davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-10

-onyrlgnt. IyIy, Ihe InteFnatEOHaI sy ldIcaCE- w@ FEY, squatty, did you clean your EA eeth this morning?"
 "a # 'Yea. An I washed my face and nay cars, too."
 Perhaps trat is not the actual way Modern Health Crusader greet each ,,5er as hey meet outside the school for the first time during the day. but f comes pretty near to it. Eow-a- lays the Modern Health Crusaders ire after perfect records for their .lasses. and if squatty misses in any of those eleven chores he has 10 do. here is a black mark for the week. And. too many of those black marks would send the hopes the class has for crusaders banner floating way off nto the dim distances of impossibility. so Squire Squatty. a new entrant in
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~" Assistants 10 Swim.
Tonight 10 leaders corps night N tqo
Y NJ. c. A swiminina pool. IN thl4
corps are those who are kivsn speSiel
Instruction In swimming and other ply
steal exercises. 80 that they may act -
assistant instrustofs.
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LECALS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
at the office Of the Clerk Of the Board
Of Education OF Oklahoma City. Okla:
homa, has been extended from IL
o'clock noon on tho 9th day OF Auguat.
1918, TO II o'clock noon on the 2Sth day
Of August, 1919. on tho following work:
Lincoln School building,
Jefferson School building,
WeetwooA School building.
Walnut Grove School building,
A two. room addition 10 Culberson
school building.
sealed proposals. will also be received
on the above named date end at the
shove named place for THE heating.
-ssntilailne, plumbing and drainage for
the sb0Sv named buildings.
All ~ shown on the plans ana called
for In the specifications furnished by
Layton Smith 4 Forsyth, architects.
70i South western Reserve Bank Build
ing. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Hide 10 be accompanied by certified
check of B percent OF the amount OF the
bid. TO be .fosfsited ns assessed and u.
guidaled damages In case thc bidder
falls. neGIects OF refuses ~ comply with
the agreements Of his bid. Plans and
specifications may be secured at the
office Of the architects
The Board of educa lion reservse the
right 20 reject am and all bids
J. d. 0TEARLEv, Cisrk.
Administration Building. 40 North
Walnut Street
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NEW YORK.

NIW YORK. Aug II - The cotton
mar ct made n steady showing during
tUtrys early trading with ar-
tive months selling about eight TO four
teen points higher At % zoe for Ucto-
her and % zoe FOR January on a renew .
al Of Saturdays buying movement en-
Cournged hy firm cables and n more
optimistic view ~ general tcondl tons
promoted hy the strong opening OF the
stock market Except for tropical
storm uncertainty. the weather map
WaH considered generally favorable,
however. while there was some
selling for Liverpool account and scat.
tered realizing which checked the ad'
vance and caused some irregularity
after the opening advance
Reports OF southern hedge selling
eucuurUel renewal nf local pressure
later and ptop orders were uncovered
on the decline. winch continued until
October sold at ~ '3c and Jan at 81 300.
Prices then stcadiei on scattered COW
erine and the market around midday
showed rallies Of 80 TO 40 points from
tho lowest
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ACTORS CONFER
WITH OFFICIALS
Owners Pleased With Cheap
Top Liners From Chorus,

NEW YORK. Aug. lin an ef-
fort to Obtain the support OF stage
hands and musicians In the strike OF
the Actors Equity association, which
has closed ten New York theaters
the actors will confer today with Of
ficials Of the other two unions.
In what is said was An effort tc
make clear the causes which led tc
the strike the Producing Managers
Protective association last night is
sued = lengthy statement reviewing
all negotiations that led up to the
strike. The statement announced the
theatep would be reopened.
The managers announced that they
had mo quarrel with union labor
This they said was shown BY theil
relations with the musicians am
stage hands.
Actors gathered last night at strik,
headquarters greeted with cheers ~
address by John Drew, who an
noupSed that his nephews, Lionel ant
Jack barrymore. had requested hin
TO notify the strikers that they wer,
with the Actors Equity association.
He also read a letter from Ethc
Barrymore in which she allied hersel
with the organization.
A bulletin read at headouarter,
stated that Al Jofson Harry Fox am
Ed Wynn and Frank Fay had bee,
appointed Special strike deputies
for their work during the presen
trouble.
Some managers declared much new
talent had been discovered anon,
raw recruits. while other producer
wax enthusiastic about the sudder
sardom attained BY former member
Of ehoruses called on 10 take leadinl
| roles
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GREY CONSIDERS
POST AT WASHINGTON

