davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-09
MOTHERS, Do THIS
When the Children Cough,
Rub Musterole on Threats
and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms
may develop into Group, or worse. And
then's when you're glad you have a
lar of Musterole at hand to give
prompt, sure relief. 1t does not blister.
AS first aid and a certain remedy,
Musterole is excellent. Thousands OF
mothers know it. You should keep a
Jar in the house, ready for instant use
It is the remedy for adults, too. Re-
lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia
headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu.
matism, lumbago, pains and aches OF
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles.
chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the
chest lit often prevents pneumonia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
OLDEST MAN

am 1913 years old, says Uncle John
Shell, celebrating his birthday in a
log cabin on Grassy Greek, Ky.
The census -tal1er in 1860 recorded
Uncle Johns age as 81. That would
make him SO years old now, instead
of the oldest man in the world
But John insists there was an error
in that early enumeration. He says
he was born in 1888.
A similar case was Noah Raby, who
did in New Jersey poorhouse sew
eral years ago Raby claimed to De
1877 years old. After his death, the
census bureau Investigated and found
that he was less than 100.
Your comment probably is. Il guess
these stories about men living much
beyond century are hokum."
Not alwaysl
Henry Jenkins of Yorkshire, Eng,
lived TO 169 years The kind had his
age investigated, became convinced
that Henry was telling the truth, and
had the old man come and live at the
palace. The change killed him.
Thomas Parr Of Shropshire, Eng.
married first when he was IA, had two
children, and died when he was I52.
His grandson lived to 1872, his grei--
grandson to 142
Ireland in 1912 buried Countess Of
Desmond, aged 145
Hungarian history records Peter
Torton, peasant, who was 1s5 sear rs
old when he died in 1924 John Rovin.
another Hungarian peasant, lived 10
he TO his wife 5eA
The oldest man in ali history, whose
age has been authenticated with reas-
enable conviction, was Numas de Cug-
ma. native of Bengal India, who died
in 1856 at the age Of $40. He was ia
nous all through the Orient. Arabs
considered him the eighth wonder Of
the world
How can You live to be more than
100?
IN the Berkshires, near the Connec-
ticut line. there's a wood chopper
named Joseph Gillette Hetis in his
Tooth year. chops wood 10 hours a day
six days weekend says hard work
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
The chlLpREN,s elEr.

In the little French town Of Fresno,
near which lies the beautiful Ameri-
can cemetery of ROMANCE with its
white crosses marking the final rest
ing place of thousands of heroes of the
world war, the girls and boys of the
Junior American Red Cross have
established a children's library 1t is
one OF a dozen or more gifts to the
French children of small towns in the
devastated section OF that country.
1t was on the 30th of last May
Americas Memorial Day-that the
Fresno library was formally opened
The exercises began with an outdoor
service. Little girls in white dresses
with long wells, and wearing white
wreaths scattered roses along the path
and it was over this carpet, when yes
pers were finished. that the children
marched to the library. They flut-
tered in their white gowns from the
shelves back to the tables like so
many white apple-blossom petals
blown along by merry spring wind
The room was filled with sunlight
drifting through the window curtains
1t is a room with cardboard walls and
over the rack filled with many colored
A. B. c. books. the children saw at
once the huge poster of three Ameri-
can sailor boys on the back of a gaudy
decorative elephant, seeing the wocid,
The furniture sent by the high
school of Maiden. Mass. was admired
and appreciated and the children were
greatly pleased when told how the
American high school boys worked
after school hours to polish and COM
plete the furniture. The tables we're
soon covered with the scattered books
chosen by "a excited youngsters en-
rolled on the first day. They pushed
and crowded around the librarians
desk, each reading the vow to take
care OF the books and hardly able to
finish before another one started.
May we really choose the books !?
Are we to take them homer" they
asked. They were in constant flut-
ter as the Junior Red Cross lady at
the desk tried calmly to put them on
paper as numbers and statistics in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
co.oPERATIoN WINS

