davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
ace. Rich oiuek.'

Writing . song that catches onds
NE IT the shortest cuts to wealth. Sir
l,,;,nf Sullivan received $4,000 in
.osslies for THE Lost Chord" and
MI Pretty Jane" Semuncrated Its
composer 10 the tune q $1,000 q llnel
Rostc1 Post
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
CIean.Up Sale.

Here Is q humorous definition that
is rather timely: "Indian summer is
merely an arrangement between the
weather man and the ice man to en-
able the latter to get rid Of his rem
nants."-Boston Transcript.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
Lace Patterns
Neu Design
/. Every Week
FllET STITCHES.

FILET STITCHES.
Chain Stitch-The thread drawn
through the loop.
Open Mesh-A double crochet into
a chain or the material. two chain
stitches and double crochet.
Closed Mesh-Four double cro1g Jet
Stitches into q chain or material.
Turn-Fiye chain stitches 10 turn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
To Be contlnued)
WORTHY THOUGHTS.

Couldn't you have fixed up the
flivver YOURSELF" asked Mrs. chus.
s Yes" answered her husband, "but
I like to take It to the shop once in q
while. The repairman has a harsh
temper and the way he talks about 1t
gives me some new ideas."-Washing'
ton Star.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03


Who had their temporary abode there
felt little uneasiness over their wei
Tfey knew they could leave should
The sScasion arise, for close by the
cabin was a large and powerful motor;
.6oat which they could launch and
make their way in the swollen river
N spite Of all the currents that might
assail the craft. However, the men
, we're there for purpose and had no
intention Of leaving until their object
was accomplished.
! One day Bill was interrupted IN q
game Of solitaire by one OF his com
panions who stood before him holding
q familiar looking board.
e Here's something queer" SAID tne
man. 81 found this thing washed up
by the river. It's message Tor ne!9'
but It's q strange one"
Bill seized the board with feeiing
something akin to evaporation. He
fnrned the board over and his eyes
Widened as he read a message that
mad been laboriously carved in the
hack with a knife. 1t read:
sls.Help; out Of provisions; water a.
cabin door; still rising; marooned on
Pegs Point" - ,,,.
the man who had brought the board.
.shnt look at this" And he reversed
Inc hoard, and with a finger pointed
t,ut another message which had once
been written with q pencil, although
the water had washed of all traces OF
lead and left only a scrawling depres'
sion in the wood: .,,
sonia is a faker," were the words
That we're only family visible;
E.ll hurled the playing cards % the
floor and upset the table.
Launch the boat" he directed; ne
was leader Of the party and the others
pbeyed without question.
Soon the motorboat was ploWing
nnstream. The current was strong,
mt The four.cylinder engine drove the
craft along In spite Of all resistance.
Three miles they went, and q sheet
fluttering from the roof Of a cabin at
tracted he attention Of the voyagers.
They steered the boat toward this hab-
itation, the lower part OF which was
immersed. The boat crept up beside
he shack and Bill was the first 70
step from 1t into the cabin; In water
IN TO his waist he waded through tne
three lower rooms and then mounted
2 ladder 10 the upper floor.
A man, a woman and two girls were
huddled in corner.
"Thank God" breathed the man Ter
yently. We've saved"
"Bill." cried one Of the girls.
IN a corner OF the living room Of a
modest. comfortable dwelling In an
eastern city stands ouija board. Inc
hoard is never used, FOR Lou has re-
covered from her craze" But some
times her husband takes II In his
hands and pats Its attectionateiy anu
sonija, you're all right. ! take 1t
hack; you're no faker after al"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03

A bat cannot rise from a perfectly
level surface.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
TIE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Faker and the Flood.
b. r. RAY BAKER.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.D

