davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Putnam patriot., 1919-12-05

Thomas A. Edison gave his famous Tone-Test Friday night Nov. 14th, in Bradley theatre. He had Miss \ erlet sing in di- rect comparison with the RE- CREATION of her voice by the New Edison. Music low CTS were completely baf1ed.
 Their ears u,ere unable to dls-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
Velocity Of Liuht.

The velocity of light was obtained
by the Danish astronomer Roemer In
1876, by observing the eclipses of Jupi
ter's moons. When the earth was
nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse APP
peared about eight and one-half min
utes too soon for the calculations, and
when the earth was most remote from
Jupiter, they were about eight and one
half minutes too late. Roemer conclud-
ed the reason to be that 1t required II
minutes for light from the planet to
traverse the diameter of the earth's
orbit, which measured the difference
of the distances of the earth from
Jupiter. This calculation has since
been verified, and proves that light
travels about 10000 milesa second.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
Canadian Money Orders.

Canadian money orders are issued
on blanks of various denominations,
each with the amount of money for
which the order is issued printed on
1t. A lady living in Ontario, sending
bunch of 30-cent money orders 10
make up remittance to Boston firm,
apologies thus: II apologize for all
these post Office orders. 1t seems that
the local postmaster got in stock six
years ago, and the 30-cent orders were
the slowest to sell. He has no others
on hand now"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
The London Times.

The London Times was founded on
January 1, 1888, by John Walter, who
started small newspaper, originally
called The Daily Universal Register
the first number of which was issued
on January /, 1885. This was really,
though not in name, the first number
of The Times. The 940th number,
which appeared on January /. 1888,
was for the first time entitled The
Times, or Daily Universal Register, but
the second title was dropped on March
Is of that year, since which the paper
has been known as The Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
GIFTS MADE EASY
TO COLLEGES; 5
YEARS TO PAY UP
Dates For Subscribing Set For
Nov. 12-19-It All Goes to
Christian Education.

To make subscriptions for the Wis
consin Colleges Associated easy,
flve-year plan of payment has been
adopted
For instance, says j. H. Puelicher, of
Milwaukee, chairman of the colleges
state executive committee, If a person
desires to give $500, he will pledge
himself to pay 500 annually over
period of ff.e years. The instruments
will be semi-annual, SO that there will
be 10 payment of $50 each.
The first payment will be due Dec.
of this year
Dates of taking subscriptions have
been set definitely as from Nov. II to
Nov 49,
Explaining the easy plan of making
subscriptions to the cause of Chris
tan education, Mr.. Puelicher said that
he wished it understood that donations
would not be confined to persons of
great wealth. One young couple, who
have been graduated few years from
one of the colleges had planned to
give 800 cash; but when they heard
Tic pldu VI pay ulSlllS, lACy CudA5OO
this to total of $3.50.
Members of the Wisconsin Colleges
Associated include:
One mems college (Campion); one
women's milwaukee Downer) and
seven co-educational- Marquette Uni
versity, and Beloit, Carroll, Milton,
Lawrence, Northland and Ripon Col
leges.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19

The neacto today of colleges the members
of their eachn force who through of sesacrfce
and painful de have their lives public service for
deed know contribution valuable to the stability OF our
institutions and the perpetuaton of the traditions which
highly prize the work colleges The test came at
the time of the
The college themselves the first line of de-
they will great times of
the pesiod peril during the Any contributions to the Wis
Campaign my opinion direct contribution to our
counrys welfare To help great undertaking patr1
every should More
it is privilege out of mans abundance to give In way
which will prove increasingly useful years after his death 1t is
investment for him which will be permanently productive
values which most
highly intelligence wisdom, character and the finely tenn
pered spirit which steadfat and
tine the critical emergencies of fe
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19

November 12-19-date of the Wis
consin Colleges Associated s5.000.00O
campaign.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19

Dancer Everywhere.

