davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1919-01-19


dress.
A Beautiful Working Girl.
All this, however has nothing to do with Frances,
the Jerome of the tale beautiful working girl
whom Ernest meets and loves on his first job
She, unlike Sir James, runs all through the book,
and she never goes to Harley street because she
never has any ailment that square meal cannot
cure. She and Ernest don't eat much. 1t is all
right according to the rules of the bet for Ernest
to do magnificent things for other people, but he
cannot profit by it and, according to his way of
reasoning, he dare not slyly send Frances enough
money for food when she is out of work. Be sure,
dear reader, whenever YOU bet hospital wing
against handshake, to make it of the cOndi-
lions of the bet that, come what may, you will be
able to see to it, through your aged and trusted
lawyer, that your fancee gets occasional five
pound note.
Well, anyway, creeping back to that fascinating
street which according to the well known Dickens,
is a mile and 42S yards from Holborn Viaduct and
about 800 yards still further from Ludgate Hill, We
find Sir James once more in his consulting room
and Ernest Bliss coming in with his bonny bride on
his arm and twelve and sixpence in his pocket.
Now, having left Ernest and his wife without
having detailed the remarkable adventures which
Ernest had while trying to earn his own living, let
us stroll down Harley street and see the houses
where Gladstone and Barry Cornwall and Turner,
the sunset painter, used to live. We may even go
as far south as Cavendsh Square and glance at the
American consulate; but not much further than
that perhaps only far as HOLES street, where
the bust of Lord Byron in front of the diapers
shop at No. q marks the house in which the poet
was born. Only few blocks further on lies Cork
street, where Arnold Benefits Pretty Lady lived;
and that would never do.
THE CURIOUS QUEST By E. PHILLIPS orrENHnn.
Little Brown 4 Co. $50.
The sun., 1919-01-19

may be wondering what all this has to do with E.
Phillips Oppenheim. Lots. The Curious Quest,
which is Mr.. Oppenheim S latest novel, instead of
opening in the house of the Prime Minister, or the
drawing room Of beautiful lady who is eager to
betray England, a restaurant in Soho where the
lowest omnibus is the chief spy of the Sultans am
bilious aunt opens in Harley street, in the waiting
room of Sir James Aldroyd. Mr. Oppenheim re-
fers to him as Sir James Aldroyd, M. D., which
is wasting space, having mentioned Harley
street,
Doctor! Doctor!
1t is no cab that has come to the door, but rather
the eighty horsepower motor car of Mr.. Ernest
Bliss, who waits impatently while Sir James treats
patients who had come first. Novelists never de-
scribe these other patients in Harley street, al
though they may be afflicted with the most faScl-
mating cases of influenza, hiccoughs ricketts,, hives
and shingles that ever happened. Ernest Bliss IS
the only patient whose symptoms are described and
he has nothing interesting the matter with him;
he Just off his feed and bored to death. Instead of
roaming over his eight thousand acres of shooting
in Norfolk or banging away on-his grouse moor In
Scotland, he has been keeping late hours In Lon
don. If good old Sherlock Holmes had examined
the tires of the eighty horse power car he probably
would have discovered mud that could come only
from certain street III ot. JOHN "oou; put lne
novel has nothing directly about that
Sir James shows his contempt for Ernest's
wasted life and scornfully advises him to go out
and earn living for himself. He adds that he
doesn't believe it s in the young millionaire
''You have no moral stamina, he says. ''You
might practise self-denial for week-that would
be about your limit. Young men of your type have
not learned how to persevere. Will you shut the
door after Won as Won ONt please T.
So Ernest Bliss, being cut to the quick, offers to
bet Sir James new wing for the doctors hospital
-25 900 pounds, it will cOst-against an apology
The sun., 1919-01-19

