davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
The Generals Dron

l have been told this story of a
flying" general, who has had eXpe-
rience as Il parachutist, says Il writer
in the London Evening News. A few
days ago he was a passenger in an
airplane going north. After n while
he picked up a village where he in
tended to stop for a day or two, and
informed the pilot, who at once sig
nitied his intention of making Il land
ing. "Oh! don't stop" shouted the
general. and he proceeded TO attach
himself to n parachute and his suit
case to anotker. He dropped the case
overheard and then stepped off him
self. General and suitcase fioated
down gently and safely to earth.
while the airplane continued its flight.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
COAL COMING FROM ALASKA
Railroads Planned for Development
of Big Fields in the Far
North.

Seattle, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
coal resources in Alaska which have
been locked up through federal law
has been greater in 1918 than IN ala
previous years combined, according to
advices received by the Seattle cham
Der of commerce, due to the c0nstruc-
ton Of the government railway.
The first shipment of Alaska anthra.
cite coal TO reach tidewater was de-
livered at Cordova October "a. An
other shipment Of 100 tons is now en-
route TO Seattle. The Alaska anthra-
cite railway has been completed from
tidewater on Boring river to the coal
mines of the Alaska Petroleum and
Coal company, % miles.
1t Is planned to extend this railroad
eight miles from it's present tidewater
terminus to deep water on OkaIee
channel, Controller bay, where coal
can be discharged direct from the cars
to ocean carriers
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
TIE PIN RESTORES HEARING
AS Applied by Policeman 1t Works
Magic With San Francisco
Panhandler.

San Fraqcisco.-Armed with an afi.
davit setting forth that he was deaf
and dumb and was trying to raise
money with which TO purchase a pea
nut rooster, William WEIGH entered s
downtown jewelry store with high
hopes of getting a "handout."
While busily engaged running the
alphabet in the deaf and dumb Ian
guage for one of the clerks who was
about to fall" Policeman Tim Con.
nell happened in. Recognizing the
supposedly mute man. ConneH drew
out his stick pin and made a lunge.
ouch, ouch. owl" said the deaf
one what the"
You're under arrest" smiled Con-
nell
Later Welch told Police Judge Fitz-
patrick he was not guilty. and that he
had been jobbed.
''Never mind" said the court. six
months in the county Jail"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
TO USE WHALE MILK

Salem, Ore.-WhaIe milk may some
day settle the question of milk supply
for Oregon. according to State Veter-
marian Lyle, who is entirely serious
in the matter.
1.-THE milk shortage" said Mr.. Lyle,
may be swatted some day by dOmes-
ticating the whale. With the whole
Pacific ocean as farm the domesti-
Gated whale would put the Oregon
dairy business on a mammoth scale.
Whales are mammals, each of which
furnishes about a barrel of milk at q
milking, and while at present they are
q little too shy to be exactly classed
as easy mixers, some day they viii
be domesticated."
Doctor Lyle suggests placing
sheep or two on every lawn in Oregon
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

the most conspicuous successes Of this
policy.
With their advancement in civillza-
ton the Eskimos living at Deering.
on the bleak sea coast, crayed a new
home. Lack of timber compelled them
TO live in the acknowledgement novels
of their ancestors. while the killing OF
of game animals made it increasingly
difficult to obtain food. An uuinhab-
tied tract on the bank of the Kobuk
river, 10 miles square, Astounding in
game, fish and timber, was reserved
by executive order for these ESkimoS,
and thither they migrated in the sum-
mer of 1915. On this tract in the arc
tic wilderness the colOnists, under the
leadership of the teachers. within two
years have built n village with well
laid-out streets, neat single family
houses, gardens. a mercantile company,
a sawmill, an electric light plant. and
wireless telegraph station which keeps
them in touch with the outside world
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Comfortable Beds.

berths of sailors and firemen aboard
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS merchant vessels
are of the most approved type for sea
use, for besides making good bedding,
they are the best sort of life preserv-
ers. Their filling is a soft, resilient
tropical fiber known as kapoc, which
can sustain % times its own weight
in salt water for As hours
on each Of the new merchant ships
built under the direction of the United
States shipping board, shower baths
are provided for the crew, there being
one for the firemen and another for
the deck force.-Merchant Marine
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
PLANNED KINGDOM IN DESERT
adventurous Youths Had Great
Scheme TO Make Fertile Region of
the Waste of Sahara.

