davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

lies are to win the war. The nations
fighting in league with Germany have
practically surrendered their independ
ence TO Berlin.
1t is at the German headquarters
that the moves are planned, not only
Tor the German fronts but for the
Italian battleflelds, the Balkans, Asia
Miner and Persia. This unity of com.
mand has resulted in movements to
mold vast bodies of enemy troops while
q strenuous forward campaign was be-
ing conducted elsewhere. This scheme
II IS felt, must be adopted by us.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Would Always Know Him.

An old Lancashire woman, having
three sons at the front and not hav-
ing word from any of them for
long time, received letter the other
day, and not being able to read 1t, she
called upon neighbor to help her.
She accordingly began to read:
"Same address. Dear Mother-I--
T." Then she made stop, to find
out what followed, as the writing wasf
very bad, and the old mother cx-
claimed:
Eyes, it's poor Jerry; he always slut
fered.p
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

1t Is confidently asserted by lead
ers that the food regulation law will
be on the statute books by July l.
A joint resolution providing that
the war army shall be officially
known as 1.-THE National Army of the
United States" was introduced by
Representative Borland.
An inquiry into the contracts for
the construction of all of the new
army environments was demanded In
the senate by Senator Sterling Of
South Dakota.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
ACCIDENTS.

Timothy J. Ryan and fouy children
were instantly killed when their auto
mobile was struck by Big -Four train
near Terre Haute.
The village of Kirkpatrick, Ind, was
wiped out by fire which followed
the explosion Of seven oil cars on
the tracks in the center of the town
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
PERSONAL.

Rev. e. Leslie Pidgeon of Winnipeg
was elected president of the Interna-
ional Association of Rotary Clubs, de-
eating Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia.
Anton Lang, the Christ" Of Ober-
ammergau's Passion Play, has been
sailed to the colors.
Frank Pershing, nephew Of Gen.
John Pershing, and 50 of his school.
mates at the University Of Chicago,
enlisted in the regular army.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

= q . q = q 4 = = 4 4 q = q q
= The act of registering under =
Z. the selective draft law does not 4
= prevent men from enlisting in =
4 any Of the governments forces =
+ that are now organized. Men =
4 between the ages Of IS and 40 4
4 can volunteer for the regular ar =
4 my, the navy, the marine corps, =
= the national guard or the naval 4
4 militia. Men are needed at once 4
+ to fill the ranks Of all of these +
Z branches Of the service. +
4 4 \ + \ = = = = 4 4 = = + +
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
PLANS FOR COMPLETE
HARMONY IN WARFARE.
All Forces Opposing the Central Pow.
ers Will Henceforth Work Togeth.
er Under One Command, -

Washington, June Gan interna.
donal army staff and international
navy staff for coordination of military
and naval operations will be created
by the allied powers.
The organization of such bodies is
deemed absolutely essential If the al
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Wearied with waiting for a jury's
verdict, Charles Finney pleaded guilty
to charge Of burglary, but when the
decision was returned he was found
not guilty.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

Sweden's foreign minister can see
no end Of the war, and, while he urges
a continuance Of neutrality. warns the
nation that greater hardships and pri-
vations are in store.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
LABOR.

Butte (Mont.) copper miners are
out on strike, in spite of the promise
of leaders not to quit work during the
war The government will take over
and operate II necessary.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
FlREs.

Three thousand houses were de-
stroyed by fire in the city OF Yone-
waxa, Japan, an important silk-manu-
featuring town.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
FOREIGN.

The French government has decid
ed not to attempt restoration Of the
ancient cathedral at Reims. 1t will
be used as monument to the heroic
dead.
Germans have removed the deporta
tons Of Belgians, and the vatican has
entered continuous protests with the
central powers.
Prominent Mexican citizens are urE.
ing the government to cut away from
German Influences and come out on
the side Of the entente allies.
The Russian people do not appar.
emily understand the object of the
United States mission now = Petro-
grad. d. R. Francis, ambassador, l.;
out in long explanatory note to the
public
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
NEUROLOGICAL.

Judson c. Clements, II, an inter.
state commerce commissioner since
1892, is dead at his home in Wash
ington.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
INCREASE FOOD CROPS
FIVE HUNDRED COMMUNITIES IN
WEST TENNESSEE UNDER
FARM DEMONSTRATION.
More Than Five Hundred Communk
ties Organize and Utilize All Avail
able Ground In Producing veseta-
bies and Small Fruits-

