davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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VI a well QEIllIIl& OuLlIt. VIC - - .
a good deal of the suK rings OF men ana
beast during the recent drought conSe-
QuentIy we are of the opinion that It such
an outfit is purchased, placed under the
control Of the Public Works Dept. ana
rented out To owners of Estates when
needed it would help to relieve the water
situation TO some extent. | believe the
estate owners would readily acqulesce
with such a scheme. Under item 81
Road Division an amount OF Frs. 2,5OU Is
put down for reaIlotment OF roads, when
the new road ordinance ONE into force
ali the roads will have to be rem~easufed.
This is a small matter but it is laborlouS
work. we feel that the amount budget
ted is not too much. Next you VIII see
an amount e FRS. As, 1000 for operation
and general repairs Of roads in onnec
ton with the Road roller and other
machinery. If this is passed we VIII be
in Il position to have our roads repaired
and put in good shape, This is not
an attempt 10 ease the burden OF
taxation frGn anyone. 1t IS a known
fact that Sinae we have acquired
the Roa roller it has been unable
10 be 10 rated on account Of lack OF
funds, SO much so that it has obtained
the name of Martin Luther" from MS
famous dictum Here | stand cannot
D otherwise" Next, under New Works
you will see an amount OF Frs. 3O,OU
for a public cistern tor Christlansted.
The drought has not yet passed and am
sure we all remember the sutterlngs or
the poorer classes for water. The amount
is to be expended on the recommenda-
ton of the Municipal Committee owing
to the fact that the site has not been
decided upon as yet. Now we nave
saved this amount off the budget, l see
10 reason why We should not use 1t Tor
improving the water condition IN TINS
town while waiting for Secretary Denby,s
pert. | have spoken with the Public
Works officer mot officially. think our
views coincide. | am sorry that our
funds are not sufficient to provide a els
tern for Frederikoted but let Us hope
that from next budget we will be able to
provide for a cislern for that town.
received a letter from the Governor
stating that the other items listed below
under New Works were recommended by
the nublic Works Officer but were by his
order stricken from the budget so as to
keep the expenses within the limits OF
last years budget. The Municipal Com
mittee U. de an Investigation of all this
and found that it was necessary to be
done. am glad to say we have been
able to make provision for same and
squeezed the amount to do so.
hope that you will feel that the NUM-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
BEDROOM FARCE
PAVED by KING

Another bedroom fnrce. with key
Lesehinalsy ~ the ntorm.center. Ia
the offering nj the Palace Hip for
the week. VIII King and company
presenting their version OF tho New
York selwyn theater success. 1.-THE
Naughty Wife"
Adapted Ia the usual careful fash.
Ion which has made tho King pres.
enia;lona no popular with local au.
dlenceH, the new show will feature
two elaborate stage aota erected by
the king scenic artists, new costumes
and several oddities In novel lighting
effects. Il Ii promised.
In spite OF the comedy values OF
tho playict, which featured, In add.
ton 10 Mr.. King. Dess nm. Lew
Dunbar and WIN Hayes and sup.
porting caat Including Rocce Gard.
ncr. Harry Davis. Billie bingham
and ionura Hamilton. tho musical
program hAH not been neglected.
Mildred Morkie'a sweet soprano
should 10 at ia best interpreting
Songs My Mother Used 10 Sing. .
sho win have tho assistance OF the
sisr trio and tho 30 crystal runway
girls.
Billie bingham viii lead SANDY
Jean Singer contributes ''some
body'a Wrong. Howard Evans will
BE- featured IN n Pretty Girl n
Like a Violin" and Don smith and
his star trio render SAY II with d
uknlelc."
in addition 10 tho song numsers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
ALASKA ON WAY
TO BETTER D AY

