eat Too Much Meat, Which Clog.
Kidneys, Then the
Back Hurts.

Most folks forget that the kidneys
like the bowels, get sluggish anc
clogged and need a flushing occasion.
ally, else we have backache and dul
misery in the kidney region severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpit
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness ant
all sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kid
neys active and clean, and the mo.
ment you feel an ache or pain in the
kidney region, get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any good drug
store here, take tablespoonful in q
glass of water before breakfast fol
a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes anc
lemon juice, combined with lithia, ano
is harmless to flush clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activ.
ity. 1t also neutralizes the acids il
the urine so it no longer irritates,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless, inexpensive
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
aeys clean, thus avoiding serious COM
piications.
A well known local druggist says
he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe ir overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble. I
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
TO CELEBRATE RA|S|N
DAY WITH EXERCISES

Fresno, March 15.-More than 500
children of the Fresno city and coun-
ty schools, augmented by society girls
of this city, will take part in "The
Raisin-Power, Peace and Prosper
ity' that will be produced here on
California Raisin Day. April 30.
Fresno county towns have united
with Fresno City this year for Raisin
Day. California hospitality will be
extended by Fresnans on this auspi-
scious day to the thousands from all
sections of the Golden State who will
come here to help pay tribute to the
great raisin industry.
Replies are daily being received
from Chambers of Commerce
throughout the San Joaquin valley
and the majority are expressing a
desire to take part in the big street
parade on the morning of Raisin day
Each Valley town will send represen-
tatives of civic organizations to Fres-
no as we'll as the individual citizens
The residents of the entire San Joa-
quin valley from Stockton on the
north to Bakersfield at the south are
interested in the welfare of the raj
sin industry, as it forms one of the
chief financial incomes to the farm
er and the merchant.
The Stockton Chamber of Com.
merce, through John P. Irish, Jr., has
sent word that Stockton will partici
pate in the Raisin Day celebration
The Sutter County Chamber of Com
merce at Yuba City is planning to
take part in the festival and the raj
sin growers of that district may form
an automobile caravan and come tc
this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
INVADED BY
LEGION OF BUTTONS

little odd thing you happen to have
about the house.
They are made in vivid contrasting
combinations of color and wierd and
distorted shapese. They bloom with
flora and disport at fauna. Cameo
buttons are very smart. Mongramed
ones are good also.
An old charm string of buttons that
my mother made when she was a lit
tie girl has fascinated me from child
hood with its quaint and charming
effects. If my offspring should start
g charmstring with the buttons of
today her children would no doubt
be thrown into fits when confronted
with the weird shapes, hectic colors
and animated animals that now adorn
Us.
| But, be this as it may, we simply
must be buttoned, even if we are not
bottoned simply. Already most up
| to-date young person l know has
| sewn 185 wee ones on a georgette
crepe blouse. So button your but
tons while you may and just think
| how jolly and convenient it will be
when waiting long hours for Reggie
to come home from the club to play
| ''richman, poorman, beggarman,
! chief; doctor, lawyer, merchant,
| thief" with yourself to determine
Jour next fate after you have di-
/ yorced him.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16

New York, March 16-"Button,
button, who's got the button? ?" has
ceased to be thrilling interroga-
ton. 1t must needs be relegated to
it's proper place among Goldberg's
Foolish Questions. The answer is so
ainfully and unanimously obvious:
Everybody's got it. Not one measly,
lonesome little button, either; not
even zone, two, button my Shoes"
but three, four, and then heaps more.
There's a perfect epidemic of but
tons. Like measles or a spring rash,
Every coat, suit, frock, blouse, cape
and sweater is rashly broken out with
them. No one has an eye for hook
any more. We are all just looking
to buttons as means of fastening
on fashion.
The long, straight lines of the
present popular coat gowns and che
mise frocks are just pie for buttons
They are buttoned up one side anc
down the other. Some are putting
their best buttons forward, and 9th
ers, turning their backs on them, use
them, neverehtless, to back them up
The long, tight sleeves are otter
trimmed in odd small buttons from
the elbow to the wrist, while those
that are widely cuffed have two o.
three large and unique buttons fast
ening the cuff.
Shawl collars, roll collars and just
any kind of collars at ali bristle will
buttons. They flaunt them openl,
and above board and not at all in the
usual erstwhile restiring and effacin}
manner of all good little old fash.
ioned and useful collar buttons. To
be sure, collar buttons did used to
be a bit bone-headed, but some of
them were pearls among buttons anc
indeed quite few were even pure
gold. Anyway, they knew their place
end performed mission in life ant
a neckband, whereas these present day
collar buttons wander all over the
place and the only thing that is real
ly attached to them is fashionable i'm.
portance.
Then there are pockets as anothe
great breeding place for buttons
Positively the pockets are all so full
of buttons that you haven't any place
any more to pocket your pride.
If this dissertation on buttons ha
brought nothing before your mind
eye save round, flat discs with two
or four perforations for sewing then
on, you must Immediately get busy
and brush up OH the newest buttons
CIR else you will be quite overcome
when they burst on you in all thei
divers shapes and glory. They will
burst on you, too, as Peggoty ant
David Copperfield" often demon
strated.
Now the buttons are square, hexa
gon, octagonal, oblong, oval and al
most anything but plain round. They
are concave, convex, cubic and spher
ical. They are carved, dyed, enam
eled, hand painted, darned, crotchetec
and metallized and made of wood
bone, pearl, jet, gun metal, ivory
china, silver, gold, brass, silk, wosted
cnameled or hand-painted tin leath
er lacquer, glass, straw or any otheI
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-16
By Margaret Mason

