davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

other more bitter which We will be
compelled 10 experience.
There Is also the happiest day
which we think was the happiest
day we ever have experienced.
Some may say one Of their birth.
days one OF their childhood days.
one OF their school days. one Of their
college days: the day when they be-
come engaged TO s0Iae a who they
thought they loved; the day they
were sure lhcy did love; the day
they were married; the day the first
horn came into their lives; or may.
be some other day in the latter part
Of their lives. Yet. we are not Ger.
tain. As there may be another more
pleasant In store for us.
Each and every one Of US hope
for the best and prefer the best. hut
we are disappointed quite often. n
all OF us would never meet with mis-.
fortune we would never be capable
Of realizing the true meaning Of
pleasure. disappointment is brought
upon US by ourselves In a great
number Of Eases and by the people
In several others. We never know
when misfortune viii overtake us,
and some Of us r w on the
alert 10 avoid II 10 the greatest ex.
tent possible, while others are. To
those who are on the alert al all
lines and do their very best 10 avoid
u. life seems the same 10 Them az
a merry-goround 10 a child.
Life Ia a very hard problem. and
II almost requires a genius 10 solve
H. and Il does require a genius Ia
solve II correctly, and then they fail
occasionally TO solve Il properly. To
some Of as II Is the most difficult
task ever placed In front Of MS. "a
others n pleasure. So II you Try "a
make life pleasant, others will. and
you will find hfe's path easier "a
tread.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
oOLuMBUs TEN YEARS AGO.


Henry Burton and n. T.. COttman
Of VI paso are establishing their
residences on land taken up six
months ago.
n. L. Young. l.. n. Carl and NJ. r..
Henley. who have been surveying
in the Hondale-Iola district for the
past three weeks. returned 10 Co.
lumbus last sunday.
Mrs. Fuller ana children are visit.
ing with Mrs. English.
Goodness sakei r. A. Hulsey re-.
eeived a carload Of cement. He had
a butcher shop, too. No wonder he
row owns Waterloo after feeding
cement 10 hoes.
N. L. Dolby Of Myrtle, Texas. 10.
Gated north of Columbus last week,
H. L. Walker hauled lumber this
week TO his homestead northeast Of
Town.
3. A. Cox was erecting a dance
nall east Of the livery stable. For
The sake Of the dancers, the Daily
Courisf hopes Il was far cast
Faurieen pounds ~ sugar for 81
nj the square Deal market.
Bulk lard. 10 eente a pound Irish
and sweet potatoes. 3 cents.
John Dalton was visiting The
Gnlley hrothers. John came here
from slraun. Texas.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
AL NIGHT m THE COUNTY IAII..

Through the courtesy Of sheriff
W. c. simpson. better known a.
"Bhl" simpson a representative N
the Columbus Daily Courier was
permitted 10 sleep at the county
Jail and TO observe the manner of
treating prisoners and see how the
sherifrs efficient corps Of deputies
were taking care % the county
boarders.
The jail. known 10 Is inmates as
The Hotel DE SIMPSON. Is one Of
the most modern construction. with
all the improvements and convent.
ences that modern construction die.
tates a. necessary Tor ~safekecping
and cleanliness.
sheriff slmpson' Best known.
Sheriff Simpson IA one Of the best
known and best sheriffs In the
Southwest and has since the killing
OF former Sheriff Dwight Stevens
by a band OF escaped prisoners in
1919 had about the hardest job Of
any man on the border. for immcdi.
ately after Dwight stevens was
killed The Villa raid was pulled off
and the expedition marched into
Mexico from Columbus.
With the large number Of crooks
thai nocked 10 Columbus at thai
time sheriff Simpson has had I,
be on the alert and there has beer
no time since then that the Jail hal
not been practically full. although
the Hotel De simpson csn accom-
nodate forty prisoners.
Al the present time there are 3.
prisoners In the jail. and Columbus.
Is represented by II. 81 you will SEE
that. as In everything else. Colum
bus IL In the lead.
1ess Fuller Now 1ailer.
Jess Fuller Is iailer. Al Dalton d
deputy In charge of the prisoner
who work out In the court housI
grounds AMI on the roads lDalu1i
Is an ex-sldier who was gassed u
Francel. +. l.. Davis Is deputy foI
Dcming John Jackson ia head der
uiy and Is located at Columbus will
". ]. Kane A. his assistant, am
"Bill" says that II these last lwI
keep up as they have started The iai
will have 10 be enlarged.
There is another special depui.
whose name IL not included wit
the above, for the reason that h
will o have the deputy" par
knocked of. and then II Is presume
there will be no more a Hotel d
simpson" as Il probably will b
changed 10 The Hotel De JAG.
Smyer."
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