New York Is setting the whole
United States an example of construc-
tive cooperation in the building of the
greatest hotel in the world which will
be owned by close to one hundred
thousand persons. These owners are
scattered all over the country and
have united under the direction of w.
J. Hoggson to erect the Hotel Com
monwealth at seth street and Broad
way, which will cost at least fifteen
million dollars. Located in the heart
OF New York. the site is considered
the best possible for this gigantic no.
tel with it's $500 rooms, 800 more than
any other. Personally supervised by
Mr.. Hoggson, a builder Of many years
experience, the excavating Of the
foundation is going ahead rapidly and
in many places has already reached
the required depth OF thirty-two feet
below street level. With more than
thirty stories and covering the entire
block between 55th and So streets,
Broadway and Seventh avenue the
Hotel Commonwealth VIII tower above
even the high office buildings in the
neighborhood. and will be second only
10 the WOOlMOILn Du14uAuB 4S OHS u
New York's greatest edifices.
Using the club membership idea as
basis, Mr.. Hoggson several years
ago began interesting thousands Of
persons in the Hotel Commonwealth.
Under his plan these persons become
owners Of the hotel and when using
its accommodations receive a rebate OF
at least, twenty per cent. in addition
to which they receive substantial re-
auctions from more than one hundred
stores cooperating with the movement.
Construction was purposely delayed
until this summer owing to the high
cost of materials, and now the reduc-
ton win allow the hotel to be built
for at least ss.O0O,O0O less than a year
ago. ALI the owners share in this saw
ing, which amounts to close to 40 per
cent. With a membership or owner
ship Of close to 100 1000. the Hotel
Commonwealth will be the worlds
leading cooperative institution and
win afford a model to all movements
of a similar character
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
"a TRIP THROUGH FLORIDA"

The Florida Information Bureau,
publishers of the proposed souvenir
magazine "a Trip Through Florida"
with headquarters in Jacksonville, an
nounce they are rapidly approaching
a point of production and expect to
have available for the printers their
first issue about December /.
1t is stated the bureau will publish
one half million copies Of this volume
which are to have free distribution
throughout the nation.
Its contents in addition to its fic-
every phase of Florida's opportunities
and delights-combined with reliable
and authentic data on every section
and community in the state.
In addition to the publication Of the
yearly magazine the organization will
operate and maintain information of
fices. not only in the principal towns
in Florida, but throughout the east and
west as well, for the express purpose
of furnishing information in regard %
Florida to prospective home seekers
and investors.
DR.. Guy A. Klock of Daytona, who is
state surgeon and ranks as major in
the Florida National Guard, and who
has been prominent in state affairs for
many years, heads the personnel OF
this bureau, being ably assisted by H.
w. Seig and w H. Remedy or vice.
presidents; Howard McGeoch, secre-
tary and treasurer; w. III. Logan and
Park ". DAILY directors OF advertising,
and Ernest f. Gardner of Kansas City,
formerly editor in chief Of the Adver-
tisers Magazine.
Articles Of interest have been pre-
pared by many capable authorities
from all sections in Florida. The Rec
ord Company of st. Augustine, who
have expressed a willingness to en-
large their plant if necessary. win in
all probability be awarded the con-
tract for the printing of this volume.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
RIGHTS OF STATES UPHELD IN
T0WNER Bill

