davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bisbee daily review., 1920-05-05

rive in the Chihuahua capital tomor-
 row.
 Gen. Pablo Quiroga head Of the Carranza forces left for the south
 with the permission of the Chihuahua city headquarters, being supplied with an armed escort by the latter. Ignore Rancho Villa Francisco Vilal has sent envoys from Satevo to Agua Prieta. Sonora,
 the headquarters of General P. Elias
 Gales, commander of the revolution ary army of the northwest but his overtures were ignored, according to | Chihuahua city reports. He was re | ported Sunday as being at Meoqui
 near the railroad station of Ortiz twenty miles southeast of Chihuahus
 City. Fl Nx l Provisional Governor Alfonso Go
 meg Luna will turn his office to Sen
 ator Abel Rodriguez in a few days
 1t was said.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-05-05


 Notifications and changes will be made in banking laws. Under the present administration in Mexico there are no banks. The only banks are pawn shops. Of course the public must and will be protected. but the field for bankers is unlimited and will offer great opportunity both for the capital interested and the public.
 To Protect Oil Men.
 "One of the first duties of congress when the revolutionists take control will be interpretations of the constitu- ton that will stabilize industry. This will especially affect the oil situation and allow the operators to operate without fear of governmental action or whims. Congress must make defin- ite decisions concerning the constitu- ton of 1917, which apparently took many powers from congress and em- bodied supreme powers in the presi- dent. The powers of the president must be lessened and those of con gress strengthened until there is no conflict.
 Release Captives.
 Those at the conference pointed out today that in all territory controlled by the revolutionists there is not one po- litical prisoner in rebel jails. They said military commanders had been ordered by Governor de la Huerta to treat all political opponents fairly and safeguard them. Gen. Emilio Salinas, provisional governor of Chihuahua, said, was brother-in-law of President Carranza, and was released after his arrest during the revolt of Carranza troops at Chihuahua City, in line with this policy. instead of holding him as hostage against the capture of promi- nent revolutionists by Carranza troops.
 HermosiIlo Capital
 Governor de la Huer5a returned to Hermosillo, capital of Sonora tonight. Hermosillo temporarily will be the seat of the provisional government Concerning prohibition, Governor de la Huerta said:
 Expect Pronibiion.
 
 a day, nor the end of gambling. but is an end toward which we are striv ing. It will come in Mexico as it did in the United States. We have ordered liquor selling and gambling stopped in all territory we control. It will bt most rigidly enforced along the inter national boundary because of the dan ger of the traffic to the relations be tween our country and the United States at this most critical time."
 JUAREIZ Mex, May T. - With tn, virtually complete conquest of Chi huahua, the next effort of the Libera Constitutionalist party will be direct ed to an advance upon Mexico City where the only resistance is to b, encountered, according to a statemen issued tonight by l. G. Escobar, com mander-in-chief of the Juarez distric who yesterday joined the revolution ist forces.
 Expect Little Fighting
 ''We do not expect any bloodsheC at least until we reach the capital 0 the republic" General Escobar sait "We expect that on the way sout Carranza's soldiers will realize tn futility of resisting our sweepin movement, and will join our ranks they have done elsewhere during tn bloodless revolution. But it is po sible that when we reach Mexico Cit itself, there will be some show fight, which, however. we feel col fident will be without result"
 General Escobar said that thei would be no further civil appoin ments made in Juarez until the a rival shortly of General Adoifo de 2
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
MistIetoe Superstition.

Mistletoe is in many countries not
admitted to the house before New
Years eve for fear of some dire disas
ter. This seems relic of the re-
ligious ban long placed upon the
Druidic plant, which by reason of its
historic connection with heathenisln
has been excluded from the decoration
of churches and from Christian sculp-
ture. 1t appears in old English &C.
clesiastical art only at Bristol cathe-
oral, where both leaf and berry are
carved upon the remarkable tombs
which were probably designed by some
artist monk in the household of the
Berkeleys. The association of the mis-
tletoe with Christmas did not arise
until long after the Reformation.
knowing nothing about the parasite
which is not native in Scotland, and is
still rare there-Sir Walter Scott com
mits a terrible "howler" in his intro
duction to the sixth canto of Mar
mion." Describing the delights of q
medieval Christmas he sends his
"merry men, to gather mistletoe 'ir
the wood" where they could not pos
Sibly have found it at that period.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Worlds Strongest Child.

