davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Press., 1921-12-22
HOLLAND

Jack Romano is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Mitchell
 Dr. Harris w. Price of Maiden, Mass, is the guest of his parents, MT and Mrs. Lewis B. Price.
 Miss Bernice Hall of the Williman- tic normal school spent the weekend with her parents, MT. and Mrs. l.. Err nest Hall.
 Mrs John |. Rhodes, who is a pa tient in the Hartford hospital, is do- ing nicely, and will be brought home this week.
 Miss Katherine Bartlett, a teacher in East Granby and Miss Margaret A;Qa tt, sr +restner III Ellington, spent the weekend with their parents, MT. and Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett.
 The Hicks primary room, taught by Miss Lena Adams, has been awarded the best attendance banner for the month of October. All the schools of the town contest for this banner. |, The Sunday school of the Federated church will hold their exercises in the church Sunday evening. The pro- gram will consist of a pageant, enti- tied, "It Shall Be to All Peoples"
 A number from this place attended the junior prom of the Rockville high school last Friday evening. Miss Bes- sic Ludlow was in the play, and Mrs. William B. Ludlow was one of the patronesses.
 M. Raymond Steele of Ellington, son of MT. and Mrs. John H. Steele of this place was operated on Monday for appendicitis at the Manchester Hos pital. His many. friends wish him a speedy recovery.
 | There will be a community Christ mas tree and entertainment in the Community house Saturday evening. The offering for the Near East Relief fund will be taken up at this enter sainment.
 At the White school, taught by Miss Ruby Bowler, the Christmas exercises will be held Friday evening. The pro- gram will consist of dialogues, recita- tions and music There will be a Christmas tree. Home made candy will be for sale, the proceeds to be used for the victrola cabinet. - Miss Olive Stone and Miss Lena Adams, teachers in the Hicks Memo rial school will hold their Christmas exercises this Thursday afternoon at Ills in the school hall. The program will consist of dialogues, recitations, and singing. The program will be followed by a Christmas tree.
 Gustave F. Flechsig, "A, of Rock vile, died on Monday at the Lutheran Old Folks Home in Southbury after l cling i'll week with pneumonia. He was born in Weildeufels, Germany, August s, 1847, and came to the United States at the age of 20 and located in Holyoke, Mass. He came to Connect icut when 40 years old and located in Holland and twelve years ago went to Rockville. Two months ago he en- tered the old folks home. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the undertaking rooms of the E. H. Preston Go. Rev. F. w. Often, pastor of the West Main street German Luth- eran church officiated Burial was in Holland cemetery.
The Press., 1921-12-22


 There will be a Christmas tree and entertainment at the church on Satur- day evening. All are invited.
 c. F. Gage has removed the boiler of Thomas Harmon's mill, from lot near West Dudley to l.. M. Reeds lot w. F. Maine resumed saving on l.. M. Reeds lot this week.
 The Ladies Benevolent association will have bean supper and social at the town hall, Thursday evening De- cember 29. There will be an enter tafnment and sale of homemade can dy. The social was postponed at the time of the ice storm and takes the place of the usual Christmas social, proceeds to pay the expenses of the Christmas tree The committee in charge, are: Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Nell son Horton, Mrs. George KostuT, Miss Nellie Burleson, Mrs. Ruth Bradway and Mrs. George Heck. Ladies are invited to bring cake.
The Press., 1921-12-22
cuekoos and cowhlrds.

There are few birds that lay their eggs in the nest of other birds, the latter being of entirely different spe- cies or even families. says the Amer can Forestry Magazine. The nestlIngs Of such species are reared by their foster parents. The cuckoos of the old world have this habit while in America it is the cowbird which Is the guilty one. In either case only a single egg is deposited and the young cuckoo. as it grows. manages to push the rightful occupants off the nest, be. ing fed by it's parents until It is ready to shift for itself.
The Press., 1921-12-22

SEN Bert s. Chanee, R. F. D., 1, for CoEumbia Pope, Miami. or D&vim made Hievcfes Also the Tohn@on mokoF wheel. that will make your Bicycle fm- fo d twin cylinder MOt0Fbtk@ that will wn 60 miles for 10 cents
The Press., 1921-12-22
ASHFORD
Westford

