davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Milwaukee. What's more, it is intimated that
rather pretentious menu of real plays is go
ing to be offered to Kenosha in the coming
months. At the very top of the list is Thomas
Jefferson, worthy son of the great actor, who
is coming with "Lightnin,' play which has
thrilled millions Along with Tom Jefferson is
coming the daughter of FRANK Bacon, the man
who made "Bill jones' famous.
Kenosha people will have chance to show
the theater men whether or not they want real
plays. 1t is possible to show this desire in
just one way and that is by patronizing the
theater when the plays come Real actors get
real money for displaying their wares and they
get it in Kenosha as well as in Chicago. Ii
Kenosha theater managers can offer these
splendid productions at price no higher than
is charged in the large cities, they should re-
ceive for them the maximum Of patronage.
Kenosha people can hardly expect "show' to
play to a small crowd in Kenosha at a price
lower than is charged in Chicago. An even
break with Chicago and Milwaukee prices is all
that Kenosha can expect
If you want this real menu of drama just
get in touch with the theater man and tell him
that you can be put down for couple of good
seats for every performance during the year
This may look little like subsidy, but it is
worth while to substitute the theater in order
to get what you want
Theater managers are not going to take los
ers. They are in business to make money just
ers They are in business to make money just
like the rest of us and while they are willing
to take losses some time they expect these los
ses to be taken care of by gains on other pro-
auctions The theater man is willing to gam
BILE on your fancy for plays, but he does not
want to do all the gambling You are expected
to gamble with him once in while
Kenosha is large enough to have at least one
good play week and it is pretty certain that
such program can be worked out if Kenosha
people who want good plays will just give them
their support.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL.

The Evening News is in receipt Of letter
in which the writer intimates that ne has IN
formation of police debauchery. He asserts
that certain members of the police force are
making "soft drink parlor1 hangoup' ana
that in their hangout they have taken part III
liouor debauches. He asserts, farther, tnat Inc
protecting wing of the department mas oeen
thrown about this place and that 1t mas oeen I'M
mune from raids, while other places in which
the violation of the law was not nearly SO open
and notorious have been frequently visited by
the police force
We know that it is easy to make accusations
against members of the police department. We
know that they are human and are liable TO err
lust like the rest of us, but we also know that
the department regulations are pretty rigid
against this particular kind OF errlng.
The police officer who goes out to live up TO
his oath of office and who has. any regard Tor
enforcement of the law must avoid the ap-
pearance Of evil Men who are wearing stars
have no business loafng about soft drink par
lors' which are under suspicion. Men who are
expected to enforce the law may not be present
when the law is violated and not make arrests
even though they may take no part in the de-
bauch of the evening
Immunity from prosecution for violations OF
the prohibition law must not be purchased IN
Kenosha by slipping drink 10 ponce olllcef
or by the debauchery of his friends. The po-
lice officers are supposed to suppress the liquor
traffic and this means personal suppression OF
it along with the suppression OF it for the rest
Of the people.
The place that is named in this letter is one
which has been long in business and which has
seemingly been free of prosecution on the part
of police officers. The letter which pretends
to state facts in regard to it being refuge for
police officers who would wink at official oaths
and official duties in order to soak their own
hides with moonshine has been turned over to
the Chief of Police The people will keep care
full tab to see that this place is cleaned up, and
if it is not cleaned up, the people will expect to
know why it is not cleaned up. There can be
no middle ground in this matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Your Health
pnIrNn1NG uP DISEASE.

Some years ago the real emphasis
of pure breed, health conditions and
hygienic living was confined largely
to cattle and stock. Of course, this
was more prominent in western states
where many large ranches were SIT
uated. The improvement was marked.
Now, people are coming to believe
more and more that it rs more I'M
portant to give the same intelligent,
scientific care and attention to grow
ing children that they have been COM
PEELED by law to give their cattle
Isn't it rather strange that no law
has yet been passed which 1nSures
healthy parentage to the children :,
Health boards in both states ana
counties, physicians in charge Of gov
eminent tests and institutes, home as
sociations and clubs of prominent wo-
men have put their shoulders to the
back of this great health program
for better babies and robust, healthy
children. In one county in Montana
the campaign against defective teeth
has resulted in reducing the number of
such teeth in children from 43 to 81
per cent during the past two years.
This indicates how many stomach ul-
GERS and diseased kidneys this one
county has prevented through pus and
infection from Assessed and diseased
teeth.
Mouth breathing, with it's attendant
evils of throat disease, lung trouble
and often loss of hearing, has by
proper operations and widespread
warnings been reduced over 80 per
cent.
Perhaps the best showing of all was
the campaign just closed, in Carbon
county, which banished every disease
spot that could be located. At q
health program, ovre 40 miles from a
railroad, where so children were exam
ined after one year of treatment to
show the per cent of Improvement,
every parent was present, some of
them driving DO miles.
Get your local board interested in
| local health conditions. Try and
round up the destroying germs and
bacteria that rob our children of ro-
bust health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
WE WANT TO BE THERE.

