davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

and after a while he got up and said
he must go, for he had to call on a
little pigeon who had the %whooping
cough so badly that every time She
sneczed she lost a feather.
We'll, we'll, well" said the old gen
tleman rabbit as DR.. Duck waddlcd off
down the road, 81 wouldn't be a doc
tor for all the world" and then he got
out his checker board and had a game
with his small nephew until supper was
ready. And after supper he made the
~yictrola sing this pretty song
In the cleaning I'll go roaming
the wise old owl
Little mice and little rabbits
Who won't break their naughty habits
Or a young and tender fowl,
| will catch and eat for dinner.
Or I'll grow a whole lot thinner
And in the next story you shall hear
what Old Barney the Owl sang when
he heard the victrola play this funny
song.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
BY Walter Duranty.

Copyright. 1918, by the New York Times,
the Chicago Tribune and tho Oklahoma
city Times)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
Aug, 27.-"It depends on the British
was the phrase an officer summed
up the military situation for your
correspondent this morning. IF the en-
envy yields to the terrific hammering
that has developed into the third battle
OF the Somme on a front OF fifty kilo-
meters, he will be forced to abandon
also formidable positions, strengthened
by old Notifications, that confront the
armies of Generals Debeney, Humbert
and ManRin. True to the policy of never
sacrificing lives unnecessarily Foch is
marking time in the center and on the
right OF the vast battle front during the
progress OF maneuver on the left.
System Helps Allies.
"You cannot over emphasize" con-
the above mentioned officer, "the
value Of the unique command at the
present juncture. Already the system
has saved the allies in defense-if by
nothing more than the possibility it al
iorded to displacc the reserves with per
feet freedom and utilize the British,
French. Americans or Italians without
distinction OF nationality wherever they
we're most needed, but It is in offensive
operations where the mind OF the COM
mandcr has full scope for combined ma
~ n,,J .a,1. .yl,ava ,aEh
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
Hun, Weakened by Foch's Jabs,
May Be Nearer End of His
7ether Than World Lmogines

TO a degree never hitherto approached"
The speakers last words illustrate the
remarkable change that the events OF
the past six weeks have produced.
Hun Collapse Might Come.
The feeling seems to be growing that
the enemy is nearer the eud of his teth-
er than the world imagines. What Cen
eral Humbert foresaw when he said to
the correspondent In early April that
the whole war was seen as one battle,
because in military parlance a battle
means the conduct OF opposing forces,
which was then approaching its climax
and this final denouement has actually
come TO pass. | refrain from developing
the argument TO the logical conclusion
which even optimism hardly yet dares
to anticipate.
In the meantime while the British
are steadily slashing what remains OF
the German reserve divisions, and re-
member it is on men. not guns or for
tifications that in the final instance
victory depends, the French and Amer
leans are not waiting with arms folded
on the long front where the beaten and
dispiritcd armies OF the crown prince
are hiding in anxious anticipation be-
hind the hills and forests. II for the
time bg scale operations are for the
moment stayed. the activity OF patrols
is never ceasing. and the enemy is being
haraSscd without any respite hy the saw
age little raids, ambush and foray.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

Friendly


\/OU remember in the last story that
Uncle Lucky gave a big bag full
OF chcStnutS to the old lady bunny
who kept a little stand on the corner
of Lettuce and Carrot streets, don't you :
And that aitcrwatd he drove off home
with Billy Bunny Well, when the
Luckymobile stopped at the front gate,
who do you suppose was sitting on the
front porch OF the old gentleman rab-
bits house? I'll give You three guesSes,
and maybe one more, and then If you
don't tell me, III tell you.
Why, it wa DR.. Quack, the famous
duck doctor.
Why, I'm not sick" said Uncle
Lucky, 1neithcr is the Luckymobile, and
,1ny small nephew isn't, either"
~ know that" said DR.. Quack, but
somebody else is"
Who" asked Uncle Lucky, as he
tied the ~Luckymobile to the hitching
post, which was one OF those old-fash-
toned iron posts, with a horses head
on the top and a ring in his mouth.
Turkey Purky," answered the wise
duck doctor.
Il should think he would be-" said
Billy Bunny. He does nothing but stuff
himself"
well, if he doesn't stop" replied DR..
QuaCk, hell die before Thanksgiving
and ii he does maybe he'll die anyway"
and the old duck doctor opened his lit
tie black medicine bag and took out a
small book.
His temperature is very high, almost
a million degrees, and you know a mil
lion and a hall is fatal" and the wise
duck doctor shook his head and put the
little black book back into his bag.
I've never lost a patient from over
eating before, but it looks had for Mr.
Turkey Purky, yefy bad indeed"
"Oh, we'll" said Uncle Lucky, don't
worry. Sit down in the hammock and
have a smoke. Let the farmer worry
So DR.. Quack took out a big cigar
from the box Uncle Lucky brought out
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
GERMAN SOLDIERS,
IN ALLIED CAGES,
JEER AT OFFICERS

