davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

THE WAR

AAA1 WAN LEI An i MINT
On this date in 1776 congress Gre
ated the first United States depart
ment of war. It differed considerably
from the present-day department, but
1t was the forerunner.
It was not until 1859 that congress
provided for the department Of war
as 1t is constituted today. In 1776
this branch Of the federal govern
ment was little more than q congress
sional committee. Now the secretary
Of war is a member of the cabinet.
ranking third in the line of success
sion to the presidency.
He has charge of all military af-
fairs. subject to the direction Of the
president. the distribution of stores.
the signal service, the survey and inn
provement Of harbors and the adj
ministration Of insular possessions.
He is required to make IN annual
report to the president, showing the
number and distribution of our mill
tary forces, and q report Of depart
mental expenditures.
The original war committee chosen
153 years ago today took up as it's
first business an investigation into
the amount of military stores in the
hands Of the colonists.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
A MAJESTIC CAPITAL

A recent newspaper supplement article on the national
capital began with the statement, The city of Washing
ton has never been able to live up to the majestic plan
Of Its founder. nor yet to live 1t down. For $50 years the
federal city has struggled with and against the mag
nificence OF its specifications in the same way that the
nation has struggled with that other spacious c%ontempor-
airy formula, the federal constitution"
But the day is coming when Washington will be able
to live up to the majestic plan Of LEnfant. For the first
time in history congress is willing to appropriate un-
counted millions for a building program on the grand
scale. A start has been made to make Washington the
most beautiful and sublime capital in the world. 1t will
take ycars-perhaps generations-to finish, but the fin
ished picture will dazzle by the long defile Of plaster
palaces marching beside a Mall miraculously cleared OF
all that now cncumbers it.
The real pressure behind the new Washington is the
new Washington. Much has been said since the world
war of the United States as a great world power. perhaps
the greatest. But that conception OF our place in the in
ternational scheme is new to Americans, and in the
country at large has been discounted as political hyper
bole, Very slowly the legend has acquired the vitality Of
q fact, predicated not upon a vague political pre-emi-
hence but upon the clear evidence Of our mechanistic
supremacy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
needed to bolster it up than the
abolition Of beauty contests.

needed to bolster 1t up than the
abolition Of beauty contests.
4 y =
THEY'LL LET HER
Mrs. Rose Simon, II. has been mar
ried two years. has a baby, takes care
Of an apartment, cooks for five peo-
pie, and attends college.
Which is just a mild sample Of
what the modern young woman is let
ting herself in for, only to learn that
the more she will. the more she may.
If Mrs. Simon took a wage-earning
Job in addition she'd probably dis
cover that nobody objected very
much, and that II she ever dared quit
then she'd be accused of being lazy.
RIGHT IDEA
A few Wage-earning wives are
bringing their families up in the a
they should 60. and are no more ex-
pected to get dinner and wash dishes,
too, than are their husbands. But
not enough Of them are putting this
idea over. Too many women have
six irons In the fire, and find no.
body the least bit agitated about
their keeping them there.
FOR MOTHERS
Little 7-year-old RAune Howe. of
Atlantic. Iowa, went out to pick vio-
lets for his mother on Mothers day.
He fell into a creek and was drowned.
It's seldom that q child gives his or
her life for a parent. Parents do it
every day-not accidentally. either,
but often deliberately. The parental
instinct is too fierce q thing. It needs
ieavening with selfishness. The Off
spring themselves would be- better
off.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
PICNIC LUNCHES

Short mountain or beach camping
trips are pleasant diversions, but those
who are trying to live on a correct die
are often puzzled about the kind o.
lunch to take. The ordinary picnic
lunches consisting of weiners. pickles
potato chips and baked beans, ETC., Dc
not seem to fit in with a dietary
regime.
Usually. the breakfast and dinner
can be eaten at home. and the prin-
cipal problem is with the lunches
which must be prepared in the morn
ing to be kept in good condition fol
lunch.
Wholesome sandwiches can be pre-
pared from wholewheat bread with
the addition Of lettuce leaves, cabbage
leaves or chopped celery, and some
filling such as sliced meat, cheese,
eggs. fish. olives, chicken. pork, ham
or peanut butter. It Is better to avoid
the more elaborate layer sandwiches.
It is also better to avoid using toma-
toes and other acid fruits at the same
time because of the starch contained
In the bread.
The thermos bottle is a valuable as
set to the short mountain or beach
trips. There are two principal kinds.
one for liquids with a narrow mouth.
and for solid foods with a wide
opening at the top. Some campers
prefer to use a ~fireless cooker in place
of the thermoS bottle. Various foods
ran be placed in the cooker while very
hot and they will be cooked and still
warm by lunch time. If neither the
thermos bottle nor fireless cooker is
available, one may obtain a similar
effect by wrapping hot pots with
close fitting lids in many thicknesses
Of newspaper. The newspaper acts as
an ~insulator and prevents the rapid
escape of heat from the vessel.
There are three types of food COM
binations which a be used to adj
vantage on picnic trips. The follow
Ing are some good combinations which
provide delicious luncheons and are
at the same time highly nutritious:
No. l. Two or three sandwiches
made of wholewheat bread. Slice the
bread before packing the lunch and
wrap 1t In oil paper SO the slices will
not become too dry. Take along a
small Jar Of fresh butter and also
some Of the Filings as mentioned in
the first part of the article. Also take
along a plentiful supply of lettuce
leaves and II desirable, some raw car
rots and celery or q raw vegetable
salad which can be made at home and
packed in a jar.
No. 2. One pint Of raw certified
milk slipped slowly while eating any
n kind of the following fruits: Or
anges. apples, peaches. berries, plums
or cherries. Do not be afraid to use
this combination, as the fruit and
milk mix perfectly If no other food is
used at the same time. Or, if you de-
sire, you may take along a pint of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

