davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-12-23

by America, and in any case America
made no mention OF its intention TO
claim reparations under the Dawes
plan at the time 1t was being nego-
tiated.
Evening star., 1924-12-23
Strength OF League.

f-~All this is a necessary consequences
of the fact. that the entire organiza-
ton of the League Of Nations as d
whole is hardly compatible with the
Military preponderance Of individual
states, whether they are members Of
stAs league or not"
= sSbr. Stresmann contends that the
oggantzation. of the league presup-
5poses that the ornaments Of the vari-
Gus states have been fixed for them
4 approximately on the basis of their
geographical and territorial situa-
tspns. but that this condition, SO far
as Germany is concerned, will not
y6S fulfilled even when the disarma-
naent of the other states has been
Effected In accordance with the cove
y1nt 81 the league, for q limit ID
sat to the reduction which does not
1Eeaudice either the requirements Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Reluctantly Admits
He's Kaiser's Nephew

NEW YORK-Prince Wolfgang Maui
rice Won Hesse, a nephew of the de-
throned kaiser-he reluctantly adj
mitted it-reached here Tuesday on
board the steamship America for a
brief visit.
Wolfgang is the the son of Margaret,
sister of the former German was lord,
but when reporters asked him if he
was related to the latter, the prince
asked with an apparent effort of
memory:
"The kaiser? have heard of him,
of course OF course, know who he
is"
The prince, tall, blond and rather
good looking, is 27. He served in the
German army as lieutenant of cav
airy. He is the first blood relative of
the former kaiser to come to the this
country He said he was here for a
brief visit with friends.
Although most of the passengers on
the America were Germans, none was
aware that fellow Voyager was of
the Hessian house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12

the trade district around this point. me
matter of Live Stock Marketing VIII D9 ~
cnssed nv men who are well informed. =
Dannfy commissioner of Marketing, Il. ".
Faster wift-be one of the important SPEAK
ers. plan to attend. Other shopping assoc
CITATIONS over the county are urged TO aleehu
Buy Glover Seeds at Home
That Grant County has large eHouS =
s,,pply of good home grown clover seeu -
! reason enough for not to look eiseHlle :,
Don't forget that home grown SEED Is aiw W. J
the best However, buy only seeus TIC ;a
have state seed test. Clean seeds Is an ~ !
nortant thing to consider. We nave sesu
laws men having seed for sale shoulu COZ
form TO them. We have seVerai la me- lt,; ?
who have listed good seed for SAFE ~ LIS
office We will gladly assist you III Secui
ing good seed.
Protect Your Hog Crop Now. 80
Care should be given the brood sow a LIE ,
time of the year. Pigs farroWed ana LA LA
are not strong are loss Proper lee su ls
shouid be considered. Feed ratons not ~
strong in fat producing elements PVT r4e aout
that mill build muscle, bone ana HE: I s :
over feed with corn. Oats, bran nlluoiihs9 -
and milk should take the place OF az iease
na ri of the corn. Let the BROOD SOW ny i4 :
free run to mineral food. II nothlns peI
tor At hand use 80 pounds of wood aSnes,
and IN bounds of salt, keep in hopper where
drv Always give sows plenty OF EXERCISE.
~ 'is iTnnorfanf at this time of year. ToIh
nrices don't look too WELL but we shoulu
nrotect ourselves with as near lOoo as We
can of those farrowed. o,4 Aoon+
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
Normal Short Course Success


The past week very interesting series of
NAL.
The afternoons of each day from Monday
until Friday were turned owed to educa-
tional program for the farmer. The evening
the social side and entertainment was fea-
tured Such subjects Taxation, Coopera-
ton, Radio Place in Each Home, Tractor VS..
Horses, Preparing Seed Beds, Alfalfa, Value
and Culture Soy Beans for Hay, Lime and
Uses, Cow Testing Association Value, Spray
ing, Soil Testing, Poultry Marketing, Poul-
try Feeding and Successful Farming were
taken up. Aside from the subjects above
mentioned several very instructive movie
films shown.
Taking everything into consideration,
roads, weather and all, the Short Course
was shown by all present. AS result of
the Short Course it is hoped we will be able
to ge Cow Testing Association started in
that section. Several have expressed their
desire to get such started. Let others
around Platteville make their desires known.
Fennimore Farmers Meeting March IA.
A farmers meeting is slated for Fenni-
more March IA, in the afternoon. Prof.
Chapman will discuss soils and the retain
ing of their fertility. The writer expects to
be present and will discuss the culture of
Alfalfa and Soy Beans. Eevery farmer who
can possibly attend should do so. More at
tention must be given our soil fertility. Let
all plan to be there
Lancaster Shipping Association Meeting.
A meeting at lancaster, March 18th at
1850 should be attended by every farmer in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12

