davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

Pure ilk chiffon
with slight defects
service weight. Also
irregulars of yon
hose. 81 to 1917.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

Hats for the large head or
the small one-broad brim-
med or helmet styles in a va
riety of becoming and smart
Spring styles. Black, navy,
rose, tan, blue and green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

A glistening, supple ma
terial-dresses so smart you'll
be surprised. Black, navy,
rose, powder blue, green and
tan. Trimmed with embroid-
cries. pleating and straight
line panel effects that will
make you seem slender. Sizes
II to 20 and SO to so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
CHECK STATE
MILK SUPPLY
Move Made to Cut Typhoid
Death Rate.

Attributing y Indiana's high ty-
phoid death rate in large part to
the milk supply, the State Health
Board Wednesday passed = resolu-
ton demanding closer supervision
of milk production and distribution.
They will ask the State Budget
Committe for one or more extra
milk inspectors to cooperate with
local health authorities.
Indiana leads all northern states
In high typhoid death rate, the
resolution points out. 1t attributes
this to local outbreaks, rather than
any general epidemic, and asserts
that it is largely attributable to
infected milk.
Water supply at Lawrenceburg
and Washington received attention
of the board and they ordered sew
eral tourist camps closed until a
pure water supply was obtainable.
Tourist camps closed are at
Brazil, Evansville, New Harmony
and Winchester.
Salary adjustments for division
heads were discussed and recon-
mendations for increases, including
that of DR.. William F. King, sec
rotary, from $4,500 to $4,000 ar
nually, will be made to the budget
committee.
Miss Ella Mcneil, Indianapolis,
was appointed assistant director of
public health nursing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
SEEK TO SELL STOCK
Winona and Crown Poini Phone
Companies Plan Deal

Petition of the Northwestern In
diana Telephone Company, Valpa-
raise, to sell and the Winona Tele-
phone Company, Knox, and the
Crown Point, to buy capital stock
and assets of the Northwestern was
filed today with the Public Service
Commission.
The Winona company would pay
$370,500 and the Crown Point $685.
90 for the Northwestern stock. The
company serves Valparaiso, Ches-
terton, Wheeler and Knouts in
Porter county, and Hobart in Lake
County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
Songs of Congo VIII Be
Heard at Negro Farley


DENVER, Cole. 18-Strident melodies insisten
rhythn OF the Congo soened through evolution
of chanting in the back
will be heard in Denver Sept
The will be the National Baptists
ca which will bring approximately Negro
the city.
series of corcerts made up wholly Negro songs will
prise one of the principal features of the meeting
Songs hitherto unknown outside the groups worshppng
In little churches
depths forests Georgas cotton
fields will be sung the representative audi
From the Threats of pantive spta
will tob with religious through largest auditorium
to make definite contribution musical history
Skilled musicians will be present to set upon paper
melodies they issue forth from the Lyrcs
interpret spontaneous words into verses suitable
publication
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
BURY HAAS IN WEST

Funeral services for Cr. Homer c.
Haas Of Peru, brother of Schuyler
Haas, Indianapolis city corporation
counsel, who died at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia, Wednesday afternoon, will
be held there Friday, according to
word received here.
DR.. Haas was well known in Re-
publican circles and was a former
member Of the Indiana board of
health. He died while visiting his
son, Louis Haas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
; NOVELIST WINS
BRAIN TOURNEY
Alice Duer Miller First in In
teIIigenCe Test.

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Alice Duer
Miller, fiction writer, is the smarest
person in New York, according to
Lucien Esty and Justin Spafford,
the two men who set all Americans
asking each other questions.
Esty and Spafford have just COM
pleted an "exam" of all the best
known New Workers and the author
ess is given first place in an account
of the mental tests which will ap-
pear in the September American
Magazine.
Mrs. Miller and Prof. John Dewey
Of Columbia University stand in the
highest class Of smart New Workers.
Second to them is a category of
three persons, Prof. Holland
Thompson, of the College of the City
Of New York, Prof. George M.
Wicher, retired, of Hunter College,
and Louis Marshall, New York law
yer.
In the third group of most intelli-
gent citizens, the test shows, are
Herbert Bayard Swope, of the New
York World and Raymond Walters,
dean Of Swarthmore; Bruce Barton,
author and journalist; Frank Sui
Ivan, journalist and humorist; Ray
Stannard Baker, s/thor; Albert G.
Rau, dean Of Moravian College;
Deems Taylor, composer and must
cal critic. and Dr. Henry Noble Mac
Craken, president of Vassar, tie for
fourth place among the Gotham in
telligentsia.
DR.. Frank Crane, Rabbi stephen
S. Wise and Rupert Hughes, author,
found themselves in the ninety"
class, which is as far down in the
scale of smartness as the question
ers went.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
Bitten by RattIesnake

