davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1925-03-22

Some idea of how sales of tires,
parts and accessories increased dur
ing 1924 may be seen from the fact
that. despite reduction in the Fed
eral tax on such articles from per
cent to 2h per cent, the third New
York district paid $3.154,sss.14 into
the Government treasury for such ar
ticles in 1924, as against s2,43s, ,e26S4
in 1928. There was a decrease in this
line for the entire country of f10,
$685. 1852 for taxes paid in 1924, but
the decrease was far from being in
proportion to the decrease in the
tax rate. Wonder whether so per
cent decrease in the Federal tax on
cars and motor cycles wouldn't tell
the same progressive story?
The rubber shackle for automo biles
is the newest thing, according 10 the
news dispatches from the motor car
centers. Day by day, in every way
motoring is getting softer and softer
for car owners. and it will be COM
plete when rubber necks come into
vogue.
Evening star., 1925-03-22

prominent manufacturer has
branded all six-cylinder cars selling
for over $4,000 as obsolete. Every
thing should be straight eights now,
in his opinion. Possibly he might re-
fleet over the fact that the most
obsolete car mechanically in Amer
lea is the biggest seller.
Evening star., 1925-03-22

No man Will ever know as much
about n car as the girl he's engaged
to thinks he knows when ne takes
her out ridfnE.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
JOHN
By THoMAs ARKLE cLARK

WHEN l count up the everyday
heroes whom | have known
those simple unselfish souls who meet
the sorrows and the sacrifices of a
life of toll uncomplainingly and we'll
/ always think of John.
His was, indeed, very unheroic fig
ure. He was round shouldered and
thin, almost to emaciation, and his i'll
fitting, ill-kept clothes hung loosely on
him and served to accentuate, his phys
ical defects.
He had never had any real home so
far as know. He had boarded" for
thirty years with Mrs. Baynes, a
worthy woman who did the village
dressmaking and thereby supported an
incapable husband. John had taken
care of her little garden, had looked
after the few chores about the place,
had kept the premises and the house
in repair. He seemed more a guest
than otherwise, though he occupied
bare little room at the back of the
house and paid his modest weekly
board bill with regularity.
He did not always follow a regular
business. In early life he had been a
farmland; later he apprenticed him
self to barber, and in recent years
he had kept an untidy barber shop at
the edge of town, but trade was pretty
slack excepting Saturdays Frugal
wives beat him out of his earnings by
trimming the hair of their husbands
and children; the work was sometimes
crudely done, but penny saved is two
pence earned, and there was no evil
dence of an inflated currency in the
village He could adapt himself to va
rious sorts of work. He was a host
in himself at the time of spring house
cleaning, welding the paint brush skill
fully within and without the house,
putting on wall paper, and acting as
general carpenter and repair man.
Sometimes In the summer, utilizing his
early training, he went out into the
farming district and lent his hand at
haying and grain harvest and thresh-
ing.
He was full Of sympathy, and ready
to sacrifice his own desires and inter-
ests for the good of others. He had
ready wit, a keen insight into the
characters of men, strangely simple
accurate judgment. He had no knowl-
edge of literature, he was not much
given to religion, he was quite ignor-
ant Of political science, and yet the vii
lage teacher always dropped in to see
John when he struck hard snag; the
minister would never have got quite
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successfully through a revival service
without consulting him, and there was
never political scheme in the county
carried through without his being on
the inside.
He was good story teller-direct,
humorous, Individual I've seen a
crowd about him of ten at village
street corner or when the men were
resting at noon in harvest time, every
ear strained to catch his words, and
every man shouting with laughter at
his tales
miles, any everyone whom he knew
had good word for him. Children
told him their troubles, mothers named
their babies for him, men out of luck
and out of work came to him for help,
and young boys asked his advice and
took it. No one was too low or too
Insignificant for his consideration. No
help that he ever gave was offered
with the idea of reward, yet he was
seldom left out of any social gather
ing in the town or the community. He
said himself once that he thought he
had ridden more miles in a motor car
than anyone living who did not him
self own a car or drive one.
If anyone was sick he sent for John.
If anyone was In trouble it was John
to whom he came for advice-young
girls and old women, wild boys and
shrewd men, the child and the gray
beard found in him an unselfish friend
and a helpful adviser. No one ever
heard him complain or grumble or
find fault at his humble lot.
When he died the village was crowd
ed with those who came to look on
his kindly face and to follow him to
his last resting place. They were the
children with whom he had played
and with whom he had walked hand
in hand through the streets; they were
the women whom he had helped and
the men by whom he had sat when
they were wracked with pain; they
were the friends he had made through
his daily ministrations of toll and help
fulnesS.
There was no sermon; there was no
need of one. John had never belonged
to the church. Only the minister
prayed and read:
"Come, We blessed of my Father, In
herit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world: for
/ was an hungered and We gave me
meat: l was thirsty and We gave me
drink: l was a stranger and We took
me in: naked and We clothed me:
was sick and We visited me: was in
prison and We came unto me-
20, 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
BULLDOG" AGAIN

