davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-05-16
State Agricultural Board
Holds Meeting In FaIIon
Sets Tentative Date For State Fair
Following Sacramento Exhibit.
Governor In Attendance

preparation will make it possible for
Fallon to give the best fair since the
organization.
1t was stated that there was less
friction at this session than formerly
and that the small details that were
Strengthened out have left a better
feeling The personal appearance of
Governor Scrugham and his insist.
ance that several small matters be
adjusted had a lot to do with the
settling Of old scores that have been
in the way of exhibition work over
the state. The governor has stated
on several occasions and did so here,
that the best possible means of ad.
yertising the resources of Nevada
was through fairs and exhibits, but
ne believed that it should be con
Quoted along such lines that it would
be more attractive to the outside
world He is also OF the opinion that
the state fair should be annual and
not allowed to lapse as has been past
history.
Financial Statement Good
From the financial statement Is
taken the following: 1923 rental
from the Silver State Jockey Club
amounts to $4,000; value of Reno
fair grounds and buildings 10000
and buildings at Fallon $4,000
There always has been a flaw in the
states title to the ground and build
ings at Fallon, so the president was
authorized to appoint a sub-commit-
tee to clear up the titles
Besides foregoing assets there is
statutory appropriation of $4,000 an
nually to aid the board in conducting
state affairs. This may be found in
chapter So, statutes of 1928, page
64).
ON the other hand the compare
lively light expenditures necessary
are about 81, 500 for Improvements
on the Reno grounds, salary of care
taker, etc, and compensation to the
secretary fixed at 5000 per annum.
Mrs James Lyon, president of the
homemakers' division of the farm bu
reau, and Cecil Creel, agricultural ex-
tension director. asked for the coop
carlton and assistance of the board in
holding a state potato show at the
University of Nevada early in Novem-
Der. Mrs. George Friedhoff of Yer
ington, a former president of the di-
vision, also appeared to promise CO.
operation of the farm bureau in OBJ
tanning exhibits.
The cantaloupe growers of Fernley
through w. A Hardy. asked the CO
operation and assistance of the board
in the conduct of the melon show to
be held at Fernley on Cantaloupe
Day in September. The board prom
ised such aid on all matters as Is
permissible by law.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-05-16
SPERRY FEEDS

SPERRY FEEDS
A large supply always ON hand
Baby Chick Scratch
Baby Chich Mash
Hen Scratch
Surelay
Calf Meal
Suremilk
Charcoal
Oyster Shell
Cracked Wheat
CONSOLIDATED WAREHOUSE co.
Sole Agents for Nevada
WE BUY EGGS
Phone Us for Prices.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-05-16

Eureka - Holly mine mill handl-
ing approximately 35 tons daily.
Phoebe - Old properties in Irish
Mountain district attracting atten-
tion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

by Cleopatra heard q physician
reprove the feasters for overin-
diligence. Instead Of getting an
cry, the boy ordered all the gold.
en- goblets bundled into a sack
and presented to the gaping ply
stefan.
In dealing with Antony, Cleo
patra was always supplying a
fresh novelty or diversion, wheth-
er the great man was merry or
serious. She released him neither
night nor day. She threw dice
with him, drank with him, hunt
ed with him, and watched him
exercise with sword. spear and
shield. Sometimes, dressed like a
maid-servant, and he like a slave,
they would make the rounds of
the common dwellings. Blows and
abuse they took as joke. The
cultivated Alexandrians fancied
Antony's coarse wit. They liked
him because in Rome he wore
the tragic mask, but in Alexan-
dria the comic mask.
Because Cleopatra had better
luck at fishing, Antony secretly
hired divers to put fish on his
hook. Cleopatra made believe she
did not know the trick, but she
hired q diver to hang a dried fish
on his hook. When he drew 1t out
and was laughed at, she said,
General. hand over your rod to
the fishermen Of Pharos and Can
opus. Your sport is the hunting
and capture of cities. kingdoms
and whole continents"
Fulvia died. Antony and Octa-
Wan were reconciled. Antony mar
ried Octavian's half sister, 90
tavia, a widow known as "a Won
der of a woman"
THRONES OF GOLD.
After filling the Alexandria
Gymnasium with a throng, and
preparing thrones of gold for Cleo
patra and himself, he proclaimed
her Queen OF Egypt, Cyprus. Lib
va and Coele Syria. She was to
share her throne with Caesarion,
her son by julius Caesar. His own
sons were to be styled Kings of
Kings. To Alexander he allotted
Armenia, Media and Parthia-af.
ter he should have conquered
them. Syria and Cilicia were to
be the kingdom of the boy Ptol-
envy.
Alexander was dressed in Me-
dian earb with a tiara and up
right headdress. Ptolmey appeared
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