Natalie Owens of Los Angeles, Cal,
aged nine years, is said to be the
strongest child in the world. She
easily lifts man of 40 pounds. In
her fathers dairy she handles cans
of milk of all sizes, the largest weigh
ing over 100 pounds, with as little
effort and concern as the sturdiest
farm hand about the place. In the
public school she attends. she out
runs all the boys of whatever age or
size, and can trounce any two of them
If the occasion arises. She has done
this thoroughly several times. She
is slender, not tall for her age, and
weighs but 81 pounds, yet she amuses
herself by lifting burdens that would
tax an ordinary man, as readily as a
woman raises a small BASKET Of eggs
Montreal Herald
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
.,ananese Trade EXPANDS.

Japan is ambitious to obtain a
large share of the trade of the South
Sea islands, which is estimated at
1000, OOOOOO yen year. OF this Jap
anese exports amount to only IL per
cent, but have increased rapidly since
the war. Some japanese commercial
leaders are advising that in order to
increase the sale of Japanese goods
i'm the South seas Japan must import
from the islands rubber, sugar, chemi-
calls, dyestuffs and spices, in which
these islands abound. President XII
mura of the Singapore Japanese EN-
porium, urges that Japan establish di,
rect trade agencies with Sumatra and
Manila for expansion of japanese
trade in Malaysia.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
REFUSED TO ADMIT FAILURE
History Records Many Instances
Men Who Rose Superior to Adj
verse Circumstances.

Failure is not a pleasant word, and
1t is not a safe word to use, for you
can never be sure. Many a man who
has been called a failure even by lis
friends has turned out to be unusu-
ally successful, as the Rev. John i.
Faris in the Christian EndeaVor
World shows by the following eN-
ample:
When Sir Henry Bessemer was
young man he perfected a plan for
using revenue stamps that promised
to save the British government large
sums, and he was promised COM
Portable position in the employ of the
government. Then a flaw was re-
vealed in his stamp plan, and the
easy position slipped from his grasp.
Although he had failed, he did not
lose courage Within few years he
invented the process of making steel
that made his name famous and prov
ed of incalculable benefit to The world.
When Stephen Girard was twenty
six wears old, he was the successful
captain of merchant vessel sailing
from French ports to the West Indies.
But in May, 1776 storm and fog drove
him into Delaware bay, and the Brit
ish fleet prevented his escaping. He
landed at Philadelphia, a captain With
out a ship, seamen who could not
leave the land But within two years
he was an American citizen, and with
in fifteen years he was the leading
shipowner in Philadelphia. Thirty-siX
years later he became his country's
bank during the war of 1872, and,
when after the war only $4,000 was
subscribed to a S5,00O,OOO loan, he
stepped into the breach and subscribed
for the rest.
Phillips Brooks first work after
graduating from Harvard college was
school-teaching. He enjoyed it anC
dreamed of success; but he found thai
| he was not able to control the livel!
| boys under his charge. The Difficult
ties grew, and he resigned his posi-
! ton. The head master, when speak
/ ing of the successor he hoped to Sc
! cure very ungraciously said that an,
/ change, no matter what, could hardl.
fail to be for the better. Six months
after his resignation Brooks entered
the theological seminary, and three
years later he began his career il
the pulpit that made him famous.
Failure succeeded failure in Abra
ham Lincoln's life; yet every one o
the seeming failures had it's part il
making the man. When he faile
as a shopkeeper, the failure brough
out the deep-seated honesty that wo
for him the confidence and the affet
ton of those who knew him. 81
thought of learning the blacksmith
trade, and even after he had con
mitted himself to being lawyer h
thought he might perhaps do bette
as carpenter. Several times he wa
, defeated when he asked the favor
the people at the polls, but after eac
, defeat he was stronger as a man an
more popular with the voters
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Settlement Of Oklahoma.

