davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21
TRAN ROBBERS
FAIL IN EFFORT
TO CRACK SAFE
Posses in Pursuit of TenneS-
see Bandits,

JACKSON. Tenn, Sept. 2l.-Repor,s
today from Finger. Tenn. near where
a northbound Mobile & Ohio passenger
train was held up late last night BY
three masked men, state they were un-
able to gain entrance to the express
safe although several charges of dyna-
mite were used. The robbers did not
secure anything OF value. 4 sherifS
posse is in pursuit OF the bandits, who
after they had uncouplcd the engine
and express car and taken them to a
point ten miles from the remainder OF
the train. made their escape
$4,000 Taken OF Train.
II was said that a package contain
ing Sl2OOO was among the original cx-
press shipments aboard the tram which
left Mobile for 81. Louis Yesterday
morning but the shipment oi currency
was deposited at Coriu'h, Miss when
the train reached there early last night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21
Two Indicted for
Selling State Coal

PETERSON CITY, Mo, Sept. N-
indictments were returned today
against John w. Scott, dismissed com
missioner of permanent seat of govern
ment, and John Riner, local coal deal
er by the special grand Jury which has
been investigating the alleged sales OF
state coal to state officials and individ.
uals. Seven indictments were returned
against Scott and two against Riner.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21
New Manifesto
Issued to Arouse
German People

AMSTERDAM, Sept 2l-According
to the socialist newspaper Norwacrts OF
Berlin, the following manifesto has
been circulated throughou, Germany:
"Citl1cns The fa,hcrand is in peril
1t is in worse peril than three years
ago Today the enemy is in our midst
and he is at work"
The newspaper adds; 1T is not
enough tha, the whole world is fighting
US, the men who are responsible for this
manifesto being issued also want TO
war against their own people. The
reichs,ag must see to il that nothing
must interfere with the people, defense
against the civil war agi,atotS."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21
Conquest Campaign
in Africa Denied

PRETORIA, Union of South Africa.
Sept 2l-Gen. Louis Bo,ha, premier
and minister Of agriculture, tes,iiying
today in a libel suit he has brought
against Senator Wolmatans, claiming
5000 damages on arcoun, OF state
mentS made by Wolmarans, in connec-
,ion with the South African campaign.
declared ,ha, the campaign was not
undertaken with a view to the anneNa-
iion or the eventual possession of the
German territory which entirely de.
pendS on the terms OF peace.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21

llERBlNE is the medicine that cure,
hiliou'ncSS malaria and constipation
The f,'r' doe. r,'lcs vow feel better d
few additional doses cure, completely
Price Soc Sold by Mestlall Drug g
ADV.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21
Here's Price List
for Uncle Sam in
Prosecuting War

WASHINGTON. D. G.. Sept 2i.-
Here is Uncle Sam, price list" On
war Tor the ucXt year a. outlined IN
the SoNW0o0O supply bill passed By
the house The figure, onl, cover item,
Of actual warfare They follow:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-21

Transportation NJ the army
and Us apupies ...,-....., $50, 600 nO0
Army Subsistence ........... l7i t00 GOO
Quui itcrmnet'r supplies ..... 100 400 900
Clothing and camp equip
page ,...........'....'.... $50. .0OO. .O0n
liorSeS .................s.... 20 900 600
nhitncks end quarters .,,.. ~ 0n0 600
medical department ..,...... 100 .0un 600
Engineer department ..... lOi 900 900
Ordnance stores ammunition 3lh2uOpO
Smnll arms target practice $4,000 900
Ordnance stores and supplies 20 200 600
Automatic machine rifles 22O 900 OO0
NlsOOO.O 600 more author
ircd)
Armorrcd motor cars ........ 1870 900
tp 600 900 more author
lied
Aviation ,..,....,.....,,... rs .oOO. 900
Naval ordnance and ordnance
stores ..................... l2.iis $50
Ammunition for vessels 40 900 1Oo
$4,000 900 more author
iEod)
Batteries and outfits far yes
oss ooo 600 more author. '"'''''"
Reserve ordnance supplies 1880. OoO
tl7iOo0OD more author
lied
Naval emergency fund ..... 10000. 800
war department emergency
r. fund .i.........,......:... 100 900 .OoO
CONSTRUCTION Of additional
torpedo hont dcstrovcrs ... ??5 0On OOn
$3.50 On0 0Uo progrnmD
fotunchiions, appropriated I igj 900 600
lContrhrta authorized for
1915 600 OOn innrol
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15
RED CROSS NOTES

