davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

we stood that might once have been an old well
and was partially filed with rubbish. Suddenly
] found myself thrust into it, My uncle and
mother had pushed me in there and they were
fnging rubbish over me.
"There / stayed until dawn, the shouting and
cursing of the men ringing out through the night.
When dawn came was dragged out Of the hole
by my mother, who told me that many OF the
young girls had been taken away to be slaves
and that many others were dead.
"The guards, half drunk as they always were,
started us off. Then came endless days OF wan
dering, marching and on, until we entered the
desert, that barren waste that comes to me now
in the nights; that place Of torture that nearly
drives me mad.
"One night in the desert Il was dark. There
was no moon and the guard drunk, but tired of
ill-treating the women, needed new amusement.
One brutal soldier suggested that as the night
was dark light would be pleasant II was that
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

darted forward to get it, The instant her
hand touched that morsel of bread shot was
fired and she fell over dead. A roar of laughter
went up from the guards, and they began game
of batting us, throwing scraps Of food within easy
distance, and yet no one dared reach out for it.
at was not until two days later that we
camped outside village of Turks. We were
famished and our throats parched We were on
our way to Aleppo where some Of us were to be
sold into slavery.
''That night in the distance we heard a great
noise of shouting and light from torches burst
upon us. We knew the Turks from the village
were coming. They were drunk and the soldiers
encouraged them. There was hole near where
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
Vera Looks Today Standing with Her SoderRescuer
Private Marshall Mays, of the 35h Division, A. E. +.

collapsed She had seen her husband burned and
suddenly as we went along she dropped down
When | leaned over her she was dead.
"All this time had escaped the notice Of the
guards, for at night my mother would dig in the
sand with her hands and bury me, leaving just
enough space for me to breathe. But now she
was getting too weak to do this. She was al
ways telling me: Hide, my daughter, hide Hide
deep. Better die first. Better de And then
enc night we were digging the hole she fell
ever and died in my arms.
"That night put on the clothes of my young
boy cousin, crept to the outside Of the group and
fell face down in the sapd A soldier came by,
kicked me, grunted out that there was one more
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
Old Shoes as Wallpaper

n RoBABLY, when you throw your old shoes
r. in the dustbin, OF give them to passing
tramp, you believe their life is practically
over. The tramp may wear them for bit. or 1t
is conceivable that part Of the leather is used
again for the manufacture of cheap slippers or
shoes But that is far your imagination
carries you. Don't be startled however. if you
are told that your old shoes are now doing duty
as wallpaper
Extraordinary as IL may seem, IL is neyerthe-
less fact that manufacturers OF wallpaper buy
up quantities Of old Shoes These are thor
oughly cleaned from every scrap OF dirt and then
taken apart. all the nails and threads are re-
moved and the leather that is left is ground into
a fine pulp. Those stamped leather Wallpapers
which have attracted your fancy are only ordinary
thick papers which have been covered over with
a layer of leather pulp-old shoes IN tact. En-
boSsed leather paper is very fashionable for pa
pering libraries and dining rooms. The better
The class of leather the better will 1t take the
gold color with which 1t is SO often decorated.
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

blessing il was that he came here, for it means
that he is today alive, instead Of having been
slaughtered by the Turks.
"Our family consisted of my mother and
father, sister, aunt uncle, and two young cousins,
happy, peaceful people For years we had been
prosecuted by the Turks in minor ways, but those
things one bears as best she can.
"Then the war broke out. Early one morning
in October, 1915, the family was sitting down to
breakfast when two Turkish policemen entered
the house. Unless you are an Armenian you can
spoke pleasantly to us. Such an attitude for
bodies worse things than roughness. We were
told that all the men, women and children were
to gather in the square to hear certain news pro-
claimed. Under the eye Of the police we went to
the square. 1t was packed with people. Turk
ish police were everywhere.
"Then the commandant of that section got on
a platform and announced that all of the young
men, married or single, and all of the young boys
from IL years up to go to certain place.
There they were to be examined to see if they
were physically fit for the army. They would be
permitted to return to their families before being
called out for service.
"There was nothing to do but obey, and with
in 20 minutes all of the younger men and boys
were on their way to the appointed place some
little distance away. None but women, children
and old men were left in the square.
Suddenly there a thunderous roar,
great crack of musketry, and the police about US
burst into laughter. Then we in the square
knew what had happened. Our men folks had
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
of Which Vera Karagheusans surerngs Were Survival

