davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

lived always in the Valley. Ernest
was his name. AS boy he had stud
led the Great Face and felt its in
fiuence within him. AS man he de-
veloped Ideas unlike those of other
men. not gained from books, but of
higher tone" And as the passing
wears 'began to bring white hairs.
and scatter them over the head OF
Ernest" and made reverend wrinkles
across his forehead, and burrows IN
his cheeks people came from afar
to sit and listen to this old man OF the
Valley and to hear what was in his
heart and mind.
And finally it dawned upon those
who had always lived with Ernest
that here, indeed, was the man ID
whose features lived the true likeness
of the Great Stone Face.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
RADIO DEVELOPS FAST

Time flies. 1t is hard to realize that
it is only fifteen years since Jack
Binns sent out from the sinking steam
ship Republic the famous &C. @. D."
which saved many lives and made the
modest young wireless operator an
international hero. Three years after
the Republic disaster the S. o. S. of
the Inflated steamship Titanic checked
the world. Four years ago radio was
a 100000 business. Today radio
is a $350,000000 industry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
If LaFollette is Elected.

AS the Herald sees it the public
would have nothing to fear in the way
of extreme radicalism if LaFollette
was elected. We do not think ne
will be elected and we are not sup
porting him. But we do not fear a
too radical policy if Bob wins the
palm leaf of victory.
The experience in England has been
this: Ramsay Mcdonald, Labor
leader, was elected premier. The con-
seryatives were aghast. However,
nothing appalling happened. Melon
aid has gone ahead with certain LABOR
policies in regard to housing, unem-
ployment insurance, etc., but mas not
upset the empire. Rather, ne mas
conserved it's welfare.
In his own words, Mcdonald tells
of his own experience. he FOUND tnaI
government was a complicated, IN
tricate piece of business. Honest
leaders, be they radical or conserVa-
tive, (most are honest enough) 90 not
want to spill the beans. They hnd
they must proceed slowly although
their progress is along the line OF
their conviction. And the RESPONSE
bilities of high office has the effect OF
making conservatives out OF radlcals.
Mcdonald admits this. His radical
party adherents now want to kick the
moor man out. Mcdonald, by the way,
was an anti-war man and the OBJECT
of terrific abuse for his convictions
during the late unpleasantness with
the kaiser. His position on the war
was a good deal the same as La tol-
1ette'S
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

apolis. We are deprived of the vast
benefit of the soup houses. The trusts,
anybody. Prosperity, education and
somehow or another, no longer bother
comfort abound.
One can easily see what the trend
has been. Let us get back to those
good old days and have all that good
old poverty and deprivation. Hurl
Coolidge and the rest of his band of
rotten crooks out of high office and
vote in men who will hamstring the
business bandits and put the country
on easy street.
This is what has actually happened.
1t is certainly time the American
people did something to get out of
their misery. We still have the ballot
left. By all means use it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
The Coolidge "Slush Fund.-"

The Coolidge "Slush Fund" as told
about by Sen. LaFollette is news to us.
We were told and believed that Cool
idge supporters would have to provide
the finances for his campaign as the
state committee was practically with
out funds.
A lot of us grafters are getting
cheated Not being La Toilette sup
porters we are all a lot of dirty crooks
and robbers and if this here slush
fund is being handed out we want in
on it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

Mr.. Pierce Nolen of Mifflin is in a
Madison hospital critically i'll.
E. c. Davis of Dodgeville, former
music teacher died the past week.
Alden Olson, Is, son of Elmer Olson,
Avoca, suffered a crushed foot when
horse he was riding fell and pinned
him beneath. He was taken to hos
pital
Rudolph R. Luce native of George
town, this county, and teacher in
the county schools for years, died at
Stevens Point Oct. 8, after a years
illness with cancer of the trachea. He
was buried at Cashton.
Russell, 12~year-old son of John
Mills of Wauzeka, fell from tree
while picking nuts and broke one arm
so badly that the bones slipped by
each other and were not amenable
to setting. The child was taken to
Madison for an operation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
A LONG COLD WINTER

