davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
RECEIVING WAR CROSS

T b . patriotic
spirit and devotion
with which Ameri-
can women have
80 far performed
war-service work
and made sacrifices
has n 9 v e r been
equaled in I b .
history Of ny
country. Mothers,
wives and sisters
support this burden
with strength and
fortitude. Blu {
Whose who are al
ready miserable
from the com
plants and weak
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
,csaf.ty Firstv Tea Kettle.

A new TN Kettle Is supplied with an
extra opening 10 the top through which
II mny be .illed without the inconven-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

Adjhstabid nuhtocir, Intended IL
mike any smnII boat unsuitable. have
been patented In England by an Aus
tralian.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

You can't flatter an honest man By
telling him he Is honest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

TWO AFTERNOON TRIMMED
the tunic chiffon
embroidered In black There
OF md a Of
Of a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

On August 10 Puryear was trans
ferred to Karlsruhe, the concentration
camp for all prisoners, where he
stayed until August 10. He was then
taken to Landshut on closely guard
ed train, together with number of
Royal Flying corps aviators. At
Karlsruhe the British and American
nviat0rs were separated. The Ameri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Our First Great Sea Tragedy

CONTINGENT of brave fine American boys has gone &A down watery grave victims of the atrocious and human submarine.
 The amped tragedy of their loss lies in the fact that death upon the field of battle thousand times pre- lferred.
 And yet the boys who met death in this way surely fighting battles those the They perish in glorious cause.-the of humanity righteous ness and liberty.
 The pain of nation bowed in grief the disaster be assuaged by reflection upon the exalted mission of justice which they had embarked They carried with them beneath the hearts filled with the ideals of their forefatherhe ideals which have made the American nation the greatest factor for righteousness in the world today
 And when the nation has braced itself against the shock brought by last nights dispatches what will be the effect?
 It will the American people before rate effort energy the prosecution of the 1t has undertaken.
 It will fuse them together tremendous gigantic for sweeping from the earth which such tragedies as that of the Tuscania possible.
 It will fix in them the firm determination the enets and practices of the rophd Prsan conscience shall no longer have the retard civilizations nent to the lofty standards of it's foremost exponens
 The Tuscana horror will be brought whole country It touches the heartstrings of us al
 The submarine with its frghtfulness was the immediate cause of the entrance of the United States submarine performing the further mission cementng nations purpose
 These boys are gone, never to return.
 But the Huns will pay fearful price, fearful price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
LIEBKNEcHT IN pRINsoy

Edith M. Thomas, in the New York Times.
 "We Germans in Prussia have three cardinal rights the right to be soldiers, to pay taxes. to keep our tongues be- tween our teeth. Cous;der well the facts: as long as the German people do not rise and enforce their own will, the assa ssina ton of the peo- pie will continue. Let thousands of voices shout: Down with the shame less extermination of natons Down with those who are responsible for these crimes"" Hn Miitarism.) Liebknecht. alone you chose the free-
 mans way
 You would not keep your tongue be-
 tween your teeth
 Like bright sword. whipped sudden
 from the sheath, Flashed that edged word of yours in
 dangerous play. Hence do you suffer civil death today. Yet, for that word you did to them
 bequeath.
 You live--while your compatriots.
 sunk beneath A despot's will, in spiritual death delay What thoughts are yours-past outer
 sight end sound, The while the wheel of Moloch sfill
 goes round
 And men are broken on 1t?
 Can you hear (As do our Indians, stopping to the
 ground).
 oncoming tumult overlords mpstl
 Tear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN

with "The Mighty John I..D for four rounds at a Fourth of July picnic "Tug" | lasted the four rounds and richly earned the $500, but left John L. in maddened
 rage over his failure Wilson was put to the floor nine times in the first round and 37 times all told, but was still alive | at the final bell.
 Sullivan introduced the short fights through necessity, as no boxer would enter ring for more than his four rounds. Except few formal ring bat ties there were no fights in John Us day-merely an attempt of some boxer to last four rounds. So he went along
 unscathed for 10 years until he met Cor
 bett, the first exponent of the new school
 of boxing, and lost his pugilistic crown.
 But the glory of his kingshp lasted to
 the hour of his death and the memory of
 his exploits will finger while there is
 boxing in the world
 After spending $1,0o0,0o0 in an unsuc- cessful effort to buy "booze" for him. self and everybody who wanted to drink John surprises the world by savagely de- claring that he had quit-and he did In more recent years he lectured on tenn perance and exhibited himself as the "horrible example, Besides introducing four-round fights and the regular kr lockout. John was the originai uplfter of the stage from the prize ring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
EUGENE FIELD

