davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27


The Old Ark l. A-moverin -. !. Cuion
Miss Mary Kate Miles.
Lullaby. adopted from lIumoresque.
............. -Drorak
Miss Lois Roberts
Lindy ......-........-...-... Spross
Miss Loreen Mcbler
Mammys Song ..........-... Ware
Miss Marjorie Mynatt
Didn't Ii Rain? Negro Spiritual arranged
by ...--..-.......-. Turner
Misses Nelma and Thelma Meredith
Cncle Rome .......-..... Homer
Miss Esther Blankenship-
| Want to Be Ready-Negro spiritual ar
ranged by ...........-... Burleigh.
Miss Margaret Eddins.
s Dusky Lullaby .....--. .Gilberte
Miss Halle Redman-
Two Lovers and Lizzetfe. ...... Homer
Miss Martha Stokes.
Assisted by Miss Ruth Forster.
Ny Nanny ......-.N .Neidlinger
Miss Helen Crispin.
Old Watt and the Rabbits. ...... Homer
Miss Lucille MeinhoiIer.
When the Angels Call......-... Homer
Miss Cwendolyn Robertshaw.
What the Sandman Says ......., Homer
Miss Elizabeth Boucher.
Since You Went Away. johnson
Miss Dorothy Dunlap.
An Anie-bellum Sermon. ...... Burleish
+. Miss Helen Cunningham. e. -.
BANJO Song ...-.-..-..-...... Homer
Miss Opal Proctor.
Negro Serenade ....-......... .Burleigh
Miss Hilda Millspaush.
My WAYS Cloudy-Negro spiritual ar
ranged by ..........--.. .burieigil
Miss Martha Jane Burton.
Greatest Miracle Of All. l......-.. .GuioH
Miss S,evia Green.
Nobody Knows the Trouble ! See-Negrc
spiritual arranged by. johnson
Miss Cyril Z. Meyer.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
DRAMATIC PLAYS THURSDAY
Students 70 Present Productions in
University Auditorium.

To cquip a dramatic museum which
will serve a background for the work
OF the course in Dramatic Interpretation.
is the aim toward which faculty members
and students are working. At the dra-
matte performance. consisting Of three
onc-act plays. which will be given by
members Of the course next Thursday
evening at 8:l5 o'clock. in the Univcrs.
iiy Auditorium. under the personal direc.
ton Of Prof. Robert NJ. Dewey, souve
mir program viii be on sale. the proceeds
from the sale going toward the museum
fund.
Seven hundred invitations to members
Of the faculty and friends Of students
in the course, willsbe issued for the per.
formance next Thursday evening. II
will be the fifth group Of one-act PLAYS
TO be presented by members since 1917.
The three plays TO be given are con-
irasting in nature. ~WiH o. The Wisp"
by Miss Doris Halman. is an impression
istic episode. while plots and Play.
wriShis,', by Edward Massey is realistic.
The Dear Departed is a broad comedy
throughout. The first play, which Is
tragic in tone. tells the story Of poets
wife. who undertakes to discover the
source Of her husbands inspiration and
who. in so doing. is ured TO her destIuc-
lion by her spirit rival. the viii o. The
Nisp. Miss Frances Baine will take the
part Of The Stray; Miss Jessie Harris.
the Country Woman, Miss Edna L. Bas-
ket, the Poets Wife and Miss Dorothy
Ransom. the Serving Maid.
The scene from -Plois and Play.
wrights' depicts the familiar theme Of
poor girl who falls in love with the
son Of a wealthy broker. In the attempts
Of her two friends to save her from Ger.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
NORMAL TO ASK MORE FUNDS
A Banquet Prepared by Board for
Springfield School.

As a result of meeting Of the board
of regents Of the Southwest Missouri
State Teachers College in Springfield
this week the State Legislature will be
asked to appropriate s3O0-000 for large
addition to the college property.
Although the Springfield school IS the
last Of the state colleges to be established
in Missouri, Il has the largest enrolment
and has long been oyercrowded. The an
nual budget also was prepared and will
be submitted TO the Legislature.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
CITY POWER
PLANT WORTH
HALF MILLION
Replacement Value of Light
and Water Works is Dou-
bic Original Cost to
: CITY.
FOUR BOND ISSUES MADE
Securities Sold for Construction
and Purchase at Various
Times. Total
S265, ZOO.

