davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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whose business was hairdressing.4 and
Joshua Griffith. clerk in the patent Of
Grimes was at 1916. There were sew
eral of this family and they lived at o26
New York avenue. Francis was bar.
ber. Thad. waiter. and Charlie. so $Rf
work at ALL The home of william LII
ley. attorney-at-law. was No. 1917.
George Bergling and John Berglingv
who lived on the south side Of H street.
four doors west Of 7th. had their tailor
shop at 1913. No. 1919 was the homo Of
Henry c. Swain, assistant cashier Of
the First National Bank. and DR.. Ma
than s. Lincoln lived in the house. Mrs.
Mary A. Kelly lived at 1920. while 1921
was the home of Mrs. Mary H. Sch661-
craft. widow of Henry r. schoolcraft.
No. 1922 was the home of J. J. Sarmi-
ento. w. Saunders Johnston and Ely p.
Norton. lawyers. and Henry Dickson Of
the firm of Dickson & King had rooms
there. Another of the boarders there
was Mrs. c. A. Ritchie, government
clerk. No. 1923 was the home of George
8. Gideon. city register. and Oliver, r.
Merrill. clerk in the Treasury. William
D. Colt also lived there.
Elizabeth Abbott lived at No. 1894.
and Kelly 6 Barr (Henry D. Barry.
tailors. had their shop there. Number
1925 was the house of Philip Mohun and
the firm of Francis Mohun & Sons.
lumber dealers. the sons being Philip
and Francis B. Mohun. Francis B. and
Richard B. Mohun were the booksellers
and stationers who for many years oc-
cupied the northeast corner Of 11th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, oppo-
site The Star building. where Brentano
had his bookstore for a good while.
During recent repairs to the buildiAg,
when some old signs were taken down
from the 11th street wall. the Rambler
been a sign painted on the bricks. All
that could be read was Booksellers and
Static" and the Rambler believed that
Philip Mohun took boarders in his r
street house. and among them in 1870
were Asa Brainard. clerk in the Treas
ury. and of local fame as a base ball
patent office: Philip ]. Carrier. clerk in
the census. and two men. Dennis Foley
and H. Mason, whose occupation tina
Rambler cannot recall E. o. T. Hast
ings lived at 1926 and Mary v. Brown.
widow of ]. P. Brown. lived at 1877,
one of her boarders in 1870 being Rep
resentative William C. Lansing. Num-
Der 1928 was Andrew Smiths art store.
and 1879 was the home OF Miss Sarah
F. Patterson. with whom George Fris-
bic Hoar. then a member of the House
of Representatives, boarded for many
years. Number 1880 was the office of
the New York Times. L. L. Crounse be-
ing the correspondent. Mr.. Crounss
lived in 1870 on the east side of 14th.
between NJ and N streets. Number 1881
was either the office the home ..nf
Thomas Jessup Miller of the law firm
of Miller & Fendall (Arthur Fendalib:
1882 was the grocery store of Noryel
Burchell, who lived at 1102 Vermont
avenue: 1888 was the home of DR.. VII.
lard D. Bliss and DR.. Ellis B. Bliss; 1894
was the tailor shop of William Sleek;
1885 was the health Office or SANITARY
bureau" 1896 was the barber shop OF
Joe Fletcher and VIII Davis. colored
men, and the next and last number on
that square of which the Rambler has
a note was 1343, where Patrick Nc
Carthy and Edward Dolan had thstr
tailor shop.
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Frank Carpenter Visits Shpyards Along Delaware River

