davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-09

Six New York men, names unknown, have
cause they have SO much money their clerks
haven't been able to finish the work. That's an
other advantage in being poor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-09

7 Chicago University drops Professor Thomas,
says newspaper heading, but the professor has
got to worry about that husbands coming home
to drop him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

guns at all. Will be kept here until
we get Strengthened out, cleaned up
and rested then we expect to take
over another sector and go to work
again.
When we first landed in France our
outfit was split into four or five parts
and sent to different parts of the
country. Now the whole bunch is be-
ing assembled here and in nearby
villages. Mike and I hadn't seer each
other since last June and we had a
good visit. l had a thrilling exper-
fence a short time g and brought
back a German helmet and German
canteen. l have sent them to Frank
and told him he could use them for
a window decoration for a few days
and then send them to you. Let me
know if you receive them and then
hang onto them. I could get more but
there wouldn't be the same story at
tached to them. This is a better part
of France than we just came from
The people are of a better class and
the houses more substantial. The in
habitants can't talk English at all
because we are the first Americans
in the village. I can handle French
pretty good so get along all right.
Sgt. Jesse Riese.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
JESSE E LETTER

France, Aug. 10, IS
Dearest Ruth
Well, l am still alive and KICKING
and having a fine time the last few
days. Am putting on so much flesh
now my clothes are getting til It
Consequently l am feeling fine. The
good work we are doing also helps
to keep III spirits soaring. The Am
erican soldier is noted for his un-
usual optimism and we are infusine
it into the Tommies. The Tommies
had the dumps before we came but
they are livening up. If you could
see our big gains you would know
why. Fritz in on the run and we'll
keep him going. Just heard that Bill
ly Sunday said "The kaiser is so low
he'd have to take an aeroplane to get
up to hell" Pretty good!
Took a trip today and what / ran
acros made me glad 1 remembered
my German. I got in among a lot of
German prisoners and had quite a
conversation with them. l "souven-
ired" them of their trinkets and sure
ly got a bunch Of junk to bring back.
1t is M trick at all to get a German
helmet. Just talk roughly to them. /
had to laugh to myself when /
thought about me, sitting by the road
side, with dozens of Germans around
me, asking a hundred questions. l
answered them the best / could and
made them understand nearly every
thing they asked about. They are
pretty meek and glad they are pris-
oners.
1 have just enough paper for a note
en- will malyo If short oud cmoof An
feeling fine and eat like a horse. Last
night for supper we had egg salad,
fried potatoes, strawberry jam, bread.
tea and chocolate cake with a half
inch of chocolate frosting on it. What
do you think of that? All of our
meals now are very good and ever
getting better right along.
/ saw King Edward or England
yesterday. He and a bunch of gen.
erals came over to pin bravery med
ais on about ten of the u. S.. infantry
boys. | stood about fifty feet from
the king when he pinned the medals
on. The last few days we have been
receiving wonderful news and hav-
ing wonderful success in our drive
Am not allowed to tell you about il
but suppose the Chicago papers are
full of it. Saw a show last night put
on by the English soldiers. 1t re-
minded me of the show "Over the
Top" The Hun is on his last legs
and I'm sure it won't be long before
the war is over.
We are having fine weather here
now and the farming country looks
beautiful. 1t is harvest time and ex.
cept for the ancient way of gathering
it, it reminds me of Wisconsin. They
have fine stands of oats, wheat, bar
ley and some potatoes and hay. Her,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

over them. A German officer never
hesitates to plug his own men in case
of the slightest di~sobedience. Such
is their discipline.
We also understand that the Ger
mar gas is inferior to what it was
formerly with the exception of the
mustard gas, also that many of their
shells are weeds, that is they do not
explode, due to inferior munitions
and workmanship and are loaded with
pebbles in place Of lead bullets.
The prisoners taken are all smiles.
The feed on our side is so much bet
ter and more plentiful and they feel
they are tired of war. They cannot
understand how the Americans can
maintain such discipline when the Of
ficers and men mingle together so
freely. Up at the front all ornaments
and fancy clothes come off, the men
know their officers by sight and sound
of voice. An American Captain or
Lieutenant always leads his men-a
boche always stands behind and drives
his men and woe to the man who falls
behind. Every day we see dough boys
and their officers go by, each carry
ing packages. Conditions at train
ing camp and the front are as differ
ent as day and night. In the former
the officers know all and the men no.
thing, but when the training has been
completed the two are on a more
equal plane. The men reason for
themselves and accept commands in
good spirit and everything works out
tremendously and with the least
amount of friction.
Let me tell you something funny.
Our dough boys were charging a wood
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

