davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03
Certain Cure for Group.

Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Greenville,
ILL.,, has had experience in the treat
ment of this disease. She says, when
my children were small my son had
Group frequently. Chamberlain Cough
Remedy always broke up these attacks
Immediately, and was never without
it in the house. l have taken it my
self for coughs and colds with gcoG
results. P"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03
Mrs. p. o. Stuchell Tells How She
Cured Her Son OF Cold.

when my son Ellis was sick with a
cold last winter gave him Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t helped him
at once and quickly broke up his cold, :"
writes Mrs. P. o. Stuchell, Homer City,
Pa. This remedy has been in use for
many years. It's good qualities have
been fully proven by many thousands
of people. 1t is pleasant and safe to
take.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03

bic. l tried nearly ev-
cry medicine I could
hear of, among them I
used fifteen bottles of
one popular prepare
ton, but never found
anything that did me
any permanent good
until l took Chamber
lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, which
have effected a perma-
nent cure. 1t has now
0een five years since I
took these tablets, and
l have had no more
stomach trouble dur
ing that time. / have
recommended Cham.
berlain's Tablets to a
great many sufferers
with stomach trouble,
and frax-a1fpo caloc-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03

men, and have met many of the boys on
the road that are afflicted with disorders
of The stomach as they have to put up
with all kinds of half cooked grub at the
different. country hotels. which is one
cause of this dreadful disease
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03
travelling Man Cured

P. B. Counterman, a travelling man Of
Jplin, Mo-, writes: Twelve years ago
was great sufferer from stomach trOu.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03

New goods arriving daily. j. w.
Duncan Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Fertilizer For Wheat.

What kind of fertilizer and how
much per acre should | use on
fairly fertile, sandy loan soil for
wheat? What is the best variety for
this section?'
What fertilizer l would use will de-
pend on the previous treatment of the
land. If the land was in peas, for in
stance, l would NOW the peas for hay
and then disk the stubhle as fine as
possible and get the surface soil fine
but not replowed deeply, and would
harrow in 400 pounds an acre of acid
phosphate. If no peas are on the
land / would make the fertilizer one
third cottonseed meal and two-thrds
acid phosphate, or on thin land equal
amounts of the two What is fully as
important as fertilizer is the early
preparation of the soil so that it can
be fined and we'll settled before SOW
ing. Up in the beautiful wheat t-grow-
ing section of the northern end OF
this peninsula in Maryland and Del
aware the farmers usually SOW a fall
low field in wheat generally a clover
sod, and another field after corn
Riding through that section the first
of August + found that the fallow
land had been plowed and heavy
teams were disking and narrowing
and keeping down all weed growth
and by seeding time the surface will
be as fine as it can be made and the
lower plowing we'll settled and pack
ed. That is the way they get 35 to 40
bushels Of wheat an acre. The corn
is cut off and shocked and the soil
fined with disk and harrow and the
wheat drilled. Always SOW wheat
with drill. and SOW in your section
after one good white frost to stop the
Hessian fly. Always SOW ir the South
bearded wheat, as it is safer from
damage to the bloom by the summer
rains. Fulcaster is good and the Red
Mediterranean. Drill five pecks al
acre.-W. F. Massey, in The Progress
sive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
TOWARD ANNmILaTIoN.
Germany Facing Permanent Deter
iorption from the War.

rhero Is no reason for questioning
Tho reports that the German birth
rate Is now lower by over 40 per cent.
than for the pre-war period. Nor can
u be doubted that the death-ratc has
enormously increased. both directly
from the war and indirectly from the
exposure OF an underfed people to va
riVus diseases and epidemics. evi-
dence OF whose ravages is often
found In letters from home taken
frcm>killcd or captured German SOL
di'ars. Between the two causes. the
population OF Germany must be now
declining by probably not less than
1900. 900 a year and the rate of de-
cline is necessarily increasing.
II the war were to end tomorrow
Germi.ny would face an economic
RUN which would take decades to
overcome. and with a population
abnornally heavy FOR the ages past
maturity and making for general
dtathiatc aDnormally high and in.
crcasing for many years.
IL the war is to go on. these condi
titus OF impoveriShment in new blood
and a rising disproportion of old age
aud natural death-rate must expand
az an accelerated pace. Germany
would then face not merely the ruin
now In sight. but a situation portend-
ing annihilation.
These are certainties which no
amount OF blinking can modify or
avert. The Allied Powers have but
TO keep the sea and stand fast and
forward on the French and Flan-
ders front. without panic or costly
haste. TO force upon the German gov
eminent and German people the
choice OF agreeing TO terms of a nom
victorious peace or OF proceeding be-
. md ruin toward annihilation.--
New York World.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
War and Finance. >

