davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
Farmer Well Called
indispensable Nan"

Now goes the husbandman forth In
the chill dawn with renewed vigor in
his gait. All winter he has labored,
but not hurriedly, fixing his barns, cut
ting wood, pruning fruit trees and car
ing for his animals. On bad days he
sat by the fire and turned things over
in his mind-so many acres of wheat
and so many acres of OATS this field
for roots and that for corn. And you
may be sure that he has also turned
over the pages of many a catalogue
longingly, wishing he could buy twice
as many things as he can afford-the
better to do his complicated job of
feeding the urban multitudes.
When the sun passes the meridian
the farmer knows that his dawdling
days are done; henceforth. for eight
months he will be racing with the cal
endar, with frost, rain, hail, flood and
the everlasting weed. Old Sol sends
to the husbandman a challenge along
with his blessing of fructifying heat.
Giddap!
Ye city dwellers, reflect upon the
manifold activities of this unknown
friend of yours as he proceeds with
the preparation of your next winters
dinners. Sap bucket in hand, he makes
the rounds Of his maple trees, Bring
ing the most progressive of his hens
into a warm corner, he dusts her with
antilouse powder and leaves her to her
devotions Then ne sees to it that she
has water and food during her setting
up exercises. Next, he gets the brooder
ready for the day-old chicks he has or
dered. Presently, in mad rush to
finish mean job before the ground
thaws, he returns to Mother Earth the
last of the accumulated fertilizer from
the barnyard Any number of things
must be done before blowing, because
thereafter every day will demand It's
need of seeding, planting, harvesting,
and animal tending.
All this labor. all these chances of
life and death, intervene between All
Fools day and Harvest Home. The
farmer, facing the chill spring wind
and the challenge of the climbing sun,
is the very embodiment of human per-
sistence-the utterly indispensable
man.-Boston independent.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
Preference in Meats

In an analysis of meat consumption
statistics the Department Of Agricul-
ture noted that the British eat nearly
seven times as much mutton and lamb
as do Americans, and declared the rea-
son has "baffled satisfactory explana-
ton"
Mutton and lamb consumed in the
United States last year made up only
80 per cent of the total meat con-
sumption, while the percentage in
Great Britain was %. There was 10
times more beef and 10 times more
pork than mutton and lamb eaten in
this country last year.
The department estimated that mutt
ton and lamb consumption was at the
rate Of So pounds per- person; pork,
SS.8 pounds: beef, 62.6 pounds, and
veal, 83 pounds.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
Their Way

81 reckon I'll hafto quit taking my
children to the picture shows" at the
crossroads store remarked Gap john
son Of Rumpus Ridge.
"What's the matter-they ketch the
itch, or something that-a-way2" asked
an acquaintance.
"Not yet, as fur as know. But
what's the matter is that they get so
devilish interested in the picture that
they furgit whur they're at. They all
decide for one Teller on the screen and
whoop and holler for him till the roof
lifts, or else part of 'em are fur him
and the rest ag'in him, and while one
side cheers the other side snarls till
directly they jump up accusing and
tear into each other like fighting fire."
kansas City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
a Hatcher fer q Fletcher.

Senator Duncan y. Fletcher, q
Florida, sought his berth one nig,s
on a sleeping car on the way south
from Washington, D. G. Pulling bacs
the curtains of a sower nine, he saw
that his bed was already occupied.
"Hi, there!n called the senator,
shaking the stranger by the shoulder,
The sleeper awoke and protested
angrily
@My names Fletcher explained
the statesman. "and this is my berth. !"
you've got nothing on me, an
Bwered the other my names
Fletcher, and this Is my berth.
@My full name is Duncan u.
Fletcher" the senator elaborated.
@So's mine," agreed the intruder.
"Ah, / see!" said the senator
politely. eThere must have been a
mistake in reserving the same berth
for two men of the same name I'll
go into the next sleeping car"
The stranger, by this time, was fully
awake and proceeded to apologize,
and to offer to give up the berth
This the senator would not do, but
went into the car ahead. and found a
place to sleep.
An hour later the train was wreck
cd. The car in which the stranger
occupied lower nine cell through "a
trestle, and that Fletcher was killed.
The senator's car was not damaged at
all. Popular Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
Ewing FIipuer Era Tardy