WARRINGTON. Dec. s.--Pnlntlng
d aanguine picture OF tho future or
Alaska, the annual report OF Gov
seott c. Bone was made public here
yesterday,
The abrlnkago OF population In
Alaska has reached tho minimum.
and 30 much recovery from postwar
depression has been noted during
tire past year that Gov. Bone pre-.
diets n steady forward march OF
prosperity In the territory. Com.
mcrce. tourist trnde, manufacturing
and agriculture showed marked I'm.
provement.
Gov, Bono urges the appropriation
OF 100000 for new state building
adequate provision for tho Aiaaka
railway. ,i,Boo,ooo annually for con.
struction OF roads in the interior,
and trails In Mount Mckinley and
Mount Katmnl national park, and
the allotting OF two shipping board
chips TO care for Alaska tourist
trade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

well.known characters OF Tom Saw.
yer and Huckiebcrry Finn and Billy.
the itid. win be offered by this trio
In clever SONGS and talk. Their mum.
bcr promises 10 bring back boyhood
escapades. especially tho comedy bit
OF first learning 20 smoke.
John Burke. tho well known comic.
has a program OF song and dancing
and somo very dcxtcroun juggling.
Mary Drew s. Co IN "Amazlng
Physical Exploits" offer an unusual
and very entertaining routine OF
gymnastics and acrobatles.
Joe Relehcn and his wonder dogs
have ON entirely different animal per.
fornnnce and claim 10 have tho TIN.
lest example OF animal training and
dog sagaelty ever placed before the
public.
The Panthgcacopc will show
comedy feature. with Glenn Goff at
the organ.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
"ABrEs IRISH SON"
~ HyI.tND's NEW SHOW

Tina, well.known comedy farce.
"Ablc's Irish Son." IL serving as the
new fun vehicle for Dick Hyland and
hsa biz company OF entertainers nj
tho Oak thcater. The show will be
presented on the Eame elaborate
scale that all OF Hyiands offerings
az tho oak have been and the mu.
steal numbers viii again 10 q big
part OF the entertainment.
Tho opening musical number prom.
lses 10 be one OF the best on the new
program. Eaielle Kaufman. who n
new on the Oak stage. viii lead tho
numbers with "A Kiaa in tho Dark. y
aided by tho entire chorus. Teddy
MHgnus - 10 lead the girls in an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
THREE IiEtDLt>Eiss
ON NEW PAN hill.

A triple headline ban Is promised
at tho pan,hges iheater. opening
with Mondays matinee. headed by
nohlnson's syncopatorn. Harmon &
Sands and EyanA. Nero 6 Evans
Rohlnsun's syncopators, musical
organization Of ten men. known Ra
the original camp meeting orchestra.
will offer On expensive nyneopated
program OF symphonic melodies
weird jungle strains and darky
tunes Their numbers viii be inter.
spsrsed with song and bits Of es,ssi;,== ..i.y,i
Josephine Harmon and George
Sands. tho weli.knbWn vaudeville
coincidence. will appear In their
latest offering entitled we and Ia
A fast moving program Of comedy
and melody uongn. interpreted with
a humorous line OF cross.life talk, Is
promised.
Evans. Nero 4 Evans cali their
number bits OF Mark Twain" The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

Tho new soyen.not vaudeville bill
az Tho orpheum which will open
Sunday features ''The Son Dodger'
with Harry Coleman assisted by
Richard DoMar. Lillinn Lester and
Ieda Enrol. ono OF the sensations In
this act IN the luminous rndlum
gowns which are treated by the
French process. tho eAme as those
or this years. zicgfeld Folllcs gowns.
This Ia declared 10 bo the biggest act
OF les kind ana II expected TO bc n
sensation In Seattle.
"complIments OF the Season." fea,
turing Garry Owen ana company, ~
described 40 q ''vaudramh IN four
seasons" II IL dlstinetiyely moio.
drama tempered with vaudeville A
unique story trlekles thru the four
'seasonar or acts.
Jim Mclaughlin and blanche
Evans In ION a Little side Street"
depict charactera OF New York's
Fast side including the powery and
broadway.
w t'hNA1 tittt NffAANNA NV
Houghton Will offer calf Love"
sully Is n former mcmiier OF tho fam.
GUS Four sullyB ana Miss Gcnovloyo
Ia n MUSICIAN OF note. Tho act con.
talns delightful comedy.
Elsa Rougger, one or tho worlds
famous ccllists. IL a particularly
bright musical spot on the new hlll.
She plays with rare skill and re.
markablo technique.
Carlton Emmy and hls mad
wagA viii offer "a trained Scotch
terriers. II Is a finished. clever AMI.
NAL act.
ncaxo Rettcr. ''the man who wrca.
ties with himself" will bring his biz
pantomlmlc novelty.
Topics of tho Day. Assop's Fables.
Tho Pnthe News and the concert or,
cheaira are regular attractions 20 be
found on the blli.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
John Muir School
Bids Are Called

