davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
P. T. A. TOMORROW NIGHT

TREADWELL, Jan. 28. The regular monthly meeting of the Treadwell Parent Teacher Associa- tion will be held in the school house tomorrow night, beginning at 8 o'clock. A splendid program has been prepared and an interesting meeting is promised. A good at- tendance is urged.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
THEY "sHo' J1TNEYEDv

DOUGLAS, Jan. 28.-The jitney dance at Labor Union Hall Sat urday night was we'll attended and was most happy affair.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

soutsof already the" nat hey ded by
 
 
  and pcufariie of almost His
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

The old-fashioned venturesome man who kept all his eggs in one basket could keep lem in the corner of his eye at present prices.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
WAITED

WAITED = Two good women, one for upstairs, and one for down. stairs work. Apply 1rs. F. R. Brad. ley, phone 10. 1feadwell. -ss
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
FIRE MEETING TONIGHT

DOUGLAS, Jan. 28.-Hose Com pany No. l will hold .. meeting tonight whe nall members are ask ed to be present.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

To make henpecked husband feel quite at home you have to keep nagging at him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

Even the girl who marries for money isn't always sure of getting her moneys worth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
COUNCIL MEETING

DOUGLAS. Jan. 2S.-The city Council will hold . regular meet ing tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

Even when fellow has wheels In his head 1t is hard to convince him that he is out of the running.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

The man who doesn't know a good thing when he sees 1t is gen. erally the first to pose a . critic.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

The only people who come up to our expectations arc those who are measured by 'tAe solden rule.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28

Old papers Tor saIs Ut The Empire emce. Second and Main streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
KING GEoRGE,s NEW SUIT

From the New York World.
 George " of England made for long, legged trousers a vogue which has ex- tended to our own day. George has just given to his tailor the order which may lend at least wartime popularity tc the $11.5O suit. The earlier king was moved by considerations of vanity as a leader of fashion and of sensitiveness over lower limbs made shapeless by gout. The present holder of the British crown responds in kingly fashion to the hours demand for thrift.
 That Georges 57-shilling suit is to be for country wear does not destroy the saving point of the sartorial incident. Everybody is wearing old clothes in town. Royalty follows there the thrifty prac- tice which has spread across the seas. Over here, as writer in the Sunday World noted yesterday, it is unfashiona- ble net to be wearing even last summer s straw hat People are making it more than fad-they are making it princi- pie, in accordance with President Had ley's just-publshed thrift letter, so to reduce the consumption of ordinary prod ucts as to release all possible labor to emergency fields
 The late King Edward inclined to col orful rament He led the way to green hats and many-hued waistcoats. He re- garded blue evening coats with friend ly eye. But his days were days gener- ally of peace, when dandy of London town might without scandal pay $500 a year merely to keep himself up to the nicetes of polite apparel. Victoria's son would have been as quietly equal as is sonal economies put upon the world by a world war; he too would have found set before a king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Farmers Summer
 School at Auburn

E1HHE sixteenth annual summer
 < school at Auburn, for the farm CTS of Alabama, will be held from July 27 to August 3, and in view of the great demand for food supplies needed in winning the war the att tendance should be unusually large. As the course is brief, the time lost from farm work will be almost negli- gible.
 1 c. A. Cary, director of the Farmers Summer school, has issued succinct and gripping statement and dis tributed it widely through the agricul- tural sections "The farmers must win the war;" says Professor Cary. ''They must plant, fertilize, cultivate, gather, house, ship in 1918, the largest food crop on record. For man, grow corn, wheat, potatoes, beans, peas, peanuts, vegetables and fruits. For animals grow pastures, hay, silage, forage Icrops, oats, corn. Then buy, breed and feed cattle, horses, mules sheep, hogs and poultry to eat all the feeds we can produce. Fill to overflowing the old and the new smoke houses, corn cribs, granaries and storehouses. The Auburn Farmers Summer school lis the great Alabama clearing house for agriculture and live stock infor- nation, for old and new, tried and true methods, along all lines of farm ing. Come to Auburn and learn how Ito feed more men on the firing line and the hungry allies. No fees-no Icost. Board will be reasonable"
 No more practical advice could be given and every progressive farmer will avail himself of the opportunity of taking the weeks course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
TENDER MEMORIES