Spain has a great proportion Of
sunshine every year than any other
civilized nation,
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
BrIlrvr sIouye Was Rohbers.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS No, June
iD-George N. Underwood. who lost.
a hand and a leg June 10 when ban.
dts tied him 10 a railroad track five.
minutes before a train appered. told
The Story OF his experiences aud de-.
nicd that the men had any motive
that he knew OF any motive. He
said both were strangers 10 him.
Underwood is in a hospital here.
Underwood said he offered assist
ance when he saw two men stop u
large touring car and begin iampcr.
Ing with the engine. The men, he
said. forced him into the car. took
his watch and $40 and took him Ia
the railroad track where be was
tied.
while I was struggling 10 -.
cape, said Underwood. 4 heard the
rumble Of the approaching train.
Then the headlight appeared and
swept over me-. tried 10 scream.
hut the rags In my mouth ihrotilcd
my voice. The train was coming on
and | felt my mind was going. The
mental torture seemed 10 be over.
whclming. A. the engine came with.
IN a few rods Of me ! threw all my
strength into another attempt 10
escape. Ny right hand wa free At
last and ! tore the gag from my
mouth and screamed. Then | lous
cncd my right leg and swung partly
free from the track, but my left foot
and hand were too tightly bound IA
be released.
Something seemed 10 sling my
entire body. / could not hear mS
own voice above the roar Of IN,
traih as Il chopped off my foot and
hand. I suppose | tainted for a mo
menL but soon I was screaming
again. A farmer came from some
where and helped unite the barbe,
wire which was still partly strunl
around my body.
Il am sure ] know no one woul,
wish 10 kill me. Ny family has M
enemies that ! am ware Of
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

-aaa
As we see tho general recognition
Of the specific difference In the gen.
eral makeup OF the two distinct oh.
jects whose great influence Is before
the world today. we realize they are
both called s~erpents-one represent
ing the ihing contrary to the other.
Hence We distinctly notice that the
Eden or Eve serpent was no more
deadly or dangerous than was the
brass or Mosaic serpent.
II is impossible TO deny fhat all
Of Adams aposiate race has be
come prisoners by the fall while
cropping under the wachtower Of
divine faith. I will make the asser.
ton right here, without the fear OF
successful contradiction, that there
are people in this country as well
as elsewhere who are wandering
through this life without any degree
Of heavenly hope.
Neither DO they measure the few
days that they have 10 live In this
world by the countless millions OF
eternity and give up 10 the kissing
serpent Of the past by saying this
problem is too deep for me "a
fathom.
Naturally We suppose II is NOR,
difficult 10 serve God under oppos
Ing powers OF taskmakers as we'll a,
under Satan. W. have Satan ano
sin now as well as ever. Yes, buI
listen 10 the cries OF the Christ who
was swung 10 the tree OF the cross
taking the place % the brass ser
pent ON the pole.
What a power are The word
which issue out from the lips, on
times they will change The who'll
current OF a mans life. The sof
tongue breaketh the bono.-proy
25.i5.
But kindness Is responsible fol
%softening the heart. Kindness-
what a great word this is. II take
o reed as long as that which tn
angel used 10 measure heaven 4
tell the breadth, the height Of thi
powerful word. II Is a %favorite Bbill
word, and II is easily found In Tn
book Of Genesis and caught up II
the book Of Joshua, embraced In IN
book OF Ruth, sworn by In the bool
Of Samuel, crowned In the Psalm
and enthroned In mnny places In IN
New Testament A word no NOR
gentle than mighty.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
WHY BE GLOOMY AL rHE TIME