Joe Douglas, who is, known out at
Yellowstone Park as a real weather
prophet has spoken. He sees signs
galore that mean the coming winter is
to be a most severe one. Those who
know him say he ought to know, as he
has a reputation of having keen eye
and is rigid observer of signs
Here are a few of the things he
observes:
1.-THE blackbirds are f1ocking to-
gether earlier than usual; the deer
are already coming down from the
high places; the squirrels are I'M
usually active; ducks are flying in
formation, like they were getting
ready to go south; the coyotes are
bowling nights, and everything points
to an early winter and long cold
one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

NarcissuS, the Flower of Greece
We have the paper-white narcissus
bulbs may be planted in soil or water.
Stratton's Flower and Gift Shop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

At WRIGHT HOUSE, Room 10
Friday, Saturday ard Sunday, October
IL, Is and 70 at Wright House
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
The Great Stone Face

uc NV
There is an old story about great
face of stone on a mountain side.
1t was "a work of Nature in her mood
of majestic playfulness," perfect
human face, so full of character,
strength and inspiration that a
prophecy grew up around it.
That prophecy said that someone,
born in the Valley beneath the Great
Stone Face, would some day attain
greatness. And that one would have.
in his own face, perfect likeness
to the great countenance on the noun
tain side.
Three times the folks of the Valley
thought that the prophecy had been
fulfilled. Three men, born in the Val
ley. had gone forth into the world and
returned with high recognition for &C
complishments in finance, war, and
craftsmanship. But time proved that
each one had not possessed the true
nobility, the true greatness of soul
to be the promised likeness of the
Great Stone Face.
But there was another who had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
e. S. A. Not A Good
Country For Socialists.

leading socialist, we think 1t was
Victor Berger, in defending his stano
in supporting La Toilette for president
instead of a socialist, gave his reasons
for so doing.
He went on to say that he had been
a socialist for thirty years, ever since
landing, here and had always worked
for the domination of the proletarlet or
commoners. But, he naively confesses,
the socialist movement has not grown
appreciably in the United States. He
further states as reason for tnls
failure to grow is the inevitable abll-
ity of a good workman to get out Oh
the toiling class and become capital
ist in a little or big way. 1t seems
that when a workingman gets on his
own, acquires property and begins to
hire and fire other men, he gets over
a lot of socialistic doctrine about his
being down-trodden and oppressed.
But get the point-the workingman
who is diligent soon gets beyond a
mere day labor job, acquires home
and competence if not business and
begins to see that mainly what the
system (under which we are miser-
ably struggling) is trying to do is to
protect a man in the fruits of his labor
so that in his old age he will not be
homeless and without means of living
We think our socialistic friend has
honestly stated very pertinent con-
dition. 1t is a fact that the man OF
industry is bound to get along in the
good old United States and our eco
nomic system has very little to offer
in the way of campaign material fol
the apostles of sharing up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

NOTHING BUT PERFECT BULBS
We carry no seconds or inferior
bulbs. All first-grade.
STATIONS Flower and Gift Shop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
OPTOMETRIST

Eyes tested and glasses correctly fit
ted. Come, in and get your glasses
Strengthened. No charge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15
The New Freedom.

The New Freedom.
In his late work, 1.-THE New Free
DOM" Woodrow Wilson discusses
democratic problems sanely and in
diligently. He goes to the heart of
many evils, pointing out and analyZ-
ing them and seeks earnestly to pro-
vide a remedy. Above all he counsels
participation and interest in govern
mental affairs from the average cit
lien He abhors leaving such grave
matters in the hands of brutal and
cynical political boss and his bench
men. He advises us to return to the
little group, the old-fashioned town
meeting, to settle our affairs in wise
way.
There is much of pathos and much of
the heroic in the life and death of
Woodrow Wilson. Acclaimed, applaud
ed, revered and then rejected and
despised. Time will place him truly.
That place, to our mind, will be a
geat one. AS a peace president Will
son stood high. His ideas were con-
structive and his administration was
clean and progressive.
When the war came on things
changed. Apparently a great peace
president could not be great war
leader. The two things required diff
ferent qualities. And Wilson must
have essentially been man of peace.
He loved peace and he loved progress
by peaceful rather than bloody meth
DDS.
So harassed and worn by his duties
Wilson crashed from his high pedestal
of peace under the bloody wheels OF
war. And there he lies until time
shall again raise him to his deserved
position in the galaxy of great leaders
of a people at peace and striving in
lawful and orderly way for better
things.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-15

