davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1929-02-27

No" Ruth answered. ITO I'll, knowledge he never opened draw CT Of my desk during the entirs time I worked for him. but he m", have when was not there. O course. Benny Smith. the office boy, opened that drawer Saturda, morning. He was looking for , towel. he said. when ! asked hin what he was doing at my desk. I'd just come out of MT. Borden's Of flee after havlng taken dictation."
 That accounts for these prints Ferber said to McMann. pointing to picture. Found q number ol them on the kids desk"
 Anyone else touch your desk Saturday that you know off" Nc, Mann asked Ruth.
 No. did. Of course. I opened the bottom drawer. as ! have told you. to get a paper cup to give Mrs Borden a drink. She started tt help me, but didn't touch the draw. er-and she had on gloves. ] re- member" Ruth answered.
 "One of Borden's thumbprinti half obliterated by Rita's thumb. print" McMann unused. in . low voice. that was just loud enough for Ruth's straining ears to catch That means he opened the drawer first"
 Well. if he did. he did 1t before I camel" Rita cut in. He certain. ly didn't touch that desk while was with him.
 Ruth's head spun with conjec. lures. If Borden had opened tha, bottom drawer on Saturday after. noon. after her departure. and be. fore Rita's arrival, was 1t not possible that he had done 90 to get the gun, to protect himself against some threatened trouble-trouble arising from that mysterious telephone call which had kept him 70 long that he had missed his train?
 But Bill Cowan had testified that Borden had been connected with Jack Hayward's number! Had McMann. who ability she was be. ginning to respect as much as she feared it. arrived at the same con- clusion? If 50, he had again ar. rived at Jack Hayward as the most likely suspect. !. Ruth forced her mind away from that too .r- rible possibility. Supposing Bor. den. fearful of an attack at the hands of someone who had not yet come into the investigation - for she herself was convinced that Jack had not talked to Borden over the phone or across the air shaft-had taken the gun from her
New Britain herald., 1929-02-27

In Bolivia gasoline rstails at abeue 60 cents . gallon.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-27

Then hope thrust up its head again. Why try to fit Jacks gun into any theory of the murder? It was missing-true. But wasn't it
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
WALTER p. CHRYSLER'S
TRAFFIC TALKS
FUTURES IN AUTOMOBILE SPEEDS

high speed with perfect safety but
as with the automobile, there were
legal restrictions against speed. As
the conditions changed, however, the
limitations and restrictions were re-
moved until today It is possible for
a maximum speed to be realized
with the steam engine. Indeed,
everything that can be done is done
to increase this speed limit.
A similar process of development
seems to be promised by the motor
car. A few of the means by which
these conditions will be realized are
easily predicted as one keeps in mind
the general essentials of railroad
operation. Main arteries will be as
well known as railroad tracks and as
we'll protected by barriers, fences,
ETC., in crowded areas. They will
be from four to six cars wide, with
wel1-dehned lanes of travel for cars
of different speeds. Possibly there
viii be terminals in all big cities for
through or Interstate traffic with
garage and hotel facilities.
The proper administration of the
motor car problem requires all OF
the vision, imagination and practical
planning that every community can
summon.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS

IF YOU have a curiosity to see how
your friends garments look in the
back, have a little bad luck.
LIFE is that way, too. You're usu-
ally advanced to second and third,
but getting to first is your own
job.
HUMAN institutions always seem
about as near perfection as pos
sible to the man whose nest is lin
ed nicely.
AND YET a girl who won't give a
fellow date every night, because
that gets tiresome, will date up
with him for life.
8
CENTURIES HENCE the encyclo-
pedias may mention Ben Franklin
as the gentleman who wrote the
notices for Thrift Week.
8
THE LAUNDRIES might more
quickly attain their billion-dollar
goal by finding some way to util-
ize the button by-product.
3
THE PEOPLE are as good as ever.
They just seem lawless because
laws are passed so rapidly they
can't keep up.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
TIMES HAVE CHANGED