LONDON, Aug. ll.--Viscoun,
Grey. foreign secretary at the be-
ginning Of the war is considering the
governments offer Of the British am.
bassadorship at Washington. tn,
parliamentary lobbyist correspondent
Of the Daily Expre. stated today
Acceptance depends upon the repor
of the specialists who are treating
Sir. Edward for his eyes and genera
health
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II
Compulsory Work
In Industry, Plan

BERLIN, Aug. ia novel plan
for making strikes on public utilities
impossible is advocated by the
Deu,sche Allgemeine Zei,ung. The
paper urges compulsory universal SER
vice-not in the army. but in vital in
dus,ries. II wants every able bodied
German impressed for a specified
period in street car. gas, electricity,
railway transportation, or similar
service. In the event OF attempted
strikes, it points out. there will be a
strong reserve army of workers TO
take the place, OF the maicontents.
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Tw0-StOry

New Two-Story
W,2SO
This asvsn-roon house II very htes.
design with oak finish downstairs;
breakfast room; refrigerator room
large living room across west SIDE
house: large brick fire place; location
on East sth: Sunday call Mr. J. f.
Thomas; Walnut ASA.
Ross e. Thomas & Sons
s0s Campbell Bldg.
TWOTfORY HOMES We have two
good two-story S-room homes: good
location. northeast; one has garage
and sleeping porch; on good corner:
both on old paving: your choice Tor
q. ~. Phone Maple iy3. Nj, Moore
or Mr. F1attery with r. II. GardnY
FOR gXLE-By owner, broom, mod
err. I lots. on corner facing east nIce
shade, $500; terms Walnut &lSi.
6RXY bunHnisw. beauty. Tor sale. fuf.
nishsd or unfurnished. by owner.
x Kk6KiN on West isrd; : rooms
and hath; full lots. near car lire and
school; price 1850. 1850 cash. Phone
Maple Ills.
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Robbery chsrs.d u Yssshs.

Robb&ry charged q vsUtkS.
Ed NARROW and Oscar Miller were ~
rested late last night by Homer A6s
rsNn. deputy sheriff, and PLACED II the
county Jail charged with robbery. The
two hoys are alleged 10 have rob0s1
homes In Wheatiand. Vi
The climax Of 1000 years sn1eavoS
by the people. shown In the Bdison
Photograph window. 3Ot w. Main ~ :.
tAdv.l
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COTTON
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS Aug II. Too
much rain In the belt and uncertainty
over the movements OF the tropical
storm put the price of cotton - To SO
points higher around the opening TO-
day. but llluidst ton almost immediate
ly ret In. together with some niue
short selling both being duo. TO the
Mexican situation AZ the end OF the
fret half hour Of trading prices were
- 10 e points under tho close OF last
week
Following official ndvlces that the
hurricane IN tropical waters was ~
slight ntenHity and probably would not
pusa into tho Gulf ~ Mexico. the mar.
Yet made new low levels, standing 81 J
points
Selling became heavy and under ~
prices fell OF 20 net decline OF 81 10
&C pOlnth In tn. trading up TO noon,
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FIRST ARRESTS
OF PROF|TEERS
EXPECTED SOON
Congress Ready to Take Up
\, C, L, Legislation,

