davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18
SkeriH's Sale.

By virtue and authority OF a special execu-
ton issued from the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Iron County, Missouri. and to
me, the undersigned Sheriff, directed, in favor
OF the State of Missouri, at the relation and to
the use OF &. ?. Durham, Collector of the
Revenue for Iron County, Missouri, plaintiff,
and against
Andrew B. Morris, L. c.. Ellison. Frank B.
Buszin and William G. Krauter and the I'M
known consorts, heirs and devisees of Andrew
B.. Morris, L. C.. Ellison, Frank B. Buszin and
William C.. Krauter,
defendants, bearing date August l, 1919.
and returnable to the October term, 1919,
thereof, l have levied upon and seized the fol-
lowing described real estate and property, ly-
ing and being in Iron County, Missouri, as the
property OF said defendants, described as fol-
lows, tC-wit.
The northeast quarter of section rs, town.
ship %, north, range 3 east, l6O acres;
And l wIl, on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1919,
at the east front door of the Court House, in
the City of ~Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, be-
tween the hours Of nine o'clock in the forenoon
AMI five o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
and during the session of the Circuit Court,
sell, at public vendue, all the right, title, claim,
estate ard property of said defendants, of, i'll
and to the above described real estate and
property, for csash in hand, to the highest bid.
der to satisfy said execution and costs.
W. H. BLUE, Sheriff Iron County, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18
Sherih's Sale.


By virtue and authority of a special execu-
ton issued from the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Iron County, Missouri, and to
me, the undersigned Sheriff, directed. in favor
Of the State of Missouri, at the relation and TO
the use of B. P. Burnham. Collector of the
Revenue for Iron County, Missouri. plaintiff.
and against
John G. Limerick, if living, or the unknown
coIsort. heirs and devisecs of John G. Linn
erick, if he be dead,
defendants, bearing date August /. 1913,
and returnable to the October term, 1919,
thereof, l have levied upon and seized the fol-
ing and being in Iron County, Missouri. as the
property of said defendants, described as fol-
lows, to-wit.
Lot % in block Sc of the Murdoch Crumb
Company's Subdivision of parts of sections
30 and 80, township "a, north of range
1 east; tract s. in section II, township 80,
north, of range 8 east, 20.6l acres, as shown
by Murdoch Crumb plat book 8, page 10 all
of the above described property subject to
mineral reservations made by the Big Muddy
Coal and Iron Company, in book SO 241,
Iron county land records,
And l will. on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th. 1919.
at the east front door of the Court House, in
the City of ~Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, be-
tween the hours of nine O'Clock, in the forenoon
and five o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
ard during the session of the Circuit Court,
sell. at public vendue, all the right, title, claim,
estate ard property Of said defendants. of, in
and to the above described real estate and
property, for cash in hand, to the highest bid
der, to satisfy said execution and costs.
W. H. BLUE, Sheriff Iron County. Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18
Skerif's Sale.

By virtue and authority of a special execu-
ton issued from the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Iron County, Missouri, and to
me-, the undersigned Sheriff, directed, in favor
of the State of Missouri. at the relation and to
the use of B. P. Burnham, Collector of the
Revenue for Iron County, Missouri, plaintiff,
and against
j. c. w. Lindsay, if living, or the unknown
consort, heirs and devisees of j. c. w. Lind
say if he be dead,
defendants, bearing date August /, 1913,
and returnable TO the October term, 1919,
thereof, ! have levied upon and seized the fol-
lowing described real estate and property, ly-
ing and being in Iron County. Missouri, as the
property of said defendants, described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Lot IL in block So of the Murdoch Crumb
Company's subdivision of parts of sections
20 and 80, township 81, north, of range
A east; tract 2 in section 81, township 33,
north, of range 3 east. 20.82 acres, as shown
by Murdoch Crumb plat book 8, page IL
all of the above described land being subject
to mineral reservation made, by Big Muddy
Coal an Iron Company in book So. page 241.
Iron county land records
And | will, on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1919,
at the east front door of the Court House in
the City of ~Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, be-
tween the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon
and FIVE o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
and during the session OF the Circuit Court
sell, at public vendue, all the right, title, claim,
estate and property of said defendants, of, in
and to the above described real estate and
property, for cash in hand, to the highest bid
der, to satisfy said execution and costs.
W. Fl. BLUE, Sheriff Iron County, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18
Sherif's Sale.