In a recent report made To the City
Council the present value of the Mumi-
cipal Light and Water Plant was placed
at s2i9.3ii. This however is merely the
discounted worth Of the equipment which
is in the plant at present and Of the
buildings themselves. taking no CON
sidcration Of the recent increase in their
values.
The actual. replacement value Of the
plant today is reported, by city officials
and by members Of the Water and
Light Committee Of the City Council to
be approximately half a million dollars
To get at the real value Of the plant
one must 20 back to the time the City
bought from the Columbia Water and
Light Company their plant which was
located On the HinksAn Greek one mile
east Of the business district.
According TO the records the follow
ing are the bond issues which the City
'lss made for Water and Light purposes:
April. /. 1904 100000 for purchase
and construction of plant.
October >, 1906, $4,000 for consiruc-
ion.
June |, 1906. $4,000 for construction.
October |. 1910, sl25,O00 for con-
struciion of new plant.
Total, s265,eOo.
The bond issue Of April l, 1904, was
fer the purpose Of purchasing the plant
from the City Light and Water Com
pany, which had been furnishing water
and power to the city for twelve years
previous to that time. The purchase
price as determined by a Wafer and
Light Commission was S67.506.32. though
additional supplies TO the amount Of
sl.l73.ll were later included, bringing
ihe total up TO S63.680.03.
Nearly all OF the machinery purchased
from the Columbia Water and Eghi
Company was sold and a new plant
;rected al Moore Lake. about two miles
northeast of the business district. The
s3l,82l remaining from the original is
sue Of bonds was spent in repairing the
planl which Was transferred 10, Ncrre's
Lake. Later il was found necessary to
issue the bond. Of. October ?, 1905, and
also Of June l. 1905. This money was
also spent on 81 the plant. The to-
al amount spent on the original
plant was S7l.820. and the sos. .e80.03 paid
70 the Columbia Water and Light Com.
lany. nude total Of sl40,500. In March
l9l0 this plant was valued at sl07.l00.
This estimate was $4,000 below the
bond issue of $4,000 and represented
he depreciation and losses in purchase
of machinery. On December 2, 1909,
he Water and Light Committee OF the
City Council engaged the services Of
Professor II. B. Shaw. then dean Of the
School Of Engineering, University Of
Missouri, and Henry II. Humphrey,
consulting engineer from St Louis, to
make an investigation end report on the
Electric Light and Water Works Prop
erty Of the City of Columbia. This re-
port was made on March IL. 1910, the
outcome OF which resulted in the voting
BY the City on bond issue No. 4 for
sl25000, and tn. letting OF the contract
Tor an entirely new plant and switch for
delivering coal by car from the Wabash
tracks rc bunkers at the plant. This
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27

planned that il was only family Of
three and that she needed only one ser
want, the girls turned and left without
discussion.
Another housewife said that she went
up one side Of the street q the negro
district and down the other, trying 10
find servant. hut without success. She
said, i don't know how they make a
living. They won't wash ior YOU any
more. they won't work in YOUR homes
and there are no factories here for lheln
10 work in. But they certainly musi live
someway.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
70 GIVE COSTUME RECITAL

Stephens college voice fupiis VIII
Present Down on the Plantation.
Down on the Plantation a costume
recital. will be given by the pupils Of
Miss Frances d. Woodbridge, director OF
he voice department Of Stephens Col
ieee. at s o'clock Tuesday night. Nowm-
her 80, in the cellege auditorium. The
program will be as follows:
The Old Ark l. A-moverin' -. 1. Cuion
Miss Mary Kate Miles.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
SERVANTS NOT OBTAINABLE
Will Not DO Laundry Work or Cook
ing-Want Big Money.

