davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

gross tonnage. This kind is ated a 100 per cent
The silent laugh gets a grade of SO in the socitys table This is tax
en- to include the wel-known operation of laughing in ones sleeves, as the
fiction writers say or in ones beard. OF course this form OF mirhe expression
is not for women in ballroom attire, excepting, Of ourse,a bearded lady, who
laughs less than she is laughed at.
A society laugh is Of scant value, according to statistics, q many times
its insincerity is apparent, while a grHsh gigge carries very little weight
physiologcany or otherwise.
60 per cent.
The sepulchral, boodchiling laugh of triumph invariably emitted by the
stage william when he has the papers and the beautiful maiden in his power
Is charted at 40 per cent efficiency.
Like all innovations, the laugh chart will stand SOm enlargement n
remodelng. The time has been so short since July that as yet n figures
have been evolved O. the potenualues of the dry laugh, while the grin, the
plebeian smoker and h Grass, boorish gufaw still ofer fertile field fol- scien-
tnc experimentation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
BORAX USED IN FERTILIZER
Container Must Be Properly Marked
According to Order Of Secre-
tary of Agriculture.

A recent order signed under the
control act by the secretary of ag-
riculture. and issued by the bureau of
soils of the United States department
OF agriculture provides rs follows:
"That hereafter no licensee handling
or dealing In fertilizers or fertilizer
ingredients shall sell for application
10 the soil any mixed fertilizer which
contains more than one-tenth OF | per
cent of boron. expressed rs %anhydrous
ho-ax, unless the container thereon
he marked. tagged, branded, or labeled
so rs 90 show plainly and conspicuous
~. ms part of the analysis. the per-
centnge OF borax present"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
ANIMAL FOOD Is ESSENTIAL
Farmer Makes Mistake In Neaieeting
Any OF Elements In Ration
Stimulating EGGS.

Many poultry nocks which receive
an abundance OF fine quality grain do
not lay many eggs I'm the winter due
20 n lack OF animal food like sour
milk. buttermllk or beef scrap. Many
experiments by practical farmers
prove the value OF both beef scrap.and
sour milk In the hens ration. Al the
present price of grain and eggs the
farmer can hardly afford 10 neglect
any Of the elements In the ration
which enable the hen 10 pay for her
feed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

The e organization. which specialists in juvenile training and recrea-
ton-nHke Father" Rance Kennicott chief forester Of the Cook county forest
preserve-beheve viii spread rapidly over the whole country and int foreign
lands. Is n Chicago Idea.
II has its origin In n group of scoutmasers and other boy scouts o. the
west side district of the Boy Scouts of America, and Il Is defined ms ian older
hoy and young mn organization to promote knowledge of forestry practice
OF life outdoors, and to aid In the conservation OF natural forest"
Educators everywhere conccde IA the boy scout movement mas dom n
world OF good by giving wholesome and Instructive direction &c youthful nc
tvutcs The purpose 81 he rangcrs Is to continue m direction SO that n
hoy won't drift away from these good Influences JUS. about the time he he's
learned what IN do and how % AXE are OF himself In the woods.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Doomed.

Lateman wanted to buy a clock
that is, a reliable clock-and he made
the shopman show him a good many
before he decided on one.
"Now, sir" said the salesman, this
clock will last you a lifetime"
Lateman looked dubious.
"Why, how can that be?" he asked.
81 can see for myself that its hours
are numbered! !"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

oracle OF the Royal Neighbors odg
support! And 10 her surprise Mrs Yost opposed her, and was elected
AS Walter Immediately set about to learn the aus OF this peculiar act
U uppoS we hrl the restOf the yarn bunty a the reader by saying:
IN ue nigh Of oyenbe 10 the new bungalow Of the Yoss 1t LOckpOrt
a entered by burglars, and looted of % pounds of raisins.
IN hkssi night the YoStsf invited a party of friends and during
ne eVenng they brought ut their uija board Ito entertain the crowd. Some
ne asked he board, Who urgIed our house,"
The planchette hesnated it is declared, d then spelled out, "The Wak
ter family"
1t was not long after this that Mrs. Yost as elected oracle in her lodge,
Cheating her former frienc Mrs Walter, and all Lockport began to talk
about the % pounds Of raiins, and their probable use in this dry weather.
Ms. Walter, having heard these stories, visited her attorney, William II. Nc
Cabe He
Well, Mrs Frank Walter of LOckport has started suit for $4,000 dam
age against Mr.. IN Mrs. Albert Yost, her neighbors, M their ouja board,
charging SANDER ##.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

