davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06
WASHINGTON
N. LITTER {SF@@
F. go

volvlne, cut the paper to tiny bits. No
whole money is thrown in. The
banks returning the currency slice 1t
neatly in two.
Special obstruction committees"
are appointed from among officials
at both the treasury and the bureau.
It's their Job to see that there isn't
any monkey business. At the treasury
Secretary Mellon has appointed John
r. Moran as chairman Of the national
bank note destruction committee.
Mr.. Moran and two other members
are accompanied to the maCerator by
a bank agent. The doomed money Is
brought from the treasurer's office in
trunks. each of which has three trays.
Tray by tray. it is carefully dumped
from a raised platform into a square
hole, about IA inches, in the top of
the maCeratOr.
Each member of the committee has
two keys. These are for three separ-
ate locks to champ down the hatch
Of the macerator after the money
goes in and three separate locks
which must be unlocked before the
machine can begin operation. After
locking the former each member puts
his key in his pocket. They return to-
gether an hour or two later. unlock
the hatch and gaze upon the pulp to
see if it is sufficiently mashed. It
generally is.
Make Paper Of II
The pulp is then strained through
a wire basket underneath which Is de-
signed to catch any large pieces in
sufficiently macerated. It is then put
into a drain box. allowed to drain for
"a hours and carried off to the bureau.
where it is pressed and rolled for sale
to paper manufacturers and souvenir
makers at something less than $40 a
ton. Once a year the bureau adj
vertises for bids on this stuff: 1t dis
poses Of about 1000 tons a year.
William II. yesterday. y years old.
who superintends the treasury macer-
ator. has been destroying millions
daily since 1909. His big day came in
the postwar period. when he made
pulp of S140. 600 900 in a single macer-
alton in which nothing less than a
$40, 900 note went into the hopper.
Two maccrations a day are OK
pccted for a while during issuance of
the new currency.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

(E1ying eastward on Universal
Aircraft's first plane-to-train passen-
ger service.)
July dumping an Ohio river
packet boat, which cares little for
time or space. into an airplane which
intends to show the world how to get
around In . greater hurry, is just a
bit contrastful.
And It demonstrates that you can
b . old-fashioned or new-fashioned
- you please.
Thus, just q couple Of days ago I
ut yawning sleepily on the deck of
"a indolent old stern-wheeler. bang
ing the typewriter keys at odd In
tefvals. Today l must pick out the
letters Of the alphabet from a height
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

deity swung the steering wheel to-
ward the curb before the Myrtle
Street house. And Tony would not
have exchanged those priceless words
for the accolade at the hands of a
You tell Nom while I wash up
and get into my flying togs.' Sandy
instructed Tony, as they entered the
familiar hall.
Wear your warmest coat, old dear"
Tony advised, with gorgeously SIM
ulated nonchalance. but when his
back was turned she gathered the
oil-stained. fur-lined leather jacket
in her arms and kissed it passion
ately, Garkening one of its oil stains
with the tears she dared not shed
before Sandy. Then. head high. eyes
very bright. she went in to break the
news to Nom Ross.
Fifteen minutes later a fed,
scrubbed and warmly clad young av-
iator stepped into his mothers room.
The two women who loved Sandy
Ross better than their lives had al
ready done their weeping in each
others arms, and now it was a cheer
ful-voiced mother who greeted her
0 matter of-factly:
We'll. son, mind you, keep warm,
and don't let Mrs. Purvis talk your
arm off. And you might bring me a
souvenir from that foreign country
you're going to-something nice for
the parlor. -. Tony, you put up a
thermos bottle of hot coffee and a
box of sandwiches for this flying fool
of mine"
Tony fled, as Sandy approached his
mother.
NEXT: A triumph over Mary
Burns.
Copyright. 1929. NEA Service. 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06
BY RODNEY
(NEA Service WRITER