tby l. r. P.l
As Il u certain there Is a bitter
day N everyone's life which we
think was the biiicrcst day we have
ever experimentation full OF sor-
row. one full Of pain. one full Of
troubles and no encouragement.
whatever IN view; maybe the day
when we were injured seriously and
suffered great pains, % maybe the
day our hearts we're broken by
severe tests Of love. or The day
when our intended ilfe's companion
pierced our hearts with the bliteresi
words the human tongue can utter,
II can not love you and do not,
therefore your life would only be- a
life Of mlsery " l should marry
YOU" Or maybe some other day Ia
HE latter part Of our life, YET We
ere not certain, 20 Tiers may be an.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

Turning wheels brings numbers
into view in a new seere card for
golf players.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

Daily Courier, Zoe per month.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

KANSAS CITY. Mo- June ia
motive aside from ronbery wns DE-.
lns sought today BY county aulhorl.
hes Tor the hoidup OF George n.
Underwood Of Carrollton, Missouri
vino was tied 10 a reilroad track
south Of Excelsior springs the night
OF June 10. His lett arm and reg
were severed by a Wabash train
five minutes after The bandits had
lclt him.
Underwood was ticd face down.
ward ON one rail-. lust before The
train struck HIM. Underwood man.
aged 10 roll from the rail. lcavlns
only one hand and one foot ~ the
path Of the oncoming train. physl
clans said he would recover.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19

Small electric ovens have heen ln.
vented Tor soilenins the sealing com.
pound and rubber parts Of storage
bniierisp.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
sERMONEr1E ny .. c. FLORA.

And the Lord said unto Moses:
Make a fiery serpent and set II
upon a pole and Il shall come 10
pass that every one that Is bitter
when he .looketh upon IL shall
live-Texi recorded In q Division
OF Numbers.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-19
Detroit Fourth largest
City in United States

WASHINGTON. June is.-DelroiL.
Michigan, with a population Of 9oa..
100. becomes the fourth largest city
Of the United States, according TO
figures OF the 1890 census, an.
nounccd by the Census Bufeau here
today. The growth Of Detroit was
second only 10 that Of New York
City.
The Washington times., 1920-11-21

covered more than $4,000 damages. The
actress would no doubt rather be alive,
even IL she must wear the scars on her
pretty head. face and Jaw. than to have
met death in the accident, and yet the law
allows less compensation for the death
which she dreaded most than for the es-
cape with her life which she greatly pre-
ferred.
The reasoning OF the law is that money
is OF no value to a person who is in his
grave. The law permits the next Of kin
to sue for damages to q person killed in
an accident, and this demand for compen-
sation must be based only on what may
be termed the financial value of the de-
ceased - an amount dependent on the
earning power and expectancy of life Of
the one who has been killed. The law
does not permit q claim to be swelled by
demanding compensation for the suffering
OF the dying victim, nor as punishment for
the carelessness, neglect or indifference Of
the one who caused the death. And 80 Il
Great Britain Rlshts Reserved
The Washington times., 1920-11-21
Mrs. Angelina Aufero, the
Young Bride Who Was
Awarded $4,000 for an
Injured Leg.

has come about that $1,000 has usually
been the approximate valuation upon a
human life.
In the case OF Miss Jesmer her face was
her fortune in large measure. Although
scarcely twenty years old she had a bril-.
liant record of successes. She had been
an artists model, motion picture actress,
a dancer and show girl. In view Of her
distressing injuries It is hardly likely that
she can continue in any Of the fields OF
endeavor in which she has been such a
marked success. Her points Of beauty
were, so to speak, her tools Of trade. These
probably have been destroyed. II the young
actress should ask q jury to assess the
value OF her lost beauty and ruined career.
how much money would they name?
But In this instance will young Mr.. Plant
The Washington times., 1920-11-21