Every person in Rio Grande Coun-
ty should Immediately lay aside the
S1.OO for Christmas Membership to
the Red Cross Organization.
Make it a Red Cross Christmas by
taking out a membership for every
member of the family.
The Red Cross organization needs
your personal support-be prepared
to hand the Committee $1.00 when
they call.
In every city, town, village and
hamlet in the United States, drive
will be made for Red Cross members
beginning December nth. Let every
person enroll during this great
Christmas campaign for new mem
bers.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Monte Vista Red Cross
Chapter held on the 7th of this
month, >the following heads of de-
partments were named:
Bandage Department-Mrs. John
Heilman, Vice Chairman.
Gauze Department-Mrs. L. B..
Sylvester, Chairman, Mrs. James S.
Campbell, Vice Chairman.
Garment Departlnent-Mr r. L..
Carter, Chairman, Mrs. T. L. Bone,
Vice Chairman.
Each chairman and vice chairman
have authority to order supplies for
their respective departments.
Another box was sent to Denver
this week by the Monte Vista Red
Cross Chapter. This was filled with
knitted apparel made by the ladies of
the local organization, and in the box
We're "a sweaters, Is mufflers. 3 he'll
NETS, "a pairs of socks and 5 wrist
lets.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15
SENIOR NOTES

r. l.. Stitt of the Wallace State
bank gave a very interesting talk to
the high school Monday morning re-
garding thrift stamps. Mr.. Stitt is
graduate of the Monte Vista High
school and was pleased to speak to
the students as they were pleased to
listen to his talk. The subject of
thrift stamps is very interesting. It
is one way in which the patriotic
small subscriber gets in his work
The commercial class of the school
will attend to the distribution of
these stamps and will be glad to ex-
plain all about them. Their author
ity comes direct from the govern
ment. We expect the students to
rally to the cause as Mr.. Stitt is sure
they will.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK.
HOLDERS

Monte Vista, Colo, Dec. Sth, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Monte Vista Building
association will be held in the Office
OF Judge Hender, in the town hall
Monte Vista Colorado, on the Sth
day OF January, 1918, at 3 O'Clock
p. m.,for the purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing
year and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting.
d. b. CLARK, Secretary
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

states for X mo. $2,6S4, 1862
Furthermore the Daughters of the
American Revolution in 13 states
have pledged themselves to provide
knitted garments FOR THE PER-
IOD OF THE WAR to the crews of
"a United States Ships comprising
Battleships, Destroyers, Torpedo
Boats, Cruisers, Submarines and
Submarine Chasers, and % states
have contributed knitted garments
to "a other U. S. vessels making a
total of SO boats on which the men
are today wearing garments knitted
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The Daughters have also "adopt-
ed' Companies of Soldiers to keen
supplied with knitted garments for
the period of the war, have given
ambulances and field kitchens, have
provided hot meals and box lunches
for departing troops, have presented
regimental flags, have contributed to
the ideal conditions surrounding
some of our camps, have extended
cheer and comfort to the lonely camp
guards who are watching our rail
road bridges, tunnels and other pub
lie property, have been leaders in es-
tablishing Red Cross Chapters. All
of which shows that the Society
stands before the Nation as an or
ganization worthy of the ancestors
who made such an organization pos
sible.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

The Musicale rendered by the high
school last week will be reproduced
at the Soldiers home Friday even
ing for the benefit OF the soldiers. It
was pronounced success and it may
prove interesting to the old soldiers,
as we sincerely hope it will.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

Mrs. Il. j. Brenner' left Friday
night to accompany her little niece
as far as La veta on her way to meet
her father in Denver.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

Ropes of pure white BUTTER
KIST POP CORN with RED XMAS
BELLS make II beautiful Nmas Tree
Decoration. Get them Mt The New
Wciss-Chapman Drug Store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

Oliver Sprangler went to Del Norte
Saturday and then to Denver Satur-
day night.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

new lot of Bibles and Tcsta-
ments, Photo Albums, Gift Books
and Latest Fiction at The New
Drug Store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15
A Kodak at the front brings
the scenes home to you.
Fuller Drug Co.