By Margaret Mason
written for the United Press)
Belinda's garments button up
Likewise they button down.
Some button together;
The question is whether
She's hooked all the buttons in town
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29
LICENSE AND ILLiTERAcY.

One of the claims of the defenders
Of the liquor traffic is that prohibition
states have large percentage Of hit
eracy than have license states. They
proceed to prove 1t by grouping to-
gether the license states having the
best showing in this respect, and
against these they group Southern
states such as Georgia, Mississippi
and North Carolina, having a very
large cOlored population. The illiteracy
In these states comes to US as relic
Of slavery days, and existed there In
even a large percentage before the
adoption Of prohibition.
Comparing the New England states,
we find that Maine-with prohibition
has the lowest percentage of illlt-
eracy Of any with the exception Of
Vermont, and Vermont had no licensed
saloons for 80 years previous to May
1, 1903, and last year had license in
only II towns. II prohibition promotes
llliteracy, then the most illiterate
states In the Union ought to be Maine.
Kansas and Vermont. On the con-
trary there are only four states In the
Union where the percentage Of illit-
eracy is lower than in Kansas, while
Maine and Vermont present the most
favorable showing Of the New England
states.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29

SOnneck permitted q recent caller to
CLEAN from these documental data re-
garding this country's national songs
and supplemented them with some ad-
ditional verbal information.
Almost everyone knows how the stir
ring words rushed from the heart and
hand Of Francis Scott Key on the early
morning Of September IA, 1914. when
the English were bombarding Fort Nc
Henry. Fewer, perhaps. know that
he jotted down the first rough draft Of
the song on the back Of a letter as he
sailed up the Patapsco on one Of the
enemy's vessels that early morning.
when he saw Through the dawn's ear
ly light that our flag was still there"
He completed this draft upon the
American boat which brought him to
Baltimore that evening. and later that
night, in his hotel In Baltimore. he
made a clean copy Of those jottings.
and this first fair copy Of the words
is still In existence and may yet be
seen at the Walters gallery in Balti-
more.
On the morning after his arrival in
Baltimore Key took his poem to his
friend and relative. Judge Joseph Hop
per Nicholson, for his critical opinion
upon It This was evidently favorable,
for It was Immediately printed and Its
first appearance in public was In the
form Of sheet, or broadside. which
was distributed though the streets on
the day after 1t vas written. Its first
dated appearance was in the Balti-
more Patriot Of September 20. 1914.
Next day It appeared In exactly the
same form in the Baltimore American.
and then. In single sheets and in news
papers. II spread from Baltimore to
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29
Temperance
inNOteSa'
MAKE the MAP ALL WHITE
Conducted by the National womanss
Christian Temperance Union)

o my comrades, have you heard the
glorious news that's going around.
Therell very soon be no saloon on all
COlumbia's ground.
There's a wave of Prohibition rolling
up from every strand
And all the states 1t mandates
straightway become dry land.
Maine is at the head. for she has led
for half a hundred years.
And Kansas great and North Dakota
stand among their peers
Georgia next and Oklahoma won q
place among the free,
Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Tennessee.
West Virginia. and Virginia too, AND
Colorado's white.
Arizona then. with Washington. and
Oregon's all right.
Arkansas and Iowa came next, with
Idaho for mate,
And then came South Carolina, the
old Palmetto state.
Then Michigan, who speeded up, Mon.
tana great and grand,
Nebraska's rolling praIries and South
Dakota land.
Then along came Indiana. the HoOsier
state SO dear;
And Utah also said good-by to whls-
ky. wine and beer.
New Hampshire next, the Granite
state, then sounded liquors doom,
She sternly told John Barleycorn, "fof
you we have no ROOM"
The District Of Columbia, on old Po-
tomac's shore,
Where stands our nations capitol, will
see saloons no more.
And shining DER the polar star, Alas.
ka's golden light,
And all the states will follow till va
make the map all white.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29