Bids will be called for tho con.
struction and addition TO tho John
Muir school. s3d ave. 8. and Horton
ST.. Il was announced Friday. after
a session or the school board. This
announcement was made after the
board had approved tho plans sub
mitted for the work. which was au.
thorized BIZ the voters at the last
election. The plans. as drawn and
approved. provide for an auditorium
and IL clnssrooms. The estimate on
the structure Is given az iI2o 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

Screen fans IN Seattle 4oho
missed Norma Talmdd0e's
"Smilin' Thru" are being
offered another chance TO see
that BIO picture. IL is noiv
at the Market theater, the
new little house in the mar
ket center, Which has been
bringing back a number Of
the screens biggest produc-
tons. "Smiiin' Thru is
among the greatest Of Norma
Talmad1e'a MANI snccesses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
Liquor Seller Is
Given Year in Pen

Arthur Reniund, who pleaded
guilty TO a charge OF selling Iiquor.
was sentenced TO year and a day
In Mcneil Island penitentlary ~
Federal District Judge ]. Eeterer.
Gustayo Hawk. a co-defendant, wos
sentenced TO six months In ths
county jail and fined 81. Renlurds
fine was $50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
Jury's First Ballot
Clears 2 of Murder

SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. s.-on
the first ballot taken, a jury freed
John Browning. son OF John N.
Browning, noted as d firearms in
yentor, and Mariner A. Browning
Of n charge OF killing benjamin Is
Ballantyne, brother.in.law Of John
Browning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

original version OF Two Time Dan. .
and Loving Whip.poor.wili" will be
Mildred Paigo's new number. That
old. bat still popular song, when
Irish Eyes Are smiling" viii be Cor.
don Richardson's number. Roy Alex.
ander IL 10 offer "Isose OF Picchrdy. :"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
Woodmen of Elliott
Bay Elect Officers

Modern woodmen OF the world.
OK Elliott Bay camp, have chosen
the following officers TO pilot No.
5tss thru the affairs OF the local
lodge for 1925; Harry ]. Kuen. con-
sui: DR.. ]. segal. adviser; Frank
skinner, clerk; DR.. W. II. Pittwood.
banker; S. johnson. escort; #. II.
Smith. watchman: f. Freshman. sen.
try: C. n. WEBB. trustee for three
years: Fl. Fathers. trustee for two
years. and w. Guy Butcher. trustee
Tor che year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

Mnurino Pierce will offer n violin
dance" Archie Johnson contribute a
violin solo; the King girls stage a
Scotch march and dance and Howard
Evans and Reece Gardner cngngc In
81 eccentric dance novelty.
The show will De preceded. NJ us.
ual. BY Herfnle's Jazz orchestra In
n group Of late popular hits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

Fay Tlchncr and Bert Roach have
been added 10 the east OF rho
Thrill Glrl' in which Laura la
planto Is t,aging her firat bid for
stnrdom. Like '-rhr Hunehhack"
and Merry Go Round" this new
star Ia product exclusively OF
Universal City.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08
Comedy-LoUers May
Again Be Satisfied
Mostly Comedy in New Stage Offerings;
Metropolitan Will BE Dark
ON THE STAGE BOARDS NEXT WEEK

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. starting
vaudeville
rASrAocs-N Ian
vaudeville bill
K IN 'Ablsn lls
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-06

Some people won't work so long
IS they can work others.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-06
DIR. L.HAMON COMING

DR.. Geo. A. Lhamon, the Eye
sight Specialist, will be at the Sher-
mar hotel Sept. l., n day only.
Have your eyes examined. Thirty
two years experience assures you OF
right glasses. 28-3t
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18
PALACE SUNDAY MUSIC
Orchestra Of Forty-nine Pieces to Give
Concerts.

Commencing with next Sunday.
March 20, at 4 80 p. m, the Palace
symphony orchestra under the direc-
ton of Don Felice will innugurate a
series of Sunday concerts with an aug
mented orchestra of about forty-five
pieces. This announcement is made in
answer to the many requests received
by the management for more music of
the celiber of the oSertures offered by
Don Felice since the opening of the
Palace several weeks ago.
Don Felice plans TO give concert
lasting from thirty to prty-five min
utes. He will make an effort to secure
the services of about twenty extra
musicians of symphonic experience in
addition TO his own orchestra. which
numbers thirty pieces. Several classics
and perhaps one or two of the more
popular airs will compose his roper
toire each Sunday. He also plans TO
present one jazz number done in CLASH
cal style, and invention of his own.
The concerts are not exclusive per-
formnnces and will not incur any ex-
ira charge TO patrons. They will pre-
cede the regular 4 80 Sunday matinee
served seats executing boxes and
wards as usual. There will be no re-
and the performance will go on after
loges. and those desiring reservations
are urged TO make them early.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18
: Broadway Sees Fatty Heirs
HERS Slated to Succeed Big Boy in Flms-Gossip
of Actors and New Films.
BY danes w. Dean.