BIZ United Press
AUBURN, Ind, Aug. 18.-Miss
Vera Crabill, school teacher living
near here, is in the Garrett hospital
as result of being bitten by a
rattlesnake. Miss Crabill was work.
ing in a field when the snake
sprang from some bushes and sank
its fangs in her thumb. She is ex-
pected to recover. Men near there
killed the snake, which had nine
rattles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
MARRY TO KILL BLUES
Bride of ~ Says Union Will Pre-
vent Lonesomeness

COMDEN, N. j., Aug. 18.-Mrs.
James s. Angus, bride Of 70, who
last week married an 82-year- old
groom, urges women to wed so that
they will not be lonesome in their
old age.
She points out that relatives CT
old folks usually are too busy with
their own interests to pay atten-
ton to the elders.
"But if two old people are mar
ried," she concluded, "tLey have
each other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
Filler Lands In Street.

NEW YORK, Aug. ia leak in
his water pump forced Irving j.
McWilliams, commercial aviator, to
make a spectacular landing under
an arc light in the Bronx, after
breaking the shingles off two houses
and busting light wires in the
vicinity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
PLANS FOR OIL SEARCH
Paramount Company Will Drill In
Grant County.

Bu Times Special
MARION, Ind, Aug. 1911
drilling operations on an extensive
scale within the next three weeks
are announced by the Fairm6unt
Oil, Gas and Land Company, in the
southern part of Fairmount town.
ship.
Leases by the company on $50
acres of land have already been
recorded in the office of the Grant
County recorder and it is under
stood more are being taken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21
"In Heavens name y he said, what

"In Heavens name!" he said, what
is she? A woman or beast?"
The doctor did not answer. He ig-
nored the question utterly.
"When is the next train for Oak
Ridge due?" he asked.
The ticket clerk rubbed his hands
over his eyes. did you see herr" he
asked. ''That creature that just went
through the door,"
/ did not wonder that he was horri-
fed. l remembered my own feeling
when had seen her start down the
corridor toward wilkins room.
The doctor paid no attention, and in
the same level voice in which he had
spoken before, he repeated his ques-
ton about the train for Oak Ridge.
With an effort, the clerk rallied his
wits and answered him.
'There was train pulled out about
ten minutes ago." he said. There
won't be another tonight. The wires
are down on account of the sleet, and
we've practically abandoned the sub
urban service. It's too dangerous.
Everything has to run without orders"
did you hear that, Ashton?" said
the doctor, turning away. ''The last
train to Oak Ridge that will run to-
night left ten minutes ago."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1x@x@x@1@xSxSX9Y9X4X@x
Wanted No Witnesses to theatrical Flight

In Sir James Barrie's play "Peter
Pam" Tinker Bell gets up on her
stage wings. hovers about the room
and flies out of an open window. The
playwright, watching one of his re-
hearsals, expressed desire to try the
mechanism by which this flight is
achieved. So attendants attached the
wires to the distinguished gentleman
and prepared to hoist him in the air.
The amusing part of the story fol-
lowed. Sir James, veteran in the
world Of the theater, was suddenly
struck by a terrible and overwhelm-
ing stage-fright. He commanded that
every one leave the boards. and had
the front curtain put down and the
pass doors securely closed.
Then, alone in the room between
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21
Darsvin's Life Work

