davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1918-04-24

HOUSES NORTHEAST OF TOWN S2650-3 rooms and screen porches and bath, all modern and $500 worth of furniture for sale. All for $2650 and $500 cash on home will handle. s4000-5 room brick and toilets and garage. 5000 will handle. s2560-5 room brick and one large screen room and bath and modern. $500 will handle.
 s235O-4 room brick and screen rooms, bath and modern, lots of fruit and shade. Cash $500 and rest $25 per month.
 $l150-4 room frame and bath, large chicken corralls, s200 cash.
 HOMES WEST OF TOWN S2700-4 room pebble dash and 1 sleeping room, bath and modern Cash s250.
 $2250-4 room brick and garage and all modern; a dandy buy. $500 cash and $20 per month.
 BOLIN REALTY co.
 119 N. Second Ave
 phnna AIn0
Arizona republican., 1918-04-24
Rooms and Board

FOR ROOM AND BOARD in private family. good location. Phone 3705 or call at IT \. Sixth St tf'
Arizona republican., 1918-04-24
For Rent-Furnished Rooms

3 OR 1 ROOMS. bath. sleeping porch by permanent party. Box 1895 Repub- lican d1
Arizona republican., 1918-04-24
For Sale-Houses
GIVEN AWAY

Owner says: Sell for S2000.00. S150.0O cash, balance years per cent, which is literally giving away this modern residence which consists of rooms, kitchen, bath room, restricted addition; faces south. Save money on this and buy more Liberty Bonds.
 Exclusive with
 A. F. EARLL
 IT N 1st Ave. 1t
Arizona republican., 1918-04-24

fOk RENI-f urnlSheC 1rOnI room, nice private entrance and bath. l09 \. 1St St dl
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
THEIR HEARTS NOT BURIED
Many Instances of Celebrated Men
Who Have Had Chief Organ of
Life Preserved.

A recently proved will contained the
clause that the deceased 'wished his
heart to be separated from his body
and preserved in spirits"
The request, though a singular one,
is not without precedent. In 1909
Lord Burton made a similar request,
and nine years earlier the Marques
of Butte ordered that his heart should
be conveyed to the Mount of Olives
for burial. This was done by his
widow. Robert Bruce enjOined a sim
liar duty on his retainer Douglas,
who may or may not have acceded
to the demand.
Shelly's heart is supposed to have
been rescued by Trelawney during the
cremation of the poet, but there is in
sufficient evidence on the point. Da-
vid LivingstOne's body rests in West
minister abbey, but his heart lies un-
der a tree in Africa, and the exact
spot is marked by a tall Obelisk sur
mounted by a cross, raised by the
Royal Geographical society.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
Moss Crows on Old Books.

A French scientist, DR.. Pierre See,
has recently communicated to the
Academy of Sciences in Paris the re-
suits of original botanical excursions
which he has been making in the IL
braries. By means of microscopic ex-
animation of mOldy volumes, together
with experiments in propagation, he
has shown that these blemishes are
caused by fungi of low orders. Certain
of these mOlds secrete a pigment whose
color is characteristic of the species,
and which diffuses through the paper.
More than thirty years ago a Hun
garian bOtanist, Jules Schaarschmidt,
attempted to study the plants met up
on the edges and in the folds of old
bank notes, among the dust and dirt.
He scraped the surface of paper mon
ey in these places and, transferring
the deposit thus secured into a drop
of water placed under a microscope,
he was able to establish the presence
Of an abundant cryptOgamic vegeta-
ton. But he pursued his investiga-
tiOnS no further than this.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23