Room 10, Lancaster, Wis.
AT Ostermeyer's Hotel, POtOsi Mon.
day, October Goth.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
BY Frederick L. Collins
In The Womans Home Companion
For July

Old Morgan APP Morgan-the Gov
ernor says he doesn't know what the
APP means, but Jesse Sullivan, his
secretary, says it means Morgan of
the house of Morgan-was the first
man to settle in West Virginia. He
was, so far as the local Van Looms
relate, a man of peace. But David
his son, OF nephew, or something like
that, took after the APP side of the
house. His speciality was skinning
Indians with their own scalping
knives, and tanning their hides in
the Virginia sunlight to make the
prettiest little red-leather shot
pouches ever seen in those parts.
Ephraim Morgan is part Morgan
and part APP. The Morgan in him kept
him on the farm until he was twenty
eight years old, helping his father in
the summertime and teaching school,
four months in the winter. -Four
months at $500 month! That was
his only income until he was in his
twenty ninth year.
why did you do that" asked.
well, the pay was rather better
than most country boys got, so |
kind of stuck to it."
But after while, the AID got after
him. His father tried to put a SUI
gar coating on very pilly income by
serving as Justice of the Peace: and
he sometimes had cases in which law
yers came from the metropolitan
cities of Fairmont and Morgantown.
These were big occasions for Young
Ephraim, who sat with his great legs
colled up on the haircleth sofa. while
the famous barristers called on heav-
en- and earth to witness the spotless
character of some poor horsethief
Ephraim took counsel with his An
and studied law. He had been prac-
ticing two months or. as he ex-
pressed it, "been ready to practice"
when the Spanish War broke out.
Morgan Immediately volunteered. As
buck private he drew $3.50
month; as quartermaster's serg-
cant, he drew S21.00; and as a re-
turned soldier, he drew nothing-not
even bonus.
But big, quiet Aphraim Morgan
from the war all AID. As
school-teacher, he hadn't felt that
re could afford to marry, but as a
attorney without anv
Practice, he decided to do so. The
success of America and the prolong-
ltion of the human race has depend
d on just such decisions. In 1920. |
Ie was benedict. In 1907. he was
judge. And now he's the Cover /
or!
West Virginia hasn't any State
louise. The old one burned down;
nd the new one hasn't grown vet.
'etween times, the State does bus
ness in cost-plus affair that looks 4
Ike the soldiers barracks at Upton
Oglethrope. You have to shut
our eyes and think hard to believe
nat this pasteboard structure is the
apitol of commonwealth that
casts the largest stogie factory, the
'rgest clothes-pin factory, the lar
est patent-medicine company, and
le deepest well in the world. Il
The night arrived in Charleston
was about six-ffteen and very dark
there were just two feeble lights in
he great alleyway which bisects the
uilding, and one in single ground
cor window in the righ-hand bisec-
on.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26

