davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1920-10-11

n FRS. THOMAS +. WALSH has
MI asked me to make an appeal
AVA to the people OF Warrington
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Andrew and L1ogene LITTLE LIFE coNFpENcEs THE EXPERIENCE COUPLE PHLLOSOFHIC, THOUGH MARRIED
 By

'oh, lay that old paper down and tank to mer said Imogene impatiently. T do not see what you find so interesting in that little old country paper from down home, anywayr
 My dear" said Andrew, graveiy, T am gaining a lot of information from this paper. I was perusing the advertising columns when you so rudely interrupted me, and was reading that by sending six 2-cent stamps and the names of four peo- pie who wear artificial legs, you can get a complete book on etiquette! If you will collect the names of the wooden legged people I will furnish the stamps, and we can obtain the valuable work for you
 Just below this I read of the sad case of gentleman who had lts TOT twenty years and then learned how to cure them, and he is now willing to send this recipe absolutely free to any afflict- ed person for ss to pay postage. and if you look and act as you are now since I criticised your lack of manners in in- terrupting he, I shall also send this gen. tleman the S9 before you have a fit
 s.Then here is the advertisement of a man who will pay the freight on par of scales anywhere in the country if you will just buy them, and for years l have been signing for a pair of hay scales:
 Just below him is a man who sells the most wonderful tool that was ever made, which is a mint for agents, You can take the hub off an automobile with it, remove blackheads, open can. but ton a shoe, cut glass, trim corns ana bunions. solder leaky vessels cut barbed from of a horses hoof, shear sheep, nx the parlor organ or put pegs in shoe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Weekly Cotton Review
By AssoeIatsd Prsss

By Associated Press
 New York, February 6.--There has been heavy general liquidation in the cotton market during the past week. and very severe break in prices. May deliveries for instance. sold at 31 Soc on Wednesday, making a decline of more than 4c per pound from the high level of last month and of approximately 3c per pound from the closing quotation of the previous Fri day. Since then there have been rallies owing to diminishing volume of specu- Ia tive liquida ton and covering but senti- ment has remained extreme.y nervous and unsettled.
 The selling movement which reached it's height during the middle of the week. vas due to the sensational weakness Of foreign exchange and talk of demoralized foreign trade conditions. At one time rumors were circulating that England had decided to stop importations of cot ton. These rumors have been denied but practically all press and private advices reaching here from Liverpool and Lon- don have indicated that English srn- porters were out of the market temporari- iy owing to the unfavorable exchange rates. Stocks of cotton available in Eng Hand or afloat for that country are said to be sufficient to keep the British mills running for a period ranging from about tEree to four months, according to va-
 
 stocks it is supposed that British buy CTS can hold off for time at any rate. but prominent Liverpool firms cable that owing to the big business already taken by Manchester at profitable prices. Eng land must buy fully Up to it's productive capacity. There have also been rumors that British importers would ship some cotton back here for resale owing to the break in exchange rates and accord ing to one of the reports published here this morning. one lot of 5000 bales has already been shipped. Local cotton men, however, think tbat Lancashire is sold too far ahead at hieh prices to permit of re- turning much cotton to this country, and that if any cotton comes back 1t will consist of only few small lots. Reports of increased offerings offcotton goods by second hands at concessions and resales of goods intended for exports have con tributed to the general nervousness, and late today private wires were received claiming increased offerings of spot cot ton in the southwest, but southern selling has not been prominent factor on the decline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