Cheap light airplanes for popular
use and ownership are still develop
ment of the future, says Prof. 3. M.
Low. in charge of the light airplane
competition recently held in England
TO encourage hope for an era Of flying
flivvers. The public interest still is
apathetic, he said, and the manufac-
turers Of light airplanes have not sue
ceeded to any extent in perfecting
their machines. The small light planes
are very noisy, dirty, dangerous and
uncomfortable, according to Professor
Low.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
CLOCK Has One Hand

An oblong clock with a single hand.
and shaped like Thermometer, is the
latest innovation in timepieces. The
space between each hour number is
divided into minute units. Smaller fig
ures mark the 15-minute periods. a
pointer travelling in a slot between the
columns Of figures, is attached to an
endless chain actuated by mechan-
ism at the bottom Of the case. When
the pointer reaches the bottom It
turns and starts upward. pointing in
the opposite direction.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25

Paul was too humble to seek a
speaking acquaintance with his
charmer; he was quite content to ad-
mire her at a distance. Moreover,
being a man, and peculiarly guileless
of the ways of women generally, he
could not see that he was hurting Ce-
LA as much as if he had positively
spurned her. In his opinion, his adj
miration of Marie detracted nothing
from his allegiance to the girl he still
intended to marry.
AS they sat here-the one expect
ant, the other miserable shriek
sounded from the house opposite.
There was a rush of feet, a frantic
calling Of Spunkl Spunklg and out
through the open front door came
Mrs. Carr's fox TERROR puppy In her
mouth she carried something which
i dragged as she ran, and she was rum
ming straight across the street
After her came Mrs Carr in a pink
kimono, running like a mad woman
in an effort to overtake the dog. Mid
way of the dusty street Spunk paused
to toss and tousle the property she
had stolen.
And now third participant ap-
peared in the absurd scene another
kimonoed figure, wCinging hands and
urging pursuit-a very forlorn fig
ure with tiny string of blonde hair
hanging in her eyes, and cheeks pa
thetically devoid Of all freshness. 1t
was Marie.
"Spunk! Here, good doggiel" Mrs.
Carr had all but laid hand upon the
thief, when the puppy skipped with
an impetus that carried her to the
foot of the steps. Looking, she per-
ceiyed refuge in Celia, and with an
other skip and hop carried her bur
den to Celia's feet.
Celia gave it one look Mortified,
compromising, but Paul reached
down and picked it up-a long,
brown, fuzzy article, from which dam
gled a number of blonde puffs anc
curls.
His face was study of disgust as
he extended the thing toward Mrs.
Carr, who came painting up for it.
Her plump face, a little sallow since
it lacked its usual coating of powder,
was scarlet with exercise and vexa-
ton
Thank you" she said. "it's Ma
rie's. She was dressing when Spunk
got it. I'd like to kill that dog!" and
she turned and went home
There was silence, during which
the blue kimono disappeared from the
front door and the pink one followed
IN it's wake. There was a chorus of
loud laughter, evidently from Mr..
Carr, and of hysterical voices which
trailed finally back to the guest. cham
Der.
Great Scott" Paul exclaimed. $50
that's what she wears on her head!
and her cheeks were as colorless as
my hand!
Celia was laughing sobbingly.
But she's always like that-1norn-
ings," she said. "f've seen her. She
never fixes up till noon
Paul turned and looked at her, sud
denly conscious of her genuineness
and color, of her blue dress and shin
ing hair.
Maybe it's fashionable. he said,
but it's-it's downright disgusting.
call it. Don't you ever put one Of
/ those things On your head, Celia. Your
hair is pretty enough Just as it is"
do you really like it, Paul?"
Like it, l guess I DO It's the love
Hest hair in the world, and you're the
loveliest girl! viii Seat
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
A Wedding Ring.
believe. some men wish 1 were
made Of India rubber.

