davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14

Washington, April 1.-The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ulysses s. Grant will be observed throughout the country on April 27.
 President Harding has promised to speak at the unveiling of a tablet at the great union generals birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio, and on the same day the Grat Memorial which has been so many years in course of con struction at the base of the capitol in Washington will be dedicated with
 The movement for the hundredth birthday anniversary celebration was set in motion at the fifty-fifth an- nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Indianapolis last September An executive committee headed by Colonel Thomas s. Hopkins of Washington was appointed by Lew is $. Pitcher, commander-in-chief and a national committee of arrange ments was created. It is headed by President Harrington as honorary chairmen are Vice-president Coolidge. Speaker Gillette, Chief justice Taft Secretaries Weeks and Denby. General Pershing, Senators Nelson and War ren, Represe ntatives Osborne and Yates, Governors Davis of Ohio and Miller of New York and the head of wOmen's organizations related to the Grand Army as well as General Miles, Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Loyal Legion and Hanford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion.
 The nature and scorpe of the cele- bration is indicated in the following from the resolution adopted at the Grand Army encampment in Indian apolis, which recommended:
 That the National Government be requested to take appropriate action for the observance of the anniversary and the Congress of the United States take such measures as may be neces- sary to assure the dedication of the TIt MI 0F1 rYIn O a = h n or ffT r the 27th of April next. This action on the part of Congress we deem of first importance.
 That the State Legislature Gov ernors of the several States and Nun icipal officers be urged to take suit able action to bring to the attention of the people, the great lessons taught by General Grants steadfaSt adher once to his Country's cause in the time of severest trial, and that all institu- tions of learning throughout the land event, so that the deep embodiment of General Grants life, service and character in the thought and con- science of his contemporaries may be fastened with transforming power up- on the minds of the youth of the present generation.
 "That special commemorative ser vice be held at Point Pleasant, Ohio, the place of his birth, and at River side. New York, the place of his burial
 That patriotic exercises be held on that day in the schools and churches of the land, that the memorable oc- casfon may not pass without leaving deep and abidinfg impressions upon the hearts of the young and strength en the faith of those who believe in the God of our Fathers and in the priceless boon of civil and religious liberty. Your committee further rec ommends that the incoming Com mander-in-chief be authorized to for muIate A program nrdRp. n cises for the use of Posts on that oc-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Two Illinois Women Run For Congress

Chicago. April 14.-Hail the wo- mani"
 Tradition was completely disrupt ed in the history of Illinois politics with the filing of petitions of candi- dacy for Congressman-at at-Large by two women both of whom are mothers.
 One of the new candidates is Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck. She seeks the office formerly held by her father, the late Congressman William F. Mason.
 The other is Mrs. Mary Belle Spencer, Public Guardian of Cook County.
 Mrs Huck, who is the mother Of four children. has announced her candidacy on the strength of knowl- edge obtained in her fathers cam paignS. Her platform, built up from years of observation, will be aimed directly toward women voters.
 Mrs. Spencer. on the other hand wfll swing her campaign on her Knowledge of Federal statutes and experience as worker in the juvenile and county courts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
GRANTS BIRTHDAY TO BE I
 RECOGNIZED BY HARDING

casion, and that all members of the Grand Army of the Republic. insofar as they may be able, shall participate in some simple yet direct way in hon bring the memory of Ulysses s. Grant.
 That all patriotic societies and or ganizationS representing the several wars in which the United States has at any time participated, be requested to unite in the celebration of the an niversary, and that the Woman's Re lief Corps, Auxiliary 10 the Grand the Grand Army of the Republic, and all orders allied to the Grand Army
 of the Republic, be invited to join with us in honoring the memory of The memorial in the Botanical Gar den at the foot of the Capitol, which will be dedicated simultaneously with the exercises of General Grants birth place at Point Pleasant, Ohio, was conceived by and erected with funds gathered by the surviving veterans or the army of Tennessee. Many VeXa- tions delays occurred after the sculp- ture began his work, but the hand some bronze groups were completed at last. The dedication will be under ing Senator Brandegee of Connecti- cut, Secretary Weeks, Bishop Fallows of Chicago and Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill of the army engineer corps. Grants birthday anniversary comes almost on the fifty-seventh anniVer- sarv of General Lees surrender at AppamotaX which took place on April g. 1865. At the close of the civil war, Grants name was more frequently on the lips of the people than that of any other American, unless it was Lincoln. jun 1869 he became President and was reelected to a second term. So his name continued to be before the peo- pie. After retiring from the presi- dency in 1877 he was for a time less in the public eye, but he still was a favorite. His unfortunate business later excited the sympathy and concerns Of his friends. It was known that he was reduced almost to poverty. Then followed his illness from the dread disease of which so little is known even now.
 When Grant began the preparation of his memoria, he was ill- It be- came known he was hoping that, would yield a competence for his family. His sufferings increased as the work went on, and at last, it be- while mankind watched and waited in anxiety for the result. Grant con- quered. for he lived to complete the work. That accomplished, he vel comed the relief from his sufferings
 that soon came.
 That was nearly thirty-seven years ago. Other wars have intervened,
 great national and international problems have arisen and command ed the attention of the people, and thus the name and the fame of Ulysses S. Grant have not figured so prominently with the people as they
 did forty or fifty years ago.
 But during more than half a cen tury those veterans who served under him and who loved him, have never wavered in their devotion to his memory. The veterans of the Civil are fast disappearing. In few years there will be none left But
 old and feeble though they be- the mention of the name of their leader still stfrs their martial spirit and awakens fond memories.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
ROOSEVELT WAS BELIEVER
 THAT MONSTERS STILL LIVE
 IN SOUTH AFRICAN LUNCHES

