davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
When better automobiles bu Buick will build them
Washington officers under the direc.
Tie Standard of comparisos

Washington officers under the direc-
 tion of Lieut.. o. T. Davis and were
 said to be an aftermath of the whole
 sale raids conducted on local boot
 leggers last week. Several thousand
 gallons of finished corn whiskey were
 said to have been seized at the larger
 plant anl largo amounts also at the smaller stills, half a mills away. Both plants were described as elaborately equipped the police estimating the cost of erection at not less than $25,000.
 When the enforcement agents. arm ed with riot guns and 45 calibre re- volvers, arrived and separated into two groups to make the raid, after leaving heir-automobiles on a road a miles away lookouts were said to have given the alarm at which more than score of men left the stills and opened fire. They then backed off, it was said, to meet on a line of defense which they held for more than an hour. Breaking from there the fighting then waged over mile of open fields and wooded ravines for two hours more during which the bootlegger force was almost doubled by endorsements, be- fore its members escaped into the woods.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
ANCIENT LANGUAGES

Az practical matter people are
 interested in the report that there is a possibility that Latin or Greek will
 be eliminated at Yale College as nec- essary to obtain a degree. When one remembers the hours, weeks, months and years spent over those subjects, and the practical matters that might have been mastered with the same degree Of care spent over them, one is inclined to regret the time spent on the ancient languages and wish that 1t had been given to study from which more practical advantage might have been derived.
 If this was so years ago. how much more necessary is it today to use every moment of available time to meet the more intensive competition of today. Years ago general education, smattering of many things prepared a person to take up future work, such future work not having been decided upon when boy entered col lege, perhaps. Now almost everyone specializes. To meet specialist on an equal footing one must have specialize ed. Boys decide earlier in life than formerly what they will do in the fu- ture. College courses are being ar ranged to meet those desires. Unless study of the ancient languages is necessary for future life work it would be wise to leave it out
 Along the same line it may be predicted that the time will come when there will be more law schools | and medical schools which will de- vote themselves to merely one branch | of those professions. As the practice | of lawyer used to be more general than it is today, embracing criminal as well as civil law, real estate as well , as banking law, so now the busiest lawyers are specialists. In the larger cities especially criminal and civil law are almost completely separated. So in medicine, to less extent perhaps, except in the matter of medicine and surgery.
 It would seem that a movement to make study of the ancient languages elective would meet the popular de- mands.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
BOOTLEGGERS' ARMY FIGHTS REVENUE MEN IN MARYLAND
Two Score Escape-One Wounded Man, Captured, Refuses to Tell
 What His Name Is

Washington, Feb. 7.--One man was in a hospital here with bullet wound in his head, and his two score com panions, alleged bootleggers were still at large and unidentified today follow ing their hour gun battle with Is prohibition enforcement agents in Prince Georges county near Walnut Maryland, late yesterd. The wounded man, who was said to be in a serious condition refused to give his name be- fore lapsing into unconsciousness.
 In the seizure of three stills, one of one thousand gallons capacity and a great quantity of corn whiskey at two of the largest known liquor plants in Maryland after the defenders had taken to the woods when their ann munition gave out, the authorities say they have shut off one of the chief of Washington's bootleg liquor supply. The raids were conducted by
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Of the same sort, This admission ia
 made for fear these comments may
 he taken as a wholesale ealogy of the
 rich, Nov
 Net leng ago the sen ef rich East
 eFneF was leaving a ranch in the
 West. tie had worked on that ranch,
 and others, for lwo years, doing a
 mans iah, "saN kid" remarked the
 boss of the onttit. ''you've done lot
 of good out here, The hoys thought,
 before you worked with 'em, that rich
 kids wasn't never nc gaed, They know dihTrent now,n
 Not long ago the editor Of a popu- lar magazine accepted story in which a rich young man was the hero, show ing unexpected courage and resource fulness in an emergency, together with bread humanity, The editor was criticized, "Rieh. idle young men aren't like that" he was told, The editor smiled, You should have seen some Of them in France on the battle field" he replied, and he wrote across the manuscript, referring to the tyne described in the storyl "You can see them any day driving their cars around New York" He knew; that editor knew. The boss of the ranch knew. too.
 All this in defense of the poor rich boy" who often. despite the handicap Of being taken for a ''mollycoddle" has 1t in him to prove himselha man -and does it The poor rich boy" and the poor poor boy" work side by side on the football teams of the coun- try. and there is no more Of a whimpcr from the lips Of the rich lad when the accident happens than there Is from those Of the poor lad ac- customed all his life. perhaps. to work and hardship. Give all tho praise in 1 Inc world to the poor lad who fights against circumstances and. through | his own courage and persistence ar- lives in a place by the side of Inc rich boy who deserves no praise 'or getting there. But give the poor 'ich boy" credit for holding that place n competition with the stronger lad who has been trained to fight and work. And learn to give them both 'redit for being just what they are.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
25 Fears Ago Today
(Taken from Herald of that date)

