davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03

Eight thousand young men are want
ed for the ground personnel of the
Nayy's Flying Corps. Secretary Dam
this number, and the recruiting officers
Of the country will ut once begin
drive to enlist the men required.
There Is an immediate need for me-
chanicians for naval aviation for the
ratings of machinists' mates, carpen-
ters' mates. quartermasters. copper
smiths and blacksnliths. These men
will not be enlisted for pilots duties
but will receive special training In the
building, handling, repairing and over
hauling of the Navy's aircraft. Ten
men are required to keep each machine
in order and make safe the flight Of
the air-pilot.
The requirements for enrolment will
be the same as those for the regular
service OF the United States Navy.
Training for mechanics mates and
quarternaSters will last about three
| months. Carpenters mates will train
for approximately six weeks. On COM
pletion OF the training, the provisional
landsmen, after examination, will be
rated first or second-class petty officers.
They will then be eligible to promotion
to the next higher grade, if they show
fitness and pass the necessary exami-
nation. The age limit for this enlist
me,,t i, t,a.oatx-1an4. -. thirtl .fixe xs4...
I ffsanilidafes must pass the regular Navy
physical examination. Men enlistins
for aviation duty but failing to qualify
will. If recommended by their com
mandinp officers, be assigned to genera
service.
The following trades are covered .!
the ratings: Carpenters. wood WORK
ers. n,achinists, copper smiths, black
! smiths. fabric workers, riggers, acety
lene welders, gas engine repair me-
and instrument makers.
Landsmen for quartermaster nee
have no previous trade experience, ~
general manuel ability is necessar!
!. Men of trades, such as rigging, faDrl
:. working and wire working. are desil
!. ed. rs are also men experienced III th
! o,eration Of hydrogen plants or III tI
= care and upkeep of dirigibles or ba
!, Icons. Men who display proficiency
diriyible work will be assigned to IA
If branch. !,
Carpenters mates will look after q
Is upkeep and repair of wings. pontool
hying-boat hulls and bodies, balloo
and dirigibles. This training will GOV
the practical application Of their tra
= skill to general aviation work.
4. Machinists' mates must show pre-
20 ons experience in gasoline engines
~ any allied skilled trade, such as q
g of electrician. They will be trained
~ the upkeep and overhauling OF alr-cr
~ engines.
=. Provision is made for men especia
-: we'll qualified for enlistment or enr
" ment as carpenters and macliinists
-, be enrolled directly for that seco
class rate, should their skill be y
cipnt. The rating badges for men
80 this service will be the same as III
W. regular Navy, except for the addi'
+ha of double wings.
NAVY RECRUITING STATION,
eu 73O Common Street.
y. New Orleans, l.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
One On the Judge.

A clever young lawyer was deienu-
Ing man accused Of housebreakins.
aYour Honor, submit that my chent
did not break into the house at all he
rornd the paTlor window open' IN
serted his right arm, and removed
rew triiliag articles. Now, my clients
.rm is not hi,asclf, and | fail to see
how YOU can punish him for an OF
rsnse committed only by one OF ms
imbs.' 90,
.s1haj argument" said the judge, is
rery well put. Following II ioslo'n.,
I sentence the defendants arm 70 ons
gear's imprisonment. lie can ae,o'n
sany it or not, just as he chooses,
The prisoner calmly unscreWed M ~,
.ork arm, and. leaving 1t IN the docA
walked out.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03

or signal, thai limousine rounded !.
corner. IEcraahed into it-unharmed.
The chauileurl had been drinking
when l stopper for explanation. he
gave me nothing but curses. l saw a
shattered wfngow but believed the
limousine TO % unoccupied, and rode
on. Returnlnglthe rented car, / went
out. as is my weekly custom, to my
folks III TIC country. When saw the
papers this morning I came back.
That's all; but it will cost me every
cent | have ssEed. or worse. There
is no one to ffove the truth of my
story.
"But,' cried Dosia eagerly, "why
don't you exphin to Mrs. Mel her.
self"
The man laughed shortly. ssDo you
think they'd LET me see her this morn
ing! he said The privilege Of 'ex-
planning will BIZ allowed me only with
the judge"
Quickly Dosia reached for her coat
"Wait here sge1 begged breathlessly
until call you up on the phone" and
she was gone. Zone moment she wait
ed to buy sop1} fresh roses, then tht
taxi that she~tignaled went rushin.
on it's errand. Ia smilingly apologeti'
Dosia entered Sur home that evening
II have beensgone long time," sh,
said, "but you see l had to talk witt
an old lady at ite hospital"
It was not until Madame Mel ha,
Withdrawn her charges and vindicate,
Donald Stewart from blame that W
were permittedsto meet him.
Don't you see it?" asked Dosia-
"that true looksin his eyes?" And "
confess we do-when those same eye
rest upon Dosia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
One Rule For All

