davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
FIRE DESTROYS N. J. PIERS
Blaze Sweeping entire River Front
Loss viii Be Millions.

Loss viii Be Millions.
New York-The greatest FIRE New
York has ever known 10 sweeping the
entire river front on yae New Jersey
side Of the Hudson rivNr at Weehaw.
ken. The flames, which. started on a
pier OF the Erie railroad save already
destroyed all OF the piers 4. that COM
pany. and driven by northeast wind
are sweeping up the river.
The entire fire fighting forces Of
Weehawken. Jersey City and Huboken
have been massed at North Weehaw.
ken on the river front in an endeavor
to block the flames.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
Kansas Coal Mine Wrecked

Pittsburg. Kan.-The small mine NJ
the Burgess Coal company, one mile
south OF Mulberry, was wrecked by
two explosions The tipple was de-
stroyed and the mouth OF the s,ona
caved in by the explosions. which
were of terrific force.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
Armlstice Day Local holiday.

Washington-The resolution Of Con.
gress declaring Armistice day. Novem.
Der IL, legal holiday was signed by
President Harding. He is expected
soon to issue proclamation on the
subject
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10

Manila-The volcano Bulusan in
Sorsogan province 10 in eruption. ac-
cording to reports to the weather bu-
reau here. The volcano is pouring out
a column OF vapor and ashes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
Miners Returning to Work.

Springfield, Hl.-Reports on the
mine situation in Illinois were that
miners who were on strike are return
ing 10 work in compliance with in.
siructicns from state headquarters
here.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10

Bogota-Opposition IN the Colon.
hian chamber OF deputies to the ad.
imnistration of President Suaren
reached such point that President
SuareI decided 10 resign.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10

lodge in the entire society.
BE it further resolved that
money is herewith appropriated
for that purpose.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
Woman Slain by Divorced Husband.

Woman Slain BY Divorced Husband.
Peoria. nl-William Barr shot and
killed his former wife, Mrs Hazel
Barr. at her home. Twin children.
aged s. we're the only witnesses The
shooting Is said TO have occurred af-
ter Barr had been ordered from the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
First Payment of Rent.

1t would he hard to find exact rec
ords of the first rent paid. 1t is said
that when the Germans conquered
parts of Gaul. the land was parceled
out to chiefs, leutenants and private
soldiers In return the holders Of the
lands promised military service when
needed. Some Of the land was given
to favorites, who were allowed to pay
In money instead of service. and the
system was established. Rent was
certainly known in the days that Rome
hourished there being Latin names
Tor rent under long leasehold tenure !;
rent OF farm. ground rent. rent OF
state lands and the annual rent pay.
able for the right to the perpetual en-
Joyment of anything built on the sur
face of the land.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
WHERE CHILDREN
ARE STARVING

In Austria Hungary and Czecho-
Slovakia, there are 100000 War or
phans. Five thousand of these have
been wandering like animals in the
Ruthenian Mountains
In the Baltic Republics, there are
100000 orphans Many thousands will
be unable to attend school next win
ter for lack of shoes and other nee
essary clothing.
Poland has 100000 orphans, the
majority living in refugee camps in
stead of homes.
In Roumania there are 100000 or
phans.
Jugo-Slavia has 100000 some living
in devasted villages from which a
dults have fed
In Soviet Russia there are three to
four million orphans
These figures vouched for by a
Bulletin of the American Relief
Administration reveal a tragedy of
childhood probably unequaled in the
history of the world
Through the European Relief
Council, Herbert Hoover is asking
Americans to give $33,OOO,OOO with
which to save the lives of $500, 900
children, A contribution may be sent
to any Bank in Kentucky Address
Richard Bean, Kentucky Treasurer
European Relief Council
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
EXPERIMENT OF RAISING
POTATOES IN CALIFORNIA
PROVES A SUCCESS

They used to say you couldn't grow
potatoes in Escondido. And then,
when many ranches grew potatoes and
shipped them out by the carload, the
hard boiled" knocker said: well, at
least you can't grow fall potatoes, the
kind that will keep, around here" And
now comes A. f. Copeland who owns
a ranch two miles east of Esconddo
on Grand avenue, with an experiment
tai acre of potatoes planted in the fall
and now being dug, with some of the
finest vegetables of this kind ever put
into an oven-great, large potatoes
and averaging the size of mans fist.
Mr.: Copeland will have about 1875
sacks from his acre, and they are
simply wonderful in size and condi-
ton, as well as quality Mr.. Copeland
is selling some of his potatoes for
seed: He intends to put in big crop
of them next year. They are of the
Great Divide" species.-Escondido,
Calf, Times Advocate.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
RAISING BETTER
STOCK FAVORED
Widespread Public Interest in
Campaign For Improved
Livestock.