An Englishman writes from New
Zealand to claim he discovered the
saxophone. That's like calling some-
body names over the telephone.
= \
A man recently testified in a Brit
ish court that he hasn't had to over
haul his a in IL years. If he got
away with that. the courts in Great
Britain must not be so efficient after
all.
A town Is beginning to grow up
when the editor begins to notice
young people sitting around pretty
late In the chop suey parlor.
+
Don't worry about the bandits
they'll stick up for themselves.
The professor who advised students
to be snobs and Ito speak and act like
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Bread or meat should not be used at
the same time with. this luncheon.
No. 3. Cold broiled or roasted chick.
en- or other meat, some cooked non
starchy vegetables, such as string
beans and q salad Of lettuce, tomatoes
and cucumbers. The non.starchy
vegetables may be cooked 1t breakfast
time and Immediately put into ther-
mos bottles which will keep them hot
until noon. The lettuce, tomatoes and
cucumbers are best taken whele.
wrapped in a moist cloth, and the
salad prepared fresh when ready to
use.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
WE ADMIRE F~OOLlSHNESs

A Massachusetts professor advises college men to be
snobbish If they want to succeed, while an English bust
ness man urges late marriage and strict frugality. In
Ohio an educator stresses unceasins toll as the hishroad
10 success. and a westerner tells young graduates to re-
tain the cool balance Of the educated man" under all
circumstances.
These are all notable bits Of advice. and probably will
do a great deal Of good. But it strikes US that one thing
has been left out.
No one, so far. has told the 1929 crop Of graduates that
one Of the best traits a man can have is the ability to be
wildly, daringly foolish now and then.
However much we admire the more sober virtues. the
man we admire most is always the man who is willing to
do something that runs counter to common sense.
Up on the coast OF Maine. at this moment, there is a
little gasoline yacht which. for the time being, is more
interesting to the American people than any other ship
on earth. In it is q pair of honeymooners-one Colonel
Lindbergh and his bride. This young man has won the
hearts of his countrymen so much that he can't even get
them to leave him alone on his wedding trip.
And L~indbergh. if you'll recall, did it by doing some
thing that no man who considered common sense and
steady plodding the greatest OF virtues would ever have
dreamed of doing.
There really wasn't much sober sense in flying alone
across the Atlantic. It was extremely dangerous, and
it served no obvious unitarian end. A young man who
minded the commencement speakers would never have
tried it.
But Lindbergh showed the maxims of ~frugality and
sobriety aside-and did 1t. And, as q result, he made
himself the nations most popular hero in a generation.
His, Of course, Is an extreme case-but it illustrates the
point.
Secretly. all Of us are a bit sick OF the sober virtues. We
work hard and we save our money and we do all the
other things that the copy books advise-and. somehow.
We don't get any overwhelming measure of success. We
are too used to don: this sort Of thing to dare break
away, take chances and risk everything on a throw of the
dice; but we have a deep admiration for the chap who
does.
It might be a good thing If someone could buttonnole
each senior class just as it gets through listening to its
commencement grafton, and whisper softly to It.:
That's all very well. but don't believe too much of it.
II you really want to get ahead-take long chances. be a
spendthrift, learn how to risk all that you have. You may
lose; but if you win, you'll win everything"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
FORD IN EUROPE