Washington, April 14.-Theodore Roosevelt believed there might be jung1es of the Southern Andes, such as recently been described in cable dispatches from South America, and when the former president went on his expedition which discovered the River Of Doubt he had some idea Of looking for it.
 John Barrett. late director of the Pan-American Union and minister to Argentina during President Roose- velts administrator has just disclos- ed that part of Colonel ROoseVelts eX peditionary plans which hitherto are said to have been untold.
 In reading the first cabled report" said MT. Barrett, that Martin Shef- field, an American of whom I have personal knowledge, had reported that he had seen what appeared to amphibian winning in the waters of a southern Andean jungle lake. re- in November, 1903, when was Min ister to Argentina. clear-headed American prospector and explorer. whose name I have forgotten, came way, proceeded to relate to me a story almost identical with that now reported as told recently by Sheffield, to the effect that he had seen swim
 ming in lake a huge Hzard-ike e monster with a curved neck. His ex
 pert discussion of the mineral and timber resources of the Andean plateau and plains convinced me of his sincerity and responsibility He urged me to help him raise money in either Argentina or the United States. preferably the latter, to outfit and conduct an expedition to locate and capture this extraordinary animal, and begged me to write to President Roosevelt about it and mention his name because he had been associated in some way with Roosevelt in the Cuban campaign.
 Although I gave him no promises, he said he would call again. Shortly afterward wrote President Roosevelt a personal and unofficial letter re- ferring to this incident. In about a month and a half, there came in the legation pouch a personal letter from handwriting and expressing real in- terest in the story of this American whom he said he well remembered and asking me to get without fail into touch with him at once and ask him to write all about what he had seen.
 'HThe man meanwhile sent word that he was off again on a mineral and timber prospecting tour in south ern Argentina and Chile, but giving no address and no names of those he might represent.
 ''In April, five months later, just before I went to Panama as first American Minister, I received a let some far away place in Chubut. or so-called Patagonia. He was almost enthusiastic in his story of how he had again found a fresh trail of a strange animal leading to the waters of lake, although he had not ac- tua1ly again seen the beast as in his
 first experience. This letter at once forwarded to President Roosevelt and I am wondering if it is still in his archives which may have been pre- served. Since then I have never re-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON Internatial News Service Staff
 COrrcSpOndent

Washington, April 1.-The "ten- ants bloc, centering it's efforts on legislation faVoring the man who pays rent for his home, is being formed in the Senate for war on rent hogs. Senator King, D., of Utah, leader in recent legislative tilts on behalf of District of Columbia ten ants. probably will lead the new af- fiIiation.
 The bloc, now in it's infancy, will seek legislation outlawing the pad ding of mortgages stricter laws gov erning the marketing of second mort ages and interlockin directorates in real estate and construction conn panies.
 ''Pfti1ess publicity for rent hogs is pions of rent payers will seek to have sent broadcast The Department of Commerce has already taken steps under direction of Secretary Hoover to curb excessive rents in many com nunities, but the "b1oc's'' chief efforts will be directed more toward men en- gagged in the construction of homes.
 A shortage of 100000 homes throughout the country, it was stated has brought the building need to a crisis. Remedial legislation to pro- tect the man building a home or at least monetary aid in paying con- sruction costs are set forth as the two
 Profiteering in Mortgages. Senator King has declared that profteering in mortgages on new homes has done more to prevent re- sumption of building than any one other thing.
 There are real estate companies in which the directorships are the same
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Paralytics Cured;
 Will Wield Spades