Or perhaps the Harley street doctor I
cheerful
''Medicne can do nothing for you. What you
must have is strife. Only terrific conflict with the
forces of civilization will cure your remarkable
ailment. Give up your present light employment
at stocking in the Stepney gas factory and, fleeing
to America, go to work in Manhattan and live in
Brooklyn"
Sometimes the caller arrives in cab with
crest the door and wearing among other items,
a domino. The Harley street doctor is not to be
fooled.
81 am indeed honored by the visit of your
Grace" he says, but can do nothing for YOU
Downing street has already appraised me of your
proposed attempt to strengthen your claim to the
throne of Zngovania by removing the telltale wart
from the tip of your left ear. DR.. Wilson is your
man, not II
Life in Harley Street.
Occasionally the physician is the goat. He has
Just turned in, or he is smoking final pipe and
listening to the storm without-Lord, what
night! Draw the curtains, Parkins-when a cab
ratt1es into Harley street. The bell rings and Park
ms lets in an Oriental person who planks down
five thousand gllineas on the DOCTORS table.
For one hour 8 work., he whispers, land 81
lence Comet 1t is useless for the doctor to
object If he scorns the money the visitor makes
a couple of passes him or shoots spray of
odorless chloroform at the does face from the
curious jade pin in his tie. At low hiss two tur-
baned servants enter the house and take the I'M
conscious physicianput to the cab.
Such is life in Harley street, which, according to
Charles Dickens Dictionary of London 08S2), is
only mile and 1187 yards from Charing Cross
station and two miles yards from the Old Barley
Persons vino have been knocked i'll the Old Kent
Road rarely call, that famous place is five miles
294 yards away from the Avenue of the Doctors.
Having come well below the picture, fie reader
The sun., 1919-01-19
Oppenheim in Harley Street
A Physician Yes YesD and Lovely Young Woman Take Steps
Young Who Bad Habit Betting With His

and handshake that he will 90 out
and into the cold world with a five
pound note and make his own living
for year.
SO Ernest leaves Harley street and
Sir James goes back to his regular
trade of poorer but more attractive
people who have come honestly by
sunken cheeks or floating kidneys In
all the story we see him only twice
again, much to our regret, for he is
a grand character and just the man to
refuse five thousand g1Iineas from a
mysterious Oriental at midnight In
the middle of the book, when Ernest,
now so determined to get the coin by
honest toll that he becomes a public
chauffeur. drives Sir James (who Of
course doesn't recognize HIM to the
house of patient. the reader has a
a wish that the old boy would stay
longer in the story. But back TO Har-
ley street Ernest takes him and when
Sir James gives him a half sovereign
Bliss thanks him and says he hopes
the knight is getting his hand ready
for that shake 1t is our young friend
with the millions Sir James gasps.
That is, Mr.. Oppenheim has him
gasp, but we doubt that he
gasped. All the regular gasping
in Harley street is done by the
patients when they learn that
they are suffering from a poison
hitherto unknown except to the ma
tives of the upper Orinoco. But Bliss
chuckles, glides away and presently
The sun., 1919-01-19

u OR the purposes of literary per
l. sons we know no more useful
thoroughfare than Harley street,
Marylebone, London, England. 1t is
not as famous as Baker street, which
is only seven or eight squares west of
it, but Baker street is preOccupied by
Sherlock Holmes and made safe, as
Professor Moriarty would say, against
the entrance of ordinary fictional
characters who would try to butt in.
Baker street belongs to Sir Arthur,
but Harley street is anybody's street
when a doctor is needed for the book.
Harley street in fiction is sacred to
doctors We are not sure whether Dr.
Watson had his consultation rooms
there after he got married and left
Mrs. Hudson's lodging house, but if
he hadn t he should have had.
Let a novelist name Harley street
and the reader sinks back content. He
knows that there is a doctor at hand;
a fine practitioner, maybe with a
beard, surely with courly manners,
a full waiting room and sense Of the
dramatic. y patient comes in to CON
suit the doctor.
"You have three days to live" says
the sage physician, land you can do
what you please with them. What
ever you do will not affect the matter
You have wertyuiopio etaOinitis, a
disease so rare that | have not seen a
ease since | was an inferno in the sun
stroke ward of the Crocker Land Hos
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
CECIL COURTNEY SENTENCED.
Received One Year in Jail for Stealing
Boys Bicycle.

