davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
VocaIization.

"You must enjoy hearing your prima
donna sing"
II do" replied the impresario. "You
don't know what relief it is to have
her get out and throw those high notes.
around to the audience instead of yell
ing at me about her salary."-Wash-
ington Star.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Foxy Customer,

Milliner (coaxingly) = The white
feather on the hat makes madam look
about twenty-one. Customer eagerly
Yes, yes! Why not put on two or,
three more?-Exchange.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Get Ideas.

There is vast difference between in
formation and ideas, and the man of
information may be useful like die
tionary, but may never be force in
the community
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Amazed Her.

Professor : Life is the superficial
phenomena of arrested radiation upon
the outer crust Of cooling nebula.
Young Lady-Gracious! No wonder
living is so expensive.-Life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Acquired.

Wife, can't understand why
didn't see those faults in you before
we We're married. Hub-That's easily
explained. didn't possess them then.
Boston Transcript.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14

1t is no honor or profit merely to ap-
pear in the arena. The wreath is for
those who contend.-Garfeld.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14

Inc man who thinks he knows a wo-
man IKE book usually discovers
many uncut leaves.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
Do You Know?

Do you know the tonnage in the
American merchant marine?
The United States has today 45S
ships of over 1900 lightweight tons
with an aggregate tonnage of g.
81, 1859, either engaged in or capable
of participating in foreign trade.
There are also III ships of a tonnage
of 70O,2S5 of German and Austrian
origin. The United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet corporation
has Communicated nearly 400 steel
ships Of more than 100000 tons,
which are being completed or under
contract for construction in Ameri-
can yards. The Boards Fleet corp
Grafton has also contracted for 636
ships with a tonnage of 3,124,7O0.
Totaled these figures show that the
United States will have near the end
Of 1918 a merchant fleet of more
than 1000 ships aggregating $4,000 900
tons to carry it's foreign commerce,
as compared with an overseas ma
rine of 1.614.222 tons on June 80,
1914, scarcely a month before the
European war began.
The tonnage referred to is ex-
elusive Of that engaged on inland
waters, unsuitable coastwise ships
and small craft operating along the
does not. Of course, include the
prospective additional program Of
the Emergency Fleet corporation.
The fleet in prospect is already be-
coming q reality. Several Of the
Communicated ships are already TAX
ing cargo; others will leave the ways
in increasing numbers with each
succeeding month. The ships for
which the shipping board has con-
tracted are under construction and
in so to 80 days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
England And The
i. S. A.
Americans Should Be Profoundly
Thankful that England Is Helping
Them in Their War against Prus-
sian Mhitarism.

Americans Should Be Profoundly
Thankful that England Is Helping
Them in Their War against Prus-
sian MiIitarism.
BY Edwin Collins Frost.
of The VisiIantes.
II am sorry we had to get into this
war" l overheard a man say. Il
fought in the Civil war and then
England was against us. Now she
wants US to help her out"
do not know who he was. / could
not even see him. But 1t is fairly
evident to me that neither his head
nor his heart is performing its func-
tions as we'll in 1917 as in 1851. Yet
fear there are not a few Ameri-
cans who fail to realize the various
faIlacies contained in his remarks.
When he used the word I'VE" in
his first sentence he meant the Uni
ted Statesmen mere group VI
northern states. That is what the
word I'VE" should mean and now
does mean. This very man helped
make it mean that. Hence England
at the time referred to could not
have been against all Of us. If she
was against some Of us she must
have been for the rest Of us. More
over 1t is not true that the English
people were a unit in espousing the
cause of either side. 1t may be that
the British government favored one
side more than the other. But If our
President Of today can say that we
are making war not upon the Ger
man people but upon their govern
ment can not we be as generous to-
ward our allies as we are toward
our enemies?
Furthermore, is the British gov
erment, are the British people the
same today as in that bygone time?
Almost two generations have pass
ed. The British sovereign has
changed innumerable times. Must
we visit upon the present genera
ton the sins of their fathers? Does
that Civil war veteran honestly Pc
lieve that he could find an English
man today who thinks that slavery
ought not to have been abolished?
Then let us admit that the Civil
war has become dead issue-as
dead as the Revolution.
Now England wants us to help
her out" says our friend. Perhaps
she does. But that fact has absolute
ly nothing to do with the case. 1t
is an argument made in Germany"
We did not enter the war because
England or France or anybody else
wanted us to.
We might have entered 1t for
some such reason; we might have
entered it because of the violation
of Belgium: we might have entered
it because Of all sorts Of abhorrent
acts on the part of Germany, We
did not. We chose to remain aloof
until Germany's crimes against our
own people had become so many
and so intolerable that we could not
stay out Of ii any longer.
Yes we are fighting Germany for
good and sufficient reasons Of our
own. And instead of regretting that
we are helping England we ought
TO be profoundly thankful that Eng
land is helping us.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02