The Towner Sterling Department of
Education Bill, introduced in congress
in amended form several months ago,
is being made the subject of lively dis
cussion throughout the different
states, the keen interest in it being
thus testified to. Opposition to the
say the supporters of the bill, is based
npon an alleged belief that it would
infringe upon the rights Of the states
Members of Towner- Sterling assocla-
tions, both as individuals and in their
capacity as such members, Showing
activity in combating this argument.
contend 1t IS practically the only one
offered against the bill.
The sovereignty of the state, it is
pointed out, Is so clearly recognized
and sustained in the senate and house
education bills as to leave no doubt of
the intention OF the authors of the
measure, and if the protection of the
states, the following language being
quoted from it in substantiation Of this
claim:
"All funds apportioned to state
for the removal of illiteracy shall be
distributed and administered in ac-
cordance with the laws of said state in
like manner as the funds provided by
state and local authorities for the
same purpose, and the state and local
educational authorities Of said state
shall determine the courses of study,
plans and methods for carrying out
the purpose of this section within said
state in accordance with the laws
thereof"
The peint most emphasized by
friends of the education bill In their
appeals to Congress for support of the
measure is that it would aid in reduce
ing illiteracy and, in promoting public
education, prove bulwark of real
democracy. The agitation of the ques-
ton of states rights seems to have
had the effect of SO centering atten-
ton upon this phase Of the controversy
over the passage OF the bill, as to
bring about a more intensive study Of
1t than probably otherwise would have
resulted, and, its friends assert, an
unexpected support of the measure.
The archbishop of New Orleans,
Roman Catholic church, in a recent
contribution to a newspaper of that
city, attacked the Towner- Sterling bill
On the ground that it was aimed at the
rights of the sovereign states and that
1T would tend to destroy rights guar
anteed under the constitution should
it become law. This charge was an
swered by the pastor of the Claiborne
Avenue Presbyterian church of New
Orleans, who is also chairman of the
social betterment committee of the
New Orleans Ministerial Union. He
commended that the bill offers no men
ace to religion but it would. on the
other hand. offer much needed help to
the cause of education
With Congress about ready to re-
convene following its recess, and the
possibility that the tariff measure may
not be enacted into law for months
to come, the Towner- Sterling, bill NAV
therefore be expected to be much in
the limelight. taking its place among
those measures of conceded interest
and Importance other than the tariff
and tax bills.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

the Bee Line branch leads to Apalaehi
cola. Starting at Nashville the BE
Line passes through Franklin. Colum
bia, Pulaski, Bethel. Athens Gala
Albany Decatur, Hartselle, CuIlmaI
Garden City. Bangor, Warrior, Biz
mingham, Calera, Thorsby, clantol
Montgomery. Troy, Ozark. Newtoi
Dothan, Campbellton to Mariannj
There the Gulf Terminal divisid
branches off south via Blountstows
lakewood, Wewahitchka and Port s.
Joe to Apalachicola. The main rou
turns eastward at Marianne and "a
lows the Old Spanish Trail to La
City, and thence south to Orlando.
1t is declared that the Bee Line "
at no time be impossible this whit
as all bad spots have been definite
eliminated. Free auto camps are b
ing established in practically eve
town on the route and every induc
ment offered 70 bring tho haavy, an
travel over the Bee Line this year.
Towns Of western Florida are IA
inglkeen interest in the project, realis
ing the opportunity afforded them
sharing in the tourist traffic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

stead Of children overwhelmed by the
surprises of the day.
The French children in the war zone
lost the habit of study and concentra-
ton during the four years when there
were no schools for them, and their
lives have been so full Of dramatic ex-
element that they cannot grasp the
meaning Of a closely written page.
Their books must have pictures and a
strong personal appeal. But, more
and more the Junior Red Cross library
at Fresno is coming into use and re-
Gently additional tables have had to
be put in to accommodate the num-
erous readers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
MovIE coArEp WISDOM pILLs

You've heard of Aesop. He's the
fellow who pulled the stories about
tho ''Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, :"
"Sour Grapes" e. SO 9TH. 20 five 100
years ago Aesop was End asst. to the
18th gardener In King Croesus' garden.
When the seedman came around 70
collect for their dahiias, soypy told
them a funny story.
Wen, the stories went big and, as
soppy didn't get 'em copy -righted. all
tho book sellers published EN- and now
they're brought up to date and "ani-
mated" in the movies, with morals like
these:
Wen wishers win well wishes. Do
IS We would be done by.
o.
Frame" not thine enemy lest We
be framed"
Always put off until tomorrow those
you would do today.
A bird in the air IS worth two on
woman's hat
A good deed day win chase trou-
Die away.
o
Catty remarks are usually purr-
sonai.
o.
It's smart bird, beast or being
that knows its real friends.
%
That evil wishes come home to
roost is illustrated in The Cat and
the Canary.
o.
Love others as myself, but not thy
neighbours wife.
o.
A trouble planter often reaps his
own crop in Aesop's
Film Fables"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

