davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1923-06-21

as trusec, to the respective parties
m motion duly carried it was decided to allow a Widows Pension in
the amount of $4,000 to Mrs. Martha f. Butler IF Dixon.
Taking under consideration the petition from School District No.
unanimously that School District No. % be NJ hereby is consolidated
with School District No. A.
Recess until . o'clock !. m.
At W O'Clock the board resume heir business IN audited n
, 1923-06-21

flr"s'""e 0um,pipped Cords have ~ new
stnsdards In mileage. traction. comfort and
safety. Car owners have expressed their ~
pr"vs' of the extra value In rtaestoae Gum
Dipt-'d Cords by increasing their purchases
"iT In the past sI months.
We hav" replaced many expressive br.aehss
with warehouses. We BOW have 100 dhsssbus.
ing points which are delivering rIres'one tirss
tory.
FOLLOW the tide of e~consnicai tire buytse=
eequ'p With Firestene 0um-Dtppsd Ceedscs1
learn what Most Aties PEI Dollar DsAas y ~
To-day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
AMERICAS new PLACE

Many Americans fancy that, be-
cause labor is well employed and our
industries have been reporting sub
stantial earnings and improvement
over the depression period, normally
has been restored. The truth is, what
we must consider normal in the future
will be an entirely different thing
from what was considered normal
prior to the war. One reason is, our
new place in the world as the leading
creditor nation That change is q
permanent one. We are not going to
return to the old position OF debtor
nation. Bankers in the agricultural
communities have come to the con-
clusion that we cannot afford to main
tain an attitude Of isolation and that
opinion is not a personal one. The
men / have talked with are voicing
the ideas OF the people with whom
they have daily business contact.
A great many politico-economists
have warned against Americas en-
trance into the European situation,
asserting that our foreign trade makes
up less than 20 per cent of four pro-
duction, and therefore is too small an
item to be vital or to risk our invest
ment in. They forget, and most peo-
pIe who have listened to them forget,
that the unimportant 20 per cent is
the difference between full employ.
ment of our industries and labor and
much unemployment and business de.
preston. If a manufacturing enter
mise is running at 80 per cent of ca
pacity, : it may be making fairly good
showing Of earnings, but it is aot run
ming at normal and is not earning the
margin which it should earn in order
to be fully prosperous. 1t appears OBJ.
yious that we shall have TO build up
foreign investments in this country.
But it will be necessary to go slowly
in the matter of foreign investments
There must be assurance that what
ever we loan will be used for produc-
tive purposes.-William E. Knox, Sec
ond Vice President, American Bank
ers Association.
Things to Know and Why They're So
An elephant lives 400 years, bu
then baggage men don't handle hi!
trunk.-Colorado Paper
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
Ford Announces New
Low Prices In Effect


Foru cars are To-Day at d ne" ~"
price iefel through ah allnouiceinen
eiiec'i'e octoOer T. hlaue ny husei p
rOiu" rr9SiuehI Vi 1ne roiu -"o'oi
Oolip"ny' De.ioi'
lhis reuuc'ioh III the prlceS u y =
cars ana trucks Is III me Win 'ne
wen estaOlsheu pollcy Oh the COMPANY
II Is hotaDle also that inns uecle"Se
CLOSELY loIio"s the lhtrouuc'ion VI
many changes anu improvements
throughout the foru me
ne ne" ilS1 prices On roiu 0'i ,
" D. De1lolt are DIS ioilo"'
Runabout -------...----.-------.--.-$269 to $265
RunabOut and ---.-,--..-------------- $500
Touring Car ---.-...-.-..--.---.--$2 95 to $29S
Touring Car S and ---....-...-.-,-.--- $3.50
Coupe -..--.-.--...---.--.------.-..,$5 2a to $50
Four Door Sedan ---------.,,.--S725 to$6S5
Ford Chassis .,---.-..-.-,.,..--.-,,, S235 to$23O
One Ton Truck Chassis--.-$3SO to 1910
The new prices apply to the Ford
Weekly Purchase Plan. Persons en-
rolled under the plan and who have
not vet taken delivery of their cars
automatically benefit by tho reduction
in prices.
The last price reduction by the Ford
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
GROWING RECOGNITION
OF ADvERTISlNG'S USE