pigs. colts. and poultry. StOckmen
say that on many important ranges
and lambing grounds the former heavy
annual losses have become negligible
or have been entirely eliminated. AS
an illustration, there is an area about
70 miles in diameter in western Col.
orado where sheep owners formerly
reported an average loss of about %
sheep a day throughout the season.
Poisoning operations have been con-
Quoted through two successive sea-
sons. Destruction of predatory ami.
mails has been so thorough that sheep
now range freely, sometimes unat-
tended for several days i'm succession,
without loss. Losses throughout the
area are nominal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

now, MIIler WIS here Whom I Ontned
up. Ills face was all swelled out.
lie speaks up and says; Doctor,
won't You please pull my tooth first?
I'm In awful pain lie looked II. too,
and ] was sorry for him-then-so |
said. Step this way
II put him right In this very
chair. IL was a bad tooth-a blg
ahscess as the roots. SO | pulled IL,
rs he insisted l should. IL was No. 30.
That's the first molar. YOU know, on
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
REMOVE RAM DURING WINTER
Ewes Because He Gets "5ossy"
and Eats Too Much.

The ram can be allowed 10 stay
with the yves until winter and then
he should be taken away from them.
II he stays with the ewes during the
winter he Will eat too much. get
'bosSy" and bunt them around. often
causing abortlons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
EXCELLENT FEED FOR SHEEP
Ewes Thrive on Three TO Five POUNDS
OF Silage Daily. With Alfalfa
as Roughage.

An ideal winter feed for breeding
ewes is three TO five pounds per dry ot
good corn sIlage 20 each eve and what
alfalfa hay they will eat up clean. The
sIlage should be made from well-ma-
mred, %well-cured corn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

OK America. Scout masters find that
at the ages of fifteen and sixteen the
boys begin to get out. Long pants
seem TO be the signal for drifting
away. The adolescent consciousness
is the cause. The organization has
become too juvenile TO suit the lad
who has nearly got his growth. 'The
kids" have become "the %fellers," and
the fellers can't stand the kids any
longer.
Now come the forest rangers TO
I'll the long felt want.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

when he got out OF the chair he says Doe you did n fine job. We'll. he
was good. too I'll say he was You know / thought had lost that pocket
book with bonds n IL. was looking for Il at home and at the Y. NJ {. A.
where took "A plunge that morning on my way TO the office. But the police
called m q over I, the East Fify-hrst street station TO have IA look Mt him.
face, either. Let's see your mouth ! said TO him.. He stuck the end OF his
tongue In the hole trying 10 hide IL. But No. 30 n M and | knew my
" work. And then he admitted obbing me and cot back my pockebook
Hes good. I'll sy he is. or else I'm nt SO often myself Think OF
it, pulled his tooth and never took his mind of his business"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
WHITE LEGH0RN BEST LAYER
Average Total Production OF Eggs
During Life Is About 500
Profitable. Four Years.

The White Lcghorn Is the most I'm.
portant reproducing breed at the
present time. The average life OF n
White leghorn Is about six years. The
average total production Of eggs Is
above 500 and the maximum possible
above 1000. hut they are seldom
profitable 70 keep after the fourth
ear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

Albert Yost in Lockport, ILL.,. is fur
nished with n of these boards. The
Yosts 90 in quite a bit for s%piritualism
and belong TO a s~piritualistic society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yost and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Walter, all of Lockport,
were the best OF friends until recent
ly. They belong TO old families, at
tend the same lodges, church, parties.
and all that sort of thing.
So the other day when Mrs. Wal
ter announced her candidacy for
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
INSPECTION SERVICE GROWS
Certificates Issued by Inspectors State
Condition Of Interstate
Shipments.

