davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-08-13
Grape Nuggets.

Take wild grapes green and crisp,
halve and seed them. Add three
fOurths the weight of sugar and boil
thirty-flve minutes. The product will
jelly but the halves Of the grapes will
be apparent. Seal with paraffin.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-08-13
MOTHERS
COOK BOOK
BY Nuu h~4 ~slQ

Do not fear Today. And let all worry
slide. All things that do not count-let
them 80, too. Work and help and love
Today.
For this Today viii never dawn again
George Matthew Adams.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-08-13
Blackberry Jam.

Put one quart Of blackberries In a
pan with one-fourth Of a cupful Of
water, boil until the berries are soft
then add sugar to taste, grating Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
as sCHWAB SEES 1T.

Often it has been charged that the
spirit of war is kept alive by the
makers of munitions and armament.
In an address before the Iron and
Steel Institute Charles NJ. Schwab
took occasion Is refute this aecusa-
tion. He spoke in part as follows:
I am the head of the largest war
materials manufacturing works in the
world. The shipyards of my company
bald more naval ships than are built
IN any other yards under one manage
ment in the United States. But, 1
have been thrilled beyond expression.
as has every good American, by the
brilliant and statesman-like scheme
laid before the conference at Wash
Ington by Secretary Hughes. The car
ryinE out of that plan may involve
great monetary loss in some quarters,
but such a thing as financial loss can
be Of no consideration when compared
to the inestimable boon to mankind
which would be involved in the reali-
cation of that magnificent plan.
What Fed-hlooded American would
not, indeed. make any sacrifice if the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

The losses from bank rebberies
have been greater this year than even
in 1920, when a new high level was
reached. In 1917 and before that
time three-fourths of the losses
of banks by crimes of violence were
due to night burglaries. The proper
ton this year is reversed. The surety
companies have had to pay SO because
of daylight bandits for every 81 paid
to make up losses due to safeerackers.
This condition has led to the inaugu-
ration of another move for a "limita-
ton of armament" II would make it
a crime punishable by between five
and ten years to manufacture, sell,
use or own any gun, revolver, pistol,
or firearm of any kind which is less
than three feet in length" says Ar
thur ]. futile, United States district
Judge of the eastern district of Mich
igan. IF we could clear the country
OF small firearms, we would eliminate
80 per cent of premeditated violent
crime. This legislation will come
within police regulations and must be
enacted by the state. The federal
government might cooperate with
the state law and prevent the inter-
state shipment of firearms of this
kind; but the real relief must, under
the present constitution of the United
States. come from state legislation"
There are laws against carrying con-
cealed weapons, but they are a farce,
owing to the fact that if the weapon
be concealed its existence is unknown
to the officers. 1t would be difficult
to conceal a gun three feet long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
Questions-Ansloers

Q. Are more children attending school
than there were few years ago? G. $.
AZ The 1920 census shows an increase OF
81 per cent of children between the ages
of 5 sand 20 who attend school. This
would not include young men and women
higher education! Practically all colleges
have a record attendance and many are
forced to reject students for lack of ia
cilities for a larger attendance
Q. | would like to know what kind #
rock plymouth Rock" is? t. II.
A. Plymouth Rock is a granite boulder.
Q. Is glass porous? B. N B.
A. Glass is impermeable to liquids and
gases and is therefore, not, porous,
ampheres instead of iA"? H A. S.
A. The symbol II" had its origin in
the word intensity and in certain lam !
regularly used where We say current"
English writer's used the letter c. to
international uniformity this was sacrificed
in order to gain other points. The letter
az is now the accepted international sym
Dol.
O. Where did geraniums come from !?
A. The ordinary garden geraniums are
of South Africa.
N. . D. what Is German silver made or W.
A. German silver is a white alloy com
posed of nickel, copper and zinc. The best
quality consists of four parts copper, two
hs Pfse and e Pffs Tnf 10 but WORK.
For some uses a small amount of lead is
added.
O. Are any of the trees Of the Garden
Of Gethsemane still living? Z. X. A.
A. On the land now known as the Gar
den of Gethsemane, there are eight very
old olive trees, which tradition says were
living in the time of Christ. The actual
location of the Garden of sour Lords
Agony was lost, and the present site
selected as the probable location.
Q. How large a capacity must the re-
frigerators en- ship like the Olympic
have? NJ. L.
have capacity of 500 tons of food. This
ship when full carries $500 persons.
(Any reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c. This
offer applies strictly>to Information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal med
ical and financial matters. 1t does rot at
tempt to settle domestic troubles nor TO
undertake exhaustive research on anv sub
ject~ Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
inoulrer-l
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Dinner Stories