and there we see an ancient trap that
looks like a binder but for the most
part grain is cut with a scythe and
the women scrape it up with their
hands and twist it into bundles. Most
things are about a century behind the
times. Small threshing machines are
run by horse power, i. e. they put the
horse in a cage and he walks on an
incline on a revolving platform. Wag-
ons are mostly large two-wheeled
carts and the animals are hitched to
them in such a crude, clumsy manner
that it takes usually three horses to
pull one. 1t seems to me the peasants
do their work in the hardest, slowest
and most ancient way possible. Old
fashioned Dutch" looking windmills
grind the grain and the fans are so
big and clumsy I don't see how the
wind ever turns them.
This is a poor country for water.
They have old fashioned wells, sew
eral in each village, and they draw
water in a bucket tied to the rope of
a Windlass. Bleaching powder has to
be used before it is fit to drink. There
are a few pools of stagnant water
and the people lead their stock here
to drink. Near each village is a sort
of castle with an adjoining estate. At
n time these places were undoubt-
eddy magnificent, but now they are
ruined and neglected. There are no
farm houses here at all. The farm
ers have their houses clustered to-
gether and this forms a village. The
average building is a house, barn,
chicken coop and all in one. They
keep the horses in one end and the
chickens are in the parlor most of
the time. No machinery sheds are
necessary because they have no ma
chinery. This is a fine country to
travel through with an auto but who
would want to live here. Houses are
made of sticks, hay and mud.
In a few days our whole division is
going to be sem back from the lines
for a rest. We have been doing some
hard work with excellent results. l
presume they will quarter us in
some large town for the winter. If
they take us far enough l may see
some of the Bloomington boys. / am
quite sure that it where we are GO
ing. l won't be able to write while
we are travelling which may be three
or four days to a couple of weeks,
but will try ard squeeze in a letter
before we go.
Aug. 31.-Well we have moved and
pulled out in such a hurry l didn't
have time to drop a note. We made
a big jump this time. Marched part
of the way and then rode in stock
cars for two days and two nights. We
were packed in so tight we couldn't
stretch out. We held song-fests and
had a good time, on the trip. I have
been in Paris and gee it is some
place. Also saw Eiffel tower.
We are a good many kilometers
back of the lines and can't hear any
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

filed with boche machine guns which
are always in pits and camoufaged
with brush, ETC.. In one of our COM
panies is a Is year old kid. He had
been over the top three times and had
lost every bit of equipment he had,
gun and all. When the order came
over he went bare handed. In cross
ing the field he saw a fat Emma COM
ing and jumped for what he thought
was a pile of brush. Well down he
went in a machine gun hole on nine
Germans. Up went their hands and
out came Mr.. Kid with nine prison
ers. His captain laughed and sent
him to the rea for a well earned
rest. This is the truth.
Can you picture a city of 10000 all
living in large stone houses packed
close together, and then can you pic
ture that same city a mass Of ruins,
the roads filled with furniture, and all
that a house contains scattered and
broken in the midst of plaster and
stone. Most of the houses are utter
ly demolished, a bit of wall standing
here and there with a few broken
timbers projecting like limbs on a
tree. Such is the effect of the Amer
lean Smelling done preliminary to
taking the town. So completely de-
stroyed that it is impossible for hui
man life to exist, in fact about all
that does come through is the family
cat or dog and they are wild with
fear.
The civilian inhabitants are gone
before the bombardment starts, leav-
ing behind all but the most valuable
property.
Md
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
NED IVEY IN FRANCE