In the request Of Henry Ford for data on wage scales,
living costs and taxation in a number of European cities
SO that his company may pay the same real wages
abroad as in the United States. business observers here
profess to see the same developments there that his
unique compensation policy accomplished on this side of
the water. It is pointed out that Europe is to have a
practical demonstration of what high wages and high
output can attain in pushing national prosperity.
There is some fear here that the lesson OF high wages
and mass production as the secret Of American prosper
ity may be too eagerly grasped and Europe become too
formidable q competitor. Then again, the best opinion
holds that prosperity abroad would mean further I'm
provement here.
In these discussions . point worth emphasizing is that
some Of Americas own sick industries have still to learn
the principle that Mr.. Ford may introduce abroad. A
good deal of education continues to be needed at home.
While some Americans will be trked and worried by the
thought that Europe may eventually build her own Ford
cars instead Of importing them from Detroit. there are
definite compensations in the Ford plan. High wages in
Europe would mean moro money with which to buy
American goods. Moreover. Europe would no longer be
able to undersell American competitors because Of dis
parity in wages paid on the two continents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
HI MANY WHO LOST

the half dozen lucky ones who held winning tickets IN
the English Derby lotteries.
An Irish widow gets a quarter Of a million; an Indian
apolis janitor gets some sS0.00o; a Calcutta clerk draws
down 3l0olooo-and so on. Reading these stories. ones
natural conclusion is that the best way to get along in
life to spend all ones money on lottery tickets.
But, of course, there's another side to it. All of the
money that these people won came from scores of thou
sands of other people who bought tickets and did not win.
There were half a dozen winners and a couple OF hundred
thousand losers.
That's the way II always is with speculation. We let
the successes dazzle us. but We forget about the much
larger number Of failures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Well Water

Questions. o. writes: 1.-THE water
from our we'll looks like It had brick
dust in 1t, and we use this rusty look
Ing water for drinking, cooking, etc.
Kindly let me know II 1t Is harmful
Answer-I believe the best plan
would be for you to distill the water
before using 1t for cooking or drink
Ing. The brick color may not be an
indication Of any poisonous material.
but 1t is not advisable to use water for
drinking or cooking which contains
too much inorganic mineral substance.
Dandellons
Question-G. M. r.: will o
please give me the food value of
dandelions?
Answer-Dandelions are especially
rich in potassium, sodium, calcium.
magnesium and silicon, but do not
have much caloric or heating value.
They are q form Of greens valuable
in the diet and should be used when
ever obtainable.
Aching in Hips
Question: J. M. G. writes: Il notice
when I go to bed. II I lie on either
side for an hour or SO my hip bone
aches, but as o o as I turn on nv
back this passes Oft. What would
cause my sides to bother me this way?
They seem all right during the day
time"
Answer-1t might be caused by a
slight inflammation of the nerves
which aching is made more pro-
nounced by pressure, but I would sue-
gest that you have q careful examine
ton made Of the lower spine by q
good osteopath or chiropractor to de-
ternine II there is any nerve pressure
present.
Copyright, 1929, by the Bell syndi-
cate, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Japanese DO not care for dogs as house pets, but We
cannot picture this as making a good dog mad.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

d.. MCCOY viii gladly answer
personal questions on health ana
diet, addressed 10 him, cASo of The
Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Many persons are not able to attract attention by doin,
something useful, so they do something foolish.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

1t depends on how we'll a man is known if he can ere
ate an impression by seeming to be in a hurry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Forty-two young ladies as eques-
traienne queens will represent the AZ
states Of the union in the Fourth OF
July parade.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Some people find it hard to go to sleep even though
they have been practicing for years and years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
MAKES RI

MAKES 1T DIFFERENT
MY dear fellow, 1t Is always best
10 begin at the bottom Of the ladder"
nonsense! How about when you
are escaping from q lire?"-Answers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
%SnMAAN(S
"1DDlA4Yz1..
ALLENE SUMMED

Our national anthem has never
been above criticism. Music students
criticize bad metre matched to bad
rhythm, and there has been consid-
cradle agitation for a long time for
a national anthem that people could
really sing" But the Rev. George w.
Hilton Of st. Paul's Episcopal church,
Huntington. Conn.,, has q different
reason for proposing its Punishment.
He asked his congregation to elm
mate the second verse at Memorial
day exercises. He objected to the
bombs bursting in air. as bad wal
propaganda.
Seriously. if we want no more war,
the way to begin is to- Dust everything
bedecked with the gorgeous panoply
Of war that strikes kids ears or eyes.
The minister has the right idea.
X X X
WOMEN BUFFERS
Women are not allowed to puff
cigarets on the billboard5 in Sioux
Falls. S. D. The city council meet
ing in solemn session, voted to oppose
the erection Of any cigaret billboards
showing women smoking or looking as
If they might be about to. Other
towns arc getting agitated about the
cigaret makers propaganda to women,
t0O..- --.. -
\ \ X
TOO LATE
But it's a little too late in the day.
The cigaret people themselves never
created the woman smoker. They
lost millions of dollars by not ex-
horting her to smoke. 1t was the
woman smoker who bombed the Gig
aret maker and demanded attention
by telling him how many hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year she was
spending for smokes. The damage
was done long before the billboards
went up.
NO BEAUTY CONTESTS
Beauty contests have been pro-
hibited in Italy and projects have
been ordered :, to especially watch
bathing beach resorts for any attempt
to put on bathing beauty contests.
The order says that beauty contests
result in grave Inconvenience to
public morality.
To which one opines that If the
public morality" is SO fragile a
thing, something more serious is
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Time waits for no man, but has little choice In II
matter when the average woman approaches IS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