scles. and he sends it With twelve hid den name cards and a dream book for 70 cents, stamps or coin.
 Then this next advertisement orrers 10 develop you-but that one is not intend- ed for men, so we will pass it up and call your attention to this one which says that Professor Longthatch. who was scalped by the Indians, has learned from them a simple drug that will restore lost hair, turn gray hair on Mexican hairless dog and he will send sample Of it and a solid gold-filled twin heart ring and a Punch and Judy whistle for d dime.
 And here is a fellow who deserves tne free use of the postoffice. for he offers to increase your daily mail to a point where you will send an auto truck for 1t every day in the week if you will send him one measly dime. l am going to send one in your name for I never saw a person take as much interest in letters as you do.
 Here's another fellow who says, Do not let your chickens have the gapesr He offers cure for dime. It's cheap at half the money, for if guy tries 60 keen a chicken from gaping these Gays he'e got to have a tweive-cylinder auto mobile. learn to dance a new dance every week and take in one tea dansant and one cabaret cafe show day; if he doesn't. his chicken will gape right in his face.
 linen here is man who--
 Let me take that paper, dear" said Imogene sweetly
 why for?" asked Andrew in sur prise
 q thought there might be an advertise ment for some institution for the feeble minded" said Imogene.
 Meaning just what2" asked Andrew. nOh. you never can tell just when such information will come in handy said Imogene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
May Test New Laws

Tuscaloosa. February 6.--tSpeciaI.)- A we'll authenticated rumor has reached Tuscaloosa that within few days E. C. Melvin. president of the Selma National Bank, would file suit in the circuit court of Dallas county, attacking the. tonnage tax on coal and ore and also the incometax. passed by the last legislature. It has been ru- mored for some time that the laws al- luded to- and other sumptuary laws. would be attacked in the courts Of the state. but up to now nothing definite has been made known as to where the attack would come from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
GREENVILLE

Greenville. February s-tSpecial. )- At recent meeting held by the City Council a number of very important matters pertaining to the city's af- fairs were acted upon. One of the most important ones was the fixing of the expense budget for the year The affairs of the city in a financial way are much better than they have been for some time. This is largely due to tn fact that the city fathers are on~the alert for the things that tend to the betterment of conditions.
 Owing to number of improvements made in the city water plant. which included the installation of new and modern machinery, the plant is now being operated at about one-third the operating cost before the Improvements were made.
 An election for bond issue of Efficient amount to make improve menus n the fre sEhting equipment
 De bald Mof fat Among the i'm pro ements vii bf 1he purchase of an an-t4s+date motor fire truck. if the cleo
 yn carried, and there is but very ligts oyaasitioa
 p J perdae health officer for Gra5 yllis and sr county. states
 at the number nf .ases of smallpox t1 the eeEafy and .eenville was fast sfnreasi Fhsr re now less than
 aoeer aseS iA county. It is be- tttrea Efat lhe ilsory vaccinating
 ass N4s ! sFe ctor in holding in 4ek fns aisea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Tn almost every part of the British empire provision is made for children to learn the Ten Commandments in school hours. A New Zealand circular urges that "a knowledge of these laws is in the interests of character buiid- ing and good citizenship. and is also an aid to good government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
"Outside The Law"

This weeks instsIIm~nts of .Out- side the Law by stuart Rivers have been delayed in the mails snd will he published when they are re- cciyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
TALLADEGA

Talladega, February 6.-(Special)-T water committee appointed as a result of citizens meeting held in the court house, met Thursday afternoon for or- ganization. The committee named is com posed of H. l.. McElderry. R. W. Hender- son, A. w Hardin, w. s. Freeman, R. Heine, J. F. Hanks and is given plenary power to devise ways and means of ob- taining pure and adequate water supply for Talladega.
 Talladega's handsome school building for colored children has been completed at cost of approximately s25.000 The structure is made of brick and is well finished.
 Talladega has no place to bury her dead except in the case of those persons or families who own lots in the local cemetery, which has no further lots available. The cemetery which was opened in 1928, is almost completely filled up over the entire approximate twenty acre area. Efforts are being put forth by the city commissioners to obtain ad- ditonal plats adjoining the old cemetery, but consderabel difficulty is being ex- perienced owing to the reluctance of own
 
 sell. It may become necessary to re- move to another location.
 Rains may come and mud may form, 1 but the motor trucks which convey pupils to and from the consolidated schools at Winterboro, Fayetteville and Munford, in Talladega county, go on for ever. Four trucks are in operation at these centers at present and they have not missed single trip this year. Dr. D. P. Dixon. who received his dis charge from the army with rank of cap tain several months ago. was surprised Wednesday, when he received notise of his appointment to the medical reAerve corps with the rank of major. Mark l.. Tucker. former editor and own CT of the Progressive Age, the Scottsboro Citizen, the Bullock County Breeze the Arkansas Magnet and for the past year the Talladega Reporter. is preparing to enter the agricultural and live stock busi- ness by way of a side line on his farm recently leased near the city. Already he has a stock of hogs, chickens and COWS, and is threatenening to show this section how to raise cotton this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
TobnBurrOusbs /. .9I Nss''ssss.
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE
 QUESTIONS?

ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS
 QUESTIONS
 l. When is the raccoon considered edi- ble?
 The raccoon is considered game only in the fall, or towards the close of sum mer, when they become fat and their flesh sweet. At this time, cooning in the re- mote interior is a famous pastime. AS this animal is entirely nocturnal in it's habits, it is hunted only at night. A piece of corn on some remote hillside near the mountain, or between two pieces of woods, is most apt to be freouented by them.
 9. Is the Canada violet fragrant?
 had always supposed that our Canada violet, the tall, leafy- stemmed white violet of our northern woods, was odor- less till a correspondent ealed my atten- tion to the contract fact. On examina- tion I found that, while the first ones that bloomed about May 25 had very sweet-scented foliage, especially when crushed in the hand, the flowers were practically without fragrance. But as the season advanced the fragrance developed, till a single flower had well-marsed perfume, and a handful of them was sweet indeed
 Why and how do hummingbirds thatch their nests?
 The reason why hummingbirds tI atched the outside of their nests with lichens is doubtless this: The nests are built of a kind of down that would render them very frail and previous to the rain were they not stayed and matched with some frmer material The lichens and spiders webs bind them to- gether and keep them in shape. (Rights reserved by Houghton Mifflin
 Company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

hours will be from $500 5ioo Saturday S3o and
 closes a 800 p m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Talladega's handsome school building for colored children has been completed at cost of approximately s25.000. The structure is made of brick and is well finished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Wherever you go you hear the story of the recent n crease in the price of things all of which of course is .E
 reflected in the lines to be offered this We are fortunate in having the opportunity to offer you these goods, for one day only, based prices which pre- vailed quite some time ago. We firmly believe that these prices are an extraordinarily good investment for all who purchase them today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Dr, D. P. Dixon. who received his dis charge from the army with rank of cap tain several months ago, was surprised Wednesday, when he received notise of his appointment to the medical reAerve corps with the rank of major.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Sunday the Methodists of Troy will make a religious census or survey of the city It will be done to ascertain just how many Methodists there are living here now; how many attend Sum day school. church. etc. T. E. Murphree is chairman of the survey and will work in connection with the pastor. Dr. H. c. Threadgill. Committees have been appointed for the various streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

The Brooks Flowers Lumber Com pany of Montgomery is contemplating establishing a blaming mill in Troy. Secretary Cox of the board of com merce is in correspondence with them in regard to the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

At the cooperative hog sales day here Tuesday, more than three hundred hogs were sold and brought $1S.10 per hundredweight. w. H. Allison sauc- toned the hogs and they were bought by MT. Dickinson of Fort Worth, Tex. The farmers of Pike county have been greatly benefited by these cooperative sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Women's white and black lisle hose, good wearing line for this pr:ce. Sell regularly at 25c pair
 for, %[il psir nS sold today y. l9c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-07-01

Arthur Upgren returned last week
from Madison.
For Sale-An open buggy, or "buck-
board" sos So. Main str.
After August /, 1920, the price Of
the Journal will be $500 per year.
Atty. L. S. Doolittle spent Satur-
day and Sunday with his brother IN
Minneapolis.
Mrs. Frank West and son, Jack,
went to Minneapolis Saturday for a
few days visit.
Chas. Meyer, who had been at
Appleton, Mimi, for some time, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mrs. C. H. Durrin of Minneapolis
is spending this week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w, S. Armstrong.
Miss Marie Smith spent Saturday
and Sunday at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. E. Michaelson, in Saltwater.
Are you looking for farm? See
my list of farms before you buy. |
have some bargains. 5. l.. krauth.
adv. (10-tf)
Miss Ann ], Linehan, who teaches
at Seattle, Wash, has returned home
to spend the summer with her mother,
Mrs. Mary E. Linehan.
Mrs. Charles Sakrison and son,
Master Robert, returned to Madison
Sunday after visit at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Cur
rier.
Charles Shepard is the proud poss-
essor of an Indian arrow head of flint,
which he unearthed last Saturday
while working in the garden at the
summer home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Shepard, at Glenmont.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-07-01

