davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-05-03
All kinds Plumbing, Wiring
and Heating done neatly and
promptly by expert workmen
See A. D. Naylor & Co. Adv

Cumberland officials of the gas COM
pany, which corporation supplies West
ern Maryland counties with the natural
product, claimed Monday that a ire
mendous leak in the main line at a point
near Kempton, this county, had been
discovered which accounted for the
shortage of gas during the past several
months and gave it as their opinion
that repairs on the line would be COM
pleted by Tuesday when consumers
would not experience again the lack of
supply for all needs.
With the higher cost of living milk
has been increased to nine cents per
quart as announced IN the advertise
ment of Dairyman Frazee, appearing in
this paper today. With wheat at the
$500 mark and flour more than SIG per
Darrell, Baker Lauer has been compel
led to ask an additional cent per loaf
for the output of his ovens. Potatoes
are still high, bringing 81. so per bushel,
while merchants are asking from 20 to
% cents per can for tomatoes. Butter
is the only thing that has decreased in
price, it having fallen from Al cents to
SO cents during the past week.
A number of places are reporting an
unusual rush in the marriage license
business and strongly intimate that the
youth of the country are Joining the
army of benedicts so as to escape the
service which may come in the army
end navy. Wicomico girls are too pa
triotic anyway to marry a man who
seeks such union in order to escape
serving his country, says the Salisbury
Advertiser. Girls here like for men to
be brave and patriotic, and we very
much doubt if one could be found to &C.
cept as her life partner the coward who
tries to hide behind q woman's skirt.
/ Subscribe for The Republican,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-05-03
ELECTRICLIGHTS ON
Town In Darkness for Several
Weeks Illuminated Last Night

After several weeks of darkness on
the streets and in many homes and
business places in Oakland the electric
current was turned on last night for
the first time since the plant was put
out of commission by reason of the
breaking of the crank shaft of the en-
CINE.
The inability of the electric company
to get repairs for the engine was the
reason for the delay.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-05-03
Get the latest Grain Drill on
the market from A. D. Naylor &

the market from A. ID. Naylor &
Co. Adv
Miss Lillian Cutter and Mr.. Oscar
Wiley, of Bittinger, spent few hours
in Oakland yesterday evening as the
guests of friends.
Miss Gertrude Glotfelty entertained
a number of her young friends at her
home on Second street last night, the
occasion being her thirteenth ami
versary.
Miss BERTHE Tarney has returned home
from Springfield, Ohio, to which city
she went to be present at the COM
mencenent exercises of HANNA Divin-
ity School, of which her brother, Rev.
Homer E. Turney, is a graduate and
who received his diploma.
Last Saturday afternoon within a few
steps of The Republican office four of
the Oldest men of the county were in
sight at the same time, two of whom
were soldiers of the Civil war; one of
the four was too old when that conflict
occurred to have part in it and the
other had good reasons not to be par
ticipant. The oldest of the party was
William Sines, who will attain the age
of 81 years on July Goth The others
were Mr.. Thomas K. Harvey, at one
time County Commissioner of Garrett
county, who came to the County Seat
for medical attention, who is now
eighty-three years old; his cousin Mr..
James Harvey, of near Altamont, aged
81 years; and Judge Henry G. Sanders,
aged SO years. The combined ages of
these four men total 344 years, cover
ing the time from 1913. or more than a
hundred years befofe the Revolution
and only short lifetime after the first
settlement made in Maryland. All four
gentlemen are wellpreserved and retain
all their faculties to a high degree.
Oakland, like many another town, is
infested with lot of worthless. home
less cur and hound dogs, and to rid the
streets of these rovers should be one of
the things to be considered at the meet
ing of the Town Council next Monday
night, if it be within the province of
that body to act upon the matter. and
it is the opinion of men we'll informed
that the governing body has the power
from health protecting standpoint at
least. Every day and almost every hour
of every day there may be seen on al
most every street horde of these pests,
which, when not engaged in yelping and
barking in the wake of automobiles and
horses are otherwise engaged as
nuisances of most disgusting type.
Yesterday mongrel ran through a
group Of grammar school children as
they were passing along Second street
into frail little girl knocked her from
the pavement where the child Law until
she was assisted to her feet and given
into the hands of larger child going
toward her home. While the child was
not badly injured by her fall upon the
brick she received a very hard knock
upon the side of her head and face and
was thoroughly frightened.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-05-03