Advertising first established its place
as an economic factor as q sales aid,
but as understanding and use Of It
have increased, its possibilities in 9th.
er fields have developed until today
we find it employed in many forms
of service hitherto unthought Of. Ad-
vertising has long been hampered In
its use by precedent, tradition, con.
ventions, and prejudices, which, un-
der analysis and experience. find lit.
tie to warrant their existence. Gradu.
ally the falsity of their claims is be-
ing proved.
We were told for many years that
it was undignified for a bank or fdu.
ciary institution to advertise, and this
edict, born Of some superstition Of the
past, was accepted without question
until finally 1t was inteIligentIy chal.
lenged and it was discovered under
analysis that there was NO sufficient
reason for its support. The inevitable
conclusion Of logic is that, whatever
is Of genuine use to human beings.
whether 1t be goods or services. can.
with truth and dignity, be advertised
and sold. and that it is just as proper
to merchandise forms OF service AZ
various kinds of commodities.
In the logical development OF this
new understanding of the power OF
advertising during the last decade.
we have seen many of our banking
Aduciary and investment institutions
actively employing the sales value Of
advertising in the marketing Of their
services. In this intelligent use Of
publicity they are not only increasing
their own immediate business return.
but they are also helping to spread 4
better understanding of financial sery.
ice and economic fact and theory up.
on which solid business relations can
be built.-Francis H. Sisson, Journal
of the American Bankers Associa-
ton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
THE GREAT SCOURCE
OF HALF TRUTHS
, BY JOHN oAKwoop

A soap-boxer pointed at a great
factory who built that factory ?
Workmen!" he yelled. "Who run the
machines? WorkmenI Who get the
profits? CapitalistsI"
The soap-bOxer told a half truth
that amounted to whole lie. His
listeners did not know that that par
t1cular factory, typical of thousands
Of others, was complete REPUTATION
Of the Lief only the other half Of
the truth were told.
It is true the factory was Capital
ixed-for million dollars. The net
profits gave annual dividends of 6
per cent. or 100000, to the stockhold-
ers. All that was true.
But 1t was also true that the mil
lion dollar capital was divided up
into ten thousand shares of 500
each. The ownership OF these shares
was distributed among about one
thousand people. Several hundred of
them were workmen in the factory.
They were saving out Of their weekly
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
School Notes

The Literary Society of the Eagle
River High School held the first meet
ing of the year, Friday, October II.
The following officers were elected !:
President ...,..... Louis BelOngy
Vice President - Elizabeth Surges
Secretary -..-.-.--.T helma Morgan
Treasurer .-..J Jennie Walsh
Critic -.-.........--. Miss rockingham
Sergeant at arms Clara Henry
Board of Counselors Isabel Leggate
Dorothy Shese1y, Lawrence Morgan,
Maxine Mcintyre and Miss Hill.
Basketball fans will be pleased to
hear that new member has joined
our team. Everyone agrees that he is
a fast and able player and reports are
that he will play center for Eagle
River. We almost forgot the most i'm
portant part-his name is Ralph Hoo
yer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

wages and Duylng snares on the in
stalment plan. They were Capitalists.
1t was likewise true that shares
were also owned by workmen in other
factories, by clerical workers and by
small merchants. A good many were
also owned by widows and orphans
whose modest estates had been wise
ly invested for them BY their bank
ers. They were Capitalists.
1t was also true that the factory
corporation had issued a million dol
lars in bonds to raise funds to buy
the material and pay the wages OF
workmen to build the factory. These
bonds were owned as investments not
only by persons Of wealth but also by
many people of moderate means who
had saved out Of their wages and sal
aries. They were Capitalists.
And it was also true that out Of the
receipts of the factory, before a cent
was taken to pay interest on the
bonds, before penny was used to
pay dividends on the stock, good
many dollars were taken to pay
wages to the workmen.
The workmen were Capitalists too.
They were investing their strength
and their talents and their skill In the
factory-they were getting their dlvi-
dends out of its earnings as well as
the stockholders and bondholders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
HOW A RIP-ROARINC
RADICAL WAS tanned
BY JOHN LAKEWOOD