overtime to supply the losses caused
3, The Emergency Fleet Corporation
has three great yards for the building
OF fabricated ships, and two of these
are on the Delawate river. They are
the plants I have mentioned at Hog
Island and Bristol. The other fabricat-
Ing yard Is near Newark, n. ]. 1t has
already begun to >build ships.
Fabricated ships means ships. the
parts of which are made In different
factories over the country and sent to
some general plant to be assembled
The parts are all standardized, and
those made for one ship will do for
any of the others. This is a new thing
in shipbuilding and it will probably
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many's violations of neutrality on the
part of her warships were fragrant. ar
element In the Chilean navy was said
to be anxious to attack the German
ships.
This was countered by another ele.
ment which pointed to England's vio-
lations Of neutrality also.
In finance and trade, and, to a lesser
degree. in actual investments. Germany
is fairly we'll intrenched in Chile She
has nitrate properties. public utilities
and some mines. Until the war. a
profitable branch of her nitrate in
dustry was handling the iodine which
is by-product of the nitrates.
The German financial influence comes
through the Banco Aleman Trans-At-
lantico. which Is a branch of the
Deutsche Bank of Berlin. and through
other subsidiaries of German banks.
While Germany is thus intrenched
comparison with Great Britain. The
London house of Rothschild has been
for generations the financial hacker of
Chile. OF the Chilean public debt held
abroad about 80 per cent was held in
England. as against per cent in Ger
many. The British nitrate properties
far exceed those Of the Germans. Brit
ish investments in other properties
also are far greater than those of
Germany, and financial houses which
are affiliated with British banks have
much larger aggregate capital than
German banks.
In trade England has much the bet
ter of 1t over Germany. The same is
true of shipping. Many of the most
prominent Chileans who are engaged in
trade. in finance and. in public affairs
bear English, Scotch or Irish names.
They are descendants of the adventur-
Gus men from the British Isles. such as
Admiral Cochrane, who gave their serv-
ices to Chile in the struggle against
spain for her independence.
In the past ii has been the pride OF
.aos Ch.iea.s 10 have t-lci. country
taned' the England C. South America.
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The Rambler Writes of Business Houses and Eomes ON

.-N the beginning Of things In wash
ington + street started its career
a. Q business street. It IN prob
. able that in 1900 there were moro
shops on r street between 18th and
18th than on Pennsylvania avenue from
LIST to 18th. F street was situated on
high land and lay along the top OF q
ridge that fell away to the south with
. marked deciivity. while to the north
II sloped to a less extent. Along this
ridge ran a road. sometimes called "ths
post road" which was part of main
public way leading across the site OF
the city from the Eastern branch to
Rock creek. A good deal of travel
passed over 1T.
The prosperous people of the rich
plantation section beyond the Eastern
branch distributed their patronage be-
tween Georgetown and Bladensburg
until one got as far away from the
Eastern branch as-the region drained
by Oxon run and Broad creek. where
the trade was divided between Alex
andria and Piscetaway. there being
two important ferries to Alexandra.
>ne from the Blue Plains estate on
which Shepherds Landing and the
Home for the Aged and INDECENT are
now situated. and the other frem the
Addison Berry lands on the south side
Of the mouth of Oxon run, where there
IN now ruinous landing place. There
was another ferry from tie Hatton
estate, part of which is now called
River View. to the Virginia shore.
In the early part of its existence
Pennsylvania avenue for much of its
length was swampy. being flooded by
water that was shed by the south slope
of the F street ridge and by Tiber
creek. which flowed along the south
side of the Avenue and frequently rose
above it's banks. The land on which
the Avenue was laid out was covered
with a thick growth of alder bushes
and scrub oak.
1t was nearly impossible in rainy
weather and for some time after rain.
But. as wagon road came into ex-
istence along the course of the Avenue,
taverns. shops and boarding houses
were built and business slowly drifted
from F street to the wider way which
connected the Congress House. as the
Capitol was often called, with the
Presidents House.
Houses continued to multiply along
r street. but they were homes and
boarding houses. with a tavern, grocery
store. bakery and tailor shop at inter-
walls. It became a residence street and
business did not show a tendency to
stray away from the Avenue until after
the civil war. Between the close Of the
civil war and 1870 the number Of small
shops increased. but the period was
notable for the gain in the number of
ofhces. principally the offices Of patent
attorneys, claim agents and real estate
dealers, that were opened on F street.
However. it Is probably fair to classify
as a residence street until the early
Or even the mid sos. when the trend of
trade set In which has developed F
street into one of the great business
of the city.
A friend of the Rambler recalls to
him that one of the mercantile estab-
tshments to move uptown" to F
street was Mrs. Hunts millinery store,
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s7x cents I'd Thompson's and Brimble's glove
fitting corsets very cheap Yard-wtde bleaehed
cotton 10 cents: black dress silk $1.21 up; Black
Alpaca and Mohairs of the 6rst makes. including
the Beaver and Buffalo brands. from Is cents to
81. Prints, cents; lawn robes. $3.50 up; Ladies
underwear and Gents shirts at manufacturer 4
prices.
animation Of our stock.
The following advertisement, printed
in 1871, will recall to old Washing
tonians a store where many OF them
bought music:
Geib & Finckel-Adam Geib and FRANKIE Fl.
Fircke1-1012 street
Sheet music and musical merchandise; sole
agents for Dunhamp & Sons and Stanley & Sons
pianos and Peloubet. Pelton Co.'S parlor Or
gans Also tuning and repairing.
Here follows another advertisement
which the Rambler takes from The
Star of 1873:
NJ. Cunningham, Halter. 1011 street. be-
tween 10th and 11th. has the pleasure to an
nounce that he has received the spring style of
Broadway block and is prepared to furnish new
hats made to order on them. or remodel old
styles: also an assortment OF felt hats for sale
on reasonable terms.
Two of the F. street grocery stores
which were advertising in 1S71-1S73
were Burchells and Elphonzo Youngs.
The following advertisement was in
The Star. January S. 1871:
Good Things to Eat in Endless Supply by FL
phou1o iouuss. urocer anu - herCndut, Md-
sonic Temple. 9th and F. Another New York
steamer arrived this morning, bringing
additional supply Of Christmas iuxuries-Filberts,
French prunes. Zante currants. Leghorn citron.
New Orleans molasses and Goshen butter.
There were four hotels on street in
1870. The st. Cloud. at the southwest
corner of F and 9th. the Rambler has
written of at length in his articles on
the old hotels of Washington. He has
also written in previous "rambles" of
the history and the early owners and
tenants of the land the Ebbitt House
stands ON. The other F street hotels
of 1870 were the Everett House and the
Globe. The Everett was 1411 and the
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tually constitutes the German influence in
Chile.
1t is made up of many elements. The
foundation is the German colony at Val
diva in the southern part of the coun-
try. This was planted sixty years ago.
1t is partly agricultural and partly in
dustrtal and commercial The timber re-
sources of southern Chile have been de-
veloped by this German settlement, and
they have monopolized the tanning indus
try. They also have been the principal
factors in marketing the wheat, Of which
large quantities are raised Commercially
they have been an outpost of Hamburg.
Foreign firms other than German never
could sell their goods at Valdivia.
The German element is also very num-
erous at Conception. which is the COM
mercial center of southern Chile. Here
there was no colonization, but a gradual
accretion of Germans engaged in trade
until they became the most numerous of
all the foreign elements in the population
The pamphlet OF the German Chilean
League was printed at Concepcior
There are small settlements of Ger
mans in other parts of Chile. but in
themselves they do not constitute nu-
merical element of Importance In
Santiago. Valparaiso and the other
cities there are many Germans engaged
and In some places even more French
men.
The distinctive German settlements in
Chile are unlike the German colony in
southern Brazil, in that they speak the
language of the country in which they
are domiciled. OF course, they also
preserve the German language and Gus
toms. They have intermarried largely
with Chilean families.
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German influence has been exerted in
the Chilean military organization, more
SO in the army than in the navy. The
military school at Santiago. which is
;he We. Go.l. o. cniir. dies 70: heaa
the direct Impress os Germai miITc
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09