From the Boston Transcript
 Shut the door!" yelled the rough man. Where were you raised-in a barn. The man addressed meekly and silently complied, but the speaker looking at hiin a moment later. observed that he was in tears. Going over to his victim he apoi- ogized. Oh. come he said soothingly, you shouldn't take it to heart because asked if you were raised in barn.
 That's it; that's it. sobbed the other man. T was raised in barn and it makes me homesick every time hear an ass bray"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
THE, DAY OF LIBERTY

By Amerli Josephine Bull of The vigi- lantes."
 Englana's colors and our own The white the crimson and the blue. l.ads of both lands, the brave and true. Blood brotherhood your hearts have
 known
 And know today must be more strong Than any memory of old wrong Wrought for . German tyrant's word. louder call our souls have heard. The colors that our banners share. new and holy meaning bear From skies that know the daring flight Of boys who speak the selfsame tongue, From Flemish poppies brave and bright As were the bodies whence they sprung. From girls who put aside the young Delights of life to don the white Stern robes Of mercy
 England. we Fight side by side for Liberty Yorktown is lost in Picardy The seffsane colors mark our dead. The white. the azure-anf the red.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
LUKE sI'LUKE SAYS

Ever notice that when some men 10 you favor they recall the fact every time trey meet you for fear you might forget it?
 Too much rain doesn't worry q farmer nowadays. It may ruin his crop, but he breaks even by hauling automobiles out of mud holes.
 Nothing that has ever been invented
 can get Nout of date as quickly as a womanS lat.
 And if some fat heads didn't keep on talking about what they are going to do they would have nothing to talk about If you want to see q woman put on a , lot of airs just buy her q player piano and a flock of music rolls If you didn't
 get this one the first time, think it ovcr
 We can't understand why good liar
 is abused the way he is. Any man who
 can tell lie over and over without all
 iteration is entitled to lot of credit.
 There are sorts of peopple in the
 world including the fellow who esti-
 mates .hc damage before he extinsuishes
 the blaze
 an amateur musician executed a comp3- istioa, those who attended the recital re-
 member that there isn't much difference
 between lnurdering and executing A woman soon notHes whether a slrl is lon:s-waisted or sh6rt-wasted. But a
 man doesnt know the difference just so there Is a place for him to put his arm around.
 It max es woman highly indignant every time she thinks of the shoe leather she could save if her husband would h,y her an automobile. The contented man at the bottom Of the ladder knows that he doesn't have so far to fall as the man at the top of the ladder
 A married man wishes a newly married couple happiness in about the same way
 he hopes d friend Will recover when he knows the friends is dying. After married man has watched his wife dress herself YOU can't convince hinl
 that figures don't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Men of Draft Age
 at 8 Disadvantage

TN a timely editorial entitled, "Be 4 Fair to the Draft Men," the Hous ton Post rebukes employers for dis
 criminating against men who are
 waiting to be called into the service
 of their country, and for that reason are not given work. The statments frequently appearing in Help Wanted" advertisements, Must be
 over draft age," or "Men of draft age need not apply" afford excellent req sons for protest.
 As the Post truthfully says, "Such
 an attitude is not worthy of patri-
 otic citizen. The burden of actually l lighting the war has been placed upon men between 21 and 31 years of age. 1t is unfair to discriminate against them in the matter of employment, for bllAG IedSOH4 II tHe uIdlI lldH IS iloC
 entitled to favors from the civilian population for whom he will soon be fighting, he is at least entitled to a square deal before he is called to the
 camps"
 It is necessary that every man in
 the country, who is able to work, be Iusefully employed. The slogan is, Work or fight" Employers who, for selfish reasons, will have nothing to do with men of draft age are giving aid to the enemy to the extent that they are not helping to carry out the policy of the government, and they are certainly showing painful lack of appreciation for the sacrifices these young men will shortly be called upon to make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
ARTIST INTERpRETs DAWN