An announcement has been made that the
state railroad commission will hold hearing
on an application for reduction of gas rates
for Racine on January A. 1t should be the first
New Years duty of the officials Of Kenosha to
make it point to be present at this hearing.
No greater gift could be given to the people OF
Kenosha for the new year than reduction in
the rates charged for gas
1t is possible that Kenosha could sit idly by
and let Racine fight this battle but that is not
the fair course to take. Kenosha should ap-
pear officially at this hearing and it should do
it's part in battling for fair gas rates. Keno
sha and Racine are linked in every proposition
concerning gas rates. The supply for both
cities is the same and there should be no varia-
ton in rates. Kenosha may use little more
gas than Racine but this city will probably be
willing to let this increased consumption serve
to secure reduction on rates for both cities.
Possibly, after the hearing is over and rate
set, the company will give to Kenosha the same
rate that is given to Racine This is not the
best solution of the problem. Kenoshas rate
should be fixed by the railroad commission at
the same time the rate is fixed for Racine, and
this would make a definite understanding of
just what the people of the city are to pay.
While this is mutual battle for lower rates, it
is also an individual battle.
Certainly there must be reason to reduce gas
rates in both Kenosha and Racine These two
cities are entitled to a. rate commensurate
very large joint consumption and the rate
should not be based on one city alone. Kenosha
should not ask the commission for an unfair
rate or rate which would be reflected in poor
cervice to the customers Of this company, but
it should demand a rate based on fair return
on investment and that fair return should
be on the investment in the gas utility. The
gas utility should not be asked to pay the los
ses of the company on a half dozen ventures
sof more or less earning ability.
The important thing. however, is that Keno
sha take its full part in this battle for some
thing which means so much to all of it's people
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
THE T. B. NJ.
By Berton Braley

WE Got to his desk at nine-thlrty,
Il Dictated three letters or four
Then went out to lunch with the usuai bunen
with "Back at Two pinned on the door,
Returned to his difficult labors
At three-'twas his usual way
INDUCED in some chat about this thing and tnat
And then at fve called it day.
TyIS wife gave the children their breaHfast
IL And sent them of safely to school,
Reused hubby from bed, got him properly fed
Gle grouched through the meal, as a ruie;)
She then washed the numerous dishes,
Swept, busted and cleaned until three,
Gave the children snack they trouping back
And had ladies to tea
7 night when they'd finished their dinner,
n She said to her spouse with smile,
my dear, let go to movie or snow,
I'd like to get out for awhile
He groaned, 81 home from the ONCE,
Tagged out-you have nerve to suggest
That we should step out and go gadding about
When 1 am half dead for rest!
Copyright 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
ENEffIEs.

A real struggle 10 on between maa
md insect pests, warno che Depart
ment of Agriculture. Insects tho1 ore
counteracting our labors by their de7-
truction are boil weevil, Japanese S3s-
lie, gypsy and bsown-tail moths, Eu-
ropean corn borer, alfslfa wsevil. waob
straw-worn, camphor scale, pea a0hi1.
Mexican bean beetle ond hundreds o.
others.
You'll observe chat all tbose pests
are visited on the lonS-sufe-i1E farm
err. City mon doesn't escape, trough
He gets disease germs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The story of Nellie Revell is known
to every newspaper and theatrical Office
in the United States. She was the first
woman press agent in this country.
Before that she was a newspaperwo-
man.
In 1919 she came down with an afflic-
ton Of the spine. Medical science des-
paired of saving her, For four years
she lay in st. Vincent's hospital in
New York. She was operated on, as
she put it, from her ankles to her
teeth. She was cast in mortar, strung
up by wires, reinforced with steel.
Othe7s with less TO bear have prayed
for death.
However,, more courageous soul
nevo2 inhabited body than that
which OF ttnos almost was extinguished
! in NAllie Rsvs1ls pain-wracked shell.
Today she is out OF SAe hospital, able
Co ci& 90 and see nome part of the
uo5ld that paoseO by, or comes to her.
Thus che otarto hor book. "This
book IL o. once teStimony and a
| proo$spH.Ahe ytosa II fOhe Great Healer
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The career of Koretz in Chicago just goes to
show that the crop of suckers has not been re-
duced by recent experiences. When man like
Koretz can get twenty million dollars out of the
supposed intelligent people Of a city, just think
how easy it must be for the smaller fishers for
suckers to work on smaller fish.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

William Jennings Byran hastens to casti-
gate Henry Ford for his support of Coolidge.
Mr. Bryon should be thankful to Mr.. Ford as
his retirement may open the way for the COM
moner to be candidate again. Being candi-
date is the best thing that Mr.. Bryan does.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