Governmental authority, co-operat
ing with parental authority, has
thwarted romance of youthful adven-
ture at Denver which reads like a
stevenson or a Poe. Two boys, six
teen and fifteen years old. had planned
the establishment Of the kingdom of
Sahara. They had studied maps and
devised engineering plans, delved into
finance and perused the military art.
until tho fund of their information was
astonishing TO those whose duty com
PEELED them 10 step across the adven-
turers' path.
The Denver youths were planning
soon 10 invade the Sahara and set up
their kingdom, over which they were
to rule as joint kings. The natives
Were 10 be organized into powerful
army OF 100000 men. This army was
TO dig great artesian wells, water from
which was 70 form two lakes with an
area Of 10000 square miles. The
Senegal and Nile were to be flooded,
shutting the new kingdom safely in
against hostile incursion. Portugal
was 10 be coerced into ceding POrtu-
guese East Africa 10 the new kingdom
in return Tor which Portugal was to be
helped 10 take British and French
Guiana and the former German pos
sessions in Africa. Each Of the joint
kings had figured out an income Of
S14,JOO,OO0 for himself.
A dream. born of disOrdered fancyi
Sure. but
No more of n dream than TINT of
the German military party which start
ed out four years ago TO drive the Brit
Ssh lion 10 his den, to clip the wings
Of Liberty and tie America TO their
chariot wheels. Building a powerful
kingdom in desert would be no great
er task than that assumed by the
Germans of laying civilization by the
heels
Henceforth, if anyone proposes to
fly TO the moon or to build spiral
stairway 10 the earth's center. he may
cite the example OF the ruler of a once |
great people who assumed a task SIM /
liar in it's elements of romantic adven- !
ture and similarly impossible of |
achievement. A new standard for fool |
fish effort has been set for all time
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
To Keep Your Shoes Drv.

Here = an item which the doctor
telIs US TO add to our long list Of
things To do to keep the "ffu" away
BY standing just outside your door
In a dry place for a moment before
wading out in the snow in severe
weather you Will find that the snow
does not cling to the shoes and they
will remain perfectly dry. The rea-
son for this is that the soles of your
shoes are cooled so that they do not
melt the snow through which you
walk. If you rush out of a warm
house in warm shoes they melt the
snow which sticks to them, and the
water soon sOaks through to the feet.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Preserving French Treasures

Lille is no exception TO the rule that
every French center of population has
its museum and every such museum
has In il something OF unique interest.
The Palais des Beaux Arts there con-
tanned before the war the well-known
-Tete de Gre" or rather, head of
girl, in terra Gotta and wax, which tra-
iition had ascribed to many artists
out without any assurance as to the
attributiOnS. The wax head was re-
moved from the museum to a place
Of safety before the Teutonic invaders
entered the city early in the war.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
hiore Particulars Coming.

They had been married in Novem-
Der.
did you see anything that particu-
larly struck your fancy when you
were looking round the shops today,
sweetheart" he asked, on his wife's
return from a round of Christmas
shopping.
well" she replied II saw some
thing extremely pretty in looking
glasses
II have no doubt you did" he OBJ
served. ''if you looked into them"
They were married in November.
A further and more exciting INSTALL
ment of this young couples adven-
lures will appear in our Christmas
number for 1919.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Mall by AirpIane.

All mails between Europe and the
United States eventually Will be car
RED by airplane. according TO Lord
Morris. who has championed a move
nent before a parliamentary commit
tee for the establishment of a port
Of call for Atlantic liners on the west
coast of Ireland
Already, he says, a regular daily
mail service by airplane IS maintained
between England and France without
interruption by the weather.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Christmas Box Nuisance.