Little Miles father and GRANDPA
ther were Republicans, and, as cleo
ton drew near, they spoke of their
warmth, never needing Millie'ssatten-
tive ears. One night as the little maid
was preparing for bed she cast a fear
full glance across the roomsand whis-
pered in frightened little voice: "Oh,
mamma, I'm afraid to go to bed I'm
afraid there's Democrat in the
closet. "-Organizer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19

snneW Wisconsin cole
ton own
f o b
cud collie
seventh Baptist
the first time N he % OF tina e
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19

sneciaelss on Potato.

A specialized potato mas been lifted
by an allotment holder on the Trede-
gar estate at Newport, Monmouth,
England. The bridge of the spectacles
rests across the middle of the potato,
in which it is embedded. The glasses
are unbroken, but the steel frame, also
uEbroken. has rusted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
A Toast to the Teachers
By WILLIAM F. KIRK
especially Colleges Associated campaign Nov las

THIS is a toast to the faithful host
i Who guide young minds on the upward way
Who keep in line with a patience fine
The hayward thoughts which would go astray.
Little indeed is their worldly pay
For the tasks they perform at Dutys call!
This is toast to fine array
toast to our teachers, great and small!
Little they ask for their worldly store
And little has been their worldly share.
Come to the front and pay them more!
Lift their burdens of worry and care!
o great Wisconsin, fertile and fair!
You will not turn from this earnest call:
Fashion with GOLD, not with empty air,
A toast to our teachers, great and SMALL
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
Time Has Certainly Come When Teachers
Must Be Paid Living Wage
HEARTILY approve the Wisconsin plan

r HEARTILY approve the Wisconsin plan to
l. secure November 1919 an endowment OF
$4,000 900 to be distributed among nine institu-
lions. The day has certainly come when our
higher institutions of learning should receive
adequate support from the public Our teachers
must be paid living wage and be relieved of
the narrowing anxiety incident upon the impos-
sible task of supporting themselves and their
fnr the salary scale
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-19
SUBSCRIPTION PLAN
MAKES HELP FOR
COLLEGES EASY.

{ Subscriptions to the Wiscon-
sin Colleges Associated are pay
able in 10 semi-annuaI INSTALL
!. ments over a period of five years.
Thus the movement might be
regarded as five successive an
nuai 100000 campaigns. The
! advantage of the present method
is that the money is pledged,
!: and the future of the college as
sured.
A subscription of $3.50 for In
stance, would mean 10 payments
. of $25 each. One Lawrence
aIumnus, who had planned to
: give 500 in cash, has changed
his offer to $3.50 over period Of
five years.
: Dates of the campaign are,
Nov. IL to 10. First payment,
Dec. !, 1919.
M X M X X X X X X X X X X X
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
AFTERMATH IN JERSEY

DEMOCRATS in New Jersey and that
~ considerable element on the Republi-
can side which passionately acclams
itself "wet" can do better than lead the
people of the state to believe that all the
days Of trouble passed with the election
to the governorship of a man opposed to
prohibition.
The dream will pass. Prohibition,
after ALL involves questions and issues
that cannot be settled by any one man.
"Dry" laws will take their ultimate form
throughout the country by the cumula-
tive effect of public opinion. The scope
and even the actual meaning of the pro-
hibition amendment will be defined ac-
cording to the collective will of the peo-
pie everywhere after patient experience.
Meanwhile, occasional evasions of the
dry principle will not compensate New
Jersey for the distress and perpleXities
that must continue in all parts of the
state until the growing friction between
the public on the one hand and the Utili-
ties Commission and the Public Service
Corporation on the other is ahated
The Utilities Commission. which by the
AfIi -ldLC bSNlolDIl SilO"tu llS' II " Dt OuL
of harmony with rational thought and
feeling in New Jersey, remains. Its mis-
takes have not yet been adjusted. 1t is
being questioned not only in relation to
street-car fares, but about gas and cleo
trio power rates recently authorized.
Confusion in the public service and the
manifest impatience of the public with
the abuses Of monopolistic control pro-
vide problems for the governor-elect that
overshadow the liquor question alto
gether And Mr.. Edwards does not claim
to have a solution.
1t was noticeable that Mr.. Bugbee, his
opponent, was equally uncertain. Pro-
gressive Republicans who fought Bugbee
and Edwards with equal energy wished
to rip out the Utilities Commission and
to arpoint or even elect a new one. They
had the courage to perceive that the
dominant issue in the state is not prohi-
bition, but the relation that apnears to
exist between the Public Service Corpora-
ton and the states Utilities Commission.
| Mr. Edwards will not be able to evade
that issue, 1t will rise to haunt and
trouble him after all the hopes and
promises Of the "wets" and "drys" are
alike forgotten.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
STUDENTS AND POLICE