When we first came ove the French
said we were fine fellows and good
comrades, but didn't think we would
make good soldiers as we only had
bunch of boys that hadn't even raised
a m~oustache, the insignia of man
hood. We looked young and they un-
derestimated courage and most of
all u individuality and brains. The
boche had the same opinion, also the
English, who said we were wind bags.
The Canadians stuck by us and smil-
ed and said nothing. Poor cusses,
the English lever give them a chance
to turn loose a bit of American pep.
But now it is all changed and the
French admit we are great fighters
and wonderfully rapid and accurate
marksmen, especially our machine
gunners and artillery. The German
prisoners think we have some new
sort of 3-inch machine gun. They
knew of such terrific barrage
fire in all this war-that's our little
IS splitting out 25 to 80 shots a min
ute and the American dough boys are
the only infantry who have faced
their machine guns without waver
and the American bayonet is the most
feared weapon we have. They yell
"Kamerad" at the sight of one.
The boche has been lead to believe
that the Germans have an army in
the U. S. and have taken New York
and several other large eastern cit
ies-such bunk.
The boys from the front tell us that
the boches have Belgians with them
and force them at the point of a gun
to fight us, strap them to machine
guns with an officer with a revolver
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
X X y x = X X X
WORLD WAR NOTES
Great Lakes Station.


Guards at the gates of the station
have always searched packages being
brought in by visitors and sailors for
forbidden fruit. Now they are watch
ing for rats. Sanitation officers have
offered SO hours liberty to the catcher
of rats and it was discovered that
some tars were smuggling in dead
rodents and claiming leave of alb
Sence.
Lieut.. John Philip Sousa, celebrat-
ed musician, returned Wednesday to
his giant band of 1923 pieces. Lieut..
Sousa has been spending a two month
furlOugh with his own civilian ag-
gregation and has toured the large
cities.
Contracts have been let for four
teen new barracks to house 5000 sail
ors who are daily arriving from east
ern stations. The buildings are to
cost $685. 45 and must be done by
Dec. 10. A contract has also been
awarded for a drill hall in the new
group to cost $131 ,000.
over SO,OUO ldentltlcat1On tags have
been issued to sailors at the station
Every man who passes through the
station is obliged to get a tag which
is made of an alloy and etched on one
side with his name, date of birth anC
! enlistment and on the other side with
a finger print. All men in the navy
must wear these tags at all times.
Charged with disobedience to or
ders in Camp Grant as the result Of
betraying the consideration he receiv.
ed as a conscientious objector, Walter
B. Dumbleton, Stevens Point, Wis.
a member of the International Bible
Students association, is facing court
martial. He came to camp in March
and said he could o serve because
of religious principles, although he is
a native born American. He was Civ.
en- a chance to serve in a noncombat.
ant branch and assigned to the base
hospital. When he found that in al
probabilities his medical unit will en-.
ter overseas work, his scruples re.
turned and he refused to serve longer
with his unit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
CAN'T Do H 1T.

Dear Sir
Please find enclosed $3.50 for the
Herald which / cannot get along
without. 1t is a fine county paper.
Yours truly,
Nm. F. Bald.
Fennimore, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
SURE AND YOU n

Potosi, Wis. 9-17-18
Dear Sir:-Enclosed find $3.50 for the
paper which I would have SEM soon
er but when you haven't the cash you
sure can't send it. Hoping this is
@. X.
Yours,
c. Schafer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
HERE'S A LIBERAL MAN.

Sinsinawa, Wis, 9-19-1S.
Grant Co. Herald,
Dear Sir
Enclosed find check for $1.50 for
another year. If you have made a
raise let me know and I will send
balance.
Ben Hargrafen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

Is your Herald paid for and in
advance? The war board, to con-
serve paper, a y this rule must be
followed. If you are in arrears,
kindly attend to it at once so that
you will not miss a single copy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25

Send in your advance subscription
to the Herald now, so that we will be
able to retain you on the list.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
COUNTY COLLECTOR

Wel are authorized to annouce
John A. Mcmillan of Carthage a
candidate for The Office of County
Collector, subject to the wishes of
the voters at the Republican pri-
mary, August 6.
We are authorized to announce
Harvey W Nash of Joplin a can,
didate for the office OF County
Collector, subject t, the wishes of
the voters at the Democratic pri-
mary, August 6.
] heaiby announce myself can
didats for County Collector, sub
ject to the will ot the Democrats,
party, August 6, 1913 Bert
Johnson
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
RECORDER OF DEEDS

We are authorized to announce
Ell Gsrkey If Carthage as candi-
date for the Office of Recorder of
Deeds, subject TO the wishes Of
the votets as the Republican pri-
mary, August 6. ,
We are authorized to announce
Al Kirby candidate for the office
Of Recorder Of Deeds, subject to
the wishes of the voters at the
Democratic primary, August 6.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
G teaspoons baking powder,
l teaspoon salt.