But within the last few weeks 1000 was
awarded for the Disagreement OF leg,
$4,000 was given a woman for injury to
her hand. and $4,000 was presented to
stenographer whose thigh bone had been
cracked. About the same time the turies
were assessing these prices for injuries to
living people, other juries awarded $4,000
for the death Of wife, $4,000 for the loss
Of daughter and $1,000 for the accidental
death Of mother.
The wife who got $4,000 because one leg
was slightly smaller than the other. and the
stenographer who got $4,000 for the frac-
tured hip bone received these sums largely
as sentimental damages. Il was not
claimed that the injuries interfered with
their occupation or means Of livelihood
the bride with the injured leg was still
happy and efficient wife, and the stenog-
rapher could still take her dictation and
work her typewriter Just as skillfully as
before
But II damage suit should be brought
by Miss Jesmer rather different and very
interesting situation would arise which
might well run the total award into an
enormous sum.
II Catherine Martin, q twenty-year-old
stenographer, working for O life insurance
company, without damage to her head or
fingers, gets $4,000 for a cracked thigh
bone which Is not necessary to her BUSH
ness as a stenographer, then how much
would jury give a pretty actress for
damages which would probably put her
out Of business completely in her profess
sion?
Miss Martin, the stenographer, and Miss
Jesmer, the actress. are both twenty years
The Washington times., 1920-11-21

ternal injuries she can never have the
beauty Of feature which was one Of her
charms. A torn scalp is difficult to mend
without showing the scar. II the injury
to her head shows a wound deep down on
the forehead her beauty is hopelessly
marred for all time. II the broken bones
OF the lower jaw do eventually mend It
will probably remain misshapen and dis
torted. The loss OF the teeth is a damage
which can be partly but not fully repaired.
II her fractured skull heals will II leave
her with headaches, mental depression or
perhaps worse?
II Miss Jesmer should come into court
and exhibit the scars and wounds and dis
tortions stamped upon her by that auto
mobile accident, how much more than the
$4,000 the stenographer got for her in
jured hip would Miss Jesmer probabaly
get7
And yet II the impact that evening with
the windshield had blotted out her young
life, suit for her death might not have re-
ffn feoo Interns tIonai Fosture s.rvic. Tn.
The Washington times., 1920-11-21


w the son Of the multi-millionaire
steamship owner, plunged his
automobile into tree the other night in
Pelham Bay Park in a New York suburb
Miss Helene Jesmer the prettiest member
Of the Greenwich Village Follies Company.
was pitched head foremost into the glass
windshield. 1t will be some weeks before
the actress finds out how badly she has
been injured. .
Lying unconscious in the hospital the
doctors observed at once that the cruel
glass Of the windshield had partially
scalped her luxuriant hair, had speckled
and scratched and cut the fawless skin Of
her forehead and face, had crushed, broken
and driven to one side her delicate jaw
bone, had torn many of her teeth from
their sockets and had cracked the bones
Of her skull. 1t is too soon now to be sure
what surgical and medical skill can accom-
plish in patching up and partially restor.
ing some semblance of her former beauty.
And 1t will not be known for some time
whether possible internal injuries and ner-
vous ailments may develop.
The distressing accident to this we'll
known and very attractive young actress
attracted the interest Of lawyers who have
recently been concerned with personal
damage suits. If Miss Jesmer had been
killed in that accident and a suit for dam
ages had been brought it is quite likely
that not more than $1,000 could have been
collected, and perhaps much less. But II
Miss Jesmer should come into court in a
wheel chair and demand compensation for
her various injuries she might collect dam.
ages running into hundreds Of thousands
OF dollars.
The law is peculiar. 1t is a curious fact
settle a death claim than It is to pay
claims for injuries to a living person.
The supreme penalty exacted by law for
wilfully numbering a person is death or
life Imprisonment. II the pistol bullet or
the dagger, or the highwayman's club re-
suits in death the law demands the ex-
IRENE penalty. But II the assassin wounds
but does not kill the law makes It much
easier for the offender. And yet in the
case Of an accident the law takes totally
different point Of view. In an accident
there is less penalty, II Is much cheaper
to kill than II is to disfigure or MAIN the
victim.
For many years $4,000 was considered
the maximum sum which could be recov.
cred for a death caused by an accident,
and in some cases verdicts as low as six
cents have been given In compensation for
the death of a child.
The Washington times., 1920-11-21