clined beneath a canopy span
gled with gold. She was adorned
like Venus Aphrodite, with boys
as Cupids to fan her with pea
cock feathers. In the guise of
Nereids and Graces her n1aidens
were stationed at the rudder
sweeps and serving ropes. Won
drous odors from countless in
cense offerings diffused them.
selves along the river banks. 4
rumor spread that Venus had
come to revel with Bacchus for
the good of Asia.
Most amazing was the multitude
of lights in rectangles and cir
cles. On the following day he
tried to offer her a feast Of equal
splendor, but this he could not
possibly manage.
Her beauty was not incompara-
BILE, nor such as to overpower,
but her conversation had an ir-
esistible magic. and her very
presence stimulated as with
wine, or a drug. Her voice was
marvelously sweet. Her tongue
like an instrument Of many
strings, could readily discourse
in whatever language she
pleased. In talking to barbartans
she seldom had need Of an inter-
prefer, whether they were Ethio-
plans, Hebrews, Arabians, Sy-
! rians, Modes. or Partitions. She
also knew the speech Of many
other peoples although the Ptol-
emaic kings Of Egypt before her
had made no linguistic effort,
and some had given up their
own Macedonian dialect.
DOCTORS REWARD.
Such a quick capture did she
make of Antony that while his
wife, Fulvia, in Rome. was war
ring with Octavian in defense
of her husbands interests, and
a ParthIan army was lowering
over Mesopotamia, Antony let
Cleopatra hurry him off to Alex
andria, a city more great and H.
lustrious than Rome itself. There
he went in for the sports of a
well-to-do young man, and joined
a club called the Inimitable En-.
1oyers of Life. The cook would
roast eight boars at once, even
though only twelve guests were
expected. His motto was, cal
ways be prepared for many
guests on short notice"
One time Antony's young son
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

IA OOOLSR 01O4S SAStsSAA9 eSAANA - - 49,
brimmed hat s1rmounted by . d.
adem. In public Cleopatra wore
the robe Of Isis and was addressed
as the New Isis.
This sort Of thing did not please
Octavian in Rome. Antony had
his wife put out Of her house at
the capital. She took with her all
his children except the eldest SON
by Tulvia, who was with his faith
er. Strangely enough, the Rc-
mans pitied not her but Antony,
although they know that Cleo
patra was no younger or more
beautiful than octavia.
Anthony bestowed upon Cleo
patra two hundred thousand vol.
umes Of the Pergamum Library.
FORSOOK TRIALS.
Many times while he was dis.
pensing justice from the tribunal
he received from her love notes
on---tablets Of onyx or crystal.
When she passed through the
forum on a litter he forsook the
trial and chung to her moving
couch.
Disturbing omens took place.
.Antony's statue at Alba oozed
sweat for many days and did not
cease, although wiped away.
While Antony was staying in
Patrae, the temple Of Hercules.
his ancestor, was destroyed by
lightning. Swallows made their
nest under the stern Of the adj
nIral's ship called Antony"
Other swallows attacked them and
drove out parent birds and nest
lings.
Now there was war between Oc-
tavian and Antony. No sooner
did he see Cleopatra's ship sail
ing off than he forgot everything
else, got into q five-oared galley,
with only two companions, and
hurried after the woman who had
ruined him. He was then taken
aboard her craft.
In spite Of the overwhelming
defeat Of his vast forces, Antony
blithely returned to Alexandria,
where he and Cleopatra formed
the Society of Partners in Death.
The members agreed to die to-
gether, and passed their time in
a round Of feasts. Cleopatra col
lected poisons and tried them out
on condemned prisoners. Then
she experimental with venemous
animals. She found that the bite
of the asp, or horned viper.
brought on a sleepy torpor, with
no groan or spasm. The faculties
gradually dimmed and resisted all
attempts to rouse them.
HIS FORCES DESERTED.
Octavian sent a messenger to
get Cleopatra to do away with
Antony. She received the young
man graciously. Antony became
Jealous and sent him home with
a flogging and stinIing letter.
Cleopatra, to appease Antony, sell
ebrated his birthday with pomp.
Antony sent Octavian challenge
to single combat. He answered
that Antony had many ways o.
dying. Then Antony determined
to attack him by land and sea
at once, told his weeping friends
that he preferred to become a
mummy, and less than that.
rather than lead the expedition
himself.
His forces deserted to Octavian
and he cried out that Cleopatra
had betrayed him. She fled to
her tomb, let fall the drop-doors,
and sent word to Antony that
she was dead. Believing the mes
sage he groaned, Fortune has
taken away my sole excuse for
hanging on to life. I am not
grieved to lose Cleopatra, but
am srieved that general like
myself should be inferior in couc-
age to a woman.
Like all great man, Antony kept
"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