That there is widespread public in
terest in livestock improvement is
shown by the support accorded such
activities as cow-testing associations
poultry culling and the Better Sires
Better Stock campaign and similar
movements of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture On June 80
1920, cow-testing associations in the
United States numbered 467 a gain
OF 81 over the corresponding date in
1919. Bull associations increased dur
ing the same period from IS to 12O
The Better Sires-Better Stock
campaign, planned to bring about
Improvement in the average quality
of all classes of live stock. has been
well received On June 30, records
show. 2.O'S persons, owning approx.
imately 232 ,322 head of stock, hac
pledged themselves to use only pure.
bred sires and to follow methods oil
breeding leading to livestock i'm
provment. Statistical information
compiled from blanks filled out b,
persons participating i'll the campaign
shows clearly that purebred sres lead
to rapid Improvement of female stock
Comprehensive investigations now
are being made by the department to
learn definitely the principles OF
breeding which will make possible the
most economical production
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
&O[llU['','tKN'TaE'''''s'.''s' ' ~
s. : '....,,''.9,.''.1D5(0(DGE3ififs..x'
Once 'ino Awhile Your sBloodrAs
I" Clogs and Your Vitality
SG5 Runs Down i ssi ' s%ss5 N
THEN TAKE pEPTo.MANoAN.
You'll Pick UP Again Quickly.
With Plenty of Red Blood
"' Corpuscles. $50, i'5I

Physicians Nowadays lake aSIbiobd
test when ,yout are, run, down, They
count the red corpuscles in your
blood. IL these are too few they give
you tonic for your, blood. 1t happens /,
right along They are always lon ithe
lookout for indications of weak blood. I
Because they know when,
your blood is weak your resistance TO Y.
disease is low. Your vitality and en- !,
ergy, quickly run down. ,,r,e; 81,
4" You can tell when your blood is :
weak. You look pale, feel tired You !.
are not ill., but you don't feel right.
You don't want to, do things. That is, /,
the time to take the well-known, tonic n I,
,Pepo- Mangan. o-,-e "a
nPepto7 Mangan builds, red blood cor,
pusclessl Physicians have prescribed * y
Tor thirty years. - H.. a,eG 80.
Pepto Mangan is sold in liquid and
tablet form. The medicinal value is
exactly the same. Take either kind 81
you prefer. But be sure .you get the
genuine ,ePepto- Mangan -7"Gude,s.pe
The full name, Guides Pepto- Nam +,
gan" should be on the package-Ad-
vertisement.iY> SWBH 10 .r3yWES Il +
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
BLACKS IN SOUTH SEEK 1oywS
'Ha PROTECTION OF CITIES.

'oTuskegee, Institution. Ala Jan, 1Sol
AAMany negros are being driven out
Of the rural districts in the south by
lack of protection underi the law, the /
thirtieth Tuskegee Negro Conference,
asserted in declaration of policy adj
opted to-day at % the annual session.
here. u brs M .sttsrGq 1sd 10 ts9up
THE question of law and order, y!
the declaration added, sis one of the
most important things } which bconll
Germs the negro in the South. AS Stair
ed in our declarations of years ago.
this conference asks for negros only
what the courts above all agencies,
should giye-impartial justice If
negroes commit crimes, let them be
punished by the courts and not by
mobs" noe
The conference, which was found
ed by Booker T. Washington, COM.
mended to the negro race the move
ment to establish better racial rela7,
tons and Endorsed the work of the
interracial committee with the re-
quest that January %, be observed as
"lnterracial Sunday" Gu 9di n
Negro tenant farmers were urged
to grow theirsown foodstuff and pfac-s
tice enconomy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
GOODRICH RUBBER CO. CELE-
BRATES 5OTH ANNIVERSARY.