Here's a sequel to Bulldog
Drummond,' by Cyril McNeile,
who writes under the pen name
OF "Sapper." Bulldog Drum
mond" was a success as book,
serial, stage play and moving
picture-and The Black Gang"
will be like unto it. Capt. Hugh
(Bulldog) Drummond; Phyllis,
mis- wife; Carl Peterson, the arch
villain; the girl Irma, and the
principal character in the first
story are all in this, with equally
exciting parts and thrilling en-
counters and adventures.
This time Carl Peterson heads
gang of Bolshevists and Drum
mond and his aids are combat
ing them, organized as The
Black Gang"-masked and In
long black cloaks. Scotland Yard
doesn't care particularly what
happens to the Bolshevists, but
law is involved. So 1t sets itself
to the task of solving the mys-
terry of THE Black Gang" and
stopping it's operations. So there
Is a three-handed war-and 1t
comes pretty near being real
war. Imagine Bulldog" and
Phyllis captured and a member
Of the Russian Cheka<standing
with a musket raised, about to
dash out the girls brains with
the butt!
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L !! !! ! ! 81
=
MARY GRAHA.1A BONNER
coeVhohI ~ wtSTtRN NtvSeAptR UNION
THE LYNXES

II am known as the Canada Lynx"
said Mr.. Lynx, 'and the reason for my
name is quite simple
Il imagine know what it u.s." said
Mrs. Lynx.
Il imagine you do said Mr.. Lynx
swell, you'd better tell me to make
sure am thinking the same as you"
Il am known as the Canada Lynx"
said Mr.. Lynx, '.for the same reason
you are.
"That is because we both come from
the country known as Canada"
"The very same reason had in
mind" said Mrs. Lynx.
Eyes, was sure that was why we
were named the Canada Lynx pair.
'How do you like it in the zoo?"
asked Mr.. Lynx, after moment.
Sat first the climate here was diff
ferent and it was quite change from
the life had been used to living
"But now / find myself getting
along very well indeed, do
Il find myself getting along very.
well, too" said Mr.. Lynx.
"Then we both find ourselves getting
along well" said Mrs. Lynx.
THAT'S the idea" said Mr.. Lynx.
"You have the fAle black markings
on each ear which are so handsome in
Mr.. Lynx" said Mrs. Lynx, admir-
ingly.
'You and 1 haven't any foolish
spots" said Mr.. Lynx. "We have beau
tiful markings"
"Our fur is gray and beautiful"
said Mrs. Lynx. Il must admit like
to be well dressed"
"And you are, my love; you are
beautifully CARRIED in rich fur"
"Ah, and now that we are in the zoo,
there is no danger OF their taking our
fur away from us, eh?'
mo, indeed, they won't take our fur
away from u.s." said Mr.. Lynx.
"Our enormous feet are always kept
so warm with our beautiful fur slip
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Here's mystery the very first
thing-one gang of desperadoes
beset by another gang equally
mysterious and dangerous!
tTo BE coNT1NUED.)
Recognized Jokes

