davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-26

IL is now possible 10 mske E-rav
photographs of the interior Of concrete
masses. IN order that their re-enf1rce-
ment may be inspected. because Of rhe
perfection Of process by a Swiss en-
glneer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

lifted them tenderly TO his desk, and
for sometime watched their move
ments, as II pondering the greatest of
all problems-the mystery of life. See
Ing lOosening film over the eye of
one Of the kittens, he carefully wiped
1t away with his handkerchief, and,
as he placed the little fellow on the
floor again, said gently, There, little
one, I've done for you what even your
mother couldn't do"
AS have time and again recalled to
my mind that incidental use of the
word mother" have thought that at
that moment there must have come TO
the president some recollection of the
delicate. hard-worked woman who had
toiled and struggled for her son, and
who yet in her poverty felt that she
could do so little for him. What the
word mother" meant to this man can
be inferred from his oft-quoted saying
TO friend: "All that am, or hope 10
be, | owe TO my angel mother-bless-
ings on her memory |"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
Chocolate In the Trenches.

This afternoon, everything being
quiet, / invited the neighboring sec
ton commander to come and spend a
little time with me. In the trenches
we rarely have anything to drink but
wine and coffee, and, by the way Of
special feast, decided to make some
chocolate. SO sent for canteen Of
water and poured some of the pre-
cious fluid into my pan and devoutly
emptied In the chocolate aud sugar.
1t was simmering gently on my braz-
Ter, and / was just on the point Of
adding condensed milk, when someone
called me from the outside. 1t was
my orderly coming to see II l needed
anything. / invited him to Join us,
but at the precise moment the stupid
battery Of II began to spit its six
shells at us. Two burst so near that
my faithful 'tampon' stumbled In
fright and fell headlong, taking with
him brazier, saucepan and chocolate
our chocolate so nearly ready, which
our eyes were drinking so hungrily.
The poor chap was most unhappy, so
l laughed; but / must confess my
laugh was bit sickly. At that mo-
ment I detested the Germans worse
than ever.-From French Lieuten-
ants Diary in the Atlantic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
Custom Had Good Results.

England, Scotland, France and some
parts of the Continent saw the start
of the custom where parties of young
folks assembled and inscribed on little
billets the names of all the bachelors
and DIaidens of their acquaintance
threw the whole into receptacle, and
drew them out lottery-wise, care being
taken, of course, that each person
drew the name of member of the
other sex.
The person thus drawn became ones
valentine, and the allotment decreed
by fate was supposed to impose on the
couple sort of loyalty for the coming
year.
The result can readily be imagined
The loyalty brought about by the val.
entine led TO close association, and
more often than not resulted In mar
riage. Hence 1t was considered mat
ter of prime Importance to get the
name of man or woman toward whom
natural inclinations tended.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
Finely MIIIed Bread Seems Best.

Commenting on the recent order of
the British board of trade that in
milling wheat so per cent of its
weight must be recovered in -four in
stead of 40 per cent as formerly.
Nature remarks that bread made from
so per cent flour is not so nutritious
as that made from 20 per cent flour.
And 1t adds:
Although so per cent bread con-
tains on the average rather more pro-
tein than 20 per cent bread, the d.
gestibility of the protein in the for
mer is rather lower, so that the actual
weight of protein digested by the av-
erage individual from one pound OF
80 per cent bread is rather less than
the amount digested from one pound
Of 20 per cent bread. Again. the en-
ergy value Of 80 per cent bread is
rather lower than that of 20 per cent
bread"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
Valentine In Literature.

In literature Valentine day has been
touched upon for several hundred
Years. AS far back as February IA,
1867, the famous Pepys made entry in
his more famous diary that he had
heen able TO escape buying his wife a
valentine by buying her ring she had
Iong wanted, and he would have had to
get anyway. Charles Lamb wrote a
sort of invocation to "Bishop valen-
ine," and Sammy Weller of the Dick
ms family Of characters forges Mr..
Pickwick's name TO lovelorn house
maid, hoping for a valentine "in the
hesh." st. Valentine died in 270 A. d..
and his tomb is In st. Praxed's church
in Rome, more famous, perhaps, as the
tomb of Brownlng's "Parace,sus."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
DAY LONG OBSERVED GIFTS IN PROPULSION
For Centuries the Nations Have
Been One in Paying Honor
to st. Valentine.
TT WAS a custom among the Ro-