passed by both Assembly and Senate at their
last session but vetoed by the Governor.
Governor Blaine has seemed Co be UNI
usually good executive. He has stood for
economy; he has corrected abuses with
strong hand, he has checked uncailed for
We understand good authority, the
gasoline tax bill was vetoed because no pro-
Vision was made for division of the funds
raised with the local units. In other words
the entire raised would go on state or
In addition, is it not time we call halt
in the increasing tax burden.
The real property of the state, farm, land
village. and city houses and business places
are paying good stiff tax.
Land taxation used to be fair and equit-
able TO all, but it has come to where only a
land tax would let great many escape tax
alton altogether Economists have long
realized this ana SLOWLY other system nave
The one great failing in taxes is: "well,
that is just one more tax we have got to
At the annual Farm Bureau meeting
several resolutions We're passed, number
nine is one that vitality concerns every own
er of real property in our state.
Resolved, that the Wisconsin Farm Bureau
start a publicity campaign to do away with
the land tax for county highway purposes.
Taxes for this purpose to be raised instead
by a gasoline tax of not less than cents
more more than cents per gallon (the
original minimum was cents) and by the
increased auto license system now in opera
1t is a very well known fact that many of
our farmers are in very severe financial cir
clmstances and we hazard the opinion that
many business concerns are not much better
off.
ditures the bulk OF which goes for schools
and roads. Good schools are vital, good
roads we need too, but many coming to
ask ''Where are the expenditures for road
purposes going to end.
Surely this is a good time to practice the
most rigid economy in all things Let us
tax this gasoline it surely is just tax that
he who used the roads should help build and
maintain them.
Let us take this county highway tax
amounting on the average to about 5000 900
for each and every county in the state off
the land and put it the users of the road.
HUGH A. HARPER,
Secretary Grant County Farm Bureau.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Muezzins of Islam
Chant Prayer Calls

zig. Translated for The Milwaukee Journal.
Strangely melodious sounds come
from the heights of the minarets:
"Allahu akbar Allah is great! Al
lab is great! testify that there is no
god beside Allah! / testify that there
is no god beside Allahi Come to pray,
come to salvation, Allah is great!
Come to pray! There is no god beside
Allah"
In the morning these words are
added: Prayer is better than sleep!"
Five times day these words are
sung from minarets of each MOham-
medan city, village or town. The first
prayer takes place at noon. The sec
ond is announced when the sun sets,
the third after sunset, the fourth late
at night and the fifth early in the
morning, between dawn and sunrise.
Mohammed, realizing the value of
prayer, originated the profession of
muezzin, he who calls the faithful to
their five daily prayers.
The first muezzin was an AbysSin-
ian, Bilal, freed slave and son of a
slave, one of the first followers of the
prophet. During his second veal. in
Medina the prophet entrusted Bilal,
4
who professed a beautiful voice, with
the new task An elevated stand had
to be erected for the muezzin so that
one could hear his call above all the
houses of the neighborhood. This
stand developed in the course of CEN
turtles into the graceful minaret, a
characteristic of each mosque.
Small towns and villages, even tiny
hamlets, have their muezzin. He often
has to get along without a tall min
aret. His stand may consist of tree
stump, frame of planks or step
| ladder.
Moslems in French colonies OF
northern Africa have done away with
the muezzin. Small Tags are hoisted
at prayer times and serve the purpose
of the muezzin In the small towns,
though, especially in the oasis settle
ments of the desert, the muezzin ap-
pears five times day and sings his
melodious song.
At the call of the mueZzin the faith
full turn in the direction of Mecca and
pray. Cleanliness is one of the re-
quirements for prayer. To secure this
and to avoid unclean contact between
forehead and earth the Mohammedans
use the prayer rug which is rolled up
after use
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Self Respect and the Days Work.
(By DR.. Frank Crane)