From the Cheboygan (Mich.) Tribune.
 The second The Awakening" inter- Ipreted by Miss Garrow, was an artis- tic presentation of dawn with it's stir ring features. From the time Miss Gar row dreamily awakened from slumber beneath an artistic fernery to the time she quaffed to it's dregs the wine of life, her audience had visions of spring time butterflies and birds fluttering,
 flowers springing up, leaves unfolding, the sun rising in all the sublime hush Iof the early morning hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Put Up Great Front

After watching the famous Rotarian- kiwanis baseball parade, and taking in the Kimono specialists, looking over the Red Cross section, admiring the Boys band, and struck with the fine looking bunch of Indian braves and 'Rotes, '' said W. D. Nesbitt, T think that Com missioner John Taylor is overlooking two fine men for his strong arm squad, for Sol Caheen and Joe Rosen- berger put up a great front in the march (sol putting up the biggest fronp. think they are the kind of men that this town needs for policemen. Their mere presence on the force would act as a deterrent to crime, and then Chief Shirley would have them where he could put his hands on them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
High Praise for
 American Soldiers

lM0 0 one ever doubted that the
 2 American army sent to France to help the allies beat Germany to it's knees would maintain the best fight ling traditions of our beloved country. Every man of Pershing's hosts is a trained soldier and every one of them lis on his mettle.
 And now that they have been tried in one of the most desperate battles of the war and have signally distin- guished themselves by their skill and their valor, the American people have reason to be more than proud of the lrecord they have made.
 English and French newspapers have had unstinted praise, for certain lof our best conditioned regiments in review, but the real test of soldierly greatness is found only on the field of carnage and in terrific action.
 The Americans, according to impar- tial witnesses, have won lasting glory. The London Daily Express, which gives graphic sketches of the recent struggle, comments editorially as follows:
 "The Germans may read their cer- tain doom in the spirit and skill of lthe Americans in the fight at veuilly During the past week the transport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07

popular student in the school, was away in the service of his country. The name suggested many things to me. It showed that The melting pot at the Birmins- ham college was in good working order and that the fire beneath it was turning out pure sold Americanism.
 
 Bishop w. N Ainsworth, who vas passing through from Millsaps college, where he had been to attend the closing exercises to have part in them, got to 5e present and made truly up- fitting and patriotic prayer which reached many hearts as he prayed fer vently for the boys who had gone to fight for American ideals, and whose memory was kept fresh by the stars in the serv- ice flag.
 The Rev. Plato T. Durham. D. D., dean of Emory Teological seminary, deliverei a baccalaureate address that was really a masterpiece. and did rather unusual thing by not choosing war. butTa lit erary topic, and handled his subject, "The Ministry of Expression" in mas terful way. showing close study, pre- found thought and discriminating juag- ment to mold their thinking and influ- ence their living.
 It was source of sorrow that pr. Daniels. tho president-elect, was rre- vented from being present on account of duties at the Southern university, but Acting President Colebeck presided with ease and grace. and showsd excellent taste in his introductions. and in the simplicity in which he presented the diplo mas. Taking it altogether. l greatly enjoyed being present and left feeling that the Birmingham Southern college had a greas future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07

celt or by a desire for notoriety, I have a profound contempt"
 Patriotism is now all compelling. The people needed to be informed, and since they have become thoroughly aroused, apathy has reached the van fishing point. Yet MT. Lansing's speech was so trenchant that it can but have a wonderfully bracing effect on civilians, statesmen and soldiers alike. It was one of the epochal speeches of the recent months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
FREAK NEWSPAPERS

From the Philadelphia North American
 Freak newspapers have afforded gooc deal of entertainment in their day One nara, published some years ago in Ma drid It was printed with ink contai ming phosphorus, so that the paper could be read in the dark, An equally unique pro- auction was the Regal This journal was printed with non-posonous ink on thin sheets of cough which, after being care- fully perused. could be eaten, thus fur nishing nourishment for body as we'll as mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Rally ,Round Flag

