davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-12-06
FORMAL ABDICATION SIGNED
Former Emperor Renounces Crown
Of Prussia and the imperial
Crown Of Germany.

London.-Former Emperor William
signed his abdication at Amerongen,
Holland, according to a dispatch to the
Wolff Bureau of Berlin, transmitted by
lhe Exchange Telegraph correspondent
ct Copenhagen,
The abdication decree, according to
The message, expressed the hope that
the new regent" would be able to pro-
feet the German people against an
Rrchy, starvation and foreign SUI
bremacy.
The use Of the word regent in the
message is commented upon here as
possibly significant.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-12-06
TENNEccEE
IEaNHNAOOAh

Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
the State = = =
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-12-06

washington.-Und instructions is-
sued BY Postmaster General Burleson
NO letter mail win be accepted BY post.
offices in the United States for deliv-
cry to members of the American expe-
dictionary forces without a return adj
dress on the envelope. The order was
issued at the request OF the war de-
partment so that proper disposition
may be made Of mail reaching France
for members Of the expeditiOnary
forces returned to the United States
Smithvflle.-A very interesting union
Thanksgiving service was held at the
Eathndisf church.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-30
Arbor Vitae News.

Mrs. j. G, Mykleby and daughters,
Olga, Elsie, Martha and Mrs. A. F.
Krakow were Arbor Vitae visitors
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gehrke who
have been confined to their home with
influenza are reported better.
Mrs Sam Burnett, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
F. Mykelby and son Robert motored
to Star Lake.
Miss Martha Mykleby spent a few
days of last week with her brother A.
j. Mykleby.
William Hader departed for Racine
Saturday.
A. j. Mykleby and William George
motored to Eagle River, Monday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-30
Instructions To Voters.

The following instructions are Civ
en- for the information and guidance
of voters.
(a) A voter upon entering poll
ing place and giving his name and
residence, will receive a ballot from
the ballot clerk which must have in
dorsed thereon the names or initials
of both ballot clerks, and no other
ballot can be used. Upon receiving
his ballot the voter must retire alone
to booth or compartment and pre-
pare the same for voting. ballot
clerk may inform the voter as to the
proer manner of marking a ballot,
but he must not advise or indicate in
any manner whom to vote for.
OBJ If a voter wishes to vote for all
the candidates nominated by any par
ty he shall make a cross or other mark
under the party designation printed
at the top of the ballot in the circle
made for that purpose. A ballot so
marked and having no other mark
will be counted for all the candidates
o: that party in the column under
meath, unless the names of some. of
the candidates of the party have been
erased or a name shall be written in
or a cross mark be placed in the
square at the right of the name or
names of candidates in another col
umn If the voter does not wish to
vote for all the candidates nominated
by one party, he shall mark his ballot
dy making a cross or mark in the
square at the right of the name of the
candidate for whom he intends to
vote, or by inserting or writing in the
name of the candidate.
(e) The ballot should not be
marked in any other manner. If the
ballot be spoiled, it must be returned
to the ballot clerk, who must issue
another in it's stead, but not more
than three in all shall be issued to
any one voter. Five minutes time is
allowed in booth TO mark ballot. I'm
official ballots or memorandum to as
sist the voter in marking his ballot
can be taken into the booth, and may
be used to copy from. The ballot
must be shown so that any person
can see how it has been marked by
the voter.
(fl After it is marked it should be
folded so that the inside cannot be
seen, but so that the printed indsrs-
ments and signatures of the ballot
clerks on the outside may be seen.
Then the voter should pass out of the
booth or compartment, give his name
to the inspector in charge of the bal
lot box, hand him his ballot to be
placed in the box, and pass out of the
voting place.
(g) A voter, who declares to the
peesiding officer that he is unable to
read, or that by reason of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, can have assistance of one or
two election officers in marking same,
to be chosen by the voter; and if he
declares that he is totally blind, he
may he assisted by any person chosen
by him from among the legal voters
of the country The presiding officer
may administer an oath in his descre-
ton, as to such person. disability,
(h) The following is facsimile of
the official ballot Gnsert facsimile of
official ballot):
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-30
SAMPLE
Official Ballot