00RITU THE BRITISH ARMY
wv IN FRANCE, Aug. d
w German soldiers have begun
to exhibit the greatest contempt for
their own officers and are carrying
their feelings right into the prison
crS' cages. In a number of cages,
into which thousands are pouring,
the German soldiers have gone out
OF thei rway to be extremely inSo-
lent to their officers, ieering at them
and loudly porclaiming their views
in no uncertain manner.
Going to such lengths would un-
doubtcdly result in court martial and
firing squads in Germany, and it is
gathered from the prisoners that
they go as far as they dare even on
their side of the line, All prisoners,
men and officers, express their long
ing for peace by agreement.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

Rieckhoff, Marian NJ. Louder, Alfred
Grayitt, Kenneth Holder, Oscar Spring
stlne, Samuel Dale Rorem. Leon L.
Olson, George w. Mcconnell, William
Bryan Oakes. Clarence Threlkeld, Err
nest NJ. Farley. Samuel Fred Bier
schenk, Jessie L. knight, Joseph Line,
Warren Pride, Leonard N, Smith.
Stanley A. Rogers, Basil Albert Crab
tree, John Oscar Mayer and Charles
Edward Henthorn.
Thirty-six negroes will be sent from
city board No. ? to Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, Iowa, September !, all quaG-
fled for general military service,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
Draft Board Lists
Men to Go to Camp

County draft board No. | has com
pleted its list of limited and general
service men to fill the call for draitees
who are to e~ntrain between September
) and 7. Seven limited service white
men are to go to Camp Bowie. These
are: Jake W. Gandin, Gully b. Mick,
Ralph X. Miller, Donald R. Carpenter.
b. +, Bell, Verl Vond Miller and Noah
Fuss.
The same board sends twenty-five
general service white men &c Camp Lo-
gan, Houston, Texas. These are Fred
w. Boiling, John Knoll, Edward OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
YANKEE, INSIDE
hun Line, PLAYS
!. DEAD; ESCAPES
Illinois Doughboy Lives Ten
Days on Few Crackers,
BY Frederick A. Smith.

Copyright. 1913 by the New York Times,
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
City Timesl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

Sometimes in warm weather one feels that
never again will it be cool-or will one
have need of things to keep one warm.
But common sense comes to the rescue to
tell us to anticipate now the changes in
weather and the rise in prices that Is bound
to come in h short while now. Our bedding
stocks certainly offer ample evidence of
our anticipation of your needs for the COM
ing winter. Tomorrow is not a bit too soon
to buy-later you'll be nightly glad you
did
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
CITY TO SELL WASTE
UNDER NEW CONTRACT

At the meeting Of the city commits
'%sioners yesterday 1t was announced that
new bids for the disposal Of city gar
sbase are to be advertised about Sep
sSttnber IS. Mark II. Kesler commits
rjpner OF public safety and in charge
~ the garbage department, estimates
HAT the city'S food value garbage is
wprth 100000 annually. II is now sold
\f6f much less. keSler says he will
ask the next Legislature to pass a law
assessing one mill against the assessed
valuation for the collection Of garbage,
which he considers ample for the care
n garbage collection agencies in the
fcity.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
Briton in Ranks
Rises in Army to
Brigadier General

LONDON. Tuesday Aug 27.--Goi-
frey Jones OF Wales is the first Brit
iSh workinRman to attain the rank Of
b%rigadier general He enlisted in the
ranks and during the war has been
steadily promoted until he vas named
colonel a short time ago. lie now has
been nominated a brigadicr general
wa -
"Well," exclaimed Noah as they land
ed OF Ardrat, this trip has indeed been
a success" In what way I'VE have
conducted the entire excursion without
a fight or an accident"
Star.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
Garden Fair Prizes
To Be Given Today

Although the garden fair staged at
the Liberty kitchen yesterday and to-
day under the direction of {. X. Do
mart, county agent, is by no means the
success that il would have been had It
not been for the drouth, Donart feels
well satisfied with the interest shown.
People began to appear late Yesterday
afternoon and this morning with exhib.
its and the entries have been doubled
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