After the acquisition by the federal
government of the Indie n claims, the
territory of Oklahoma was thrown
open to white settlers. the central part
by proclamation Of President Harrison
on April %. 1889. large tract in 1891
and the Cherokee strip or outlet in the
north In 1893. The territory was set.
tied with extraordinary rapidity. Ok
lahoma was admitted to the Union
November 16, 1907.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Hunt sardines With seaplanes.

California promises to be the great
est sardine canning center of the
world as the result of the use of sea-
planes in the industry on the Pacific
coast. Since the first of the year
naval seaplanes have been flying out
from the sea coast, sighting schools Of
fish and sending a wireless back to
the naval station giving the direct
location. The naval station then tele-
phones the information to the San
Diego Office of the fish and game com
mission. Fishing fleets are Immediate
~ directed exactly where to seek their
game and are consequently assured
of a big catch--Wall Street Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Relic of Bygone Days.

At the recent centennial tea. given
by the Woman's Press Club of Indi-
ana, the following was pinned on one
of the quilts exhibited: "The blue
and-white blocks in this quilt were
pieced by a maid of my grandmother's
century ago. The quilt is not so
remarkable, but the maid was-she
lived with my grandmother for thirty
years."
Many inquiries came to the donor
to know whether any of the descend
ants of the woman were still In the
land of the living.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Wars Of the United States.

A stray paragraph on WARS of the
United States enumerates nineteen
wars. Ten of these were conflicts
With Indian tribes. of which the most
importan, were probably the Black
Hawk war and the Seminole wal. n
these are called wars. an eleventh
might be added-the Modoc war OF
1873. The important wars on the list
are the War of the Revolution, the
War of 1912, the Mexican war, the
Civil war. the Spanish war, the war
with Germany. The minor conflllcts
included in the list are: the war with
France, 1893; the war with Tripoh'
1901; the Philippine war, 1899.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
The Best Advertisement

The best advertisement any mer-
chant can have is satisfied customer
No greater Recommendation can be
given an article than the following by
e. B. Milburn, Prop, Guion Drug
Store. Guion, Ark. ''We have sold
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for
years and have always found that it
gives perfect satisfaction. For sale
at Kearney's Pharmacy.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Extraordinary Hurdl.na.

William Priestly, at Hull. England
In 1868, jumped one thousand hurdles
each three feet six inches high. In six.
ty me and half minutes That IL
equal to lifting his own weight nine
times the height Of st. Paul's, in Lon.
donA and running six miles into the
bargain.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Describing 1t.

"What sort Of store is the Right
place?" inquired guest.
well" replied the landlord Of the
petunia tavern, "I'll tell you. They
not only sell suspenders, but actually
call 'em galluses. kansas City Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Bird club
: Notes

One OF our daiIies tells about a
little girl, Josephine Gevng of
Lake Mills, Iowa, who wanted a
flower garden but had no place to
make one where the flowers would
grow.
Last year she planted some in
the back yard but they did not
grow we'll, perhaps because the
ground was too hard, or 1t might
have been because the weather
wasn't right. At any rate they
dropped and died
Josephine felt sorry about it.
For months she had hoed and
weeded and watered her flowers
and it seemed they had tried to
grow but couldn't.
This year she chose a harder
flower and planted it in better soil.
She took q sunflower seed and
planted it out by the barn. She
could hardly wait for the seed to
grow and when it came through
the ground she kept the ground
loosened and did not allow weeds
to grow near it.
And you ought to have seen
that sunhower grow. 1t shot up
and up until Josephine wondered If
it was going to do like Jacks bean
stalk.
Now the sunhower is II feet and
6 inches tall, and the flower on the
top measures Is inches across.
Josephine has to stand on ladder
to smell of her posies. She is very
proud of her sunfower as she has
reason to be. Think what splen-
did lighting place that sunhower Is
for the birds and Of the amount OF
food it will make for them wher
the seeds get ripe.
1t is too late to plant sunhowers
this year, but suppose every chile
who reads this should plant sun
flower seed next spring and car
for it as Josephine did, what
quantity of the very best bird foo
we would have.
And if every child we're to plan
and care for two or three sunhowe
seeds there would be two or thre
times as much. Every child ca,
find room enough some place t
raise a sunhower or two and mex
spring we are going to plant sur
flowers and watch them grow.
Did you ever see a flock of gold
fnches ina patch Of sunfowers
If you have not, then plant SUI
flowers and when they are in blool
watch for the goldfnches. The
revel in yellow flowers. Dande
lions and sunfowers are their f;
vorites, dandelions in the fore pa
of the season until the sunfowel
are in bloom. Next year let eao
one of us try to raise one or mo
sunfowers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
EARLY DAYS OF
AUDUBON COUNTY