"They don't want work, is the ex-
planation Of Mrs. William Hirth, West
wood avenue. who recently advertised Tor
servant. They want position with
no work but big pay.
She says that she advertised Tor a
maid Of all work. Two negro girls an
swered the advertisement. They wished
10 work together. one as cook and the
other as chamber maid. When she ex-
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29
GOOD SHOW TONIGHT
 1.-THE KNIFE SUNDAY

There wasn't disappointed man, woman or child in last nights aud fence at the Empress, for "Venus in the East" starring the popular Bryant Washburn, is the kind of picture that everyone enjoys. The humorous and dramatic intermingle in just the right proportion to keep you interest ed and laughing.
 Tomorrow night only, the gripping photoplay "The Knife" featuring Alice Brady, will be shown. The story is one of absorbing interest, superbly cast and splendidly produc- ed in Southern and metropolitan set tings. It contains a very interesting psychological study of a crook, a a startling surgical experiment, and the experienc of 8 society girl caught in den of white slavers It is in- tense and thrilling, sensational and
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Tn the United States Commissioner s Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova Precinct In the matter of the Estate of Charles c. Keenan, deceased.
 Public notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of April, 1920, the undersigned, Bartley Howard, was duly appointed, and now is, the lawful administrator of the estate of the above-named Charles c. Keenan, de- ceased; and that all persons having claims against said estate are required to present them within six months from the date of this notice to said ad- ministrator, at the law office of Frank H. Foster, his attorney in this matter. at Cordova, in the said Cordova pre- cinct, Third judicial division, territory of Alaska, that office being the place for transacting the business of said estate.
 This notice is dated and the date of it's first publication is April IT, 1920.
 HARTLEY HOWARD,
 Administrator of the Estate of
 Charles c. Keenan, deceased.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court TOT the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova Precinct, at Cordova.-In the matter of the Estate of Lora Newman, de- ceased No. 138.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed, as administrator of the estate of Lora Newman, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against said decedent, to pre- sent them, with the proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, at the office of his attorney, Edward F. Med ley, in Cordova, Alaska
 Dated Cordova, Alaska, May 8, 1920
 L. c. PRATT, Administrator.
 First publication, May 8, 1920.
 Last publication, June 5, 1920.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29
SUM MONS

In the District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third Division.-Annie
 Stephens, plaintiff, vs. Clyde c.
 Stephens, defendant. No. C-192. The President of the United States
 of America, greeting, to Clyde c.
 Stephens, the above-named defend
 ant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third division, within thirty days after the completion of the pub lication of this summons, to wit, within thirty days after the 9th day of June, 1920, and answer the complaint of An nie Stephens, the above-named plain
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29

tiff, in the above-entitIed cause, which cause is an action for divorce in one of the cases prescribed by law, wherein the plaintiff prays for decree dis solving the bonds of matrimony be- tween herself and you, and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem right and proper in the premises. And you are hereby noti- fled that if you fail to appear and an- swer said complaint as herein re- quired, the said plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the court for the re- lief demanded in her complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
 The order for publication of this summons was duly made and entered on the 24th day of April, 1920.
 Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown, judge of said court, and the seal thereof, this 24th day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty and of our inde- pendence the one hundred and forty fifth.
 (SeaD ARTHUR LANG, Clerk District Court, Third Division,
 Territory of Alaska.
 By c. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
 Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska, attorney for plaintiff.
 Date of first publication, April 27, 1920.
 Date of last publication, June 8, 1920.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29
SHORTHAND
 .JOLTS

Nobdy ever seems to be old enough to know better. Why run in to trouble? Stop and it will run into you.
 If you're always wishing you'll d. ways be wanting.
 The "good loser" keeps his friends but not his money.
 Money doesn't cause many sleepless nights but the lack of it does.
 The best way to discourage divorce would be to make it unfashionable.
 If you think the whole world is crooked, it merely means that you are
 If you are "all things to all men," in the end you are likely to be noth- ing to no man.
 If "you cant afford it." there should never be any argument about whether you should get it.
 Familiarity isn't always a sign of friendship. Often it is merely the sign of candidate.
 "You can't tell by looking at a cat which way it's going to jump" nor by looking at taxi what it is go- ing to bump.
 Don't hear much about coming-out parties any more, probably because people are afraid to allow girls to come out any more than most of tiiem already are.
 A girl will dance ten miles at night and say she isn't a bit tired, but it's different if she has to walk half xaiIe to match a spool of thread for mother.
 Of course anybody who doesn't view things as you would do probably IS either crooked or weak-minded but did you ever think he's putting you in one of the same classes.
 The difference between a man gos- sip and a woman gossip is that the man always says he Knows" some thing derogatory to another, and woman merely says she has "heard" it
 Men who wouldn't finch in battle go weak and pale at the sight of a dentists chair while a woman who if afraid of pop-gun suffers all the tortures of the damned in surgical
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29

operation without a groan and melely .brags about it to her friends.
 Who remembers the old-fastioned ''parlor" whose chief claim to ele- gaEce was the highly decorated oil lamp fastened to the ceiling that could be drawn up and down, and upon which some member of the family al- ways bumped his head every day.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29