Thus far May has proven to be moth
ing more nor less than late edition of
March.
Mrs. H. L. Jones spent Monday in
Cumberland, returning home the same
evening.
Mr.. John w. Davis and son Ralph
spent yesterday in Grafton, West Va,
on business.
Mrs. Earl AshbY and two children, of
Homecoming, spent last week with rel
atives in Oakland.
Mr.. Arthur Naylor went to Fairmont
yesterday morning on business for the
firm Of A. D. Naylor and Co.
Mr.. A. S. Teats went to Columbus,
Ohio, one day last week where he join
ed his family who reside in that city.
WANTED-A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. Stuart F. Hamill,
Oakland. Adv.
Mrs. W. R. Offutt and children, who
spent several weeks in Cumberland with
relatives, returned home Monday after
noon.
Fairsweep, Paradise and New Ger
many are in Baltimore News.
Also Accident, Broadway. Brookland
and-Oakland.
Mrs. Edward H. Sincell, who spent
about ten days in Baltimore with rel
atives and friends, has returned to her
home in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Compton and little
son left Oakland Tuesday afternoon for
Grant Town, W. Va, where Mr.. Comp
ton has secured employment.
Mr.. Charles A. Bender, of the Ma
tional Hotel, Grantsvil!e, motored to
Oakland Monday where he transacted
some business before returning home.
FOR SALE-A Kimball organ in good
condition; will sell cheap; apply to W.
M. Tricket. Adv. 10 St.
DR.. and Mrs. Mahlon C. Hinebaugh
returned home Sunday morning from
weeks visit to Baltimore, the journey
in both directions being made by auto
mobile.
Mrs. H. l. Straight, Miss Anna Edge
and Frieda Straight who have resided
in Oakland for several months, have
gone to Akron, Ohio, where they will
reside in the future.
City Council will meet on Monday for
the purpose of hearing appeals from
assessments and also for listing house
hold goods and personal effects in ex-
cess of 800 valuation.
A hail storm, accompanied by high
wind, passed over Oakland and portions
of Garrett county Monday night about
midnight. While the storm lasted but
few minutes it was quite severe but
did no damage.
For SALE-One brood Mare in foal;
one filly coming three; one filly coming
1.-TWO. II. L. Porter, Oakland. ADV. 2
] Miss Bertha Wolfe, and Mrs. Teresa
Martin, of Oakland, left Sunday night
for Baltimore where they were called
owing to the serious illness of their
sister, Mrs. W. I. Sauerwald.
Mrs. John Compton and children. of
Accident, after having spent several
days with Oakland relatives left Tues
day for Grant Town, W. Va, where
they will reside in the future.
Mr. E. A. Shaffer left Oakland yes
terday afternoon for Seattle, Washing
ton, to which city he goes for the pur-
pose of attending convention of the
National Telegraphers' Association as a
representative from this district. He
will be absent from Oakland several
weeks.
RUINED TIRES
There are lots of tires that you might
think are ruined which we can fix I'D so
they will give you a lot more service.
1t Will pay you to consult with us.
Davis Repair Shop. Advertisement.
WANTED-Young mano 1907 10 wears
to care for garden and lawn. Apply to
G. Semmes Hamill, Oakland. ADV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-05-03
for the plaintiff.

Tor the plaintiff.
The witnesses summoned are: VIM.
Glotfelty, Geo. Foulk, Chas. Glotfelty,
Charles Lantz. Frank Strawser. R. M.
Nicholson, Herbert Mines, Saul Bart
man. Leroy White, Pierson White,
Charles Carieo, John Evans, Henry
Myers, Daisy Mines, Charles Reams,
Charles Fulk, Alfred Dawson, John
Evans, R. j. Nicholson, Oscar Kitz-
miller. Samuel Barkman, Frank Gun
bingham, Samuel Kendall, Harry Mos
ser and Alex C. Mason.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22