The best tory of the tanning OF q
radical have ever read is told by A
B. Farquhar in his book The First
Million the Hardest" 1t throws more
light on the meaning OF capitalism
and the futility Of socialism than Ii
brary full of books on sociology, eco
Monies and politics. Here it is as
Farquhar tells it:
"The best antidote for acute eco
nomic insanity is ownership of prop
erty. My favorite example is Otto
Steininger. He was one of my first
employees and was a rip-roaring an
archist. He insisted that all wealth
came from the workers and therefore
should go back to the workers. He
was particularly bitter against his
landlord and hardly week went by
that he did not announce that he had
definitely decided that he would like
to shoot the landlord the next time
he came around for the rent. Finally
I asked him smilingly after one Of
these outbursts:
Buy GOII4t 0bOON
"'Why don't you buy your own
house instea,. Of shooting your land
lord? Then you would not have to
pay any rent. If you do shoot him you
may get into trouble.
"He did not think much Of the idea
apparently but in day or two he
asked me how he could buy the house.
answered: THAT house can be
bought for $500. You are getting good
wages. will buy that house for you,
take 81 a week out of your wages,
and in less than four years you will
have it paid for
"He went off again. The next time
he came back 1t was with his wife.
He said: We are going to buy that
house but since we have no children
you can take $40 instead of 81 a week
out of my pay envelope
81 bought the house and then Otto's
chief concern was to get it paid for,
which he did in a little more than
year. There was another house next
door to him. In short while after
he had paid for his first house, he
sided up to me and said:
81 can buy that house next door
for q thousand dollars. Now that va
have no rent to pay we are going
along good What would you think
about me buying that?'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

"He bought that house and joined
the hated landlord class. Some years
later when it was reported that a
band of strikers were advancing to
shut all the factories, Otto rushed
into my office at the head of an ex-
cited group of men from the shop
yelling:
Get us lot Of shotguns and we'll
keep those fellows out of here! Those
fools expect man to work and save
and then walk in here and take what
he has got without paying for it,
"And that" Farquhar concludes, Il
think. is always the way to develop 3
conservative"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

4 "a puAIfeheP AOA 10 anu
- and therefore it is
good? That is not enough. They can
rightfully tell Us that, even though a
system may minister to our physical
well-being, If it stunts us morally, II
1t does not positively make us better
ethically, it is an inadequate system.
The general answer to this asser-
ton is obvious. The very fact that
our industry. commerce and finance
serve us so IMPLY with the materials
and means for physical well-being
gives US the opportunity to build and
support our churches, to foster the
arts, to develop our great educational
systemic be kind to one another.
But need we deal in generalities?
Do We not find in the direct effect OF
our business upon the individual
much to improve his ethical stand
ards? To tougher his moral fiber?
Is It not good for the personal char
acter of the race to do business as
we are now doing it?
Let us take the business of bank
ing, for example. Is it a mere mech
anism or is 1t a vital moral force?
Does 1t do more than, by facilitating
production, raise the physical stand
ard Of living, or is there anything
inherent in the manner and methods
Of banking that raises the moral
standard Of living as well?
Nine-tenths Of our business is done
by means of credit. The great bulk
Of that credit is obtained from the
banks. It is obtained from the banks
because men have character,-be-
cause they are honest, because they
keep faith.-because they can be
trusted.
II they did not have these qualities
they could not do business with
credit. they could not do business at
the banks. We say banks deal in
credit. That is but way of saying
they deal in honor and honesty. They
build the business structure with the
faith OF man in man.
The part banking plays in our bust
ness life il growing. That means
that the faith OF men in each other
Is growing. The more men who come
to the banks with characters that en-
title them to credit,-the more men
who realize that to gain credit at the
banks, they must possess themselves
with characters that win them un-
Questioned trust the higher becomes
the ethical standards Of the nation.
Is not this a great moral service
that banking renders? 1t is a greater
justification for our present financial
system than even its wonderful ef1-
cheney in providing US with the ma
terial things of life. No greater serv
ice could be rendered the nation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
HITTING the Nail

Rastus Chronic ailer): Man, sure
is sick man. Don't blame me TO-
wailing. Use had troubles and troubles
and now it is ma eyes. Honest, Rufus,
unless squints ma eyes just so, ali,
can't see nothin' at all-Ise going
blind Rufus. Use sure going stone
blind and it's awful Why Rufus
Rufus: Wal, | do declare, you-all
is in a bad way. You OUTER go hunt
up optimist right away.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
Finicky Man

Diner: Waiter, there is hair in
this honey at least, I've found the
COMB; and this ice cream has been
frozen with SHAVED ice; while this
apple sauce is impossible made from
BALDtwins. you know.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
LIfaa Handlcaps.