is what made him live so long.
Most exceedingly old men have the
same notion.
But the real reason for their unusual
age probably is that mysterious ma
ture gives them an excess of the pow
erful current that drives the motors
of the body.
Work. however, does prolong the av-
erage life. Many retired business men
die before their time, from the rust of
inaction.
More than 200 years ago, Arnauld,
the great Frenchman, was urged to
retire by his friend Nieolle.
what far?" asked Arnauld.
'eYou are old. 1t is time to rest"
'Rest!" snorted Arnauld. II have
all eternity to rest in"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

efforts of the Bee Line Highway
Boosters association which is bring
ing their highway from Tennessee to
Florida to the attention Of all north
ern tourists. Money is being raised
by the boosters to be spent in the
maintenance Of their highway and the
advertising it.
The Bee Line Highway proper ex-
tends from Nashville to Orlando, Fla,
with q branch leading from Mariana
to Apalachicola. BY every report and
due to the efforts Of the Boosters
themselves, the Bee Line is the fast
est route between the North and Flor
ida this year and it is assured that
thousands Of automobilists viii be
coming over the highway this travel
season.
is expected that the Florida west
coast will attract more of these tour
lists than ever before; good roads lead
from Dothan, Ala, to Pensacola, and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
-TAklNG ADVANTAGE :

An increasing number of automo-
bile tourists are expected to be direct
ed to the gulf coast of western Florida
this fall and winter as a result of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Street car crowds carry the freedom
of the press too far.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Arbuckle's latest picture can be seen
in the Rogue's Gallery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Movies behind the screen need cen
soring as much as movies on it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Old King Cotton and Old King Coal
are hitting the high places.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

When a girl runs her fingers
through your hair it is sign of an
early fall.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

They once wanted a mule and a
acres; now they want an auto ana a
gallons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

You may pick your fan suit; bu
your wife may pick your pockets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

In Morocco. Spain fights the Moors,
and no one pays much attention. Time
was when the world trembled with the
tramp Of soldiers from Spain, then
most powerful nation in the world. on
the seas she was supreme until Eng
land destroyed the Spanish Armada in
1883. How have the mighty TALENT
Time works strange tricks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Money IN circulation September
was 1924 for every American, says
the treasury department. That's So
cents less than month before, which
Is good news. For prices won't go
down. can't be kept down, unless the
amount Of money In circulation is re-
duced. The ''yes-but' man answers:
inflated currency means high prices,
but It makes the war debt easier 10
pay off" Still. not much win be done
Ia our lifetime to pay off the war debt.
though hope springs eternal and
schemes are many.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

A Chicago mass meeting takes
steps to use sl00,000.o00 Of state and
municipal bonds to provide work for
tbs unemployed. The resurrected War
Finance Corporation is on the eve OF
releasing s1,00o.O00,Ooo for agricultural
and livestock credits, mostly to fl
nance exports. No trouble finding
money for railroads or European buy
ers. It's high time the unemployed
had an inning at this financing game.
Country needs billions Of dollars worth
Of roads. canals buildings, etc. That'd
provide jobs. start the financing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

Americans have discovered the
cheap German process of taking nitro
gen products from the air. This is an
nounced in New York at the annual
meeting OF the American Chemical So
ciety. II means cheaper fertilizer. dye
stuffs and explosives, making us in
dependent OF the nitrate deposits or
Chile. Next step for chemists is to
learn how to make artificial rubber
cheaply. Also how to grow our cwn
coffee and tea. Then, entirely self
supporting, we can tell the rest Of the
world to 80 whistle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

The man without a country at least
doesn't have to pay an income tax.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18

me young lady next door says what
she wants % know. speaking OF the
old adage, "a fool and his money are
soon parted" IS how the fool and the
money ever came TO meet7
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-18
SMILE A WHILE
~ TOM SIMS