Copyright 1915. by tho New York Tunes.
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
City Times
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug. H-A Strcator, ILL.,.
man and a Baltimore man have related
20 the correspondent how both came
lack from beyond No Mans Land, one
escaping by playing dead, and the other
xsby killing the captor who was mistreat-
ing him, Neither expected to see
+ America or their comrades again but
-aow both are eager for more fighting.
~ Mike Letanovski, miner, living at
Kanglem, ILL.,, near Strcator, until Sep
TENDER, is a human bear. He lived ten
days in a ditch dugout within the Hun
line on only a few crackers. His story
follows:
Feigns Death.
"On the afternoon Of August II, my
company started out to tame a hamlet
near the \cslc, but stopped at the rail
road because Of machine guns on our
flank. In returning | fell behind and
was forced 10 take shelter in a ditch,
staying three days, because everything
moving was drawing machine gun fire.
I finally crawled to a German dugout
where, on the night of the eighteenth,
the Germans came and took most Of
my crackers. my rifle and mask. |
feigned dead when they prodded me.
There were several American packs
there and the Germans were taking the
srazors, etc, from them, A boche party
returned two nights later, staying an
hour, but paying no attention to me,
On the morning OF the twentieth | used
my remaining strength to crawl out TO
a shell hole, and thence to the railroad
where the Americans started firing,
discovering me to be all American Just
in time. The last four days were food
les. but | had water. thought ] could
cat a side OF beef when the Americans
offered me food, but | found my limit
was a tiny bit OF corned beef. ! am
eating lots now and will soon be re-
stored"
Captor Killed.
Clifton b. PhippS wa In an outpost
Thursday with three COMPANIONS when
the Huns sent over a whizz bag barrage.
Afterwards a platoon of Germans ap-
preached behind some shrubbery, opened
with their automatics and seized the
nuartette. Phipps, with Private Pasqua,
was sent lack through the forward posts
in charge of two Germans, one of whom
was continpallinG calling Swine" and
brutally mistreating them. Phipps's
pistol had been overlooked by his cap
tors and he finally killed one German,
the other fleeing after throwing a
grenade between Phipps and Pasqua,
Who catered the wood under fire. They
, beard the Germans retreating and event
ally stumbled across a path where the
%snipers were thick. but escaped finally
They were rescued by Corporal Wcstcr-
lupd after resting IN a she'll hole until
the fighting ended.
Phipps was indignant over the treat
ncnt accorded American prisoners. lie
charges he saw the Germans shell
Isstretcher bearers with wounded. The
: Americans took a prisoner who was
aastonishrd at the number Of American
forces, having understood the subma-
rines sunk our ships. Other prisoners
admit fine German, arc less confident
and fighting with less zeal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

to a degree never hitherto approached"
The speakers last words illustrate the
remarkable change that the events OF
the past six weeks have produced.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28
Physicians Recommend Castoria

YOU know the real human doctors right around in your %ndghbmhood:
the doctors made of flesh and blood just like you: the doctors with souls and
hearts: those men who are responding to your call in the dead of night as readily
a. in the broad daylight; they are ready to tell you the good that Fetohers
Catoda has done, is doing and will dc, from their experience and their love
for children.
Fetchers Caaora is nothing new. We are not asking you to try an expert
ment. We just want to impress upon you the Importance ofbuyng Fhchers
Your physician will tell you this ahe knows there are a number Ofimitatous
on the market and he is particularly interested in the welfare Of your baby
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-28

since yesterday noon, One negro bow
appeared this morning with a Jar Of
peaches he had just finished canning.
The jar was still hot. The peache,
were so large that only three could be
placed in the jar.
The prize winner, will be announced
late this afternoon, says Donart. Three
hundred dollars worth OF thrift stamps
will be awarded.
W.as-
A Swedish inventor claims TO have
satisfactorily applied electric power to
tractors and other farm machinery.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Latonia Entries