Washington-1t seems rather tragic
because one Ear think of so many
nicer things to do with the money. but
the treasury will be destroying three
or four billion dollars in currency
within the next year or SO.
All the money we are now carrying
in our pockets is headed for the de-
vouring currency macerators in the
treasury building and the bureau of
engraving and printing here. 1t was
bound there anyway. but the issuance
of the new small currency will speed
up the process somewhat, although
3" the old bills aren't coming back
in a flood because most of the new
money will be issued only as the old
bills YEA out.
It's Fun to Watch
The average life of a dollar bill is
only seven months and lives Of other
bills longer in proportion to their de-
nominations, 10 treasury officials ex-
pect to have pockets filled prin-
cipally with the new currency well
within a year. Issuance of it begins
July 10.
With an easily procured pass II
can watch the destruction of a few
million dollars either at the treasury
or the bureau. Several million dol
lars are destroyed daily. under the
most careful supervision. Your or
respondent attended one such session
In the basement of the treasury build
ing. where a single macerator eats up
from one to three million dollars at
q time. This macerator takes care of
the worn national bank notes; those
at the bureau destroy the u S, cur
rency and federal reserve notes.
The macerator' is a large Churn. re-
sembling a big red apple about Il
feet In diameter. operated by a steam
engine which has been doing bust
ness In the treasury since 1873. re-
ducing millions of dollars to pulp each
day. The principle is somewhat SIM
liar to that OF a cooker in a paper
mill.
When the money is dumped in the
churn is about half full of a mixture
Of water. soda ash and lime. While
the chemicals destroy the silk fiber
and attack the coloring matter. 10
knives. some stationary and some re-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

For once. however, Sandy Ross was
over optimistic. It was four hours
before his plane wa ready to take off
from Stanton for Nicaragua. to take
a mother to her dying son. The plane
had to be gone over thoroughly, and
stocked with its capacity Of gasoline,
for this was to be a nonstop flight
unless accident forced a landing.
And there we're other things to be
done. too-the weather bureau to be
consulted for the time and location
Of storms within the next twenty
hours; his meager stock of air route
maps to be consulted, his mother to
be told of his suicidal plan.
It was eight o'clock when Tony
forced Sandy to leave his plane for a
while and return to the Ross house
with her. There would be time only
for the briefest Of visits and the hast
lest of meals, for Mrs. Purvis had
been instructed by Sandy to be at
the aviation field at nine o'clock,
when the take-off for Nicaragua was
scheduled. The event was being kept
as secret as possible. Sandy Ross hav-
ing nc more love for publicity than
his famous colleague.
On the drive home Sandy was
grinly silent. but Tony. whose heart
was nearly bursting with love and
pride, knew that it was not fear that
frightened the clean-cut. boyish mouth
and narrowed the freckled grey eyes
to Sits. Or-if it was fear at all, it
was fear for the safety of his pas
senger. poor, grief-stricken Mrs. Pur-
Wis. willing to risk her life that her
dying sons last moments might be
the brighter for her presence. Rut
Tony did not dare talk: she could only
pray. -.
Good kid" Sandy muttered, his
hand gripping the little one that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

had been 10 degrees colder on the
previous November.
But now ] am . party to what a
Newspaper dispatch calls IAN epochal
event."
I va the first to leave the plane
Whenever II landed; the first 70 dis
cover that there are no pockets Ia
the Kansas air: the first to feel . BIT
oddly on the first trip, and / was the
first serial straphanger. having been
y .1uenced to try this in m effort TO
prove thst, however rocky. Il was bet
Ter than the subway.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

warmth was concerned. One Of the
more learned members of the party
drew diagrams showing that 1t formed
knots and bumped. and that we were
going under and over them.
At any rate, I have ct last some
thing 70 relate TO my children when,
bent and gray. ! hold them upon my
knee. ! have had . happy faculty for
coming IN second best on most oc-
castons. Il I arrived IL Chicago, for
inetance, on what appeared 70 be the
worlds coolest day. ! found that II
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06

The flight was from Cleveland to
Garden City. Kas., as readers doubt
less know by this time. The train
connections were made by New York
Central at the eastern end and SAN
ta re on the, west. Stops were made
ct Chicago and Kansas City. But
those are, rs you see. mere surface
facts. And I'm trying avidly to get
that 'air consciousness" they keep
telling me about.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright. 1929. NEA Service. Incl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06
Corn Belt H0llander
Makes Wooden Shoes