Every great war is a matter no;
only of men, but finance. Wellington
said dD army travels on it's belly. The
armies of Germany, for years have
stood off the world, but that is moi
really so wonderful, as the financial
system which enabled them to keep
the machine running. Beside war
taxes, she has noated billion dollars
or bonds, in country not as large as
Texas, with only Go million people,
while Russia with $50 million and an
empire double the size of the United
states has gone to pieces.
In the COS the North won not be-
cause of superior armies, but because
the national banking act enabled the
United States to float loans and buy
supplies.
II the Confederate states had fol-
lowed the advice of Alexander Steph-
ems and bought up the cotton crop.
and had it i'm England before starting
the war. Confederate bonds and money
would have won out. The federal re-
serve act furnishes the United States
sound system OF finance. and the
Liberty Bonds tax posterity TO pay
their share of the war.-Greenville
Piedmont.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Two Could Play 1t.

Poor wife (to husband whose loud
snoring keeps her awake>-Charlie
Charlie, do stop snoring; turn over
on your side. (Nudges him).
Husband (only half awake) grunts
turns on his side and continues to
snore. Wife has happy idea. Re-
members line from an article called
How to Prevent Snoring" Gives
her husband a sc, Id nudge, which
elicits another grunt.
"Oh, Charlie, If you keep your
mouth shut you'd he all right"
Charles (still semiconscious $50
would you.-Detroit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

Missourlan.-"Y Kansans always
have your brass bands going and yOur
flags flying. We I'm Missouri get tired
of your cocksurodncss. Tell me what
you have decided about the hen. for
Instance? Does she sit or does she
'Horp
Kansan.-"We don't bother about q
thing like that. What concerns us is
when she cacklcA has she laid or has
she lied d?"-Lltrary Digest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Freedom of Speech.
(By Henry Dwight Sedwick of The
Vigilantes.)

/
Vigilantes.)
Senator LaFollette has raised the
issue OF free speech; he asserts that
| fredom of speech is fundamental
right and that he is it's champion. In
his defence he has cited the prece-
dents of distinguished Americans
who spoke against the policy of our
government during the Mexican War,
and of great Englishmen-Burke. Fox
and Chatham-who spoke against the
policy of the British government dur
ing the Revolutionary War On the
general principle of free speech the
whole population of America is OF
one mind with him.
All Americans have been taught at
| home and at school, in college and
out. by fathers, grand fathers, school
masters, text books and newspapers.
that freedom of speech is funda-
mental right i'm a democratic country,
that 1T is the bulwark of what is good
in our institutions and customs, the
means of deliverance from what is
bad, the defence from foolish novel
ty, the support of wise progress. All
of us honor Miltpns words: "Give me
the liberty to know, to utter, and 70
argue freely according to conscience,
above all other liberties
We acknowledge that freedom of
speech is at the very base of progress,
but we do not acknowledge that it has
no limitations. Every right is subject
to some limitation. We all assert the
fundamental right to life; but the law
against stealing imposes the limitation
that even a starving man may not
We all assert the Fundamental right
to property; but the law of eminent
domain imposes limitations in the in
terest of the public veal. We all as
sert the fundamental rights of par
ents over their children; but, whether
parents believe in an all day outdoor
lie lOE tHc CDlluTe1 VI WISH lflSIn 10
be earning pennies, the law requires |
their children to go to school. AS it |
is in big things SO it is in little. ! |
have Il right to. travel along the public |
highway; but if there is Il procession. |
the police may oblige me to go a long |
way round.
The question int he case of Senator
LaFOllette is whether, in time of war
II Senator of the United States shall
be allowed to speak words of comfort
to the enemy. He will agree, prob
ably, that he has no right to do an
act that will give comfort to the enc
my; and, even if he does not agree
(and no one will lightly assign any
to the waywardness of his
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Y. NJ. c. \. WAR WORK.
Inc Needs and The Opportunity of
Great Movement.