WASHlNGTOE, Aug 1.-THE
first arrests IN the department Of
justice fight ON food hoarders and
pfoiiicers were expected TODAY.
With practically every agcn, OF the
department engaged IN rounding up
evidence upon which district attorneys
throughout the country can base
prosecutions. and with the machinery
OF the war time food administration
revived 10 cope with the situation,
scores OF yiolaterS Of the food control
act would fall th, week into the net
that has been drawn lightly around
them, officials OF the department said,
In the meantime congress was ready
to proceed with consideration OF the
Presidents recommendations 10 bring
down the cost Of living, II was evl-
dent that all of these recommenda
tlouS would not have plain sailiugs
and that they would be made the sub
jecl Of spirited debate before they are
finally enacted Opposition ha'
developed IN the house to the proposal
that commodities be stamped will
the price paid the producer, and thi'
opposition was expected TO break iortl
tomorrow when hearings are opened
by the house agriculture committee OF
the cold storage bill sponsored b.
! Representative Hutchinson OF New
, Jersey Also the recommendation 70,
al extension OF the food control ae
was not to get through the senat
agriculture committee without bat
tie. Senator Gronna, chairman OF TN
committee, has called a meeting TO
tomorrow. when the work OF grapplin,
with the presidents recommendation
will be started, and Senator Cummins
chairman OF the interstate commerce
committee today will name a sub
comi,,ee to be charged with the draft
ting OF legislation covering the Whit
House proposals. ~
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VIII UTtNNHH 70 NHWp'
Miss GLADYS brennan left this morn.
ing TO become leader for this week ~
Camp nrooks the health camp for girls
which the Lions club In maintaining
near Wl,cher Mrs c. McLaush :.
lin who was leader last week rsturnsA
- the city, while Miss Elizabeth Light
font remained over at the camp for an
other week There are now forty-three
ritls nt the camp. The Y W G. 4 FUR
nshes leader each week - take
charge OF tho camp.
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Revenge Burning
In Heart of Hun

GENEVA, Aug. 1.-THE spirit OF
revenge is rampant in southern Ger
many, according TO the newspaper
Dcmokrat, which has Just csnvasscd
opinion there. 1t quotes a prominent
parsonage as saying
1--WE are bowine our heads under the
yoke OF foreign states, but ten year,
hence we shall put a monarch bach
on the throne who will lead US T.
victory over the allies. The mex
time the invasion OF France will b
through Switzerland. no. Belgium"
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Beauty Is Free Passage Through
Life, But Most Women Find They
Have to Work for Their Passage

beauty Women are slaves 10 It IN
their own sex. and the woman who
want, the backing and support OF
other women can have no such valu
able quality as good looks This IS
strange and illogical but true By
what process of involuntary selection
DO We women choose pro,egeN2
By Their Appearance.
i f. the pretty slrl 20 whom some
ticH man gives frDIk, and irills II
is tie pretty girl who wants TO study
music fer whom we get up concerts 70
which We force our friend, TO con-
tribute and buy tickets
II j, the pretty girl IN need Of work
for whom We beStlr ourselves 10 Sc
cure situation None Of Il, ever
know how really sympathetic wc arc
until We behold beauty in distress, and
It is an actual fact that when we see
pretty woman crying We all, whether
we are men or women, have an I'M
pulse to ask her 10 weep upon our
breast, while we tell an ugly womar
not to uake a fool of herself
"Pull' in Good Looks.
There IL, naturally, no more reaso'
why a pretty woman should be hripet
| than an ugly one only we do II
| There is an instructive feeling IN u
,ha, the homely sister can Scuiilc io
herself and We let her do It while W
s,tcw the path with roses for prob
ably less deserving woman for no rel
son on earth except that Heaven ha
| blessed her with peachy checks, an
golden hair, and large luslrous eyes
In this way good looks have tang
bic, practical value. that feall,
amounts to0what politicians call
pull" with society
In business a wOmanS locks are
most important factor IN her success
Leaving out of the discussion proieS
sions like the stage. where beauty !
A requisite even above talent, or call
ings like that Of the cloak and drcS
model. where a twenty walSt, an
a thirty-six inch, bust measure and
general air OF stylc are imperatyei
demanded by the advertisements, It
true ,ha, in a Just ordinary every da
vocation, a pretty face Is a woman
best letter OF recommendation whc
she applies for a job
Men deny that they are influence
by a womans looks IN employing he
but nevertheless 1t is almost impos
,ible for an elderly. ugly woman, n
matter how competent she is, to get
situation in an office or store. II
doubtless coincidence, as marie
men are always explaining to the
wives that stenographerS are most
young and pretty, but il is ooi
cidence that happens with such ma
velous frequency that 1t has put Il
homely sistet out of business
All OF these things good loo'
. mean TO woman. Beauty is a ir
pa. through life, and while mo
' Of us manage. TO get along without
nobody can deny that We have
I work our passage
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See what happened to August. july
J. 1919. In the window at the Edieom
shop, 3Qt ". Main St (AovD
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Reichstag Halls
Given Delousing