~ It WAS a custom among the Ro-
mans to celebrate in the month we
call February the Lupercalia, or
feasts in honor of Pan and Juno
Pan, the god of hunters, shepherds,
and country folk; Juno, the "Great
queen of nuptlal rites" During these
feasts, as a preventive of sterillty, it
was usual to strike people with thongs,
called februa. The feast itself was
called Februalis, and the day Dies Feb
ruatus-thus our word and month Feb
ruary.
An important ceremonial at this fes-
tival consisted in the drawing by lot of
young girls by young men. AS the num-
ber of each sex participating in this lot
terry was equal, each youth secured n
mate. In course of time, however,
the pastors of the Christian church, to
abolish paganism, substituted at these
drawings the names of saints. AS to
this, Butler In his Lives of Saints"
writes: "To abolish the heathens'
lewd, superstltious custom U' boys
drawing the names of girls in honor of
their goddess Februato Juno, on the
18th day of February, several jealous
pastors substituted the names Of saints
In billets on that day."
But the people soon returned to the
heather practice, and 1t was still OBJ
served In Rome in 496.
Its true origin could not have been
solely In commemoration of the loving
and charitable st. Valentine, for SINH
lar custom existed among the northern
pagans of ancient Europe. The festival
was, in its beginnings, Il kind of mar
rlage fair-day, held annually, always in
the spring when youthful fancy eight
ly turns TO thoughts of love-" time
Of year when youth, like giant re-
freshed with sleep, wakes to the thrill
Of budding manhood and womanhood,
q period when the love or mating in
stlnct is almost overpowering. Sir
Henry Wotton thus expresses the idea
Of st. Valentines day:
This day dame Nature seemed In love;
The lusty sap began to move;
Fresh juice did stir tn embracing vines,
And birds had drawn their valentines.
1t was day of lovers meetings, for
choosing mates, and the male on the oc-
casion was known as the valentine"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
l8O9-Abraham Lincoln-l865
and seven year ago
u our fathers brought forth upon

OtAeNchS aha otNth ukO
~ our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are
created equal. Now we are en-
gagged in a great civil war. testing
whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can
long endure. We are met on great
battlefield Of that war. We have
come to dedicate a portion Of that
field as final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that
nation might live.
gilt is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this. Bu, in q
larger sense. we cannot dedicate. we
cannot consecrate. we cannot hal
low. this ground. The brave men.
living and dead. who struggled here
have consecra,ed il far above our
power to add or dehact. The world
will little note. nor long remember
what we say here, but il can never
forget what they did here. Ii is for
us. the living. rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which
they who fought here have thus far
so nobly advanced. It is rather for
US to be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before us. that from
these honored dead we take IN
creased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full mea-
sure Of devotion: tha, we here highly
resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain: that this nation.
under God. shall have a new birth Of
freedom. and that government Of the
people. by the people. and for the
people shall not perishfromthe earth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