George Smith is putting all new windows in the HuntIey house.
 Clarence Barlow started on his Un- ion job of logging for William Maine & Son on Monday.
 Mir. Amara Warner, a blacksmith from Moosup, has leased the black smith shop and started to work this week.
 Miss Tina Curtis, who has been very i'll was taken to the Johnson hospital Monday Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery.
 Warrenville
 Mike Metsack went to New London on business on Saturday.
 Mrs. B. L.. James and family motored to Hartford on Wednesday.
 Morgan Brewer, horseshoer for B. H. Gardiner, has been i'll the past week.
 Herbert Brown still remains in the employ of Henry Church at the latter's homestead here.
 William Whitehouse has been work ing in Abingdon this fall and has made his trips daily by auto.
 The regular meeting of the grange was held on Wednesday evening. In- stallation of officers will soon take place.
 Despite the heavy rain of the morn ing, Sunday services were held as usual. Mrs. George Albee of Mount Hope led the c. E. service.
 The monthly teachers meeting was held at the local school on Wednesday Besides Supervisor A. w. Greer, there was also present Clifford S. Brownell state supervisor of athletic training.
 More state road is being construct ed i'll Mansfield, connecting us with Willimantic. Some day a state road running east and west will then be built through this village, and Ash ford will then be we'll connected for motorists with all parts of the coun-
The Press., 1921-12-22
UNION


 John Sedlak and Michael Putek are cutting timber on one of George H. Meyers lots.
 Miss Florence Barrows of Connect icut college, New London, came home, last Friday, for the Christmas vaca- tion.
 Miss Annie Sedlak of Stafford Springs and Miss Mary Sedlak of Staffordville were at home for the weekend.
 The Ladies Benevolent association is responsible for needed repairs which are in progress, on the inside, of the parsonage, this week
 Even yet after some snow, and a great amount of ice, we hear of dan delion blossoms, and also pussy wil- low buds, that have opened out-of- doors.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange was held last Friday evening. A rather novel program was presented during lecturers hour, in which all joined heartily.
The Press., 1921-12-22
THE HOWARD STORE
Christmas
 Gifts

As usual, at this season of the year, our store is filled with a variety of merchandise that is es- peciaIIy suited to aid you in the selection of practi- cal Holiday Gifts that will prove very appropriate and acceptable. s Om e. thing can be found here that will please each mem Der of the family.
The Press., 1921-12-22
n AAInjnh Ad

sWanfed to Ruy fa,w good sizec mnBsG Must be reaxural'Ie." Who ever saw n reasonable mules
The Press., 1921-12-22

The annual Christmas entertain ment is to he held on Friday evening in the Social hall beginning at 7.30 o'clock. Preparations are now com plete and general invitation is ex- tended to all to be present.
 School closed here last week, until after the holidays. The teachers, Miss Bessie Buker and Mrs. Armstrong, have gone to their respective homes. Miss Buker has gone to Lisbon Falls, Maine, and Mrs. Armstrong to Boston, Mass
The Press., 1921-12-22
]. RELANGER & SON

The finish we put on our shoe repair work is equal in every detail to factory finish. As long as the uppers of your shoes are in good condition, we can guarantee regular factory job of sole ing and heeling. Not even a shoe ex- pert could tell the difference from factory soles and heels.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
ANCIENT MOVING PICTURES,