The Scots are making an effort to
stop the hoary old joke that they
never spend any money. Scientists
who have gone into the antiquity of
jokes and made a study of the SUBJ
ject say that there are only about six
original examples and that all humOr
is based on them. Old jokes come
back into style or else appear wearing
new habiliments. Excursions into new
fields sometimes are dangerous and un-
profitable. The plumber joke may not
have been one of the early sextet, but
1t has been a favorite not only with
the almanacs, but with the comic
shippers and the higher class weekly
funny magazines. If the plumber joke
has to go, the joke writer's merely
will understand that they have one
less subject upon which to work.
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81 Am Known as the Canada Lynx"
pers. which we always wear" said
Mrs Lynx.
eff we had to go buy slippers for our
large feet we might find it very diff
cult" she added.
"The shop keeper might say that he
didn't carry our sizes in stock.
II hear the people who come to
the zoo talking about buying shoes
and slippers and about sizes and all.
notice what they wear, and they're all
too small for us.
''If we couldn't supply our own slip
pers we would be very unfortunate"
"Most unfortunate"
= In fact" said Mr.. Lynx, sit would
be not only unfortunate and awkward,
but it would be uncomfortable.
but our way is the right way to do.
Have things yourself, and then you
don't have to worry about trying to
get them from others and from other
places
"Yes, you certainly do like to be well
dressed, but / do, too.
"And while sometimes l miss the
wonderful adventures of the wild life,
still it is nice to be safe from harm
in the zoo-especially these days when
people like to wear furs more than
ever before"
''Just what I've been noticing and
thinking" said Mrs. Lynx.
And they sighed happily that they
were both safe and that their beau
tiful fur would not be used by Others
but that they could keep it, on them
selves, in the zoo.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
Target Skill in Vain

Miss Catherine Murdoch, treasurer
Of theater in Kansas City, practiced
shooting for months so that she might
cope with thugs and hignwaymen who
are always expected at the theater box
office. One day as she was taking ST.
200 to the bank she was waylaid, and
gave up the days receipts without
making an effort to shoot, explaining
later that she couldn't kill man for
200, and that to have shot would
have meant death, as her aim had be-
come remarkably true.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

was, and she said friend told her to
tell me to try Lydia E. Pinkham' s Veg
etable Compound. So the next day I
got bottle and before it was half taken
j got relief. After was well again I
went to the doctor and he asked me how
was getting along. told him was
taking Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable
Compound, and he said it did not hurt
any one to take it. / am always recon-
mending the Vegetable Compound to
others and / always have bottle of it
on hand. Mrs. HENRY HoLLIsTER,
r. Ed. No. l, Box z, Wyandotte. Mich.
Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com
pound is dependable medicine for all
women. For sale by druggists every
where.
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Johnny's Good Record

Johnny was a little vague in his
ideas of mathematics, and his mer-
chant father was concerned that he
should show progress in the subject.
He questioned his son daily as to how
he had succeeded in his lessons. "How
many sums did you have wrong to-
day?" he asked. "Only one, father"
"Good: how many were there?"
Twelve" "Splendid And the other
eleven were correctT" "Oh, no. father,
I didn't do them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
Dividing Honorobly

"Now, Edwin" said his mother as
she handed him an apple, "you must
divide honorably with your little sis
ter, Margie."
What's 'honorably,' mamma?" he
asked.
''Tt means the one that divides takes
the smallest piece" was the reply.
"Well," said the little diplomat,
"then I'll give it to Margie and just
let her divide"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
Turkeys Perform Wild Dance Around Snake

know not If the wild turkey suf-
fers from snake bite; but at sight OF
a large snake the bird will show ex-
IRENE excitement. If a flock be pres
ent a slow dance will be begun about
the reptile, the birds lowering their
wings, raising and spreading their tails
and making a continuous querulous
calling. Single birds will detach them
selves from the revolving circle to
make frantic dashes at the snake, says
story in days Off in Dixie"
"This dervishlike performance will
continue for an hour or more. If the
snake is not too formidable he will
likely be killed; but a serpent of the
proportions of great diamond-back
RATHER will be left unmolested.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
INDISPENSABLE Man

Betty and Jean were going to play
house and were ready with their dolls
and dishes when Jack came upon the
scene.
"Now, we don't want any boys to
play with us and spoil everything"
said Betty with finality, 1--WE are going
to play house"
WELL" said Jack knowingly, "you
will have heck of a time If you try
running a house without a man to pay
your bills"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

There are all sorts of ways Of put
ting things, and come sound much bet
ter than others. For example, there
is the case of the man of whom Lord
Coleridge used to tell, whose father
was hanged for highway robbery.
Some one asked him how his father
died. "Sir," said he she fell from a
scaffolding outside Newgate while he
was talking to clergyman. Youths
Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
The WaY of Authors