The Christmas box was at one time
greatly in evidence-so much in evil
dence that it finally became an intol-
cradle nuisance, and the people rose
up in rebellion against it. At Christ
mas time hordes of boys and Journey
men and apprentices crowded the
shops and ran about the streets in GER
tain parts of England begging coins
for the small boxes they carried. One
can readily imagine how much of a
nuisance the boy might make himself
under such circumstances.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
could dandy in these days find to

could a dandy in these days find to
work upon? The tying of a white
linen tie is no longer an art; the stock
with its dignity has given place to the
high, hideous, shining and uncomfort-
able starched collar And the dullness
of the things that men wear-the
shapeless black funnel, with its inch
of irrelevant brim which we cram dis
comfortably over our heads! What
dandy dare make himself conspicuous
by even the extension of brim or the
loosening of those bandages of cloth
which wrap our body with a graceless
rigidlty?
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
NEGRO Is FATHER OF FORTY
Had Eighteen Children by First Wife,
None by Second and Twenty
Two by the Third.

st. Louis.-B. B. Banks, a negro,
who lives in Benton, st. Louis county,
says he is the father of 40 children.
Banks asserts that all his babies
are alive. He says he has six sons
In France.
Banks was discovered in Division
No. of the circuit court, where he
was plaintiff. in an action against
the Glover Leaf Casualty company
seeking judgment of $500 for alleged
personal injuries suffered while en-
ployed at a steel plant.
"Pve been married three times"
Banks said. "By my first wife / had
Is children. She's dead. My second
wife had no children. I divorced her.
I had % children by my third wife"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

the crew thought she was doomed.
The submarine was constructed to
dive $40 feet, but that was forgotten
as charge after charge exploded near
by. Finally she struck bottom at 800
feet and it was found she was not
badly damaged. She was kept on the
bottom until her commander was GER
tain the destroyers had gone. Then
she was cautiously brought to the sur
face.
"She don't need any more testing
after that experience" the comman-
der reported to the officer in charge of
the submarine base.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Reasonable Deduction.

May we enter your name, Mr.. Bril-
zle, as a subscriber to our paperT'
asked the able editor of the Torch of
Liberty and Tocsin of the Times.
winter is at hand, when it will often
be difficult for you to obtain the news
from your neighbOrs, and"
why what's the matter?" inter-
rupted old man Brizzle. rs the gro
Gerry stores all going to close upT'-
Kansas City Star.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Too Old for Little Folk.

An Indianapolis teacher in the early
thirties was recently transferred from
the first primary TO teach in one of
the upper grades of the same build
ing. Most OF the youngsters missed
her, but il took little Carl L, a
particularly bright yorngster, TO ex-
plain.
You see. Miss Anne used to teach
US in the first grade" he told one OF
the other teachers. but she just got
too old to teach the little children and
had TO go up to teach the big ones"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
ALWAYS Dictates IL

Booth Harrington tells of an old ne
gro who appeared as witness before
Dne of our committees. In the course
Df his examination these questions
were put TO the man:
what is your Manner
Calhoun Clay, sab"
"Can you sign your Manner
"Sah?-
Il ask If you can write your name"
"Well, no sab. All nebber writes ma
aame. kh dictates IL. sah."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

as more immediate means of curing
the milk and wool shortage.
"A good sheep of long or medium
wool will give as much milk as a SO
mich goat, and it Is the finest obtain
able for infants. In addition, from
Sc to IS worth of wool can be OBJ
tanned. If the lamb is raised. $40 can
be obtained for it at three months, but,
of Course, if the milk is wanted the
lamb must be sacrificed"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Haisers Thankless Dentist.