there @ yn w
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Phantom Canyon highway
between Cripple Creek and
Canon City Colo is NOW

|YIHE Phantom Canyon highway
b between Cripple Creek and
b Canon City, Colo, is now
open to travel, and as a re-
suit Colorado offers to the mOtOrist
orother great circle trip through some
Ct Americas finest scenery. The
Highway was formally dedicated on
August 80, when more than 500 motor
lists from Teller, Fremont, FL Paso
and other Colorado counties gathered
IA Glenbrook, point midway between
Cripple Creek and Canon City, and
participated in the ceremonies Incl
dent to the opening of this road.
Phantom Canon highway is unique
among the scenic roads of the Rocky
mountains, and it's story is one of the
most interesting chapters in the his
tory of road building in Colorado. In
the early days of Cripple Creek, there
was built the Florence and Cripple
Creek railroad, a narrow-gauge line,
to carry the rich ores to the shelters
and to bring the fruit, hay and other
products of the fertile valleys to the
mining camps high in the hills. AS
time went on the need for this road
grew less and less. until finally it was
abandoned and dismantled. But the
reed for communication between min
ing camp and agricultural valley con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
USED ELECTRICIANS
CIeopatra's Court Physician Known to
Have Prescribed Them for Med
icai Purposes.

The electric ray is species of fish
found on the Pacific coast. 1t is
known from central California south
ward to the Santa Barbara channel
and is very common in Monterey
bay.
This fish is provided with an electric
organ composed of hexagonal cells,
reaching from the skin of the upper
surface to that of the lower, and situ-
ated at each side of the head and gill
chambers. The electricity discharged
from this ray has the properties Of
other electricity, such as rendering an
iron bar magnetic, decomposing chem
icals and producing q spark.
Stories vary as to the volume Of
the discharge, but even small ray
is capable of inf1icting considerable
pain. After few discharges the fish
becomes exhausted and must rest be-
fore it's electric organs are again func-
tional.
1t is of interest to note that the first
record we have of the application of
electricity is of the time of Antony
and Cleopatra, whose court physician
recommended the electricity of an cleo
trio ray for medical purposes, especial
ly for pains in the head. Later it was
prescribed for the cure of gout.-Amer-
lean Angler.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
BOYS WERE NOT COMING IN
Lona-Haired Pianist, Playing to Re-
cruits in Cantonment, Had De-
cidedIy Wrong Impression.

The story is told Of temperamental
concert pianist who volunteered to en-
terrain the boys in training at the can
tonments. His offer was accepted by
an amusement director who either was
short of more suitable "acts" or shy of
that brand of common sense that
should tell him soldiers in training are
not likely to be interested in a per-
rarmance Of temperamental concert
4 mist, with or without long hair.
The pianist however, was deter
mined to do his part. His first audi
euce was hlge and reasonably expect
ami. A bit noisy, perhaps, and rather
scuffiy about the feet, but still ready
TO give the gentleman a chance. The
pianist played classy bit from Chopin.
Their he offered little something from
Debussy. But just as he was about to
honor Bach he became suddenly con-
scious of great shifting of places In
the audience. All the boys In the
room appeared to be changing their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
''YARB DOCTOR"
BELIEVED WIZARD
Strange Old Man in Missouri
Who Embittered the
Countryside.
IS SHOT TO DEATH
Suspected of Setting Fires and De-
stroying Grain, He Is WayIaid at
Night by Angry Neiehbors
and Killed.