Ffsst raoe 1.-TWO year olds: maldens: purse $500;
saker loS: Churchill Downs. ll2; The Six Hun
ll2: Linden. lls Ginger. liz; siively Ilsht. iis
var Cap limp }. ll2; City Park l12 Also eligible.
Lothair: 1l2: Cantieser. 49, Loyalist li2; Archie
alexander l0s;. Carson. ll2: Wyndover lia
second race -four -olds and upward; claiming
purse. 5000: six furlongsl-. Busy Joe. l00 M
hert Thurman. l02 Black Frost. l05: Tom jr lo5:
Cole, los. TIE Ls I05; Jack Lucas t0e: Lang.
horne lo7; Tom Caro-. LOT Pomp. los; Reyivor ll6
Rochester. ia. Also eligible. Sandman IT. ia:
roiiy J. les .BtlIe B.. le4 zim io7; FlettabeIe.
ssd Third race twoyesr.ola allies: claiming; purse
ssoO; four and bali furlongsl-. Bulldoye limp
ha1naali, 1 lOO Selma g. io2; Exempted. i92 Grace,
Baby Bonds, ITO.
Fourth racs tfouryear-olds and upward: allow
snses purse $500: SIX furlongsl--Diamond io5
Believe Me Boys. l05 Serenest. IGs: Franklin, los
Troitus. Ill Nv
1890 mile and seventy yards)--AurIm f,rnp l.
lod: Bon Tromp llO; Herald Il0: Big Enough R }id
american Eagle. ITO: Holhnser ll6: James Fos,
=, Sixth race tthree year-olds and upward; purss
y 600: ona nilel-Fr1ecuitsE. l02; J. j. MurdorE
10y; Midway. ll4; Leochsres i23.
seventh race three year olds and upward; claim
inS; pusa $500: mile and = sixteenthl--.s salsa
.ssiH s1 .king 50: sRedmnn. %: Marauder a8:
SOLD Rnck. lol; Pergino (imp.) l0I BIue Mss.
net- ioa; Lord Byron. los; Marion Goosby IDA
'Daytd Craig. LOT: Beautiful Girl. lns N'''
Apprentice allowance claimed.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Latonia Results

First race tpurss. $500 for maiden hlliss: two.
is m 1ohn,an 1or anS .s sSf q
tssaas' ssse ;Slrd snd rm: so osS ssSGnd
isl Hsen Hays Carnway Ulster Queen. Broken Prom
tes sn Say Mnen uhe Glesmsr Sentimental Turpen-
Second race Claiming: purse 5000: tb,ss,s.,
9lds 1dsr saS snd Upward 4vsn ie7
~ sande and g. second Kate tr'sHsSg%D.oa HSams e.
Lunsfordl. s4a6. third Time ia non, q %
Eserose Esd e{p9Tsht vsiSst sqe Lady
IT Third race cla,mns; purse $500; four year, old,
tsa sands ppstsa mil: q g spd ~,
lGeniIy,. ss.Io third Tine :asieh IosfL. III
Cora Lane. Alexander Aisn Cain His Nbs ASs ss
Gschin. s serenaia Kins Hamburg and Gsorse Roesch
longs)-st Bernard l6s isy) sil 70 ss a. TUT snd
y a. 90 won Batter Cake. los iGentryl, s. 20 snd
e. @ go' sseona sa hon Jour los oBrisnj sase third
ran. ~-'S N'eseAo Also
FUN race tThe Enquirer Handicap: sl.soo added
an ana ~ ooo trophy for three and upward
vya Amsses sa Lunies0'd xss
ig sos. Ass Akin nns s, IaaIt,s. Pm. h,,nes
Len ana Leochares also ran. '~-''''
s s,1sn and f.s, .sssas1 ssRsns ssse
b slens sss ss i9d ,ss g S non Pseila.. 6ns
tRreen, sl25o third Tins. " 4. nigsamop: TX 10
Cracow. Bar One, LATHE Buss, Dr. Nickel, Thinhass
sss sesysn, bsss rses sqa sio1ssi Owen Also
oids and upward: ons mile and sixteenti,iMfE.r,--
ss sa "a i 81 soen.y GssHst, satso md
iSA and y. p. oshnsv aisc ran. s's' aaH"sf-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Human SideofGreatGoH
AHoydsam Interesting Study

links on this side Of the Atlantic.
such as Travis. Evans, Douglas, Tray-
ers and Ouimet. are personalities
worthy OF study in their different ways.
and the same might be said of such
Britishers as Hilton, Ball, Braid. Tav-
lor and Vardon, and a host Of others
OF those who have reached the ton
rnng of fame on this side of the pond
the career of "Chick" Evans furnishes
the most variety, and singularly enough
the fact is mainly due to his methods
connected with the playing of the game.
Admittedly the best iron player the
United States ever produced, he was
also an experimental student, and. as
he himself once admitted, he has
mapped out set of rules applicable
to every kind of shot.
Before he was twenty-one Evans had
thought out his own game. and this
simply meant that as golfer he has
the strongest sort Of an indiyidualitv
and more so than a host of the fore,
most knights Of the links. In the onin-
ION OF the versatile "Chick," to be the
slave Of imitation was the one prest
fault Of most aspirants to fame, and no
player need ever hore to be ton
sawyer without continually thinking
out new things for himself and straight.
sning the points of his game wherever
he 10 weak.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Value Of Motor Racine