From ''The Valley of Democracy-Chi-
 cago," by Meredith Nicholson, in the
 February Scribner.
 ROURNALISM has known no more
 versatile genius, and his column of " "sharps and flats in the Morning News Cater the Record) voiced the Chi cago of his day. Here indubtably was the flavor of the original wild-onion beds of the Jesuit chronicles!
 Field became an institution quite as much as Thomas, and Swing, and reached an audience that ultimately embraced the whole United States. The literary finish of his para graphs, their wide range of subject their tone, varying from kind ly encouraging comment on new book of verse that had won his approval to a mocking gbe at some politician, his hatred of pretense the plausibilty of the hoaxes he was constantly perpetrat- ing, gave an infinite Eest to his depart ment. The most devoted of Chicagoans, he nevertheless Laid chastening hand upon his fellow citizens.
 Tn an ironic vein that was perhaps his best medium he would hint at the lack of culture. though he would be the first to defend the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Thrift Stamp Plans
 Arousing Enthusiasm

m HE work of organizing the war
 4 savings stamp, campaign is progressing satisfactorily. Jefferson county is already thoroughly organ ized, and reports coming from various counties tell of active preparations for pushing the actual work of selling stamps early in the spring.
 Birmingham can be counted upon to raise more than it's quota and so can several other cities in the state. But organizing the rural precincts will require the cordial cooperation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Bolshevik Leaders
 Before the Camera
# # #

A GROUP photograph of the men GA who are now directing the af- fairs of Russia-so far as they are capable of direction-is an interest ing study The faces of these men be- long to an age long past. Take off their ill-fitting, but modern clothes and put them in fifteenth century at- tire and they might easily fit into a conception of some fanatical band of a bygone era. They are not handsome, they are not pleasing in any particu- lar to the eye and with one or two ex- captions, their faces do not indicate strength, save that which comes from devotion to ideals that won't work out in practice
 Those bolshevill leaders look like men who have spent most of their lives in ill-ventilated places, hiding from police; who have had little or no acquaintance with the amenities of life, who have known privation and actual want and have never acquired the polish which comes from contact with all classes of the worlds society. As a matter of fact, most of them have led hunted lives and now that they are in authority, free to do as they will and exact obedience from those they formerly cringed to, they appear not yet to have accustomed themselves to the change.
 The bolsheviki may be sincere, all though the sincerity of Trotzy and Lenine is open to doubt. They hon. estly believe, most of them, that their theories will bring about the true brotherhood of man. They have suf- fered much in that faith and have labored prodigiously to further it, yet viewed collectively, they do not have the appearance of born leaders, men who are great enough to cope with the task which they have taken into their hands by force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 @ BATH yesterday seized the most II J J unique personal and sporting char
 acter connected with American
 ring history-John Lawrence Sulli- van. Never rated as skilled boxer of high finish, he nevertheless travelled over the country and to Europe meeting and defeating 'by knockouts" hundreds of experienced ring performers, many of whom exercised superior boxing clever ness were in Vain against him. His assets were prodigious strength and an ability that was astounding in man of his bulk. W len he leaped toward an opponent and landed that deadly left hand the contest fallen foe came back for one more. If the imract force of the blow of fist and 190- pound body could have been measured, the wonder might have been that he didn't kill men with that terrible punch"
 For 10 years he met all coners from every corner of the globe, men of all weights and ages, some giants, and all who tried to fight went the same way with single exception. That was Tug" Wilson, little bullet-headed English man who tried for purse of $500 to be given to the man who would stand up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
LIKE NI,LuKE SAYS

When woman marr.es a man she
 can't love she always winds up by loving some man she can't marry. We often wonder if horse doesn't sometimes wish he had been born a I motor truck.
 Some folks are so close that they never cast their bread on the waters until 1t is ! so stale that they can't eat it them- selves.
 A little girl of 10 hates to be kissed. But it is different with big girl of 20. Another useless pest Is the lad who hates himself so much that he believes that if he ever hid his light under a bushel the whole world would be in darkness.
 A big city is place when man can carry cane without being lame and have nobody make remarks about him. When barber cuts a boys hair it us- ually takes four weeks before the hair
 grows long enough to look respectable again.
 Some inanimate things can tell lies.
 For instance. there Is door mat with , ''Welcome' on it in front of house. Every man should marty just to get the
 idea out of his system that he knows something about women We know we are going to he called a disciple of the father of damlis. But, just the same, we have usually found that the fellow who uses big words uses sirall ideas.
 At some period in his life every man is
 a fool But few of us are honest enough
 to admit that we are passing through
 that period right now
 Most people love beautiful scenery But
 if nature ever produced anything better
 worth looking at than well-built pretty
 girl who, is wearing tight sweater. we
 never saw it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