YY HN of the mnhe boys blue and down the cruel E n up collie tcoring acrose of the n
 h the omob the andy abl to Some be looking complacenHy tence- -wouldh benga n Wrha atho sin the oNo of
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-29

vital. It revolves around Eugene Walters theory that it is right to use the knife on healthy criminals in sur gical experiments that will benefit the human race. Is he right? See "The Knife" and then decide.
 Fresh French puffs daily at the City Bakery. 12-tf
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-04-16

The pretty, soft materials that every wo-
man loves to wear are made up in"DOVE'
styles Of marked originality and becoming
ness.
The fine nainsooks batistes, crepes and
substantial cambrics are chosen for dur
ability as we'll as beauty and every device
of good workmanship is employed to in
crease their length of service
Materials are never skimped, measure
ments are ample and and seams we'll finish
ed.
Buy by the DOVE label-it's an assur-
ance of Lingerie satisfaction
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

its style entertainment has ever been
produced to compare with this pro-
duction. Peek-A-Bo has everything
that goes to make a really wonder
full show. Two sterling comedians
of countrywide reputation head the
cast, Bobby Clark and Paul McCul-
Tough. Supporting them are such
celebrities as Florence barley. MAY
Myers. Annette Creighton. Ben Grim
nell. Freeman and Lewis, Harry
Wilde, Kelso Brothers. Six High
stcppers. Balzer Sisters, Ignatz Pluto
Troupe of Worlds Worst Akrobats,
Seven Musical Spillers, and a chorus
of twenty-four pretty and shapely
girls. who sing and dance in a man
ner which establishes them as a fea-
ture of the show.
"Mcct the Wife,
For a limited engagement of but
one night. Max X. Wilmer and Sig
mund Romberg will on Tuesday.
Nov. % present at the Majestic
theatre the intimate domestic farce
comedy. Meet the Wife," by James
Faller and Marjorie Glenn.
Wilmer and Romberg arc remem-
bered for their sensational musical
production 1.-THE Magic Melody
which ran for the season last year at
the Shubert theatre in New York.
To stage their first farce they
have selected that veteran Snowman
Max Ffgman who has staged such
successes as THE Man on the Box"
Nothing but the Truth" Fine
Feathers 1.-The Truth Wagon" Ib-
sens DOLLS House." and dozens of
others. The entire production of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19
THEATRES


That some modern dramas have
wrought havoc with the personal
life of thousands is well known. But
that any play should be responsible
for a sweeping upheaval and dras-
tic change in the relations of mill
lions of married couples throughout
the world has rarely been heard of
only one drama can lay claim TO the
distinction of bringing mor happi-
ness into family life. and smoothing
out more widespread difficulties in
domestic relations than all the
worlds courts of justice put togeth-
er. and that play is Mid Channel"
the greatest product from the brain
of Sir Arthur Wing Pincro, Eng
lands master playwright. which is
now showing at the Crescent theatre
with Clara kimball Young at her
best.
No better title could describe the
message of this photoplay than
id-Channel"-for the most crucial
period of married life Is compared
TO the -treacherous waters of the
English Channel. in the center of
which is the famous Ridge-a shoal
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

ton forms a danger that everyone
will want to court-laughing until
there isn't another chuckle or even
a smile left in ones system.
Jack Dougan. the part played by
Mr.. Moore, and ~"Snatcher" Nell, his
sweetheart, are a pair of crooks that
could steal the los off a mans face
without his knowing it. They are
turned loose at a home wedding to
plumber the wedding gifts at will.
Having agreed that this shall be
their last haul" before getting mar
ried and treading the straight and
narrow, they try to hog" everything
valuable in a series of screamingly
hilarious scenes-the brides father
and the bridegroom are kleptoman-
iacs. furnishing an abb with a VEN
geance-but they are caught in the
end.
However. they plead their cause
so effectively that the bluecoats are
called off and they are married at
the same time as the two daughters
of the house. And at that. Dougan
is obliged to steal a wedding ring,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