Great issues are at stake duriny
these dark war days. But the great
est issue of all is whether our mil
lions of soldiers who go with the COL
ors' snail keep true to their home
ideals. Every patriotic American in
terested in the welfare of our bows IN
khaki will be interested also in tho
splendid service being rendered them
in every military center in the United
States and abroad by the Red Tri
angle" or army Young Mems Chris
tian Association. 1t is difficult to
grasp the magnitude of the work
which this organization is doing or
the camps in this country and over
seas.
For each million of men 500 build
ings, huts or centers are required
manned by 1000 experienced workers
To break the monotony of camp life
500 pianos are used, 500 motion pic
ture machines using 100000 feet o.
film a day. They also have 500 talk
ing machines with 250,000 records
TO help in keeping the home tie, g.,
100000 sheets Of paper are givei
away daily. These buildings use %,
| 900 checker and chess boards, alst
$4,000 magazines a week. To NEE
the requests that come from the en-
listed men requires 100000 Bible
and Testaments.
Of course it takes millions of dol
lars to provide these and many othe
comforts and pleasures for the boy
representing us, and the French sol
diers Gen. Pershing has requested Vi
to help and also the Russians, whom
Major Gen. Scott says greatly neet
the army Y. NJ. c. A..
The $35,OOO,OOO fund which i
needed is to be distributed as fol
lows:
For work with U. S. Army an,
Navy in this country S11,12O,OO0
For work with U. S. Army an,
Navy overseas, $11,994,000.
For Y. M. c. a. work in Russia1
army, $3,305,00O.
For Y NJ c. A. work in Frenc
army, $2,649.00O.
For Y. NJ. C. A. work in Italia
army, $1,O0O,OOO.
For Y. M. C. A. work in priso
camps, $1,0O0,000.
For Y. NJ. c. A. expansion, So
$4,000.
The leading men of Sumter coun
ty are behind the movement here t
provide the $4,000 which is our par
Florence is to raise $1,000. Sout
Carolina 100000, North Carolin
|S3OO,OOO, and the total for the Sout
to be $1,50O.0OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Airplane Engines as Compared with
Automobile Engines.

Why is it that an air engine is so
frail and an automobile engine so
stanch? The answer is to be found in
the flying machine itself Ounces
must be saved in the construction of
a fighting biplane. The fastest ma
chimes thus far built have wing
spread of about twenty-five feet. Ev-
erything is sacrificed to the engine; for
in a fight at 10000 feet, life and vic
tory depend on speed and maneuver-
ing ability. Hence, we find engines
Of 160 horsepower on fighting BIZ
planes, gnat-like in size compared
with bulk bomb -droppcrs. The fac
tor of safety is reduced to the DANCE,
point; the machine is stripped of ev-
erything that can be spared; the fuel
allotted is sufficient only for a two
hour flight; but few hundred rounds
of ammunition can be carried: and
lastly the engine itself is pared down
until it weighs scarcely more than
three pounds for each horsepower de-
veloped.
Because the whole structure Of a
lying machine is SO deliberately frail,
because no solid foundation can be
supplied, the vibration is unendurable.
1t speaks we'll for the airplane build
er that his engine is not literally
shaken to pieces. An automobile
manufacturer is not haunted with
such mechanical terrors. He can build
as heavily and, substantially as he
pleases. And that he does so please
Is proven by his engines. which
weigh often thirteen pounds to the
horsepower.
AS pilot ascends, his engine de-
livers less and less power, although
he wants more and more. That fol-
lows from the fact that an engine
needs oxygen like man; without
oxygen it is dead. But in the higher
reaches of the atmosphere, where
modern knights meet each other on
the wing in deadly combat with ma
chine guns that squirt six hundred bull
iets a minute, an engine breathes
with difficulty. Not onlv the fate of
an individual airman but perhaps the
rate OF an army depends on shark
plugs, bearings and pistons in a duel
TO the death among the clouds. And
yet the engine must be so lightly
made that it cannot long withstand
the terrible vibration and strains to
wh1ch 1t is subjected. What can be
more paradoxical than to save
weight in order that great heights
may be attained at the climbing rate
Oh sixty miles an hour, only to lower
the efficiency perilously? There is
no such thing as the mastery of the
ar said Major Baird in Parliament
Inc air is big place, and it is get
uhg Digger every day" What he
meant was that the higher that fight
ers are able to mount and the faster
they can fly the more impossible it
Is TO set up aerial barriers which the
enemy cannot cross. Victory in the
air' then, means victory of engines.
From "The Wings of Victory" by
Waldemar Kaempffert IN the Ameri-
can Review of Reviews for October.
ROOD Tor thought is not ALWAYS di- |
Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17
Again rs To Free Advertising.