'The patriotic citizens of Birmingham m should pour out in large numbers to the meeting at the Jefferson tonight, .' said Fardee Brown. This is one time we ought to lay aside politics and rally around the flag. Personally, I have not made up my mind as to which of the candidates I shall vote for, but it is certain that I will cast my ballot for
 Americanism as against weak-kneed pacifism. The magnificent record this
 district has made in answer to all gov
 ernment appeals is enough to make any this district must be in accord with it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Was No Joke

T told pr. Plato Durham, who made the splendid address at Birmingham col lege,' said Bishop James E. Mccoy
 that his being held up and robbed in Birmingham, while attending the Ala bama State Sunday School association. had given me a hearty laugh on my sick bed. He laughingly replied that the pa- pers had made a joke out of it, but that 1 1t was no joke while it was going on, and that he was glad to be able to state that he was going to take the afternoon train home for Atlanta. as he didn't want to run any risks after dark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Link With Early Shipping
 on the Pacific Coast

1OARTER and sale may appear at @O first glance prosaic business, yet it has it's romantic side Much of the romance that lies in world com merce is due to ships. Dull indeed is the imagination that is not quickened by the sight of harbor teening with vessels from every quarter of the globe, showing the marks of time and weather and rich in memories of for eign lands.
 When a ship has been in service as long as the Tacoma, recently sunk in Bristol bay, Alaska, its history is in teresting. The Tacoma was built 37 years ago in Bath, Me, of 1738 tons gross register and 222 feet long. She played an important part in the early shipping of the Pacific coast.
 2 When the Tacoma made her first trip to New York she had the tallest spars 1 of any vessel built in America. It is said her topmast had to be lowered and 35 feet taken off to permit the ship to pass under the Brooklyn bridge. The Tacoma was in govern ment service during the Spanish-Amer- ican war, being used as transport to carry food, horses and mules to Ma nila. Later she was placed in the Alaska trade and now the stanch old ship lies at the bottom of the ocean, with the thousand and one other ships that have gone to Davy Jones' locker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Secretary Lansing's
 Trenchant Speech

SECRETARY OF STATE LANS- g ING does not make many speeches, but when he does have some thing to say to the public his power of expression is remarked, for every sentence relating to the war is inn formed by the spirit of truth and is pregnant with convincing utterance. His address at the commencement ex- ercises at Columbia university Wednesday was not long, but into it were crowded thoughts that met the hearty approval of all loyal Ameri- cans, and more. What he said about Prussianism must sink into the minds of German autocrats and take grip ping hold on the German people.
 MT. Lansing used plain language when he said: 1t is the supreme task of civilization to put an end to Prus- sianism. To listen to proposals for a Prussian peace, to compromise with the butchers of individuals and of na- tions so that they would by agree ment gain a benefit by their crime would be to compound an international felony, which this republic will never Jo.'
 Such view will not please the pa cifists, but it will find a ringing echo in the heart of every right-minded citizen of this great nation of ours.
 Another timely paragraph in MT. Iansing's address was that in which he said:
 "In the gigantic task of waging tie war let us not continually look behind to see where we stumbled, but let us look forward so that we do not stum- zable again. For the critic of public ' zaffairs who is manifestly inspired by DO iirsl CT selfish motives, by con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
APPRECIATED AT LAST

FFOf1 ITIE " IsII iSJdT.
 New Works telephone system will follow the example set sometime ago in Washington and refuse to answer requests for the time of day. The man whose principal responsibility was to wind the clock has at last become an important member of the household
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
A FIG FOR BRAINsl

T thought I was paying her com pliment1 said the callow youth, but she didn't seem to take it, that way"
 My boy.' said the old stager. T over heard what you said. You merely praised her intellect A compliment like that is equivalent to saying woman couldn't travel around the block on her looks.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
GOOD READING MATTER, roo

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 The Kaiser has ordered the printing of srea- German edition of Shakes peare. So far, however. he hasn't taken any steps toward having the writings man and circulated throughout the ein- nj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
A DRIVE AT LIE CHAT