affair into a Liberty Loan meeting
and also to describe the method Of
operating the planes and their plan of
construction. They returned with
three other planes on Friday to meet
the Liberty Loan train and give an
other big exhibition.
The Dover Index office was broken
into two nights in succession. this
week, and the safe in the business
office, which was not locked. COM
petely rifled. In prying open the two
small drawers of the safe, in which
were valuable contracts and three or
four liberty bonds, the burglars, be-
lleved to be amateurs, badly bungled
their job. Another drawer containing
several checks and about ten dollars
IN paper money was left untouched.
There is every reason to believe who
one of the guilty parties was, as a bow
was found with some of the plunder
IN his possession, but denied that he
was the guilty party. The State
authorities are investigating.
Richard S. Truitt, the only son of
Mr.. and Mrs S. NJ. Truitt of Milford.
and a nephew of H. Rodney Sharp of
the du POnt Company, died at the hos
pital at Camp Lee, Va, on Sunday.
Death was due to pneumonia. which
set in a week before his death, follow
ing an attack of the Spanish influenza.
Mr.. Truitt who was 21 years old last
April, was graduated from the Milford
High School in the class of 1914, and
from the Philip Exeter Preparatory
School, Exeter, N. H., in 1917. He en-
listed last May and was sent to Camp
Meade, from which place he was
transferred to Camp Miegs, near
Washington, d. c., where he was pro-
NOTED to top sergeant. He later be-
came a candidate for the Officers
Training School at Camp Lee, and re-
ported there last August an was Just
about to receive a commission as a
Second Lieutenant.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
"SAVE SEED CORN" IS THE
ADVICE TO ALL FARMERS
IMPERATIVE NEED FOR A BUM
Err CROP FOR NEXT YEAR
To accomplish This Farmers Need to
Plant the Finest Variety of Seeds.
Coming State Corn Show

Agricultural authorities insist that
it is imperative for the farmer to Sc
lect and to save an adequate supply of
seed corn, since the campaign for
for greater food production, no chance
should be taken as to the quality of
seed corn. The only way to be sure
that seed corn will grow is to husk it
before freezing weather and place it
in a dry well-ventilated room where it
should remain until air dry. Seed
ears should not be placed in bins,
boxes or barrels but hung up in such
a manner that the ears will not touch
while drying. Hence, as husking pro-
crosses, each farmer should select and
preserve at least twice as many seed
ears as will be required for his plant
ing next spring. He should do this
for two reasons, First, the larger
number of ears will enable him to
make a closer selection for the better
type of ears for planting. Second, he
Will nave SOluG GALId SCCQ W oClA III
the spring. There is always more or
less of a local demand for seed corn,
and Delaware played most import
ant part in relieving the seed corn
shortage of 1917. Another object in
selecting seed corn early is to provide
ears in suitable condition for exhibit
tion purposes. At the annual State
Corn Show it is often noticed that
many of the samples are immature, a
condition which prevents the sample
from taking a premium. The winners
at the State Corn Show have usually
been those that have paid close at
tention to the selection and maturity
of the seed ears. This year the
Twelfth annual State Corn Show will
be held in Bridgeville, January 14-17,
in conjunction with the Peninsula
Horticultural Society. Owing to the
national demand for greater food pro-
duction this will be the most import
ant agricultural meeting in the state
and it is hoped that every grain
grower will manifest his interest in
the campaign by entering one or more
samples of corn or other grain.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
GREATEST IN OUR HISTORY
Among Men of AcknowIe dyed Pre-
eminence George Washington Eas.
lily Stands at the Head.

In the generation that saw the birth
and the earlier years of the republic
hve men stand Out-GeOrge Washing
ton, Heljamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and
John Marshall.
Whether or not the last four of
them were great men in the full sense
OF the word is a question on which
people were not agreed in the lifetimeS
of these four, and are not agreed to-
day; but every one felt then as every
one feels now that Washington was
great. He is a world figure.
In mere intellectual power he was
not superior to the other four. He
had less originality and less wide
range of capacity than Franklin, less
versatile activity of mind than JEFF
ferSOn, less brilliant gifts for a con-
structive policy and the exposition
thereof than Hamilton; less logical
grasp and penetration of thought than
Marshall; but he rose superior to them
all in a certain massive strength of
character, in a stately dignity, in a
calm firmness of purpose that neither
the smiles nor frOwns of fortune could
divert from the course his Judgment
had approved. So his primacy was
undiSputed then and has remained un-
disputed ever since.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
Odd Funeral Customs.