Kansas City.-High up in a lonely
cabin, on an elevation in an overflow
district of the Missouri river, for more
than 80 years the mysterious 'yarb
doctor" of Charlton county brewed his
medicines from herbs of the forest and
made prophecies to the country folk.
Who he was or where he came from
no one ever knew. He gave his name
as Sturman, but he never revealed his
true identity. His prophecies of death
and calamity came true so surely that
the people of the vicinity accredited
him with the powers of wizard and
feared him.
1t is said that he predicted the pres
ent world war, declaring way back in
the early seventies that Gin the last
part of the first quarter of the new
century the harvest fields will be
stripped of their cleaners, as they will
be fighting foe on foreign soil, with
weapons not, seen before"
All of his remedies the old doctor
prepared in a room which he allowed
no one to else to enter. The gray.
weather-beaten house straddled the
mound like drunken horseman, look
ing as if at any time it might reel into
the lap of the swamp lands below.
A Tall, Bent Figure.
The appearance of the old man was
in keeping with his habitation. A tall,
bent figure bumped over cane;
black eyes that glittered under
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

crossing the ravine on a solid steel
bridge, and even piercing the noun
tain sides through tunnels blackened
in bygone days by the smoke of the
locomotive that no longer sounds its
shrill whistle to the echo of the mar
row walls from which the canyon
took it's name. After serpentine de-
scent of 20 miles the road comes out
onto the broad plains and soon is
making its way past great apple or
chards and fertile fields to the twin
cites of Florence and Canon City.
Completion of this highway makes
accessible from Colorado Springs, and
equally as well from Canon City, Grip
lie Creek, Pueblo, Florence or Mani
tou, circle trip of 135 miles, unri-
vailed either in ruggedness of scenery
or in variety of interest. This trip
completely encircles Pixies Peak, snow
capped Sentinel of the Rockies" it
traverses historic Ute pass; winds
through the worlds greatest gold-min-
ing camp, and passes the dumps Of the
greatest producing mines at Cripple
Greek, Victor and Goldfield; unfOlds
the grandeur and rugged majesty Of
Phantom Canon, unquestionably one
ti Colorado's finest gorges; connects
with the far-famed Skyline drive and
the road to the top Of the Royal gorge
d Canyon City; passes through the
great orchard section, the oil fields
and the cement districts, and winds
lack to Colorado Springs through pine
forests and picturesque foothills
country. Or the wider circle may
well take in Pueblo, the pittsburgh
Of the West" with it's immense steel
ellis, and up the fertile Fountain val
ley to Colorado Springs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25


$3.50 he a little rfed
raising my
bill weekT'
Its boss" returned aunte.
raising
the
"You CANT" grnned the sweehy
by
donk protected
ALL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

he long his Coming to town
be
he is ha
he
this recent day. senator VINO
style ana
Hen the
the service long
but this which his father carried
final result
evidently wiped the admission OF his son TO the
the father assumed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

thatchlike eyebrows; long, unkempt
beard and hair, surmounted by COON
skin cap.
The sight of him coming down the
road in his ramshackle buggy, drawn
by rickety old gray mare, made the
children scamper from the roadside.
The old man was cripple when he
mysteriously put in his appearance in
the Missouri township. He was able to
get around only by means of his horse
and buggy. Although he gave freely
and without charge of his remedies,
he refused to ''neighbor" with anyone.
AS he slipped his toddy in the little
crossroads store he quarreled with
the bystanders. He was constantly
engaged in some lawsuit and made
many bitter enemies.
And then there came a July night
when the men of the community decid-
ed the old doctor had been a neighbor-
hood nuisance long enough. There
had been several fires in the township.
Buggy-wheel tracks were seen in the
vicinity of each. Following the fires
a number of sacks of wheat that were
loaded at the old Keytesville landing
ready to be shipped to Kansas City
were cut one night and thousands Of
bushels of grain lost. The same
wheel tracks were seen near the land
ing. The community was enraged.
The old "yarb doctor" was held re-
sponsible.
The next afternoon, as he was jog
ging homeward, a number of men am
pushed in the lonely road riddled his
body with bullets and hastily buried
him in shallow grave.
Superstitious Fear.
The community approved, but later
on dozen men were arrested for the
murder. When the court ordered the
body of the murdered man to be ex-
humed the whole neighborhood was
alarmed. They feared life might come
again to the old doctor. Prayer meet
ings in the churches and at the old
camp-meeting ground were set for the
day.
Each man arrested, however, proved
an alibi. The prosecution was sudden
ly ended. The body was supposedly
nailed up in walnut box and buried
in deep grave. The neighborhood
rested easter.
The grmve in the woods, however, is
said to be haunted spot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
No Paris Models for q While.