A sea captain, holding a glass of
lime juice approvingly up to the light,
said:
'Navies are different today from
what they used to be. A man was
talking to an old sailor. The sailor
said:
Yes, sir, my boss was in the navy,
too
" In the navy, was hep said the
man. What was his official capacity,
may I ask?'
-Four to five quarts, SIR said the
old sailor"
'Is your boy making himself useful on
the farm since he got out of college?"
asked the rural neighbor.
Not YETI said Mr.. Cobbles, "but I've
painted the tractor a bright red, put big
horn on it and hung a license tag at the
IN be able to persuade Sam to drive it
occasionally instead Of sport carr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

Probably the interstate commerce
commission did not expect the rail-
roads to act upon it's suggestion that
rates on hay and grain be reduced 10
per cent by November 20. The roads
countered by proposing a reduction of
10 per cent on all agricultural prod
ucts, and thereby gained an extension
OF all existing rates for more than an
other month. The suggestion of the
Interstate commerce commission now
has been converted into a positive or
der. But there appears to be nothing
to prevent the roads from putting into
effect their proposed 10 per cent re-
duction on agricultural products
other than those mentioned in the
commissions order Reduction of
rates on certain commodities below
what they consider the proper figure
does not justify the roads in main
tanning rates on other products at
point above that which they already
have conceded to be fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
SATIDDAY


Satidday is one seventh of every
week and always comes between Fri
day and Sunday sharp, so in case
you're waiting for it for eny reason
you know ixackly how long you half
to wait.
Wen you wake up on Saidday the
ferst thing you do is think, G wiz
herray its Satidday. Being one of the
greatest sensations there is. After
that you can either go to sleep agen
or get up, the main trubble being that
if you go to sleep agen you're libel to
miss some fun and if you get up you'll
miss some sleep. This proves every
plezzure has its pane. .
Most fellows haven't got enything to
do on Satiddays. being their favorite
way of being, so if you tell them to go
errand on Satidday its the worse
news you could tell them, on account
of no matter how hard it is to haff to
go a errand wen you're doing some
thing elts it's verse wen you're not
doing enything. For this reason it
izzent considered good to stick err
round your own house too mulch on
Satiddays.
Satidday is the best mite to take a
bath for 3 reasons as follows. ferst be-
cause you'll be clean all over for sun
day, End. because its the end of the
week and you probebly need it, and
3rd because all your trends take theirs
on Satidday mite and you don't wunt
to look stuck up do you?
Theres werd in every langwidge
meentng Satidday, proving no matter
how far you half to travel and wat
part of the werld you are in there
never eny Excuse for not taking a
weekly bath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
Of twenty and have been going with a
young man of the same age He is
now away at college, but he Is very
much disconnected He wants me to
go away with him and be married,
but his parents are very much opposed
to our marriage because I am di-
Svorced woman and it is against their
religion. I am very much in love with
him and really believe he cares for
me. What would you advise us to dos
v. NJ. N.
If you are really in love with the
young man you viii be unselfish and
will try to encourage him IN his
school work and>urge him to stay at
college If he leaves now and marries
you, he will regret it as long as he
lives. but if you urge him to stay in
school and learn all he can so that he
will be able to command a better po-
sition when he gets out OF school, he
will thank you always. If the young
mans love is deep it will last and he
will want you when he graduates. and
If his love is not of lasting character
you had better find it out before you
are married to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
JUST FOLKS

~ EDGAR a. GUEsT.