During the last few years several
improvements have been made on
stump pullers which are of consid-
cradle value. Perhaps the most
important of these is the take up.
By means of the take-up all the
slack in the cable may be taken up
without winding it on the drum of
the puller. This saves considerable
time, besides wear on the cable and
operator. There are other things
about these machines which are in
teresting.
The pliers are both simple and
efficient. The Conrath Homemade
Piler was designed by Mr.. Frank
Conrath, of Conrath, Wis. In con-
structing this machine Mr.. Con-
rath's main thought was to develop
an efficient machine capable of con-
struction by the settler at a price
within his reach. The Conrath
Piler fulfills these limitations very
we'll. Many farmers have suggest
ed other uses for it such as stack
ing hay and grain and the lifting
of heavy materials.
The Wisconsin Piler is an out
growth of the work done by the
Land Clearing Special this year. 1t
was designed by men who have
been with the train and who know
the requisites of good piler. 1t
was put in operation for the first
time at Washburn last week, and
although it is scarcely beyond the
experimental stage, it, no doubt,
will prove to be a very efficient
machine for the piling of both
stumps and logs. 1t is exceeding
ly rapid in operation. Blue prints
of the Conrath Homemade Piler
may be had free on application from
the College of Agriculture at Mad
ison. AS soon as they can be made,
blue prints of the Wisconsin Piler
will also be available. A piler OPP
Grated by gas engine may also be
seen in operation on the field.
By cooperating with the state
the following firms have helped to
make this work possible: Chicago,
Milwaukee, Ct St. Paul Ry.; Min
neapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St.
Marie Ry.; Chicago & Northwest
ern Ry.; Chicago, St. Paul, Mime
apolis, and Omaha Ry.; E. I. du
Pont de Nemours Co. Wilmington,
Del; A. J. Kirstin Co., Escanaba,
Mich; La Plant Choate Mfg. Co.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Merrill Iron
Works, Merrill, Wis.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
A PEOPLE OF CONTRASTS.
Italians, Like Their Land, Endowed
With Great PHYSICAL Charm.

Province by province Italy manifests
varying charm and the people differ
as widely as their surroundings. The
hot blooded southerner observes diff
ferent standard of morals and hygiene,
fires to anger or interest more quickly
and is generally less dependable and
industrious than his northern brother.
Both are gifted with the black eyes
and hair and the swarthy complexion
as a race that is general characteriS-
tic Of the Latin peoples. But the Ital-
ian is, broadly speaking, like his ceun-
try, endowed with physical beauty
and charm beyond that of most of his
fellows.
In the north, however, there are ex-
ceptions-fair haired and reddish men
and women, who seem strangely out Of
place among their dark neighbors.
Cool, temperate exotics they are among
the higher colored growths that some
how seem so tropical, with their sultry
smiles and fathomless, mysterious eyes,
in which forever broods the shadow of
the purple mountains that always and
everywhere dominates all Italy. even
to the delightful carabinieri, or rural
guards, those Napoleonic looking Off
Gals who parade always solemnly in
pairs, hangers at their sides, cockades
in their black beavers, the majesty of
the law in every line and footstep.-
National Geographic Magazine.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
Whistler Was a Dandy.

If taking infinite pains with his ap-
pearance means dandyism. then Whis-
tier was a dandy. The very word
pleased him, and he used it often, in
American fashion, to express perfec-
ton or charm or beauty. Never was
any man more particular about his per-
son and his dress. He was as careful
Of his hair as a woman, though there
was no need of the curling tOngs with
which he has been reproached; the diff
ficulty was to restrain his curls and
keep them in order. The white lock
gave just the right touch. However
fashion changed, he always wore the
mustache and little imperial which
other West Point men of his genera
ton retained through life. Even his
thick, bushy eyebrows were trained.
and they added to the humorous or
sardonic expression of the deep blue
eyes from which many shrank.-Pen-
nells Life of Whistler"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
BUSINESS SIGNBOARDS.
They Were Used at First Only by the
Inns and Taverns.