Darwin, the famous expounder of
the theory of evolution. was born in
1900, the son of physician of Shrews-
bury, England. From 1881 to 1886 he
made his voyage round the world in
the Beagle. on which he was the nat
uralist. In 1859 he published his great
work. "Origin of Species" Suisse
quently he elaborated and defended his
theory. Among these works was the
Descent Of Man." He died in 1852.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21

ter chance to defeat Smith in New
York.
Frederick I. Thompson, Democrat
and the publisher of five. Alabama
newspapers, in an interview in New
York, said the Republicans could
break the solid South by nominating
Hoover, providing the Democrats
name AL Smith. The campaign for
Smith has been actively opened In
several Western states, notably Kan
sas and South Dakota.
CABINET members, high army and
~ navy officers and hundreds of 9TH
er persons, gathered at the Aberdeen
proving grounds, near Washington,
Thursday, and witnessed demonstra-
lions of the newest things in weapons
and automotive equipment, the most
elaborate display Of the kind since
the World war. Tanks, tractors,
bombs, smoke curtains, anti-aircraft
guns, machine guns, field artillery,
weapons and rifles were exhibited and
tested. Many Of the models shown
have been available for some time
but lack of funds has prevented their
adoption. 1t is hoped this condition
will soon be remedied.
Ordnance officers state that in. the
field of artillery new weapons have
been produced which are far superior
to the old in range, accuracy, and
breadth of the field Of fire. In some
cases, notably that of the newly per-
fected 75-millimeter pack howitzer,
ordnance experts say the new weapon
is so far superior to the ones it was
built to replace that there is virtual
ly no comparison. Another example
disclosed was that of the new Amer
lean 75-millimeter gun, which, ord
nance experts say, has range almost
twice as great as the famous French
75-milIimeter gun used during the
war.
The newest anti-aircraft gun auto
matically sights Its target. 1t is con-
trolled by sensitive instrument
which detects the position Of NOV.
ing airplane by sound waves. At
night a huge searchlight throws its
beam directly upon the airplane ST.
multaneously with the discharge Of
the gun. >.4,.,.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21
CHAPTER x

Ashton had followed MalIoroy part
way across the waiting room. little
nervous, think, at the idea of letting
the girl out Of his sight. So he had
not heard what the clerk had just told
Doctor NcAlister through the ticket
window.
''Well," he said, that is all right,
isn't It? We don't want. to go to Oak
Ridge. II the train wilkins took start
ed only ten minutes ago, there's
ample time to arrange to have him
arrested before he sets foot on the
platform at Oak Ridge. Where's the
telegraph office In this station?"
at won't do you any good" said
Doctor McAlister. There will be no
Geographic communication with Oak
Ridge tonight"
Ashton glanced thoughtfully about
the room. ''That possibility hadn't oc-
Cured to. me-" he said at last.
It occurred to Wilkins" said the
doctor. 'That's why he went. He's
the one man of us who really grasped
the situation, He knew just what that
sleet storm meant-that over q terri.
tory fifteen or twenty miles square
electricity was going out of the busf-
ness Of serving civilization for a few
hours. That one vital fact turns the
world tOpsy-turvy, and makes some
difficult things easy and some com.
monplace things impossible. For just
tonight our thoughts can't move any
quicker than our bodies can. So Will
kins has set out for Oak Ridge, and
we can't head him off. The only thing
we can do is to follow him. The ques-
ton is, shall we try to do that?"
followed Ashton's glance just then,
and saw Mallory coming back with the
girl. She seemed unconscious of his
presence, and made straight across
the room to where the doctor was
standing In conversation with us. She
halted beside him without a word,
her manner perfectly quiet, though ex-
pectant. She was merely waiting for
him to tell her what he wanted done
next.
For the moment he paid no atten.
ton to her, did not even glance side
ways at her as she came up.
'That's the question:" he repeated
to the attorney. "Shall we try to go
out to Oak Ridge tonight? You spoke
of having two men ON watch there all
the time. Can you safely leave the
matter of coping with wilkins to
them?"
Ashton walked away few PAGES.
then whirled and came back. His look
was troubled. disquieted.
II wish you were there, Mallory"
he said. Screen and Benson aren't
any too wide awake. They'll have a
man to deal with who has just out
witted u.s."
"There are two courses Of action
open to u.s. said the doctor. Zone is,
to go home and go to bed. The other
is, to get hold Of an automobile and
try to get out to Oak Ridge tonight.
Our getting there at all is problemat-
ical with the roads In the present con.
dition."
Ashton whirled round and spoke to
Mallory. $50 and telephone to the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21

the backdrOp. the curtain and the
wings. he was lifted up, Unanswered
over Tinker Bells route, and, in all
his disheveled dignity, scared out the
window unperceived.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21