"NoW that Doctor Davis has finished
his revelations" says Nate Salisbury.
as reported by the Chicago Evening
Post, ''the kaiser may realize how
sharper than an liberated tooth it is
TO have thankless dentist. We should
like TO have held the doctors job and.
when it appeared necessary to draw
the kaiserlische mOlar, warbled as we
closed down on the forceps. The
yanks are coming. the yanks are COM
ing Prom Outlook.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
An Awful Waste.

when senator dies at least eight
thousand volumes of eulogy are print
ed and distributed by the government"
said Professor Pate. "This is an ap-
palling waste. and"
1T is indeed" replied ]. Fuller
Gloom. 'In most instances three cheers
would be more appropriate.-Kansas
City Star.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
The Right Sort.

Two Aucklanders were talking abou,
q mutual friend. Said one: $50 Jim
has gone into the navy and is now on a
destroyer. thought he was a pacifist."
"He is; naval pacifist."
And what is naval pacifist?"
zone who plants depth bombs for
the purpose of spreading oil ON the
troubled waters"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Whispers to Friends, but
Talks Aloud to Animals

Poplar Bluff, Nov. II. Hill
ton, living near Crane, Mo. lost
his voice two years ago as the
result of a severe case of whoop-
ing cough. He is able TO speak
audibly to animals on his farm,
but can only whisper when con
versing with his friends. Mr..
Hilton, who Is siXty-five years
old. is in perfect health and his
case has puzzled physicians.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Poverty on Increase.

UniontOwn, Pa.-Despite the great
prosperity in this country during the
period Of the war, with thousands OF
coal miners and others earning from
50 to $50 day, the poorhouse shows
large increase ia the number of in
mates.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24
Hoo Weighed ZIP Pounds.

Keyser, W. Va.-The largest hog
ever killed in this section of West
Virginia, dressed recently, weighed
1929 pounds. The meat will bring
more than $780,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

fore that. The couple were reconciled
when each of them learned of the
circumstances.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

The development of ore mining in
eastern British Columbia shows
steady progress.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-24

The secret of my friend is not mine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-05
BOW WOW! YOU'RE NEXT, FLDO,
AT THE BARBER SHOP, WOOF!I
And Don't Be Surprised You Look Funny Whep You Lose
Your Hair, Think How Cool You Are

There were brown ones, black ones
and white ones; short ones and long
ones, little and tall ones, all with the
shaggiest of long hair, rcstlessly wait
ing in front of the dog barber shop at
Thirty eighth and Market strcts, today
for a shave.
Some folks may like to wear fur in
the summer time, but these aristocratic
dogs have different idea of fashion and
comfort. Carlo, the handsome big col
lie, looked in naughty askance at the
i'll bred little poodle. who insisted in
getting out of his place in line and push
ing up to the front. Carlo was too well
bred to say anything about it. He Just
looked his contempt, But some of the
others were not so reticent. and their
voices sounded in angry growls. 1t was
all rather solemn at first, as the dogs
lined up in front of the place. Blu,
when they began coming out with their
funny haircuts there was a riot of
freshness.
Carlo was so delighted to have his
heavy name shorn and to feel the cool
breeze on his skim. he forgot his dignity
and vanity and fairly bounced out Of the
barber shop. He didn't realize how
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-05
ENTERTAIN MACCABEES
Champion Drill Team Guest al
Luncheon Today

Miss Bina NJ. West, supreme COM
mander of the Womcns Benefit Associ
alton of the Maccabccs. entertained
the 100 members of the champion Mac =
cabean drill team at luncheon at the
Hotel Walton today.
Following the luncheon the members
of the team went on sightseeing trir
of the city. The delegates to the con :
vention also made the sightseeing trip
At the business session yesterday
morning seven delegates were elected to
represent Pennsylvania at the supreme
review in July, at Port Huron, Mich.
as follows:
Carrie Posern, Philadelphia Mrs.
Mary Il. Hardwick. Uniontown; Mrs
Belle \. Doughty, Pittsburgh; Mrs
Sadie A. Kerr, Pittsburgh Mrs. Jen =
ME Hines. Bethlehem Miss Margaritc
Browne. Scranton, and Miss Minnie
Bigger, Eric.
A reception was held last night by
the Philadelphia review in honor OF
Miss West. The state guard of the
Maccabecs gave minstrel show anC
demonstrated the work of the drill team
which won the championship of the
country last year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-05