Curious funeral customs fingered
long in Wales and the border cOun-
ties. Aubrey tells US of "the sim
eater" who came to the house of the
dead person and for a meal and fee
undertook the responsibility Of the
guilt of the departed!
In Wales the night before the burial
the friends and neighbors came to
the house, bringing with them a small
piece of meat or bread and some beer,
etc. This night was called "Wyl Nos"
(the watching night. Certain psalms
were sung and Scriptures read, and
when a person entered the room they
knelt before the corpse and repeated
the Lords Prayer.
Pence and halfpence were given to
the poor in place of small rolls Of
bread, which was the older custom.
Along the road from the house to the
churchyard at every crOss-rOad the
bier was rested on the ground and the
Lords Prayer repeated; so also on
entering the church.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
cIemenceau,s comnrolnisn

Here is a bon-mOt of Clemenceau
which is making the rounds of Paris:
The usual number of rifles used in a
French firing party at the death of a
traitor is twelve. Many persons went
to Clemenceau trying to influence him
not to impose the death penalty on
Bolo. anyway, he was only half a
traitor" said one influential man to
the Tiger. "That being so, it is easily
arranged" said Clemenceau. 1--WE will
give him only six rifles"
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
*********+*++++++++
Good General Rule.

A New York magistrate, warning
chauffeurs to avoid accident, told them
not to confuse a small child in the
roadway by loud blasts of the horn,
but to slow down and give the child
a chance to get out of the way.
Fewer accidents would happen to pc
destrians of any age were other meth
DDS of prevention used by motorists,
save the single one Of blowing a horn
and leaving the rest to chance or prov
idence.-Baltimore American.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
City of Memories.

The fair city of Compiegne iD called
by the London Chronicle, "a city of
memories, sad and romantic" 1t was
there that Joan of Arc was made pris-
oner and handed over to the British.
1t was on the bridge across the river
that Louis XVI awaited mis- bride, the
Inflated Marie Antoinette. 1t was
there that Napoleon made Marie
Louise his wife. The first ceremony
had been performed, as was the GUS
tom, by proxy in Vienna; the civil and
religious marriages were to follow in
Paris. But, the story goes, the ardent
emperor, tearing up set programs,
drove furiously through a storm, met
her at Courcelles and hastened her to
her bridal chamber in COmpiegne.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23

.....tinr Items from all Parts of
lD'' peninsula About Your Friends
'Is Ieighbors and their DOings.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
GIRLS UNDER 19
NOT TO BE USED IN
Y. w. c. A. CAMPAIGN.

4 The War Work Council Of the
4 z. W. @. A., in conference with
h the other organizations In the
4 United War Work Drive, has
4 passed a resolution that during
4 the campaign for War Work
4 funds no girl under Is years of
y age shall solicit funds in any
4 way.
4 Girls will not be used by the
y War Work Council of the 7. w.
X G. A. to solicit money either on
X the street or in a house to house
4 canvass. All money contributed
4 by girls under 18 shall be given
X by the girls themselves or earned
X in a way approved by the man
4 ayers Of the Y. w. G. A.
A A a 4 4 4 n - - A - n 4
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
Naturally.

a. manicurist's business is bound
TO be successful"
"How do you make that Out?"
Because a manicurist is sure to
have something always on hand"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

control of the government We have
asked the public service commission to
take the matter up with the director Of
railroads, which they have offered to do.
Permanent work should be done in the
ward and at once; it is a foul, sinking
mess and disgrace to any civilized com
munitv."
Mr.. Walker thought present war con-
ditions did not warrant any action rela-
tive to new hotel but said that with
promised assistance the prospect OF fine
new hotel was not remote.
The most important unfinished bust
ness. Mr. Walker said. was the war work,
and he hoped the new president would be
able to delegate more OF this work to
different individuals.
An entirely rev suggestion we offer
to the committee on legislation, Mr.
Walker said, is that of the valuation OF
town property. In the allotment OF the
quotas of each town for the third Liberty
4 loan we find ourselves the third town II
/ the state, Burlington and Rutland only
having a larger allotment As allot
ments are made principally on the grant
list we feel that Brattleboro Is asked t
do more than her share, considering tina
the town has suffered rather than profitet
on account of the war. The committe-
should study the work and results OF tn
board OF equalization such "a IN vogue i
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