At the very moment that news ar
rived Of the opening Of the latest big
drive, the periodical visits to Paris Of
expert buyers were stopped, for time
at any rate, as the French capital is
now In the war zone. Only once or
twice since the campaign started has
it been found necessary to deprive the
leading houses Of the privilege of send
ing their lady buyers to the ''seat of
fashion" to obtain the latest models
aud ideas, though increasingly strin.
gent restrictions have been imposed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

positions. The aisles were crowded,
the pianist could see hat, though look.
ing across the footlignts he could not
see clearly. He begaL to play second
time, and then stopped.
The manager of the Liberty theater
in which the concert was being given
stood in the wings. The pianist ap-
preached him. "Either those boys viii
have to stop coming in or 1 shall be
unable to continue he said. 'sThat's
all right, mister" replied the manager
sympathetically, "they amt coming in !;
they 're going out."-New York Evening
Mail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Careful al TO Arreats

Cincinnati, O.-While the Cincinnati
police have been on strike the Home
Guards have been doing police duty.
A business man belonging to the
II was on Vine street with another
guard sent with me when we paired
off. We saw a fight across the street
and ran over. When we inquired we
found that some fellow had made
remark which a passer-by thought
sounded too much of pro-Germanism.
Did we pinch the fellow who hit him
In the eye? Wen say we didn't"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Patriotic Honey Bees.

It is stated as curious fact that
the honey bee is this season doing
more than its usual share in provid-
ing a substitute for sugar. An East
side resident of Rochester, N. Y, who
has succeeded measurably in keeping
bees without undue annoyance to his
neighbors, reports that none of his
colonies have swarmed thus far this
season, and that they are producing
honey in great abundance. This is
cheerful news in view of the fact that
the English ration of two pounds oe
sugar per month for each person is
now to be enforced in this country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25


wuk Mtt
cyar COMM git washn Sun
Jessie? War wuk is all right for them that wants it, brt
Ihat makes Jessie?'
Brown
that balky wis bones old
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

telling her Miss Jessie about IT.:
"Yessum, Mittie lef' me last Mon
day to run nellivator in sto'. They
has to get to work fust thing in the
mawnin', so she's gone bodin' with
some yother gals that lives higher than
I does. An I can't wiring out like l
ulster, Miss Jessie. Pears to me my
wris' bones is givin' out-pears to
me so. Mittie says she amt goin' to
play on the washbode no mo-, because
washin' is slow def, but tell her nem-
mine. she bounter change her tune
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25


to
her Ell this
beckoned
been thinking of the
surely will straigh to heaven he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

TUESDAY morning, rev minutes be-
fore nine o'clock. 1t was at that curve
at Second and the Avenue southeast,
which jerks the life out of you when
the conductor stops short to let you
out, and the corner was crowded with
clerks waiting for car that didn't
come. After waiting and waiting,
with every second trimming off the
time to get to work, big automo-
bile whizzed into sight carrying only
a chauffeur and big military man
nn hl,1o ond nnld INhor, tho attach
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

has always done the Washing IOr tllIS
mans family, and has always received
a good price for the work. Living In
the mass property, there was a sort
of understanding between them about
the washing, and THE man little
dreamed that the war would affect the
state of his shirts, etc.
But the war does lot of things.
The first thing it did to this mans
wash was to advance the price from
81 to S1.5O. The man cheerfully &C
nnioSced .sIN.e high cost of liYing,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

anu III6 IIIdII WHO UtNOI IIttN' HNft q % Ut
let's Sting-all of them are there.
1t is the raw. recruit that interests
me most. Catch him either when he
is entraining for camp for the first
time or just getting back on his first
leave. Then the women are in the
picture in large numbers. When he
goes away to camp-with fearful eyes
and apprehension. But when he re-
turns-ah, then, there is a change.
The woman folks come with faces
heaming pride and hearts THINNING
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25


society Of began flying around head
me-. a
and
ming yf juice
md bee special cup" I said
he replied Bu the bottle IL
bottle"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
No Doubt at All About Future of "SoIdier Man.