With millions life is still a grim
struggle to keep from perishing, and
with millions more, even when sur
vival is made somewhat sure, the OPP
portunity for Self-expressiOn does not
follow, either through lack of social
opportunity, or personal limitation, or
some other cause.-~Earle Edward Eu.
bank.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

What Is Wrong With This Sentence
Oh, yes, said the man of the
house, Sinking joyously, | am
glad to see winter coming again.
just LOVE to shovel snow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

-xzr<-z
Special meetings Of the girls and
boys athletic associations were call
ed. The purpose of the boys meeting
was to raise funds for new basketball
suits. The purpose of the girls meet
ing was to elect a secretary, and vote
on the constitution Hope Adams was
elected secretary.
Dearest Lizzie
Here is little poem about me in
the tipping room:
In l came
Down | sot
Made mistake
And up l got.
Doesn't that remind you of Shake
speare or Milton? But alas | have
something far more pathetic than
that something l consider a master
piece-not mine alone but the mas
ter piece of world literature Tin short
where ever physics exists
Failed in physics
Failed in history
We heard a Senior hiss,
I'd like to find the guy that said
That IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
Now | will compose a dofloppus
about that class of animals crossed be
tween rail fences and skunks that in
vented or had in any way anything to
do with physics
A fellow wrote a physics book
| read the book just once.
He must have been full fledged nut
Or just common Ounce.
The book contains all sorts of bunk
Of density force, and meter
If | could only catch the guy
I'd let you wire st. Peter.
We will conclude with the following
little deyilknowswhat which l hope
the (good?) people of the village will
put as an epitaph on my tombstone.
She studied by the hours
The road to knowledge to pave
And then she struck a physics book
From thence she struck the grave.
Poor, Poor abused
Jenny Walsh
Address half way to fiddlers green
Dedicated to my loving teachers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18

too little on their
moral services.
Is 1t enough to say
to our radical oppo-
nents of the present
capitalistic order that
it effectively feeds
and clothes and
houses and furnishes
us with physical COM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
THE ETHICAL SERVICE
BUSINESS RENDERS
BY ). II. PUELIcHER
President Of the American Bankers
Association

sometimes think we lay too much
stress on the technical efficiency
OF our business instrumentalities and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
POLICE ON OWN
IN HAMMER
INQUIRY
Detectives Are Investigating
Attack on Woman lndepen-
IDENTITY of Family.

Counting thep three days of in
Vestigation into the mysterious
"claw hammering'' of Mrs. Matthew
r. O'Brien early last Monday morn
ing while she slept in her home at
1929 Euclid street northwest, as bar
rem of results. headquarters detec-
tives today. started out on an investi-
cation independent of suggestions
by members of the OBrien family.
Despite the fact that the woman
husband, lawyer, says he is con
of the CLAW hammerer" the de-
tectives said that they will not con-
slider this as a motive in their
investigation.
Physicians at Emergency Hos
pital said today that Mrs. O'Brien's
condition Is very favorable and the
detectives hope to be able to dis
cuss the Claw hammering" with
her at length.
1t is understood that the men
working on the case want to sat
isfy themselves that the mystery
woman who Is alleged to have fire.
quented O'Brien's office for nearly
a year in the anticipation of filing
a damage suit, has no connection
with the "claw hammering.
Inspector Grant, 1t is understood,
is IN favor of the new and indie
pendent investigation which was
started this morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29

toned by the Commissioners and
the Budget Commission. They died
at the hands of the subcommittee
on appropriations of the House.
Another effort to secure such an
appropriation viii be made when
Congress organizes in December.
DIR. J. A. Murphy, chief of the
medical inspection of public schools,
department of health, has sixteen
physicians continuously engaged in
school inspection work. OF the
medical staff, pne is a woman
physician and eight are dentists.
four Of the latter being cofored..
The. staff is supplemented by ten
graduate nurses. three of whom
are colored, and eight dental opera
tors. School authorities declare the
work of the medical staff cannot
be overestimated.
"I regard it as the best invest
ment ever made in connection with
our public school system" declared
a school head today Thousands
of children are spared suffering,
and more thousands are rescued
from chronic diseases by the medi-
cal inspectors. 1t would be i'm
possible to find cause for criticizing
make is that each child should be
examined when il starts school and
that the child's physical record be
kept while it remains in attend
ance. We might just as well strive
to raise the average physical con-
dition of the school children as
not, and we are doing this, in a
way, through encouragement given
physical training.
Il feel confident every parent
will support the plan for physical
examinations and the establish
ment of clinics to study and cor.
rect backwardness in children.
have observed that in many in
stances apparent backwardness is
only a temporary symptom correct
f3@ ''e~f, hut thor" is no excuse
for taking any chances on q child
ivsaiIIlIis MOI .llaIIty Wnen d remedy
is at hand which can be selected
through a study of the child by a
qualified specialist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
S1,0O0,0O0F|RE
At BOSTON
RESORT
One Mile OF Nantasket Beach
Burns-Started in Alnuse-
Inent Park.
BY international New. Service.