teaspoons baking powder.
l teaspoon salt
S 10 ounces substitute dour
Mix the melted fat, liquid. syrup
and eggs; sift together the dry in
gradients and combine the two mix
lures. Bake as q loaf in moderately
hot oven for hour or until well done.
Nuts, raisins or dates may be added,
making the breads more nutritious
and very palatable. This loaf will
keep we'll for two or three days.
Substitute Flours
Rice -four, rs cups or ounces.
Barley flour, 17s cups or ounces.
Corn flour, IA cups or ounces.
Ground rolled. oats, 11s cups or 8
ounces.
Buckwheat, 1 cup or ounces.
Picnic Lunch
The Sodality Girls of Joplin, chap
eroned by Mrs. Claude Allen, enjoyed
a typical Hoover picnic dinner one
evening recently. Their menu con-
sisted OF the following:
Fried chicken.
Potato salad.
Baked beans.
Potato chips, picked beets and
picked egg.
War bread sliced ut the table.
Butter purchased in quarter pound
prints. IT
Lemonade syeetened with corn
syrup.
Ice cream.
Substitute cake. (No icing.)
This may help some one else with a
picnic lunch. -
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
Ashe stoops 10 conauer.n

&. "She Stoops to Conquer" grew out
of an incident that occurred in Gold
smiths travels about Ireland. He
found himself one night far from home
and inquiring the way to an inn, some
wag directed him to gentlcman's
private residence. There he went, or
dered out his horse, demanded The best
supper the place afforded and gencr-
ally gave himself airs. He did not
discover his mistake until the next
morning when he was about to pay
bis bill.
lnEzE
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
The "cusk.

The cusk is a fish of the cod family
and has much the same habits and
characteristics. 1t frequents rocky
ledges in the north Atlantic, especially
off the shore of Newfoundland and
Scandinavia. 1t is more extensively
used in northern Europe than in Amer
lea, but 1t is sold in considerable guam
titles at the fish markets in New Eng
land.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE

R. A. Pearson announces as a
candidate for the Office of Circuit
Judge for the remainder of the
unexpired term following the part
thereof to which he was appointed.
Democratic primaries, August g..
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
JUDGE PROBATE COURT

l hearty announce myself can
didate for Judge of the Probate
Court, subject to the will of the
Democratic party August 6, 1918.
FRANK L, GASS.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
Advertising Rates,

Space rate for last page and inside
pages, per inch 10 cents each issue.
Allavailable space on front page con-
tracted for.
Hate for local notices, per line, cents
each issue.
TO insure insertion copy must be in
by Tuesday evening.
Resolutions of respect, cards Of thanks
and obituary poetry will be charged
for by the line.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25

PRESIDING JUDGE CO. COURT
hereby announce myself a can
didate for Presiding Judge County
Court, subject to the will of the
Republican party, August 6, 1918
j Il. B, VAR YAM.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
A Rare Opportunity.

A Globe reporter saw and heard the
event of lifetime, two stammering
men In an argument. ,.
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25
WARTIME COOKING