Frank E. Cox was elected treasurer of the Knights of St. Patrick at a meeting held last evening. The office has been vacant for some weeks
 Alfred Anderson has entered the employ of Martin Curry as bartender.
 D. McN1illan has purchased the en- tire stock of the bankrupt stock of D. A. Gilmour and will place it in his commodious store on Main street.
 Lizzie McMahon, who was injured by falling plaster in school a few weeks ago, has returned to school, fully recovered.
 Officer Michael Cosgrove made an- other arrest today. The office is surely doing his duty these days.
 George Lynch executed xylophone solo at the Court Beethoven, F. of A.. concert last evening and J. Nj. Curtin rendered vocal numbers.
 J. w. Manning has been appointed chairman of a committee by the Y. M. T. A. & B. society to make arr engagements for a reception to the young ladies who assisted in the re- cent fair given by the society.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
BART BETS ROASTING BISH

Now, Mister Bishkyibble, the die is
 cast,
 As 1t could not otherwise be For, as at Lausanne, this session is
 the last,
 You seem so out of sorts with me. I have often thought that I would like
 to write To initiate your pleasing style; But never did think would have to
 fight
 A grabbed man, chock full of bile. I flattered you, Bish, in thinking you'd
 be fair That you would not knock a man
 down, Before he had set his foot upon the
 stair To your tiny little throne.  But, since you have thought it right,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
CHRONIC TROUBLE IN
 RJTHP

The Ruhr troubles promises to de- relop into something chronic. These
 chronic complaints are bad, not only in themselves, but also because they make the patient so susceptible to complications. often good deal worse than the original disease.
 However, it looks q little more ell the time as if the French were getting to a point where they'll be willing to have an outsider straighten the situ- ation out. That the Germans would be overjoyed at this goes without say ing. The Ruhr occupation is running them. But it takes longer for the French to find out that it's likely to ruin them, too. Still, the idea seems to be sinking in.
 If an arbitrator really should be brought in, unquestionably it will be the United States. The Washington administration has let it be known al- ready that it will be more than de. lighted to mediate if both French ana Germans desire it, but that it doesn't propose to "BUTT' in.
 Of course the big danger is that a good deal worse trouble of some sort will break out before this can hap pen. That's what no outside power ,an guard against. The world can only hope for the best.
 News dispatches say Germany is much exercised over reports that the British plan to occupy Hamburg and Bremen, as q means of checking any ;pread of French power on the Euro- oean continent. If there were any
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
by cHARLEs D. sTEMART