I oUALBERTs had the ouija craze.
Bill Blackjack was a non'pe
As her psychic investigations" IS
she called them, became more intense
and earnest, his sood.natured scoaing
developed into ardent contempt, anu
finally reached the stage Of intoler'
anee. IN,
@l,caye that board alone or It Will
drive you insane" he admonishsd.
well, let me tell you, Bill BLACK.
lock-" Che said, the stand you are
taking simply shows you up as mar
row minded materialist. You're de-
nouncing something you haven't even
tried. dare you to put oui]a 10 a
test"
She brought the board from Its
place In the corner and brandished 1t
before him chalIengingly.
Bill and Lou were to be married
within SIX weeks, but he was unable
to discuss the coming event with ber
owing to the psychic investigations"
Il had come TO the point where Lou
had 10 give up either ouija or Bill.
'I'll tell you what" he said. Wen
test Ouija, and il ne fails you must
drop him and forever keep silence e.;
about him. II he meets the test III
accept him and therell be no more
/, disbursements"
This seemed fair enough, and Lou
agreed. They drew up chairs ana
placed the board on their laps anu
I their hands on the indicator.
Bill asked his age and the board an.
Iswered twenty.seyen, which was cor
rect. He questioned 1t regarding his
vocation and Ouija truthtully answer.
ed Mining engineer" He put othei
nuesfiofs and the replies were accu.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03
QUIET DELL.

Mrs. Rebecca Radcliffe Of Fairmcnt
Is visiting relatives here at this VIII
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-03

Broad river was iustifying its name.
!. Spring torrents had swollen the
stream TO twice its width, and the
WORK OF expansion, accompanied by q
work Of devastation, went on. It
wrenehed houses from their founda'
lions, It obliterated abandoned mines
and some that had not been abandon,
ed. It ate Its way into mountains anu
tore huge chunks from their sides.
A shack standing against noun.
tain wall withstood all the greedy as.
saults Of the torrent. The shack was
inarooned, with the mountain wall
at its back and water on the other
rides. but there was plentiful sup
MY Of provisions and the three men
who had their temporary abode there
felt little uneasiness over their vel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
IS. WINNER IN GAME
 WITH FORDHAM

Washington, April 1o-Errors figured prominently in the defeat of Ford ham at the hands of Georgetown here yesterday, to 0, in a game that was a pitchers battle between South paw Lyman of the home team, and Culloton of F'ordham. Fly man had a slight edge on his rival. He allowed only four hits, famed six and hit batsman, against five hits of Culloton, who passed two and famed but four.
 Three of Georgetown's runs came in the sixth inning. With one out Culloton passed J. Sullivan and H. Sullivan followed with a single. Both advanced on an out. They would have been left, but Mclaughlin jug gIed Lefevre's perfect throw on Ma 1oney and both counted. Maloney then stole and scored on Dudack' S single. GiIhooley's hit on which an error by Keough allowed him to
 make two sacks, a sacrifice by J. SuI- i 1fvan and a sacrifice fly by H. SulIi- van counted the final run in the 1 eighth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
TROLLEY CHANGES START TOMORROW

announcement was made last night by the Connecticut company that the proposed changes in the various Bridgeport lines schedules would take effect, tomorrow, the expected Birney safety cars having arrived in the city
 The changes which will affect Bridgeport will be as follows:
 Improved service in the nature of a four-minute safety car service on Barnum avenue and State street. Five minute safety car service on East Main street with terminal in the center of the city. Ftfteen minute service to W'aana1t Beach instead of a 50mfnute head way.
 Equalization of the service between Devon and Bridgeport with 15-minute headway instead of 20. | Re-roaItfng of the Bethany chapel Main street cars to follow the sam
 route as safety cars. 1 Operation of the North Bridgeport cars to South Main street instead of 1 Seaview avenue.
 1 The fsitratfaeld line will have a safety l car service to Seayiew avenue and
 the Boston avenue line will run tc i South Main street with the North Bridgeport cars and the doude-trl1Ich | North Main street will go around the Plaza loop.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
CLAIMS PRESENTED.