are now able to buy soft drinks, Ice
cream, candy, lead pencils, TOBACCO
collar buttons and trunks; In fact,
about everything they desire, with
out making a trip to the city. The
prices are reasonable, and whatever
profit is made goes into the funds
of the unit conducting the store.
These stores are operated by the
army for the benefit OF the SOL
K. c. Promote Athletics.
That athletics are to form an Inn
portant part of the recreation feat
ures which are being provided &C
the various army encampments and
cantonments by the knights of
Columbus, is the intention of tea
knights Of Columbus committee on
war activities, to which has been in
trusted the work Of erecting recrea-
ton buildings, aand which with gov
eminent authorization, will do a
large share Of the work Of providing
for the social religious and recrea-
tional wants OF Uncle Sans fight
Ing men.
plicants more than $50 secretaries
have been selected, and in addition
to these large number of assis-
tants will be required. In making
these appointments the applicants
ability to encourage and promote
athletics of all kinds has been taken
into consideration. Nearly all the
applicants are college men and sew
eral of them have distinguished
themselves in various branches Of
snort
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
N. D. BRIEFS

Valley City-Practically every one
OF the 200 graduates from the state
normal school has secured a teaching
position. OF the 116 who have report
ed, the average monthly salary is $40
a month.
McClusky - Baled fax straw is
bringing farmers on the Standing
Rock Indian reservation $12 a ton,
according to Oscar olafson, visiting
here.
Litchville-The sum of ss5, 200 was
paid here when r. ]. Godfrey, of
Halsten Peterson, of Spring Creek
township.
Hankinson - Children returning
from school reported to their elders
that they had seen big black bear
roaming near Mooreton. Armed with
whole town turned to meet the in
vader. The bruin was finally rounded
UP and killed. 1t weighed $50 pounds.
schafer - Full-grown hens were
wanted and were picked by the
east of>here last week, getting ninety
good-sized birds and leaving sixty
young chickens. Twenty-four birds
were stolen from the Ray Dodge farm.
walcott-Thrown out of the buggy
onto a wire fence, Ethel Rieger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Rieger,
sustained injuries and cuts across the
abdomen and lower limbs.
sanborn-Martin Brooks car was
stolen from his garage. 1t was recov-
cred at Mapleton.
Bisbee-The public schools of this
city opened this morning with N. l..
Smith as superintendent.
Jamestown-D. o: Smith is now city
tennis champion as the result of play
in the finals of the Y. NJ g. A. singles
elimination tournament Smith de-
feated Paul Lutz in the finals.
Jamestown-Twent jamestown
auto owners and drivers were arrest
ed as the result of a campaign against
Violators OF the states automobile
laws, under the direction of Special
Agt. William Meyer.
Eldridge-Fire destroyed $50 tons
of hay owned by Ed. Thorn, Fred
Weber and Fred Anderson. the loss
being estimated at $4,000. The blaze
originated from an explosion in a
gasoline stove in a cook tent.
Montpelier-J. @. Lebreck, promi-
nent farmer near here, holds the opin-
ion that hog raising Is profitable. He
brought in a hog Weighing b5b pounds
and sold Iii for $91.40.
WiIliston--One days freedom was
gained by Al Bartlett, prisoner in the
Williams county jail, who escaped and
was caught boarding a freight. Bart
lett was held on q grand larceny
charge.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
Editorial from The Fargo Courier
News. October 81