from such assaults from without the walls. He prepared the way for the com ing of Edmund Clarence Stedman with announcements of series of bizarre en- tertainments in the poets honor includ- ing street parade in which the meat packing industry was to be elaborately represented.
 He gave circulation to story, purely fanciful. that Joel Chandler Harris was born in Africa. where his parents were missionaries, thus accounting for Uncle Remus'" intimate acquaintance with ne- gro characters and folklore. His devo- ton to Journalism was such that he pre- ferred to publish his verses in his news paper rather than in magazines, often hoarding them for weeks that he might fill column with poems and create the impression that they were all flung off as part of the days work, though. as a matter of fact. they were the result of the most painstaking labor.
 With his legs thrown across table he wrote, on pad held in his lap, the min ute, perpendicular hand, with its monk ins rubrications, that gave distinction to all his copy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
English Officials Amazing Blunder

TIT was surprising to find an Eng A lishman of high rank sent to this country on an important mission so .undiplomatic as to defeat the object of his visit. Sir Frederick E. Smith, attorney general of Great Britain, came to the United States as repre- sentative of the Lloyd George gov crnment for the purpose of getting in close touch with things 50 as to carry back to his premier American good will. In one of his addresses Sir. George spoke disparagingly of President Wilson and in another he criticized the Irish nationalists. Bos- ton is one of the strong centers of Irish home rule activities and it was there that he aroused bitter feelings.
 Englishmen who are in diplomatic service have been noted for their ob- servance of international proprieties. Lord Sackville- West, who was the diplomatic representative of Great Britain to this country many years ago, was guilty of an indiscrstion and had to be recalled. Nothing of the sort has happened in British diplo- matic circles since then.
 While Sir George E. Smith was not sent on . strictly diplomatic mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
THE LATEST KISS 1ork Correspondence pittsburg Dis

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis- patch
 There's new kiss in town. We've
 had the tango. the Merry Widow and
 tho .waltz Kiss every one or them
 marathon of the osculation tribe But
 the newest one is called the Puff, Pun
 kiss It is the latest home wreckins nov
 city along the main street, and now that it has been properly presented there IS
 TO doubt 1t will quickly become popular
 at least in the cabarets. 'Biow srnoke
 into my mouth, Jim" teassd the railcr
 .worm.' in the latest of Broadway's com edies called .The Indestructible Wife" "Jim." who happened to be the new hus- band in the play, and somewhat of a .loungc lizard" complied, whcrrupon tie parlor worm announced T feel so raughty this afternoon. So Jim gave another demonstration of the ''rae. puff" kiss for the benefit of the blase first niehters who took It with them. And new the merry, merry girls in cafes and othor places have taken 1t up. It Is quite the proper thing to blow smoke at tleEi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
CONCENTRATIONS

My poor man." said the sympathetic prison visitor, just think, if you handn't gone wrong and broken the law you might now be enjoying the sunshine and the breeze of the great outdoors"
 "Mebby so, num-" said the luckless yeggman. But I gifts three tollerbly square meals a day here, clothes to wear an place to sleep. That's more'n I got lot of times when I wuz en- joyin' tn sunshine and tn breeze of tn great outdoors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
pr. J. Wilbur Chapman Comin.

Tt is with very great pleasure that am able to announce that Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, director of the Presbyterian synod of the United States of America, and one of the worlds greatest evan gelists, will be in Birmingham on May F. and will preach at the Fifth Avenue
 Presbyterian church, and will also make
 some addresses which I can announce later" said Dr. J. M. Broadly
 | Tt was under Dr. Chapman that Billy
 Sunday got his vision of what evangelism
 might be made to accomplish, not merely
 in the way of a religious but social
 revival in which cities could be aroused
 to moral consciousness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
WILLIAM THE BOLD

A warrior bold Was William Told,
 I'm sure there was no better; Though in the fray, Most every day
 He'd write his girl letter. Her simple heart Was made to start
 By lurid scenes of battle, The waves of gas That come and pass,
 The hateful Teut's death rattle. And OCT and OCT The cannon's roar
 Resounded in his pages; He showed full well How wars red hell
 The fighting man enrages. And so Bill wrote Note after note,
 But there's a fact that pinches: Until this date, Dispatches state,
 Bill hasn't seen the trenches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
A GOOD OLD WORLD