"Once more The Chronicle is CON-
RELIED to call attention to the mat
tor OF free notices offered 1t fof
ublication: some of which. from
time TO time. creep into its columns.
In spite OF it's best efforts to prevent
u.
Just why II Is the public feels
free TO call on newspaper to give
It's space. without charge. to almost
any and everything that some
particular individual. or group of in.
sividuais. happens TO be interested In
Tor the moment is one OF the mys-
series-as one OF the handicaps--of
Hhc newspaper business.
L.If they want to call a meeting. or
advertise a church fair. n rummage
aalo, or dance-for which there is
IN admission charge--they think
nothing of calling on the newspaper
to- do this work for them without
cost. Otherwise. they would have IL
have notices printed. or written. buy
stationery and stamps and go to con.
siderable trouble; all of which they
would have the newspapers save them
without cent OF expense.
MANY even refuse TO take the
trouble 20 write and mail such no
rices. thinking 1t nothing to call mp
he newspaper Office. stop someone
from their work and ask them to
take n notice over the phone.
''If they are then told that the
notice will have 10 be paid for. they
reply. That's all right; send in the
bilr-and, i'm nine cases out of ten
that's the last of IL. There is. near
lyly always. a question as to who au.
thorized the charge and who is TO pay
Despite The Chronicles best eff.
forts these abuses keep on croppinl
up. so that we may be pardoned ii
we again direct attention to the fol
lowing. as previously published in
The ChrOnicle
Charges will be made at one-halt
The Chronicles local reading notice
rate--whlch is 20 cents per count
line--for the following:
Church notices. 10 cents per line
minimum charge soc.
Cards of thanks. 1Oc per line
minimum charge soc.
Notices of meetings. 1Oc per line
minimum charge soc.
Club announcements. 1Oc pei
line; minimum charge soc.
Charity sales. bozaors. etc. 1Oc
per line; minimum charge soc.
'In memoriams. resolutions OF re-
spect. etc, 1Oc per line.
business personals. wherever
name OF firm or business is mention
ed. Toe per line.
business notices write-Lpg. etc.
for contract advertisers. 1Oc per line;
without contract. 2Oc per line.
''writcups OF openings. business
changes etc. for contract advcrtis-
ers. 1Oc per line; without contract
zoe per line."-Augusta Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

That fellow who voted for Tillman
i'm the "one-gallus. wool-hat" days is
just itching to get another chance to
do the same stunt over again.-Abbe-
Vile Medium. But isn't itching more
likely To produce scratching ?--Green-
Vile Piedmont
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

10 seems that Dame Gossip did not
know much about Mrs. Bingham's
viii. but this is not at all at variance
with the old danes reputation
Charleston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

me Colonel adrnits being blind i'm
one eye, but number of nolit;cians
VIII testify that it is hard to slip up
on the blind side of him.-Florida
Times-U Union
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

Most dangerous of the kaisr's all
lies in this country are those who pro-
test that they are not and act as if
they were.-Chicaeo Daily News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

prominent persons who do fool
things are called eccentric but others
who do such things are recognized as
nuts everywhere Wilmington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

FOOD for thought is not always di-
Post.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-09

Mrs. M. A. Chamberlain and Mrs.
w. Al. Waite spent from Friday until
Monday with relatives and friends in
Canton and Akron.
Q. D. Wightnan visited Benjamin
Wells in Creston one day last week.
Mr. Wells left Sunday for an extended
western trip.
Mrs. G. B. Kimball Of near Medina
spent the weekend with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Claude Woodward in Cres-
ton.
Mrs. r. L. Harding spent Tuesday
at the home Of s. G. Johnson in Cres-
ton.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-09

q Fowls kept In a clean hen
p house are more likely to be free
y from disease.
q A little practice win enable one
q to dry pick chickens and fowls,
. and those so picked will usually
D bring better prices.
y Grit and oyster shell. should be
q included in the ration for both
y young and old fowls. TO neglect
y this would be poor economy.
y There Is NO advantage In keep
q ing males In the flock Of layers
y until the hens are mated for the
o breeding season.
o Anything Is good enough for
q hens" Is an exploded theory. The
q man who tries that will insure
p poor fiocks and small profits.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-09
AROUND THE DAIRY.