By virtue ard authority of a special execu-
ton issued from the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court OF Iron County, Missouri. and to
me, the undersigned Sheriff, directed, in favor
Of the State Of Missouri, at the relation and TO
the use of Z. p. Burnham, Collector of the
Revenue for Iron County, Missouri, plaintiff,
and against
C. L.. Swanson, if living, or the unknown
consort, heirs and devisees of G. l.. Swan
son, If he be dead, and Murdoch Crumb Com
pury, a corporation,
defendants, bearing date August /. 1919,
and returnable to the October term, 1918,
thereof. | have levied upon and seized the fol-
lowing described real estate and property, ly-
ing and being in Iron County, Missouri, as the
property of said defendants, described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Tract 20 In section 8, township 33, north.
OF range 3 east, 0.S0 acres, as shown by
Murdoch Crumb plat book 3, page Sail of
the above described land being subject to
mineral reservation made by Big Muddy Coal
and Iron county. in book SO, page 24l
Iron county records
And l will, on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1919,
at the east front door of the Court House in
the City of ~Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, be-
tween the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon
and five o'clock in the afternoon Of that day,
and during the session Of the Circuit Court,
sell, at public vendue. all the right, title, claim,
estate and property of said defendants, Of, in
and to the above described real estate and
property, for cash in hand, to the highest bid
der to satisfy said execution and costs.
w. H. BLUE, Sheriff Iron County, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18

at Colt
|pt.16.-
the I'm
lived. 4
[lment i
for a til
| using 9
survey
found 7
ms ava
Rnted to
! campt
found II
d to lea
ID 70
pc from
bst no n
Lmbis v
Iuse ma
| list the
/, which
|oming&
thousand
|bia the.
it lool
ratnrn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18

term OF the Circuit Court for the year of
1919, sell at public vendue, to the highest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18

Jrosa could buy, have just been sent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18
Items.

boxing better since
|in came too late to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-18

said execution and costs.
w. II. BLUE, Sheriff Iron County, Mo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

light his library by the indirect method.
He converted his gas chandelier into an
indirect fixture by covering the inverted
lights and wrought iron with dull colored
bits of glass, mostly brown. through which
occasionally, here and there, a bit of color
cleaned.
1--WE have q tendency to paper our rooms,
through which strong light shines, in
light colors, and to furnish them accord
lngly, because w@are accustomed to garing
skies and sunlight, and when we look from
the sky directly into our rooms we have to
find there similar lightness, otherwise our
vision WILDE badly dimmed. If you stare
at the sun for minute and then close your
eyes, you know that you will see little
black specks jumping around and, when you
open your eyes, for g moment you are apt
to feel blinded. The same principle holds
true when you look from a bright sky into
a dark@walled room-everything looks black
to you. For that reason we keep most OF our
rooms as light as possible, and hang our
halls, where we do not have to fight the
light, with rich, warmer colors.
'ln England and Flanders sombre OAK is
greatly used for interior decorating, where
as in Italy, white woods and gay colors are
displayed. Why? Because England and
Flanders are accustomed to dull skies and
the darkness of their homes seems per
fectly natural. In Italy the snow causes the
sun to reflect with extreme brightness in
the eyes of the inhabitants-the become
used to brightness and their homes show
> that in the brilliancy of their coloring.
"The people of South America are an ex
plosively emotional people as compared to
North Americans, especially New England
ers, and they show that trait in their love
for gay colors by surrounding themselves
with things which fit in with their moods
and expressions. The same parallel holds
true between eastern and western nations
The Oriental is warm blooded. easily
aroused and emotional, and he loves warn,
rich colors. The westerner is more subdned
and surrounds himself with sedate dsrl,
furnishings
And so, just as you can't saw blondes
should wear blue and brunettes red. vo,,
cant say that any one kind of people should
follow any particular color scheme. It is
an Individual matter. Why is it that par
sons daughters, so often reared in colorless
dignity, when freed display themselves in
gaudy colors and gay plumage?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20
The Cloud Van