kson--Heavily increased food
production in West Tennessee is the
report of II. s. Nichols, district agent
of the state, based on the latest re-
port Just compiled. Food prepared
ness meetings were held in $40 COM
munities, at which 1922 persons were
addressed during the campaign of
few weeks. Five hundred and thirty
six communities have been definitely
organized and $500 farms have report
ed on the increase of food crop acre
age. Eight hundred and sixty-nine
boys are enrolled In corn clubs.
The report shows big increase In
corn and an unusually heavy increase
in soy beans, cowpeas, sorghum, Irish
potatoes and sweet potatoes. A de-
crease Of about IL per cent is shown
In the cotton acreage.
A special effort is being made by
the department of agriculture to cause
plenty of seed to be saved this year.
The report shows that 4,S00 acres of
soy beans, 800 acres Of cowpeas, 265
acres of crimson clover and 115 acres
of rye will be saved for seed.
Intense interest among the corn club
boys and home vegetable gardeners is
reported by Mr.. Nichols, who esti-
mates that at least 100 per cent more
foodstuffs is being raised in West Ten
nessee this year than last.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
INTERNATIONAL
SUNN6ySOlOOL
LESSON

(By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Ihe ldea.

SIS money tight up your wayf"
Certainly not. Ours Is prohibition
state"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Smallpox Appears In Mild Form.

DR.. H. H. Shoulders, assistant secre.
tary of the state board Of health, and
registrar Of vital statistics. and DR.. T.
G. Graves, superintendent OF the coun-
ty board of health, held conference
at Memphis and decided that tempo
rary compulsory vaccination and
strict quarantine were the best meth
DDS of stamping out the mild form
of smallpox which exists in Shelby
county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Indian Mound Near jackson. /,

w. E. Meyer, noted Archaeological
and author, declared upon his return
from a visit to the Pison group of In
dian mounds, IL miles from Jackson,
that it was undoubtedly the site Of
one of the largest Indian cities on the
North American continent. He said
that 1t is second in size only to the
Mt. Ancient group near Cincinnati.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

Jackson Before crowd of several
thousand a most enthusiastic patriotic
celebration took place in Court Square,
when the jackson lodge of Elks No.
1872 donated handsome United States
flag to the city Of Jacqson.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
RAPID TRANSIT IN MID-AIR
BY J. y. Murphy, In the April Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine.

That aerial rapid transit connect
ing the roofs of the. skyscrapers in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

been constructed to facilitate the din
ing service so that meals can be pre-
pared for several hundred men and
served without confusion or delay.
Each Of these mobile kitchens occu-
pies an entire car, is equipped with
a lO-foot range. steam-cooking ap-
paratus. a spacious refrigerator, and.
other necessary paraphernalia. Thi
is all installed on one side and in
closed by a long table extending the
full length of the car. A passage
way is provided between this counter
and unobstructed wall. SO that wait
ers can enter and leave the kitchen
without disorganizing the work of the
eight cooks and helpers. An interi-
or picture of one of these kitchen
cars appears in the April Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

preparing to install oil flotatior
plant.
Eureka-Old Sioux ConsolidateI
now pushing deep work. Iron King
to resume development.
Salt Lake county purchases six
new drage and starts road work.
Pleasant Grove-$25,0 900 plant to
can fish of Utah Lake to be erected
near here. Fine grain of Utah Lake
fish said to be superior to fish OF
coast.
| Eureka-Movement under way for
better wagon road into North Tintic
section.
ogden-U. P. System purchases
$50 acres in Taylor's canyon from
city. tract adjoins stream and
springs supplying company reservoir
and object is to avoid pollution.
The railroads are asking regula-
ton at the hands of one national
board instead of As state and feder-
al boards as at present and no good
reason has been advanced against IL.
III the railroads would fight the more
1t would probably be forced upon
them at once.
Utah County taxpayers to vote,
April II, on s750.O00 bond issue for
roads.
Utah tares will reach $1,000, 900
by next year In 1915 and 1916 the
state collected. for all purposes. ap-
proximately s4.45s.000.
Utah and Idaho will have over
10000 acres planted in beets this
year.
Moab-$25.O00 bank and hotel
building to be erected here.
Off-the-tray meals is one Of the
latest features introduced by Union
Pacific system for benefit OF Its pat.
rons.
Eureka-Eureka Mines company
ship first car OF ore.
Ogden-California Packing cor
poration takes over canneries in og-
den and vicinity.
Salt Lakewood securing plant to
locate here will cost $250,000.
Murray planning $4,000 garbage
crematory.
Utah taxes for all purposes, in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

cure an early diagnosis. The April
Popular Mechanics Magazine tells of
Q new method. reported by New
YORK hospital prysisian, which gives
a clear outline of malignant stric-
lures and is also readily applied
aiG in the treatment ON moderate
cases. A small length of sausage
skin. which is the fibrous coat of the
intestine of the hog, is thoroughly
washed and treated with formalde-
hyde and glycerin, then formed into
a bag by tying one end with silk
floss. the other end being slipped
over rubber tube and tied. The bag
which is now only a string is then
easily swallowed by the patient with
the aid Of a little water, and a thick
bismuth mixture is allowed to flow
into it, after which X-ray pictures
show the outline of the structure
clearly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