pEOPLE usually sympathize with
Penns Undergraduates on the days of
their jubilation. That is partly because
everybody likes diversion, and the stu
dents seldom fail to put up good show
when they venture downtown for Il
ra&ket. For once, however, general SYM
pathy, while eXculpating the bows Of any
meaD or malicious intention, will be with
'the police, who had to handle the foot
ball rooters roughly yesterday at Nine
teenth and Market streets and later at
City Hall before thy were able to eXer-
else their right to preserve order in pub
lie places. And sympathy will remain
with the police until the students can
prove that it isn't possible to have good
time without pulling down trolley poles.
deliberately and unnecessarily stopping
traffic, rushing traffic men. and defying
the laws made for public safety
r There are a million ways to be funny
and million ways to be glad without
trespassing too far on other peoples
rights. The police didn't interfere with
the snake-dance arranged as farewell
to the departing football team until the
undergraduates abandoned all OF them
and tried another method.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
THREE DAYS MORE

THREE days more must tell the story
- of whether Philadelphia is to preserve
or repudiate its great orchestra On
Monday the camnaign ends and 500 600
must still be raised No sum can ade-
quately maintain this wonderful organi-
cation except the full million. for it must
be remembered that the principal is not
spent, but onlv the interest. and that
means only $45 600 to $4,000 "a year.
Hence the sum asked is not large.
1t is not within reason to believe that
PHILADELPHIA will allow this camraign to
fail when it is so near the goal But nrc-
vious campaigns have so failed, This
would, by no means, be the first
But there need be no slip if the ruhlic
will do its part, small and large. So let
the contributions come in to the orches-
ira campaign managers between now and
Monday. Let us give the orchestra a
Sunday thought and a Monday contribu-
ton.
If the "drive" succeeds, let Us be q part
of it; let us feel that we did our share
to save the orchestra to the city.
For save it we should.
And save it we must!
Now, all together at the close. each
according to his or her means.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
a spade and takes punishment or graft
.,,;tl H. .o,.,o sa,,no,,,,t4,,

a spade and takes punishment or graft
with the same equanimity.
The professional reformers are minor
incidents in any election. The real re-
former is the independCn mt voter who gets
no notoriety and blows no bugles, and
simply makes up his mind that the time
has come for a new deal. He has long
patience, yet he never fails to demand a
reckoning when the time for a reckoning
seems to be at hand. He is even more
admirable than any of the political
fgu os favored or dislked by Mr.. Ware.
He turns elections-and goes about his
business. He is without selfish interests.
He, too, might have said, as the sena-
tor did: eve ask and desire nothing but
a clean administration"
The important thing is that he said
this and felt it long before Mr.. Ware or
his friends thought Of making such
declaration
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

A FEW middle W, stern towns have be-
"A gun to feel the first pinch of the coal
strike. Their lights are going out.
Their industries are stopping. Homes
and institutions are without heat.
Hunger follows after :dlcncss, Dis
ease and death are certain at this time
of the year wherever thcre is a lack of
warmth Here in communities that VIII
have to be cared for by others if thcir
people are not to sufcr as the French
suffered, is the first illustration Of the
sort of punishment that unbalanced labor
leaders devised for the whole country.
And yet there are some people who
still feel that the government is without
right to prevent this sort Of thing or
to insist that it is possible to settle
human differences nationally and without
destruction and agony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
Mr.. WARE ON REFoRMERs