George Doran, the publisher,
cracked joke about authors at fare
well dinner that was given him in New
York on the occasion of his departure
for Europe.
Authors" he said, "never think
about money, and, every blessed book
they write, they expect royalty big
enough to keep them from thinking
about money for the rest of their born
days."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
Civil War Memenfo

In tearing down the steeple of an old
church in Kingston, N. c., recently,
nearly ton of old horseshots and
scrap iron was found stored high in
the belfry, probably placed there for
safety when the Civil war was on and
things of momentary Importance were
being hidden.-Ohio State Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

"Owls IS the only things wot comes
to this d-n museum" said Flash J:M
morosely. owls and biiRkin' fools
like u.s."
Stow it, JIM" snarled Waidock
furiously. Anyone would think you
wanted nurse"
"Gentlemen-please." Zaboleff held
up protesting hand. Eve do not
want to prolong matters, but one or
two explanations are necessary. To
return, then, to these things that have
happened recently, and which necessi-
tated fresh rendezvous for this eve
ning-one which our friend Mr.. Wal
dock so obligingly found. Three mes
sengers sent over during the last three
weeks bearing instructions and-what
is more mportant-money, have dis
appeared"
'Disappeared?" echoed Waldock
stupidity.
Absolutely and completely. Money
and all. Two more have been abOnni-
nably ill-treated and had their money
taken from them, but for some reason
they were allowed to go free them
selves. 1t is from them that we have
obtained our information"
"Blimey!" muttered Flash Jim; ''is
it the police?"
1T Is not the police, which Is what
makes it SO much more serious" an
swered Zaboleff quietly, and Flash Jim
breathed sigh of relief. ut is easy
to keep within the law, but If our
information Is correct we are up
against body Of men who are not
within The law themselves. A body of
! men who are absolutely unscrupuious
and utterly ruthless; body of men
who appear to know our secret plans
as well as we do ourselves. And the
difficulty of 1t is, gentlemen, that
though, legally speaking, on account
of the absurd legislation in this coun-
try we may keep within the law our
selves, we are hardly in a position
to appeal to the police for protection.
Our activities, though allowed official
ly, are hardly such as would appeal
even to the English authorities And
on this occasion particularly that Is
the case. You may remember that
the part played in stirring up blood
shed at Cowdenheath, a few months
ago, under the name of MacTavish,
caused me to be deported. So though
our cause is legal-my presence in
this country Is not. Which was why
tonight it was particularly essential
that we should not be disturbed. Not
only are we all up against this un-
known gang Of men, but l, In add
ton, am up against the police"
"Have you any information with
regard to this gang?' 1t was the
Jew who had closed the chink in TIE
shutters speaking for the first time
"None Of any use-save that they
are marked in black, and cloaked in
long black cloaks." He paused a
moment as If to collect his thoughts
''They are all armed, and Petrovitch
who escaped from them-was very
insistent on one point. 1t concerned
the leader of the gang. who he af-
firmed was man of the most gigantic
physical strength; giant powerful
as two ordinary strong men. He
said Ali Mein Gott-r
His voice rose to a scream as he
covered back, while the others, with
terror on their faces, rose hurriedly
and huddled together in the corners
of the room
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When Tommy Was Panied

Father, mother and little Tommy
were in tram car. Mother and Tom
my had obtained seats, but poor father
had to stand.
Tommy doesn't 1t pain you
to see your father reaching for
strap?
Tommy-Only at home, ma.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
Sea seEIouers''

Although sea anemones are called
flowers of the sea-" through their
resemblance to flowers, they are &C.
tualfy animals, possessing both a
mouth and a stomach. They are found
on rocks, but do not grow out of them,
being merely attached to the rocks by
suction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

II once witnessed this strange snake
dance in the mountains Of southern
Pennsylvania. From the top Of d
hanging ravine l looked down through
the mist of dawn and counted the
turkeys. There were &c in number.
They continued their antics about the
snake for a full half hour, when they
broke up the dance and began forag-
ing. The snake was king snake and
a large one. The turkeys probably
left him dazed and deafened, but 9TH
erwise he was unframed"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13
After Others Fail
PETERSON'S OINTMENT
Big Box so Cents