certified milk and mix this with Or
ange juice and shake vigorously. This
is an easily digested combination.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

gentlemen" probably doesn't think
much of the gentlemen he meets now
adays.
=
Rheumatism is a lot of bother. but
it's about the only thing we have to
hold the older people under control.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Nels A. Walberg has returned from
an extended stay in Washington ter
ritory.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Attorney George w. Newton has
returned from. q trip to Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

The Objectionable thing about reckless. motorists is that
the bones they break are not always in their own heads
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

MI. and Mrs. G. limerick, Washing
ton, d. c., stopped here for a visit en-
route to Fort Berthold where Mr..
limerick will resume the duties OF
agency clerk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
NO HELP TO

1t Is hard to see in what way the American house Of
representatives covered itself with any glory at all during
its first days consideration Of the census and reappor.
tionment bill.
The amendment to exclude aliens from the count was
cheap and unworthy; SO, likewise. was the companion
amendment. voted in retaliation, to exclude negroes in
southern states. And the little rider removing the census
a~ppointees from civil service rules. and thereby setting up
100000 jobs for the deserving friends Of congressman, was
s politics at its very lowest.
Z On top Of this, the demeanor Of the members, described
In dispatches as q near riot, was just a trifle disgraceful
House leaders this spring were reported to be deter
mined to raise the general prestige Of their body to the
level Of the senates. They are certainly choosing Z pc
culiar way to 30 about It.
When he takes stock after coming home, he knows why
they call It spending" the honeymoon.
Compunction Il more likely to bother the conscience
after sunset than II broad daylight.
u |
Suppose the radio wave does travel more slowly than
Light. It gsts there just the same.
eome pessons seem uuable to have . skeleton in the
selcsst without rattling the bunss.
Ioopis who think ~ searce. but people who think they
think equal o0r census figures.
] Afts o. laorns tn art q gossip It lint necessary to
lQsAane - - - - ne1ghboA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Mrs. N. z. Stanford. Detroit, Mich.
was 9 guest Of Mrs. Chester A. MARI
TOR . few days on her way west to
Yellowstone park.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

oome parsons seem uuable to have Z skeleton in Il
elosst without rattlng the bunea.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Messrs. French and Wilhelm have
leased the Merchants hotel at WASH
burn. and will open 1t again after it
Is remodeled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Compunction Is more likely to bother the conscienc,
after sunset than In broad daylight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

FORTY YEARS AGO
r. M. Donnelly and G. Crockwell
Sterling, were. visitors here today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

When he takes stock after coming home, he knows why
they call Il spending" the honeymoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Louis Rubin. Ashley, Is spending q
few days here on business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
WAR.BORN EMOTIONS ARE DEAD


Emotions born of wartime excitement do not las
long.
If any further proof of this we're needed, it is Furnished
by the recent action of the British election in returnin,
Ramsay MACEDONIA to the premiership.
During the war Macdonald was an out and out pacifist
He was subject to bitter criticism. lost his seat in parlia
ment, and apparently his political career was ruined fo
good. Britain. in those days. had no use for pacifists.
But he is now prime minister for the second time. TIL.
wartime rage against pacifists has died down. The wore
is still a term of deep reproach in some circles; but Eng,
lishmen. figuring up what they got out Of the war. car
hardly be expected to consider pacifism as terrible
crime as they did q decade ago.
Preparedness is merely a matter of getting all the va
cation letters written before leaving home so as to b
free to enjoy oneself.
1t is uncomfortable that no manufacturer has though,
to advertise his line as The perfect lawn mower. ASH
the man who loans one"
1t is our observation over a great many years that
nothing OF cosrnic Importance, except to the passengers
was ever said In a porch swing.
Dictator tin the modern MANNER: A powerful person
atty who abridges the liberties of 100000 people to i'm
prove the phone service.
The Objectionable thing about reckless motorists is that
the bones they break are not always in their own heads
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Miss Jeanette Barnes left today for
the east to spend . two months va
cation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
TEN AGO

Gilbert w. Stewart. mayor Of VIII.
ton. with Mrs. Stewart and their FAM
ny. have gone to his old home at
Pittsburgh. Pa, for 4 visit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Preparedness is merely a matter of getting all the va
cation letters written before leaving home so as to be
free to enjoy oneself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Dugald Campbell returned. to
Campbell today after several days
visit in the city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

Dictator Tin the modern MANNER: A powerful person
atty who abridges the liberties OF 100000 people to i'm.
prove the phone service.