BERLIN, Aug. 1.-THE reichs,as
building. having been cleansed Of the
myriad insects and vermin that in
vaded Il at the time of the revolution
when it served rioting mobs as sleep
quarters. the national assembly, now
sitting at Weimag, will move to Ber-
lin in October and hold sessions here
until December. A new election is
scheduled for January. The delous-
ing of the reichstag building took six
months and cost n small fortune.
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Stockyards Men
Return to Work

CHICAGO, Aug. ll.--All stock
yards employees who have been on
strike, protesting against the presence
OF police and special deputies in the
stock yards district during the race
riots returned to work today. The
last OF the special deputies were with
drawn from the district Saturday
night,
Union officials say there 10 no race
feeling among the workers and arc
confident no further outbreaks viii
occur.
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WALL STREET

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-The rally in
the stock market made further head
session. a wide variety of issuea nd
vancinG / to 8 points. Leaders In the
movcmspt comprised the eouipmen,
group. oils. coppsrs, motors and their
accessories and feathers And food
shares. 4hippinGs also improved mod
erately and the steel division was ap-
preciably better, although U. 3. Steel
soon forfeited IT'S fractional rise. Texas
4 Pacific featured the stronger rails,
gaining three points.
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pigs, sl7OOnls 90. CATTLE: receipts
1000. strong. beef steers, medium and
heavyweight choice and prime, SIS 10
dls9b medium ana good. flSzbd
1850; veal calves. light and handy
weight SO 00m 20 %. stochsr steers
'I0Onii2i, cows and heifers. ~ s0on
1870 SHEEP. receipts 10000; strong.
Lambs, ~ lbs down, sii0Ou II 10.
,gs. medium good and choice. t,26d
800
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I Want to Sell

my s.room bungalow on old pavement,
north, oil double and built.ir; gooi
gaYags, wash house. drive. etc. Two
rooms In oak; three large south bed
rooms. Sell for lssa thah cost to pro
ducs today. No agents. Maple <oF j.
mr. Mania l0<6
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kkNs sAs CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. II, - HOGS
81. % u Z, so: heavlcs, t2250G2f75 me.
dmms, i22 O0g?27si lights, tN.7b1
22.so: pigs, l20.000H,fs.
-, h.: - 100; 1000 calves: steady
TO higher. choice heavy steers. Si7eoW
.DI, medium. tiaiogl1to; common.
lf,'l 2i; choice lighn. ylAW1
1870, common. ,sb0Gltfbi butcher
n..,,s .u.sy AS, cows. e8.60Ul. 10.
canners, .5.50gl3.b0: calves. tll.s0V
i?15; stockers, te,7SGil.2o.
SHEEP. 1900; strong to $50 hikh
or; lambs, eis.s0ais75; culis, W,Oeq
i2.oo: yeariins wethsrs. % 500 u 90
ewes. IS 3S0ssS, ewes, culls, 00D0
{. 90, breeding ewes. te.0oVls.S0; feeder
lambs. 1li, ,000 1850.
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GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN ANo PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO. AuE li-Weakncss dcvel'
oped In the corn market today. owing
largely 10 the fact that buying was OF
only scattered character. Opening
prices. which ranged from ~ dsclin,
TO ~ advance. were followed by de-
elincs all around to below Saturday
finish.
Oats sagged with corn.
Higher quotations on, hogs led TO up
turns In provisions. ~
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RpoOL.