mo, sah!" said the old Waterman,
who looked as if he might be vet
eran of the Liberian revolution,
there amt nobody less perhaps it's
de Guv'nor."
"The Governor? Governor Nor
GAM"
"Yessah!" continued the old darby,
leading the way to the crack of light
at the end of the corridor, de Guv'-
nor, he lister be ledge, but dere's
one law he don't respect"
And what law is that?"
There was a black chuckle some
where in the darkness. Then, my
guide concluded:
Zone law, yessah It's dat eight
hour law-fo' Guv'nors!"
The door was opened by Governor
Morgan himself-a tall, ponderously
good-looking man. liked him right
away-just on the silhouette.
Governor" | said, II represent the
Governors Union. And I've come
all the way from New York to pro-
test against his overtime without
pay"
The big man laughed all over, dis
lodging two heavy wisps of white
hair, which he kept pushing straight
back from his round young face.
During the days j spent with Gov
ernor Morgan at Charleston, in his
office and in his home, he never got
those two wisps to stay where he put
them. They represent, / should say,
the two most worrisome problems of
his otherwise unruffled life.
The Governor didn't have on vest;
he had obviously slipped on his blue
serge coat to answer my knock. He
wasn't expecting company, and pro-
badly didn't want any; but he was
Southern hospitality governorfed.
WELL" he said in big soft voice,
"if you've come so far, / can't turn
you away-especially at supper timel"
Mrs. Morgan proved to be a gentle
Southern woman-they still call 'em
ladies in West Virginial-in a soft
blue gown, who presided over the
enormous mahogany table in the
State dining-room with the grace
which we associate with prewar days.
AS Judge Hammond of Fairmont,
the only other guest at table, confd-
ed to me, the Governors wife was
certainly "an elegant lady" In her
presence, there was no mistaking
the fact that you were sitting in an
old Southern mansion; with the aid
of a bit of imagination, you could
smell the wistaria and the jessamine.
After dinner we sat down in front
Of the gas log.
"-ro,-'e Isaac now?" the Governor
inquired.
THE Judge allowed that Isaac was
Ill right.
"And is Nate Salisbury still |
school? and does he take |
lis drink of an evening, or wait I'M
il Saturday night"
Ephraim Morgan is genuinely in
crested in the answers to these ques-
the charm of the man!
more interested, suspect, than he I
S in the answers to problems of
more national Importance. He had
ust come back from the Bar Assoc \
alton Meeting at Minneapolis; but
lis only comment on the sensational
ord Birkenhead was that he was
"a lanky, awkward fellow" He
kinks, as most people do, that some
# Wisconsin's socialistic theories
re very dangerous affairs"
"The Northwest up there is terri
le," he said, sits in awful shape" h
But he has no theories for saving
t. and, SO far as I could see, little
aora flaw a noccipo .fo,rrictfc ;pfar
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
"COLD IN THE HEAD"

is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent "colds" are
generally in run down condition.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Treatment consisting OF an Ointment, to
be used locally, and Tonic, which acts
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu-
cous Surfaces, building up the System.
and making you less liable to colds" i
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
y. j. Cheney q Co.. Toledo, o.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
The Suicide Aue.

According to an Italian scientist who
has classified 1000 cases of self-de-
structton, more suicides occur between
the ages of fifteen and twenty-six than
at any other period in life
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
Some Time

You will be in need Of
printing of some kind.
Whether it be letter.
heads, statements we'd
ding invitations or
public sale bills, re-
member we can turn
out the work at the
lowest cost consistent
with good work
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26

Continued on last page
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-19
The Proper Reply

Seeing ain advertisement or a
safety razor company in the pa
pers, a young man wrote the fol-
lowing letter to the firm:
Enclosed please find one dollar
for which send me a safety razor.
"P. ST. forgot to enclose the
dollar, but no doubt a firm of
your reputation would not hesitate
to forward the razor
To which he received the follow
ing reply:
Dear Sir:
Your order received. We are
enclosing one safety razor which
we hope will prove satisfactory.
"P. S.-We forgot to enclose the
razor, but we think that a fellow
of your cheek does not need one
of our razors. Forbes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-19
The lakes and streams.
FRED R. ZIMMERMAN,
Secretary of State.