The primary fact which makes the moving pic
ture possible is that the impression which an image
makes on the eye is retained for an appreciable time
after the object itself has disappeared. Pictures OF
the same object in slightly changed positions, fol
lowing each other in regular and rapid succession,
give the impression Of continuity and create the
illusion of actual motion. The moving picture as
We-know it is only a few years old. To the utiliza-
tor. OF facts long recognized, advanced photogra-
ply, lighting, and a number Of other things have
contributed. But the moving picture itself is by
no means a new thing. Long before the first pho
tographs were made, the impression of moving OBJ
jects was given BY the rapid exposure of carefully
drawn pictures, each a little different from it's pre-
decessor. This device was often used in children's
toys, and students of SCIENCE devoted considerable
study to the possibilities Of this form Of production.
80 W.: Griffith, the well known producer, says
that I,ucretius, a Roman physicist who lived So
Years before Christ, first recorded the scientific
principle Underlying. the moving picture. Through
the ages came other developments. DR.. Sellers of
Philadelphia Edward Muybridge, who ranged "a
cameras around a California race track, stretched
strings attached to their shutters across it, and thus
rnade+a running horse photograph itself in motion
frlese-Greene the Englishman; Edison, and LII
nn1ere, the Frerlchrnan all had a part. Jenkins, an
,efFnploye ofsthe US. treasury department, built the
FIRST projection machine. At the Atlanta exposi-
lion, people refused to pay admission until after
theyshad seen his moving pictures; they thought
them a fake.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
THE LEGION AND POLITICS.

Stewart Edward White thinks that the Ameriz-
can Legion faces greater dangers in keeping out of
politics thanh getting into politics. Mr.. White was
known before the war as the author Of many books,
particularly Of stories Of the outdoors. He did his
bit in the war, and he is now an interested and en-.
thusiastic member of the American Legion. He
does not believe in making the Legion a political
organization in the ordinary sense Of the term.
He does not propose that it shall engage in a
scramble for the ioaves and fishes. But he does in
sist that it shall interest actively in all problems
OF better government, and that it shall bring to
bear on the right solution Of, those problems its full
strength and influence.
Mr.. White admits certain difficulties in defir,-
ing Just what policies the Legion should partici-
in and says, but, subject to further explana-
ton, politics to keepNout Of are those that back per-
sonal candidates. or promulgate individual rather
than general legislation. Politics to get into are all
the rest. For when you get right down to brass
:tacks. any form # public activity or governmental
tunctioning is politics in the broader sense. And
II we don't get into that sort Of politics, we might
Just as well hang up our harps.".
"One thing" Mr.. White declares, y""iis absolutely
certain in the minds of Legionnaires, and that is we
do not want the American Legion to become a
iPussyfoot, emasculated sort OF affair, afraid to think
Tor itself, afraid to take sides, and arousing itself
or some class of its members. Nor do we want it
ia mere club, social organization or mutual aid
society,"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
UTILIZING

In pursuance of its policy of utilizing and con-
serving natural resources the Forest service of the
government has recently sold to a paper manufac-
turing company one million cords Of standing pulp
wood in the Tongass National forest, Alaska. The
sale area covers $4,000 ages and extends for IS
miles along the coast.
In addition to the sale of the timber, and in
connection Herewith, a conditional award of power
rights has been made, this subject to the approval
OF the federal power commission. The acquisition
OF power rights is a necessary part Of the contract,
as without this grant the company could not use
the timber, which it buys.
The timber sale contract covers an initial period
OF 30 years. The price now fixed for the stumpage
will govern until 1928. 1t that time, and every
five years thereafter the price is to be revised in
accordance with prevailing conditions. The COM
pany is given two years within which to prepare
for cutting, and >at the end of this time it must be
prepared to handle a certain designated quantity
OF material Failure to comply with the conditions
will involve cancellation of the contract.
The letting of this contract is of general inter
est in that it affords a concrete illustration of the
policy Of the government in handling the supplies
of timber and other wealth now remaining vested
in the nation itself. The Alaskan forests are there
to be used. They have long since reached the
point where annual loss from unavoidable causes
equals new growth. 1t is estimated that with all
the available area worked a perpetual production of
two million cords is possible. If this is true, we
are permitting that quantity-one-third of our pres
ent consumption-to 60 to waste every year. Wise
and systematic handling will add that much to the
wealth of the nation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
REMARKABLE DEFALcAr1oNs,