ny AWUGEMM UAOENM1 RCW@ 6cENtGCs
BOSTON, March 2S.--About q mile
Of Nantasket Beach, a great summer
resort for New England people, was
laid waste last night and early today
by the most disastrous fire in the
history Of the beach. About ninety
houses were destroyed, seven per-
sons injured. and about $50 made
homeless by the conflagrati0n.
Damage is estimated at $1,O0O.0o
The flames were visible for miles
and drew many spectators, despite
the cold. The flames were famed
by northwest wind, accompanied
by intense cold. Low water pressure
also handicapped the firemen. Aid
was summoned from Boston and
other places.
The flames started in the palm
gardens at Paragon Park and
quickly spread. Infantry from Fort
Revere, State constabulary, and a
detail of Metropolitan police were
rushed to the scene and assisted In
handling the large crowd and caring
for the homeless. The Salvation
Army furnished coffee for the fire.
men and the homeless.
None Of the big hotels nor the
five steamships Of the NantAslket
Beach line were Damaged. About
fifty men, women, and children, with
all their Belongings lost, were cared
for at the rectory of st. Mary'A of
the Assumption Church. The police
station was destroyed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
Births, deaths
Phone Main $3.50 Until
2 P. N. Obituary Desk


Funeral services for Henry Kirk
White, sixty-five, of Birmingham
Ala, who died Sunday az his home
1907 l. street northwest, were held
yesterday morning at 1880 in the
Hysong Undertaking Parlor.
Interment was held in the Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. White was ill for more than
two months, but lately his recov
cry semed assured.
Senator j. Thomas Helm, the
Alabama society and many others
sent floral tributes.
Among those to attend the serV
ices were: Senator Heflin. Mrs.
George B. Hualleston, wife Of Con.
gresham Huddleston of Alabama
Mrs. Thacker v. Walker, wife OF
the president of the Alabama So
ciety; Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Parkinson
and Mr.. g. P. Brazelton
Coming to this city from Birming
ham, where he had practieed law
for twenty-eight years, Mr.. White
established law offices in this city
with Judge w. l.. Chambers as his
associate.
Mr.. White became secretary and
treasurer of the Cotton Tax Recov
cry Association and haG with him
many leading men of the country
Mr.. White was cultured, genial
and a quick friend and as such
will be mourned by host OF
friends.
He is survived by his son Harry
White, Of Birmingham.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29

dent of the National Federation of
Music Clubs of California; Mrs.
Harriet Mcclellan, of Atlanta Ca,
mother of Mrs. Theodore w. Rirney,
founder of the Mothers Congress
and Parent Teachers Association;
Mrs. Frank Mebane. of Spray, N.
c.: Miss Jenn CoItrane, historian
general of the p. A. r.; Miss
Frances e. Clark, Camden, N. j.:
Mrs. James r. Schick. state regent
of the p. A. r.. from Virginia: Mrs.
l.. 8. Gillentine, state regent D. A..
n, Tennessee: Mrs Walter A. Bobin-
son, state regent d. A. r. Alabama
Mrs. Hoval A. Smith. state regent
d. A. r.. Arizona; Mrs. Edgar Still
man Kelly, Western College. Oxford,
Ohio; Mrs. Victor H. Malstrom,
president Mothers Congress of
Washington State; Mrs. Harry
Semones, president Virginia Mothers
Congress: Mrs. M. j. Stone, presi-
dent of the National Federation of
Music Clubs in Georgia; Mrs. James
III. Hirsch, Orlando. Fla: Mrs.
Lewis Nixon, of New York: Miss
Laura Gildner. principal of Prince
ton School for Girls, Princeton, N,
j., and many other prominent
women and leaders of this and
other countries.