At last nights meeting of ths Claims Committee of the Common Council several claims for reimburse ment for falls on icy side walks last winter were heard, among the claims being the following:
 Annie Orlich of 204 See1ey street asked for reimbursement for injuries received Feb. 1. 1920, in a fall on Cannon street, between Broad and Main; Sophie TisdaIe asked for reim- bursement for injuries received Jan IS, in a fall at Main street and North Washington avenue; Rose Lanese asked for reimbursement for injuries received in a fall at Tom Thumb and Main streets. and Harriet A. Smith oi 341 Harriet street, asked for reim- bursement for injuries received in 8 fall on Harriet street near Barnum school Jan. 22.
 Henry Marco, a jitney bus operator l asked that the city pay for damagt done his machine in a collision with ! the Stratford avenue draw bridge 1 gates at 2:45 p. m., February, 1O2e
 Marcos car ran into the gates injur- l ing the mud guards, electric lamp radiator and steering gear.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
MAYOR SPEAKS
 AT RECEPTION

Mayor Wilson made an address last night at a. reception given bsy Co. D, Connecticut State Guard, and the Am buhance Go. The event was held in the ATmoTy. Dancing followed the drill, Mayor Wilson and Mrs Russell Glenn leading the grand march in which about 100 couples participated. As Go. D wishes to attend the state encadpnfent with fIIll ranks next sum mer an effort is being made to get re- criuts to replace 20 men whose time expires during the next few weeks.
 Lieut. Glenn presented marks1nen's bars to the following who qualified under the state regulations last sum- Iner:
 Captain Stanley Hrdina, Iieuten- ants E. s. Williams, J. J. Baer, Rus sell A Glenn, O. R. Burr, Sergeants B H. O'ConneI1, Andrew HoHbrook B. G. Seltsam, Mechanic W. J. Fitz- gerald, Corporal Fred Hall, Buglers Antonio Cineni and George SeItsa1n Fariva3tes James Mulvey, Antonio Srnink and Charles Curtis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
YALE CREW TO START PRACTICE
 ON HOUSATONIC

New Haven, April 10 - Following Yale's double victory over Pennsy1va- nit last Saturday two changes were announced in the makeup of the first boat at practice yesterday, Schiefflin, 1919, has been shifted from No. to No. in place, of Fiagg, 1920 S., who is now at No. 5 in the second boat. Hord, 1921, has replaced Schieffelin at No. 4, and Walker, 1919, has been
 placed at No. in the first eight, sue ceeding McHenry, 1920. the latter having been put in the same position on the second crew.
 Regular practice was resumed yes 1 terday on the harbor. The first three l university crews and the first 15O. pound crews will begin practice on i the Housatonic river Monday in pre-. paradon for the race with Columbia 1 April 24.
 1 There is a possibility that the frs l 15o-pound crew will row agains Princeton on May 15, although nt
 definite announcement has been mad,
 as yet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
HUN SENTRY PUT
 OVER. SOMETHING
 ON HERB HOOVER

A burly German sentry stole Herb ert Hoover's Chinese calf during the exciting days of the Boxer outbreak In ''Everybody's'' for April, Vernon Kellogg in writing of the soldier
 cattle thief, says: t"The outbreak found Hoover at Tientsin in his palace re-
 gently returned from Peking with Mrs. Hoover, and both just recovering from severe attacks of influenza If
 opportunity for thorough organizing
 of the mines of China had failed him,
 he now had full scope for organizing a military defense of his home and
 wife and his many employees. foreign and native, for Tientsin, for a month, was the scene of hot fighting.
 But there were occasional lighter incidents amid the many grave ones of the fighting weeks. Mrs Hoover tells one, her favorite story of those days, in something like the following words:
 +FWe had a COW, famous and infiu- ential in the community, which COW j was the mother of a promising calf. 1 One day the COW was stolen, and MT. 1 Hoover set out to find her. But his
 first attempt was fruitless. Then he
 had an inspiration. He took out the 1 tiny calf one night and by the light of a lantern led the little orphan,
 bleating for its mother, about the i streets in the safer part of town. ] Finally. they passed in front of the | barracks of the German contingent of the international defending army, hthere came, from within, an answer 1 ing moo and MT. Hoover. addressing l the sentry, demanded his COW. The
 sentry made no move to comply, but,
 summoning all his worterbuch Eng l fish, countered with the inquiry: Is that the calf of the COW inside?' Upon
 receiving an affirmative reply to his l Ouendorf question. he calmly de- clared: Also, then. calf outside must join itself to COW inside And there
 upon, by aid of a suggestive manipu- latfon of his bayonet. he coniscated the calf, and sent MT. Hoover home l
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
sFRUTr r-A-TIVES" Made comalsee
 Cure S,k Stcnush TrcubIe