/ Believe. some men wish l were
made Of India rubber.
All are not tears that glitter.
am ee~pIain. Is that why he is
growing tired Of me?
am . very small band, and yet 1
am engaged for All their concerts.
play in the morning, the afternoon
and the evening.
The style OF my music is changing.
| used 70 play all tAe new w,a1zes and
love songs Now ] play nothing but
side-steps and marital airs when
Johnny Goes Marching Out" being
one OF those old fayorites Of which
we mover tire.
They did all thsy could to get on
the oost side of me and now
After all, which Is my best side7
One never will ell-Barbara Blair.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25

A girl knows q man Is In love with
her by the way she prstends she isn't
with him, -.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
ANT|-JAP ANESE.
ACT ADVANCES
IN FLORIDA
Measure Barring orientals
From Owning Land to
Come Before Senate
BY international News Service.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May IL
The proposed amendment to the
Florida constitution to bar Orient
ais from owning land in this State
was scheduled to come before the
State Senate today following it's
adoption by the House of Represen-
tatives last week.
Senators who are sponsoring the
amendment declared they were con-
fident that the necessary two
thirds vote would be accorded the
proposal. The amendment would
then be submitted to the people
at the next general election.
Expressions of opinion from all
parts of the State are being re-
ceived and these expressions indi-
cate that the proposed amendment
to the constitution will be passed
Ivy the electorate at the next
general election when it is sub
mitted to the people.
The fact that large tracts of
Florida lands have passed into the
ownership Of nothern capitalists
who are contemplating the estab-
lishment Of colonies of Japanese
on their holdings is the immediate
cause of the passage of this mea-
sure. One such colony in Broa-
ward county already has met with
the disapproval of the people and
legislators are determined to pre-
vent the creation of another race
problem In Florida.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
CHARITY CHEST
DONORS To
MEET
Commissioner Rudolph Issues
200 invitations for Session
Tomorrow

Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph
today announced that q community
chest meeting would be held at
$3.50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
the board room of the District
Building. Invitations have been ex-
tended to 200 persons, some being
large contributors to charity and
others connected with various char
ity and other civic organizations.
Rudolph said the community
chest idea was first proposed here
in 1911.
1--WE did not think the time was
ripe then" he said, 80 we or
sanized the charities endorsement
committee, an organization which
has done much good work. The
committee investigates all organiza-
tons and either approves or dis
approves them. The list is made
public as a guide to contributors
as to which organizations are ap-
proved"
The Washington times., 1925-05-11

At tonight's performance of the
1O1 Ranch Wild West and Great
Far East Show, Fifth street and
Florida avenue northeast, Fred B.
Rhodes, jr., eleven years old, of
5000 Albemarle srteet, Cleveland
Park, will receive the live pony
offered by the William Hahn Shoe
Company as first prize in a pic
ture coloring and letter writing
contest.
The pony, seen in today's parade
of the Wild West Show, will be
presented with considerable cere
mony in the main arena after the
first half of the regular exhibition
has been given. Escorted by
Harry Hahn, of the William Hahn
Shoe Company, the lucky little
school boy will go to the center
of the show grounds where the
pony will be presented by Colonel
Joe Miller, one of the owners Of
the 101 Ranch, Chief Little Elk,
a full-blooded Indian, and Ezra
Meeker, the ninety-five-year-old
Western pioneer, assisted by a
group of Sioux and Cheyenne In
dams. Before the show begins to-
night the pony will participate in
Newsboys Band, which will trav-
erse the downtown streets in a
truck and then go to the famous
Wild West Show.
Little Fred Rhodes will be only
one of the fifty-one boys and girls
living in all parts Of the city who
received prizes in the Hahn Fun
Club Contest. The other fifty
children each received two tickets
to the 101 Ranch Show.
Selection Difficult.
Selection Of the winner of the
pony was most difficult task
for the three judges who spent
several hours considering and
carefully judging each of the col
ored drawings and letters that ac'
companied them. The thousands of
were all excellent, showing that
innumerable boys and girls are
familiar with the Hahn Fun Club
or had gotten acquainted with 1t
since the contest started. The
judges first narrowed the comneti-
ton down to several hundred, cnen
to twenty, then to six and finally
it was unanimously agreed by all
three judges that in addition to
coloring the drawing Of the pony,
the clown and the Indian chief
most attractively and artistically,
Fred Rhodes also had submitted the
cleverest. most original and bright
est letter on the subject OF why
Every Boy and Girl In Washing
ton Should Join the Hahn Fun
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
Premier Massey Dead