THE GUTTER.
Fate handad the gutter a bump and he
dropped
Tho road seemed too rough to go, so he
He thought of his hurt, and there came to
his mind
The easier path he was leaving behind;
"Oh, it's all much too hard" said the quit
ter right then;
III stop where am and not try it again -
He sat by the road and he made up his
tale,
To tell when men asked why he happened
A thousand excuses flew up to his tongue
And these on the thread Of his story he
But the truth of the matter he didn't pd-
He never once said. "I was frightened and
quit"
the gutter sits down by the road
And drops from the struggle to tighten his
He can always recall to his own peace of
A string OF excuses for falling behind:
But somehow or other, he can't think of
Good reason for battling and going right
On
Oh, when the bump comes and fate hands
you a jar,
Don't baby yourself. boy. whoever you are.
Don't pity yourself and talk over your
- woes,
Don't think up excuses for lodging the
Bus stick to the battle and see the thing
And don't be a gutter. whatever you do.
Copyright, 1921 By Edgar A Guest.)
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burden of armament could be lifted
from the shoulders of humanity. May
God speed the day when this noble
conception can be realized!
If the armed protection OF our coun@
try is necessary, the establishment of
which I am the head, will devote it
self with all it's energy to providing
means for protection of this country's
homes and families. But I say to you
from the bottom of my heart that if
the statesmen now assembled in Wash
ington under the far-sighted leader
ship of our president and Secretary
Hughes, should find it possible to
bring about disarmament and perma-
nent peace, gladly would I see the
ar-making machinery of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation sunk to the
bottom of the ocean.
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of ex-soldiers are asking for his re-
lease we should like 10 hear from the
American Legion.
AS for the plain people, millions or
them have forgotten that Mr.. Debs IS
in prison. Still others haven't heard
il yet.
1.-THE Babe" writes the esteemed
sport writer OF the New York Tribune
who reported the show, 'is possessed
of a stage presence AID an assurance
that quickly win the good will of the
audience. The app lause was deafen-
ing, and continued for more than five
minutes"
AS the eittle lady from San Fran
cisco said as she dipped into her van
ity case and added another touch of
rouge to her left cheek, Can you fea-
ture THAR"
If Iowa beat Notre Dame 10 to 7,
and Notre Dame beat the Army 2S to
0, and Army held Yale to two touch
downs, how many Yale players will
Walter Camp place on his All-Ameri-
can football team?
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definite alignment of Great Gritain
behind American Pacific policy.
1t should not be forgotten that in
ternational agreements often have
clauses which are not published, and
sometimes work out in ways that
could scarcely be deduced from their
wording. It seems probable that
American diplomacy and American
public opinion should stand firmly
against any sort of Anglo-Japanese al
lance, regardless of its wording or of
its projected inclusion of this coun-
try. By reason of her financial
strength alone, America is IN a posi-
ton to enforce her point of view.
if her representatives are shrewd
enough. American diplomacy was
outwitted at Versailles It has been
outwitted at least once since then.
Undoubtedly there are many persons
who expect it to be outwltted again
in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22
Dorothy Dix Tails
At What Ago SHOULD Man MarryP
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worries Highest Paid Woman writes.

-
II.
A young man wants to know what
is the right age for a man to marry.
There is no one lucky day OF year
in which it is perfectly safe for a man
to enter into the holy estate. Also
mans fitness for matrimony de-
ponds upon many other things be-
sides his age, but, generally speaking.
man who marries when he is around
the thirties-say, from twenty-eight
to thirty-five, has the best chance Of
being happy himself. and making the
woman he marries happy.
That is his golden time of life. He
has found himself. His tastes are
formed. He knows what he wants
IN a wife. The flesh pots have paifed
upon his taste enough to make him
banker for good plain home cooking
yet he is not blase and worn out ana
ready to retire to the chimney corner
He can still thrill with romance, and
enjoy good time, and he has not
encased himself in the bomb-proof
selftshness of the old bachelor
For boy to marry is a misfortune
10 the woman who gets him, and a
catastrophe to himself.
1t is misfortune to the woman
because it takes a lot of self-contrni
and forbearance, and unselfishness
ana tact. and diplomacy to make mar
rage success, and no boy possesses
these qualities. 1t takes the discipline
OF ire and the hard hand of a boss
ana the losing of jobs, and the walk
ing OF streets hunting for work To
teach them to him
me average boy Is utterly undfs-
clplined. He is child who wants
what ne wants when he wants it. and
when he finds that his will comes in
conflict with that of another snoilef
child it is no wonder that they quarrel
IKE cats and dogs, and that so MANY
bread and butter romances end in the
divorce court.
Early marriage is disaster for the
man himself on many accounts. For
one thing the man who marries he
fore he is well along in his twenties
takes gamblers chance on bacKing
his own taste in women. And the
odds are hundred to one against
him, that the girl who fired his fancy
at twenty will bore him to extinction
when he is thirty
This is the great tragedy of life.
that a man in his early youth will
7 marry good sweet. dull, innocuous
girl who is. at the time a perfectly
suitable mate for him because they
are both crude. and immature and
| ignorant, and only interested in the
jelly-bean type of conversation. and
the latest dance step, in all of which
she is just as proficient as he is. But
the man goes out into the world His
mind develops. He broadens and
deepens intellectually. He becomes
polished and brilliant, while his wife
stays put, just where she was and
what she was.
He has outgrown her. He can no
more fit his mind to hers than he could
get on the clothes that he wore when
he was a slender slip of a boy. He
would no more pick her out for a
wife in his maturity than he would
make a meal on the chocolate fudge
that he used to devour by the pound.
There are no maria ges more unhappy
than those in which nature has sepa-
rated a couple by developing one and
not the other, and in which both
husband and wife 90 theft lonely ways
because they have nothing in com mon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