Orange City. Iowa.-R-In the
heart Of the corn belt. whence come
many Of the cattle and hogs whose
hides eventually 50 into the manu-
facture Of shoes. . native Of Holland
operates what Is believed to ~ the
only wooden shoe factory Ia Amer
lea.
Jacob Van Hoff Iearued the ayt az
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

trouble when he pitched for Red
Cloud, Neb., back in 1910 when he
was only a kid of nineteen. Since then
be has been on the pay roll of three
minor league and five major league
clubs, working through Is seasons un-
der this pitching handicap. When he
cut loose that deceptive left hand spit
ter and pitched effectively he always
paid for it with a sore arm for a
week But last season, for the first
time in all these years Mitchell was
free from trouble with his arm for
three months at a stretch.
Mitchell was BON near Alliance,
Neb., on a farm 81 years ago, and his
folks still live on the old home place.
He pitched for semi-pro team in the
town Of Franklin when only eighteen
and won 40 of A games that season.
He gained much local renown and a
Red Cloud contract and sore arm
from his first year on the hill They
must have played mighty fast ball in
Red Cloud, Neb., some 16 and Is years
ago, for Mitchell won IA and lost Is In
that state league circuit. And then
two years after his day came Dazzy
Vance and won only Ii and lost IA In
that league while pitching for this
same Red Cloud club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
OLD SPITBALLER
WAS BIG WINNER
Clarence Mitchell Helped
Cardinals Win Flag.

When Farmhouse and Reinhardt
from whom much was expected. failed
them last spring. and when Rhem be-
gan TO go bad in the early summer,
the Cardinals had only the three vet
Grams. Haines, Alexander and Sher-
dell. to carry them through the long
pennant grind. II was then that they
took a gamble on Clarence Mitchell,
who had been given his unconditional
release BY the Phillies. When Breadon
signed Mitchell he made a fine stroke,
for the ancient spitballer with the
crippled wing suddenly returned to
form and pitched and won some vital
games for the Cards at a critical time
in the pennant race. He was most
effective against the Giants, who were
the most dangerous contenders for the
flag.
Mitchell won eight and lost nine for
the Cards last season, but all his defeats
with two exceptions were close and
finely pitched games with low scores
Clarence pitched fine ball almost every
time he took the hill He. was the
most effective of all the Cardinal
pitchers in the last world series, al
lowing only two hits in six innings,
and many baseball men believe he
would have won game If he had
been allowed to start one.
1t is to be doubted if any pitcher in
major league history has had as much
trouble with his arm as has Mitchell.
He once said that his arm gave him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Right Umpires Always
Sure of Getting Job

There's one good thing about big
league umpire turning manager, and
that is he can always get his old job
back.
Some years ago Hank ODay was
going about his business of calling EN-
right and wrong in the National league
when Garry Herman drafted him TO
manage the Cincinnati Reds Hank
was not much of success as man.
ager and when he was released he
was welcomed back to his cid job as
umpire by the league
George Moriarty quit umpiring in
the American league two years ago to
take Ty Cobb's place as manager Of
the Tigers. Moriarty, after a poor
season last year. was given his re-
lease by Frank Navin.
But good umpires are scarce these
days, and Moriarty wasn't out of a
job long, as IL was announced at the
meeting in Chicago that he would be
back in the American league next sea-
son as an umpire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Made Lime KiIns OF
Etruscan Crematories

In ancient times cremation was
praeticed throughout the civilized
world with the exception of Egypt,
where bodies Of the departed were
embalmed. in Judea where they were
placed In sepuichers, and In China
where graves were made in the earth
In the other countries there were few
exceptions to the general custom of
cremation. Among these, however,
might be mentioned those persons
who had taken their own lives. I'M
teethed children and persons struck
by lightning.
An Italian archeologist recently
discovered what he declared to be the
crematories used by the Etruscans.
the mysterious civilized people who
preceded the Romans in that country
and who vanished more than % cen
turtles ago. 1t was discovered that
the Etruscan crematories were made
use of by the conquering Romans in
a strangely practical way. The arched
fire chambers, in which an intense
fire may be maintained. were turned
into lime kilns.-Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Costly -OmeIet

What is believed to be the largest
omelet ever served was dished out on
an Amador county highway near Jack
son, Calf, for S25 without coffee.
Manuel Lopez was driving along in
his automobile with 40 dozen choice
eggs packed in the car when there
came collision with an automobile
driven by ]. h Williams. Williams
was forced to pay for the omelet
which resulted from the impact OF
the cars. The price agreed upon was
So.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Seeing the Sign.