4 LREADY "forecasting shadows" in
"A dictate the approach of the time
when the butcher and baker, instead of
delivering their wares from an ordinary
and prosaic "van," will do so through
the medium of an aeroplane dropping
from cloud. The French government,
according to "The Right-About,"
"has decided to install an airplane service
to feed inhabitants of the redeemed dis
tricts Of Northern France until railways
destroyed by the Germans in their retreat
can be restored.
with 200 airplanes at least 100000 peo
pie of the stricken provinces can be fed
daily. 1t is believed this number Of planes
could carry 100000 pounds of -four, 10000
pounds of sugar, 10000 pounds Of butter,
10000 pounds of vegetables and 10000
pounds Of condensed food"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

astrously. No prolonged, painstaking, ac-
curate, artistic surgery then possible
No operation which required absolute quiet
ude Of the patient could be attempted. Even
after the introduction Of anasthesia, this
cultivation Of lightning speed did not sub
side for years. Indeed, in the early eos,
while I was student, I saw Goss and PAN
coast timed by the watch while extracting
q stone from the bladder
moreover, the pain was so unbearable
that very few operations were DONE Only
when the alternative was operation or
death could one screw ones courage to
the sticking point In the five years pre-
cedng the introduction Of anasthesia in
the Massachusetts General Hospital only
ia persons submitted themselves to the
terrible ordeal; that is, only thirty-seven
operations were performed in a year. At
the present time as many operations are
done in our large metropolitan hospitals In
one or two days as in the Massachusetts
General Hospital In the whole year before
1886"
Quoting from the writer's remarks on
bacteriology:
''The origin cannot be traced to any
fixed date. II was the growth of years
me susplcions of curious surgeons, pathol-
ogists, microscopists and cxpcrmenters
gradually assumed definite shape and,
finally, the science Of bacteriology received
its name in 1884. The words germs mi
crones' and bacteria are applied indiffer-
emily to all sorts Of germs although bac-
'erla means literally only little rods
To destroy these germs VIC have
developed certain germicides or antiscptics,
such az carbolc acid, bichloridc Of mercury
corrosive sublimatc), tncture OF iodine,
DaAin's solution of the hypochlorite Of 90
dunn and many others.
I'm the Civil War, in which took part
hs II surgeon, we dressed wounds with cold
water, ointment and saves Every wound
suppura,cd~-that liz, rocked with pus, and
often IN summer Bwarmed with magpots
az iafgc az chestnut worms-diegustinR. but
not harmful. Blood poisoning. hospital
Kangrcnc, erysipelas and tctanus were rife
and kil'ed from rs to over 80 per cent OF
the patients attacked by them! An OPERA
ton, though painless. thanks to anmsthesia.
alwhys involved great risk even IL It were
one Of the simplest character"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20
How Wide Is the Universe?

in cur London than could be discovered
in Mars and Jupiter, for we know not what
evil they harbor or do not. But that is
the way, to think of earth as all, and then
it follows that life and simple materialism
are likewise looked upon as all.
IN. Anatole France, in one Of his essays
on literature, utters a striking thought
He had been considering new volume by
his compatriot, M. Maurice Barres, entitled
lie Jardin de Berenice,' and was perforce
led to deep reflections on the grand and
elementary problems Of existence And
near the end he says that, skeptics and
believers, we are all submitted inevitably
to the same necessities, which are the
necessities of existence. This very night
he writes, one of the first pleasant nights
of the year, at the finish of reading your
book, my dear Barres, I opened my window;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

looked up at the stars which quivered In
the sky, relieved of its winter msts. And
the mystery of those sparkling unknowns
troubled me once more and as grievousIy
as ever, for | had just been reading what
was not consoling. And 1 thought, per-
haps life such as we see it and such as
we conceive it down here, organic life, that
of the beasts and of men, is only an acct
dent quite peculiar to this little, insignfi-
cant world that we call the earth. Perhaps
this most trifing planet has been spoiled,
has gone bad, and all that we see and are
is only the result Of the malady which has
corrupted this poor fruit. The sense of
the universe wholly escapes US; maybe we
are bacilli, vibrons in dread of the uni
versal order. Perhaps. -. But, as
Martin, who was a wise man, said: let
US cultivate our garden"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20
Home Ties Bind the 7optoad