LIVERPOOL. Aug. il.---Cotton spdt
IA fair demand. prices firm. Good
m dillug, ~ $50: fully mlddling, is+sd:
nIlddllng, rs SD; low midhling. l7.l5d;
good ordinary. tSF ordinary, lt.s5d
SNcs, t0U0 bnlos. including 3.70n
American Receipts 1000 bales. no
Americans
Futures closed quiet September
- ga. October. II cod; January. ~ s7d
March. .Uvld. MAJ, 00-d.
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Palmist Takes "Lons Journey. y

KANSAS CITY, No. - "Mister.
you're going on 4 long, long journey"
said Allie Rico. a fortune teller TO De-
tective Harry Arthur.
u want company; como with ME TO
police headquarters" Arthur told Al
lie.
In police court Allie was fined 500
and costs. She was given a stay on
| condition she close up her establish
ment.
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BulSariaa Guns Confiseitsd.

BERNIE. Aug ll.-From Rumanian
sources Il has been learned that co.
ON rifles machine guns and grenades
hidden by the Rulcarians during th-
operations In the nrovince Of Doh
rudia, Rumanian, have been found and
confisca,ed.
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Boche Navy League
For Merchant Work

BERLIN, Aug 1.-THE German
navy league, which was the chief
agent in building up the self sunk
fighting fleet Of the old empire, has
announced Il will devote itself in
future to the reconstruction of the
German merchant marine.
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Municipal Judge A. y. Munden did
his bit this morning In the fight against
high cost OF living when he fined V. l..
Anderson ttT and 81 costs on charge
OF selling short- waight potatoes at the
city market. r. B. Roach. city weights
and measures inspector. arrested An
dcrson. Anderson entered plea Of
guilty to the charge.
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C&tpB1fiels
Chicken Thief FrIonssrsd Away

when a prowier sought to rob n hen
merry at iN5 West Thirty second street
last night the police were summoned
When they arrived the marauder was
gone, and 4 census ghpwe all chicekns
were present,
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oT. IoUto.

Fast TT. LOUIS, Ills, Aug Ii
HOGS. arrivals. $500. higher; top.
= gi; bulk. t?2.T5G 237 7s; heavy, va. rs
OSLO. medium. te30od2se5; light.
cJW23Io; pigs, yi7oo03l:bo. CAT
TIE. arrivals. 1900: generally steady,
olce heavy steers, (is.1 medium,
s'7 00flSrs; common. S1l.NQl30O, /,
choice nsht lia.7s0i1oo: common.
u O0GlsTb: butcher heifers. S7,7sh
100, cows. q 6oGl7T5. Gamers. 1915
T. 90: calves, Si550nis.5o; feeders,
sfTi25O. Stockers, t7.o0Wl0 go.
orI"EP arrivals ks0O; steady; lambs,
81 lbs. down, sita5als 60; culls. So 90
g.p! vc1flns wcthers Sl0.00nll 90.
-7. choice tsjOGs 90; culls, 1S.ooa
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NEW YORK suoAR.

NEW YORK, Aug. li.-RAw SUGAR.
Steady, centrifugal. 7fsc: refined
steady; cut loaf. i6,5Oc; crushed. lo.ise;
mould A. $500; cubes, s7bc; powdered,
s.soc; standard powdered. sl5c: fine
granuiated and diamond A, 5000: con-
fectioners A s.s0c; No. soft sugar.
es6c.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Aug II. - POTATOEs
weaker; arrivals, SO cars: Minnesota.
Missouri and Kansas Early Ohios,
aacked. carlots, N,3S15to .cwt: Irish
Cobblsrs, Kentucky sacked. carlots
sacked, CARROTS. NSsSfs0o.
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Hun NstIeaal Assembly Meets.

WElMAR. Aug. 1.-THE national
assembly reconvened Thursday after
short vacation for its final work
prior to taking It's long postponed
summer rest
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The night leaders corps OF tho Y. N.
G. A., composed Of members OF the va
rioun classes who act as assistant In
Nructors. returned yesterday. from an
ALL nisht hise to Northeast lake. II. ..
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OUTSIDE LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH.

FORT WORTH Aug, II, CATTLE
Ercoipts. 5000, steady. beeves, Nb0p
1925 HOGS: Receipts 500, 5)Ff IJc
h CHER; heavy, t22 j0ug27i SHEEP.
HCcolpts, 1000. steady. lambs, Ii55Og
"a IN
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CT. LOUIS.
cteAoo.

st LOUIS, Aug. li--pOULTRY
BUTTER and EGGS; Unchanged.