By CHARLES F, STEWART
 Just as man who's heen critically lli for so long that his attendants have nearly quit worrying about him takes a sudden turn for The worse, starting the doctors and nurses seurFyiRg fran lieally again-eNsn so has the Turkish "sllnatlens developed terribly alarm Ing symptoms over the weekend,
 The Lausanne conference" at which the powers were trying to come to terms with Turkey. has ended abruptly without an agreement,
 Turkeys side is this:
 The eNvsnltan, while siill on the job. granted lot Of concessions and made various agreements very prejudicial to Turkeys interests, The new Turkish government. having deposed the sul- tan, rejects these agreements,
 The other ''powers" might stand For this, but not England.
 The one thing England draws The line at is surrender Of her mandate" to Turkeys rich oil province of Mos sul, This Is exactly the thing Turkey insists on.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
A CITY MANAGER

There is nothing new in The 'sug
 -sstion at this time Of this city,
 adoption Of the city manager plan O
 government. Ii has been in the mindi
 of many people for some time, Former
 Mayor Haloran has discussed it In aT
 interview much as others have dis
 cusscd it privately. Many have felt
 and many feel now. that it will be
 the form eventually adopted; 'he
 question is. however. whether or moi
 New Britain is ready for it or whether
 having once adopted it, the city would
 outgrow 1t.
 By peculiar coincidence the plan Of Dr. Stenmetz for the National gov ernment. which does not differ a great deal from the "city manager plan." was given out by him recently. His belief is that the National govern ment will eventually be taken out of politics. and the theory Of the city manager plan is based on the same idea. Certainly the latter plan. to be successful, must eliminate politics as far as it is possible to do. The main elective officers under the plan as now suggested, would be the five commis- sioners. public safety, water, public works, health and charities. They would select the city manager. He, of course, would be directly responsible to them; they. to the people.
 On the merits of the matter there is no question but that the theory of the city manager plan is the correct theory. Probably there is little ques- tion but that taxes would be lowered just as the expenses of any great busi- ness are smaller under one head than were its affairs to be managed by large body of directors. for instance. But the personal equation enters. An efficient city manager would have to be big business man. There are very few men of such calibre who have any patience with the petty tricks of small politicians. They have not time to placate their critics; if they make time to do this they take that time from their work to the detriment of that work. A city manager of the city of New Britain would have 9 hard time to please everyone and if he did phase all he would not be an efficient | city manager.
 The attitude of the common coun- | cil at the meeting where the members ] decided not to approve reducing the number of that body shows clearly the | jealousy with which they hold their positions and the feeling as shown frequently that exists between the city meeting board and the council the conviction that the city's fathers" are not yet in a fame of mind to adopt the plan nor give 1t good trial were it to be adopted. A great wave of "bigness' must strike the city before this plan will be approved.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
CAPITOL. R~ JOKES
BY EDWARD D. RICKETTS, U. <. Representative From Ohio.
 Eleventh District

IKE CASEY, an old-time section foreman. efficient but not educated, had to report q fatal accident.
 A car of pig iron had gotten away from the Mexican who was in charge of it. had run dowr a steep grade and then had over turned in the ditch. The Mexi- can was killed.
 Aftlra N-ou 70
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
FINE TIME WILL BE HAD

ENerythings fled for the fifth Pan American Congress to be held in Chile in March.
 The United states and all the Latin American countries will be represent- ed, with the possible exception Of Mexico and Peru, which haven't ae- eepted invitations yet. the former per- haps because she doesn't feel settled enough after her years of civil trou- hle, and the latter most likely because she's too hostile 10 Chile to care to attend a meeting there.
 IL will be a perfectly lovely affair. and the American delegates will come home and report s whole lot accom- plished, That is 10 say. they'll report that the Latin Americans were enthu- siastieaily in favor Of the things they want accomplished and that the acc tuai Accomplishments are going to follow just as soon as few perfume tory little details have been attended to. But the perfunetory little details never will be attended to.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
to lay me out,