The inspection service for shipments
1917 by the bureau of markets, United
States department of agriculture, has
been extended to cover 80 designated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Reflection on a Head.

Professor-"f the gentleman in the
back row will kindly remove his hat
l will continue and point out a con-
crete example. Yale Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Would Like the Secret.

Mrs. Gadabout-That Mrs. Hardhead
next door doesn't seem to have many
friends.
Hostess (wearily)-N-nol 1 wonder
how she manages Ii?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

Fat, Is being taken IN earnest now
since the organization of the "Preor-
dained Society of Hearty Laugh Pro-
ducers," composed of Santa Barbara
business men. Members say they have
proved to themselves that a hearty
laugh has unquestioned fattening re-
suits.
The deep voiced. ringing laugh,
where one stands with feet wide apart
and exposes the epiglottis to public
view is the most highly recommended
to those wishing to increase their
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Forest Rangers to Begin Where Boy Scouts Quit

CIICAGO-The aloofness which the adoescent scientifically the male be-
u ing between fourteen and twenty-on manfests toward little boys spells
out the something lackn" in the organization and work of the Boy Scouts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Doc and His Patient Both Good at Their Trade

Anew YORK DIR. Abraham wofson drummcd N u little glass tray with n
~ snves eIuvator and leaned against n white enameed operating chair Ia
his office Mt iOl West Finynnth street while he told the story. This.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

markets. The certificates issued by In.
spectors upon request state the condl.
ton of Interstate shipments as they
arrive at market ccntcrS and are used
ms n basis for settling claims that may
arise between shipper and conslgnee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
OuIa Board; Burglars; Raisins, and SANDER Suits

I ocKPoRT, IL~-You ma IA heard of tbs QUILL board, that weird piece
u o polished wood embellshed with all the letters and all the numerals and
he words yes and mo Yes! WEI; the e BUNGALOW of Mr. and Mrs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

as she really so curious?"
Curious? Why, that woman would
listen to advice"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
Laugh and Grow Fat" Proves No Laughing Matter

CANTA BARBARA, CAL-The therapeutic and physiological benefits of
- the variuous species Of laughs have been expressed in statistical form for
the enlightenment of santa Barbara. That bromide, Laugh and Grow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

Three hundred thousand children
die annually in this country CT pre-
ventable diseases.-Coffman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12
impecuniosIty

Impecunicsity.
as your watch going?"
"Oh. my watch went long ago.
Baltimore American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-03-12

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
$4,000 ANT|-RED
SOLDIERS FROZEN;
SOVIET REPELLED

LONDON, March 24-More than 16,-
600 anti-Bolshevik soldiers have been
found frozen to death on the steppes,
1T is announced in soviet military
communique received today from Mos
cow by wireless. (The steepes COM
prise the plains in southeastern Rus
sia and the western Asiatic provinces}
The statement reports progress by
the Red troops against General De-
nekine's forces along the railway in
the Ekaterinodar region on the Cau-
casus front.
shevik forces which have attacked the
Polish front with great fury in the
vicinity of Bobruisk have been re-
pulsed everywhere, according to an Of
ficial statement issued at army head
quarters here.
The soviet forces were equipped
with armored automobiles and tanks,
and seemed to center their attack in
the direction of Mozir in an effort to
retake that place from the Poles. At
some places there was hand to hand
fighting and villages were taken and
retaken before the Bolsheviki were
finally driven back
Lemberg newspapers announce the
capture of Mohilev by the soviet
forces. and say that citizens are flee.
ing ahead of the Red army. Ukranian
headquarters have been removed to
Human by Premier Mazepa it is said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
AZ OF INDIANA men
IN COAL CONSPIRACY
ARE UNDER ARREST
(By Associated Press)