A, 14th U. S. Engineers Ga railway operat-
ing unit that trained at Salem New Hamp-
shire), captured hoptoad just before leav-
ing the camp, and placed it in box. He
managed to smuggle It aboard ship and
carried 1t to France
"The toad is still there Denny writes
me that he is obliged to tie the toad
with long string, for every time the toad
gets an opportunity he invariably heads
for the seacoast, hundred miles away. The
toad wants to get back home.
"'Some one cut the string and allowed
the toad to hop quite distance away be
fore they notified Denny. He just caught
up with the toad hopping in the direction
of the United States, as a poilu, thinking
he was frog, was about to spit the toad
on his bayonet in order to enjoy supper
of frogs legs Denny's mascot toad has
been the source of a great deal of amuse-
ment among the poilus.
cdr Paul Pitman, dentist in the United
States Reserves, tell me OF toad that has
lived under the back steps of his home in
Intervale, n H, for the past twenty-five
years. This toad answers to the name of
Pete. He often followed DR.. Pitman to
the railroad station when Dr. Pitman was
night operator there. The toad would sit
on the station platform and catch flies for
a while, then hop back home alone.
"Another telegrapher who was stationed
at North Beverly, Mass, as night operator
for several years tells me of a hoptoad
that would hop up onto the station plat
form there every night and eat flies from
his hand until dark, when It would hop of
into the grass.
"Some timo ago received a letter from
of the editors Of The Country Gentle
man. who some way found out I wac
studying hoptoads. He told me about Q
toad that lived in the yard of Philadels
phia resident for several years. This toad
would parade up and down the pavement,
much to the amusement OF the children.
He would run after Thorn when thew
dragged button or spool tied to a string
and would seize It in his mouth, thinking
1T was a bug Of some kind. Toads live 60
be forty years old and will eat hundreds Of
bugs, worms and other injurious pests IN
a day."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

magnet to take the place of the
f. sling chain or sling rope for lift
ing and carrying certain kinds of
articles had to be developed in the face
of a great deal of skepticism. Of the
nresent stage of progress in the use
Of the lifting magnet the Engineer
ing Supplement of "The London Times"
says:
aWhen the lifting magnet was intro
duced no means OF securing work in cranes
WAS available beyond the sling chain or
the sling rope, the blight Of which en-
braced the articles to be lifted, after care
full adjustment by skilled laborer, and
which was itself attached to the crane
hook. After the load had been hoisted
and lowered the services of the singer
we're again required for its release. Sings
are liable to fracture, their grip may not
always be secure, the articles not we'll
balanced, accidents occasionally happen
owing to the slipping and falling of loads,
and men are mutilated. The method is
therefore slow. costly and somewhat dam
gerous. In some industries very large
quantities Of similar pieces are being con-
stantly lifted In bundles or masses at
one time in one hoist. In these much
time Is occupied and risks are ever pres
ent In the shipyards, in the iron and
steel works, in the rolling mills, in boiler
and plating shops, in foundres, therefore,
the electromagnetic achieved their first
successes, and not in the machine and
erecting shops, where pieces are mostly
lifted singly. In those industries they
have very largely displaced the methods
and the services Of the singer, with resulting
vast economies.
Magnets are OF especial utility in the
work of handling plates, rolled sections,
sheets, billets, bars. rods, pig scrap, rolls,
coils OF wire, castings, forgings and loose
material of all kinds. The one essential
is that the articles to be lifted shall pos
ness magnetic properties, and this cond-
ton is met by all the groups just named
with the exception Of those steels that
contain & considerable percentage of man
ganese. The magnet shows to greatest
advantage in work that would otherwise
need much care in singing and balancing
in order to insure good hold and to pre-
vent slip. It handles these as readily as
the palmer masses. Magnets are designed
specially to deal with materials Of IN
usual lengths. Another field of utility is
that where very many small parts have
to be gathered up-loose fragments or mis-
celaneous scrap that would have to be
picked up with steel forks or by hand or
raked up. The magnet takes charge Of
all indiferently, leaving only non-mag-
netic material and dirt behind. The mag
netic force extends through several lay
ers, holding pieces below which are not in
actual contact with its pole shoes.
Since singing is dispensed with, the
magnet is merely lowered upon the ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