BY Mrs. Sadie Bates Brooks, Jasper
County Demonstration Agent.
1. Choose food wisely.
O., Store it properly.
8. Cook it carefully.
4. Serve 1t attractively.
We have in general five classes Of
foods:
/. Protein or muscle builders-dried
beans, eggs, meat, milk, peas, bread.
2. Starch-Cereals,p potatoes, tapioca,
| etc.
8. Sugar, energy givers-desserts,
honey, iellies, dried fruits, syrup.
/ 4. Fats, heat and energy givers-
butter, cream, corn oil, peanut oil, cot
tonseed oil, oleomargarine.
5. Mineral salts, regulators-fruits,
vegetables, milk.
Every days ration should contain
some OF each group. A splendid rule
is to spend no more for meat than for
fresh fruits and vegetables.
Substitute Pastry
cups barley -four.
1s cup fat.
teaspoon salt.
Water to make stiff dough.
Combine as for other pastry.
Corn Meal Crust
Grease pie plate well. Cover with
raw corn meal, giving the plate rotat-
ing motion SO that an even layer Of the
meal will stick to the plate about one
sixteenth of an inch in thickness. Fill
the plate with pie mixture. Bake in a
hot oven.
Oatmeal Crust
cups finely ground oatmeal, cup
boiling water, teaspoon fat.
T Scald the oatmeal with the water,
add fat and mix thoroughly, roll very
thin and line small pie or tart tins with
pie mixture. Bake in hot oven.
Spice Cake
u cup fat.
23 cups sugar (4a4 oZ.).
cup syrup Q11s oz.).
eggs.
q cup milk (6 oz.).
teaspoon vanilla.
teaspoon salt.
6 teaspoons baking powder.
y teaspoon ginger.
l teaspoon cinnamon.
1s teaspoon cloves.
l teaspoon allspice.
10 ounces Of flour.
Cream the fat, sugar, and egg yolk.
Add the syrup and mix well. Add al
ternately the liquid and the dry ingred-
tents sifted together. Add the fiavoriDg
and fold in the we'll beaten egg whites.
Bake as n loaf for one hour in moder-
ate oven Of $50 degrees. After 20 min
utes raise the temperature to 400.
Mullins
cup liquid.
tablespoon fat.
tablespoons syrup.
or eggs.
teaspoons baking powder.
l teaspoon salt.
ounce OF Hour.
Add to the cup Of milk the melted
fat, syrup and slightly beaten egg; sift
the salt, baking powder; and flour to-
gcther. Use Il coarse sieve so that no
part OF the flour is wasted. Or il n
coarse sieve is not available, sift the
flour to produce the lightness, but then
put in the siftings. Combine the two
mixtures, stirring lightly without beat
ng. Bake in hot oven for 90 to 30
minutes depending upon the size Of the
mullins.
This recipe will make "A small muf-
fins (3 OF which make 2 ounce serv-
ing), or s very large mullins.
Baking Powder Loaf Bread
The Jasper news., 1918-07-25

THE JASPER NEWS.
ARTHUR F. DRAKE, Publisher,
JASPER, MISSOURI.
Entered ut the Postoffice at Jasper,
Mo-, as second class matter, septem-
Der q, 1898.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-31

valuation of S23.67. The to-
tai tax levy is $72,934. The
source of the district water
supply is the Kings river
with a gravity system. The
bond yield is 4.75 per cent.
The Turlock district is in
Stanislaus and MeJced coun-
ties, with a population of 12,-
600. The district was organ
lied on June 6, 1887, by a
vote of 291 yes to 73 no. The
number of assessment pay
ers is 5,34O, and the gross
acreage Of 1920, with an
irrigated acreage Of 5000,
a percentage sof so. The
principal products are alfal-
ia. corn, beans. melons, fruit
and dairy products. The as
sessed valuation is $685.
745, with an authorized
bonded debt Of $2,662,OO0, a
percentage comparison of
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-31

uation is $6,947, 7,605, and the
bonded debt $2,219,483, q
comparison Of 31.94 per
cent. The assessed valuation
per acre is $85.57, the bond
ed debt per acre $27.33, the
tax rate per S100 is $500,
the total tax levy $208, AS,
the tax levy per acre $2.56.
The source of the water sup
ply is the Tuolumne river
and the system is Of tie
gravity type. The bonds
yield Ats per cent.
The Oakdale district is.in
Stanislaus and San Joaquin
counties, with a population
Of 5000. The district was
organized on November l,
1909, by a vote of 348 yes to
27 no.. The number of as
.sessment payers is 1,671, the
gross acreage IA, 1856, the ir-
Continued to Column 3, Page w.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-31

27.24. The assessed valua-
ton per acre is $3.50, the
indebtedness per acre $3.50,
the tax rate per $100 is $3.10,
the total tax levy S3O3. 527,
the tax levy per acre $1.72,
The source of the district
water supply is the Tuolum-
ne river, with a gravity type
system. The bonds yield
4.75 per cent
The Modesto district is in
Stanislaus county, with a
population Of $4,000. The dis
trlct was organized on July
%, 1887, by a vote of 700 es
and 1856 no. The number of
assessment payers is $3.50,
the gross acreage 81, ,183, the
irrigated acreage $4,000, a
percentage OF GA. The prln-
cipal products are alfalfa,
corn, beans, fruits and dairy
products. The assessed val
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-31

ton Of the total area Of ir-
rigable lands below the
Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado. But small storage of
water will be necessary to in
sure to every user of water
all the water he needs, when
he needs it, and according to
government reports such
storage is entirely feasible.