From the New York Sun,
 Rabbst fur is to be used to make soi- diers' hats Why not utilize the well known understudy for the rabbit that rcams the back yard fence? Hats as well as "weal and hammer pies gan be made from them noble animals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-Back of t all, 0 God, Thou standest. Back If all beauty, back of all harmony, back of light and of life itself. Back of holiness and of all holy striving. Fountain of good, center and soul of all things I desire, faiI would come nigh unto Thee Anien.--H. NJ. IL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07


 llantic has been quicker than we dared to hope for. Better still, the quality of the officers and men has astounded the most competent military judges. Germany will find herself in the last great fight faced by troops equal to the best Europe has ever produced"
 The Germans have affected all along poor opinion of American arms. But some of the Kaiser's gen. erals have dreaded the day when our boys would be in the thick of the flight. Now the Kaiser himself knows what to expect in the coming battles.
 The army of the United States will be in the war at the finish and to our brave soldiers will be accorded the Icrowning victory for freedom.
 * #
 Flor the critic of public affairs who is manifestly inspired by political or self ish motives. by conceit or by a desire for notoriety, I have a profound con tempt" says Secretary Lansing. Is it possible that he had the colonel in mind? * # * A contemporary wonders what has be- come of Thomas w Lawson. Instead of wondering what has become of him, let us accept in a spirit of thankfulness the fact that Thomas w. is keeping quiet.
 j; # $, Sending soldier to the penitentiary for 10 years because he won't submit to vaccination seems a bit hard. The anti vaccinaticnists cannot find words to ex- press their indignation. # # # The man who was arrested under the anti-ioafing law and gave as his chief occupation that of going fishing" is evidently unable to distinguish between business and pleasure.
 # # #
 The beaver makes fine house pet, says Dan Beard. And so, no doubt, would a crocodile, but who wants to go to the trouble of getting a crocodile | ''house-broke" Now that King George has bought suit of clothes for 57 shillings, the fellow who wears one of those s11.9s suits need not feel that he owes anybody an apology.
 As fair punsterette remarked yester- day, Have you noticed how some of the boys don khaki and go to war, while l cocky?"
 The late MT. Fairbanks was called a human icicle by inconsistent people who also accused him of drinking cocktails, something human icicle never does. # # * Efforts are being made to save two New York gunmen who are under sen tence of death. Once a gunman. always gunman. Turn on the current.
 # # # 1 By going on the warpath to resist the draft, Creek Indians are ignoring the patriotic example set them by their red olxippad brotbarc MT Daniels, our submarine scare might be rclegated to an inside page. s. N ,
 Another young woman of Chicago is charged with shooting doctor. Why not seek safety at the front?
 Y. * x | Again stopped at the Marne! Maybe those baffled Germans won't call on von Gott to strafe the Marne! T F * Mexico, it seems, hears a great deal more about the daring exploits of those U-hoats than America. | :. # # 1 Delaware is all puffed up as being, you might say, in the direct line of fire from those U-boats | w N* # l In the meantime. are we to assume that Russia is still trying to find her self?
 | -----...- -------
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Crop of Rye

T see that Groom Beatty is harvest ing his crop of rye planted out in the Country club district said Roscoe Me- Cornell Tt is rather novel sight to see man astride of mower out in the fashionable residence section and yet just at the Mountain Terrace juno ton there is a fine field of corn cover ing what used to be the old ball park. It is but evidence that we are living in war times and the people are in earn est about raising food crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
cALMING NERVOUS FATHERS

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 Nervous ladies who swim in bathiag sured that they are safe from subna- rines We don't even anticipate an at- tack on Montgomery from the Alabama river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-07
Work and Prayer

T must hand it to Frank Rushton i for being quick to think on his feet, {"
 said Key Miner. T was at the Rotary
 dinner on Wednesday when Gregory
 Johnston told the Rotarians that they lost
 practice and because Dr. Edmonds was out of the city. Frank, in his talk
 remarked that Gregory was right-it was impossible to win victories without work and prayer"