Don't speak twice before you think
It is estimated there are now TO-
coo babies named Warren Gamaliel.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Keep Her Goin." Big Bats
Standing Order to HeImsma

There was another Whalen, the one
known as Big Bat, the calmest man think
] ever met with going to sea- He had
great vessel, the Catherine and Ellen, and
he was a sail carrier. made a trip with
him once.
West nor'west, boy, and keep her goin',"
remember was his word to the helmsman
when he swung off for home. That keep
her goin'" was his standing order
We reached up to Cape Cod that passage
home, Big Bat giving all the sail she had
in a pretty good breeze Off Cape Cod a
squall hit her.
Keep her a-full-keep her a-fulI boy"
said Bat to the man at the wheel. He kept
her a-full, and down she rolled.
Some of the gang were playing forty-fives
in the cabin when she rolled down. The
loose water which came piling up over her
quarter rail filed her cabin and drove them
out. They came running up on deck look
ing like lot of wet seals.
'What're you tryin' to do, skipper
drown us?" asked one of them reproach-
fully.
What. drown ye? tiye take to the
weather rail. and IL she goes over, sure it's
only mile to shore
That everlastingly driving a vessel does
loosen her up. Saul Jacobs, in his great
Ethel Jacobs. was once making a hard
passage. On forward watch was a man
Saul had only shipped that trip. He was
new to Gloucester and the Ethel was max
ing long leaps from the top of one sea to
the top of the other. The Ethel at this
time was eight or nine years old and had
been driven pretty hard.
This new man forward happened to take
a look over her weather bow. He came
jumping back aft with his eyes popping
Skipper, oh, Skipper, her for'ard planks re
all opened up"
Said Saul, turning to the man at the
wheel, slap 1t to her on the other tack"
The Belden's bowsprit was so loose that
every time she tackled the bowsprit tackled
with her.
No harm in that sort of looseness, though.
vessel sails best after she is loosened up.
When you feel her deck crawling and she
working in and out like an old market
basket under your feet-then she's in trim
to go along. as any old fisherman will tell
YOU.
And they could go along | have been
in several fishermen that could DO better
than fifteen knots with a trip of fish in
them. / remember the Regina of Boston,
Captain Shea, that once made a trip in.
The Regina was probably the heaviest
spared seagoing vessel for her tonnage
that was ever built To her 125 feet over
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

fast sailer, and any of them needed only
one look at vessel to go and bet their
money for or against her.
A few years back it began to look as IL
the day of the fast sailing fishermen were
going by. Power boats were coming into
vogue. 1t was heartbreaking to see a
famous vessel having her big mainsail cut
down and couple of 60 horsepower en-
gines stuck in her. and discouraging to
see a fine young fellow come along and
ask, not what length of main boom a vessel
carried, but how many horsepower she
had.
When a year ago the Canadians chal-
lenged Gloucester to an international race
four or five of the fastest models Of fish
ermen In port had engines installed in
them; and that fact made Gloucester hesi-
tate about accepting the challenge. They
were given but week to say "yes" or mo"
to the challenge. and there was the expense
of taking out the engines, putting in new
ballast, cutting a mainsail to the old orig
inal sailing plans, and so on, before one Of
those fast ones could be made ready to
race. There were some great, old, big
sailers out to sea, but no knowing would
they be home In time.
II looked for few days in Gloucester
as II there would be no vessel to take up
the challenge; and then in from the Grand
Banks came the old Esperanto with trip
of salt fish, She was fourteen years old
and people had almost forgot that she
ever could sail. But she could sail once
The clever Charlie Harty had her when she
was new, and Charlie had never picked any
slow ones.
BeH Smith Of the Gorton-Pew, her owner,
asked Harty If he could get her in trim In
time for the race
Harty put her In trim. He helped to re-
store the ballast in her himself and then
he stood on the dock and looked at her and
said, II think she's right"
Capt Marty Welch was picked to race
her. Marty had never touched her wheel
till the day he sailed out to Halifax for th<
race.