CENATOR WARES address at the din
- ner rendered Mayor-clect Moore in
Washington was a political document of
considerable interest. y had, to begin
with. the dramatic color of a valcdictorv
delivered at time of surrender and
defeat. The senator talked with frank
ness altogether admirable. and out of
long and hard experience he was able to
utter truths usually avoided at dinners
because they are unpleasant and. there
pre-, bad for the digestion.
y IL was when ne began TO arraipn re-
ormers that Mr. Ware went astray,
What is reformer? Is he a man who
merely changes his front without chang
ing his opinions, his purposes or his
methods for the sake of waking issues
and winning elections? That anpears to
have been the definition formulated in
Senator Wares mind when he turned a
hard eve unon Mr. Coles and expressed a
frank dislike for the aims and theories
that Mr. Coles is supposed to represent
Here certainly the judgment Of the sena-
Tor was at fault
The men who fiaunt the badge and in
sigma Of reform and blow the loud trum-
pets of righteousness are very few.
They do not ever hope to win elections
unaided They are not ACTUALLY the re-
fo,mers. And it is true that tHev often
play thc political game according to a
Srule which thew profess to detest and
that thew often lack tho Spartqn virtues
III the older-fashioned politician who
znakes no secret Of intrigue, calls spade
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. TheTurks won Constantinople in 1853.
2. Albert Gallatin vas n distinguished
American statesman and financier.
lie was one of the negotiators of the
treaty of Ghent with England in
1914, was secretary of the treasury
from 1901 until 1914 and for several
years represented Pennsylvania in
Congress. He ranks as one of the
greatest of American financiers. He
was born in Switzerland in 1851 and
died in New York in 1S49.
8. Sugar and pineapples are the chief ex-
ports of Hawaii.
4. Salisbury steak is now the prevalent
post bellum name for Hamburg steak.
5. The battle of Crecy was won by the
English over the French in 1348.
Crecy is a small town in northern
France in the department of the
Somme.
6. Lindley NJ. Garr:.lon was President
Wilson's first secretary of war.
Z. Most of the scenes in Shakespeare's
''Othello" are laid in the island Of
Cyprus
s. Key West is the southernmost city OF
the United States.
0. Ratiocination is formal reasoning, es-
pecially by means of syllogisms.
10. Mary, Queen of Scots. was the great
grandda lighter of Henry VII. Queen
Elizabeth was his granddaughter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. Who was the Rev. John Jaspere
2. What phrase did he coin?
3. What is the Volstead law?
4. What was the nationality of Hendrix
Hudson?
g. What unfinished novel did rhackeray
leave?
6. Over what kingdom did Kamehameha the
Great rule?
z. What is the capital of Siam?
s. Who was Tacitus?
8. OF what people did he write?
10. What treaty ended the Mexican War?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
4 TROPICAL PARK

TINE park in Leon is but a garden
L Where grass and roses grow together;
1t has no ordinance, and no warden,
Except the weather.
The paths are made of sand so fine
That they are always smooth and neat
Sunlight and moonlight make them shine,
And so ones feet
Seem ever to tread on magic ground
That glistens and whispers curiously,
For sand, when you tread it, has the sound
Of the sea-
-Salomon de la Selva.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

While we are waiting for the formula
Jion Of the industrial code, which must
come from the wells of common sense in
the public mind, it is important that labor
should purge itself of its unreprescnt-
ative and un-American leadership, so far
as that exists, and that the reactionaly
conservatives among the employers
should be forcibly reminded that they are
feeding the fires of radicalism and red
ruin. And all obstacles in the way Of the
establishment of justice should be re-
moved. Injustice may apparently tri-
umph, but its doom is as certain as was
the defeat of Germany when she chal-
lenged the conscience Of the world. And
approximate justice will ultimately be
set up, for, as Bryant finely said, "The
eternal years of God arc hers"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
WILIIAM R. TUCKER, secretary of the