1T The publisher of country newspaper be successful must
have but rule for ALL and particularly this
CARDS his relations with his subscribers This the Banners
policy for and that other
Of paper That's
why remain firm in this andone why treat
just there's other equitable pursue
m you the you may expect
VI you little prior the time subscription
expires Should fail make remittance need
be surprised your discontinued for that what will
follow In other words let that date is November
will mailed you
2Oh you fail remit your will be dropped from
mailing list November st That's the the rule
When carried letter
being that the
busy duties around that subscription
One rule for all-aIl the tlme-with the Banner
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Dosiia $
Adventure
=
By Agnes c. Brogan


Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper union.l
Something interesting is sure to hap
pen to Dosia if she merely starts for
shopping trip downtown it Will end In
some unexpected manner.
'I'll be back In time for luncheon"
she told mother one morning, and
mother smiled.
1--WE know the usual outcome of
your good intentions, DOsia," she told
her, "and will not expect you until we
see you" and just as Dosia had fin
ished her shopping and was starting
homewar(l, flown came heavy shower.
Immediately she thought of the tea
room nearby, as a refuge; she would
lunch here while THE storm lasted.
She was enjoying herself immensely
listening to the soft-toned music and
reading the morning paper, when the
pictured face of man beneath glar-
ing headline held her attention. 1t was
not that the face was handsome or one
\familiar, but just that the eyes
emed to look into hers in most
Aelling hypnotic way. When she
Ne paper aside there still were
seeming to stare at her
Z folds.
net told Dosia that the
klre was innocent of the
Me had been accused.
Htably sure of this,
away? The night
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Butterfly Carnival.

A strange sight was seen recentIy IL
County Roscomnon, and ihdeeu'
throughout central Ireland, Wne'e
myriads of rare and beautiful Da.lei
lies were dispcrtiIg themselves Inc
oyely peacock butterfly was the inos.
numerous, and clusters Of this species
n;gtt he seen on i: single Plant. u
.as 4 record occasion for collectors
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Cotton Seed

I now have at my home, near i.
about 100 bushels OF HALF AND a a.,,.
!. nat from frost-bitten bolls.
49, 49, :. resideuce $50 per bushcl.
81 j. r. BOOKER.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
LLOYD BATTERY COMPANY
2w crockett street, SHREVEPORT
old phone, 3i5
Where the Big Crowd Eats
When In Shreveport.
The Columbia
Restaurant and Lunch Roo"
52I Market Street
employees.

Dining parlor for ladies in back POT
ton Of the room.
Native Game, Oysters and otner 90
Foods when in season.
ce.,,4aous treatment clean linen, and
wholesome food at popular prices. o-u
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
TEA ROOM OPENS.

The tea room which will open at
dinner tomorrow under the direction OF
Miss Rosalie Smith and the ladies OF
Calvary church is being put in order
today. This being wheatless week.
no -four products will be served to-
morrow and wheatless days will be
observed each week as ordered by the
food administrator. A good dinner will
be served tomorrow for forty cents,
not including dessert. Serving to-
morrow will be Mrs George Adams,
Mrs, Franc Mangum, Miss Georgia
Bena Dcdson, Miss Sara Tower and
others. The tea room has met with
sc much enthusiasm and encourage
ment that it's success seems assured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
away.
Ned Ransom in Southern Woman's
Magazine.
away.
HBROADWAY FROLIC"
WAS WELL ATTENDED

The amateur production Broadway
Frolic," staged last night for the bene-
fiji of the Americas and Sumter Coun-
ty Red Cross chapter, and which viii
be put on again tonight at the Opera
house, was we'll attended. Those pres
ent all enjoyed the entertainment, AMI
many expressed the opinion that it
equalled any of the $500 road shows
that visit Americas. The cast is en-
tirely of home talent, and it is antici-
pated tonight's attendance will be even
larger than that of last night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
Kaiser Target For Airmen.

COPENHAGEN, April 26-British
airmen bombarded Zeebrugge mole
today, while the kaiser was inspecting
the results of the recent British raid
there German newspapers, comment
ing on the occurrence, declare the
kaiser remained on the mole and COM
pleted his inspection.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
10000 Wanted to Help Build Plant.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20
The labor department announces that
ten thousand men are needed by the
dupont Engineering Company for en-
ployment on the smokeless powder
plant which the company is erecting at
Nashville, Tenn, for the government.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
BROADWAY FROLIC.