had to drag him In. We got over all
right
But the joke wis that n couple OF
days later / got orders to report to a
French colonel. Headquarters was
about seven miles away. so I hoofed
1t back. expected to be put on patrol
duty Of some sort. I presented my
self and couldn't find out what the
program was. They told me to go
stand behind major. / did. but the
major kept rambling around. and me
after him like goof.
Then / was told TO 20 forward on
the parade ground. and French gen.
eral lined Inc up. pointed n sword at
me and turned on the French. II
wasn't much OF conversation. for
didn't know what he was talking about.
so i just grinned. Then he let down
the sword. pinned this on me-the
Croix de Guerre-and started kissing
me. Say. that mustache tickled me
from ear to ear. I'm OF saving men
after this"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
AIRMAN ESCAPES DEATH

London.-A British airman flying a
powerful machine at 10000 feet over
Ostend recently had the machines tall
shot off by the direct hit of shell,
very unusual occurrence.
The machine turned upside down,
out of control. and the pilot was
thrown out of his seat. BY some in
explicable maneuver he managed to
Chamber onto the bottom OF the tusel-
age of the machine astride Of which
ne sat as II he was riding horse.
Though the machine was out of con-
troll, owing to the loss Of its tail planes,
vet by moving forward and backward
he so managed to balance 1t that 1t
gijded steadily downward, although 1t
was upside down.
He successfully brought II across
the German lines and came safely to
within O few hundred feet Of the
ground. Then he crashed and was in
jureA, but is now recovering In hos
pitai-
When Il u considered that this In
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
CANARY RISES TO PROTEST
Declares Increase in Cost Of Living
Has Been Excessive, and Gives
Figures to Prove II.