INDIANAPOLIS, March 24.-War-
rem F. Smith, sales agent for Terre
Haute company, was arrested by Dep
uty United States marshal on ca
pias charging conspiracy. Mr.. Smith
is one of the 125 coal operators and
miners indicted by a special federal
grand jury for alleged conspiracy to
enhance the price of necessities and
commit an offense against the United
States government. He was released
on bond
Forty-two of the 55 Indiana men in
dicted either have been arrested or
have surrendered themselves. With
the exception of three defendants at
Brazil, Ind, those yet to be served
with capiases are out of the state. No
difficulty in having all the Indiana de-
PENDANTS in Indianapolis for arraign-
rlent on May is anticipated by fed
eral officials
Five hundred printed copies of the
Indictment will be distributed to
lawyers and to federal officials in Illi-
nois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, where
the other indicted miners and opera
tors reside, some time this week, it
was said today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
SOLDIERS TO
join |. W. W.
SAYS HOLDEN
Utah Adjutant Portrays Dan
ger From Reds-Legion
Proposes Fourfold Plan for
Aid for Service Men.
INCLUDES LANE GRANT
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, March 24.-Failure
of the government to aid former serv-
Ice men has resulted in the I. w. w.
making drive to get such men into
that organization the house ways and
means committee was told today by
j. E. Holden, state adjutant of the
American legion in Utah. 49,
Organized propaganda by the /. w.
W. to discredit government aid and
undermine the American legion, Is
spreading throughout the country, he
said, and many "unintelligent" former
service men are being gathered into
the organization as the result of prop
aganda stating that the government
has done nothing for former soldiers.
1T Is hard to come back" Holden
said, land the l. w. W. is undermining
the principles and ideals of former
service men and plotting the over
throw Of the government"
Much Disseminated.
j. G. StrauShn, member of the le-
gion's executive committee, told the
committee that there was much dis
content among both former service
men and women and that immediate
relief was necessary.
"They feel that they have not re-
ceived square deal and are chatting
with unrest" Strugham said, in urg-
ing passage of a composite bill framed
by the legion, and providing priv
ileged land settlements as suggested
in the Lane-MondeH; home building
aid; vocational aid and payments of
adjusted compensation at the rate of
$3.50 for every day of service.
All Men Want 1t
The plan for relief does not come
from any class of officers or enlisted
men, but represents the desires of "a
cross section of all former service
men," the witness said, adding that
the legion had done the best it could,
land feels that this fourfold plan is
best for everyone"
The four fold plan, carrying new
rates of compensation was approved
last night at meeting of the exc
cutive committee.
Under the bill land projects in all
states would be available to former
service men and credit at the rate of
$3.50 for every day of seE4ice to-
gether with a loan at the rate of 1-2
per cent, would be authorized. Com
pensation at $500 day would be paid
those who desire to acquire homes in
city or country sections.
More Vocational Training
Vocational training would be ex-
tended for time equivalent to service
in the army or navy and compensation
at $1.50 day, would be paid. Adjust
ed compensation for those who do not
desire to participate in land projects.
home building aid or vocational train
ing would be paid at $3.50 for each
day of service. to be available within
year from the passage of the bill by
congress.
Former service men would have 10
years in which to file applica ton ex
ercising one of the four options.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
MINERS MAY MEET
MONDAY TO DECIDE
new WAGE SCALES
(Ry Associated Prcss)