Moultonville, Carroll O.. N. H.
 ssAn account I read about Fruit a-tives' or Fruit Liver Tahlets in one of our newspapers prompted me to try this remedy.
 I was all run down and work was burdensome owing to Indigestion and Fullness, due to gas on my stomach which caused me to belch & good deal. My heart seemed to be affected.
 It was two years ago that l was in this condition and began the use of Fruit a. ti7es'. Even though the trouble had been of a few years standing, the use Of Fruit-a-tives' proved the very remedy required. I was freed of the Indigestion, which attributed to my heart :; and I can conseientiously recommend Fruit -a-tiveS' as 6 remedy of merit.
 Ms, FRANK ". WALLACE
 6oc. 8 box, for S2.5e, trial size 25c. G< dealers or from FRUIT T-A-TIVES Limited. OGDENSBURGs ", Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
BATTLE GROUND
 FOR RESOLUTION
Senate Once Again Scene of Struggle For
 Peace.

Washington, April 10-With the adoption by the House of the joint resolution declaring the war with Germany at an end, the Senate today again became the battle ground for peace"
 Both Republican and Democratic leaders expressed the measure to be taken up there without great delay, probably Monday.
 Opposition to the resolution from those who have fought so bitterly for the adoption of the Versailles treaty was assumed, but opponents of the treaty and the League of Nations were confident its passage would be obtained with considerably more than a majority and that the affirmative vote would include a fair percentage of Democrats, as was the case in the House.
 The resolution was adopted late yesterday by the House, PAP to 150 l Only two Republicans joined the Dem l ocratic forces, while 22 Democrat 1 broke away from the minority ranks 1 An attempt earlier to have the reso- 1 lution reconmitted to the committed i on foreign relations was decisiveIs | checked, 222 voting to keep tht l measure in the form laid out by it! l supporters against I'll to recommit ] Much of the war time Legislation 1 would be wiped out by provisions O 1 the resolution but the motion that i l be sent back to the committee pro vided for it's re-drafting in such man 1 her as to wipe out all the war tim
 measures and powers granted tn president.
 Immediate passage of the rese1u 1 ton by the Senate after it is ca,lle, up there was not looked for. It wa l recognized that it's opponents woul l make a sharp fight and it was an I ticipated that oratorical effort woul
 be supplemented by the use of all tn
 preliminary skill possible to block tn
 measure or divert it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
WIFE DIvoRCEs HALLIDAY.

William A. Halliday, a former real estate operator whose dealings finally landed him in jail two years ago, was the defendant in divorce proceedings heard before Judge Curtis in the su- perior court yesterday. The court heard the petition of Lois Irving Hal Iiday and granted her a divorce on the ground of desertion. The couple were married in 1908 and the deser- ton is alleged to have taken place in 1916
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
HIIh TO SUCCEED BENNETT.

It was announced yesterday that F. c. Hill, a former Bridgepoter and a r. M. c. A. worker overseas, will succeed F. A. Bennett as secretary of the Manufacturers Association. MT. Bennett, who has held the posi- ton for the past F years, retired to go in partnership with B. E. Seeley in the business of furnishing electro plate supplies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10

Annie Hughes, the English come dienne, who has many American ar tistic triumphs to her credit, sails next month for a visit to London, the scene of many of her wonderful sue cesses. She returns to Broadway for next season, however. She recently acted in 'rHanlet,'' and 'FThe Tragedy of Nan"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10

Ethel Wright, the dramatic actress who has been in vaudeville as the leading woman with Rose Coghlan in | "Forget-me-not'' has been discharged completely cured. She now returns to the dramatic profession.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10