pig gone, and went on and so for nights playes
tricks like that on them.
"Then rowing bands Of Arabs began to sur
round us, stealing the women for the slave mar
ket. And one night when went to well for
water suddenly felt grip on my shoulder
was caught. | was dragged away by my captor.
and that was the last ! saw of that unhappy pano
now reduced 20 200.
"What was going TO happen to met / did
not know. / did not care. had no hope except
that some day might find my brother John.
But how could 1? Hoe | ives half dead and q
captive and he was IN America How could 3.
know what had happenedl
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
Girauds Painting he Slave Market" Pictuing the

been taken away from us. Within three-quarters
of hour from the time they were ordered to
the other street, all had been shot dead
what next? That the question whis-
pered among us. What would they do 10 us?
"It was then that the man who had ordered
our fathers and brothers to leave the square told
us he had found the men too weak for the army,
therefore useless and best killed outright. We
were to march on to the next town. spend few
days there and then return.
ave started, the young, the old, the sick and
thn well 10000 all told. We started on a march
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
Vera Karagheusian, from Photograph Taken
After Her Escape from Slavery.
BY Nina Marbourg

IT is long step from the unspeakable horrors
Of an Arab slave market to the environment
Of charming American romance, but there is
one young woman in Minneapolis who has taken
IL. Her name is Vera Karagheusan. On her
right hand is a cruel brand which she will carry
10 the grave II is the indelible insignia of
slave. And today it is counterbalanced by the
solitaire which sparkles the third finger of her
left hand
A few days ago Vera arrived IN New York
from Turkey. She was then on her way TO Min
neapolis to rejoin her brother john dealer in
Oriental rugs. Accompanying her was United
States soldier, Marshall Ingalls, Mays Of Topeka,
Kansas, who went overseas with the S5th Divi-
sion. After the armstice Priv. Mays was sent
to Beirut to assist in the relief work. And there
he found the little slave girl, Vera. Once she
had been buried alive by her own mother to save
her from the brutalities Of their Turkish guards
Later she had been captured and sold into slav-
cry. Then when the victorious British army was
marching into Jerusalem she saw an opportunity
10 escape and she fled to the British lines. And
there her troubles ended and the romance began.
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

night my uncle died.
They took him with a
dozen more old men,
tied them in groups
Of four or six each,
poured oil over them,
and then applied the
match. The next day
on the road my aunt
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

not Of a day but Of months.
and not many survived TO
tell Of that march, and some
of those who did survive
have lost their minds.
"All the rest Of the day
we marched. At night we
came to a halt in the open
although it had begun to
rain. We had no food and
the children were crying.
The guards erected tents
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

for them selves,
built fires under
the shelters and
cooked themselves
food. There they
sat eating and
drinking. And there
we huddled togeth-
er, 10000 of us,
out in the rain, our
men dead, the chill
dren crying, our
sick dying.
"a Turkish guard
eating under his
shelter threw a
piece Of bread on
the ground not far
from us. One moth
er, mindful Of the
hunger Of her child,
Evening journal., 1920-04-14

elasping the hand Of the big Amer
ican soldier to whom she owed so
much.
my father was prosperous
merchant" she began, "and in
1915 our family lived in much
happiness in the Province Of silva.
Two years before that my brother
John had come to America. 1t was
the first break in the family tie,
but i know today how great a
Evening journal., 1920-04-14
The Slave Girls Story