LNlTd was pldtleu aiio Ais'iAASa
June LIST. 1857. The land belonged
to David Edgerton and he had
| called the place Viola for his
daughter, but when it had been
plated Judge Eckman, of Ohio,
who was visiting his relatives, the
Cranes, proposed to buy a lot In
the new town if they would name
| it Extra, for his daughter, which
was done.
For the consideration Of four
hundred dollars Mr.. Edgerton sold
a half interest to Judge Harris who
cried the sale of lots and the first
days proceeds aggregated nineteen
hundred and fifty dollars. Judge
Harris erected the first dwelling
house soon after, and he was APP
pointed postmaster to succeed
David L. Anderson.
Mail came once a week each
way. There were no boxes for the
patrons and the mail was thrown
on the floor and the letters sorted
out. They were then strung
around in the form of a circle and
as each person called for his mail
he was allowed to select from the
circle the letters which he thought
were his.
| A schoolhouse was built in time
for a winter term, 1t was 24X3O
and the cost was thirteen hundred
dollars which was paid almost en-
tirely in farm produce, labor, etc.,
money being required to purchase
glass for the windows and some
hardware only, and the cost Of
these was less than one hundred
dollars. Judge Harris was the
county Judge and was the promoter
of the scheme for building the
) schoolhouse without money.
Darias Barlow and wife, James
l Blackman and family, Deacon Ly-
man Bush, Eel Edgerton, Asa Has
) kins and Mrs. Margaret Nelson
were new settlers in and around
: Extra that year, Avery Belcher anc
e James Poor located at Hamlln's
! Grove, Meredith Rowland at Biz
d Grove, Ludwig Hummel and wifi
at Troublesome, and Peter Barlow
t Lee Bartlett, Bradley Beers anc
r family, Robert Day and family
e Amherst Heath and family, Hiram
n Heath and family, Julius Hubbard
o and family, Elam Pearl, Joshua
It A. Pearl and Thomas I. Rodger
l. and family settled at or near Oak
field.
/ There is but one marriage re
!? corded in 1857, that of Barzell
l. Sylvester and Beulah Thacker.
n Bands of Indians came on hunt
y ing trips every year, sometime
= staying in the vicinity from Jun
a. until cold weather. They campo
rt in the groves Of timber. The
RS were peaceable but great Thieves
III In 1857 they were especial
re troublesome, pilfering and stealth
the scant supplies Of the settlers.
A. B. Houston who had been
resident of Hamlin's Grove LEI
d.. than a year reported that the
, he were making free with his lit
In supply of corn, and that they brol
ms up Mrs. Houston's setting hen
fe carrying the eggs away.
est In the fall band Of Indian
he came and took the remains of
1 or tiny papoose which had been buri
EN- in the top of a tree near Hamlir
me Grove before the advent of t
md md white man. The tree still stan
SEES although the most OF its branch
uld are dead. 1t is said to be the b
gest tree in the state OF Iowa.
is supposed to have been in
prime when Columbus discover
!. America. 1t is an elm.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09

promises to supercede all Others.
A $4,000 corporation has been
formed and already orders are
pouring in. A factory will be built
at Maple River at once to manu-
facture the device.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09

Two men were seriously hurt
when the tank of the dry land
dredge boat used in Strengthening
the West Botna near Avoca ex-
ploded. Lee Boyce suffered such
serious burns that he was taken to
an Omaha hospital, and Ed Tur-
bine was severely burned about the
head and left hand. The boat
was burned but the machinery
was not damaged and the boat will
be rebuilt.
A crusade against violators of
the DINNER ordinance is on in Au-
dubon. About thirty were brought
before the mayor and fined the
first week. This week the officers
are still more strict as all have had
sufficient warning.
One-third of the voters of the
consolidated school district have
signed a petition which has been
filed with our county superintend.
ent, asking that another election
be held. They believe that the
sentiment of the voters has changed
and that the earlier election woulc
be rescinded. The school boare
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
Qualified.