(By DR.. Frank Crane)
The most valuable possession of any
human being is his self respect.
Men have died rather than lose it.
Women have taken their own lives
rather than go on living without it.
But self respect is not a matter of
great crises. 1t is not to be won by
dramatic decisions and does not de-
pend upon the turn of any great bat
| tie.
| Self respect is thing a man needs
every day. 1t is something to live
with 1t is like bread and water, and
not like champagne and plum pudding.
| 1t is a weekday affair, and not some
thing to be put on only on Sunday.
A man needs. self-respect in the
morning, so that he will not hate to
look at himself in the glass when he
is shaving.
! And he needs it at night, for there
| is no better remedy for sleeplessness,
no better insurance for sound and
wholesome rest.
| The very best reason for not getting
drunk, for not dropping into profanity
or obscenity, for not telling lie, for
not cheating either at the card table
| or in the market place, for being de-
cent and straight, is self respect.
Indeed, if one is deficient in self-re-
spect there is not much use in giving
him advice or handing him moral
tract
About the only kind of person it
pays to help is one who has self re-
spect; for when you help one who has
no self respect you are likely to make
him worse than he was before.
| To give a dollar to one who is keen
| ly sensitive to his obligation to repay
it is a worthy deed; to give a dollar
to a beggar who feels no responsible
ity to do anything in return is to make
him a worse mendicant than he was
before.
You cannot only climb the ladder of
success yourself without self respect,
but there is not much use trying to
help anyone else UP the ladder if he
has no self respect.
/ People do not need outside aid SO
much as they need inside aid.
To take a pauper out of a howell and
put him into palace is quite as likely
to harm him as to do him good; but If
you can take man out of envy, and
self pity, and despair, and set him
over into courage, and cheer, and
hope, you, have done something that is
really benevolent.
The greatest curse of the worlds
system of dealing with criminals is
that in our effort to punish them we
proceed to destroy the only thing that
can change them from being menace
to being a blessing to society-the1r
self respect.
No religion that merely proposes to
save man from the consequences of
his evil is sound religion.
| The only religion that is OF any
value is one that will remove from the
man his love of evil and instill into
him self respect. That man alone is
safe from doing wrong who is asham-
ed to do wrong.
The one kind of fear that is whole
some is the fear of ones self condem-
nation.
The one Judge and Master that it is
every mans greatest virtue to revere
is himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
CONCLUSIONS ON LIBERTY

Liberty and law march hand in
Ihand.-John Adams.
1t is reason and virtue alone that
can bestow liberty.-Shaftesbur
The caues of liberty is one and the
same all over the world.-George
Thompson. $780, 50
Every man derives his right to life
and liberty from God.-Bingham.
Liberty unregulated by law, soon
ldegenerates into anarchy-Millard
Fillmore.
| Liberty, when it begins to take root,
is plant of rapid growth.-Washing-
ton.
| Il will fight the battle Of liberty as
| long as there is shot in the locker
Paul Jones.
/ 1t is easy to cut down the tree OF
liberty, but not so easy to restore 1t
| to life.-Toussaint L'Ouverture.
! Liberty is q precious boon, and we
do not always appreciate 1t at its true
Worth.-John Russell Young.
| The spirit OF liberty must be cher
ished il we would elevate, purify and
strengthen the fiber of the nation
Arnaud de L Ariege.
! II liberty were to go on pilgrim
age al over the earth, she would fnd
| home in every house and a welcome
| in every heart-William Elder.
/ Give me the centralism of liberty;
give me the imperialism OF equal
rights. Charles Sumner.
| If liberty with law is fire on the
hearth, liberty without law is fire on
the floor--G. S. Hillard.
Liberty is a principle; it's conlmu-
nifty is it's security; excluslveness is
it's doom-Kossuth.
1t is owing to the great advantages
of liberty that liberty itself has been
abused Montesquieu.
Give me the liberty to know, to ut
tier and to argue freely, according to
conscience, above all liberties.-Mil-
ton.
The word liberty has been falsely
used by persons who, being degen-
erately profligate in private life, and
lmischievous in public, had no hope
left but in fomenting discord.-Taci-
1 tuS.
Is life so dear, or peace SO sweet, as
to be purchased at the price of chains
and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
| know not what course others may
take, but as for me, give me liberty
or give me death Patrick Henry.
If Justice, good faith, gratitude, and
all other qualities which ennoble the
character of a nation, and fulfill the
end of government. be the fruits or our
establishments, the cause OF liberty
will acquire a dignity and a lustre
which it has never yet enjoyed
James Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Democracy Loses in
Idea Clash With Soviet.