They Were Used at First Only by tho
Inns and Taverns.
The first tradesmen to adopt the use
Of signs were the innkeepers, and from
earliest times in England and on the
continent the taverns Of town and
country were distinguished by sign
boards bearing the names of the hos
telries. 1t was not until the sixteenth
century that merchants dealing in 9th
err than liquid refreshments began to
erect signs over their doors.
Once started the custom spread rap
idly, and the seventeenth century was
a period of prosperity for the sign
painters of England. Even in London
the houses and shops were not num-
bered, so a BRIDESMAIDS place of bust
ness could only be known by a sign.
The ingenuity Of the merchants was
taxed in such a city as London to pro-
vide an original sign that would stick
in the memories of passersby.
A man starting in business consid-
cred a striking sign his most impor-
tant investment. These signs, often
huge in size, were sometimes slung en-
tirely across the street AS they grew
old they occasionally fell and thus be-
came source of danger Such signs
were prohibited by parliament in the
year 1862, and after that merchants
had to be content with more modest
signs placed fiat against the fronts of
their buildings.-New York World.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
Economy and Saving.

The United States is now at war.
A large part of our country's hu-
man energy is taken away from the
farms, factories, and industries of
peace, and until the war ends all
their energies will be devoted to
fighting.
A good portion of Our productive
energy is being turned into the Gre
alton of implements of destruction.
Many of our products are now be-
ing devoted to purposes of war.
Destruction instead of construction
is the object of a great portion of
the country's energy.
AS much of the human energy
and productive capacity of the ma
tion are now being devoted to the
purposes of war. so should the pro-
per amount of the money of the
United States be so devoted. He
who offers his life for his country
is offering the greatest possible sac
rifce, but the American men and
women who support the govern
ment with their money are doing
their part.
This war is going to be financed
largely out of the savings of the
American people during the war.
1t is not too great sacrifice to
make for ones country in time of
war to deny ones self luxuries, to
cut down unnecessary expenses, to
lead quieter and buster lives. Not
only will the money thus saved
and used to buy Liberty Loan
Bonds help the United States but
the diminished consumption of food
and other articles will do much to
relieve the country from the strain
of war.
The less the people use the less
strain there is upon the productive
capacity of the nation and the more
can be devoted to winning the war;
the more the people save the more
liberal financial support can they
give the government. This is the
peoples war, and it is to be finan-
ced by the American people, not by
the rich and not by the poor, but
by the rich and the poor, the cap
italist and the wage Garner, the
miner and the farmer and the man. |
ufacturer.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
Epitaph of a Cynic,

John Goodman of Sutton, Surrey
county, England, was cynic. His
own will convicts him of so being. He
directed in this document that no wom-
en- be allowed in his funeral cortege.
And on his tombstone he babe that
the following verse be carved:
Farewell, vain earth, I've had enough of
thee,
And now am careless what thou say'st of
me.
Thy smiles car'st not, nor thy frowns
fear.
My care is past, my head lies quiet here.
What faults you see in me take care to
shun
And look at home, enough is to be done.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22

DOMINIC CIOTTO, Hurley
DALE c. BENNETT, Hurley
HENRY LEMON, Hurley
ED DANIEL LUBY, Hurley
JOHN KING, Montreal
AL. LEONARD LARSON, Epson
PAVESE GIACINTO, Hurley
CLARENCE H. CANNEY, Montreal
HARRY HENRY LAFAVE, Hurley
KARL OLESZCUK, Gle
ANTON VIROGLIO, Hurley
PETER BONACCI, Hurley
FRANK ERICKSON, Hurley
JOHN EMIL HARDY, Iron Belt
OSCAR L. PETERSON, Epson
EUGENIO ZANUTIG, Montreal
I ARTHUR EVENSON, Mercer
FREDERICK JAHNKE, Hurley
JOE TROPPMAN, Saxon
MATTHEW MURPHY, Hurley
FRANK PRETTI, Hurley
GEORGE DAVIS, Hurley
FRANK KASPRZAK, Hurley
IRWIN FAFFORD, Saxon
ATTILIA MAURINA, Montreal
HARVEY VIM. DEVINE, Hurley
re En- SMEE, MOutACdA
c. L. HARRINGTON, Hurley
ANTONIO ROSETTI. Gle
FLOYD SMITH, Hurley
ERICK GUTENBERG, Mercer
ADAM SZEZEPOWSKI, Gle
JOHN TROMBE, Montreal
THOS. ]. BREMEN, Hurley
GUGLIELMO SEVERINI, Hurley
JOHN c. KAMERER, Epson
JAMES H. BOYINGTON, Hurley
MATT PINTAME, Hurley
ERNEST CRAW, Mercer
VIM. MARKOSKI, Hurley
ANTONIO DALSOGGIO, Hurley
CHARLES TRAP, Hurley
KNUTE WICK, Montreal
FLORIAN O'LEARY, Hurley
LOUIS A. VALE, Gle
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
LAND CLEARING DEMONSTRATION
Method: Of Clearing Land With Dyna-
mite and Stump Pullers Shown
at Mercer This Week.