Mrs. Esther and Leila Singles went
to Durango Saturday night to re-
main.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

H. A. Nelson and wife of the Sold
iers' Home left Saturday night for
Pueblo on a furlough.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

Fine new Travelling Cases
for the boys at the front.
Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15

1t will surprise you to see what
you can buy for DOLLAR at The
New Wciss-Chapman Drug Store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-12-15
WAR WORK OF ID. A. r.

The local Chapter Daughters OF
the American Revolution have re-
ceived the following summary OF
War Work done from June Il to
October /, 1917, by the organlza-
tions in thirty-three states as given
out by the Publicity Director, war
Relief Service Committee:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
LITERATURE is NOT TAUGHT
Diversity of Human Nature Makes the
Subject Beyond the Ability OF
Any Professor.

'Why cannot literature be taught"
asks a professor of English in The
New Republic. "Why cannot you
teach a person how to fall In love,
or have the measles? Expose him,
and if he be susceptible, the trick
is done, and you may wisely call in
the parson or the doctor, as the case
may be. But no amount of lecturing
will improve or hasten the matter.
1 have analyzed with loving care the
dark beauty Of Shelley's maiden
spirit, and found no man among forty
willing even to acknowledge the in
PRODUCTION later; have paraded the
sturdy English virtues of Tom Jones
before damsels whose economic de-
pendence, and need to be supported
in literature, was all too evident, and
they have turned up their noses at
him as not in our SET And then sud-
denly I have discovered the oldest
matings-the two-mile runner eloping
with Jane Austen, to whom he had
never been formally presented, and
former preceptress Of mathematics,
WIN nocK-DottIe shoulders, dlzzily de-
lighted by the rough wooing of George
Borrow, whom she had met by chance
in the stacks"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
RENoVATE YOUR OLD FLOORS
Eten the Most Hopeless-Looking Ones
May Be Restored by the
Proper Treatment.

If your floors were only good, you
would never have carpet in the
house. Is that the problem? Well, II
is not such difficult one. While car
pets are always good for certain for
NAL treatments of decorating, more
and more housewives with small homes
or flats realize the labor saving OF
wood floors and rugs and the general
cool effect and spaciousness. Don't
despair if your floors are as old as
Methuselah, they are not beyond hope,
the Springfield Republican says.
First of all, if they have been paint
ed. use paint remover-a prepara-
tion to be bought in small cans-and
apply it, afterward scraping off the
soft paint with scraper or a piece
of glass. If the boards are uneven,
have them planed by the carpenter or
your own jack-of-all trades. Fill all
the cracks with putty as neatly as
possible. Some people use q filler
made from old newspapers soaked to
a pulp. The floor is then ready for Ii
stain to be determined by the color
which you want to gain in the furnish
ings of your room. In bedrooms an
old floor may even be painted q light
tint, such as cream or buff, especially
in room where Frightening up is de-
sirable.
If q stain is used, such as mahogany
or dark oak, two finishes are possible.
You can have the floor waxed to
dull finish or apply a heavy varnlsh
which will give a glossy appearance.
Either will make your floor an attrac-
tive foundation upon which to lay
your rug.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Modern Cinderella.