Because of the obduracy OF Secre-
tary Hughes American democracy has
lost in it's clash with syndicalist
sovietism Hughes fitting windmills
with an imaginary enemy lays down
terms and conditions the Russian
government cannot accept. England
is not so unWise.
Whether or not we have relations
with Russia is perhaps of little
moment. But persecution and harsh
ness in political creeds is just as bad
as intolerance in religion. Wise re-
ligionists know the cause of Jesus
needs no favor in comparison with
other religions. Wise political econo-
mists know that pure democracy, the
right of the individual to progress as
far as his ability will carry him in a
fair contest, needs no special favors IN
an argument with socialism And why
should ninety-nine million people not
socialists fear one million who are?
Let us be tolerant. AS good democrats
we know our principles will stand
scrutiny and debate. We have had too
much curtailment of free speech and
mouth shutting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Millionaire Out to Find
Lost Pirate Treasure

NEW YORK.-Archer, M. Hunting
ton, millionaire. is about to engage in
the search for the famous pirate treas
ure of Cocos island in the Barbados,
it is learned. 1t is expected that Hunt
ington will be joined there by his
yacht Rocanite which recently out
fitted for a two year cruise. The re-
port that the millionaire had embark
ed in a hunt for the $60,000,000 treas
ure of the Peruvian Incas could not
be confirmed here as no relative or
friend could be found who knew his
ultimate destination.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Bit of Needle Travels
From Finger to Toe

NEW YORK.-Two years ago while
washing clothes, Mrs. Mary Borth-
wick, Jamaica, stuck small needle in
the middle finger of her left hand
When Mrs. Borthwick tried to remove
it, it broke off, but, believing she had
removed all the pieces, she thought
nothing more of it.
Fourteen months later Mrs. Borth-
wick began to feel a pain in her left
knee This pain went away and Mrs.
Borthwick did not bother further.
Recently an iIfgrowing toenail be-
gan to annoy her When her physi-
clan removed the toenail. a piece of
needle was found beneath it. 1t was
one-fourth of an inch long.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Democracy Begins In
The School Room
(Bv Dr. FRANK Cranel

copyright 1924, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Democracy is not natural. 1t is ac-
quirel, the product of intelligence, the
development of team-play. 1t is CO.
operation, which is very late product
of evolution. SaVages, untutOred
primitives, cannot possibly grasp it.
Wild Indians, native African tribes,
primeval Fills, as we'll as the ancient
forefathers of every race on earth, all
had kings, caste, commons and high
mightinesses. The natural state of
mankind is competition, conflict, class
hate.
When capitalists and labor organize
to fight they are only doing what their
ancestors did thousand years ago in
the bOks of Denmark or the forests of
SaXOny.
The only place this primal function
of ignorance is wasteful discord can
be overcome is in the school room.
Getting together has to be learned.
Contention comes by nature. Just as
the sense of the common welfare, of
respect for law, of self-restraint and
keeping step have to be learned.
BY all means get together. But you
cannot get together at the convention
board of directors, nor in Samuel
Gompers' executive committee of the
American Labor Federation. You
could not get together when the pres
ident called you to meet at Washing
ton.
If you really want democracy and
hearty cooperation, you can make it
maybe in a generation, but you will
tn uit hn ho
every boy and girl in a common school
(accent on the common) till they are
of age and teach them.
For democracy is not made in con-
ventions, but in school houses.
More education and more democra-
tic education is our great national
need" writes Dallas Lore Sharp in his
book, Patrons of Democracy" Gov
ernments are not safe in the hands of
any single class-a democracy of all
governments, the least safe. There is
but one thing to do-give us more edu-
cation, which, in the United States,
means an education to the end of the
high school for every citizen, even
though compelled by law. Education
is a class leveler. Though not by any
means cure for the inequalities of
IILCs CuuCctLlOl lSClI SI IlletA cI1y
other thing to being the lowest COM
mon denominator to the vulgar frac-
tons of society that we call classes"
There is but one overlapping queS-
ton: it is education.
There is but one place where the
wild theories of half baked enthusiasts
can be corrected: it is the school
room.
There is but one person who can
successfully combat the bolshevist, the
anarchist, and the maniacal devotee
who would overturn the government,
defy law and destroy the accumulated
products of civilization in order to
safe his fanaticism: it is the school
teacher
This nation needs to rouse itself to
the vital Importance of this matter;
to examine and reconstruct its system
of education; to teach foremost of all
and all the time those principles of
democracy which we are too much in
clined to take for granted
For every dollar invested in our
public schools we should invest ten:
for every dollar paid in salaries we
should pay ten; for every teacher now
employed we should have ten
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Question and Answer