calls this in his book, personal Recol-
lections of Abraham Lincoln"
Mr.. Rankin was schoolboy who
acted as court messenger at Peters
burg, H., while his father was sheriff,
when he first met Mr.. Lincoln, then n
rising young lawyer. Later he was u
student in the Lincoln and Herndon
law Office in Springfield, admitted to
the family circle.
The picture of Mary Todd which Mr..
Rankin draws is charming one.
Though not beautiful, she was decided
ly pretty, he says, with clear blue eyes
which looked through one, and II mo-
bile face which was responsive TO her
every thought. She was easily the
belle of Springfield during her resi-
dence there with married sister, her
own home being in Lexington, Ky. Her
family objected to Lincoln because of
his humble parentage and his poverty,
and their engagement was broken off,
but two years later Mary Todd defied
the family opposition and welded the
man of her choice.
Mrs. Lincoln was not only attractive,
but she was cultured, Mr.. Rankin says,
and throughout her married life, at
least until the tragedy of the assassi-
nation, she kept up her French read
ing and other literary pursuits. Hers
was keen political perception
amounting TO almost provision, too,
and her advice was that most carefully
weighed by Lincoln in his political and
public affairs.
All the world knows that when Lin
coin received the news of his nomina-
tion he said: "There is n little woman
over on Eighth street who is deeply in
terested in this news; l viii carry It to
her" and he left his cheering, con-
graduating friends TO hurry 10 his
home. Not so well known is the fact
that the happlest person In Springfield
was Mrs. Lincoln, and that she never
closed her eyes that night, for fear
she would miss some of the towns Joy
over the honor done its brilliant son.
Mrs. Llncoln's terrible sorrow on
the death of the martyr drove her
abroad-"the loneliest of all the wives
widowed by the Civil war"-and she
was allowed TO spend the last years
Of her life "amid chilling neglect and
Misrepresentation, Mr., Rankin says,
but he adds that when history shall
reflect the truth, in time to come II
1t is not already here, "she will be
awarded the recognition her merits
have always deserved. Till then she
can wait; for like her husband, she
belongs to the ages"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
FIND OZONE BEST
SURGEONS IN WAR HOSPITALS
USE 1T PRoFUsELY.
Other oxidizing Agents Have Been
Proved Open to Some Form Of OBJ.
lection, but This Has Been
Proved Satisfactory.

Among the branches of surgery to
which the exigencies of the European
war have acted as sharp stimulus
may be mentioned the treatment of in
fected wounds. The proportion of pa
tents who reach the military hospitals
with their injuries thus aggravated is
said to be so large as to have given
great Importance to the subject OF
antiseptics, since obviously the perfect
aseptic treatment which most cases
can enjoy in ordiusry hospitals in time
of peace is out of the question for the
majority of battle wounds.
Many antlseptics, unfortunately,
though excellent germicides, are so
toxic that there is danger of their
harmlng the vitality Of the tissues sur
rounding the wound. For this reason
hydrogen peroxide is said to be admir-
able, since II is germicidal without be-
ing in any way injurious to healthy
cells. However, II is not adequate in
those cases, so common in warfare,
where there is n serious amount of sup
puration. 1t Is almost instantly decom-
posed, not only by pus, but by blood
and most of the other liquids of the.
body tissues, so that the amount Of
nascent oxygen released is insufficient
for the requirements of q serious.
wound.
The search for an oxidizing agent
not open to this objection, according
to writer in the Scientific American,
led to the trial of ozone, either dis
solved in water and used in copious ir-
rigations, or in n gaseous state, mixed
with ordinary diatomic oxygen. The
latter style of treatment is especially
advantageous In the case of wounds
which are slow in forming scab, since
the most spacious bandages often have.
tendency to rub Off the fresh scar
tissue.
This difficulty is avoided in the
process in question by surrounding the
wound with Theoretically sealed
shell, into which can be passed the.
gaseous current. This method pos
sesses the extraordinary advantage of
leaving the wound open to the bene-
fetal action of the solar radiations as
well. Then, too, the total exclusion
of the ordinary air from the tissue un-
der treatment makes impossible the
formation of nitrogen compounds,
which might prove decidedly irritant.
The other mode of application,
through the use of ozonized water, has.
been found particularly satisfactory
for large shattered wounds, where the
tissues have been directly invaded by
septic substances.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
LINCOLN EVER KIND
Tenderness of Heart Evinced at
Times When He Was Under
the Greatest Stress.
EFT me present another aspect of

r EFT me present another aspect Of
Lincoln's many-sided charac-
ter. During the momentous
week when Grant was hammer
ing at the gates of the Confederate
capital, the president, feeling in every
fiber of his being that the end was
near, took passage for City Point, in
order that with his own eager eyes,
weary with long watching, he might
see the last act in the drama of war
and, doubt not, that he might check
any overt and unseemly act, should
occasion require, writes Johnson Brig
ham, state librarian of Iowa, in the
Youths Companion.
Late one afternoon, while he was
resting from his writing on the gun
boat River Queen, he observed several
little kittens, hardly able to stand,
blindly crawling about the floor. He
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
One Should Have Little Difficulty
in Making Choice Of Pleas
ing Valentine.