The day of good fairies is not over !
Several months ago, Miss Minerva
Menke was a passenger on q Madison
avenue street car in New York city.
AS she stepped from the car one Of
her pumps became wedged in a cor
ner of the step, and her foot slipped
out Of j.. She die hr best to make
her plight known, at that moment
the fairy must have shut the co1duc-
tors eyes and covered his ears, for
he gave two vigorous tugs on the bell
rope, and the car carried Miss Menke's
pump away, leaving her pumpless in
the street. She hobbled to drug
store at the corner and telephoned for
a taxicab to take her home.
A few blocks farther on, Jack Wifi
son noticed the pump as he was leaV-
ing the car. He slipped it into his
pockct-it is a No. 2-and when he
reached home telephoned an advertise
ment to the New York Herald, which
tells the story with pardonable COM
placency, requesting the young wom-
an who lost the pump to write to
him.
Miss Minerva wrote, and Jack called
to return the pump. He kept on call
ing more and more frequently, and
now they are married and will doubt
less "llve happily ever after."-Youth's
Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
LITTLE HINTS OF CHICKENS
Save Labor and Pvduce Aore Poultry
and Eggs-cuIl Out All Market
able Ceskerebs.

Do not worry about prices, but wor-
ry about methods and management
and how to save labor and produce
more poultry and eggs.
Study the best market and style OF
disposing of your product.
Gull out the young market cockerel
now which will only grow into lively,
|active rooster-a fighting machine, not
IA profit machine.
His comb, his spurs, his crow and
high opinion of himself are without
value when he is sold on the market as
,a cockerel. Caponize him and he gains
weight twice as quickly at less food
cost.
Keep an eye on all such steps of
as will tend to increase
the income without any increase in
IcoSt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Keeping the Body Healthy.

Obesity comes from overlooking the
stomach and underworking the body.
Nature said, "You must earn your
living by the sweat of your brow" and
if you earn that living In some other
way you must get the sweat or she
will make you pay.
If you take more food than the d.
gestion can handle you not only tire
the stomach but the whole system.
Nlne-tenths Of "the blues" come from
a bad liver and lack Of outdoor ex.
ercise.
Full, deep breathing, drinking plenty
Of water and keeping the skin active
will keep most people out Of the doc
tors hands.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
PREVENT HENS EA7TNG eggs
Habit May Be Discouraged by Placing
China Eggs on Floor and Letting
Fowls Pick Them.

If you keep a few china eggs on the
floor about the laying hens or in the
.yard, the hens will pick at these, and
lit will discourage them from attempt
ling to eat the eggs in the nest. 1t is
also advisable to place your nests away
from the light, as the hens are not apt
Ito eat the eggs if the nest is rather
dark. Keep your nests up off the floor.
Supply oyster shell and some meat
,6ood. If the hen persists in this bad
habit, trim the point Of her beak until
bit bleeds. Keep the hens busy. Avoid
broken eggs, as this is usually the be-
ginning Of this trouble.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
RATS MULTIPLY IN SUMMER
lCause Much Damage During Time
Chicks Are Neglected Because OF
4 Rush Of Farm Work.

Rats multiply and destroy during
the months when chicks are compara-
lively neglected because Of the rush
of farm work. Try to remove hiding
places by rcutting the heaps of old
Sooxes and boards into kindling. Cut
down the weeds near the chicken
houses and brood eoops. Don't leave
grain hoppers open in the chicken
houses at night, to be destroyed by
the ravages Of rats. The farmer who
worked In the fields last summer was
working for better cause than as a
caterer to the rat family.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
RIGHT PRODUCTION OF EGGS
AHens, Like Men, Cannot Long Stand
Overwork - Avoid Trying to
! Make 2o0-Average.

It is possible to go to extremes in
egg production. Hens. ike men, can
mot long stand overwork. To have the
flock average 200 eggs year Is getting
very close to the danger line. 1t
means that every hen is working at
thigh pressure. Flock averages of from
sl5O to 1S0 eggs are heavy laying, and
sshould satisfy the most ambitious
lpoultryman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
SeIf-Feeder for Chicks.

failure to sufficiently feed young chicks
or any young animals for that matter.
Growth is put on more cheaply when
young than at any other time. Cessa-
ton of growth when young is fatal to
complete development later and sure
damper on any profit or productiveness
from that individual for all time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
iBRoILER DUCKS FOR MARKET
Hotels and Restaurants Afford Profit.
able Means Of Disposing OF
Young Fowls.