funny he must look till he saw the bow
legged little poodle toddling out, not a
hair left on his shiny body except a
stubble that stood out like lions main
about the tiny face. Frenchie, the
poodle, turned somcrsaults down the
steps and landed rightside up in front
of Carlo.
'Well, old boy" he yapped ioyously
you look like the rock of Gibraltar
Just after storm, and I'll bet you feel
about that cool. But you haven't a
thing on me. I'm stripped for the
summer" And he went his merry way
at the end Of his mistress's chain.
Carlo turned to amble down the
street, twitching his skin to feel the
wind more freely and strutting bit as
he passed two long haired mongrcls
worrying over a bone.
Can you beat it" That's what
the mongres said as they looked after
the majestic figure, then at one an =
other
cts an i'll vino that blows nobody
good" said the barber. "And hot
weather is making trade pick up. There
is lineup of dogs waiting ,cach day
this weather.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-05
Y. w. c. A. VOTING ENDS
7e9 Ballots Cast During Election
Insuraent Forces Confident

After fight of several months be-
tween the regulars and the insurgents,
the balIoting at the Y. w. c. A, for
the annual elections, which has been
going on since May 81. came to an
end last night. Mrs. George Naux, Jr.,
leader of the insurgent group. said that
her confidence in the success of the in
surgents was unabated, although no
definite claim can be made until the
master of election announces the result
John NJ. Scott, master of election,
had declared that last nights session
was to be the final one and, though only
twelve ballots were cast, he declared
the voting closed. During the cam
paign there were 100 votes polled
The fight of the insurgents has been
to oust the present board of managers
of the organization. Despite their con
fidencc in the result of their fight, it
was rumored last night that the man
agements forces were approximately
forty eight votes ahead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-05

be- Ave cents, and the resulting increase
Of interest and operating cost OF the
system must appear in the fare.
Recommends Referendum
'1n order to afford opportunity for
proper modification of the system as
now authorized by the people and pro
vide all funds Immediately needed to
carry on the transit work ! recon
mend that legislation be prepared and
introduced as promptly as possible pro-
viding for a referendum by which loans
authorized by the people for specific
purpose may be submitted to the people
for reconsideration.
Director Twining's, report further
states that. ''it is therefore extremely
desirable that the unexpended $50 900, =
600 now available for transit should be
merged and rendered applicable to the
completion and equipment of the lines
of the system Immediately needed"
In support of his contention that one
or two high speed lines should be built
as quickly as possible, Director Twin
ing declares:
at is now generally acknowledged
that the city will have great difficulty in
completing the entire system as a unit,
and it is particularly important that
this entire sum be made available for
the completion of the most urgently
needed lines, together with the ncces
sary equipment for those lines.
1T should not be the purpose OF
this referendum to divert the money
already appropriated and now available
for the construction of transit facilities
to other purposes, but the money
should be merged into general loan
for transit purposes so that Councils
NAV from time to time specify the order
in which various lines shall be built
ont Of the funds thereby made avail
able"
Five Significant Events
These five events. the director con-
tinued, were:
. "Thc assumption of control over mu-
r;cinaI bond issues by the capital issues
committee of the federal reserve board
thereby preventing the issue of muniri.
nal loans for purposes not approved by
the board.
'The suspension Of subway work on
the city's system in large degree and
for an indefinite period.
THE execution of a contract be
tween the city and the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company which provides
for the physical and financial unifica-
ton of the city's and the company S
systems and the operation of unified
system by tfe company for thirty
eight year period under the joint super
vision of the city and company.
THE approval by the people of the
amendment to Section s of Article IN
of the state constitution, as result
of which 80 per cert of the city's entire
borrowing capacity is no longer speciti
cally reserved for transit and port de-
velopment.
THE increase in interest rate upon
city loans"