Cecil Courtney, of this city, was
sentenced to one years servitude in
Jail for stealing a boys bicycle. The
sentence vas given by Police Judge
Wayne, Friday morning.
Courtney with another boy had been
suspected of having stolen another
bicycle some time ago and when the
last bicycle, which belonged to John
Baker disappeared, he was suspected
and examination OF the case proved
the suspicious of the authorities were
right. The bicycle was left on the
Clark street railroad bridge Thurs
day evening by the boys who thought
they were in danger Of being caught
with it.
When taken before the court Friday
morning they pleaded guilty. Coort-
ney was sentenced to one year in Jail.
It is thought he may be parolled in
stead Of having to serve his full term.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
SMALL BOY HURT.
Blank Pistol in ]. B. Wells Hand
Goes OF Against Boys Leg.

]. B. Wells, thesix year old son of
Mrs. Ruby Nutgrass, was painfully
burned on the right leg when a small
blank pistol with which he had been
playing exploded while held against
his leg. A deep hole was burned in
the flesh.
After trying to shoot a blank ear
fridge which refused to go if, the
youngster placed the muzzle of the
weapon against his right thigh and
was trying to force the barrel up to
eject the cartridge when the hammer
fell and the gun went off.
Unless complications set in, the
boy will soon be all right. Every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent
blood-poisoning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE.
State of Missouri,

State of Missouri,
County of Audrain,
In the Circuit Court, June Term,
1919.
IN RE LULA STEVENSON,
Be it remembered that on the 2Sth
day Of June 1919 Lula Stevenson
filed her petition, duly verified in the
Audrain County Missouri Circuit Court
for the purpose of having her name of
Lula Stevenson changed to Lula Bur-
kett. That therefore towit: on the
7th day Of July 1919 said petition
was presented to the court and the
r.atter stated therein was by the
court heard and considered and the
court did find that the statement and
allegations in said petition contained
were true and correct, and the court
did there upon order and adjudge that
the said petitioners name be changed
from Lula Stevenson to Lula Burkett
and that her legal and lawful name be
and is Lula Burkett.
Witness my hand and Seal of said
Circuit Court this July 9th, 1919.
(SEAL) E. F. ELLIOTT,
Clerk of the Audrain County Circuit
Court. 20-3t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
About Digestion.

Digestion begins in the mouth. The
food should be thoroughly masticated
and ~insalivated before it was swallow
ed. When this is habitually neglected
stomach trouble is almost sure to fol-
low. If you now have Indigestion eat
no beef or veal and sparingly Of other
meats, masticate your food thoroughly
and you may recover without taking
any medicine. If your bowels are
constipated take Chamberlain's Tab
lets. They not only cause a gentle
movement of the bowels but aid d.
getion and strengthen the stomach.
ADV.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
Schedule OF Church Services.

The Rev. ]. L. Nickerson announces
services to be held at the following
churches of which he is pastor:
On each first Sunday, at HOO a. m.
and 500 p. M, at Trinity.
On each second Sunday, at HOO a.
M, and 500 p. M, at Bethel.
On each second Sunday, at $3.50 p.
M, at Groves Chapel.
On each third Sunday, at HOO a.
M, and 500 p. M, at Littleby.
On each fourth Sunday, at HOO a.
m, and 800 p, m. lat Olivet.
weekly If
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
ORDER OF QUALIFICATION.