From the London Chronicle. All lovers of old English words must be grateful to Sir William Watson for restoring the good word truck" to it's lost dignity in the pharse base truck with the foe" with which he completes his tribute to the prime minister It had fallen into disuse among the edu- cated in it's sense of barter or dealing, although the man in the street has made "Tll have no truck with them" d
 familiar saying. Dryden and Swift. however used it. and Nthe former even gave it place on a lover's lips in the plea. Love is covetous; I must have all of you; heart for heart Is an equal truck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
OTHER WORRIES

Does golf improve your health?" 4No," replied Mir Glithersby, de- spondently.
 "But I should think fresh air, ex- ercised and the interest one naturally takes in the game would help you for get your business cares"
 "Oh, 1t does, but I play such poor game that my golf cares keep me in bad humor all the time"
 NARROWING EXPERIENCE Did you ever stop to think that some high-priced chefs have as much artistic temperament as grand opera prima donnas?"
 'T had never viewed the matter in that light, but no doubt you are right" Of course"
 And I dare say if chef had an ar tistic temperament. nothing could bring it out more quickly than. opening de- cayed egg.'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Practical Value |,
 of War Oratory

w were resisting the tyranny of 1 the British crown it was impassioned
 oratory that fired the people to ac-
 tion, and next to Washington and the
 men who did the fighting the cause of liberty owed more to Patrick Henry and stirring speakers in gen. eral than to all the other factors com-
 bined.
 And the orators of today are doing their part well in arousing the apathetic and infusing more vitalizing spirit into American pa- triotism. If seditious men have been found in high places, they are held in such contempt as to make their in- fluence at home all but negligible. Their attitude only gives comfort to the enemy.
 An overwhelming majority of our citizenry is stalwart in it's loyalty to the government; but to give it vital direction men of eloquence are needed. And they are responding eagerly to the call. The four minute men have carried ringing message and have been we'll received in every section of the country. If all of these ready speakers are not orators of the first class, their very earnestness has been compelling.
 When it comes to the great masters of speech we hear it said now and then that oratory has declined; that the places of Clay and Webster, to say nothing of the leaders of the north and the south in the civil war, have not been filled. But we have now as potent orators in public life as ever thrilled past generations. Those who listened to Charles Edward Russell at the Tutwier Tuesday night, heard a man who measured up to the great est of them. No more powerful ad- dress was ever heard in Birmingham. It was an inspiration and it's effect on this community will prove far-reach- ing. MT. Russell has had exceptional opportunities of world observation, and he possesses all the clements that make the real orator-diction, voice, sincerity and a passion for right.
 President Wilson is an orator un- surpassed in his power of expression. Dr. Stockton Axson, whose heart is aflame with patriotism and who is chief among the workers for the Red Cross, is another orator of high dis tinction. Besides the men named there are many speakers of rare ability who are giving their time and talents to the government. The value of the efforts of these eloquent Amer jeans cannot be overestimated. No, oratory has not declined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
TIDINGS

Blue the skies above, Warm and bright the sun: With a merry lilt n Tiny rivers run. Dancing to the sea
 Over pebbled beds, While the genial day
 Mirth and gladness spreads. Up and down the vales
 Waits frolic breeze. Toying here and there
 With the leafless' trees. Starts rumor-where
 Who is there can say? Whispered to our hearts,
 Spring is on the way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
JoLLyINc THE "HooLIcANs.

One of the arguments over in Eng land against granting suffrage to the fair sex was that woman was too an- gelic to be soilcd by the polling booth. Evidently, those making such argu- ments preferred to forget the tactics of Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers d few years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
BRIGHT PROSPECTS

"An optimistic young man asked me the other day for permission to marry my daughter" said MT. Grabcoin.
 "Yes?"
 When I told him she spent s1o,ooO year on clothes alone he said he fig ured that her rousseau would last un- til he could work up to salary of s12.oOo or s15.ooO a year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
SIDESTEPPING

Lend me five minutes of your time and will convince you that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon.y said the man who had on super-spectacles with celluloid frames.
 The person addressed thought a mo- ment and decided on a plan of action.
 Tt wouldn't be any use to argue with me, sir"
 "Why not?"
 '"The only bacon I'm familiar with is a product of Packingtown."