The play which was given last night
at the Opera House was success, des-
pits the unfavorabIe weather. A large
audience witnessed the performance
and a nice sum was realized for the
local Red Cross.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
State OF Ohio. City OF Toledo.
T1gOoo TorinfE1 90

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm OF F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum or
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. D. 1856. A. ". GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Hairs Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System Send
for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pulls for constipation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
You Are Not Exempt.

You may be called upon tonight by
the fire demon; are you fully prepar-
ed? Insure with
JOS. PERKINS & CO.,
Room a. Planters Bank Bldg.
Telephone No. Fl. tt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
DANCE ATE ARMORY.

The dance which follows Miss JOS
'eph's dancing class this evening be-
gins promptly at 8;45. Those who
wish to danced re requested to come
early, as the dSA closes at eleven.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-26
y y y y \ \ y y = = \ 4 y y
\ HIS CLOTHES CAME BACK =
> FROM THE CAMP TODAY. =


> FROM THE CAMP TODAY. =
y y y y \ y y y y y y \ y y
His clothes came back from the camp
today,
The clothes he wore when he
went away:
The jacket and trousers the school
boy wore,
Things that the soldier-boy needs no
more.
His mother took them and put them
away
In the room upstairs where he used
to play.
His clothes came home from the
camp today,
The cap that he waved when he went
away,
The coat that was snagged and
mended with care,
The bright-colored scarf that he liked
best to wear:
She held them close to her heart
today,
AS she knelt alone in his room to
pray.
His clothes came back from the camp
today,
The shoes where the prints of his feet
still stay;
His mother, seeing them through her
tears,
Thought of the baby boots kept
through the years;
And, with the relics of yesterday,
She put her soldier boys clothes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29

the copper used in solomons temple came from it.
 Copper is one of the six metals men tionci in the Old Testament. There are mines in the desert of Sinai, which pI obably supplied metal for ancient Egypt Those mines are said to be the oldest known to man. The workings are still visible and they were operated as recently as 1900 B. C., at which time a bronze statue of Rameses il was cast. Whether the copper came from Sinai is not known
 Among the copper deposits of Russia are some in the Caucasus mountains. not for from Baum, in which American capital is interested. The mines there lave been worked for centuries. but recent development work shows that they still contain many million tons of copper ore of more than per cent val Iues The ore lies in a flat body. which is from so to 120 feet thick on the side of steep mountain. so that the over burden can be sluiced down by hy- draulic giants and the ore quarried out The plans of the Americans were to smelt the ore on the ground and to eGuip the mines with all modern mining ccnveniences They were running the laines with fuel oil brought by the company's own pipe line fir 1m Batum and carried there from the Caspian oil fields in tank cars. Just beiof the war opened upward of 1000 men were employed and the copper produced was being sold to the Russians.
 There are immense copper deposits In Africa and South America. Some of the largest ia Africa lie in Belgian territory. They are in the Kongo Free Stato upon the great ridge that runs between the Kongo and Zambesi rivers, and they will be reached by railroads from Portuguese East Af- rica or by a branch extension from the road from Capetown to Cairo. I went to the end of the southern extension of the Cape-to-Cairo line which now terminates not a great distance from Lake Tanganyiki, and spent some time at the zinc and lead mines of Broken Hill in northern Rhodesia. While there l saw nuggets of copper that had been taken from the great Kongo Free State and hoes, spears and axes of solid copper made by the natives. The mining engineers told me that more than 100 copper mines have been discovered, and that more than 2,000,000 tons of copper is al- ready in sight. The deposits consist of two great belts about 200 miles long, and they cover a territory big- ger than the state of Ohio. The cop per is said to be of a high grade. some of it from 13 to 15 per cent pure, and at Katanga having copper con- tents of 35 per cent. On the Kongo watershed the copper is right on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29