For thirty years Robert M. 10 Fol-
lette has been one of the bravest
champions of the common good in
the United States. Not for a cam
paign, not to win an election. but for
whole generation he has proven
his consecrated patriotism. Who has
he fought for. and who has he
fought against? He has fought for
the farmer and the laboring man.
He has fought against the kaisers Of
big business.
Does anybody who will stop to
think believe that Robert NJ. La Fol
lette is a friend of the kaiser of
Germany? Such a thought bellies the
record Of his whole life. That record
proves that he hates political kali
sers, and. what Is equally important,
that he hates economic kaisers.
Why has he taken his mistaken
attitude In regard to the war? Be-
cause he has seen all the forces of
greed in America seize upon the war
as a means for their own enrich
ment. 1t is current talk in all the
channels Of business that The cap
tains Of our finance have made more
money out Of the war than their
fathers made for a whole generation
out of big business. Young Morgan
has made more money in three
years out Of war contracts than his
father made out of high finance dur
ing his whole life.
La Toilette has been blinded by
these hideous facts to the even
greater issue Of the world conflict.
Notwithstanding the evils which
have accompanied the war. we be-
lieve still that it is justified and in
evitable upon the high ground upon
which President Wilson has placed
It, But we can understand Mr.. La
Follettes' attitude. 1t is the result Of
the life long fight that he has waged
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE.

Here is the personal experience OIL
one Fargo citizen Of very modest in
come. who invested in Liberty bonds
last spring, substantially as 1t was
related to The Forum:
Il decided that would make a
big effort to buy Liberty bond,
even though II did not seem pos
sible for me TO make my income
cover the needs Of my family.
Il went to a Fargo bank and
arranged to buy two $50 bonds,
one for myself and one for my
wife paying for them weekly at
the rate Of 81 O week. made
the first payments and determin-
ed that / would save enough for
the weekly payments by petty
economies. began walking back
and forth and saving Carfare,
where occasionally I took
street car. l quit smoking cigars
and smoked a pipe entirely. We
eliminated meat from our menu
and substituted vegetables dur
ing the summer months. shaw
ed myself, shined my own shoes,
and began keeping a little daily
expense account Of the money /
spent for incidentals. Every time
/ was tempted to spend a nickel
or a dime for some little luxury,
I questioned whether 1t was nee
essary, and If It wasn't the dime
went into the little savings bank.
1T came hard at first, but /
got the habit of thrift in a few
weeks, and found myself watch
ing even the pennies. l have
been able to meet the payments
easily, and even anticipate them.
I now have paid more than $50
on the 800 bond, and am
morally certain would not have
that $50 If / hadn't bought the
bond. i am just that much
ahead, and my wife and are
going to double our subscrip-
tions for the next issue. We have
learned the habit Of saving and
we are not going to forget it,.
The experience Of this Fargo man
illustrates what The Forum advocat-
ID in the first Liberty Bond sale,
that the bonds should be bought
With future savings.
To draw out funds from the saw
ngs bank and invest them in bonds
s but transferring the money from
,ne pocket to another, and If done
n a wholesale way would disorgan-
re the market for securities by fore
ng the savings banks to sell.
To reduce checking accounts would
lave the same effect.
To realize on invested capital
would have the same effect.
The Liberty Bonds can be financed
" the aggregate of the small savings
# the nation. and If they are
financed that way they will be a
blessing in disguise instead of a dis
urbing factor in the business world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02