wv YHEN Valentine day comes
AA/ along new variations of the
Wv old theme are shown in the
florists art. This year, for
example, solid heart of small pink
rosebuds, through which miniature
gilt arrow is thrust, is new kind of
flower valentine. Floral envelopes
made of vlolets, showing a tiny flap,
In which the message is TO be con-
cealed, are sure to be popular. There
are also gorgeous boxes of satin, MORE
and even filet lace and gold braid, tied
with the richest of ribbons and the
filmiest of tulle, to contain the punches
of violets, orchids, 'lllies-of- -the-valley
with violets, or corsage bouquets of
Killarney roses and mignonette. A
white satin box with gilt monogram is
lovely container for bouquet of Jon.
quils, maiden-hair ferns and lilies-of.
the-valley.
The quaint little old-time bouquet of
roses, pink or red, finished with frill
of paper lace or of the plated silk
lace, is always acceptable.
More durable valentines are plants
and ferns arranged In odd tin-lined has.
kets. These also, filed with damp
moss, will continue to give pleasure
weeks after February ii. Long brown
baskets with assorted ferns and prim.
roses, azaleas or jonquils are charm.
ing, as are the low, square, enameled
wicker baskets in various cOlors, hold
ing several shades Of hyacinths, potted
together.
There are also lovely round, white
porcelain bowlswith raised flower deco
ratlons in Dresden colorings which are
to be filed with rare forget-me-nots
and the tlnlest of pink rosebuds for
valentines.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
An Apple a pay.

IAN apple day keeps the doctor
away" is the old saying so often
proved true. Now, the best way to
provide these apples is to place them
In brown wooden bowl or basket,
where each member of the family can
help himself or herself. One of the
new mahogany fruit bowls piled high
with red-cheeked apples is an orna-
ment to any living room table or buf-
fet. 10 go wl,l the apples there is
now TO be had a silver corer and
parer with a wooden handle. This,
though sterling, is as sharp as any APP
pie corer in the kitchen. and much
more slightly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
LINCOLN

Twas not his head that made him ereat
Il was his heart,
That gentler part,
Which, in its kindliness, went straight
To all the people, torn and sore,
And like a balm lay softly DER
The Nations wounds, and slorihed
The life beginning when he died.
L L A IA
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
Simple Valentines.

The letter carrier did not always
have the task of delivering the love
greetings. The first valentines were
simple indeed. They contained moth
ing more, in fact, than the name of the
object of affection.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08

they fix the date in 1S40-the guests
arrived and the bride appeared in her
dnery, but the groom remained away (;
that finally, when they did marry,
Mary Todd accepted Lincoln and mar
ried him in spirit of pique and petty
spite to wreak vengeance on him
through their married life;" while with
Lincoln It was a case of willing sac
rifice."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-02-08
LINCOLN HAPPY
With MARY TODD
Reports That the Great President
and His Wife Were lncompati-
BILE Are Without Truth, Accord
ing to One Who Knew Them
Well.

THERE are stories, some Of them
written into the biographies OF
the martyred president, that
the married life of Abraham
and Mary Todd Lincoln was unhappy.
These stories go so far as TO say that
when the wedding day came around
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20