New York, March 17.-Broadway
has discovered" wsl.sr HERS. If any
thing, even 50 bulky an object as
s6iers, il to make any impression on
Broadway it must be swung by the
tail and fling plop into the middle of
Times Square.
One New York paper says OF Mr..
Billings Spends His Dime" Hers
first starring picture. 1T brings out
Mr.. Hers as d far funpIer mai than
We ever expect ID him TO be-
die was Just as funny three
years ago in a featured role in lit
Pays to Advertise" And when he
and T. Roy Barnes were through
sharing the honors of ais Matrimony
a FailureI" there was little or none
left for the others in the cast.
There is no comparison between
Fatty HERS and Fatty Arbuckle.
HERS has always been a polite. conf
edian. Arbuchle was primarily a
slap-stick buffoon. He was in his
wrong element in long feature come
dies.
Line only ullltfcHCc uclNcrh Aiei
now and three years ago is that he
now Is technically a star. With the
public he has been one for some
months.
Jonh Billings, haberdashery clerk,
falls in love with girl he sees on the
screen. He overstays his lunch hour
and is fired. He spends his last dime
for a cigar that bears the screen
beauty's face on the band. Inside that
particular band is a code message upon
which a revolution in a southern coQ-
try depends. Mr.. Billings receives a
considerable sum for the information
in the cigar band and then becomes
involved in the revolution.
This story makes "Mr. Billings
Spends His Dime" very light, but
worthwhile, entertainment for the
evening.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

told him this was the place to make
the dough.
Lloyd Hughes will play the leading
role in Frank Borzage's "Terwilli-
GER"
The best things come in the small
est bundles, as the saying goes. And
there's Ethel Shannon. She las just
signed a contract for featured roles
in Preferred Pictures. And she weighs
only 9S. That makes her about the
smallest star twinkling in the cinema
heavens.
Kenneth Harlan and Eileen Percy
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18
THE LASKY-LYTLE NEWS

On this day of rest after week Of toll nothing
more interesting be found than to turn to the
amusement section Of your paper and look over
the great list of attractions playing the Lasky-
Lytle Theaters These theaters, which link
in the most wonderful chain of theaters in the
world, offer the theater-going public everything
in every line of amusement Take this weeks
attractions: At the Empire is the most talked Of
film of the age, "The Frt,' while the Royal is
offering Of the sweetest plays of the spoken
drama, Edna Park and her players in Daddy Long
Legs" At the Princess is the masterpiece of
New York night life, "The Beautiful and Damned"
while the Grand offers the ever-popular popular
price entertainment known as "Tom 0'Keefe's
Foies of '23"
You can't go wrong at Lasky-Lytle House for
we have attractions that fit everyones pocketbook
and taste.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

Screen rights to "T'he Just and the
Unjust" by Vaughan Kester, have
been bought by Thomas II. Ince.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

have the leads in the film version of
"East Side, West Side"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

Kenneth Harlan and Eileen Percy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-20
[An Arrow In The Air fX HoHs%G HI5Sid

New York" That seemed all right. Nice name. he thought. Half auto matically he turned over the letter which he had been reading and look ed at the signature: Peggy An struther" Nice name, too. But ob- viously not the same. Not even a dotine mother or tongue-tied brother or two or so could have turned "Evelyn" into Peggy" He began to suspect that the address of his impetuous proposal of mar riage and the girl who was now re- turning it were not one and the same. In pleased enjoyment of his detective skill he read on.
 T blushed from head to foot with the horror of it. What could l do? couldn't send the letter back to its rightful owner and let her know that q stranger had read the lovely things you had written-to her. But | must do som mething. How impa- tiently you must be waiting for your answer must let you know immediately why you had not had tt So here is your nice proposal sadly marred by my alien hand and eye. Pray forgive me. It is all that l l can say, eXcept-may you be very happy. I know she will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-20