possible
missed the thing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

been branded "nature-faker," l feel at
liberty to tell the following tale-also
true:
"Bees must have marvellous noses"
he said. Ignoring the noses, 1 asked
him why he attributed marvellous pow
erS of smell to bees.
''Well, you see." he said, sits this
way. I went down to the corner
grocery store the other day to buy a
bottle of grape juice. 1t was one of
those warm days, and on my way
home had to pass q yard surrounded
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Quite Simple Matter, as Auntie Explained It

CERTAIN his real estate holdings little
has
his weekly wash The coored woman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Hard to Explain What BaIIy Wris' Bones Meant

PROGRESS them
granddaughter has got job She
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Bee Really Deserved Feast That He Finally Got

HAVING that sings that takes
waits
home evening and not having
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Built on Old Railroad Line.


Probably $1,OOO,OOO was the original
cost of building this roadbed, miles of
which were cut and blasted from solid
granite. At an expense of $4,000, the
road builders have made of it first
Class motor highway, rebuilt and re-
paired bridges, widened the roadbed
where necessary, and generally put
the 81 miles in excellent condition.
While the road is almost continuous
curve, mile after mile, it is wide
enough at most places for cars to pass,
end ordinarily careful driving is all
that is necessary. 1t is built on AZ
per cent grade.
1t Is a wonderful ride from the
world-famous Cripple Creek mining
district through Phantom Canon to
Canon City and Florence. For the
first few miles out of Victor the road
stays on the top of the ridge, with
long distance views of Pixies Peak, the
Sangre de Christie and other snow
capped mountain ranges. Then 1t
loops its way down into the canyon.
Granite Walls and Deep Cuts.
Rugged granite walls stand like tow
ers of many ancient ruins. The road
winds along the base of these mighty
cliffs, often through great cuts be-
tween high granite piles, occasionally
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
k} WZASHlNGTONR.}
= = SIDELIGHTS .
Outdid Soldier Son in His Military SWagger


w off the batefeds
wounded
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

tinued. The county commissioners Of
Teller and Fremont counties were
equal to the occasion; with the cO-op-
Grafton of the state highway commits
sion they secured the right of way,
snd then they set about to convert 1t
int rool hinh,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

Miss Elizabeth Dickerson Of Mime
apolis is one of the Young Women's
Christian Association secretaries who
have gone through the terrors that
have infested Russia during the last
year and half. Miss Dickerson was
one of the first of the secretaries to
be sent by the Association when Rus
sian women called for the assistance
of the American workers. Twice she
has been forced to flee Russia with
the other secretaries, and twice the
brave and persistent young women
have gone back into the fray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-05

eressional districts, elsctien day In Okla
homa promised fair weather, but light
vote. In addition to the election OF a
fun state ticket. one United States SEN
atoe and eight congressman. tho ex-
tension Of franchise to women u also
date. however, has Occastoned but uetle
interest.
Storms Feared in West
TOPEKA Kan. November 5.-Cloudy
skies with showers late this afternoon
was the weather prediction under wnich
Kansas voters were going to the polls
today to elect a United States senator.
eight United States representatives and
. complete state ticket. Gov. Arthur
Capper, republican, and Senator Will
liam II. Thompson, democrat, are the
contestants for the senatorial seat.
RENO, New, November 5.-lndica-
lions Of storm threatened to interfere
with the expected heavy vote IN Ne
vada today. Interest centers In the
election Of a United States senator.
representative in Congress, complete
state and county tickets and a bone
dry" initiative act The registration
was the heaviest ever recorded In the
state.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. November
5.-Despite heavy snowfall, which
was said to be general over the state.
Utah voters tramped to the polls to
day to elect two representatives and
three supreme court Justices A heavy
vote was anticipated. and both re-
publicans and democrats were con-
fident Of victory.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ. November
5.-Deepite fair weather q light vote
was expected in New Mexico on ac-
count Of the Spanish influenza cpl
demic