"Do you know anything about palm
lstry, George dear?" the sweet young
thing asked her sutton.
"Well, not very much" he answered,
with an air of becoming modesty
"But the other evening | had a re-
markable experience which might be
called an example of the art"
''Oh, George" enthused the girl, do
tell me-"
"Well," said George, 4 looked at a
friends hand and predicted that he
would shortly have some money. Be
fore l left him he had quite a useful
sum given himl''
-And you fOretold that from his
hand, dear?' asked the girl.
ayes; he had the ace. king, jack
and ten of trumps in it"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Lee. Macon Outfielder,
Boosted by Nap Rucker

Nap Rucker, scout of the Brooklyn
club, said that the Macon club has a
budding young outfieIder in Lee. Nap
didn't know his first name, but he
knew a lot about his ball playing and
said the youngster would be ready for
the Robins in 1890.
Lee is one of the most promising
young ouffielders ] ever looked at.
said Rucker He is big. fast and can
hit All that ne lacks now is expert
ence and he viii get plenty of that in
another season
-sHe is a right-handed hitter and
puts plenty of power behind his swing
He should be ready for big league
baseball ny 1880"
The Macon club is owned by the
Robins
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Monkey. in Dentist. Chair

Twelve husky, grinning monkeys
are undergoing treatment at the col
Iege of dentistry of the University of
California, at present having their
teeth Strengthened. They are kept es-
pecially to observe the effect of diet
on teeth. Their teeth are much like
children's, having the same number,
and two sets, milk and permanent but
the monkeys differ in vital respect.
They like to go to the dentist The
doctors report that the monkeys throw
back their heads and open their
mouths cheerfuliy and seem to chat
ter with interest at the goings-on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Kentucky Races

Col. n j. Winn. president of the
American Turf association and execu-
tive dirertor of Churchill Duwns. an
nounces that he viii subTn,s 70 the
Kenfurky state racing commission
Tor its approval dates for the spring
meeting at Churchill Dawns. The
meeting viii heyin Saturday. May H.
IL is planned. and the S5a.0n added
Ken,urky derby will he run Saturday
May IS The meeting win run ~
days according to plans as now our
lined
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Fooled the Monk

Somebody's monkey was running
around loose at Los Angeles and a
policeman was delegated TO catch it.
He tried various traps and lures. but
the monkey would not remain within
arms reach long enough to be cap
tured. Then thinking of the old say
ing, monkey see monkey do" he
made a moose, thrust his head
through the moose several times and
then extended the trap gently toward
the animal The monkey put his head
right through the moose and lost his
liberty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Adopted Elephants

II is a well-known fact in the efe-
plant camps of India that calf,
when left an orphan for any reason.
is looked after by the herd and. if a
sucking. is taken over by foster
mother. This has happened again and
again and on one occasion In our ex-
perience al lockwood logging camp
calf that lost its mother at the
stage when il was being weaned was
taken over by tusker of uncertain
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Lost in Stone Age Mine

Seeing N tor cycle at the entrance
to the Old flint mines of Grimes Grave.
in England. policeman entered the
Stone age workings TO make an in
vestigation- Finally a feeble cry AZ
tracted his attention and he found
Capt William 0rgiIl of the Indian
army and his sister, Miss Joan abr
giii- They SET Out TO explore the an
eient tunnels, and after they had
walked through several passages
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Had Never Been Locked

The Philadelphia Record moved to
new building. Then the front door
Of the old Record building had to be
locked-the first time In forty-six
years. And when they started look
ing for the key, they could not find it
In fact, no one remembered ever
seeing the front door key. So lock-
smith made a new key for the lock
that had been nothing more than an
ornamental fixture for a little less
than half a century.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

special process of their own inven-
ton till they are dell-like in size.
These heads are much valued by col
lecfors of queer relics In London, Blu.
an expert says that there are a
number of fakes going about II ap-
pears that medical students at Quito
have discovered the drying process
and are now helping themselves to
heads which have not fallen in battle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

temper, TO be brought up by him He
allowed it to be sucked by female
until weaned. and so strong did his
affection for the calf become that he
refused to work except with the calf
at heel-Maj. A. W. Smith, in At
lantic Monthly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
No, -ReIisiou.- Painting