mouth of the river; coming, coming down on the yacht under strong sweeps.
 It was the old tale of the murder ous stroke but of the dark; and the cutting down of the doomed defend CTS of the vessel attacked on still sea With demoniac shrieks the Ma lays swarmed aboard the Ajax; and it angered Antonio to madness that he could not fight in grim, determined silence as those Englishmen fought to the last man. The overWhelm- ing flood of the black blood in his own veins made him want to yell and howl in battle.
 And then, when he had thought the killing was all done and that it only remained to punder the vessel, the white drop in his heart rose to con quer Antonio! Bloodstained kriss in hand, he entered the cabin of the yacht-a crowd of pirates at his heels. No sound had come from that part of the craft, while her decks were being transformed into sham bles with the blood of her men. Now, as Antonio entered the place, there was low sobbng. StraininS his eyes in the half darkness, the pi- rate saw fair woman kneeling on the floor before him. And between her outstretched arms she held lit tie boy, who gaZed, wide-eyed, at the tumultuous crowd of wild devils thronging the low entrance way.
 You will spare my chiid?" the woman pleaded, in very age ny, using the Spanish.
 Swiftly, at that moment. some inn pulse that he had not known was there moved in the heart of Antonio. The white drop carried many pos abilities. The pirate chief, moving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-20

courses of sumptuous food, the fish with a delicate sauce, the chicken brown and tender, the ice cream smooth and rich. not like the coarse stuff that was all Rebecca could ever afford. For an hour, seated comfort ably in the warm room, the girl ate and was refreshed. It was the finest dinner that she had ever known.
 She hardly spoke at all. Her com panion did not seem to mind, but watched her with satisfied air re- marking occasionally on the food be- fore them. erticising this or praising that. He smoked a cigar while she ate her ice cream.
 As they went out she tried to voice her thanks. 'I was all done up," she said "I never enjoyed anything so much before. You must have spent d heap on me. I saw you pay the waiter a ten and you only got a one in change"
 That's all right" the man replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-20

She signed herself faithfully his, this interloping Peggy Anstruther. Then there was a postscript, He this one: why do some girls have all the luck?"
 He read the letter again, slowly. Nice letter. he thought. Not even Evelyn could have written nicer, he decided. Indeed, would Evelyn's Anyway Peggys letter deserved a nice answer, he concluded. He couldn't let the poor girl go on blushing from head to foot for lack of his forgiveness. He wrote:
 Lovely but Fraudulent Recipient of My Hearts Outpourinss: I am eager to forgive you, but forgive ness on paper Is so cold May l not do it in person? Do you drink tea ?' He signed himself faithfully hers, Eric Landor. Then he contemplated with a calculating eye his proposal to Evelyn. He did not send it forth again.
 Two impatient days brought a brief reply.
 The Ritz. Tuesday. at five. shall wear lilies of the valley-tc symbolize the penitent's white gown I would carry tall candle, but-you know the Ritz"
 While they waited for the tea he forgave her. Would Evelyn for give me. too?" she wondered. Nc one would forgive you quicker" he said, and told her what intriguing Evelyn's?" she asked. She has never written me one" he said, and told her what lovely eyes she had "Nothing like Evelyn's?" she sug- gested. When I look into. yours there is no Evelyn" he said, and asked her to marry him. T would she answered straight and fair, If there were no Evelyn"
 There isn't" he said. q am a poor devil of writer I needed to girl If I should propose to one in person, she might accept me. couldn't take the risk, for there was no girl that l loved So I wrote a proposal to a mythical Evelyn and sent it to an address where I knew no Evelyn lived. I thought then that l had learned how it felt to pro- pose to a girl. Now I know that hadn't. Will you marry me?'
 Why, yes" she said. Will you light my cigarette?"
 T can't" he said, in moment | My hand won't stop it's trembling You'll have to ask the waiter.'
 When the waiter. whose hand was as steady as church, had finish ed his task, Eric Landor asked her a | question.
 Why did you come to tea with me?" he said.
 TO teach you how it felt to pro ! pose to girl" she said.
 How did you know that I didn't | know" he asked.
 From your letter to Evelyn" she said. Your hand didn't tremble when you wrote that"
 How did you know that I would propose to you?" he asked.
 They always do," she said. when | I'm penitent."