Among the latest to protest against
the habit of raising prices, simply be-
cause the raised price can be secured,
there was heard, recently. new voice
II was that Of canary. Being bird
whose motto had ever been: strict
application to business" Il had been
his custon, when the rest Of the fam
lily left the city during the ssmmer
and shut up the house. to board him
self out. Two years ago. he could, he
says. get good accommodation. an airy
room with sunny aspect. good seed.
water. bath, and unrestricted oppor-
tunity for vocal exercise for thirty
cents a week. Last year. however, the
charge for the same accommodation
was raised to forty cents, and this year
1t appears he has been obliged to pay
ffty cents. He il willing. he declares.
to sustain his share of the burden OF
the war. but he regards a o6 per cent
rise as unduly hard on bird Of mod
crate means.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
WOMAN SHERIFF MAKES GOOD
When She Goes After an Offender,
He Had Better Surrender
Peacefully.

Coleman, Tex.-Mrs. John II. Ban
mister Is the new sheriff OF Coleman
county. All who know her say that
when she buckles on her six-shooter
and goes out to make an arrest the OF.
fender had better make peaceful sur
render If he knows what is good for
him. 1t Is not meant by this that Mira
Bannister Is woman Of the rough
man type-on the contrary she Is un-
assuming, quiet and preposSessing n
looks. The sum and substance OF A
Is that she belongs to a stock Of wess-
erners that does not know what r,sa3
is when 1t comes to fulfilling what aha
believes to be her official duty.
Mrs. Bannister's husband, CAPTAIN
Bannister, who died recently. was sher
If Of Coleman county for many years.
His wife assisted him in ais work in
many ways and is said to be thorough.
Il familiar with the details of the of
nee. II was but natural that she
should be elevated to the. vecant posi-
ton. her friends say.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
CHASERS
DO GREAT WORK

the damage their submarines would 90
TO the Americans 1t was the submarine
chasers of our friends which Travelled
about four thousand miles to deal win
the German partner at his gateway.
1.-THE American seameE will be cor
daily congratulated by their comrades
In the other allied navies on the de-
struction of two Austrian submarines.
The attack was direct and menacing
challenge to the AustrO-Hungarian
fleet, and it presents another effective
blow struck at the enemy.
"The task of making way through
the mine fields in broad daylight must
have been difficult and hazardous
one. We shall probably learn that
some Of our hardy east coast fisher
men, Englishmen and Scotchmen. had
n hand In clearing the passage for the
warships."
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
YANKEE COINS GAINING FAVOR
Now Accepted In Lieu Of French
Money In Small Shops Of
Paria

Paris.-The continued arrival Of
American soldiers In France loaded to
the -guDwales" with Unified States
money has resulted In Yankee coins
ginning considerable favor in France.
In many small shops they are accept
ed In lieu of French money.
Newspaper vendors, boat ticket sell
ers and others who deal largely In PEN
MES would much rather accept an
American nickel or a couple Of cents
than change five-franc note.
The French like the American FIVE
cent piece. Ellie est jolie." they say.
comparing 1t with the French coin OF
the same denomination. which has q
square hole In the center. They don't
think so much of the American cop
pers. Being hardly half as large as
the sou they have been accustomed to,
they can't see why In has the same
value.
Dimes are accepted readily for half
franc, but quarters and half dollars.
being at odd values with the franc
standard, find 1t hard shedding to get
by.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
LABRADOR FISHERY IS SHORT
Only $4,000 oulntals Are Expecess
This Season, Against 2o0,ooo
In q Good Year.

St Johns, n. F.-The LabiIdor hsh-
.rv. one of the principal branches OF
the Newfoundland cod fishery INDUS
,ry. threatens to be very short this
wear. The fish are shipped direct from
the coast to European countries, main
Nv Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece
aad very high prices are obtained now
sGnys. virtually double the figures rui'
ing before the war started. The Lab
rador fishery of Newfoundland has not
in late years attained the same pro-
r.ortions as formerly when some 2O,UO
fisher folk, men, women and Children
migrated there every summer for the
fishing season, and the catch In some
YEARS reached 250,OOO quintals. A good
season at present would represent nalf
.t.ese figures, whereas the outlook just
now Is that for the 10000 or l2,WO
people engaged, not more than oo'oVO
arintals will be obtained.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Doesn't Think Much Of Act That
Won Cross.
All He Did Was Swim River Undel
Fire and Rescue Wounded
Frenchman.