Late Sunday afternoon the Land
Clearing Special, consisting f
eleven cars, arrived at Mercer. This
train is under the direction of the
College of Agriculture. Its pur-
pose is to determine the cost of
clearing the cut over lands of north
ern Wisconsin and to demonstrate
the use of modern land clearing
machinery and equipment. In or.
der to do this it is necessary to Wis
it different localities and find out
by actual operation just what the
settler in that vicinity has to con-
tend with. The itinerary of the
Land Clearing Special includes fif-
teen stops, nearly all of which are
week long, in fourteen of the
northernmost counties of the state
where there is a large amount of
cut. over land. Some of these vary
ing conditions which affect the cost
of land clearing are the kind of
soil; kind, age and size of stumps;
and the amount of down timber
and brush.
By Monday noon all of the stump
pullers had been set up and were
ready to begin pulling; the dyna-
miters had already gotten good
start; and some of the pliers were
also being erected. The close of
work on Tuesday saw nearly four
acres cleared of stumps, most OF
which were piled. The stumps are
Norway and white pines, and are
all the way from two or three to
seventeen years old. The tops on
the older ones are not very solid so
that they cut off when pulled by a
choker. These are pulled by means
of root hook. Visitors find the
work very interesting and instruc-
tional. Experts are to be found
with every machine, including the
dynamiters, who are willing to
answer questions covering any phase
of their work.
For instance, the work of the
dynamite crew always attracts a
crowd of enthusiastic onlookers. It
is we'll worth anybody's time to ac-
quaint himself with the electric
method of blasting which these
men employ. 1t is the safest, east
est, and most practical method of
using dynamite. By means of it
several small charges may be placed
around the stump instead of being
put in one large center hole. This
is usually the most effective way of
getting out large stumps and very
often requires less dynamite to re-
move the stump. Where several
stumps are close together they can
be connected with electric wires
and fred at the same time. AS high
as seventeen good sized stumps
have thus been blasted in group
shot.
Modern stump pulling equipment
will also be found in operation.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22

There was no written language Il
Japan till Chinese characters were in
troduced into Japan from Korea In the
reign of the Emperor DIN, In 2S5 A. d.
The inconvenience caused by Chinese
characters led afterward to the tnven-
,ion of katakana aud hiragana, the
Japanese syllabary, which contributed
much toward improving the national
1se
a---s-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
c.rved on the romb Of lno.Il..

This extract from ingalls, essay on
Grass" is carved on the glacial bowl
der which marks his last resting place:
when the fitful fever is ended and
the foolish wrangle of the market and
forum is closed grass heals over the
scars which our descent into the bosom
of the earth has made, and the carpet
OF the infant becomes the blanket Of
the dead"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
Curious Extinct Animal.

The Amblypoda was one of the most
curious of the extinct species of man.
NAL. They were the size of the ele-
plant and had five toes on each foot
ending in hoOfs instead of nails. Re
mains of these have been found in
England. but the best specimens have
come from North America.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
Rhotouraphic Films.

The Photographic film was developed
in the larger sense by the Rev. Han
nibal Goodwin. This man made posi-
bic moving pictures. Goodwin died
pOOr-pOorer than if he had never in
vented anything-after long fight in
the courts with Photographic COM
pany that fought his right to obtain a
M font
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-22
State of Wisconsin.
Circuit COurt-IrOn County.
Andrew Erspamer,
Plaintiff,

Gertrude Erspamer,
Defendant.
The State of Wisconsin, To the said
defendant
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within twenty days after service
of this summons, exclusive of the day
of service, and defend the above en-
titled action in the court aforesaid;
and in case of your failure so to do,
Judgment will be rendered against
you according TO the demand of the
complaint.
w. T. Lennon,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. O. Address, Hurley, Iron county,
Wisconsin.
The original summons and CON-
plant in the above entitled action
were filed in the offic e of the Clerk of
the above named Court on the 18th
day of August, 1917. 35-40