The poruraH of Mona Lisa, BY
Leonardo da Ninci. Is by no means
religious picture Mona tuadanna or
niaslam) Lisa GherartIini was the third
wife ot Franresco de tiioronsio whom.
she naarried IN lEt5 I.ennarda ds
tinri was engaged in painting her por
trait from lam io 1904
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

their candle dropped and could not
be retrieved When all their MATCHES
were consumed they wandered about
in darkness They had been in fhe
mine nearly twenty-four hours when
rescued
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Estopped

"When Unexpectedly called on to
speak at the banquet couldn't open
my mouth"
"Why not2"
sit was full OF spinach"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Dried Human Heads

Grewsome little dried up human
heads are appearing in London. These
heads have long been treasured as
spoils of battle by certain South
American tribes, and contracted by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

In the Lisbon earthquake in 1855. a
tidal wave which gathered off the
coast of Portugal was 60 feet high
when it reached Lisbon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
Horse Racing Old Snort

Horst racing claims a history on
nearly three Thousand years II waS
included in the Grecian program oi
the tlirty-third tIiympiad m 64s X
e.. and frequent mention is made ;,
racing throughout various histories
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25

~. 40 is there published a
-M6 book which is so i'm
ozJf|5 NJ portant as to justify Us
80 w in regarding its appear
h77011LT ance as news" In order
lIliItjlHE to deserve attention as
GSQDV a news event, il usually
has to reveal some hith-
ertO unknown facts about subject
which is Of considerable interest TO
a large number of people. In some
cases a new biography will measure
up TO that standard, but it is com
paratiyely rare occurrence for any
thing. beth new and of vital impOr
tance. ~ be discovered about man
great enough To answer the qualifica-
ton of considerable interest to
large number of people" In America
about the only men Of whom this
would he true would be Washington
and Lincoln.
There have been so many books
written about Abraham Lincoln-the
number runs into the hundreds-and
the whole field of Lincolniana has
does net seem possible TO discover
anything new about him. Nor is il
likely snat q new Lincoln book would
ordinarily excite more than casual
interest end discussion. However,
within recent months there has ap-
peared new work on Lincoln which
has Feen news" in that news stories
have beeu written about it. This adj
dftion 40 The store of knowledge about
the Great Emancipation is the two
volume work written by the late
Albert ]. Beverage. former United
States senator from Indiana, under
the title of abraham Lincoln, 1909
ISIS" and published by the Houghton
Mifflin company.
II is striking fact about this
Lincoln" that the literary critics
have been unanimous in pronouncing
il the most important study of Lin
coin that has yet been written and
enc newspaper devoted no less than
a full page 70 review of ii by a
man of national prominence. He was
Claude G.. Bowers. "keynoter." at the
Democratic national convention, at
Houston, last year, a friend of Bev-
eridge and himself a biOgrapher and
historian of renown. In his review
he said: 1T seems Incredible that we
have had TO wait for almost seventy
years for a biography of Lincoln deal
ing adequately with the first fifty
years of his life. The monumental
biography of Nicolay and Hay was
written with frank Partisanship and.
worse still. under the critical eye of
Robert Todd Lincoln, who. until the
end of his long life, appeared more
prone to concealment than TO revela-
alton. The Herndon biography was
unquestionably the most starkly hon.
est but its very honesty damned it in
the eyes of those who preferred TO
defy rather than TO explain its sub
ject BY that time we had entered
upon the myth-making period, fol-
lowed with flood of biographies
written in the spirit of extravagant
praise, and the result has been that
the Lincoln who lived before the de-
bate has been comparatively unknown
until now"
So we have had the great number
of books on Lincoln written by every
type of person-by biographies and
professional historians. by teachers
and preachers. by lawyers. by poets
and by nOvelists. And, as one re
viewer has pointed our Hitherto
every new book on Lincoln has been