offer his hand In marriage as a partial COM
pensation? Young Plant Is not yet even
a college student He is fitting for college
in one Of the preparatory schools. Miss
Jesmer had known the young millionaire
for two years, and both her parents, who
live in Seattle, and Plants relatives, knew
Of their friendship.
On the unfortunate night of the accident
Plant and the actress, with Norman L
Hussey, Of Norwalk, Conn; Charles Moore
head, Of Chicago; David Calhoun, of st.
Louis, and Edward Hershey. Of st. Paul.
were all in the automobile. The boys were
fellow students preparing for Yale and
were returning from Sunday trip to New
Haven when the accident occurred. The
party had been having a good time and
were hurrying home to New York; when,
shortly after midnight on the outskirts OF
New York, young Plant, who was driving
the car, tried to pass a slowly moving
automobile truck. The touring car was
whirling along at a high speed, and as
Plant swerved to the edge Of the road on
the right to pass the truck his automobile
skidded and crashed into large tree at
the roadside. .i.- f...'"
Miss Jesmer, who occupied the front
seat beside him, was driven head first into
the splintered windshield. If her fall had
been less horizontal the fragments Of glass
would have cut her face to pieces. AS 1t
was, the top of her head and forehead took
the greater part Of the blow, and part or
her scalp was torn Off Young Plant re-
ceived fractured leg and q lacerated face.
but the other passengers were less serf-
ously injured. Miss Florence Brown, the
intimate friend and partner OF the injured
actress in the Greenwich Village Follies
company, expressed the mental anguish Of
the stricken stage beauty, saying:
"Miss Jesmer was always so vigorous
and athletic and full of life that am sure
II would almost kill her to think Of being
a cripple. She was saving her money SO
that she could visit my sister In Philadet-
phia every weekend and go horseback rid
ing with us. When saw her in the hospital
she did not suspect how badly she was
hurt, and tried not to let her know was
thinking about how badly II might spoil
her looks. am sure that II she realized
that her beauty was ruined she would want
to die right away"
Did young Plant intend to make Miss
Jesmer his bride? II is a curious coincf-
dence that on the day Of the accident Mr..
Jesmer, the girls father in Seattle, re-
ceived a letter from his daughter, in which
she wrote: "He is the finest man l ever
knew. but, daddy, somehow I don't love
him any more. don't know why"
Will young Plant offer his hand to the
girl his automobile has so pitifully dis]
figured? And will Miss Jesmer change
her mind and find that she does love the
man who unintentionally caused those
cruel injuries?
The Washington times., 1920-11-21

old. II the stenographer's
fingers instead Of her hip
bone had been injured so
that she could no longer
hold a pencil to take dicta-
ton or use her fingers to
work a typewriter, the law
yers would have had an
even stronger argument to
make to the Jury for a
claim for damages greater
than the $4,000 the jury
awarded.
II Helene Jesmer, the
actress, lives and escapes
a permanent nervous break
down or i'll health from in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-01
THE LEGISLATURES

The most successful, sensible
and businesslike session of the
General Assembly within the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant
is that which has just performed
the particular duty for which 1t
was called in little more than
forty-eight hours after it had
convened, and which resolutely
adjourned without yielding for
aliunde orators with special
briefs for subjects which had no
moral or legal right of way.
Contrary to the general confess
ion of sin which legislative bod
les, like individuals, might very
often make, Maryland Legisla-
ture at this extra session did
exactly the things it ought to
have done and left undone, pre-
cisely the things that ought Ito
have been left undone. Wheth-
er it's course was due to virtue
or to prudence it deserves con-
gratulations all the same for its
wise aud proper attitude.