In Asia Minor he laid his hands
on the wealth that was there.
While Octavian was Ill and over
busy at Rome, Antony enjoyed
himself in the full tide of his
manhood. Among his companions
were lutte and flue players and
dancers. Asia, like Thebes of
the Poet, was filled with incense
smoke, songs of praise, and heavy
groan.
BACCHANTES' GREETING.
When Antony made his entry
into Ephesus, he was met by
women arrayed like Bacchus, and
men and boys costumed like
Satyrs and Pans. The city was
a mass of ivy, harps, pipes and
flutes. People hailed him as
Bacchus, beneficient Giver Of Joy.
Others termed him a savage.
He helped himself to the prop
erty of the well-born and gave
1t away to flatterers and scoun-
drels. BY creating a wonderful
supper. a cook won from An
tony the gift OF an estate in
Magnesia. Finally someone bold
ly said, eff you take so much
from US, why can't you make
two summers in a year" These
words had their effect on the
headstrong conqueror. There was
a good point about Antony; he
sometimes acknowledged that he
had been wrong.
Antony didn't mind being
joked back, but often he was not
aware that his followers mingled
reproof and sarcasm, like a sauce
piquante, with their praises and
testing. Such was the impetuous
yet slow-perceiving Antony.
His browning evil was his de-
Votion to Queen Cleopatra, of
Egypt. who drove him to frenzy.
He summoned her to appear
before him and answer charges
that she had aided Antony's en-.
envy, Cassius. Cleopatra had now
come to the time when a. wom-
ans beauty is most brilliant and
also to the acme of intellectual
power. Provided with many pres
ents, she put greatest confidence
In the sorceries of her own per
son.
ADORNED LIKE VENUS.
She sailed up the river Cydnus
In a golden barge with purple
sails. Rowers with silver oars
urged 1t on to the sound of lutes
flutes. and pipes. The queen re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
Remarkable Personality Of
Great Ruler Made Her
One of Worlds Most
Famous Women