Camp. and Secretaries Baker and
Daniels and Colonel Roosevelt viii
be among the first contributors. The
best known sporting and special
writer's and the leading cartoonists
also have given their talent.
Y. NJ. @. A. m Evidence.
Soldiers walking up Grand ave.
nue. from the Second street termi-
nal of the Interurban in Des
Moines will find welcome in the
Red Triangle clubrooms at Fourth
street and Grand avenue.
The Red Triangle, the symbol and
the designation Of the army Y. NJ.
c. A., in addition TO the buildings
at the camp will maintain the down
town headquarters where the men
under training can find clubroom
comforts.
The first floor is occupied by the
ONCE, the general reading and writ
ing rooms, tables well filed with
magazines and newspapers, a. piano
and Victrola. Upstairs the sol-
diers will find shower baths, 100 cots
where they can spend the night for
a small charge and another Longing
room which is not quite complet-
ed.
Hope for q Mild Winter.
Wofkmen rapidly are completing
the installation Of heaters in the
various barracks and steam heating
plants In the officers quarters. Every
effort will be made to keep the men
comfortable this winter, but every
oficer in camp is hoping for a mild
winter. There have been some really
cool nights the last week, but the
men have made no complaint. In
addition to their blankets, General
Plummer ordered the purchase of
comforter for each man. There has
been no heat in any Of the barracks
to date, but oil stoves have been
found necessary for the various
regimental and brigade headquarters,
where the clerks are required to sit
all day with little opportunity for
exercise to keep them warm.
q Water of Excellent Quality.
The water system for the occupied
portion of the camp is completed.
The supply is plentiful and the water
is of excellent quality. The medical
off1cers say they anticipate no trouble
arising from the water furnished the
men Of this division.
Nearly every unit in camp has es-
tablished an exchange and the men
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
TELLS PRESIDENT ALL ABOUT

Well! Well!
Here's a message from an old
friend.
Mr.. Max Eastman has written to
President Wilson about his Fargo
experience. Some OF the New York
papers publish the letter in full, to-
gether with President Wilson's reply.
Here is one choice bit:
II had not spoken five minutes
when an entire company OF Unit
ed States soldiers in their uni
forms burst into the hall, took
possession Of the platform. be-
gan to put out the. lights, order
all the ladies to leave the build
ing, and openly threaten me with
violence.
Upon the advice of persons in
the audience l made my escape
from a side door while they were
celebrating their victory.
went to the house of a friend.
where l was called up on the
telephone and told the soldiers
were hunting me and intended to
lynch me. / ARMED MYSELF
and left town in an automobile,
leaving my bags at the hotel.
The soldiers formed a Gordon
around the hotel. stopping every
one who came in or out, and
openly declared their intention to
hang me-"
II Mr.. Eastman never gets any
closer to being hanged than he was
on the joyous occasion, he stands
q very fair chance of dying in his
bed. There is more Of it-about a
column-devoted chiefly to a COM
plant against the suppression Of his
magazine, The Masses.
The Presidents reply expressed
the spirit of that Fargo crowd exact
" as The Forum saw it. Here Is
an extract from 1t:
81 think that a time OF war
must be regarded as wholly ex-
ceptionaI, and that it is legitimate
to regard things which would in
ordinary circumstances be inno-
cent as very dangerous to the
public welfare; but the line is
manifestly exceedingly hard to
draw, and l cannot say that
have any confidence that l know
how to draw it.
Il can only say that the line
must be drawn, and that we are
trying-it may be clumsily, but
genuinely-tO draw 1t without
fear or favor or prejudice"
In times Of peace Mr.. Eastman
might be yapping yet from the Civic
Centre platform. as far as anyone
in Fargo was concerned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02

Dakota members of the Nom
partisan league think of the St.
Paul meeting, engineered by
TOwnley, and DETAINED and in
suited by the raVing of La Foil
cite and a few others remains to
be seen. That the meeting was
turned into a substitute for the
infamous peace council broken
up by three governors aand en-
dorsed by our own governor is
as clear as day. This is the
Judgment of out Of state press
and it will be the judgment of
the nation at large. Time and
again 1t has been said that there
are but two sides to this war
issue, and that a man Is either
for the government and his
country or else against it. No
man can utter a word in favor of
the astounding declarations Of
that peace council platform and
at the same time be deemed a
patriotic American. What then
can be said for those who en-
dorse the shameless statement
of La Toilette that the horror
and infamy of the Lusitania
was justifiable on the part of
Germany? Yet. we have heard
this endorsement right here. Not
from noisy agitators, but from
those who are apparently con-
WINGED that the government had
no business to go to war with
Germany. That having teen the
belief previous to our entrance
thew are IInabln 70 see aDV diff
ference between the nation at
war with a desperate dishonor-
able enemy and a condition Of
even abused neutrality. That
the head of the league will be-
come a just object OF distrust
is inevitable and that the farm
er members of that organiza-
ton should hasten to repudiate
such leadership would seem in
evitable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
A STARVING GERMANY.