Cantrell-I think I'll go to prom as
stag.
Cochran-Why do that?
Cantrell--I haven't any doe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09
NEWS OF OUR
NE|GHBOR|NG TOWNS

Items of Interest Gathered
From Our Exchanges
Roundabout.
H. r. Redburn and family Of
Anita disposed Of their goods and
left for Port Gamble, Washington,
in their car. In Wyoming they
broke down and sold the car, COM
plotting the journey by rail. On
arriving Mr.. Redburn took posi-
ton in sawmill. After working
there five days he concluded to
move his family back to good old
Iowa. He found that wages in
Washington are from twenty-five
to thirty percent lower than in
Iowa while living expenses are
from twenty-five to fifty percent
higher. The Redburns arrived in
Anita last week.
The American Legion of Elk
Horn has leased the rooms over the
moving picture theater. There
are seven rooms and the boys are
making them as comfortable as
possible. A pool table h S been
installed and the other rooms will
be furnished for library, reading
rooms, lounging rooms, etc. They
are grateful for any assistance in
the furnishing and equipment
which will make the rooms pleasant
and comfortable.
N. E. Hansen, professor of horti-
culture at the South Dakota state
college of agriculture visited at his
old home at Elk Horn on his re-
turn from the funeral of James
Wilson, ex-secretary of agriculture.
Hansen was chosen by the depart
ment of agriculture for research
work. He has been in Siberia
more than once for the depart
ment. He was a teacher In the
Elk Horn college years ago. His
father came to this country while
the state house at Des- Moines wa:
lin the process of construction anc
assisted with the interior decora.
ton of Iowa's capitol building
The paintings in the Elk Horn
church are also his work.
A family which was touring in 8
Buick car stopped in Klmballto1
to lay in a supply of provisions
last week. Instead of the regula
ton bumper a mammoth pair o
elk horns were fastened in front o
the radiator. The horns measured
at least four feet from base to til
and equally as far between tips
They had picked up the horns il
Yellowstone National Park wher
they said hundreds were lyin
around although the most of ther
were Clipped or broken. The fam
lily had covered over four thousan
. miles in its tour.
The reunion of the Lenocke
: family took place August Goth 6
4 the home of John Jones near ST.
: art, liz descendants of the Lei
ecker family being present. II
first Lenocker reunion took plat
a twenty-five years ago. Over thrt
h hundred members belong to tt
!, organization and the smallest nun
r Der ever present at reunion WI
e eighty-6ve. The next meetll
y will be with Mrs. j. B. Lenock
Is of Dexter.
!, = Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Mathiesen
i Audubon celebrated their gold
n nod J;nr opn;varcarv lact woe
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09

Lloyd Nagel Of Guthrie Center
nearly lost the sight of his eye
when an air gun which he was
handling discharged, striking the
eyeball. The charge went out
through the eyelid.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09

has teachers employed and trucks
for transportation of the children
The superintendent declines to take
any action without a ruling from
the state superintendent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-09

MIR. and Mrs. Peter Mathiesen OF
Audubon celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last week.
They were married in Atlantic fifty
years ago. The couple is in fairly
good health. Mr.. Mathiesen is
seventy-five years old and Mrs.
Mathiesen is eighty-four.
T. G. Muller and Nels Soreneen
returned to their home in Kimball-
ton recently from visit in Den
mark. They report that the I'M
provements in the old country
rank we'll with our own in the mat
ter of farm improvement. Many
farms have electric light and power.
The farm buildings are all built
together or only a few feet apart.
John Meyer Of Gray has invented
q steering device for tractors which
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