Georges Plateau, now speaking the English language and rated the most brilliant French actor on the Ameri- can stage, will be seen in a series of French plays for matinee purposes next season while continuing his ste1- lar engagement as an English speak ing actor.
Williams news., 1920-04-23


 absence of an agricultural agent in Yavapai County in ex- tending the work in that county.
 MT. Gilchrist visited Rodent Leaders K. M. Fisher, c. E. Reno, Isaac Rogers and E. F. Fribley during the month and worked out plans for the spring campaign with the leaders and the agricultural agents in Ora ham, Cohise, Pima, Maricopa, Yavapai and Coconino counties.
 The convention of the Cohise- sociation with six hundred members was attended by MT. Gilchrist at Wilcox, Arizona, on April 2-3 and a talk on the rodent work was given before the convention. This associa- tion promises to be one of the strongest co-operators from this time on and MT. Gilchrist states that he is looking forward to the complete extermination of the prairie dogs from Cohise and Graham counties before June3O, 1920. The associa-- tion passed resolutions endors- ing the work as have many other farmer and livestock association of the state.
Williams news., 1920-04-23

eases.
 S Twelve men worked on horseback distributing poison for prairie dogs on the range of the Chiricahua Cattle Com. pany. This is the largest cat tle outfit in Ariz ona with about 10000 head ranging in Cohise, Graham and Greerlee counties.
 In the cultivated fields where pocket gophers were being des- troyed it was found that as soon as spring irrigation began the gophers in the field, work bur- vows along the ditch banks and borders of the field. Culti- kvation of the land in the fields also tended to drive the gophers to the borders. Continued batting had to be kept up to get satisfactory results in combat ing gophers in the orange groves of the Salt River Valley.
 County Agricultural Agents Fillerup, Chisholm, Heard, Longstreth, Brown, Adamson and Ballantyne cooperated in handling the work in their res pective counties.
 The Yavapai Chamber of Commerce co-operated in the
Williams news., 1920-04-23
Serial No. O4597S

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United States Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona, Apr. 8, 1920 TO WHOM TT MAY CON- CERN
 Notice is hereby given that David H. Ritter, whose post office address is Williams, Ari- zona, has this 22nd day of March 1920, filed in this office his application to enter under the provisions of the act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat, 52D, the following described tract of land: NEASEA, EHNW14- SEA-, NW14SEASEAt of Sec tion 32s; and NWMNWA- SWA of Section 33, Township 22-North, Range 3-East, Gila 6 Salt River Base 6 Meridian, Arizona, containing 80 acres,
Williams news., 1920-04-23

as additional to. his Homestead Entry, Phoenix Arizona Serial O14809, made June 29, 1911. The purpose of this notice is to allow all persons claiming adversely the lands described, or desiring to show it to be min eral in character, an opportun- ity to file objection to the ap, plication. Any and all persons so claiming adversely or desir- ing to object for any reason to the disposal to applicant of the above described lands, should file their afidavits of protest in this office on or before May 24, 1920.
 CHAS. E. MARSHAL, i
 Register. First publication "A, l6, 20. Last Publication: 5, IA, 20. I
Williams news., 1920-04-23
RODENT WORKERS
 RING BELL AGAIN

March was another banner month n the rodent killing cam paign in Arizona.
 D. A. Gilchrist, state director of the rodent work in Arizona has just filed a report of the months accomplishments with the Agricultural Extension Ser, vice of the University and with the Bureau. of Biological Survey at Wilmington. It is under these organizations that this very effective work is being prosecuted.
 The report shows that 524 farmers and stockmen cooper ated withthe work this month in killing prairie dogs, pocket go- phers, kangaroo rats and squir rels. The work was done in the following counties: Apache. Navahoe, Coconino, Yavapie. Maricopa, Yuma, Pima, Cohise. Greenlee, and Grahm counties.
 Poisoned grain prepared after the formula of the U. 8. Bio logical Survey to the amount of 889l quarts were used in the work and 66,682 acres were treated. From 75 to 100 per cent of the rodents on the treat ed areas were killed.
 Among the items of interest reported in connection with the work are noted that in prairie dog poisoning prebaiting with imprisoned grain prior to spreading the poisoned grain gives best results in certain