Mrs. Baiiie Reynolds, who wrote
the story from which this picture
was made, has achieved something
very much out of the ordinary.
While building up a set of very
extraordinary circumstances, she
has not made too great a demand
upon crcdulity. nor is the action
strained or unnatural. 1t treats
the situation of a young girl mar
rying an old man, apparently for
his wealth. iH a new and seemingly
original way.
Gaunt marries Virginia because
she is the daughter of the woman
who. in his early life. turned him
down for a richer man. He mar
ries the girl for revenge. planning
10 make her suffer keenly al
through life. TO pay the penalty of
her mothers act. He believes Vir-
ginia is the same sort of girl her
mother as. But the girls sweet
ways. her simplicity and purity
and her splendid spirit in making
tho best Of a bad bargain, even
tually wins her husbands love and
brings the happiness she deserves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19
To confer at Asbury Park

The twenty-ninth annual state
older boys conference held under
the auspices of the state executive
committee of the Young Mems
Christian Association will take place
in Asbury Park December 3 TO >.
The object of these annual confer
ences are to bring together older
Christian boys and men interested
in boys work. for helpful fellowship
and ia consider the problems and
best methods of work for boys in
each community. Following the
open session a banquet viii be
served in the Casino by the women
of Asbury Park.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

"And / learned about women from
her"
The theory OF Kipling's story is
that a man can always learn some
thing about the sex from any wo-
man. no matter how much he may
previously have known about the
species. In The Daughter Pays"
the new Selznick Picture starring
winsome Elaine Hammerstein.
which is now being shown at the
Strand theatre, Osbert Gaunt learns
a great deal about women from Nir-
ginia Mynors. Among other things
he finds that all women aren't sell
fish. shallow. loveless and money
mad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19
Big Hit nj DifunaS.

You will he in danger of laughing
your head off il you visit the Ditmas
here. Tom Moore will be seen in
his new screen comedy, stop
Thief" made from the enormously
successful stage farce. stop Thief"
is a hyena when 1T comes to fun
and debonnair Tom Moore is a bear
as a laugh getter. The combina-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

that turks ominously to engulf the
innocent traveller. Once this stormy
center of domestic life is passed. ali
is smooth sailing, but not before.
There is no escape-every married
couple. at a certain stage; must pass
through this critical point; some sur
vive and many founder.
Due praise for this photodramatic
masterpiece would not be complete
without mention of the superb seem
ic effects which heightens the mag
~nificcncc of the entire picture.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

Jean Bedini's "Peek-A-Boo.' fea.
turing Bobby Clark and Paul McCui.
Tough, the big super-revue that turn.
ed the Columbia Circuit topsey ltur-
Wy during the past season. enlarged
and improved upon for the current
season. is due at the Majestic thea.
tire for n day matinee and night,
November %.
1t is safe to say that nothing OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19
Bows EIude Officer.

Three boys proving in the vicin-
ity of the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany store on Maple street, shortly
before IL o'clock last night. were
noticed by Patrolman Frank Sulli-
van. The officer gave the boys a
chase. but was not successful in
catching any OF them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19

Meet the Wife was staged under
the personal direction of Mr.. Fig
man.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-19
Shop Now
For Christmas!
18th Street

MAY we help you select your
IA Christmas gifts? We invite you
to send in your lists and we will
promptly furnish you with sugges-
tons, prices, descriptions or informa-
ton, as required.
Thousands of busy New York men
and women, as we'll as out-of-town
customers-called upon us last year
to select gifts to fit their Christmas
lists. We are ready now, with an ex-
perienced Telephone and Mail Order
Staff, to help you shop early this year
and avoid the Christmas rush!
Assortments for the holidays are now
complete, and the Lord & Taylor
price revisions insure you the largest
purchasing power for your Christ
mas dollars NOW!
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-25
Pine Oil Recommended by
u. S. Government

In special report to the U. S. Public Health
Service, Albert F. Stevenson, Sanitary
Chemist, recommends as 'an efficient liquid dis
infectant," the preparation raaae from pine
oil manuf actured by the steam solvent process
Mackie's Pine Oil is made this way; and is
the perfected development of the Govern
ment suggestions.