On thousands of farms, the
farmers own son will be sent into
the fields with a one-row cultivator,
working alongside of a hired hand
also using a one-row cultivator. The
boy, with a two-row cultivator,
could do as much work as both of
them and, according to experienced
users, could do just as good work.
On most farms where labor is in
efficiently utilized in this manner,
the net income is not likely to be
large enough to make the farmer
feel he can afford to give his son as
much spending money as the boy
would like, and probably not as
much as the hired man received for
the same amount of work.
By eliminating the hired mans
wages and board, two-row cult
vator would not only pay a high
rate of interest on the investment,
but would permit the farmer to pay
the boy a satisfactory wage and, at
the same time, put some extra mon
ey in the farmers own pocket.
In practically every farming OPP
GRAFTON, modern equipment would
effect similar savings.
On some farms, there may be no
hired man, but two or three boys
are given small implements with
which to do the work one of them
could easily do with modern equip
ment. Isn't it only fair to the boys
to furnish one of them with such
equipment and allow the others to
work for neighbors or elsewhere
where they could earn satisfactory
wage?
Some men seem to feel that so
long as they keep the boys busy"
on the home farm that is all that is
necessary and the boys should be
satisfied with whatever the father
can afford to pay them. They over
look the fact that in farming it is
not a question of how hard a man
works, but how efficiently he works,
which determines his real earning
power. If a farmer with one or
more sons does not wish to have
them work for neighbors or in the
city, he should either buy or rent
sufficient additional land or change
his farming system so as to fur
nish a full season of profitable work
for them with modern equipment
The boy who is forced to work
hard all season with small, ineffi-
cient machines and receives an un-
wage simply because
the farm will not pay enough to
give him satisfactory wages when
in this manner, is not al
together to blame when he resorts
to stealing to obtain the money he
feels he is entitled to. Doesn't |
part of the blame rest upon the
father who is responsible for the
equipment with which he works and
for the amount of work |
he will actually accomplish?
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Indy on here.
Bill-Well, 1 guess he must have
hoped off. The Pathfinder.
as*
American (attending movie show
in England)-Why don't they show
comedy during the performance?
Englishman-Oh they never show
comedies in England on Saturday
night. They're afraid the people
will laugh in church the next day.
Lady-Didn't give you piece
of pie last week?
Tramp-Yes, mum, dat was fer a
friend O. mine.
Lady-Absurd.
Tramp-Yes, it was, lady. See de
crepe on me sleeve?
The Pathfinder.
Friend - This is your fourth
daughter to get married, isn't it?
MacTight-Ay, and our confetti's
gettin' awful gritty!
The Pathfinder.
Trom-How long were you en-
gagged to Babette?
Bone-I don't know; my watch
stopped. The Pathfinder.
Waiter-Shall 1 bring you anoth-
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er egg for that one, sir?
Diner-No, this one will lay an
other pretty soon.
The Pathfinder.
Gertie-You know, my husband
always remembers my birthday.
Gussie-He ought to. You've had
the same one for so long.
The Pathfinder.
Beebat-Doesn't horseback riding
give you terrible headache?
Poeunk-No, on the contrary!
The Pathfinder.
Ganna-Men are fools to marry.
Walska-Yes, but what else is
there for women to marry?
The Pathfinder.
LIST Partner-Don't be a fool. 80
End Partner-What, you want a
of the business?
The Pathfinder.
Kind Lady Ito applicant)-I am
sure you would learn to love my
children.
Nurse-What wages do you pay?
Lady-Thirty dollars a month.
Nurse-Well, could only be gen
tie with them at that price.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
GIVE THE BOY A SQUARE DEAL