II. Crane, Glenham Jones, C. S. Hop
kins. A. F. Roberts, J. \. Harvey, w.
E. Haskell, E. j. Fenton, E. H. Chap
man, '. II. Winchester and Z. C. Ten
ney
The meeting was then opened for
discussion and brief and interesting re-
marks We're made by Major C. Hough.
ton, j. Harry Estey, G. L. Durham, II.
F. Jordan, and H. c. Rice. Mr.. Dun
ham announced that two acres of land
on the Bradley estate were available
for business men who wished to use it
for garden purposes. On motion of
Mr.. Jordan vote of thanks was ex-
tended to President Walker for his fine
work the past three years.
One of the especially enjoyable fea-
lures of the occasion was the serving
of Hoover lunch by the members OF
Miss Rosamund W. Ashley's domestic
science class. The lunch was planned
/ by Miss Ashley and Miss Lucy G
Swift, home demonstration agent, and
cooked by the class in the high schoo
building, wheat substitutes being used
and it was very highly commended b,
all, as evidenced by the hearty vote o
thanks extended on motion of the re
firing president.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

other states and prepare and present
bill to the next legislature petitioning for
such board i'll Vermont"
The retiring president paid high trib-
ute to the committee on industries and
wrote into the record an appreciation of
County Agent Arthur w. Sweeton Con
corning Mr.. Sweeton he said: He has
accomplished wonderful work in his
field. Nothing short of miraculous for he
has actually mixed oil and water in some
towns in this county, and in one in
stance at least. has broken up feud of
over 30 years standing between villages.
We charge the incoming board and all
its successors never to allow any other
county to take him away. There is no
! better county in the country than this
same old Windham, and what is good
enough for any other county is none toe
good for us.
| He spoke words of commentator fol
the work of Secretary Stieger, for his
industry, zeal and enthusiasm, and be
spoke for him increased results under the
lew board of directors.
With the reports made and accepted
the election of officers was taken up
the choice being as follows: Clerk
Carl S. Hopkins; treasurer, Charles A
Boyden; auditor, J. c. Dewitt; diree
tors, W. L. Hunt, c. L. Stickney, o.
Benson, +. c. Clark, L. E. Holden, I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

men in town who ought to belong, and it
ought 10 be the active duty of every
member to invite such men to become
members. | do not believe there ever was
a time in Brattleboro when big, eff
Gent organization was more essential
than right now. We must be prepared to
meet unexpected demands and conditions
in the wears of the immediate future.
can think of no better preparedness than
organization like this, active and able
through the hearty cooperation OF every
member
A l0minute talk was given by Coun-
ty Agricultural Agent Arthur W.
Swceton of West Brattleboro on the
work accomplished by the Farm Blu
reau and how the board of trade had
helped He said the Farm Bureau was
organized five years ago this spring
through the efforts of the board of
trade, which made it financially pos
sihle. The finances are now well or
ganized. The government appropria-
tions, the county tax of $1,000 and the
81 membership fees provide permanent
support. 1t is hoped TO have 600 mem
bers in 1918. One of the greatest ac-
conplishments has been the organiza.
tion of the home economics department
Miss Lucy G.. Swift being the home
demonstration agent. She has given
her first attention to wheat substitutes
The work Of tho Farm Bureau has been
greatly extended during the past year
Everything possible has been done tC
increase food production. A seed test
/ ing campaign is being conducted in co
operation with school officials. Mucl
seed corn, due to early frosts last fall
has poor vitality, and must be care
fully tested.
The board of trade has helped the
/ Farm Bureau in many ways. Presiden
Walker gave his services night afte
night in meetings last spring TO brin;
the food situation home to the farm
ers OF the county
Mr.. Sweeton hoped this cooperation
would continue, saying that the bust
ness enterprises of the villages and TIL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
YEARS RECORD.
Continued from Page ~

county has been prepared for the use of
our merchants 1t should prove valuable
ns il contains almost every family in
Windham county.
zone OF the greatest disappointments
Of the year came when the state board of
health declared quarantine, and forbade
such activities a. fairs, chautauquas and
other public gatherings of like character.
This compelled the abandonment of plans
for Guest day, much to our regret.
This Il distinctivcly Brattleboro insti-
tuition and q valuable one. II should re-
ceiye the active support of every citizen,
and should be- developed into great per
manent feature. With fortune favorins
us we may look forward to a great Guest
day this year.
@The Valley fair also suffered by the
same order. This wear II is to go on
again with renewed energy. II is de-
serving Of our best efforts, and ! am sure
we will give our best unstintingly."
"The beautiful enlarged photographs
of Vermont scenery hung in these rooms
and in the lobby Of the Brooks House, are
the result of a Greater Vermont move
mcnt. We feel that Vermont has sc
many attractions that il should be adver-
tl~ed. lnSitdu 81 having tHc usual Ilt'
lures OF the grand canyon or Florida hung
in our hotels and public places we would
have Vermont scenery displayed. The
tourists, and our own people for that
matter, should have the desire created
in them 10 know Nermonts beauties
Brattleboro has been the first town t.
adopt this idea, and we hope that it vii
be widespread
During the year the membership lis
was increased by the addition of 10 resi-
dent and two on.resident members. W,
suffered the loss of two OF our most re
spected members, George G. AverilI anC
Charles s. Pratt. There were sever
names taken from the list as resigna
tions This leaves a total of 1875 mem
beers. The membership is too small for
town Of this size There are still man,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