For a girl barely out of her teens Vera
Karagheusan has lived through horrors which,
IN pre-war days. scarcely could have been COM
pressed into a century of atrocities. Even after
her escape from slavery she not safe. There
were days and nights during her journey from
Arabia to the sea coast when Priv. Mays had to
guard her with drawn revolver from Turks who,
recognizing the brand on her hand, tried to re-
claim her for the slave market.
Perhaps it was only natural at time like
that for the liberated slave girl to cling for pro-
lection to the big, brawny soldier from Kansas.
Today there is another reason. Priv. Mays has
received his honorable discharge from the United
States army, but he isn't going back to Topeka.
He is bound for Minneapolis instead and he is
going into the Oriental rug business as the part
ner of Vera's brother He is being taken into the
6rm. but that is only part of his reward. 1t is
wbspered that just Vera grows
rnstomed to her new surroundings and has fully
recovered from the hardships she endured as a
slave. another and more interesting partnership
is TO be formed
Before leaving New York for her new home
IN Minneapolis, Vera told the story of her re-
markable adventures. She sat at the Near East
Relief Headquarters on Madison avenue tightly
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

IbRINK'A GLASS
OFREAL HOT J! WATER !.
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
ssavoe yse will both look and feel
selean, sweet and fresh
end avoid illness. r.

Sanitary science has of late made
! rapid strides with results that are of
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application of its untiring research
: isithe Recommendation that 1t is as nee
essary to attend to internal sanitation
/ of sthe drainage system of the human
body as it is to the drains of the house.
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache. stuffy from u cold,
/ foul tongue nasty breath, acid stOm-
( ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the siuices of the sys.
TEN each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone; whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot wa
ter with teaspOonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the stom-
ach, liver and towels the previous
days indigestible waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweet
ening and purifying the entire aliment-
airy canal before putting more food in
I to the stomach.
The millions of people who are both
; cred with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness;
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and sickly compilations are
urged to get a quarter pound of. lime
stone phosphate from the drug store.
!. This will cost very little, but is suffi-
scient tos,make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject of internal SAM
tation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

Over at Manchester, Iowa, a slogan
has been adopted by the farm bureau--
"a Good Road by Every Farm Home. y
The members of the farm bureau have
made a careful survey of their COM
munity life and it was decided that all
their activities were dependent on the
road problem. A committee has been
appointed to look up and report on the
following kinds of roads: Gravel, rock,
cement or dirt. This committee will
also look into the financing and the
road laws. 1t is planned that the
roads in the consolidated school as
trict shall receive attention before win
ter sets in.
-[F]-. 81
Down at Knoxville the farmers were
rather pessimistic about the corn
crop, but now. they claim prospects for
a bumper crop are very flatterinS.
The corn fields of that community
have during the week received copious
rains and the corn crop is assured.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
DE PA RI M EN- T
THE NEWS OF THE FARMER AND BREEDER OF
=, PURE BRED LIVESTOCK

Rodney North, of section "a, Mil
ford township, was not at home the
day we called there, but we learned
that he was pasturing some 80 head
Of sheep and 40 head Of lambs, IS
spring pigs, and rs head of mixed cat
tie. He is working 800 acres of land,
and with the help of but one man is
Kept pretty busy. Mrs. North is a
daughter of Mr. Dingnlan, formerly
the druggist at Vail, who is now in the
same business at Glidden.
-[Fl-
w. X. (BilD Shaw has entered the
employ of the Odebolt Chronicle as
tieldman and fam news writer, and his
first weekly letter appeared this week.
Mr.. Shaw Is not a new man at the bus
mess, having acted in the same ca.
pacity for the Odebolt News for a num-
Der of years. EIe has many friends
and acquaintance over Sac county,
who will be pleased that he is again to
take up the field work.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED TO THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY

The writer had occasion to stop at
the Chas. Speck home at Goodrich CEN
ter last Thursday and was fortunate in
finding the proprietors at home. We
say "proprietors, . for the reason that
both Mr. ana Mrs. Speck take an equal
interest in the farm, and all the live
stock thereon. And we believe Mrs.
spcck knows as much about the pedi.
grees OF the fine hogs on the 'place as
does Mr.. Speck. We found her busy
Thursday oiling the cream separator
preparatory to separating the milk re-
ccivedF from nine cows. These cows
she milSs in about an hours time, and
seems to enjoy the work. When she
is not otherwise employed she looks
after $50 chickens; cans few red
raspberries; does her housework, and
If Chas. happens to have business
away from home, casts an eye now and
then at the hogs to see that they are
all right And in the meantime she
,, prepares lot of fine Poland China
meat by smoking it, and we found the
smoke house to be well filed with
choice hams and shoulders, and by the
way, we are having some of this fine
meat for dinner while the reader is
perusnG this paragraph. What sur
| prises us Is that some one else hasn't
located the Speck smoke house ere
this. Mr.. Speck has some ninety spring
pigs, 20 brood sows and 20 fall pigs, all
Poland China breed, and the pigs are
nice looking bunch. MastodOn De-
signer, the March pig purchased from
II. p. Saggau, is growing splendidly
and has every promise of making a
very large boar. Quartermaster, Mr..
Speck's older hog, will weigh at this
time about ], 900 pounds: He is very
active, doesn't show any signs of lame
ness at all. Chas. has just turned the
younger hogs on a fine field of alfalfa,
and has built new hog house that
furnishes ample shade, and protection
from the weather. He is devoting his
entire time to his herd, and expects to
have a good showing at'the county fair
this fall.
kullberg Bros, of section II and ID.
Stockholm, are two young farmers and
stockmen who are making go of the
stock business. They are now run
ming 80 head of mixed cattle, have a
splendid pasture with plenty Of shade
and lots of running water, and the
cattle are doing fine. They keep the
Duroc breed of hogs, and raised 100
spring pigs They have stock from
the herds of B. w. Hunt, Claude Nc
Donald, B. A. Sauelson & Son. This
spring they rebuilt their hog house,
and now have plenty of room with
ample light and air for their hogs The
farm comprises $50 acres, and this
year there are so acres in corn, G5 in
small grain and lots of hay land. The
boys have just purchased a new Case
separator of the 1886 size and this they
will Operate with big Mogul tractor.
Last Friday afternoon they were set
ting up new side delivery hay rake.
fiji
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
WHEAT GROWING COST
HIGH Il.

In 1919 the average cost of growing
wheat in the representative v heat dis
tricts was $2.15 per bushel. Ele figures
We're secured by the United Estates de-
partment OF agriculture field men who
visited hundreds of farms and made a
careful study of production 9 osts. 1t is
quite certain that the costs for the pres
ent crop of 1920 will be considerably
higher.
At a $2.11 price for the 1919 crop,
half of the farmers would have lost
money on their wheat. 1t iss estimated
by the experts who made the survey
that if price on the 1913 crop had
been fixed to allow wheat growers Il
reasonable profit on at le. list three
fourths OF the wheat produced, that
price would have had to be atbout $2.6G.
For the great bulk Of their crop. the
growers did not receive such Il price.
In the past week prices of wheat
for September delivery in Oh .cago have
ranged around $3.50. If sold, at that
price, the production cost survey lndi-
Gates that the bulk of the 1920 crop
would be sold without a fair profit and
much of it at actual loss. The 1920
costs OF production are expected to run
considerably higher than in 1919 be-
cause all items entering into crop costs
are much higher.
"a E-(Fl-
August Linke, formerly of Ida coun-
ty, is now living on the A. f. Siege
mann farm in section 20, Otter Creek
township. This farm contains $50
acres, is well improved, and Mr.. Linke
is doing well on the place. He has
been on the farm three years. and still
has lease for two years He recent
ly sold load OF hegs--36 head--that
averaged 406 pounds and for which he
received IA cents per pound. At this
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

!, While the automobile novices create
the most alarm on the road, it is the
experienced drivers that figure in the
most accidents.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

Being told that they must keep their
eyes open, a lot of folks obey the in
junction by watching the clock to see
if faint most quitting time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

Anyway the pleasure cars of Deni.
son must all be kept repaired, even if
the plOws, mowers and other imple-
ments of labor all get out of order.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