A good many features of the defalcaation Of R.
%!hompso Of the HORNED Company at Austin,
Minnesota. which have not yet been made public
will probably be brought to light later on; but On
the basis Of the information thus far supplied. the
acton ct the company official who is reported to
have mlsappropriated more than one million dol
lars OF his company's funds stands out as one Of
the most remarkable on record. Usually cases Of
yielding to gross sensual passions. The man who is
with the handlingiof large Sums of mon
Icy Will sometimes use a part of it in specializing on.
his own account in the expectation of making large
profits and being able to replace what he has taken.
III his ventures fail, as they usually do, he appropri-
more money and speculates again in the hope
jof making up what he has lost, and so the process
continues. There are other cases in which evil per-
sonal habits have. resulted in the stealing Of money
in a spirit of recklessness, the offender, realizing
ut ne stops to think at all, that his theft will be dis
covered sooner of later, but having reached an at
Itltude of Disregard of consequences.
Neither OF; these things seems from the pub
|hshed accounts. to have ben present in the case of
Thompson. No mention has been made Of his be-
ing a market speculator on any large scale although
this may easily have been true. Neither does It
appear that his personal habits were of a nature
winch frequently prompts men to embezzlement.
tie had secreted none of the money which he had
used. 1t had been invested right in the immediate
had invested it were matters of pride to the com
MUMMY. They included a palatial RESIDENCE, elab-
orately fitted up stock barns, farming operations on
the country gentleman. style, and a maintenance
generally OF a sci. of show places which were point.
ed to with admiration by all the residents of the
community.
1t is difficult to understand the mental attitude
or an individual in carrying on operations Of this
kind. Being a business man, he knew that in spite
'ot his skill as an accountant his embezzlement must
be detected sooner or later. Exposure, humiliation,
and utter downfallw were inevitable. And, as against.
these, there would not beathe poor consolation Of.
having a large sum of money slowed away to be
enjoyed perhaps under an assumed name after a
term OF Imprisonment had been ended. There is
thus far no evidence of the existence of any such
horde. ~
In addition to the above remarkable features Of
this case we have the: added one that a man in the
employment Of a Nbusiness corporation whose in.
come from that business was known necessarily to
his associates was able to live on the scale which
Thompson adopted, and to make the display which
he made without apparently, arousing the suspicion
,ot those associated with him in business. How a
man could spend a million dollars of his companv's
money right under the noses of his employers and
partners without creating suspicion is another Of
the mysteries. The case is full of perplexities some
|of which probably never will be cleared up.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22

Marcon1, whose name is associated with the
development Of wireless communication has lust
announced the perfection Of methods for eliminat-
ing some of the troubles which have stood in the
way OF the more general utilization of the wireless
telegraph. lie is able, according to. his statement,
TO carry on wireless service regardless of the at
rnospheric disturbances which have hitherto proved
a bar to operation.
wireless operators know, although the general
public may not, that wireless telegraphy in this
hemisphere is conducted more successfully in win
Ter than IN summer and at night than BY day. the
reason beng that the atmospheric conditions are
more stable. In the summer storms are frequent.
Dne 70 the TACT OF the greater summer heat and
Observation-Disclosures of many kinds wireless
service is impaired. In "a measure this difference
exists between night and day, the night conditions
usually beng the more: favorable. Marconi has
USED MS new dev1ce,8and by means of it has been
able 70 carry on wireless service across the Atlantic
without interruption fors a long period, although
storms OF considerable intensity were known to pre-
vail IN much of the intervening area.
The importance Of this deyelopment viii not
be realized except BY, those whose vision has taken
N e good deal OF the future development Of wireless.
but ~ As held by the inventor to be the ~solution 81
the cfl1et problem remaining to be solved before
wireless takes the position which it is destined "a
take N the service Of the people. The art of cleo
trIcalsco by wire has been brought "a
e degree Of perfection which makes it comparative
10 immune from ordinary atmosphere Disturbances
Because of this it hassreached & wonderful stasss &
development. f wireless can BE perfected Is the
same degree. we may prescntdy4an that Art tak;no
the place almost entirslySof tfe5 ordinary w;re rnr,,
sf1itifiieaticr. When one thinks of tie iirnnmers@
Sims PIT money that are involved iii tie sconsfr,,e-
3tlofIss and tgalntensi1c of wire equipment, ne can
sgetssons ldea ct IN sayi1ee which may bc efected
wIsealS wireless takes jjts place,
E1%fT
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
FAIR ENOUGH.