| Pittsburgh.-"Now listen. get me
There's been so much hot air about
| this hero stuff that / want you TO get
1t straight. / saw this French bird
across the river and | went and got
him. If hadn't someone else probably
would have taken the same chance"
In these words Capt. Walter X.
Flannery, who was awarded the Cross
of War for swimming the Marine river
and rescuing wounded French sol
der at the time the Germans held the
Aisne- Marine salient, disposes of any
attempt to make hero of him for the
deed. At the time Flannery was a lieu
tenant. He Is ut his home here on
furlough.
The wounded man lay on the bank
across the river from where the
Americans were stationed at Sayigny.
Disregarding French officers warn
ing that 1t probably was ruse to at
tract Americans over that the Huns
might learn what division opposed
them, Flannery waited until nightfall,
when he stripped to his underclotbing
and SWAN across. The Germans
spotted him and most Of the trip was
under water. FlanDery tells the rest
of the story as follows:
"When I got over found the man.
All the French l knew was lei, ici'-
here, here'-and then the bird went
hysterical and refused to come into
the water. He was too weak to tie
the rope / had brought along. 50 I
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09

cident occurred mt height of 10000
feet. over hostile territory, and that
during the airman's terribly precarious
ride he was subject to anti-aircraft
fire. and liable to the attack of hostile
scouts, 1t Is not too much to say that
his Is record achievement.
Recently another airman was shot
down, out of control. from 1900 feet,
and fell, fluttering like leaf toward
the ground. At height of 1000 feet
he tainted. Shortly afterward he
came to, and found himself In the ma,
chine upside down In marsh, unhurt
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Allies Praise Americans for Part
They Played in Durazzo
Engagement.
ACTIVE DUTY PLEAsEs men
Squadron OF Twelve Commanded by
Captain Nelson Forms Screen for
BIG Warships-One Of Fate's
Queer Twists.

Lond0n.-A contingent of IL Ameri
can submarine chasers played bril-
liant and novel part in the DurazzO en-.
| gagement. This chaser squadron eff.
fectively acted as a screer. around the
big ships engaged in the bombardment
to protect them against submarines
| The Americans were under heavy fire,
but had no casualties.
Capt. G. p. Nelson and Lieut.. Com.
P. II. Bastedo commanded the squad
ron. A large percentage OF the officers
| and men were of the naval reserve
and reports of the operation praise
their work highly.
The Americans definitely sank one
| submarine and damaged and probably
| destroyed another. After the engage
ment they escorted a British cruiser
which had been hit by a torpedo safely
to the base from which the expedition
started. An enemy hospital ship was
also taken in charge for examination.
Active ruty tseases Men.
Throughout the bombardment and
when the forces were approaching the
harbor the chasers circled swiftly
around the big ships. A report received
here says the men had good time and
evidently were pleased with the sue
cess of the first achievement of this
character the chasers had attempted
to work. Heretofore they have been
patrolling, dropping depth charges and
firing on enemy submarines.
AustriaHungary has at the most
only two modern battleships left; she
has lost a large number of small craft,
and now Durazzo, the advanced base
of her depleted fleet. has been rem
deied useless, writes the British naval
expert. Archibald Hurd, in the Daily
Telegraph. Continuing, he says:
"Durazzo. practically dominating all
one side of the Adriatic, was TO the
Ausirians what Zeebrugge was once to
the Germans. No effort had been /
spared to make II an impregnable port
which would be valuable to the Aus
TRANS, as a base of military forces of
the quadruple alliance In Albania, and
in addition be pistol aimed at the |
allies.
Sees one Of Fate's Queer Twists.
'In the scheme of attack provision |
had been made by the entente naval !
forces for the cooperation of Ameri-
can submarine chasers, of which quite |
n number have been working In the !
1t was an irony of fate |
that whereas the Germans boosted Of |
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
HERO BELITTLES
HIS HEROIC DEED
Blind Man Gets Work
in Munition Factory

Willimantic, Conn.--Connecti-
cut Is believed to be the first
state in the Union to provide
munition work for blind man.
John Il. Mccarthy Of this city.
who lost his sight two years ago,
has been at work for several
weeks In nearby munition fac
tory crimping primers for big
guns. He was aided In securing
employment by Superintendent
III. J. Martlndale of the United
States Employment agency. and
Stettson X. Ryan, secretary OF
the state board of education for
the blind.