With the birth of the New Year the
b. r. Goodrich Company, of Akron,
Ohio, celebrated its golden anniver-
sary. Just fifty years ago December
81, DIR, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich
buiR small two-story factory in
Akron, and under DR.. Goodrich's
simple creed, Let MS make goods
destined for service."it has developed
to power in the rubber industry. To
commemorate the anniversary the B.
r. Goodrich Company has published
a book. THE Golden Year of Good
rich" which portrays the romance of
the rubber industry, its history and
what importance it has in the progress
and development of the world. The
book was written by Wilbur ID. Mes
bitt and illustrated by w. B. Binda,
famous Polish American painter
Advertising and Selling.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
LAST OF OLD FA-
NOUS GAIT HOUSE
Historic Hostelery of Louis
vile Will be Completely Raj
ed by March First.

Louisville, KY, Jan. 19.-With its
imposing drawing room where royalty
was received, and its famous ball
room, where the nineteenth century
bellies of Kentucky danced with the
SWANS of their day, dismantled,
Louisville's most imposing relic of
historic days, the Gait House, today
is nothing but a shell. Workmen EN-
ployed by contractors are getting the
interior in preparation for final raz-
ing of the walls to make way for a
modern commercial structure.
Standing at the corner of Main and
Second streets, and occupying the en-
tire block, the hotel for almost half
century was the center of Louis
vile and Kentucky's social life. There
the debutantes were introduced to
society and the distinguished visitors
entertained. Its lobby was one of the
most imposing of any hotel in the
country in the days when it was erect
ed. and its halls of the most spacious
But modern hotels. erected in dis
tant sections of the business district
took away business from the old hos
telry, and it was forced out of bust
ness last July. The building was sold
and plans made for modern COM
mercial building on the site.
Gait Residence Nearby.
The Gait House being RACED, how
ever, was not the first of its line.
Prior to 1884 there stood upon the
southeast corner of Main and Second
streets the residence of DIR. W. c.
Gait, one of Louisville's foremost cit
liens. History has it that the trend
of business to move westward from
where it had been established almost
from the time the city was merely a
trading post caused the decision of
number of citizens to attempt to coun-
teract the movement by erection fur
ther east of the finest hotel in the
country
In February 1884, these men formed
company, applied for charter, and
before the end of the next year had in
operation "The Gait House." the fame
of which endured for thirty years.
The hotel was described as the very
finest in the United States at the time.
Its appointments, it was said, were
equaled in no city in the country,
while the excellence of its cuisine. ac-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26

cording to a writer as late as 1919,
was indicated by the fact almost every
day guests were treated to bear meat,
venison steaks. wild turkey, grouse,
pheasants. quail and sea food in the
greatest variety.
Marked With Tragedy.
The history of the hosiery was
marked by tragedy in the thirties The
particulars were written in court re-
cords of Harrodsburg and concern
the trial on change of venue of
Judge" and DR.. Wilkinson. of Miss
issipp, who killed one Rothwell and
one Meek The slayers were brothers.
Current history fails to disclose the
difficulty. but says they were acquitted.
In April 1912, Charles Dickens was
a guest. He afterwards wrote, that it
was a splendid hotel where he had
been lodged as handsomely as if he
had been in Paris.
March 30. 1851 a former secretary
of the treasury James Guthrie, was
the guest of Louisville citizens at a
complimentary dinner in the Gault
House.
Four years later, September 20. 1862
it was the scene of another tragedy in
which General William Nelson was
shot and killed instantly by Brigadier
General Jeff c. Davis during per-
sonal alienation.
The original structure was destroy
ed by fire in 1865, two guests losing
their lives. The property loss was es-
timated at 100000.
In the spring of 1869 more splen-
did structure was erected. This is the
building now being RACED and within
its walls were lodged such noted men
as Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian pat
riot; Grand Duke Alexis, son of the
Gar of Russia; President Grant, on
his return from his tour of the world /;
Elps Randolph, Coils p. Huntington,
General Echols. and George E. Evans
railroad officials; Horace Greeley,
President Hayes. President Roose-
welt, Senator Carlisle, Senator Black
burn, and Senator Voorhees,.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
WASTED LzNaBB 4 EHREEST E6SS7NDullN
ON FARM, DECLARES VETERAN
Property Valuation Can Be Doubled By Proper Utilization Of
Soil in High-Grade Agri cultural bistfictsEveh " "
Fence Alignment May Save Acres. q Noh