Perhaps the most Illuminating
article on conditions in Germany
that has appeared this year, is con-
tanned in this months Atlantic. It
was written by Adele N. and Russell
Phillips, who had been residents Of
Germany for fifteen years, and re-
turned but recently to America.
The picture they draw is Of a Ger
many on the verge of starvation.
Crows and seaguIIs are being sold
as delicacies in the market, plainly
labeled for what they are. Flour
contains per cent of sawdust and
5 per cent of ground straw, the rest
of it being chiefly potatoes and
coarser grains. Ulcers Of the stom-
ach are very common as a result and
thread-worms are an almost uni
versal complaint among Germans.
The rigid inspection of slaughter
houses has been relaxed, and
tuberculous cattle are being slaugh-
tered. Hogs are being fattened in
cellars, but the government gets half
Of the animal. There is no coffee,
and the government allowance Of
sugar is one pound a week for a
household. Rice has disappeared
from the markets. Butter is no long
ed to be had.
The bankruptcy of the German ma
ton is shown by the statement that
IN Denmark the German mark is ac-
cepted for only so per cent of it's
face value, while in Norway and
Sweden they refuse to accept 1t at
ali
Berlin, the article states, is being
coddled by the government, and
conditions there are not as bad as in
the other cities. They tell Of the
longshorewomen at cuxhaven. who
were once noted for q certain "rigeed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
Make Good Or Shut Ub!"

against the forces of exploitation in
this republic.
What Is the motive of those who
are trying to destroy La Toilette?
That is plain. Big business hates
him because he has been its un-
conquerable foe. It sees its chance
to pervert the war patriotism into a.
means Of destroying their enemy and
the friend of every man who earns
his bread in the sweat OF his face.
The storm that has been raised is
out Of ali proportion to any harm
that La Toilette has done to the
governments war measures. 1t is an
attempt to do on q national scale
what the people of Fargo have seen
attempted again and again, namely,
personal ends.
"a letter addressed to The Courier
News today.)
Fargo. N. D.. Oct. 2. 1917.
The Courier-N News.
City.
Gentlemen: In this mornings edi-
torial apology for La Toilette you
state:
THE storm that has been raised
is out Of all proportion to any harm
that al Toilette has done to the gov
ernments war measures. 1t is an
attempt to do on a national scale
what the people of Fargo have seen
attempted again and again, namely,
to use war patriotism for base and
personal ends"
If correctly understand the Ing
lish language, you make the charge
that somebody in Fargo is attempt
ing, ito use war patriotism for base
and personal ends" If this charge is
true we are entitled to the miscre-
ants name so that we may assist
you in holding him up to public
scorn. Give us his name.
Yours truly.
VR. LOWELL,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
rHE REsr "PRoTEcTIoN".

Members of the Illinois branch OF
the German-American alliance have
written to President Wilson de-
manding protection.
II they are Americans they are en-
titled to it, and will not need to ask
for it.
If they are German-Americans the
best protection can be given them in
internment camps.
Their petition that the German
language press be not suppressed is
q naive bit of insolence that rather
proves them German Americans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
CUT THIS QUIT IS WORTH
MONEY,

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with sc and mail it to
Foley & Co., 1885 Sheffield Ave-, Chi
cago, ILL.,, writing your name and adj
dress clearly. You will receive in re-
turn a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds, and Group: Foley's
Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and
back, rheumatism, backache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley
Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation, biliousness, headache
and sluggish bowels. Fout & Porter
field.-Adv.
For state news read The Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02

voluptuousness" and who are now
mere snags, shapeless and fiat
chested". Photographs Of them were
confiscated by the police.
Descriptions of food conditions in
Germany have varied widely since
the entrance Of America into the
war. Some have pictured q Ger.
many with a frightened belt, but with
no real suffering. The description
given in this article is Of a Germany
starving.
And the greatest tragedy Of 1t is
that those who are responsible for
the war will be the last to feel the
pinch.