WELLINGTON. N. T., May IL
William Ferguson Massey, premier
Of New Zealand, is dead here today
following q long illness.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
POLICE To SELL
ABANDONED
PROPERTY
Lost and Found and Confis-
Gated Articles of Year to Be
Put Up at Auction

Basket balls, books, and bath
towels. camp stools and kiddie cars
will be offered for sale at the
annual police auction of recovered
and abandoned property to be held
at 633 Louisiana avenue northwest
Saturday.
Every year the accumulation of
tons of property found by the police
in the streets, taken from thieves,
confiscated, and never claimed by
the original owners, is offered to
the highest bidder. According to
Thomas McGraw, in charge of the
recovered property, the amount OF
stuff to be disposed of this year is
unusually large.
Jewelry and cash Is also included
in the list of goods at the disposal
OF the District government, and al
though the jewelry will be disposed
of at the auction, no cash will be
offered for sale.
McGraw has one item he Is not
sure Of. Nineteen full barrels and
five or six partly full barrels of
stuff that looks like sugar or soda
ash-although 1t might be flour
is to be offered at the auction.
UkeleleS, surgical instruments,
perfume, dolls, boys clothing,
satchels and radio parts form but
a small portion Of the heterogeneous
collection.
Automobile tires, rims and tubes,
and bicycles make up the largest
amount of the property which is to
be put on sale. More than $50 lots
OF stuff have been tagged. num-
bered and listed and will be sold
without favor.
A whiskey still is in the property
room
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift B. Company
sales Of carcass beef in Washington.
D. C., for week ending Saturday, May
9. 1928, on shipments sold out, ranged
from IL. 90 cents to 1900 cents per pound
and averaged 1880 cents per pound.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
D. C. SHRINERS GOING
TO DEDICATE HOSPITAL

A large delegation of Washington
Shriners, headed by Illustrious
Potentate Henry Lansburgh, Of
A1mas Temple, will leave Washing
ton Thursday night for Springfield,
Mass, where they will attend the
dedication Of the first Shriners Hos
pital for Crippled Children east of
the Mississippi river.
A second hospital will be opened
Saturday at Montreal Canada. and
many OF the Washington party will
be in attendance there.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
CENTRAL HIGH PLAYERS
TO MANAGE OWN PLAY

Students of Central High School
will present The Charm School, >
a stage version Of Alice Duer Mil
ler's story, under their own man.
agement in the school auditorium
next Friday night.
Barbara Stratton will play the
leading feminine role, while the
principal male part will be taken
by Alvin Pack. Marion Hall and
Catherine Griffith, Central students,
assisted by Franklin Clarke, Nell
Childs and Allan LutZ. are direct
ing the production.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
Boy of Eleven to Get
Hahn Company Pony

Club Here is his letter that
won him the 5000 pony:
Every boy and girl in Wash
ingtOn should join the Hahn Fun
Club because people all say that
play is as important for boys as
work and study, but they don't
act like they mean it.
"There is always somebody
ready to give a boy some work
to do, and the whole family
wants to tell a boy what to study,
but there are mighty few people
who will take the time to plan
out any fun for a boy. That is
why l think we ought to appre-
ciate and join the Hahn Fun
Club.
Another reason why the Hahn
Company is such a good friend
to us boys is that we can get
such good shoes from them. We
won't always be afraid that
something will happen. A boy
can't have a good time If he Is
always expecting something may
break loose on him."
The judges got a good laugh out
of Freddie's letter. 1t read like it
was written from the heart" 1t
was 100 per cent boyish and II
described the very fundamental
principle upon which Harry Hahn
says he founded the Hahn Fun
Club. Inquiry developed the fact
that last Wednesday Freddie visit
ed the Hahn Shoe Store at Seventh
and K streets and joined the Hahn
Fun Club after devoting half ar
hour to ascertaining all the details
about its creation. operation and
future plans. Freddie was eleven
years old on the seventeenth of last
December. This is the first prize
he ever won.
Girl Wins Special Prize.
Kataryn Thomas, Of 1888 G street
northeast, was awarded special
prize Of a pair Of Gro-Nup Shoes
because she also showed consider
able originality in preparing a docu
ment to accompany her drawing
Instead of writing letter, how
ever, as the rules called for, she
submitted an answer ten yards long
made up of pictures pasted on
sheets of paper fastened together
and between the pictures she wrote
connecting sentences. This docu
ment showed Inat lot OF tlme
and effort had been spent in pre-
pairing it, but inasmuch as it was
not strictly a letter the judges de
cided that 1t was not eligible for
first prize but awarded it a special
prize.
The fifty sets of tickets to to
nights show were mailed to the
winners by Harry Hahn Saturday
and all Of the boys and girls
entitled to them should have re
ceived them today. The tickets are
good for any performance of the
101 Ranch show, either today Or
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
A. F. L. WILL ATTACK
COMPETITION BY CONVICTS