The mighty healing power of Peter
sons Ointment when eczema or terrible
itching Of skin and scalp fortunes you
is known to tens of thousands of peo-
pie the country over. Often the itching
goes overnight.
For pimples, acne, rough and red
skin, old sores, ulcers, piles, chatting,
sunburn, burning feet and all blemishes
and eruptions it is supremacy efficient,
as any broad-minded druggist will tell
you. Peterson Ointment Co., Buffalo.
N. Y.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

for six months and
could hardly take
care of myownbaby.
/ always had a pain
in my right side and
it was so bad / was
getting round shout
ders. I would feel
well one day and then
feel so bad for three
or four days that ]
would be in bed. One
Sunday my mother
noroo ~ Cna how n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

Horizontal.
1-BeIOnging to the brother of Abel
S-Sedate and sober
9-Sharp to the taste
1O-One of a tribe OF American Indians
12-An authoritative standard
ia piece of land under cultivation
15-ExcursiOns ITO fasten
Ito tear 2O-PhenyI (abbr.)
21-A proposition
ga remarkable African antelope
24-An assimiIated form of Sin"
25-A kind of Illuminating mammal
(pIuraD
27-TnitiaIs of former President
2S-Part of a circle (pIuraD
20-The stone of a drupaceOus fruit
(pluraD 31-DuH
33-Wrath 35-In addition
37-A kind of cooked egg
3S-MerciIessIy 30-Fuss
4O-TO drOOp "A mans nickname
ITO remark
"A considerable number
"a note in the diatOnic scale
51-The giving of a certain kind of evil
dence (pluraI) ga proposition
53-An idiot
55-A point OF the compass
56-A Doctor OF Science
57-Part of the verb "tO be"
$50 envelOp and secure with string
8O-Daughter of TantaIus (myth1
B3-SmalI portions
84-A ferOciOus animal
ga point OF the compass
87-Crazes
6S-DiscOvers the meaning of
89-Remains
Vertical.
IA soft-fnned fresh water nsh
Part of the body 3-That thing
A prefix signifying "Over, beyond"
5-A month (abbr9
6-An indefinite article
IAN electrified particle
S-TO pull along after
9-The luminous train of a comet
11-SOmething very inRammabIe
13-A place for coming money
l4-COOked In fat
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A Small Request

snow, children l want you to be
nice while the bishop is here and not
say anything that will mortify me-"
"But, mamma, can't we just ask him
If he will baptize the new kittens?"
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How SOLVE A CROSSWORD
hoz The neachvv
to the listed
which vnhH the
to
black
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-13

ia demOnstrative prOnOun
16-Part of stair
1S-Ghastly pale 2O-Embezz1ea
22-Pfeces of f1rst-hand work
ga public conveyance (abbr.)
ga road (abbr.)
2S-An Egyptian god
3O-FlavOred with NaC1 32-IOdO
33-BelOnging to it
34-An article of food
SEA brood of pheasants (EngliSh)
3S-A primitive weapon
41-The doing of something
43-Meetfngs (s1ang)
45-A conjunction
ia mans nickname
Demonstrated
Asa part of Canada OnitIaIs)
5O-A nObIeman 52-Sciences
54-BeautifuI 67-Assists
5S-An American poet
61-OppOsite of "Outs"
GAN evil Egyptian god
63-An inlet of the sea
66-A continent (abbr.)
GA note of the diatOnic scale
Solution will appear In next issue.
Solution Of Last Weeks Puzzle.
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United States Leads All

The United States leads the whole
world in the number of inventions pat
ented, and Is followed by England,
France, Germany, Belgium, Canada
and Italy.
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Painstaking Youngster

What would you call boy who eats
all the green apples he can geti A
uainst liking yOungster.
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Ro;n's Renefcence

Even the Hain that falls on the I'M
just does good to the just in the end
Omaha World Herald
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WELL One DAY
IN BED Three
That Was the Life of Mrs.
HOLSTER Until she Began
Taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Wyandotte, Michigan. - s'After my
baby was born did not do INV own work
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Didn,t Gerry the Key

"She burst into song"
"She'd have to-there's no key to
her singing"
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JeUs in Abyssinid
Abyssinia has Jewish population
of $4,000.
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Solution Of Last Weeks puzzle.