0. H. Olson of Baldwin visited in
the city yesterday.
DR.. w. d. Doolittle of Ellsworth
visited in the city Tuesday.
VIM. Fisher left Tuesday on bust
ness trip to Mason City,, Iowa.
After August /, 1920, the price of
the Journal will be $500 per year.
AUTO LIvERY-Service day and
night. Call phone 3s9.-adv. t16)
Mrs. VIM. R. Olson and two sons,
of st. Paul.. are visiting at the G. M.
Stewart home.
Mrs. C. w. Jensen and son, Carl,
who spent the winter in California,
returned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Stiles returned
Tuesday from Idaho Falls, Ida,
where they had been visiting their
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Andrus left
Monday to visit relatives at Thomp-
son, N. D. Miss Lizzie Nc MILAN ac-
companled them.
Miss Esther Hanley returned to
her home at Hudson Saturday after
a few days. visit at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. James Carolan.
Jefferson Smith of Weyburn, Sask.,
spent last week at the home of his
parents, Mayor and Mrs. G. Theo.
Smith. He left Sunday for Madison
to attend Summer school.
Frank r. Dobson, baggageman at
the Hudson depot, has fallen heir to
two million dollars by the death of
his father in England. Mr.. Dobson is
50 years old. He expects to leave
soon for England to claim the money.
Ellsworth Record.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Prominent Merchant Closes Out

Mr.. Geo. S. Ware, one of the
most prominent merchants Of
Powell county, has sold his stock
of groceries to Winchester par
ties and the same, shipped to that
city this week. Mr. Ware will
give all his time TO the interests
of the Mutual Oil d Refining
Company of which company he
has become IA very large stock
holder and holds IN important
position with the company. He
will continue to reside in Clay
City for at least a while.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
December Is Last Day

December 10 is the last day for
the payment of the 4th INSTALL
ment of the income and excess
profits taxes due this year. To
avoid penalty, the tax must be
in the office of the Collector of
Internal Revenue, Louisville,
KY, or branch offices by mid.
night of that date.
Inquiries reaching the Com.
missioner of Internal Revenue
indicate a belief on the part of
taxpayers that they have 10
days grace on this installment.
Such a provision was contained
In the 1917 Revenue Act, but
was removed by the Act of 1918.
Payment of the 4th install
ment may be made in cash or by
money order or check. The Blu.
reau of Internal Revenue urges
that, whenever possible, pay.
ment be made by check or mon.
ey order. This method helps the
taxpayer by saving him a trip
t o the Collectors office and
avoid congestion at the Cashiers
window. Check or money order
should be made payable to "Col-
lector of Internal Revenue.
Bills will be sent to taXpay.
ers, but failure to receive a bill
does not relieve the taxpayer of
his obligation to pay on time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
New Auto License Laws

All counties have been appOr.
toned auto licenses for 1921. The
county clerks have been supplied
with license plates and the prop
er blanks and it is to them, in.
stead of the State Automobile
Department, as heretofore, that
automobile owners must apply
for permits. Chauffeurs also
must go to the county clerks for
licenses.
The new license tags will be
the same size as those of 1920
aud with the same white back
ground. But instead of the let.
ters and figures being black, this
time they will be beaver brow n
in color.
Under the law as amended by
the last legislature and which
made the State Automobile De-
partment a bureau of the State
Tax Commission, license fees
were raised to 60 cents per horse
power for pleasure cars.
This means the Ford machiL es
will pay 1920 for license instead
of $500 as formerly. Chevro..
lets, because of lighter horse.
power, will pay $lO.S0 license
instead on 5000 as formerly.
The fee for trucks was made
$22 for half ton vehicles $50 for
one ton; $40 for one and one
half tons and increasing $40 for
each half ton up to five tons ca
pacity. Trucks of over five tons
capacity pay $3.50 per year.
The numbers have been assign
ed to counties according TO the
humber of pleasure cars, trucks,
etc. licensed in the counties dur
ing the past year. The assign
ment was made in alphabetical
order with Adair county coming
first and getting the numbers l
to 500. Powell county, being
way down in the alphabet, is Civ
en- mum bers beginning at 1873, 900.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Electric Lights for Clay City