 New York, April 1.-Two men who were regarded as hopeless paraIytics a year ago will wield spades this month at the ground-breaking for the new e1even-story annex to Recon Struction Hospital for industrial dis abilities. Both men had been dis falling in an airplane in 1919, par aIyzing his legs, while the other was paralyzed in the arms. They were chosen to turn the first spadefuls for Reconstruction Hospitals new addf- tion because they are typtea1 of the hundreds of patients, service men and industrial disabilities who have been restored to active life by this institu- tiOn in its first year of service
 Reconstruction Hospital is the. first hospital in America dedicated to the rehabilitation of patients suffering in dustrial disabilities and diseases In its first year, just completed, the hos pital has received accident cases from every big industrial centre east of the Mississippi, many big railroads and manufacturing concerns forward ing casualties difficult to repair The aim of the hospital is to restore the injured worker to both health and productivity. in other words. to give him back his full earning powers.
 The new addition to the hospital will have radiuphone for the enter taiument of patients, playrooms for children, recreation rooms. vocational training shops and departments for vocation therapy, electro-therapy, hydro-therapy and for a series of machines for restoring the use of muscles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
AN OLD RECIPE
 TO DARkEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray, Faded Hair Dark
 and Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly com pounded. brings back the natural col- or and 1ustre to the hair when faded, stceaked or gray Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home. which is mussy anr trou- blesome.
 Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for 'Wyeth's Sage and SuI- phur Compound You will get a large bottle of this old-tirne recipe improved by the addition of other in- gradients. a very little cost. Every body uses this preparation now, be- cause no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly You dampen a sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morn ing the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two. .youH hair becomes beautifully dark. thick and glossy and you look years young er.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
IF KIDNEYS AND
 BLADDER BOTHER
Take Salts to flush Kidneys and neutralize irritat-
 ing acids

Kidney and Bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted author ttv. The Kidneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the blad- der where it often remains to irritate and inflame causing a burning, scala ing sensation, setting up an irrita- lion at the neck of the bladder. oblig- ing you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer sm in constant dread, the water passes sometimes with a sca1ding sensation nnd is very profuse; again, there IS difficulty in avoiding It,
 Bladder weakness, most folks call at because they can't control trina finn. While it is extremely annoying ard sometimes very painful, this Is rraIfv one of the most simple ailments er, cyercome Get about four ounces of lad Salts from your pharmacist and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast, continue this Chr two or three days. This will neu- +rsIixe the acids in the urine so it no 1nnrer is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally again.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia- and Is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caus- ed by uric acid irritation. lad Salts Ia splendid for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever.
 Here you have a pleasant, effer- yescent Whitewater drink, which quickly relieves bladder trouble.-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14

ceived any further word from or
 about this American prospector. Pos
 sibly he may be alive and read this
 give the world some further informa-
 ton.
 ''When I returned to the United
 States the first salutation President
 Roosevelt gave me as I entered his
 office in the White House was: Well,
 Old Pan-America, where is your Ar
 genuine anphibian and what has hap pened tO--' calling the man s name It is my impression that Rep. Cannon and several other Congressmen were in the room at the time and they may recall this salutation be cause everybody seemed amused by
 After the departure Of the others the president for half an hour dis
 cussed, as an enthusiastic naturalist and scientist the possibility of there being some huge surviving amphibian descended from the ancient plesio- saurians, and actually took stock, so to speak, in the story of the American prospector whom he said he well re- mem bered. I mentioned the incident | to Secretary Loeb as I left the Presi- dents office and he may possibly re- | call my conversation.
 Years later when Colonel Roose | welt made his famous trip to South America, he told me confidentially l just before sailing that, although he had never heard anything further from this American prospector, I should not be surprised if, after his arrival in Argentina, he decided to make a special trip of exploration to sourthern Argentina and Chile, in the hope of ascertaining whether there was any truth in these stories of this appealed to him. He wanted nothing said about it least there should be
 ridicule if he did not succeed.
 Shortly before he left Buenos possibly fatal trip up the Parana and Paraguay rivers into the heart of Brazil, he sent me word through mutual Argentine friend that he had finally decided on the Brazilian in-
 stead of the Argentine exploring ex- petition.
 After his return to America and when he was recovering from the wild hot tropical jungle of Brazil I saw him for a long talk, when he said: Well, while I ana game and
 glad that I discovered, this unknown river in Brazil, I would probably be far better physically if I had gone to the cooler region of southern Argen-
 tion and Chile and might have found
 that mysterious amphibian which interest throughout the world than an unmapped river
 When later he passed away sud denly, undoubtedly as a result of the poison contracted in his Brazilian jungle travels, I could not help think
 ing that if he had gone after the unknown beast or Argentina instead of the unknown river of Brazil, all history might have been changed.
 Any way, I hope. the relation of this incident may be an inspiration to Jose inagi, Superintendent of the Buenos Aires Geological Garden, and
 Emilio Frey, the distinguished Argen- tine engineer, who are on an expedi- tfon to ascertain the facts about this extra ordinary plesiosaurian or surviv- ing amphibian whose ancestors go back through untold ages.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Resident Has
 Awful Experience