"Stannard. on the next farm. has
offered me acres of land next to the
line fence for 5000 an acre. | need
more land, and I've half notion to
take the offer"
The Sunday quiet and the warm
spring sunshine had lured the farmer
and his visitor to a perch on the top
rail of the cow-lane fence, where they
fell into discussion of United States
DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture reports.
The visitor thought for a moment
while his eyes roved across the fiat
farm land before them.
why pay $2OC an acre?" he inquir-
ed finally. why not buy the few
acres you need from a man who can
sell it to you for shalf as much"
Land Gets Full Price.
"One hundred dollars an acre for
farm land in this country? | guess
not! Pete, you don't know farm values
out here. Back in your New England
hills. you may find land as cheap as
that. but you can't buy rod of till
able land in this section without pay
ing the full price for i'll"
He laughed as he said: IF you can
nllu dCTtS lOI Sdle III tiliS toWuSihp
at the price you mention, I'll buy it
provided it is within 3 miles of my
home"
CLOSER than that" said the New
England lander cheerfully. I'm fact,
you're standing on part of it right
now-sitting on it, | mean"
But this is mine already"
"Of course" retorted the other.
man. You can sell yourself few acres
Its your COW lane and you're the
hrst-class farm land at 500 an acre
less for some of it, herhaps. bought
a few acre from myself last spring
after | had learned HON simple the
transaction was"
The farm owner laid firm hand on
his friends broad shoulder
Quit talking riddles" he warned.
"and come out with the story or I'll
tip you off into the nettles"
You can get all the land you need
by making your wasted land produc-
tive You own the wasted land, and
you can buy 1t irom yourself at the
price of making it tilable; that's what
! MEAN"
'Brt the waste land on this farm
can't be made productive There's
only an acre CT so III that story hi,i-
[ * aver there and I'm even getting
cas- n returns fror: that by planting
cherry trees amclg the stoncs!'
81 didn't say waste land;' | said
wasted land" the other reminded
him. Waste land is land made un-
profitable by nature; wasted land is
productive land that man himself has
failed to make use Of That's the diff
ference.
The size of your farm business has
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
PARAGUAYANS TAKES
THEIR TEA THROUGH
ORNAMENTAL TUBES.

The natives of Paraguay in drinkl
ing tea, do not pour 1t from a teapot
into cup, but I'LL a, goblet with. the
beverage and then STICK ii through 4
long, ornamental tube lH bus ~
y THE. former is generally made out
'of a long, reed, but with the upper
classes it is often made OF solid silver
Both reed and gourdu are richly carvr
ed ibbh 10 .1ns11 3imuiI I'm I'm
1.-The, natives say that this tea is an
excellent remedy for rheumatism, and
chemical tests which have been made
by physicians, seem to show that there
is a good ground for this sta tenient.I
Detroit Newssrl m lo' ,ir3ng 9dt
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
Hss388tya&13
v..4seAs;4I1sKB|l 2a.EQys.-

The Dairy Division, United States
Department ief rAericufture, vSdvises a
larger use OF sweet cream butter, be-
cause of its tsefter keepbiH qvhlityO
The United States Navy is large
consumer Of this kind of butter, made
aecordingoto the Navy SPECIFICATIONS
ftomI WI iiidae 4 or sweet ,creSnng irr
stead of ffoti theF Cream Vfipened 10
sourness, of which most creamery
butter,is made, For, several years. pa st
il has been the practice of the Navy
DEPARTMENT TO Contract for butter
made or sweet cream in large amounts
to supply the off GERS and sailors This
bbutter,is packed under the supervision
of the, Dairy, Division of the United
States Department Of Agriculture
During the war, The personnelsof the
Navy being enlarged, much greater
quantity of butter was needed -sToN
The principal reason the Navy de-
sires sweet cream butter is that, il
butter supply is made during the sum
mer months, It is necessary TO put
some Of it in cold storage in order to
have enough for winter and in the
course of time it develops various
more or lessoundesirable' favorsi due
to long storagel Butter made from
sweet cream does notirdeyelop such
havors for much longer time, if, at
all. Many months after j, has been
made it is equal to fresh butter, pro-.
vided it has been kept under proper
conditions; hence sweet cream Butter
is especially suitable for shipping to
distant countries, and for long voya
ages. ,iL4,,
Sweet cream butter is gradually
coming into wider favor in the domes-
tic market, the Department of Agri7
culture says, because some consumers
prefer it. 1t has not so pronounced a
flavor as ordinary butter, but it has
mild creamy flavor which is pleas
ing.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
THE TOBACCO
GROWERS PROBLEM.