T. r., Muscoda: What's better in
an accident than presence of mind !?
Answer: Absence of body.
R. M, Avoca: I would like to
know why they call hunters MIN
rods?" Answer: This romantic name
for hunter was taken from Genesis
1919, who is referred to as Hams
grandson and mighty hunter before
the Lord" However, Bible scholars
differ as to what is meant by Nimrod
being mighty hunter"
F. p, Muscoda: Is the Camp Fire
Girls local organization, or are they
organized in other states? Answer:
"The Camp Fire Girls of America
have their central headquarters In
New York City They are rapidly
spreading to every state in the Union.
1t was founded in 1912 for promoting
the health of girls by means Of out
door life
Reader, Avoca: May I ask through
your question column what caused the
hills, mountains and valleys of the
earth? Answer: Hills and noun
tains were formed in upheaval of the
earth's crust in it's cooling process;
and the valleys owe their existence
primarily to folds or assures in the
earth's crust in the upheaving pro-
cess. Of course, constant rains and
frosts have contributed somewhat to
the deepening and widening Of these
valleys.
F. G., Gotham: How long did the
Hohenzollern family hold the throne
of Germany? Answer: Forty-seven
years, from the beginning of the Ger
man empire in 1871, to the fall of Will
liam II in 1918.
S. N, Excelsior: Can you tell us
what makes boiling teakettle "sing?"
Answer: Steam being forced out Of
the spout, starts vibrations in the air.
These vibrating waves strike the ear
drum and causes what you call Sing
ing"
Reader, Blue River: Would it be
all right for girl to accept her first
proposal of marriage if she knows she
loves the boy and the boy loves her.?
Answer: It depends upon. how old
both of you are. We infer from your
letter both of you are very young, in
which case you'd better wait awhile.
B. D., Avoca: Quite often I see in
daily papers and magazines three or
four stars thus, So and would
like very much to know what they
mean? Answer: Three or more of
these are termed an "ellipsis," and
signifies a leaving out of portion OF
a letter or subject. Where just one
appears it is used as reference at the
bottom of the page or in. margin to
the omission of letters or
words.
NJ B., Highland: Why does the
wind whistle? Answer: Probably be-
cause it's on the way south where the
weather is warm.
D. j., Sylvan: Why is a PERSONS
voice called an echo when it comes
back? Answer: In mythology Echo
was a nymph who fell in love with
Narcissus, who was not susceptible to
her tender passion. AS her love was
not returned, she pinned away till moth
ing was left but her voice-the echo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Lord CurzOn to Write
Book About Napoleon

LONDON-Relieved of his duties as
foreign minister in eX-Premier Bald
wins cabinet, Lord Curzon will now
devote himself to household work and
writing a book about Napoleon, ac-
cording to The Daily Mails political
correspondent, who also says Lord
Curzon's dukedom is assured, although
he is retiring, in the coming honors
list, which will be brief 1t is stated
that besides his writing, which also
will include his memoirs, Lord Curzon
intends devoting himself closely to
matters of domestic economy in his
own household. in the running of
which he takes keen personal in
tereSt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12

The disposition now is to helm
everybody by law When each and
every class of citizen has been made
ward of Uncle Sam, and everybody
is paying taxes to help everybody else
shall we not be back about where we
started on the programme of helpful
ness, except that we have paid out ire
mendous sums in executing the help
ful but useless laws?