State Of Missouri
IS.
County Of Audrain,
In the Circuit Court, September
Term, 1919.
Annie H. Paul ........... Plaintiff
VS..
Lazarus N. Hunter, VIM. D. H. Hun
ter, James ]. Hunter, Harriet j.
0'Brien, Theodore White, VIM. H.
Hunter, Martha Strobe, Mary E..
Proctor, John G. Muldrow, Martha
Muldrow, Mary Belle Delaney,
George Muldrow, Leila Muldrow,
Edward Rines, ]. w. Carson and j..
". Ritenour, and their unknown
heirs, consorts, devisees, doneees,
~alienees, and immediate, mesne, re-
mote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees, ........... Defendants.
The State Of Missouri to the above
named described defendants Greet
ings:
You are hereby notified that an &C.
ton has been commenced against you
in the Circuit Court of the County Of
Audrain in the State of Missouri, af-
f~ecting the title to the following des-
cribed lands and tenements in the City
of Mexico, Missouri, to-wit:-
A part of the Southwest 4 of the
North West Quarter Of Section Tween
ty five (25), Township Fifty one (51l
North, of Range Nine (9) West Of the
9Th, P. NJ, described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner
of Lot Six (6) in Block &C" of Rich
mond Parsons Addition to the City
Of Mexico, Missouri and run thence
East 60 feet, thence South 240 feet,
more or less, to the North line of Lib
erty Street, thence West along said
North line go feet more or less, to the
South East corner Of Lot Three (3)
in said Block "C", thence North 24O
feet, more or less, to the point of be-
ginning. Being otherwise known as
Lot Numbered One (1) of City Sur
vey Numbered T~hirty-nine 1897 in the
City of Mexico, Missouri.
Which said action is returnable on
the first day of the next term Of said
Court to be held at the Court House
in the City Of Mexico, in the County
and State aforesaid on the first dizzy
of September 1919, when and where
you may appeal and answer or other
wise defend such action; otherwise
plaintiffs petition will be taken as
confessed and judgment rendered ac-
cordingly.
Witness my hand and official seal,
of said Court, at office in Mexico, Mis-
souri,, this oath, day of June, 1919.
(SEAL) E. F. ELLIOTT,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
Fry & Fry attorneys for plaintiff.
19-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
For a Bilious Attack.

If you have bilious attacks give
Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They
are excellent. Willis Browning, Pat
t~onsburg, Mo-, has this to say Of them
about a year ago my wife used a
bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets and
they cured her Of a bad bilious attack
also Of constipation from which she
had been suffering for years" Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
Suits Filed.

Priscilla Bradley ct al versus Kate
Price Dudley ct al. Suit for partition.
Thomas R. Harlow and W. H. Coil
versus Mrs, .Levina Laurence Grey il
living and if not living, her unknown
consorts, heirs, ETC., ct al. Suit to
quiet title.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration upon the estate of
EMELINE NELLY, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
A. F. ROMANS by the Probate Court
Of Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date the End day of July, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of the publication
Of this notice, they will be forever bar
red.
A. r. ROMANS,
Administrator.
Attested by me, this End day of
July, 1919.
E. A. SHANNON,
20-4t Judge Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

Mrs. William J. Mason and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth, are in st. Louis to
consult physicians regarding the for
mer's health. 1t was feared at first
that an operation would be necessary
but later reports are more favorable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
LEDGER CLASSIFIED ADS PAY.
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate Of
L. N. KETTER, Deceased,
Have been granted to the undersigned,
Louis o. Ketter by the Probate Court
of Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date the 18th day Of June, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
of this notice, they will be forever
o fthis notice, they will be forever
barred.
L. o. KETTER,
Executor.
Attested by me this 18th day Of
June, 1919.
E. A. SHANNON,
17-4t Judge of Probate Court.
First insertion June 10th, 1919.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
N. MAUDE STEVENS,
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is herby given, that letters of
administration upon the estate of
SAML HENTON, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
MRS. SAM'L HENTON by the Pro-
bate Court of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date the 14th day of
July, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within nj
year from the date of the publication
of this notice, they will be forever bar
red.
MRS. SAM'L HENTON,
Administrative.
Attested by me, this 18th day of
July 1919.
E. A. SHANNON,
21-4t Judge Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that final
settlement of the eytate Of
NJ. CRUM, Deceased,
will be made at the next term OF
the Probate Court Of Audrain Coun-
ty Missouri, to be held at Mexico,
Missouri, on the second Monday in
August 1919.
BIRD E. CRUM,
Administrators.
1T insertion July 10, 1919. 20-td
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement of the estate of
SIMON c. LANDER, Deceased,
will be made at the next term Of
the Probate Court of Audrain County,
Mo-, to be held at Mexico, Mo-, on
the End Monday in August, 1919.
CLAUD F. LANDER,
Administrator.
let insertion July 10, 1919. 20-td
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

L. E. Worner returned home Friday
after having spent a week in various
places in the northern part of the
state on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
Chamberlain's Collie and Diorrhoea
Remedy.