10 lay me out, Tn scorn, sefore the public gaze. , The only thing for me to do, is just shout, And scream, and yell, your well earned praise. Now, you should know I am not the only one Who would haul you loads of laurel. Some say he's made a rep. others he
 needs one,
 For he nothing does but quarrel. Of sobs and sighs, and also, smiles
 and laughs,
 And other things so truly fine, Including aches and groans, and
 bodies Of chaff(s), Each properly placed in it's line; You have so much VIC all sit up and
 admire
 The fighting Bard of Jingle Town, Who invited everyone out with his
 Tyre,
 Only to jcer and cast us down. Then fare thee well, my old friend,
 Mister Ibble,
 Never more will I cross your way. think others will never care to nibble As they'll surely rue that day. Lastly, hope the paper in your pages. So prolific may be your pen, Will reach way down into the coming
 ages
 To entertain all future men.
 BARTLETT F. AIR
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
w.n,,., .a,at n.,,a, er clreuIatIep

The 4, R, c is RatierA efsshltsunh witch fuTH.shss newspapers and adNeF. tisers witk a strictly honest anaiNsis e' circulation. our circulation siatisl'fs sfe based upan this audit, This ihsufes hio' tse,ioh against fraud in newspaper his' tFibut,aH hguFss 10 both national aha ie' cal advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

hithF lS Mikc was re- quired to fill out detailed report on the form provided by the company, and after a deal of work and worry, he completed it. save for the space entitled: Remarks"
 over this Mike puzzled for some time and then wrote:
 He never made any, he was dead"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Two can't live as cheaply as one, but five-passenger car costs no more than roadster.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

A limited vocabulary isn't a great handicap if it includes the two words, Thank you.'
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Vanity is the quality that makes a fat and awkward man feel righteous when he refrains from dancing.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
Facts and Fancies
 uBY r0rERT CULLEN.

Thrift is the art of accepting the cigarette offered instead of smoking your own.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
CsesGTH

You may break you may shatter a jit if you will; but still it passes big cars on hill.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
THE POOR RICH BOY

Let it be admitted that there are many rich boys who are no good. just as there are many poor boys"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Getting a camel through needles eye is child's play compared with get ting progressive idea through con servative's head.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

One part of greatness is in the ability of the leader and nine parts the docility of his followers.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

fns snls profitable saYiFiis'Hs medium in the citf, cireaistiaa hacks shd press Tsem slss.. AnsR ta advertisers
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

A moral sense can't improve the movies greatly, however, without the aid of little common sense.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
u,nt.f at y,,, a.sosIatsd rress

The AsseFiated FTsss is exclusively eMliea ta the use far ssrRuhllr atieA of sh news sTediiet ta fl ar not otherwise eFe'lilsn in thir saRsF sad also leesl news pup fshsa AsreiR,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
New Britain Herald

HERALD FHBIasHIEG COMPANY nsSasa nails, sunday EEeePtsal, At Herald Bids ff church street
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

The modern who hides his light under a bushel always parks the bushe where his press agent will find it.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Reputation will keep you on the front page; character gets little pub licity except in your obituary notice.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

if her statesmen were not too much interested in getting votes at home.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

The old-fashioned girl was different in some ways, but she had the same knack of making a fool of man.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

The power of suggestion is all right in its way, but it won't do a darned thing for furnace fire in the morn- ing.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

An old-timer is one who can re- member when one could fiirt with a strange lady without flirting with an emergency ward.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Some couples have been married ten years without speaking cross work, and some have better memories.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
WHAT'S GOING ON M THE WORLD
Events of the Week. Briefly Told

truth in this story. il would he tre-
 mendously important. but it's almost certain there isn't,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Entered ss the Rast aMns ss Sew BF,tsin
 .. ksssna elsss Msis Matter,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Fable: Once there was man who could carve the roast without trying to make some funny remark about his awkwardness.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Pure lard lbs. 25c.i Russell Bros. -advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
TELEPHONE CALLS,

Business aFes ,sssss,,sssssssss,',s'n s,s kaiieTisi heems sssssss ss,,'ss'sss''' w
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Debating your letters is more ex- pensiye method, unless you count the time you would lose looking up the spelling of words.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

suBseRlIFIas RATES, ssAs fear
 tfAa fhTss Meaths
 fke henth
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Ii took man many millions of years 10 develop from . water creature. You can't expect him to get accustomed to dry land in one generation.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