A few years ago Morris Shunan
of Boston, was a physical wreck on
the brink Of the grave. Did he quit
discouraged? No. He sought DR..
Nature In gymnasium. Now he's
rated perfect man" at health
show, winning gold medal and first
prize of 800.
Physical exercise, fresh air and the
right mental attitude are the three
greatest medicines in the world. In
cidentally, Shuman is encouraging to
any one starting 1924 with handicap
of any sort.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Wisconsin spends three dollars and seventy
five cents year for the education of each child
in the state. Let's see. That is about much
as small box of cigars costs. 1t is just pos
sible that we could spend more for education
and less for politics and get lot more value
for our money. :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Secretary of State Zimmerman is right. If
the educational institutions have money to
meet their immediate demands there is no use
drawing on the emergency funds. Piling up
money in school treasures or state treasures
never helped to cut down the taxes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Now that Christmas is over, it is just as well
to get out the good resolutions" and get them
patched up for use on next Monday night. No
use getting new ones-the old ones will be just
as useful and just as ''unbreakable.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
'TOM SIMS


| Ine.Mexico's civil war they~do- every
k&hing but act civil,
\. Our governments is experimenting
with hogs Yes,sreal hogs. Not offic
seekerss
Department of agriculture, is tryin,
Ito teach hogs to bring homeythe bacol
with morelean,
One-seventeenth Of thevworld' szpeo
Ep1e live in the United States, ane
shouldSbe glad qof dt.
| The@9United States spends@more OF
feducatfoit than thesrest of theoworld
kyet haaso little.
JTher@are 800 900 illterates in tn
United Statesy which aS ignorance o,
their part.
About 81, per CENT Of London'sswa
twfdovs have married again. Bewar
of widows during leap year.
Largest diamond in the world I
worth 100000, but ascmalT onev sho
be4prized more highly.
Cainwissbehttd the times. Ns19ehin
woman lived with lner hubbysH8 year
before ahootinS hin.
-
A51cport chat Cleveland will iot
| her prcoid5ntinl convention due so
4 liquor shortage. is untrue.
Weather is, oil o matter o. hC5i
When It drops doun 60 50 IN k2ri.
they Start phivering,
Watch your ovorecst In q re-tas
rant o. a cold day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Probably no passage in~the book
nearly gives the key to this man
sided recital of experiences as :
passage - quoted above. Tears sl
smiles play tag through the pags
Tragedy is the background for coz
edy, and comedy the background f
tragedy. Through it all rises the ST
pie, yet majestic beauty of life, 7
vealing the beauty that is in the Ii
of Nellie Revell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

If you didn't get what you wanted as a
Christmas present the next best thing is to be
satisfied with what you did get. After all, the
best gift that any one could have received was
contentment with what one has.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
TIE "LEGTTIMATE" COMES RACK.

/ After an absence of more than year the
Legitimate drama has come back to Kenosha
saa1d Kenosha people are being given chance to
Esee real actors on a real stage without paying
spStsconsiderable money to go to Chicago or
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Laughter that comes from courae
races through the lines or Right o
the Chest" But some how as 20
laugh tears seem to grow on the tyr
before you
There's chapter called "Gloomcha'
ers" and here is one of the stories Ne
lie relates.
"If l live to be hundred / wi
never forget the scene in my roc,
one Sunday afternoon. Jenie Jacol
had come to call and as she got OF
of the elevator she heard pealu Z
laughter emanating from my room.
"Fine,' she thought, there's son
nice, jolly company there and 81
was glad, for she herself had n,
fully recovered from an automobi
accident and questioned her abili'
to cheer anyone. Upon entering q
beheld Molly Fuller and the writ
indulging in the sacred art of helpil
each other carry on.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Tellurium is used as a crystal de-
tector in radio work and in an anti
knock compound for automobile en-
gines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The Greeks may not know just what kind of
government they want, but is is evident that
most of them are satisfied that they are dis
sitisfied with what they have been having.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

DECEMBER 26. 1898.

The bill providing for the survey of
the Kenosha and Racine harbors has
been passed by the house but not~the
senate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

And possibly by this time you have mastered
The workings of all the mechanical toys so that
the boy, for whom Santa brought them, can
have chance to play with them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The strike of the men at the Sieg
company was settled at three forty
five this afternoon. The men will re-
turn to work on Tuesday morning. 1t
is understood that both Sides made
concessions and that the settlement
was largely due to the state board OF
arbitration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

A good neighborhood is place where peo-
pie don't have much to worry about except the
servant problem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Perhaps it is good economy to chase the rum
fleet. The Navy can save the expense of going
south for target practice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The striking men at. the Sieg fec
tory gave dance at Columbia hall
last night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
However, QEpn'n-
By JAMES w, DEAN.