>. slave by him TO I'm him wha1
he gave the word. Anteuys
death slave was named Eros, afteS
the god Of love. Eros raised nts
sword az though to kin Antony
but instead. he turned the blade
into his own breast. As he feli,
Antony exclaimed. ''well done
my Eros. You teach me what
to do"
The wound did not bring speedy
death. He begged the bystanders
to give him the finishing stroke.
but they fled. Diomedes the
secretary came to say that Cleo
patra was still alive and wanted
Antony brought TO her tomb. She
let down ropes. and with the aid
of two women drew up Antony,
dripping with blood. He stopped
her lamentations, asked for q
drink Of wine. and exhorted her
to take good care Of herself.
OCTAvIAN WEPT.
The Empercr octavian wept
when he received Antony's bloody
sword and learned that he was
dead.
octavian himself visited Cleo.
patra In her misfortune, but her
charm was stiu alive. She tried
to move his pity with prayers
and gave him q list Of her
treasures. Octavian promised 70
treat her well.
wreathing and kissing the urn
Of Antony, she ordered q bath,
reclined at table. and made
sumptuous meal. A man came in
with a basket OF fruit, choice
figs and foliage. Cleopatra ordered
everyone from the room except
her two faithful women. She
sent a note to octavian In which
she asked to be buried beside
Antony.
When the messengers returned
Cleopatra lay dead on her couch.
The woman Iras was dying at
her feet. Charmion. tottering and
trying to arrange the diadem that
encircled the queens brow, fell
dead by the side of the couch.
No one knows whether the asp
was brought with the figs and
leaves. or whether Cleopatra kept
it in q watef Jar and irritated it
with a golden distaff until Il
fastened upon her arm. Some
said that she kept poison hidden
in q comb on her head Others
testified that they saw two slight
punctures on her arm. Octavian
believed this.
BY his three wives Antony left
seven children. All but Antyllus
the eldest-robbed and beheaded
by his tutor-were reared by
Octavia with her own children.
The younger Cleopatra married
the accomplished king, Juba.
Antony. Junior, held third place
in the affections Of Octavian.
Antonio, a daughter by Octavia,
and famous for her beauty and
discretion, was married to Drusus,
the stepson of Octavian. From
this marriage sprang Germanicus
and Claudius. Gernanicus' son,
Caius reigned with distinction.
Agrippina, daughter Of German
icus. became the wife Of Claudius
Caesar. Claudius adopted him,
and gave him the name Of Nero.
This emperor, whose folly and
madness nearly ruined the Roman
empire. was the fifth in descent
from Antony,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
Love Story of Antony and
Egyptian Queen One of
Immortal Epics of
Cupid's Power

1WVHE browning of Washngtons Queen of Beauty is one
of the memorable features of the Shrine convention
- the most gigantic and multitudinou assemblage of
nastime seekers in the history of the country.
Organizers of this prodgous pageant have selected the
role Of Cleopatra for municipal farest to play before
the amazed ewes of the Mobiles and their hundreds of thou
sands Of guests.
Men and women wonder at what will for beaut
full girl to reign week at least 100000 subjects at
the Capital of the worlds greatest republic 10 Washing
ton $ CLEOPATRA her ten respondent ladesnwang and her
manv other attendants befaen such good fortune
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

She sailed up the river Cydnus
In a golden barge with purple
sails. Rowers with silver oars
urged it on to the sound of lutes
flutes. and pipes. The queen re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
A YEAR IN THE RUHR

To those of his critics who have charged that the occupation of the Ruhr has been without result, Premier Poincare produces figures to show that France and Belgium have col lected more than five million tons of coal and coke since January when the occupation began. Further than this, Premier Poincare cites the altered at titude of Germany and the growing conviction among Germans that the separations will have to be met even- tually. The French statesman &C., knowledges that Germany cannot ct this moment make cash payments, un- less 1t be from proceeds of foreign loan, but he makes it clear that he believes Germany will ultimately find the means to pay this obligation.
 The admission that Germany can not make cash payments now Is im- portant and significant It means that the way is open for just the sort of separations inquiry sought by MT. Hughes, and that, in the event the inquiry should establish that the pay ment must extend over a period of years and, for time at least, consist mainly of goods, France would not be in a mood to reject 1t. The fact that Prussianism is losing it's grip on Germany means more to France per haps than prompt payment of repa- rations would have meant; for France has had deep fear of militarism, sucn as the Prussians, alone of the Ger mans, have regarded as the indispensa- ble feature of government and the basis of international respect for Ger many. If France can be relieved of her fear of future German invasion, she will doubtless consider that result greater economic gift than any amount of treasure, France may be pardoned for believing that her pres. ence in the Ruhr has contributed to this result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
A NET LOSS ON COTTON