THE state pardon board has re-
fused to grant clemency to Walter
7. Smith and Robert B. Pickett,
who are serving FIVE years for mis-
appropriation of state funds. The
Miner is of the opinion that Smith
has abundantly atoned for his mis-
take. We never found Walter
Smith crooked" and fully believe
he was the good -natured victim of
circumstances and of friends. The
moral lesson to the balance of the
world by the incarceration of Smith
has been fully given and we cannot
see how justice will be further bene-
fitted by keeping him locked up.
1t is understood that the state was
reimbursed for every cent of the
principal with interest before the
sentence was begun. There are a
dozen or more wealthy men IN the
state who are willing to sponsor
Walter Smith in business or employ
ment in which he could make a
living for himself and family. His
political prospects need not bother
would-be's any longer. What's the
matter with letting Smith and Pick
EFT go and filling their places at
Saltwater with other "notables"a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROGRAM OF EXAMINATIONS
FOR COMMON SCHOOL cERTIF-
icATEs, JULY BOTH, a1sT, AND
AUGUST 1sT, 1917.
To be held in Room 100, Of the Gen.
trail High School Building, Duluth,
Minnesota,
MONDAY. JULY BOTH:
A. M.
500 to 8:45 Enrolment.
S:45 to 9:15 Spelling.
s:15 to 10000 Penmanship.
1000 to 1900 Arithmetic.
p. M.
1:15 to 800 Geography.
800 to 400 Composition.
400 to 500 Reading.
TUESDAY, JULY 31ST
A. M.
500 to 9:45 United States History.
9:45 to 1880 English Grammar.
1880 to 1890 Music.
p M
lis to 2:45 Physiology-Hygiene.
2:45 to 400 Civics.
400 to 4:45 Drawing.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1ST
A. M.
500 to $3.50 Enrolment.
$3.50 to 1915 Geometry.
1915 to 1900 Physics.
P. M
1:15 to 2:45 Algebra.
2:45 to 4:15 Physical Geography or
General History.
AIS to 5:15 Agriculture.
N. B. All renewals and exchanges
of old certificates are made at the
time of these examinations. Secure
application blanks for renewal from
this Office prior to the date of exami.
nations.
N. A. YOUNG.
County Superintendent of Schools, St.
Louis County Court House, Duluth,
Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20
Mentality Of oetopl.

~There Is great deal Of differences
In the mental attitude Of devil fishes
or octopi," says Charles r. Holden in
st. Nicholas. I'm a tank In the Ava
lon aquarium, which contains three or
four octopi, all but one were timid.
One attacked my hand, and seemed
to enjoy being touched. A large Cali
fornia sheepshead in this aquarium
became so tame that 1t liked to be
scratched about the head with a wire
or stick, and followed people about the
tank, especially the man who fed it.
It was interesting to see 1t change
color as the man stroked 1t with
the wire"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20

If they'd remove some of the fool
restrictions against fishing with
hooks and line in all state waters,
it would help out on the high cost
of living and make a little real
sport out of the fishing game for
others than the professional sports
men. The poor man who could go
out and catch as many bullheads
and suckers as he could snail in
without being pinched on charge
of violating game fish laws would
then stand chance of getting re-
suits enough to justify him in tax
ing of his busy time enough to go
fishing Observation-Disclosures
Northern Light.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20
Application for Liquor
License
State of Minnesota, os
GOuntv NJ ST. TOnis. co.

State of Minnesota,
County of st. Louis.
Notice is hereby given that applica.
ton has been made in writing to the
Village council of said Village OF
Winton and filed In my Office praying
for license to sell Intoxicating liquors
for the term commencing on Aug. II
1917, and terminating on Aug. Is,
1918, by the following persons, and at
the following places, as stated In said
applications, respectively, to-wit:
In the lower front room OF building
situated on Lot Is, Block 6, on the
Plat of Fall Lake, in the Village OF
Winton, to the following named
person tO-wit:
THOMAS KEARNEY,
Said application will be heard and
determined by said village council OF
the Village OF Winton at the council
chambers in the village hall In said
Village of Winton in st. Louis
County and State of Minnesota, on
Tuesday the 14th day of Aug, 1917,
at 8 o'clock P. NJ. of that day.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
Village Of Winton this 10th day OF
July, 1917.
(sealj &C BEReLUND.
7-l3 7.27 Village clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS


nance to reality.
Men grow older with age and some
times less foolish.
The man who poses as q model citi'
zen has hard job.
The man who tells q funny story
usually enjoys 1t most.
The older the pessimist grows the
less faith he has in himself.
You may think you are superior
mortal, but keep 1t to yourself:
A wise man always pretends to take
the advice his wife hands him.
An affectation Of simplicity on the
part Of woman sets q man guessing.
LAC q Wise 4O0l VIM Soh AhNuSO SAAo
world to laugh with him instead Of at
him.
A man has outlived his usefulness
when he is no longer capable Of giving
advice.
If woman can't find anything else
to worry about she works up case
Of jealousy.
Although the woman behind the
broom may not draw q large salary,
she raises lot Of dust.
If a man should learn to love an
other woman, it is usually because his
wife makes the lessons easy for him.
Chicago News.