top of the ground, and the mines can be worked with steam shovelsin the same way as is now being done with our vast deposits in Utah, under stand that the deposits are controlled by British capital, although the late King Leopold of Belgium had large share of stock in them. The copper output of Africa in 1sis was about 5000 tons. which was 5000 tons more than was then mined in Germany
 Some of the largest copper mines of South America are owned by Amsri- can capital The Guggenheim syndi- cate has enormous mines in Chile, and it exports copper from there to the United States. The largest of it's Ge- posits are near Antofa agasta. and oth CTS are the Braden mines, not long distance from Santiago. There are also large copper mines in Bolivia. and some of the most famous of the world are to be found in Peru. Dur ing my last trip to that country I found a colony of Americans taking out copper from the very top of the Andres. They have erected & smeluter al 1S, 900 feet above the sea, and are turning out more than 100000 pounds of copper a day They are work ing the old mines of Cerro de Pasco, where silver was discovered almost 
 thing like a half billion ounces of sil- yer have been taken out. They are now finding copper below where the silver ore was and are mining it at great profit The work is being done by the Peruvian Indians, but the fore men are Americans. The stock of the company is listed on the New York stock exchange The shelter is the highest in the world.
 There are large copper mines in Cuba about 12 miles west of Santiago which were opened up less than 40 years aft CT Columbus set foot on that island. They were worked for 200 years by the Spanish governments; and before the Calumet and Hecla mines of Lake Su perior were discovered they were con- sidered the richest copper mines If the world. They are now owned by Ameri- cans. The ore is smelted and sent to the United States. I visited that property not long ago, and found hun dreds of Mexicans working under Amer ican foremen. They are now mining something like 1900 feet below the sur face and pumps have to be kept going to take out the water. Some of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29

unet and Hecia, a property which has
 paid many millions in dividends, and
 will continue to pay for years to come.
 There are now several scores of copper
 mnes in that region.
 We have some of the richest copper deposits of the world on our Rocky
 mountain plateau. There are some near Butte, Mont which produce more
 copper than any two foreign countries.
 and the present output of Arizona is
 more than 100000 pounds per day all
 the year through. Arizona ranks first
 among our copper producers. Montana second, after which comes Utah and
 Michigan. It was the Anaconda cop per mine near Butte that made the
 fortune of Marcus Daily and it was the
 United Verde of Arizona which added 90 greatly to the wealth of William A. Clark. The controlling interest in the latter property was bought by MT. Clarke 30 years ago for less than S50,-
 0Gc, and since then it has for long pe- lriods produced copper worth 20 times that much, Senator Clark was once off fered $25,000.000 in cash for the prop Ierty and during the first 20 years of its operation 1t had an output of $eo.-
 000,000 worth of ore. The ore has gold and silver mixed with the copper. and the gold and silver, I am told, have been enough to pay the running ex- ipenses, leaving the copper all profit One of the most wonderful copper mines of today is at Bingham. Eot far from Salt Lake City. It is known as the Utah copper mine. It produced
 more than 1S.000,000 tons of ore last
 year, and this, computed at IT pounds refined copper per ton made a product Of more than 220.000,000 pounds, which was worth over $60.o00, 900.
 The Utah copper mine Is perhaps the largest in the world. It consists of mcnntain of low grade ore. waIcn can be mined with steam shove1s. and 1t has great mills and reduction works which handle enormous quantities of ore at profit. The mine pai1 moro Ethan $2S,0o0,o0o in dividends last year. and it's total dividends distributed to date have been more than S75.00n.00n. It has produced more than 1000. ,00o pounds of copper
 The Utah Consolidated. not far away,
 paid dividends of $1.000.0o0 last year.
 and there are other mines close hy that (Continucd on Page FourD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29

tunnels are 900 feet below the level of the sea. The ore is of low grade. and the deposits do not compare in rich ness or magnitude with those of many small mines of the west.
 As to the copper deposits os the United States, they are the largest and most valuable of the world. Nc have copper scattered here and there Maine, and from Lake Superior to Alaska. The mineral was found in Massachusetts 12 years after the Pil- Rriins landed on Plymouth Rock. and in 1Te9 a company was Incorporated 4n Connecticut to work copper ore. Nt about the same time they were mining copper in New Jersey and sensllig the ore 10 England for smelting Benjamin Franklin once visited the New Jersey mines before the war of the revolution and at its close Nicholas J. Roos sv=lt, a great granduncle of Theod3sa. had an interest in them and organized a company to put up a smelter and a copper and brass rolling mill tAere, Other mines were soon found in Nlr- ei inia. North Carolina, South Caro- lima and Georgia, and Tennessee vas or,ce one of the chief copper pro- ducers of the country.
 
 the opening up of the copper deposits Iof Lake Superior. These began to he nined something like 75 years ago and since then they have produced metal to value of many hundreds of millions of dollars. At the close of 1914 they had produced more than $500. .0o0,- 900 pounds of refined copper, or more than the whole world has produced in any two years since they were opened, The copper of Lake Superior is unique in that it Is about the only district from which large output is derived from native copper. The copper occurs in large masses, some weighing as much as 500, 900 pounds. Much of it is low grade, but it is handled on an im- mense scale and that at 3 great profit. The dividends paid from the various mines have run into the hundreds of millions of dollars and many of the for tunes in copper have been made from them. When I visited this region many years ago 1 was told how one of the richest mines was discovered, A pig had fallen into lole, and in trying to root it's way out uncovered the ore which was finally developed in the Cal