New York.---A comma is Sheat5Fasw%s
er's best friend, especially whensss s3ol<
lows however. sM
"This is the best show OF th%sHe9%
SOM writes the reviewer. "EaoweTers
conima," be continues, tShe leading
lady vas hardly up to. her paTts'
Then, aHowever, comnaas we alnder-
stand that She was suffering fron
the effects Of Fheavy.,cold. She5Will
do better work IN the }1utura.M
And In the matter of booksr~sTgH
latest work of this author is in no
way up to the standard set pravfs
Gus works. However comma his tale
emit for character delineation Is as its
very best in the creation of his heEo. +"
And again at the concert, "Hers Is
a young soprano of great promise.
However comma some of her noten
in the upper register are still d bit
ragged"
Or consider the film reviewer.
"Chaplin's art reaches it's highest
level in this new comic. However
comma he has neglected his mustache
of 1ate.''
ma" as convenient means for quib-
bling on the part of the reviewer.
The critic of plays, books, films and
music is ever on the search for per-
lection. Often he thinks he has
found it, but after he sets down that
conviction he knows that nothing per-
feet has yet been created that makes
life worth while. Once we have achiev-
ed perfection we are ready for She
next world.
And on the other hand, nothing is
entirely bad in this world. A reviewer
may be firmly convinced that he has
just met up with the worst play, book,
film or voice ever released. Then he
realizes that his own effort along the
same line would be far worse. So he
tempers his criticism with "however
comma"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Wood imported from India is being
used in the manufacture of baseball
bats
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Our guess is that diet of humble pie will
become general on the Continent. The menu
will he in French, of course.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

About all you can say for fine vocabulary
is that it makes your friends blink occasionally
as you talk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The irony of fate was the fact that you re-
ceived handsome new pocketbook for Christ
mas and had nothing to put into it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

New silk otos1ings gill last; longer
If washed before worn,~and trim your
Toe nails, too.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

New York.-Nothing has contributed
so much to my spiritual well-being in
recent years as reading Nellie Revell's
fright Off the Chest" This is said
right off my chest, right out of my
heart.
Nellie RevelPs friends are legion.
Hundreds of them interested in her
welfare are doing their bit to see that
her book is success.
However, l know Nellie Revell only
as she has revealed herself to me in
the book which have just lain down.
Yet she always shall be my friend,
Nellie Revell will be the friend of
everyone who reads her book. The
number of friends she viii have helped
will outnumber by far those who have
helped her.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Original Americans were noted for their
high cheek bones the moderns for their high
soup bones.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

The marriage Of Miss Anna Wallace
and w. ]. Birmingham will take place
on February 9Th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

There is much dangerof ar~small-
pox epidemic. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

A thJrmomgCr weathe
mans 0orecacts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

A new year looms. 1t is time for
recapitulation, for striking of balan-
ces in all fields of human endeavor.
For the moment we turn 80 the stage.
The current Deason is probably a
5f~y,r commercial auscess than last
oJxon. It's artisSic success 10 lsnc.
The moot artistic achievements Of the
present ceAoon are John Rarrymoro's
"Eamlet," Jane Cows "Eomeo and
Juliet" the plays of the Moccow Art
theater, Seventh Heaven" "Lain" and
"Sun Up" Ali Of shcu hsldbover 1eom
LAST seseon OF are revivnlc Of last sea-
cons productions.
This seocon may be Lccud to cloim
Walter Ecmpden'o "CrRaao de Ber-
gerac," Belacco'c "1arCh, Clown,
Laugh" with Lio1el AGrrylaoro, GThe
ChcngelinG1," 'Thc FotSocc." Aren't
We sAll?" and "Tn Love With Love-"
Probably there have been more good
rlays this season than Loot. However
comma, no milestones have been set as
they were last season.
However comma, the season is still
young, although the year is old. The
Theater Guild iG producing George
Bcrnard Sicw'c "Saint Joan" soon and
uax Reinhardt will soon have "The
Miracle" ready foe public view.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27

Despite the pAnGeaanG Of certain pro-
ducers TO the wcif-paek Of sInot-seek-
ers, the revue shows afe more artistic
than ever. Thro1gh ths swinging flesh
pots may be glimpsed such beauty as
the American stage has nos known be-
fore in "The Music Box Revue" Flo's
"Follies,' Greenwich Village Fcllies,
ARTISTS and Models "Topics Of 1929
and the "Vanities.s
There are more high grade, clean
fun musical comedies this year than
there have been since the increase of
rail rates affected this type Of show.
Among the better ones are stepping
Stones" ''The Magic Ring" Little
Jessie James," Poppy Battling But
tier" "Wildfower' (last season's), and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
DECEMBER &c.
GOD OVER ALL:--The eyes Of al
wait upon thee.-Psalms 145;16.

to Whom I owe the many blessing
that have been mine the last foL
years"