Where you can find a market with
hotels and restaurants small broiler
ducks weighing two to three pounds
are frequently profitable. Runners
should 1lake such weights at six to
eight weeks of age. Mallards are also
sSorth considering.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
LIBERAL FEEDING OF CHICKS
failure to Sufficiently Feed Young
I Fowls Is Saving That Is Waste
fuI-Keep Them Growing.

In giving the chicks the best chance
I've must not be too stingy with our
feed because it is high. Nor think
because the flock is small that it can
pick most of it's feed. There is saw
ing that is wasteful. and that is the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Its Opnosite Qualities.

"a candle combines direct contra
dictions in itself"
iHow so?n
ut Is both a light and a eareous
matter"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Good Thing.

Good Thing.
eIt's q good thing everybody doesn't
think that war is wrong"
"Why%'
Germany would be running the
world by now"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-06
NEW OFFICERS AT
TIE FARMERS BANK

At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Bank a semi
annual dividend of A per cent was de-
clarcd. The business of the bank Wa
found to be in thoroughly satisfac.
tory condition.
Mr.. w. ID. Campbell, who has been
with the bank for several years, and
whose ability has been thorouslly
tested, was appointed cashier, Nh
ID. II. Douglass, having resigned when
he enlisted for service in the army.
Mr.. Il. b. Davis, who has recently
completed a commercial course in
Columbia, and had accepted Il posi-
ton for large Columbia firm, was
called to the Office Of assistant cashier
to the Farmers Bank.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-06
BRITISH OFFICERS TO
TRAIN AMERICANS

American Training Camp in France,
Sept. At is announced that a num-
ber of British army officers will soon
be attached to the American cxpcdi-
tionary force to assist in training the
Americans who will thus get the ad-
vantage of the best points of both
French and British tactics. 1t is con-
sidered probable that many Of the
British officers selected for this as
signmcnt will be Americans who have
seen service in the British or French
divisions.
American soldiers on Wednesday
will see men advance under artillery
barrage fire for the first time. 1t
will, of course, be only practice bar
rage, but the French will lay a
curtain Of fire as if under actual bat
tie conditions, and will show their
American students how closely they
can follow the protecting wall of fire
when properly trained artillery men
are directing it.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-06
GOVERNOR SUGGESTS
EARLY SCHOOL HOUR

Governor Manning has urged upon
tustees of public schools and colleges
the advisability of opening at an
earlier hour each morning and clos
ing at correspondingly earlier hour
each afternoon until the middle of
November that pupils and students
may aid in harvesting the crops. In
this waw, the governor says, they can
render an important service to the
country IN this emergency, By COM
pliance with this plan, it is urged that
the children will have several hours
in which to pick cotton or perform
other labors on the farms each after
noon.
i w. II. Hand, State high school in
eecto, has made inquiry Of college
presidents, superintendent of schools,
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-06
COUNTY TO HAVE ASSISTANT
FARM DEMONSTRATION AGENT

1t is practically assured that Ches-
terfeld County will avail herself of
the opportunity to secure an assist
ant Farm Demonstration Agent.
This officer will be directlyl asso-
ciated with five schools in the county
where he will conduct each week two
periods Of instruction in agriculture
to the pupils.
Half of this agents salary, $3.50, is
furnished by the State. The remain
ing $3.50 is to be supplied by the five
schools served by the agent. 1t now
seems that the schools to be thus
served are jefferson, Mt. Croghan,
Ruby, Pageland and probably Shiloh.
1t has long been recognized by pro-
gressive educators that the pupils
ought to be learning something bear
ing directly on their probable life
work while they are mastering the
regulation school curriculum.
This move in Chesterfield County
is definite step in that direction.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-06
SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEETING

There will be meeting Of the
school trustees for all the county in
the Court House next Saturday, Sept.
9Th.
w. p. Pollock, Esq, and Superin-
tendent of Education Swearingen
have been invited to speak on that
occasion.
The principal object Of this meet
ing, as stated by County Superintend-
ent Of Education, J. Arthur Knight,
is to bring together all the trustees
at the beginning Of the school year
in order that matters of interest to
them may be discussed.
A board meeting will follow the
meeting of the trustees.