TT was twice confined in hospitals in the last one nothing but gruel wa ter was injected into me 4 times a day. as my stomach would not retain any food. I suffered terribly; was re- duced to a skeleton My folks saw an ad of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and it has surely saved my life I weigh 1SO lbs now" It Is a simple harm less preparation that removes the ca tarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments in cluding appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded For sale at all druggists.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Federal Legislation To Be Sought Against Home and
 Mortgage Sharks.

as in affiliated construction conn panies," said King. '|The mortgage given by the real estate company to cover the construction company'S costs is many times as much as 100 per cent more than it's true value. These inflated mortgages are dis counted, the contractors and pro- moters split their profits and the man who gets the mortgage is caught. He can never realize on the paper he holds In many instances I have personally found that the interest and discount on these mortgages amount to 50 per cent of the physical cost of construction. In other words, a build ing which can be erected for $10,0oO has mortgages on it for $15,00O. Eventually the man holding the sec ond mortgage finds his paper worth only half as much as it's face vaIue.''
 King declared that moveme ent was under way to organize second mortgage companies for handling building paper for people desiring to build their own homes Such com panies. he added, would need Fed deraI laws to protect. them. It is for this purpose the tenants bloc'' is coming into existence,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Neglected Foods
 Rich In Nutrition

Dozens of inexpensive foods are constantly ignored by most women when ordering their weeks supply They like them; use them occasion ally; but fail to purchase them with the regularity that marks their orders for baked beans, rice, potatoes or beefsteak- They are the "occasiona1' foods that appear on the table from time to time, are relished, and then forgotten until some day they are noticed on the display stand, and pur- chased.
 Some of these "occasionar' foods rank extremely high as tissue build 9rfs, energy producers and stimula- ters. Smoked herring, peanut butter pies. Maple sugar, barley. and dried prunes. 1entils and peas, are others Practically all are rich in carbohy drates; several contain considerable protein; while green olives, smoked herring and peanut butter are rich in fats.
 An adult male requires but 5000 calories a day, which could be secur- ed by eating between three and four ounces each of the nine articles of food listed above This combination of course is not advocated.
 However, many who find it hard to choose dishes in restaurants and hotels, which combine to produce the necessary 300 calories, will do well foods in mind. The green olive. which may look on merely as an appetizer, contains over twenty per cent of fat and provides almost 1000 ca1ories to the pound. Six large green olives are equivalent in food value to an egg. For the man or woman who shuns the usual fat-producing foods. the green olive offers a happy solution to a vexing problem.
 For the protein seeker. smoked herring with it's 36 per cent will prove interesting. If carbohydrates are re- quired, maple sugar has S2 per cent, barley 77 per cent, dried apples 66 per cent, and the much ridicu1ed dried prunes, 73 per cent.
 Occasional foods of this kind are we'll worth remembering each week when the grocer's order is given. They are less expensive and more nutriti- ous than many foods that have been stocked regularly for years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14

Baltimore. Md, April 14-A Pan American conference of women upon the National League of Women vot- CTS. will open in this city April 20, continuing here until April 28. Then the conference will move to Wash ington, where, after visiting places of interest it will be addressed at an evening mass meeting by Secretary Hughes, and Dr. L. s. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, and by delegates.
 Sunday, April 23, will be Annapolis Day" by invitation of the governor of Maryland. $ held with the following themes and chairmen: Child welfare, Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the children's bureau, United States department of labor; Education, Miss Julia Abbott bureau of education, United States depart
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-14
Water Color Show Opens In Chicago

Chicago, April 1.-The Interna- tionaI Water Color exhibition which will open at the Art Institute here on April Is will include water colors from French, English, German, Rus sian, Japanese, Bohemian and Amer ican artists. The show is of especial significance becase it is an outgrowth of the interest in water color painting which has been characteristic of the past one hundred years in the history of art Before the beginning of the 18th century, water color paintings as 1t is known today. did not exist. A certain type of tinted drawing was in vogue among owners of estates who arrange albums full of views of their castle and grounds, and it was from these outlined and tinted mono chromes that Turner and Girtin evolv- ed the beginnings of water color painting. Today it can hold its own with any medium. It is permanent and reliable.
 The prizes to be given this year include the Bernard A. Eckhardt prize of five hundred dollars for a water color painting to be purchased for the Art Institute. This last prize is the largest ever offered for water color work in the country.