~ ESPITE the rigid censorship i'm
- posed by the Picking government,
the correspondents In China have
sent over enough information to prove
that Picking is in grave danger of cap
ture by the armies of Shansi prov
ince, which are allied with the south
ern Nationalist and are led by Yen
Hsi-shan, military governor. Yen
took Kalgan and the Manchurians
withdrew before his advance, plan
ming to make a stand at the Great
Wall or at the Nankow pass about
forty-five miles northeast of Picking.
Marshal Chang sent his aviation and
heavy artillery units from Picking to
Tientsin and it was thought he might
be preparing to evacuate the capital.
The situation caused considerable
concern in Washington and London.
Dispatches from Tokyo said the jap
anese government was seriously con-
sidering the sending of troops from
Manchuria to Picking and Tientsin If
matters in China grew worse.
MOSCOW ignored two friendly
1N1 notifications from Paris that the
Soviet ambassador, Rakovsky, was
persona non grata, so the French gov
eminent last week formally demand
ed his recall. This step was forced
by the violent press campaign against
the continued presence of Rakovsky.
Russia had made efforts to smooth
over the situation by increasing its
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-21

FRANCES tariff increases continue
4 to be the subject Of official notes,
semi-official statements and unofficial
arguments and protests, and settle
ment of the controversy is not in
sight. Meanwhile our Treasury de-
partment announces the assessment
Of countervailing duties on certain
French products, as direct result Of
the higher French tariff rates.
The action was mandatory under
six paragraphs Of the Fordney tariff
act, which makes provision for coun-
tervailing duties. Under these para
graphs the articles affected bear
specified rates Of duty or are on the
free list subject to a proviso that If
any nation imposes a higher duty, i'm.
ports of the particular commodity
from that nation shall be subject to
that rate. The same action has been
taken in the case Of few German
products.
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23

and lodging. The boys are to remain l in these. positions for three years, getting. practical agricultural experiz ence under supervision.
 Last year NewsSoutb Waies passed an act giving the Minister of Labor and Industry the care and control of juvenile immigrants from IA to Is years of age, and empowering him to designate farms for their reception and training. to place them on such farms, and ultimately to find them employment. The transfer or dismiss sal of such juvenile immigrants is not permitted except after seven days mo- tice in writing to the Minister of Labor. This law supplants the un- successful indentured apprenticeship system established in 1923, under which the children were not adequate ly protected. By July 20, 1926, a total of 1,444 boys had entered under the boy-immigrant scheme.
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23
GERMAN WOMEN LEAD -
 IN POPULATIONN NOW

BERLIN.-The male population of Germany, depleted by war losses, has not yet caught up with, the .ftmale. There are more women than men in the country. today, according. to the most available figures, to the extent that every fifteenth women must. of necessity remain unmarried.
 The figures show s- population of some 30,150,000 men and 32,2Q0, ,000 women, with 1,068 women to every 1000 men. In Berlin and Hamburg, the two biggest cities, the proportion of females is slightly more, standing at 1,16O to 1000, putting every sev- enth woman in the unmarriageable class.
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23

ing was badly handicapped in many sections by shortage of water. oc- casioned by lack of rainfall early in the operating season, the production of placer gold showed marked in crease. Most noteworthy gains, said Mir. Mcbride, were shown in Seward Peninsula and airbanks districts.
 Commenting on the. travel during the year, the report said:
 ''The number of persons arriving. in Alaska during 1924 was 30,974. The departures totaled 90,934, repre- senting nearly the total arrivals. The total arrivals, however, are known to be in excess of the figures shown, as a large number of cannery employees are brought to. the Territory in private vessels belonging to the canneries, which persons ore. not. counted in the arrivals shown- These employees are later sent to the States by regular passenger lines, and con- Sequently included Tn the outgoing figures"
 The collectors statement for mer- chandise and gold and silver shipped from the Territory during the year follows in part. In it there appears an item "alf other articles s6S7,672. It comprises in part the following: Manufactured furs, $16,994; palla- dium, s273,93S; whale oil, s253,481; whale tail, $47,936; whale bone, s7.- 225; ivory, $14,498; wool, $6,312. Other shipments include: Undressed fox furs, $650; dressed fox furs, $1,- 500; other undressed furs, $1,050;1 five animals, $s,39s. Shipments of fish, foreign not included in the ap- pended statement of commerce, were valued at S165, ,764,
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23
Takotna, Alaska, April 23, 19z7s
ALASKA COMMERCE FOR. YEAR
 OF 1926 REACHES HIGH MARK