An article in a farm paper states
that study of farm thievery shows
that the majority of the thieves are
less than twenty-one years of age
that three-fourths of the chicken
thieves in Iowa are minors-that
an increasing percentage of the
thieves are country boys.
The article points out that many
farm boys do not receive enough
money from their fathers in pay
ment for the work they do to enable
them to buy tires and gasoline for
their automobiles and take a girl
to an occasional dance or show,
hence they steal to obtain money in
order to enjoy the things they want
and which most other boys of their
age are able to afford.
The article did not state why
the fathers of such boys do not pay
the boys more, but rather infers it
is due to stinginess and failure to
realize the desire and right of the
boys to enjoy innocent amuse-
ments.
We do not believe this is the real
reason-we believe farmers are just
as willing and anxious to have their
sons enjoy all the good things of
life as men in any other line of
business. At the same time, if
their incomes are not great enough
to justify it, they are compelled to
deny their sons money for many
things they would be only too glad
to see the boys have, if they could
afford it.
The article did not state what
kind of farms these young thieves
are coming from, but it is a pretty
safe guess that they are largely, if
not entirely, from farms where
small, out-of-date equipment is
still used and from which the pro-
fits are too small to permit furnish
ing much spending money to the
boys or girls.
There are many farms, not only
in the Corn Belt, but in other sec
lions as we'll, where the boy is fur
nished with two horses and an i'm
plement no larger than his grand
father used. His, grandfather may
have prospered using such equip
ment, but conditions were different
then. His grandfather did not have
to compete against other men using
larger teams or the still more eff
cient tractor The boy of today
does face this kind of competition
and unless he is equipped to do as
much work in day as his competi-
tors, be cannot hope to be as pros
porous as they.
Unless a farmer and his helpers,
they be his own sons or
hired hands, use modern equipment
and produce approximately the same
quantity of crops or live stock pro-
ducts by their years work as is
produced per worker on other farms |
it is evident that their returns per |
worker will be less.
1t is not fair to the boy to give
him a small machine and only two |
Or three horsepower, in this day |
and age, to compete against boys |
who are furnished with equipment |
with which they can do two or three |
lines as much work per day.
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For instance, it is easy to keep a
can of beef bouillon on your shelf.
Then if there are any buttered vege-
tables such as beans, peas, celery,
leftover from the last meal, they
can be heated in the soup to give it
a different and intriguing favor.
A soup that is delicious and that
may easily be varied is tomato boui1-
lon with mushrooms. Stew one
quart can of tomatoes, two cups
water, liquor from one can of mush-
rooms, one and one-fourth teaspoons
salt, and one teaspoon paprika for
FIVE minutes. Add two boui1lor
cubes. dissolve, then strain mixture.
Add two slightly beaten egg whites
and their crushed shells. Boil one
minute Let stand half an hour to
settle. then strain through double
cheesecloth Add one-ha1f cup
chopped mushrooms sauted in two
tablespoons butter and reheat but
do not boil. Almost any other vege-
table may be substituted for the
mushrooms.
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Not until traffic problems have
been properly met and solved will
the automobile come fully into its
own as a means of rapid transport
tation. At the present time cars
capable of speeds of from sixty to
eighty miles an hour can rarely oper-
ate anywhere near a rate of 100 per
cent efficiency. Owing to traffic
congestion, road facilities in their
present state and the natural de-
mands for the safety of the indivi-
dual which come as a result of the
former conditions, many motor We
hicles might as well be geared to do
merely twenty-five miles an hour.
Only when conditions have been
made more favorable for the motor
vehicle will it give back in return
the speed of which it is capable,
mechanically. But when those con-
ditions have been met it will be pos
sible 10 travel with ease and perfect
safety to everyone at rate of sixty
miles an hour and over from city to
city.
The same conditions arose when
che railroad first made its appear
snce. In the first years of their his
tory not only were the physical con-
ditions unfavorable to operation at
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MANANA TOMORROW

A moment so feeting, it scarce
marks the dial,
An hour that is gone in such a brief
while,
A month and a year mixed with
pleasure and sorrow
But in spite of their passing we
look for tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we think, we will put in
to life
What today we have missed of
ideals, rife;
But when it presents itself plainly
in view
We let it slip on as other days do.
And so, in this shiftlessness, COM
mon to all,
A life is soon spent and we answer
the call
Unready and failing, reluctant at
last
For work left undone and for days
that are past.
Luna Carroll Peelle,
Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
The Pathfinder.
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INTERLUDE ON A FARM