o Many a poor and improbable
Q dairy herd can be traced to d
o nondescript sire.
o Just because the calf is large
. and thrifty is no sign It will be
o wonderful COW,
. The calf crop is most .impor-
q tant crop and reveals the intelli-
. gence OF the man behind the
, COW.
Q Look out for those cold storms;
, keep the cows up, This apples
, to calves as we'll
D It is hard cash sitting out Of
p the pocketbook IL the liquid ma
q nure Is not saved by absorbents
, or BY being drained from tight
, floors to cistern outside the
p stable.
\ z. D s@ 80 90 p 80 80 . 90 .
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-09
Pc r SO Nal $

HEWw7~7STS5SSsS7s S7s N NJ N :. = N q N @ 1 N
M. and Mrs. e. ]. Newton and
daughters, ROwena and Evalyn, Of
Cleveland, spent the weekend at the
home Of Mrs. NewtCn's ulster, Mrs. n.
WI Woods.
Mrs. H. Hartzog and Mrs. 3. r.
Hartman attended the meeting OF the
County w. G. T. u. executive meeting
held at Wadsworth on Thursday, Mar.
i an account Of which appears else
where in this paper.
U. F.Garver is attending the annual
convention Of the Ohio Retail Shoe
Dealers association, held in Toledo on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
B. d. Eckard Of Sterling, formerly
Of Medina, was in town Tuesday. HE
has associated himeh with the Allen
q Hartzell real estate and insurance
agencv Of Wadsworth and will have
charre Of the agency's business IN
Medina. Mr.. EckeTd says he will
probably remove with his family 70
Medina about April !.
Miss Malaria Fisher visited friends
ID Wooster for the weekend.
Mrs. Geo. M. Denton, who was cell
ed to Lima last week on account Of the
critical illness Of her brother, Charles
Russell, reports his death on Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. G. G. Yocum, Miss Carrie Yo-
cum, Mrs. VIM. Timer, Mrs. Phillip
Orth Of Medina and John Weber Of
Abbeyville attended the funeral Of
Joe II. Russell in Cleveland on Tues
day. The deceased was 25 years old
and worked for his brother-in-law, G.
G. Yocum in Medina about two years
ago. Pneumonia, with which he was
i'll for two weeks. was the cause OF
death, which occurred last Sunday.
The widow, formerly Miss Marie Yo-
cum of Medina, survives.
Miss Helen Starr Of York was the
guest Of her friend, Miss Rose Bailey
one day this week.
Leland Root has returned home
from Columbus after having COM
pleted the eight weeks course In ag-
riculture at the College Of Agriculture,
o. IS. u, Total registration In the win
ter courses at the university was more
than two hundred, practically all be-
ing farm boys and men ranging IN
age from II to 63 years. Courses In
dairying, livestock judging, animal
husbandry, farm crops and soil fertil-
ity were the most popular this year.
Mrs. Josephine Burleson Of the Nc
Gregor Home Of Cleveland, spent the
past week with Medina friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Parker and
daughter, Mary Lucretia Of Cleveland
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Addie Burt
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Bishopric and
son cf San Francisco, Cal, arrived in
Medina last Saturday. Mr.. BishoprIc
was on his way to New York city and
his family will visit at w. P. AIMS
worth's till his return trip Mrs.
Bishopric il u sister Of Mrs. AIMS
worth.
Mrs. Jack Smith Of Akron is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. A. G. Miller.
Mr.. Wilbert Ward Of Cleveland VS.
tied his wife and baby over Sunday.
They are spending the winter at the
home Of her father, DR.. Newell Sipher.
Mrs. Fred Todd and son Of Elyria
spent Wednesday in Medina. Mrs.,
Todd was formerly Miss Dorothy
Waters.
DR.. G. H. Smith goes to Berea to-
day to deliver two lectures on teeth
to the high school students Of that
city,
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-09
:. 9 6 g 9 {. 9 g {. g 9
ITFECHuF[ESI
St. PauI,s Episcopal Church

Sunday, March 11-Centennial An
niyersary; Z a. M, Holy communion,
10, Morning prayer and sermon: the
Ven. Rev. "A. A. Abbott Archdeacon
Of Ohio, will praech; 11:15, Sunday
school; Holy baptism; $50, Evening
prayer and historical sermon. Mon
day, 7:3O p. M, regular meeting Of the
vestry. Wednesday at 7 p. m. Lenten
service: Thursday afternoon, Woman's
Auxiliary. Friday, p. M, Litany
service. Strangers welcome. Rev.
VIM. v. Edwards, rector.