Every family should keep this medi-
cine at hand during the hot weather
Of the summer months. 1t is almost
sure to be needed before the summer is
owe and when that time m is
worth mony times its cost. It has no
superior for the purposes for which it
is intended. Buy it now. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
EXECUTRIX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of
HARRIET T. STEVENS, Deceased,
Have been granted to the undersigned
N. Maude Stevens, by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the Bird, day of July, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of the publication
of this notice, they will be forever
barred.
N. MAUDE STEVENS,
Erecutrix.
Attested by me, this 3rd day of July,
1919.
E. A.. SHANNON,
20-4t Judge of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

Mr.. and Mrs. William Armstrong,
who have been visiting here the past
week left for their home in Webster
Groves Saturday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOtlce IS hereby given that ina
settlement of the estate Of
OTTO HOWARD, Deceased,
will be made at the next term
Of the Probate Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, to be held at Mex
leo, Missouri, on the second Monday
in August, 1919.
MRS. ELIZA GRANT HOWARD,
Executrix.
LIST insertion July 10, 1919. 20-td
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
Mrs. Cortez Edmonston is home
from a pleasant visit in Charleston,
Mo.
Relieved His Rheumatic Pains.

J.. n Adams of Dublin, Ga, had been
so crippled up with rheumatism that
hec ould not go about and attend to
MS farm work. Let him tell it, ~
spent from thirty to forty dollars for a
remedy guaranteed to cure rheuma-
tism. 1t did no more good than 50
much water. Since using Chamber
lain's Liniment | can move about
without severe pains" When you have
rheumatic pains give this liniment a
trial. It will do you good. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

Glenn squires, son of T. M. squires,
is at the home Of ]. w. Rutter recuper-
ating from an operation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Burger, Of Sc
dalia, motored to this city and r the
guests Of Mexico relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

Mrs. 0. D. FAINT, of this city, is WIS.,
iting in Quincy, Ill. She left Friday
morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS
INTENTION TO RESIGN

UF UUNNUIAND
INTENTION TO RESIGN
State Of Missouri,
IS
County of Audrain.
Notice ia hereby given that the un-
dcrsigned guardian OF the person and
estate Of H. A. Hesterberg, minor, will
apply to the Probate Court OF said
County at the next term 70 be held
at the Court House on the 18th day of
August, 1919, for permission to resign
as such guardian.
JOHN w. HOWELL,
20-5t Guardian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN,

| here certify that the North Mis-
souri, Trust Company, was granted Il
certificate of appointment as Guar
dian of Allie Clee Merry, a person of
unsound mind and incapable of man.
aging her W affairs on date above
mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l
have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the seal of said Court, this the
End day of July, 1919.
(SEAL) f. A. SHANNON,
Judge of Probate and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Probate Court. 19-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement Of the estate Of
d. J. KANALY, Deceased,
will be made at the next term OF
Of the Probate Court of Audrain coun-
ty, Missouri, to be held at Mexico.
Missouri, on the second Monday in
August, 1919.
NORTH MISSOURI TRUST CO.,
Executor.
1st insertion July 10, 1919. 20-td
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

LEDGER CLASSIFIED ADS PAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24
NOTICE

GUARDIAN NOTICE
OF APPOINTMENT
Notice is hereby given that a GER
tifcate of appointment as Guardian of
ALLIE CLEE MERRY,
A person of unsound mind and in
capuble of managing her own affairs
has been granted the undersigned by
the Probate Court of Audrain County,
Missouri, bearing date of the second
day of July, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said Estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance, within one year
from the date of the publication of
this notice, July 3rd, 1919 or they shall
be forever barred.
NORTH MISSOURI TRUST COM
PANY, Guardian.
(SEAL) By J. C. MUNDY,
Vice President.
Attest:-W. F. FEUTZ, Secretary.
STATE OF MISSOURI,