the lakes anu SCIGdIllS.
1t is true, Bass protect their
spawn and fry; and where food is
plentiful are never cannibals. They
live to a large extent upon frogs
insects, leeches, snails and other
small life. Then why, all this de
crease in game fish? There IS
only one solution and that is MAN.
Nature did not provide against
this peril in wild life. Man comes
with his death-dealing devices and
proudly exhibits his skill before
his fellow men who in turn in
vents a worse lure or fish-killing
device. Here is where your thou
sands and millions of fish disap-
pear each year; for when a fish is
killed his race in life is ended for
ever. But what are we going to
do about it? The question has
been asked by many who have CIV
en- much thought, much time and
money to this subject.
The state of Wisconsin has ev-
er been foremost in the propaga-
ton of fish; but not so IN the
PROTECTION of fish in their ma
tural element. About the first fish
to be protected were Bass; another
reason why that specie is plentiful.
Further, a bass will not BECOME
entangled in a gill net, a method
which kill so many fish each year
and which is usually operated by
some near-sighted fish hog IN
many communities.
! Our legislature made a great
move in establishing minimum
| size in fish which might be taken
| by the angler, and it exepcted ev-
ery one to live up to that law
While in force it was a saver OF
game fish and suited every true
sportsman. However, this law was
not popular with the fish hog, ano
| they (the fish hog) must have hao
political influence, for to the ever
lasting disgrace the last legisla
ture repealed it and swung it wide
open so that the unprinciplec
sport could fill his creel with
any known length of fish baby
fish, in fact. With the minimum
. length law, together with thu
open and closed season in force
these were the only laws, and thu
only solution in perpetuating. fish
for this lake region, that. amount
ed to anything.
Again, the question may be ask
y ed, What are we going to d.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-19
Radio is a Marvel.

To be able to sit at home on
dreary winter days and hear a SER
mon from across the continent,
musical entertainment couple Of
thousand miles away or an impor-
tant address by the president of
the United States, is a pleasure
that can not be measured in terms
of ordinary enjoyment.
Radio is truly the marvel of the
age and it's uses are broadening
so that it has come to be an ac-
copied means of communication.
There was a time when the SCOT
fers laughed at the Wright Bro
theirs for trying to fly without
wings; when they ridiculed the
idea of buggy running down the
street without a horse hitched in
front of it; when they scorned the
suggestion that anyone could COM
municate with another many miles
away without the use of wires.
The scoffers are still having
their inning. They haven't been
convinced yet that radio is here
to stay, but knowing their propen-
sites to see only the dark side of
every effort at progress, those Of
us who believe that modern In
ventions are the best ever conceiv-
ed, will not be dismayed by their
predictions of failure
Radio is a wonderful invention
and it will be improved immeasur-
ably. There is no doubt about
that. 1t will be perfected just as
automobiles and airplanes have
been made more practical year by
year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-19
Town of COnOyer.

Caucus was held last Saturday
afternoon as follows:
Chairman-Peter Hedeen. (No
opposition.)
Supervisor Wallie Adams, Axel
Lindberg.
Supervisor Ed. Goranson, Ed.
Ohsam.
Clerk = Robert Anderson. (No
opposition)
Treasurer-G Gustav Hanson, c. II.
Johnson.
Assessor Oscar Goranson, Peter
Sandbeck.
Justice of the Peace August
Stefan. (No opposition.)
Constable Schuyler Primley
mo opposition.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-19
Our New Highways.

| Announcement of the changes
made by the state highway COM
mission in the routings of Wis
consin state trunk highways is
important says the Milwaukee
Journal, because motorists will
have to start in and learn a good
deal over again, and about all the
road maps in the country are
thrown into the scrap heap so
far as the Wisconsin system is
concerned. The old maps will
continue to serve until the paint
ing job is completed, perhaps near
midsummer.
The changes, which caused some
apprehension, are to be found to
be in line with convenience and
improvement of the system. The
commission apparently followed
the plan of providing continuous
through highways as nearly north
and south and east and west &C
ross the state as might be, and
still have continuously marked
roads to carry known large
streams of traffic.
Conspicuous new numberings
are 30, formerly county trunk B,
from Madison to Milwaukee; II,
now from the Illinois state line
to Sister Bay; IS from Milwaukee
now to Michigan state line at Iron
River; Al, new extended to La
Cross, beginning at Milwaukee;
26, from Illinois state line to
Michigan state line; formerly
starting at GAINESVILLE, now at Be-
lott, and formerly going to She
boygan, now goes through Osh-
kosh and ends at Michigan state
line above Eagle River.
The state highway system now
embraces 10000 miles of road, but
a good many miles of highway
will carry more than one number.
The above map shows the
changes made in REMEMBERING
the state highways.