Alaska commerce Hi 1926 had a value of s113,595, ,685, according to the, annual statement of of commerce compiled from the United States cus- toms records and made public in Ju- neau by John C. Mcbride, collector of customs, Only twice before in the history ef the Territory had this fig ure been exceeded, in 1917 and 1918, under wartime conditions and prices.
 The gain for the year over 1925 was St8,172,439. Outbound shipments were 2slued last year at $81, ,434, ,651, as compared with $62,223,737 for the previous 12 months. The value of in coming shipments was $32, ,161 ,034, leaving balance of trade in favor of the Territory that amounted to $49,- 273,6l7. an increase :. of, $20,249, 1893 over 1925-H
 GainssWsre made by every industry except mining, which showed slight deere seas result of the decrease m, tfta market price of copper ores. The. fishery industry's production was worth $56,578,726, the largest in ten years. Gold and silver production in creased 578,100 over 1925; the lumber industry $108,985; the output of the marble quarries about S86,OOO; canned salmon, $19,559,458; fish meal and oil, more than $550,00o; fresh or frozen fish, S89O,oO0.
 Decreases were experienced i'll the production Of all varieties of cured fish, cad, herring and salmon. There was avery small decrease in fur ship ments. Copper shipments declined in value S757,562, but the tonnage of production was virtually unchanged. The loss in herring production was attributed to poor runs in Southwest ern Alaska, where most of the her ring fisheries are located.
 Shipments of domestic gold and sil- yer during 1926: amounted to $6,16O,- 942, as compared to s5,682,S42, gain ing Ss47s, lo0y over gthespreyicus year. In spite of the fact that. placer min,
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To Frank Irwin, his heirs, executors,
 assigns and successors in interest:
 You, and each of you, are hereby notified that the undersigned has ex- pended for annual labor and improve ments the sum of one hundred dollars ($1OO.OO) per year for the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 upon the following described mining claims in the Innako Record ing District, Territory of Alaska. : No. Above Gold Run Group, on Little creek, a tributary of Canes creek;
 No. Above God Run Group, on Little creek, a tributary of Canes creek.
 That all of said work and improve ments were required by law and were put upon said claims in compliance herewith in order to hold the same for each said year and thereafter;
 And if within ninety (9O) days after the publication of this notice you, or any of you. fail to pay your portion of the amount expended on the above claims, your interest in said claims will become forfeited to the undersigned: co-owner, according to the provisions of Section ,22324 Re vised Statutes of the, United States.
 WILLIAM SCHNEIRLA.
 First publication, March 5, 1927.
 Last publication, June 4, 1927.
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23

In the Probate Court for Kuskokwim
 Precinct, Fourth Division of Alaska, before, George w. Hoff-
 man, Commissioner and ex-officio Probate Judge.
 In the matter of the Estate. of Thomas Anderson, deceased-No. 2, in Probate.
 Notice of Final Account.
 Notice is hereby given that H.. M. Hansen, administrator of the estate of Thomas Anderson, deceased, has filed his final report in said matter with the Probate Court for Kusko- kwim Precinct, Fourth Division of Alaska, and that on Monday. the s25th day of April, 1927. at 10 o'clock a. n., the said final account will be heard and considered before. the said Pro- bate Judge at his office at sNapamute, Alaska, at which time and place all persons interested in said estate may appear and file their objections in writing to said final report, and may contest the case.
 Dated February 18th, 1927..
 H. M. HANSEN,
 Administrator of Estate of
 Thomas Anderson, deceased. First publication, Feb. 26, 1927. Last publication. April g. 1927.
The Kusko times., 1927-04-23
No Joke.

Wesley Rogers. the Chicago lawyer, was asked what he thought of the MacPherson case. "I will not venture an opinion at present." he said, Cal though itreminds me of a friend of mine whose wife and son picked on him as the victim of little joke. Their conversation was prearranged, and when they sat down to table the son said:
 "'Guess where l saw dad last night 2
 Where did you see Dad?' eoun- tered the mother, as per cue.
 "But right here Dad intervened with: Here, son. take this tenspot and go buy anything you like"