= u NHAT home is sweet even to q
hoptoad is perhaps not gener-
ally known. Nevertheless sew
eral remarkable instances of
the homing instinct in these little
creatures are delineated in 1.-THE Over
land Monthly" by F. H. Sidney. This
writer, it appears, has made an extern
sive study of animal and bird life, so
that their cloves, hates and tragedies"
are as an open book to himI His de-
scription of the return Of Teddy the
Toad runs as follows:
"lhere is big toad in my garden whom
I call Teddy. l thought I would try and
see whether Teddy would make his way
back home if carried any distance away.
Consequently l placed Teddy in box one
night and carried him on a train to Bos-
ton, ten miles from my home, Wakefield,
Mass. At Boston I transferred to the
Boston elevated and rode to Sullivan
Square, mile outside the city
at was just 1880 p M when l opened
the box at the junction Of the Perkins
Street footbridge and Haverhill Street
CNdlleStOWl Mass near the signal tower
where am employed Teddy blinked at
the arc lights as though sensing direction,
then he turned deliberately around and
headed directly for home.
"He hoped along by the curbing
followed him until he turned the corner
at Mystic Avenue and crossed the bridge,
headed in straight air line direction tow
ard Wakefield, different route from which
he had come. 1t was then II o'clock at
night; while Teddy hoped homeward went
duty in the tower.
"At exactly 6:15 the next afternoon, as
l playing the hose my garden,
dusty looking toad, with small tag hitched
to his hind leg trailing along behind him,
came hopping down the driveway. He
hoped under the faucet and cooled him
self with the drippings. l examined the
tag; yes, enough, it was my Teddy.
The tag was the same one I had tied to
his hind leg, with my name and address
written on it. Teddy had hoped the dis
lance Of ten miles to get back to me-"
Further along we read another in
stance:
Private Denny Mclaughlin, of Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-20

~ date methods in surgery and
medicine is presented in the
following excerpts from an
article by Major w. W. Keen in 1.-THE
Yale Review" Retrospectively the writer
surveys the various advances made dur
ing the last seven decades in medicine, the
most important in his estimation being,
first, anasthesia; second, bacteriology
and its utgrowths-antisepti and asep-
tic surgery and obstetrics, and the sci
ence OF immunology; third, the estab-
iishment Of laboratories for research;
fourth, the X-rays.
Commenting on the first Of these
epoch-making discoveries, which rcvolu-
tionized surgery within his own life
time, the writer relates how the first
operation under ether took place on Oc-
nber 16, 1916, in the Massachusetts
General Hospital by Dr.. John Collins
Warren, professor Of surgery in the
Harvard Medical School. The patient,
young man, underwent the operation
without pain.
Then in 1347, he continues, came the
discovery by Sir James Y. Simpson, of
Edinburgh, OF the anesthctic property
o. chloroforrn. IA he remarks:
Although several other anasthctica
maze aimee been introduced for prolonged
operations, the only serious rival Of ether
ana cnloroforrn IL the cornblntd use OF
nitrous oxide and oxygen. We Of tho pres
e"' generation are 20 familiar with anms~
shesia during operations that VIC can hard
y appreciate the horror Of tho nrc-anma-
'Nss'c eays. Strong men held Tn. patient
D." the'f grasp and strong straps bound each
~faS, corresponding ankls. Tho
s''iae~s OF enc poor sufferers whisoed uD
we surgeons 70 brcathless haste. Oper-
A.'fs were timed by watches In the hands
"f inc students, and he was the bem sur-
seon VINO could amputate an extremity in
NE seconds lees than his rival. for each
"'s"h'o s@emed an age 70 tbs wrhhlnv
patient ''"''s
ouch haste now and then resulted d,.-