A-whittlin' at a piece of wood
He looks at life and finds it good.
Good fishin' in a nearby brook,
Good readin' in a nearby book.
Good coffee cookin' in the kittle,
Good weather fer to sit and whit
tie.
Good 'taters CROWN in the farm,
Good paris green to see no harm
Befalls them in the annual fray
To keep the 'tater bugs away.
Good neighbors fer to come an sit
And chat an whittle fer bit.
Good fences fer to seat 'em all
The fat, the thin, the short, the
tall.
Good yarns to tell each other till
There are no further yarns to spill
An once again it's time to toll
At wrestling with the well known
soil.
e. A. in Farm & Fireside.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
COST OF SCHOOLS

Can the States afford to educate
their children" The research di-
vision of the National Education
Association asks and answers this
question with a new set of Statis-
tics showing the relation between
expenditures for public schools in
the various commemorative and
the amounts paid for various lux
uries.
The District of Columbia, for ex-
ample, spent $9,65S,614 for schools
and $6S,148,672 for automobiles in
1926. The corresponding figures
for Maryland were $26,577,1O1 and
$168,57S,295. There was about the
same relationship in Virginia with
$28,384,866 for schools and $780,
733,885 for automobiles.
The National Capital in the same
year spent S16,279,45S for tobacco,
$14,067,144 for soft drinks, ice
cream, chewing gum and candy,
$8,232,276 on theater and movie
tickets, $6,293,196 on jewelry, per-
fumes and cosmetics, $3,79S,S34 on
sporting goods and toys. The total
expenditure for these purposes was
$48,670, 90S-more than five times as
much as the total expenditure for
schools.
Maryland did a little better, with
expenditures of $S6,110,068 for au-
tomobiles and luxuries, compared
with the $26,577,101 for schools.
The figures in Virginia were $74,-
S7S,32O against the SIS, 1855
school expenditure.
"Our yearly income" says the re-
port of the research division, now
approached ninety billion dollars.
That this income is ninety billions,
rather than fifty or sixty billions,
is very largely due to human fac
tors, special capabilities possessed
by the Nations citizenry, which are
the result of such agencies as good
schools. These qualities have not
been developed in day nor a de-
cade.
"Our annual investment in schools
is now about two and quarter bill
lion dollars. Due to the special ap-
titudes which the schools have as
sisted in creating, our income has
been increased by ten, twenty or
more billions a year. If the schools
have had even a small share in dis
covering and developing these spec
ial aptitudes, the investment made
in them has been an exceedingly
profitable one.
"This conception of the place of
schools in our economic system Sug-
gests that we look upon expenditures
for education as payments to a
depreciation or insurance fund
which it is the sheerest folly to ne
glect. The special human aptitude
which have been principally respon-
sible for recent economic advance
in the United States are of per-
ishable rather than permanent quail
ity. This all-important asset may
be completely lost in one genera
ton"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24

rlSnL OH WIN QaQ S razor.
Radio Education
Little girl (radio fan, disturbed at
her prayers by scratching on the
screen door,: please stand by, God,
while 1 let the cat out.
They Nailed Him in the End
Epitaph over a jay walker: "He
did not choose to run"
Wrong End
To-day got shingle,"
We heard a fapper boast.
Well bet that she would tingle
Were it where twas needed most.
When sitting in the grass we see
A little four-leaved clover,
'Tis luck for thee and luck for me,
Or luck for any lover.
The more style some people put
on the more creditors they put off.
A really gifted man is one who
can ride in a rumble seat and still
look important.
Paris has decreed that skirts must
be longer-but our girls haven't
heard about it.
1t is said that Lindbergh has diff
1. III
the laundry. They steal them for
souvenirs. We're not so famous;
they only keep part of ours.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
Ad1ice TO Young Men


Beware of the girl who yearns
over sunsets and knows her own
type.-Woman' Home Companion.
No More Suggestions, Now!
Sign in Restaurant:
Why Divorce Your Wife
Eat Here and Keep Her For A Pet
New Standard
'What is the shortest distance be-
tween two points ?"
'Lindbergh!"
Nurse (going off duty)-Is there
anything else you wish, sir?
Patient-Yes, kiss me good night.
Nurse-I'll send in an orderly
he does the dirty work.
Indy Still in the Air
Bill (handing Sam a nickeD-
Have you seen the new nickel with
Lindbergh on it?
Sam docking at coin)-I don't see
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NOT so DUMB