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Sugges-
tion that the joint scale committee of
operators and miners of the central
competitive bituminous coal field meet
Monday in New York to draft new
wage agreement, was made in tele-
gram sent today by John L. Lewis,
president Of the United Mine Workers
of America, to Thomas T. Brewster,
chairman of the operators scale COM
mittee.
The operators and miners were ask
ed by President Wilson yesterday to
convene the joint wage conference as
soon as possible, so that the uncer-
tainty of the fuel supply might be
ended.
At the same time the president said
he expected the majority report of the
coal commission, recommending an
average wage increase of 27 per cent,
be accepted as binding on both the
operators and miners.
Mr. Lewis telegram to Mr. Brew
ster follows:
1.-THE presidents letter of the 10Th,
addressed to the operators and min.
ers, made public yesterday, suggests
the holding of an immediate joint
scale conference to conclude the max
ing on an agreement. In behalf of
the mine workers, l express our will
ingness to comply with his suggestion
II will be pleased to join with you
in a call for the assembling of the
joint scale committee Of the central
competitive field. Having in mind the
convenience of all parties, I suggest
that the meeting be held in New York
on next Monday, March 29."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
DAYTON HAS 153,83O,
BUREAU ANNOUNCES
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. March 24.-Popu-
lation statistics for 1920 announced
today by the census bureau include:
Dayton, O., 153,S30, an increase of
37,253, or 31.1 percent over 1910.
Warren, O.. 27,O5O, increase 15,969
or 144.4 percent.
Dayton ranked as fifth Ohio city
and forty-third city of the country in
population in 1910. with 1857 peo-
pie. an increase of 1866 percent over
1900
Only eight other cities whose pop
ulation was more than 100000 in 1910
have been announced thus far in the
1920 census OF these Syracuse, N
Y. which was thirty-fourth city in
1910, has reported 171.647 people: To.
ledo which was thirtieth city has been
announced as having 243.1O9 people
and has passed both Louisville, and
st. Paul, twenty-fourth city and twen-
ty-sixth city respectively in 1910 by
more than 5000 Albany. N Y.
fifaeth city in 1910, has reported its
1920 population as 1l3.334
The other cities. Milwaukee, Wash
ington and Cincinnati, all have popu-
lations Of more than 100000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
CHAOS KING
OF NAVY IN
'17..LANNINC
Criticism of Department is
Continued Before Commit
tee by Former Assistant
Chief of Navigation Bureau.
ARMY IS DRAGGED IN
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, March 24-virtual
chaos existed in the navy depa rtment
at the time the United States entered
the war, Captain Harris Lanning, as
sistant chief of bureau of navigation
during the war. testified today be
fore the senate investigating com
mittee.
Captain Lanning said no one knew
what to do after a plan of action sub
mitted by the bureau of operations
had been disapproyed, and that the
personal characteristics of the Sec
retary Of the navy often made 1t i'm
possible to get approval of really Inn
portant policies"
There was also new interest today
In the 1ong-drawn out hearings be-
cause Of the injection of the war de-
partment into the controversy.
Denies Sims Statement
Secretary Daniels last night made
public correspondence in which Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss, who was the
United States representative on the
supreme war council, denied categor-
ically that he had recommended the
brigading of American troops with
foreign units, as testified by Admiral
Sims.
The correspondence gave interest
ing details of the intercourse between
the various army commanders in
Europe, which led up to the temper
ary use of United States soldiers
with French and British groups in the
emergency of the last great German
drive, a step which was submitted to
President Wilson for approval before
being put into effect.
Cross examination of Rear Admiral
Sims was concluded yesterday but
members of the committee indicated
that he might be recalled later 1t
was also believed probable that the
officer would be given an opportun-
1ty to make a statement in rebuttal
after Secretary Daniels testified
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
Millions of Pounds of
Corn Willie and Gold
Fish Used During War

WASHINGTON. March 24-Corned
beef and salmon-the familiar corn
willy" and "gold fish" of the American
soldiers diet-in the amounts of 114,-
OOS.817 pounds and 207 7,S48,5O0 pounds
respectively, were purchased by the
army during the war, according to the
final report of Major General Rogers,
quartermaster general. OF the third
ingredient, beans, Of that famous trio.
which made the Yankee doughboy the
most envfed person in hungry Europe,
130.3SS,162 pounds were bought.
The appetite of the soldiers could
not keep pace with the supply, and
the report showed that millions of
pounds were still on hand after the
signing of the armistice.
Smokes'-issued as a part of the
ration for the first time-proved the
most popular article on the subsist-
ence list, approximately 5,501 100000
cigarettes and 2O0,S00,000 cigars be-
ing requisitioned. not including sup
plies shipped overseas to the various
welfare societies. The government
paid s57.131,OOO for this tobacco
Nearly 55,000,000 pounds was pur-
cha Sed