GLIDING special occupation tax on
mines, will total ss,9O6,OOO for 1917.
Utah factory products Of 1916 to-
tai s14O,405,726.
Ogden-Construct started on
mammoth apartment house contain
ing 100 apartments.
Delta-200 men rushing big sugar
factory to completion; $4,000 acres
to be seeded
Millions OF dollars have been add
ed to Utah's natural resources in last
few weeks by rising prices in lumber.
Logan-Superinten OF Anal
gamated Sugar company says outlook
for immense acreage Of beets In val
ley, this year, Is good. Will be 25.-
900 acres planted in Cache. and about
So, 900 acres in all for this company.
Salt Lake-Old Maxfield mine, in
Big Cottonwood canyon, shipping
$40 ore.
Ourindustrial development, includ-
inf farms, mines, railroads, ETC., is
being severely retarded, due to the
false conservation policy Of congress
in refusing to pass legislation allow
ing development Of waterpower re-
quiring federal permit How much
longer will the west have to put
up with this situation?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

cities like Chicago and New York
will be the next transportation prob
lem to demand solution was freely
predicted at a recent convention Of
owners and managers representing
the bulk of the big building interests
Of the United States. Congestion on
the streets and on the elevated and
surface lines, while important in it's
elf, is not the only consideration lea
ding to this conclusion. Time and
convenience are the essential things.
What is needed is a, system Of trans
portation that will make 1t unneces-
sary for a business man to take an
elevator at an upper floor of sky
scraper, descend to ground level, and
after encountering the crowds on the
streets, take an elevator in another
skyscraper to reach perhaps the same
level that he started from.
While 1t is impossible to say in ad-
vance of actual design just what the
form Of aerial structure will be, there
Is at least one construction that
meets all these requirements. This
is a simplified suspension bridge
span With this type of construct
ion all the members of the span will
be in tension and the span need have
only fraction Of the weight that Is
necessary when compression men,
bers are used. A Gin. cable made
Of the best steel, for example, will
resist pull of more than hundred
tons, but the same cable placed un-
der compression will buckle with the
application of few hundred pounds.
The spans for each track might be
made either single or double, as
either construction would furnish
satisfactory support.
Steel towers springing from the
roofs of the buildings would furnish
support for the aerial spans. These
towers might be rectangular in sect
ion to point well above the running
rails, and above this level would
probably taper practically to a point.
The cars would pass through open
ings in the towers.
In New York there are a number
of buildings. such as the Singer bull
ding with its Al stories, and the
Woolworth building with its 55 stor-
les, that it would be practically i'm
possible to reach the top with an aer-
ial line. In such cases the line
could be run through the building
at the twentieth or thirtieth foorlev-
ell. In Chicago the situation is more
favorable. there being a surprising
regularity in the sky lines of the
principal streets of the loop district.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

March 26.-The principal Ameri
can copper producers have agreed tc
furnish copper needed for the army
and navy during the coming year at
10 and a fraction cents pound
about one half Of the current market
price.
Cuban rebellion cuts islands SUI
gar crop 80 per cent and favors
American industry.
Ogden-Ogden Furniture and Car
pet company to build largest furni-
ture warehouse in west at cost of
100000. Construction starts soon.
Ogden-Plans completed and COM
missioners ready to spend 100000
on sewerage system.
Salt Lake-Purity Biscuit company
to build 100000 factory addition.
Prospects fine for Utah fruit crop
Campaign to place local fruits on
eastern markets.
Marysvale- Pittsburg- Utah COM
pany to put in $4,000 mill with 200
ton daily capacity to produce potash
and aluminium oxide.
Provo-Utah Valley Gas & Coke
company start extension OF pipe line
from Provo to Springville and Span
ish Fork. Plant being enlarged and
additional men employed.
Gompers and Morrison. OF the
American Federation of Labor, read
the riot act to the supreme court
for its decision in the Adamson law
where 1t says the right OF trainmeu
to precipitate a general strike is lin
tied bv the public interest.
Utah wool clip for 1917 may reach
100000 pounds. and sell at rec
ord high prices.
Eldorado-Rand Mining company
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
Rank FoOlishness.