The dull boy in the class unex-
pectedly distinguished himself in a
recent examination when, in reply
ing to the question, "How and where
was slavery introduced into Ameri-
car" he wrote:
''No women had come over to the
early Virginia colony. The planters
wanted wives to help with the work.
In 1919 the Londo Co. sent over a
shipload of girls. The planters glad
ly married them and slavery was in
troduced in America. The Path
finder.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24

ft1tfE have all heard OF the little boy
THH who said that soup is a little
w bit of everything and not much
Of anything" If one is thinking of
! soup similar to the French bot-dts-
fen, the first part of the boys state
ment is true, but the second Is GER
family a mistake. A soup made
with milk or cream has a definite
food value and is an excellent way
to induce children who dislike milk
to take it. 1t will give a certain
Afillingness" to an otherwise light
meal. And its tempting color and
consistency will give a flip to the
appetite.
Easy Variations
The vegetable soups, on the other
hand, are not so high in food value
from caloric standpoint, but they
are rich in vitamins and minerals,
and their appetizing favor will
stimulate a languid appetite.
Making soup for meal Is an easy
part of the menus preparation, too.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24

Now is the time for the boss to
take out some insurance on the office
boys grandmother.
The newest car on the market is
the Roosevelt. But it's a thousand
to-one bet that no ad writer will dub
it the Rough Rider"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-05-24
Gaining BY Lips and Bounds

Not many years ago the lipstick
was unknown. Today it represents
a huge industry.-Farm and Fire
side.
Don't Neglect Your Books
A shabby book is a neglected
and Fireside.
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"Your honor" said the counsel,
"this mans insanity takes the form
of belief that everyone wants to rob
him. He won't even allow me, his
counsel, to approach him."
Maybe" said the court, in jul
dicial whisper, ''he's not so crazy
after all"
The Pathfinder.
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The Ontimist

"Thank goodness" exclaimed the
man who lost his leg in the railway
accident, sit was the one with the
rheumatism"
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Inscription on a tombstone:
''Here lies an atheist all dressed up
and no place to CO."
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Will IL Comes to This

Indy Tin 1901 can't be home
until late, dear; 1 have to sit up
with a sick friend in Cuba.
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Greatest Guessing Game
Fashion" is the name of the
greatest guessing game on EARTH
American Magazine.
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June-Do you ever get down on
your knees?
May-Yes, but I always shave it
right off with dads razor.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-09
SULLIVAN SWORN
 IN AS SENATOR
Credentials Investigated on
 Charter Power Doubts

Washington, D. C., Dee. R)- Patrick J. Sullivan, of Cheyenne, was administered the oath of office in the senate today as a successor to the late Senator Warren, of Wyo- ming, but his credentials were re- fcrrcd to the committee on elections for consideration.
 Senator Watson of Indiana, re- publican leader, presented Sullivan's credentials of appointment by Gov crnor Emerson, of Wyoming.
 Senator Walsh, of Montana, assis- tant democratic leader, said doubt had been expressed of the power of the Wyoming governor to make an appointment under Wyoming law, although hc was convinced that the appointment was legal.
 Because of the uncertainty held by somr, Walsh, however, asked that SullivanS credentials be referred to the committee.
 Senator rhipps, republican, Colo rado, escorted Sullivan 10 Vice Pres ident Curtis, who administered the oath. Senator kendrick, democrat, Wyoming, was unable to be present.
 Sullivan was appointed to succeed the late Francis F. Warren, the dean of the senate.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-09
REAL ESTATE MAN SUED

Bridgeport Dec. (UP)-SiX residents of Bethel today filed suit for $2o00 damages against Picrpont Davenport, said to be head of a Brooklyn, N. r., real estate con- ccrn, charging he failed 10 improve q real estate development as prom. iscd.
 The defendants said Davenport had sold them house lots on Benson Road, Bethel, with the understand . ing roads would he built and a wa. ter supply furnished.
 The plaintiffs were c. W. Nelson. Albert Nibburt, Thomas R. Roberts, Jules EuVrard, II. l.. Iinglo and Lester Furbush.