History repeats itself. When dry land appeared, the dove didn't come back And il. hasn't been back since America went dry.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-07

Correct this sentence: Don't scold him. said the hostess; it was an old vase and I don't care much for cut glass, anyway"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-23
Destroying Foulbrood in
Season FayOring Malady

The way to handle American foul
brood in season when conditions are
favorable for the spread of the dis
ease is to kill the bees after dark with
sulphur or pint of gasoline. This
is the advice of G. o. Yost, secretary
of the Indiana Bee Keepers associa-
ton. He suggests several plans.
Says he:
"Stop the entrance tight, carry the
hive inside bee-tight Enclosure, there
destroy combs, ETC., and scorch fix
lures thoroughly. Another plan: Do
all the treating under a light screen
tent that may be carried around and
set over the colony to be handled.
Another plan: Take a sick colony a
couple of miles from any bees, treat
there, allow them to quiet down and
move home. If gasoline is used the
entrance should first be closed. Raise
the hive cover and with little smoke
chase all bees down from top bar,
then empty the pint of gasoline
around top of frames, close hive
cover tight. The hive and dead bees
may be taken inside and the usual
methods Of cleaning, ETC., carried out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-23
Care for Chicken House
Is of Great Importanc,

The poultry house should be Uttered
at all times with straw eight to twelve
inches deep. This should be renewed
whenever 1t becomes damp, badly
broken up or so full Of droppings that
grains thrown down are not quickly
lost from sight.
Where dropping board is used it
should be cleaned frequently (once a
week is satisfactory, because disease
germs and mites accumulate here. II
not removed, the feet Of the birds also
become very foul, causing a large per-
centage Of dirty eggs.
AS matter of precaution against
disease the poultry house should be
thoroughly cleaned and then soaked
in every part with per cent solu-
tion of good stock dip at lease once
every year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-23
WHERE WILD GAME ABOUNDS
Yellowstone National Park Is Greatest
Preserve in the Worldwide
Variety OF Animals.

The region of Yellowstone National
park is the greatest game preserve in
the world, both in point of number
and variety Of animals. 1t is the
home Of the largest herds of elk, buff
salo, antelope and mountain sheep
within the United States.
Several hundred moose range the
park area. There are deer Of white
tail and mule varieties, many beavers,
foxes, badgers, porcupines and lesser
animals. Dozens Of grizzlies and
black bears which entertain the tour
lists during the summer, sleep in yell
lowstone's caves during the winter.
The white gulls on Yellowstone lake
leave in the fall for the Pacific coast
or Great Salt lake, but great many
geese and ducks and grouse winter in
the park. Detroit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-23
Potato BroWn-Rot Is
Cause Of Big Losses
Bacterial Disease Occurs
Especially on New Land.

prepared by the United States Departm ent
of Agriculture.J
Potato brown-rot, bacterial dis
ease which not only attacks potatoes,
but also eggplant, pepper, tomato, to-
baccO, jimson weed, black nightshade,
peanut, and other plants, is destructive
to plants in the field and to the tubers
after they have been harvested, ac-
cording to Department Circular 2S1,
Potato Brown-Rot," by F. c. Meier
and G. K. X. Link, recently published
by the United States Department of
Agriculture to provide information on
the prevention of losses in shipping
and marketing the potato crop. This
disease is worldwide in tropical
countries and occurs especially on low
land. The trouble begins in the field
through infection from the soil or from
leaf-eating insects. The plants wilt
and die. The tubers show a ring
browning, especially at, the stem end,
and decay rapidly. Other cut, bruised,
or injured potatoes in the same pack
age become infected by contact.
Field control is not understood. Fur
Their experiments are needed, but losses
in shipping are lessened by early har-
vesting of diseased fields, through
sorting, and immediate use. Decay in
transit or storage is lessened If the
potatoes can be held at temperature
below So degrees.
Copies of the circular may be had by
addressing the Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. G.