AT a regular meeting of the
town Board of Trustees Saturday
night, privilege was granted to
Clay City Motors Company to err
rect a pole and electric wire line
over the streets of Clay City for
the purpose of supplying the cit
izens of the town with current.
This company already has a small
plant to supply their own needs
and will extend the wire line
first to the business center of the
town and then to the residence
section if the business will justi-
fly the erection of the pole line.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Attention!

Former service men you are
urged to attend a meeting of the
American Legion, Guide Post
No. 127, to be held at the Court
House in Stanton, KY, Saturday
Decem ber 18th, at Z u. m. Come
and learn what the Legion stands
for; what it has done for you,
and what you, in turn, can do to
boost it. Don't fail, because We
want a working organization be.
fore January 1st.
KARL WELSH,
Post Commander.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Business Receding

Business in practically all lines
throughout the Fourth Federal
Reserve District continues to re-
cede in volume, says the Month.
ly Business Review. Buying has
been greatly restricted, and the
result has been felt all aroud the
circle from consumer to manu-.
facturer. Cancellations are still
being received, although the
tendency to cancel orders is not
as marked as during the past few
months.
Labor continues tolncrease In
effectiveness and unemployment
is increasing. Collections con
tinue good in most lines. Inven-
tories are large in many instan'
ces, but the volume of loans re.
quired to carry them has been
substantially reduced.
Passenger automobile makers
are inclined to optimism for the
future. A prominent mapufact.
urer has stated that the apparent
slowing up of the industry is
seasonal, and that the volume of
fall business compares favorably
with that of former years except
1919, when apparently, the de-
mand for cars was in excess of
the ability of makers to produce
them.
Conditions in the hardware
manufacturing line are quite dull
Buying has been greatly reduced,
and, apparently, this is not
"spotty," but seems to be almost
universal. Prices are firm, and
seem quite likely to be main
tanned unless the cost OF laLor Is
reduced.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Shale Machinery Arriving

Some of the steel for one of the
shale plants arrived here thi S
week and is being hauled to the
location on tn e Powell farm
across the river. More steel, ce-
ment and sand will arrive later
in the week. Shale lands are in
demand as never before, it seems.
1t now begins to look as if though
something will be done. Our best
wishes are with them and may
the proper success reward their
efforts.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Teachers Will Be Educated"

Ten thousand Kentucky teach.
ers are to be educated by mail.
This announcement was made by
State Superintendent, Georg e
Colvin, who said that the step
vas to be taken in an effort to
bring all Kentucky teachers up
to the educational requirements
of the school law passed at the
last session of the State Legis-
lature.
The new law requires that by
1926 all teachers must have had
a full four-year high sch ool
course, and at least one years
professional training of the nor.
NAL school rank.
Should the law become effec.
tive as to all teachers without
anything being done, according
to the superintendent, close to
10000 of the $4,000 schools in
Kentucky would be forced to
close because of the lack Of any
teachers. Approximately that
number have neither high school
nor normal school training.
The courses for teachers are
now being arranged at the two
State normal schools, and at the
University of Kentucky, Mr..
Colvin said, and full credit will
be allowed by those institutions
for correspondence courses.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1920-12-09
Can't Do Without Advertising

Hardwlck d Company, leading
Stanton merchants, have a nice
advertisement in this issue o f
The Times. This firm has always
been a strong believer in PRINT
ers' ink. The firm carries a large
stock of goods and sells these
goods right, as glimpse of their
quotations IN The Times tn s
week will prove.