Some people are impatient of statis- tics. That is probably because they do not interpret statistics in the light of their important bearing upon the subject concerned. Yet this field of research is deemed so essential to the public welfare that Alabama has statistician, employed by the federal government, for the sole purpose of keeping agricultural records for this state. This statistician, Mir. F. W. Gist, recently gave to delegates to. the Alabama safe farming conference some figures that should make all far mers think.
 For example, MT. Gist said that "during the past ten years there has been a steady decline in the produc- tion per acre." in this state, decline for which the boil weevil can be held only partly responsible. Whereas Ala bama cotton growers lost an average of S93 per man engaged in cotton production last year, Texas farmers made a profit of more than $40 for each person raising cotton, and the Carolinas likewise showed net profit on cotton production, This record was made in spite of boll-weevil con ditions.
 The difference in result lies not in any difference in price, because that has been about the same everywhere. The difference has been in the cost per pound of production. The Texas farmer has learned to raise more cot ton per man and per acre, whereas the Alabama farmer is apparently failing to do this. The Alabama farmer has saved himself from a loss on his total operations by greater diversification of crops, but that many farmers are netting loss on cotton production is serious. Of course, there are many good farmers in Alabama who are netting profit on their cotton, and there is evidence of betterment in cot ton-raising methods in many commu- mites.
 The fact that Alabama's average cotton yield fell far below two hundred pounds per acre when it should be above five hundred pounds per acre is the key to the trouble. Fewer acres and more cotton per man, or else better machinery go that each mans efficiency and ability to farm more acres well will be increased Is the solution for Alabama. The Alabama farm extension service stands ready to give farmers wise and sound coun- sel in regard to their pressing prob lens. A greater yield per acre of both corn and cotton, better methods of increasing soil fertility, selection of better varieties, and modern cultural methods are matters concerning which the service is at all times prepared to render valuable information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
CHESTER GRANT ANNULLED

According to report, the famous Chester concession in Turkey has been cancelled by the Turkish government. The reason alleged is the failure of the concessionai1'es to begin operations on the projected railroad within the specified time, but there Is probably more behind it than that. In the first place, the Americans gathered plum that was very greatly desired by capitalists of other countries, es- pecially British and French, and was indeed one of the chief obstacles to an earlier agreement at Lauzanne. It would be strange indeed if the Eu- ropean exploiters of natural resources throughout the world had yielded tamely to the situation and watched this billion-dollar profit go elsewhere. It is easier to believe that they have been adroitly working on the Turkish leaders ever since. to obtain just the cancellation now recorded.
 When the concession was first made the Turks felt more friendly to Ameri- cans than to the other powers, be- cause of the bitter contest then waging over the government of the straits and Constantinople. The program of the Chester group also was a very attrac- tive one. It consisted of building a railroad through an enormously rich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

munist organ Isvestia, also leaps to the support of M. Tchitcherin. After challenging Mir. Hughes to submit the documents to impartial inquiry, the Russian minister as usual spells it all by adding; "By failing to do this Sec retary Hughes will show the whole world he consciously made himself in strumental in broadcasting forged documents"
 If M. Tchitcherin had stopped short of that sentence the world might have believed him sincere even if n1isled by his willy colleagues, Zinoviev and Stekloff. But his eagerness to force MT. Hughes hand indicates that his own ground for argument is so meager as to make him fearful of the result. MT. Hughes explicitly stated that he relied upon the assurances of the de- partment of justice that the documents were genuine and that there was no reasonable doubt that they were as purported. If the documents are forgeries, then not Mir. Hughes, but the department of justice is the party responsible for whatever injustice has been rendered. Nobody believes that MT. Hughes would be so stupid as to allege charge so easily refuted, or so dishonorable as to attempt to estab- fish as true a alsehood-nobody, that is, except Communists who make that sore of deceit a business and rule of conduct. The issue is joined, how ever, and the whole world is waiting to see how it will come out. The bur den of proof is still on the Soviet, for it must prove as forgeries the docu- ments set forth in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

outsider it appears that Mexico is back again where it was few years ago, and can scarcely hope for long time to come for return to the con ditions of peace and comparative har- mony which recently had almost re- stored the republic to the recognition of the United States and the confi- dence of its neighbor nations" It is possible that the Plain Dealer has not sufficiently penetrated the veil of re- cent rebellion to enable it to perceive it's superficial nature. Beneath it all must lie deep sense of popular dis approval, even if such disapproval springs from no higher source than concern for human life and personal property,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
SOVIET CHALLENGES HUGHES

Foreign Minister Tchitcherin prompt ly brands as forgeries the documents made public by Secretary Hughes as proof of soviet efforts to spread Com munist propaganda in this country. The Russian diplomat further chal- lenges MT. Hughes to produce those documents before any impartial body of arbitration for examination as to their authenticity. M. Tchitcherin cites M. Zinoviev as witness that the documents were not issued from head quarters of the Communist Interna- tionale, of which M. Zinoviev is presi- dent. M. Stekloff, editor of the Com