One of the good farmers up near
Schleswig, and one who was born on
the place he is farming today, is A. w.
Stegemann, of section 20, Otter Creek
township A.. Wi working 100 acres
and at this time has two hired men,
Hans Brodersen, q son of George Bro
dersen, has been with Mr.. Stegemann
for some time, and Roland Rowher, of
Schleswig, is helping hime during the
busiest part of the season. Besides
doing the work of the farm Mr.. Siege.
mann has the contract for the road
work in Otter Greek, and covers about
q quarter Of the township. He uses
n big Interstate tractor for the heavy
work, and a gasoline engine for the
power at the house. The roads in
his neighborhood are in good shape,
showing that he understands his bust.
ness. In livestock Mr.. Stegemann
has 1875 spring pigs, 20 brood sows,
and at times feeds a good many cat
tie. He recently shipped a load of
cattle and a load of hogs to Omaha.
In hogs he keeps the Poland China
breed and for his foundation stock he
went to John I'll. Andersen at Manila.
His hogs are of the big type Polands
and are nice lot In cattle Mr..
gus, and keeps the pure breed. His
best stock he purchased from Richard
Fuester, of Ida county. Mrs. Siege
mann has 500 chickens, and is caring
for milk from cows.
If I'LL .E
Mrs. Ed. Marquardt, who lives in
section SO, Otter Creek township, re-
ports that she had more than 100
chickens stolen from the place on Sun
day evening, July i. The Mar
quardts were entertaining company in
the afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Marquardt of Denison, being at the
place and late in the evening consider.
able noise was heard coming from the
vicinity of the chicken yard, and upon
investigation it was found that 100
chickens had been taken. Mrs. Mar.
ruardt had $50 altogether, and she
feels the loss quite keenly. Mr.. Mar
quardt is keeping 20 head of hogs this
season and also has quite a few cattle.
Six cows furnish enough milk to make
about 25 pounds of butter each week,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

1t is suspected that some of these
collegiate masterss-of i arts would not
know how to turn the horse collar to
get it over the neck Of Old Dobbin.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

. Some peoples idea of celebrating
Foot Comfort Week is to buy a pair OF
shoes three sizes too long and two
sizes too narrow. III
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

In some circles q mOtOrist is not
considered to have qualified as a sport
unless he gets fined regularly FOR
speeding. .st FL
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

Anyway it doesn't take so many days
to celebrate the nations birthday as in
the good old wet times. ~,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

; The people who won't rent houses
to families having babies have not yet
Offered any theory as to how the popu,
lation of the world is to be maintained.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

1t is almost impossible for the fac
tories to get machinery delivered for
the factories to get machinery deliv-
men to work on, but plenty of
engines are turned out for pleasure
cars. W a-. ID. ...." rHe. ~*i
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

1t is not probable that Mr.. Hoover
would refuse the gift of a bushel bas-
ket to hold all the college degrees he
is getting.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

Unfortuna( ely the overall parades
were mostly confined to the fashionable
streets, instead of ending in every.
body's back yard.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14

George Pulver, a prosperous farmer
and stock feeder near Earlville, has
shipped $4,000 worth of fat cattle
since April first, his last shipment
having been made during the last week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
Doctor Cupid

4Idb lOt0 6OILlSJl1lGS CIxCo Oto.
ease is a fact that has been called
to the attention of the public bya
prominent physician. Love is not,
however, the cure for all women.
Many a woman is nervous and
irritable, feels dragged down and
worn out for no reason that she
can think of. - sz /.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription gives new life and new
strength to weak, WORKOUT,
rundown women. 'Favorite
Prescription" makes weak women
strong and sick women well. It
is now sold by all druggists in the
United States in tablets as well
as liquid form.
BLAIR, NEBR.-vI think DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription fine tonic for
girls as well as grown women. My
daughter was in an extremely nervous
condition and suffered with irregu-
larity. Just half bottle of the Pre-
scription' cured her Of both the nerv-
BUSINESS and other trouble and proved
to be an excellent tonic besides.
vSeveral months afterwards,'I was
in q very nervous state and the half
bottle of : Prescription that my daugh-
ter had left I took and found it just
as efficient as in her case.n MRS.
L. H.. LoTHRoP, Eli +. Lincoln st.