You occasionally see IL stated that
colds do not result from cold wea-
Their. That is rank foolishness. Were
it true colds would be as prevalent
in midsummer as in midwinter. The
microbe that causes colds flourishes
Of a cold take Chamberlain's Cough
relish your meals take a dose Of
When nervous or respondent.
ly recommended by people who have
used it for many years as occasion re-
quired, and know its real value. OBJ
tainable everywhere.-adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
BURNING COAL BEDS
FROM NATURAL BRICK

Many coal beds in the great coal
fields of the western states have at
some time taken fire and burned
along their out-crops, baking and
reddening the everything strata so
that they have become a kind of nat
ural brick or terra Gotta. The fires
were in places hot enough to fuse
and recrystallize the everything shale
and sandstone so as to form natural
Stag. At some places this Stag re-
sembles true igneous minerals.
Thoroughly fused Stag seems to oc-
cur chiefly in crevices or chimneys
through which the hot gases gener-
ated in the burning escaped through
the everything strata to the surface
The chimney-shaped masses of Stag
are harder than the surrounding
baked rock and, after that has wealth
cred away. from the curious pinn-
acles that surmount many clinker
bluffs or buttes in the West.
Some of the coal beds, especially
those exposed on the higher hills,
were perhaps ignited by lightning.
others, according to well-authenti-
Gated reports, were ignited by prairie
fires or camp fires; but as burning
on the outcrop has been so common
as to effect most Of the coal beds
in an area of more than 100000
square miles. much of 1t has prob
ably been due to spontaneous COM
bustion.
Coal beds are now burning at or
near the surface at many places In
the West, where the burning of the
bed is disclosed by the smoke and
fumes that rise from It and by the
heat at the surface OF the earth near
the outcrop or above the bed-heat
SO intense that It kills all vegetation.
AS the coal burns out the everything
rock or earth generally caves in so
as to form large assures In the
ground. AS the burning works back
from the outcrop. the heat acts on
the everything rocks. but finally COM
bustion is smothered for the lack OF
oxygen. II is difficult to say how
far back from the outcrop the burn
ing may extend. Field studies made
by the United States Geological Sur
vey. Department OF the Interior, in
dictate that bed lying beneath 20
feet or less OF cover may burn out
completely under large areas. and
even where the cover is several hun
bred feet thick the burning may ex-
tend 500 feet back from the outcrop
A brief account by G. S. Rogers of
the burning Of coal beds in place,
with discussion of the causes and a
petrologic and chemical description
OF some of the baked and fused rock
formed. has been published by the
United States Geological Survey as
Professional Paper 1854. A copy
of this report may be obtained free
on application to the Director of the
| Survey.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
When to Take Chamberlain's Tablets

When you feel dull and stupid
after eating.
When constipated or bilious.
When you have a sick headache.
When you have a sour stomach.
When you belch after eating.
When you have indigestion.
Remedy. It is effectual and is high.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver Is torpid.
Obtainable everywhere.-adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
LARGE KITCHEN CARS BUILT
FOR TROOP TRAINS.

Kitchen cars that are individually
Of sufficient capacity to meet the
needs of a fair-sized hotel are being
carried with the long troop trains OPP
Grated on one of the Canadian rail-
ways between military training
camps and the seaboard. They have
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
NEW SURGICAL USE FOR
SAUSAGE SKIN.

In cases Of structure Of the esop-
hagus. which is the canal through
which food passes to the stomach
and which is situated behind the
windpipe. 1t is very important to Sc
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27

FOR SALE OR RENT-Garage
and barber shop at Collinston. Utah.
Inquire John l.. Baxter. Logan. Utah.
Phone 525-W. 3-29
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
UTAH WEEKLY IN
DUSTRIAL REVIEW

Industrial Records for the Past Week
Show Activity In All Parts of the
State; Fight Against Freak Legis-
latiOn and for Lower Taxes Needed
to Encourage Industry.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-27
FOR SALE

FIRST CLASS Piano for sale
cheap; inquire at 242 E. 4th North
or at II. A. Peterson & Co. office.
adv. If.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-10
LOG S. d. ROADS
Black Hills Highways to BE Mapped by
the Forest Ohicers.

Pierre, 8. D., March 10-Automobile
roads within the Black Hills national
forests will be logged by the forest off,
GERS for the benefit of automobile tour
lists this year. 1t is the plan to have
this work completed before the present
tourist season begins, and assemble the
data gathered in such form as to be in
convenient shape for use while travel
ing through the hills.
Particular effort will be given to
roads that will be of interest to the
tourist who comes from a distance.
These road logs will cover all informa-
ton as to highways, bridges, hills, etc.
as well as information regarding ho-
tells, stopping places, garages, stores,
telephone and telegraph stations and,
in fact, all information of value.
The forest officers are well qualified
to do this work, because their employ
ment gives them every opportunity to
become acquainted with the roads and
other details of the forests. The forest
service has already collected much ma
terial in the way of maps, folders, etc,
for the Black Hills and surrounding
country. The road logs, containing all
this additional information will be open
to the public at all times. Information
concerning the forests and the propos-
ed logs can be secured upon applica-
ton to the forest supervisor at Dead
wood.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-10

chanics Magazine. One advantage
which they possess il that they viii
not splinter.