SPEEDWAY racing is now virtually "trustn in
~ "hlch the same drivers compete for the same pro-
otefs or their allies the country Yet it's value
l." 'nae tne development of the motor is playing an
airpane motors necessary it is significant that
hey were taken from the pattern of the Peugeo Sun
beam Hspanosuiza, F. l. A. 7. and others celebrated
on speedway and road. Unoficialy, it is said Ralnb
e rama worked with the Liberty motor before it was
ADOPTED as our airplane standard It was with that
noloi ne won the Hardness Handicap Dario Resta is
now tinkering with an engine it ia sa;d which ~ ~
lieves will surpass the Liberty.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
=. Facts and Fancies -.
BY LOUIS LEE ARMS
No Heir Apparent

~ VOW that there is evidence Tyrus Raymond Cobb
u is sllppng-though it is far too early for that
evidence to be concusve-some are looking
about for the heir to his throne The search will be
1rutess 1t may take another half dozen generations
to produce baseball player with the combined ability
and personality of Cobb Certainly there is none now
IN value to their teams there and have been
1or years players who equal or outrank Cobb. Eddie
Collins has been his superior; Johnny Evers, in his
salad days, was greater victorious force than Cobb
Slsler at present is of value to the Browns than
Cobb is to the Tigers iris Speaker is the equal of the
Georgian in value to his team and has ouranked him.
but none of these is quite like Cobb Many players
with much OF Cobbs temperamental fire lack colossaly
MS ability, while others who have some of his ability
lack that personality which is necessary to "color"
Otto knabe, Johnny Evers, "Kid" Elberfeld and Mike
Donln had the color" of Cobb but could not combine
LIS ability with it, while "Davy" Robertson George
Sister, Max Carey, Bert Shotton and others approach
some all Of Cobb's ability but lack or lacked his
Color"
1t is Cobbs tremendous diamond personality that
mas won HIM fifty or more additional batting points each
season and has given him the ledge" on all his mechan
cal operations from stealing bases to making assists
from the outhed. Cobb because of this ery DISPOSITION
drew more wild throws, caused more batsmen to dron
oas when essaying to touch him that they would have
hec against ordinary base runners pushed more pitch
ers INTO hoes, from which they served up crippes"
ou1eo more base runners with fair arm and enioved
more umplrlng percentage, because most umpires
inquired IN the event of clos pay-Cobb usually was
successful and success begets success-than any ball
player up to his time or SINCE
IL is almost paradox that such a super-plaver
should be of less team value than an Eddie Collins but
" mas oeen because of this very unprecedented suprem
acy that Cobb developed perhaps unconsciousy into an
ino1Vlduar player and does not fit in with machine
the way Collins, sisler and Speaker do He is bigger
than any team he plays WITH and to the average
tator his individual performance is more important
han that OF his team Connect this premise with tho
TACT that he has been associated with an agreeable but
uhaccomphshed manager, and it may be seen that he
not the unit value Of other players whose
play is made to doveta with that of their companions
But another Cobb? 1t is like looking for a swim
ming tank on the desert of Sahara
~ After beating Walter Johnson Fielder Jone. r.+;,.d
happy. " "'o'a'y "n-
While Clark Griffith is about it with his bats am,
balls ne might buy Bob Emslie lantern,
you'll never get German to tell 1t to the marines.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
BY J. S. Mitchell

That the human side Of great golf
ers is one Of the most interesting feat
ures Of the royal and ancient game Is
q certainty. In the broad world Of
sport there is perhaps no figure SO
immune from the errors of frail hu-
uaanity as the man who stands address
ing stationary ball, and to the critic
or the ordinary mortal he is supposed
to be complete master of the situa-
ton.
Yet in his odd moments, and when
his mind is not theorizing on his work
with the driver. iron or brassey. he is
mortal, and in the majority Of cases a
very absorbing individual. In such
moments he will be found with the
same amount Of cogitating kicks. re-
grets and lamentations at not having
followed out his intuitive feeling at
the moment Of some important shot or
other, in which he registered a la
mentable foozle.
All the men who exeellsd en- ths
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Columbia Oval Cricket
Team Defeats Rovers

Playing their postponed game in the
championship series Of the New York
and New Jersey Cricket Association at
Pelham Bay Park, the Columbia Oval
Cricket Club defeated the Columbia
oval Royers by the score of 1870 to 5a'
+. .Carty, with score of 55, and ].
Langley, 30, not out, excelled' at the
wlckets for the winning team, G.. Bell
adding % and l.. Camacho Ia.
When the Rovers went in to bat r.
Mlchaelowski performed brilliant
bowling feat by dismissing seven bats
men at cost of only 22 runs. G. Shaw
obtained two wickets for 1S runs.