country communities were indepedent,
and he emphasized the fact that it is
everyone s duty to eliminate waste
The board of trade co-operated the
past year in the school garden work,
and President Walker called on Supt.
Harold +. Moffitt of the union district
to speak of the work along that line,
which was done in an interesting way
Mr.. Moffitt said that 297 children out
of about $40 had engaged in the gar
den work, which was a remarkable
showing. The work would not have
been possible except through the as
sistance of the board of trade. Two
functions of a board of trade are to
give service to the people of the out
lying districts and to advertise itself,
and in cooperating in this garden
work the board is performing both
these functions. The food canning ex-
hibit last October he said brought peo-
pie to town who usually come only on
guest day. This was one instance of
helping to beat the mail order cata-
logue.
President Walker at this point pre-
scented his annual report, which was
in his characteristic vein.
/ Suggestions for work for the coming
year occupied q large part of the report
of President Walker, who retired, after
three years OF efficient service, with q
sense of both relief and regret One mat
ter still pending is the consolidation OF
the town and village governments. Nee
essary legislation has been secured anc
the consolidation should be carried
through, he said, if for no other reason
than the saving of duplication OF work
Another piece of unfinished business il
the effort to have the railroad yard
which is nothing short of muckhole, pu
in proper condition. Concerning this Mr.
Walker said, in part:
Zone railroad refused to do anything
because the transfer has not been com
pleted and the other railroad refused t
do anything because the transfer is abou
to be completed And now neither cal
do anything because they are under I'll
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
DUMMERSTON.

Everett Dutton is more comfortable
this week and able to be out.
Mrs. Wilfred NORM and children Of
Brattleboro are visiting at T. \. Reed s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Newton will go
to Lawrence, Mass, where they have
employment, May l.
Mrs Margaret st. Cyr of Greenfield
came Tuesday to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight Johnson
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro, April Is, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Graves.
In West Dover, April IL, son to Mr.
and Mrs Ernest w Pease
In Nottingham, April Is, son to Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Carrier
In South Wardsboro, April 4, son to
Mr.. and Mrs Freeman Lazelle
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
MARRIAGES.

In Marlboro, April Il. by Rev. II. II.
Shaw. Frank L. Stanley and Miss Grace
A Ryder, both of West Halifax.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro Memorial hospital,
April Is, William ]. Pentland. ST.. Il.
In West Dover. April II, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Pease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

ADVERTISE IN THE REroRMER.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-31
FIFTEEN MILLION BALES
 OF COTTON TO HANDLE

inc government estimates this years cotton crop at fifteen million @les' The records show there is a surplus of four million bales carried over rom last year, making nineteen "liilioh bales of cotton to be market ed' A great number of men who have heretofore graded cotton have joined 'ne colors~ Somebody must take 'neir places in order to handle this enOrmous crop. It requires from four " SIX weeks to qualify. If you act qulekiy' you can be qualified to help nanule this years crop. The A. & NJ. College of Texas, and the Bureau of 'arNets of U. s. Agriculture Depart "'ehV has seen fit to establish several lV''oi grading stations in the state assist the farmers in having this tv''Oh ~ properly graded, claiming that ,1eie VIII be a saving of from 5000 w P4VVo Der bale on the crop. If . ,le'e IS such a difference in grades of sD''On s according to the government sLy lsly the young men and women o.I u prepare themselves immedi- y' When We say women, we say ' passed on the fact that there are ~, Y'erai women taking our Cotto, nosag ao''ig' now realizing what an op- of tui''y /" Is open to them. The cost samn' ung course is $3OOO, including gra5; npleS and material for the cotton froo, f,aa'ng proper, and the average time
 'Jm In Tour to six weeks.
 for ~ proer to get in in time to prenare wir. ,1r the coming cotton crop. ppa,e wpite onr z or phone for information and Texas commercial College, Tyler.