The British minister of education
says that there will be no further pro-
collation. of war debts. Some time ago
there was a suggestion emanating
from London for the mutual cancel
lation of debts, but it was rejected by
the United States. I'VE shall pay our
debt to America says the British Of
fetal, land it only remains to dis
cover in what way America can re-
ceive payment" What Great Britain
does in the matter of its debt to the
United States will probably be taken
as a cue by other countries that owe
US money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

In New York there is a law that
all homes on which construction has
been started before May, 1922. As a
result, it is reported, building is &C
tive and is expected to remain so all
winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

Drumstick, the Grant, the match
maker to her life.
And looking up into his eyes that
had lost their teasing light, Janet
knew she was>going to do more than
think
Copyright, 1921, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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An agreement on a readjustment Of
wages has been reached by the big
packers and their employees without a
strike or an appeal to any outside
power or influence, 1t can be done
when both Sides are willing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

We have no objection to the release
of Mr.. Debs. Whatever Mr.. Harding
does IN the matter will be entirely sat
isfactory to US, but before eonceding
that a majority of, the rank and file
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

Copyright. 1920. By the vSheeisr cyndicnss.
Iaes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

In presenting a petition for the re-
lease of Debs to President Harding,
the Werld War Veterans set forth the
allegation that majority of the rank
and file of ex-soldiers and millions of
plain people thruout the country are
for it.
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None -the-less world peace Deepen is
largely upon the remuneration by Jap
an< of her imperiaistic ambitions in
Asia generally and in China in par
ticP1ar. These ambitions are made
possible largely by her alliance with
Great Britain. If this alliance comes
to an end the militaristic party in
Japan will be weakened and without
losing anything that is rightfully hers,
Japan will probably be forced to adopt
a foreign policy less menacing to her
neighbors and to the peace of the
world.
1t is clear then that a leading OBJ
ject of the conference for the United
States is to prevent a renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. It is here,
in the opinion of experts, that our di-
plomacy will be tested. The alliance
will probably be explained as one that
does not in any way menace our in
terests. It is probable, too. that we
will be invited to join it, making it a
triple alliance.
The Anglo-Japanese alliance has
been an extremely profitable relation
for both the principals. They viii not
give it up without a struggle. But
the best-infermed opinion in this
country is that American interests de-
mand a complete enforcement of
British and Japanese interests, and a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22

Now Garth is an inconsequential
village bufied deep in the Middle West.
OF a fact, it is only fifteen miles, as
the crow flies. from Grigsby City an
other inconseeuential village, to which
occasional reference is made in this
column. That is a coincidence. But it
Is a long journey from the kitchen of
a farmhouse in Weeping Willow
Township to the top~of the theatrical
profession, and the woman who makes
It isn't likely to disclose many sec
donal superficialities at it's end.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-06
MORE SPACE AGAIN
NEEDED FOR STATE
FAIR EXHIBITORS
Every Foot OF Space In Every Build.
ing Is In Demand-Uncle sam
Wants In.

Years, ago, when 1t was question
whether the state fair would live or
die; when it was only a state fair in
name; when those in charge of it had
TO beg the state legislature for every
little pittance to help along; when
the ground and the buildings were
owned by individuals and associa-
tons instead of by the state as now:
when there was nothing to speak of
on the grounds in the way of modern
improvements and conveniences;
then some of the display buildings
could only he filled by free offerings
OF space to merchants, manufacturers
and producers.
Now it's different.
Every foot of space in every build
ing is in demand, and the applicants
are more than willing to pay for the
same. even tent or shed space is at
premium. in spite of the fact that
there has Of late been much building
done. and very much more than ever
before this year.
And now comes Uncle Sam.
He wants at least 100, square feet
OF floor space, and he wants 1t In a
building that will be Just right for all
the things he has to show to the
people of Colorado, and convenient
and comfortable for the government
department representatives. who will
be in charge of the exhibits.
II had been planned TO let the State
Manufacturers association have all
the space in the Baby building, ex-
cept the corner used by the rising
generation and their mothers and the
doctors and the nurses and the
Judges. now that's the very place the
government wants
Manager Beaman says he don't
know exactly what he's going to do
about 1t. but that in some manner
satisfactory both Of the big attrac-
tons will be taken care of for state
fair visitors are entitled to all there
is to see.
Among the exhibits and demon
stratons Uncle Sam proposes to show,
there will be those connected with
animal industry. the forest service.
biological and plant industry. and the
public roads.