Congressman Cantrilrs suggestion
to the tobacco growers that the ware
houses be closed for ninety days, was
overriden at the meeting of the grow
ers at Lexington. The suggestion was
impracticable because most of the
growers in Central Kentucky are ten
ants, and the money derived from to-
bacco is all they have to live on.
They have TO sell because they must
have the money, whethr il is little or
much To carry out Mr.. Cantrilps
plan it would be necessary for Central
Kentucky growers to borrow money
for ninety days. and there is not
enough money in the banks OF Central
Kentucky to finance such a PROPOSE
ton, even il the bankers were inclined
to loan it,
There was another proposition in
volved in Mr.. Cantri1s suggestion,
and that was a coercion of the Big
Four" to pay more for the crop than
they wanted to. with the threat of no
crop next year. This is a very diff
cult problem, when it is considered
that even at the present apparently
low prices of tobacco, it is bringing
more than it did before the war.
The growers. however, did adopt at
meeting the suggestion made by the
Seventh District Congressman to cut
out the tobacco crop this year. We
do not believe that this will be adj
hered to, because there is a certain
class of people who have to raise
tobacco for living. The acreage will
undoubtedly be cut, and that will be
done because there are no longer such
enormous profits in sight.
The inferior crop of hurley is large
ly due to an attempt to raise more
than could be properly cared for, and
cut in the acreage will doubtless re-
suit in a better grade of the weed.
Our advice to the growers is to
raise only as much tobacco as can re-
ceive the very best attention Raise
good tobacco or raise none.-Eliza-
BEETHOVEN News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
NEVER PAID ANY FARE
Globe Trotter Has Travelled 100000
Miles Without a Ticket.

Having Travelled 100000 miles with
out the payment of cent for steam
ship or railroad fare. Frank Clark, a
globe trotter, has arrived in San d.
ego, Cal. where he is preparing for a
journey through Mexico. Clark ar
rived in San Diego from New York
city. having made the trip across the
continent In two weeks.
Forty years ago, at the age of six
teen, Clark was newsbOy on the
BOwery in New York city.
ut Is easier to get along In Eu-
rope" Clark said, than In the United
States. Over there fellow, who is
broke can sit on the steps of pal
ace and nobody will bother him. Let
wayfarer here light fire at some
crOss-road and the town constable
will kick over his stewpan. draw two
guns on him and the judge will give
him 30 days."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
SEEMING DUCKS X
F! BY ARPLANE
BY John Edwin Hogg in the
February Popular Mechanics
Magazine.

Catching wild waterfowl alive by
seining them out OF the sky with nets
carried through space by an airplane
this is the royal sport recently indulg-
ed by a trio of sportsmen above the
rice fields of the Sacramento Valley
in California. They needed live wild
ducks, geese, and brant, for use as
decoys when the hunting season open
ed, so they rugged up an airplane with
two halibut .trammel nets, and pro-
ceeded to sein the wild fowl out OF
the skies.
With crew OF three men. the plane
was flown from San Francisco to
Willows where the wild fowl are so
numerous that they are a pleague.
Two large steel hoops were made.
and fitted between the wings OF the
airplane, and from these hoops two
nets were strung These nets are fun
nel-shaped. and in the small end of
each a circular piece of canvas was
placed
When the airplane is on the ground
the nets hang Imply between the
wings. but as Don as il gets into the
air, the rush OF air through the nets
and against the piece of canvas at the
small end holds them straight out
their full length. The airplane was
fitted with heavy propeller strong
enough not to break when flying
through flock OF fowl
In three days of flying more than
800 ducks and geese were caught i'll
this manner. From this number the
sportsmen selected so of the kind
they wanted-mallards pitfalls, teal
and Canada geese. Only the young
birds were retained, and the remand
err were liberated.
For genuine thrills and sport, net
ting wild fowl in the air makes other
outdoor sports pale into insignifi
canoe The ducks cannot outfly. but
can easily outmaneuver an arplane.
In consequence. catching desired
bird in the nets called for acrobatic
flying that has seldom been seen since
the armistice was signed. 1t was moth
ing uncommon for the birdmen to