other cities. until II had become q pop
ular patriotic song throughout Tie
country.
In its original printed form II bore
the title, Defense Of Fort AlcHenry,"
with the following Introductory re-
marks. written by Judge Nicholson:
The annexed song was composed under
had left Baltimore in q nag OF truce for
the purpose of getting released from the
British feet q friend OF his who had been
captured at MARLBOROUGH. He went a.
Tar a. the mouth OF tho Patuxent and
was not permitted to return lest the In
tended attack on Baltimore should Be dis
closed. He was therefore brought up the
bay TO the mouth Of the Patapsco. whore
the flag vessel was kept under the guns
OF frigate, and no was compelled to wit
ness the bombardment OF Fort McHenry.
which the admiral had boasted that he
could carry in q few hours and that the
city must fall. He watched the nag Of
tho fort through the whole day with an
anxiety that can better be felt than de-
scTibed, until the night prevented him from
seeing It. In the night he watched the
bomb shells and at early dawn his eye
was again greeted by tho proudly waving
flag Of his country.
The tune In that Of "Anacreon of Heav-
en-" originally an English club song. pop
ular among tho younger sat Of Baltimore
At the time Key wrote the stansas.
"Hall Columbia" IL q pure product
Of American soil In regard to both
words and music. and was written In
1T0s by Joseph Hopkins, n prominent
jurist. who lived from ITO to 1912.
The poet himself explains the circum-
stances which led to the writing Of
the words as follows:
Hall Columbia" was written In the
summer OF 17se. when ear with France
was thought to be inevitable. Congress
was then In session In Philadelphia, de-
batting upon that important subject, and
acts Of hostility had actually taken place
The contest between England and France
| was raging. and the people OF the United
side ar the other. some thinking that pol.
| Icy and duty required US to espouse the
cause Of republican France. a. she was
called. while others were for connsctins
themselves with England Tho thsatsi
was than open In our city. A young mar
| belonging to II. whose talent was high a
q singer. was about to take a beneht.
had known him when he was at school
On this acquaintance he called on me one
Saturday afternoon. his benefit being an.
| nouncsd for tho following Monday. Hi
prospects were very disheartening. but b
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29
SOME PosTscRIPTs

BY means of secret process q
French scientist converts flowers.
fruit and even animal tissues into
metal.
A Minneapolis inventors adjustable
road scnaper has been designed to
serve equally well as snow pillow.
An entire notebook or single sheet
Of paper Is held equally well In new
ropyholder for typewriters In which
he copy Is advanced an desired BY
eesaius > levoe.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29

One end of a tool invented by a
Frenchman for smoothing rough edges
Of collars and cuffs serves as button
hoe opener.
An English inventors safety suit for
aviators is covered with parachute
hike pockets and the entire garment
can be inflated to help break the force
Of a wearer's fall.
An inventor in Nebraska has patent
ed wire netting covered fraf4ss to
cover open automobiles to catch hats.
wells. or other articles that otherwise
might Be blown away.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29

said that IL he could get . patriotic cong
adapted TO 1.-THE Presidents March'' he
did not doubt of full house: that the
poets of the theatrical corps had besn
trying to accomplish II. but had not sue.
ceeded. told him that l would try what
I could do for him. He came the next
afternoon. and the song. such ~ Il u.
was ready for him. Such II the history
Of che song. which has endured Infinitely
beyond the expectation OF the author.
The song met with immediate sue.
cess and was repeated again and again.
being named "New Federal Song" and
no entertainment Of the day was con-
sldered complete without It. -
To run down the history of the mu-
sic Of "Hail Columbia" written orig
inally as the presidents March," Mr..
Sonneck found much more difficult
task than giving the plain narrative
Of the applied words. Wading through
an immense amount Of historical data
and some controversy upon the sub
ject, he has brought out facts which
he would only put forth after the most
careful process of sitting and deduc-
ton.
until recently" he said. "the musi-
cal origin of Hail Columbia was as
obscure as its literary history was
clear" But. weighing all the evidence
in the case, he carefully sets down
the fact that the Presidents, March,"
which supplied the music for "Hail Co
lumbia." was composed by Philip Phile,
resident of Philadelphia, of perhaps
narp,up or Cxyiae Orivfn md MIR siciau
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-29
SALOON DEAD ENEMY OF LABOR.

Organized labor should be opposed
to the saloon because the interests Of
the saloon are always opposed to the
interests Of the workingman.
The way to find out whether or not
organized labor can afford to stand for
the saloon is to find out what organ
lied labor itself stands for, and then
see how the saloon comes up to its
standards.
Organized labor believes in better
Jobs for the workingman, in greater
efficiency, in increased wages. In the
abolition of child labor, in the dignity
and elevation of womanhoOd, and in
the preservation Of the home.
The saloon breaks everyone of these
standards.-Charles Sickle.