free labor will be opposed at the an
nual convention Of the American
Federation Of Labor in Atlantic City,
+. OF L. headquarters today.
The executive council of the fed
GRAFTON, meeting here last week, had
considered a suggestion to hold the
convention here.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
TWO MORE MAY PLAYS
BY G. w. U. THESPIANS

The George Washington Univer-
sity Dramatic Association will
present the concluding performances
Of its May festival tomorrow and
Saturday nights in the new GYM
nasium theater.
Funds raised will be devoted to
defraying expenses of productions
of the four producing clubs, the
G. w. L. Players, the Mines, the
Dionysians, and the -Troubadours.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
BODIES Of BOAT
VICTIMS To BE
SET FREE
u. S. Engineers to Jar Hull OF
Norman to Release Dead
in River Tragedy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. May H.
Major Donald H. Connolly. Of the
United States engineers, declared
today that the steamer Norman,
living at the bottom of the Mis-
sissippi, sixteen miles from here,
with its cargo of human dead,
would probably be Jared loose
sufficiently late today to release
the bodies of the victims imprtson-
ed within it's hull.
Preparing for this possibility
small fleet Of fast motor boats
will be kept patroling the river
today while the rescue work goes
on.
The plan of rescuing the bodies
by divers was given up yesterday
when it was seen that the rush
ing undercurrent OF the Mississippi
made this impossible.
Divers Give Up Attempts.
Divers working all day yesterday,
several times made their way
through the rushing torrents Of the
murky waters, but were unable to
reach the hull OF the tl-fated
Norman.
When this plan was abandoned,
Government engineers in charge OF
the rescue work Immediately began
to batter away the decks and walls
OF the vessel, hoping that some OF
the bodies might float free.
The assault on the hull was con-
tinued when the work was resumed
at dawn this morning, a heavy
anchor being used to destroy the
walls OF the cabin, within which it
Is believed the bodies OF most Of
the victims are entrapped. Two
strong anchors are attached to the
huh to prevent the strong under
tow from carrying 1t down the
river.
Ship Breaking Up.
That the work of demolishing the
vessel was successful yesterday
was evidenced when some Of the
equipment Of the vessel noated to
the surface Of the water. included
In the salvaged wreckage was the
clock of the Norman, with the
hands pointing at 4:SO o'clock.
Engineers expressed the hope to-
day that the work Of raising the
hull itself might be accomplished
in two days. Three powerful Gov
ernment dredges are engaged in
the work OF rescue.
three victims believed to hav3
perished in the tragedy have been
recovered.
The first hint as to the probable
cause of the Norman'g sinking has
been given by Government experts,
who declare that shifting oil, car
ried by the ship after it was con-
verted into an oil burner, may have
caused it to list and then capsiza.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
Jewellers to Meet

The retail jewelrs' group Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation will meet at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning to formulate plans
for their attendance at the tri-State
convention of the trade in Balti-
more the latter part of this month.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
Mob Attacks Policeman

Attacked by a mob while he was
making an arrest, Policeman r. j.
Fraser, of the Ninth precinct, was
cut over the right eye last night.
Other policemen, coming to Fraser's s
assistance, arrested Jesse Hawkins,
cOlored, one of the mob, and James
Brooks. colored, who was in custody
during the attack. was charged
With 1ntoxication