WILLIAM r. TUCKER, secretary of the
w Philadelphia Board of Trade, believes in
keeping evcrlastingly at it on port AMI mu-
nicipal questions. Mr.. Tucker was once
port warden and an intimate friend of the
late joel Cook He knows every wharf and
pier by heart He also digs into national
affairs, keeping the board posted with re
gard to new legislation that may be of ad
vantage that may operate to the dis
advantage of the trade interests. 4 recent
report on municipal affairs shows that the
Board of Trade is also awake to our local
necessities. Mr.. Tucker sits on the lid down
at the Boursc, working over his problems
daily. having frequent consultations with
William NJ. Coates, Philip II. Cooley,
Samuel r. Kerr and other business men of
that type.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
MAYoR-ELECT MoORE'S
LETTER
Philadelphia Commercial Museum Is
One Of the Best Equipped lnstltu-
tons of Its Kind In the World.
H. c. Of /. Robs City
of Employees


the most fully equipped institution in the
United States for advice and assistance in
the extension of foreign trade and probably
one Of the best equipped anywhere in the
world. It is fully known to reputable mer-
chants throughout the world as the result of
twenty years OF continuous effort in trade
extension and has in its files the addresses
and information largely based on direct cor
resuOndcnCc concerning probably three
quarters of Il million merchants in every
country 10 the world and including nearly
every firm that is in any position to handle
trade with the United States. Many bust
ness firms in Philadelphia are constantly
using the museums $ advice and assistance to
their great advantage. Many more could
do so if they would The facilities are open
to all, Philadelphia has, If she will use it,
II better agency than any other American
city for Strengthening her position in the
commerce of the world. DIR. William u.
Wilson is largely responsible for this Phila-
drlphiu institutions In the earlier days he
had the backing of inen like DIR. William
Pepper, William l.. Elkins and Charles II.
Crnmp. Then the Federal Government eX-
tended financial assistance to the under
taking but now it thrives upon its own
earnings and such help as is accorded by
the city. 1t is u bigger institution in an
International trade information sense than
is generally known
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

The sheriff's house has been "sold over
his head and he has been obliged to move.
Forced to swallow dose of his own medi-
cine, he has taken it like u good sport.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

When Senator Knox speaks of IA blanket
reservation it is understood he means wet
blanket That is the only kind he has been
handling during the peace discussion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
SANITY IN LABO7'S RANKS
MUST PURGE RADlCALlSM
All Attempts to Put Over Injustice by
Mass Action Are Doomed
to Failure

IF ANY fact has been lifted into view in
L the past five years so that it stands
above the rest, like the Washington
Monument on the shores of the Potomac,
it is that injustic" cannot be put over by
mass action anywhere.
Germany tried it with the united Ger
manic nations behind her. But the rest
of the civilized world rose in protest, and
through blood and bitter travail Of soul
it fought the spirit of evil until it was
suhdued.
The Germans planned 10 exnoit the
world for their own profit. They had
been concentrating their energies for
years on one selfish purpose. Not con-
tent with normal and peaceful expansion,
they proposed to seze by force what they
wanted And when the appointed day
came they found preteXt and acted.
Today Germany is a pariah among ma
tions. 1t will take her more than a gen
Grafton to recover what she lost i'll
twcnty-four hours
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

Circumstances permit householder to
get coal without permit, but he still needs
to have money to burn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

CONGRESSAIAN BUTLER, the Chester
~ Delaware representative, who used to be
regarded as Il Quaker, coming from an
agricultural section is now about as much
involved in big industrial and commercial
problems as any other man in Congress.
The river front in Delaware county has
brought its big industrial and protective
questions to the notice of the West Chester
member. but that is not all. Over in
Chester county they are mining for graphite
and operators like IT, u. Just of Iiyers, are
contending that unless they have a duty, it
will be difficult to proceed with this busi.
mess. which really originated in the vicinity
of Chester Springs. 1t is said by the
American producers that great deal of
British money is invested in the crucible in
dustry in this country and that, therefore.
efforts to obtain production here have been
discouraged. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

1t is the careless driver that makes the
traffic cops cross at crossings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08

When the peace treaty is passed at last
despite his opposition he will doubtless be
a Lodge of Sorrow