If a man makes it rain for the just at a time
when the unjust want fair weather, can the unjust
collect damages, and if not, why not?
Hatfield, the weather sorcerer, made contracts
with a lot Of Canadian farmers to produce rain for
them, and he has been conducting his operations at
Medicine Hat, a place which has been given consid-
cradle publicity in the weather reports for many
years. And, whether due to the lamentations OF
Hatfield or to some other cause, it has rained all
over and around Medicine. Hat.
Recently a circus arrived at the Alberta city.
Circus people naturally prefer clear weather. They
didn't get it at Medicine Hat. Rain fell in great
torrents. The circus get mired in the mud, and
people from the country couldn't have got in t. see
it # It had been possible to show. The receipts
were were nil and the expenses enormous The
circus man threatened to bring suit against Hat
field Whether or not he has done 50 is not. re-
ported. But if a man monkeys with the weather,
why is he not liable for all the damage which NAV
result from his acts?
This professiona1 rain making may be all right.
But the rain makers should be required to restrict.
their operations to private properly whose owners
tswet. down. No man has q right to make
It rain when a lot ofssothrr people want to enjoy 4
picnic. aYa@
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
AT THE VILLA ROSE
A. Thrilling Detective Story by A.. E. ". MASON

like a shadow with not so much as a.
curl of white at it's bow.
Lcmerre touched Hanaud on the
shoulder and pointed to a house in a
row of houses. All the windows ex-
cept two upon the second floor and
one upon the ground floor were in alb
solute darkness, and over those upper
two the wooden shutters were closed.
But in the shutters there were dia-
mond shaped holes, and from these
holes two yellow beams of light, like
ed out and melted in the air.
You are sure that the front Of the
house is g%uarded?" asked Hanaud
; ~anxiously.
yes" replied temerre.
Ricardo shivered with excitement.
The launch slid noiselessly in to the
bank and lay hidden under its shadow.
Hanaud turned to his associates with
his finger to- his lips. Something
cleaned darby in his hand. It was
the barrel of his revolver. Cautious
, ly the men disembarked and crept up
the bank. First came Lemerre, then
Hanaud: Ricardo followed him, and
the fourth man. who had struck the
! match under the trees, brought up the
rear. The other three officers re-
manned in the boat.
! Stopping under the shadow of the
side wall of the garden. the invaders
+, stole towards the house. When a
bush rustled or a tree whispered in
the light wind. Ricardo's heart jump
ed to his throat. Once Lemerre
stopped. as though his ears heard a
sound which warned him Of danger.
Then cautiously he ere pit on again.
The garden was q ragged place of
unknown lawn and struggling bushes.
Behind each n Mr.. Ricardo seemed
to feel an enemy. Never had he been
in 80 strait a predicament. He, the
cultured host of Grosvenor Square.
was creeping along under a wall with
Continental policemen: he was going
of Geneva. 1t was thrilling.
A Thrilling Moment.
Fear and excitement gripped him
IN turn and let him go, but always he
was sustained by the pride Of the man
doing an out-of-the-way thing. III
only my friends could see me now!''
The ancient vanity was loud in his
bosom.
Poor fellows, they were upon yachts
in the Solent or on grousemoors in
Scotland, or on golf-links at North
Berwick. He alone of them all was
tracking malefactors to their doom by
Leman's Lake. ~
From these agreeable reflections
Ricardo was shaken. Lemerre
stopped. The raiders had reached the
angle made by the side wall Of the
garden and the house. A whisper was
exchanged, and the party turned and
moved along the house wall towards
the lighted window on the ground
floor. AS Lemerre reached it he
stopped.
Then slowly his forehead and his
eyes rose above the sill and glanced
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-22
NEVER TOO LATE.

Frederick Sharon, sa Saskatchewan farmer, at
the age Ct 81 is taking 4 pleasure jjaunt 81 5000
niles niles ~ the course Of which he viii visit his. old
both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This Journey
as not nj .Sharon's most remarkable achievement.
however still more interesting fact Is, that he
earned So smoke AZ the age Of 80, since which time
&c mas enjoyed his pipe as well asgany; youthful
smoker could Dr. We are told that Cato learned
streeka atas0s but we should agineafh hi learning
10 sr1oks at that ace would be 4 more dIf firnl4 tat.