davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
performed Like Millionaire Capitalist, Filled Us
h With Baloney and Involved Local Men in Finan-
\ Difficulties From Which They are Extricating
5emselves With Great Difficulty - And Now You
an See What is Holding Up Kitty Hawk Bridge
By w. q. SAUNDERS

n> coastal North CarOnans and everybody interested
iru are asking, What is holding the construction
~ rr CurrituCk sound between Point Harbor and Kitty
m m truction Of this bridge started in the
NTH d rush for several weeks third of the pling
,nd the work suddenly stopped 1t is an interesting
mn .ans to tell the inside out. Prepare yourself
rrly tale.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
FORMER ELIZABETH CITY
GIRL DIES AT NEW BERN

Mrs. w. F.. Dowdy, of New Bern,
died at her home Wednesday night
after a few days of illness. Mrs.
Dowdy before her marriage was
Miss Hattie Bailey, of this city. Be-
sides her husband and two children,
she is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Jennie Hayman, Mrs. Pat
Twiddy and Mrs. r. G. Abbott and
two brothers, Kenyon Bailey and c.
C. Bailey, all of this city. and a
half-brother, James Bailey.
It was in 1889 that Thanksgiving
Day was established by Congress as
yearly day of rejoicing.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

HARRY C. LAWRENCE wears a
somewhat perturbed look in the
above picture. One never knows
what to expect when The Indepen-
dents camera gets into action. Mr..
Lawrence's home is in New Bern,
N. c., but he is destined to become
a resident of Dare County. He is a
dredging contractor and his dredges
are finding more and more work
to do in Dare. His work is chang
ing beth the geography and social
life of that Waterlogged county.
Dare County folk are fond of Harry
Lawrence; he is friendly, social
human, serious and genuine. The
picture is from a closeup snapshot
by wv. o."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
EVERYSHOPPINGFACILITY
FOUND in THIS CITY
And When The Shopping is Done, There is
Good Food and Amusement Plenty
For The Visitor

Elizabeth handicapped with too many stores;
hut there are city and its trade territory can
the here and they make
would be hard to find town oi similar
showing stores
range select FROM Elizabeth City is great town
shoppers
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

The whole nervous system OF the
human body is affected by eye
strain. Let US correct your eyes.
DIR. j. D. HATHAWAY, Optometrist
Carolina Bank Bldg. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
Holland has 1O,1OO windmills.

Between 5000 and 10000 elk are
fed by the government each winter,
in the Jackson Hole country, Wyom-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

Our idea of going to extremes Is
getting your hair cut and your shoeS
shined and letting the balance 20
shabby.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
For Humanity's Sake

Arrangements are being rapidly perfected by which
the Abemarle Hospital Elizabeth City will be puchaS
ed for the community with the aid Of The Duke tndoW
ment 1t is now necessary provide $4,000 for nedi-
ate REPAIRS alterations and equipment for the hospital
The Duke Endowment will match local contributions to
this fund dollar for dollar other words the citizens OF
the Albenarle called upon to contribute 5000 OF the
$4,000 necessary for needed REPAIRS alterations and equip
ment to their hospital 1t should not be necessary
for the trustees Of the hospital to for these funds
Contributions should be made voluntarily gladly, gencr-
ousy Here is handy blank; fill in and mail it now
All contributions will be publicly acknowledged
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

y NJ"
md am -2'h- u '''i II 'i''
rrly tate.
| Gather First Vice PrsSl-
rm j. C.r@Hns Nation
..-... ", .... F"' "''ii'"''-
NIB. &" were 'n' PtI'i-
-- . .a"' '00O acres OIL
-zs Pc. lands, lying be-
,.-".s S.".; and TN" At
s.. ... Including Martin
They .a3 .r"o UnSucccS&-
maxi. ."0 ."trs TO promote
...... .. a bridge over
s... between their
| ~ IL. g.uud. Such a
.... enhanced tho
..-- .-r-,..v iucStimably
..r.. n.o O, the most
" ..,,loDmCut5 on
| |.-.. .ra..
...-...u... ,na, autOmotive
..-. Walter ChrvSIer
| ... ~,.,... ..r 4 piece of
| -.... There is not a
/ -s.-.. ~ the coast than
| 7-r. Wooded bluff of
y. .. b ndCl on the
r.....s sound ana on the
H.. ..-. Creek. Il o.
! . i Mr.. Chrysler
IN, -...-... IL this property
r1a. b BILE TO finance
E.Gce / --1crtooE 10 make
T.. ".- Mr.. ChrySier lor
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

In Spain and Italy mules are
counted the same as horses.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11

poom predostrety bol navr zakona kegrese tohto
nasedue, re Federacia never ably tcnto system bo
sociasticky patelnasticky elm ami e je lebo e svo
pomocnym stat je tn len zapramuty do aace eho pre-
vadzana spravovania. 49,
Penziu totiz neplatf stat svojich daIlovych prj
mov ale prispevkov postench obyvatel ov Kazdy ten
robotnik ronik iradnik ph take prispevky, axe sd
mu predpsane Stat plat len trovys administrator
uvedenim penze do zivota spojene.
ked americka vlada postila veteranov vojny iste
obnosy ktore dostan vyplaene 20 rokoch iez spra
vuje druhi asekuracu na zivot pre- veteranov, dava
penzu vsetkym krajinsky YIN zamestnancom nemenuje
to riednou legisacou ba ami paelnazmom tax isto
zavies penzijny system, ktorom zahrnuty bude
cev narod ktory zabezpecl kazd amerck rodu proti
bede. ndz z1fastvu, pochodiacemu predcasnej smr
IT, pokaicena staroby, choroby nezanesnanost Ked
tax mady ie bohaty stat, akym je Cesko-Slovensko,
neho postarat svoje obyvaestyo TAX vydatne bez
hospodarskeho ohrozenia sa, Spoene Staty m skorej
mozu tax ucnit.
Mas buluci piezident Hoover rad hovoli lplnom
zahnan bedy psoty zivota aerickeho pudu obsta-
ranm prace pre- kazddho praceschopntho cloveka Ale
tax bieda psoa pne prcdsa zanane nebudd, lebo tn
zostavajn este vdevy, sroy, starci, mrzac azko
mocni ludia ktor pracovat nemozu predsa zt lnlsa
pocet takcto ide do milionov, elm ic problemy sta
vaju sa problenami cel6ho naroda. fe
Americka ylada stara sa otcovsky al rozkvet prie-
myslu profity kapitalu Ked je paternalizmom
"a stiannicvom nem6ze min byt aa postaane bla
no vsetkych obyvateov A postaranim sa, vykona len
povnnost ktora je povinost kasdej vlady kazdeho
statn ma svete. aAa
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
o PENZII v STAROBE.

Ma nom nleste prinasame zprayu penziach Cesko-
Sovensku Poda zpavy, starej vlasti je uz kazdv
byvatel' zaopatreny prot bede Majn tam station We
del podporu nenoci adnych lekarov lieky; podporu
nezamestnanosti lefziu pre- nvalidov starcov ako
penziu pre- vdovy sroty pade predcasnej smrti IL
vitela. sas
Cesko-sloveskv robotnik, rol nix ~aradnik nem,lsi
Wac obavat re stane jeho rodnou keby nahe
zonel: ieho vdova sros bldn dostava penziu ktora
ch ochran pred nidzon bedou Nen,sf sa,obayat ami
neschopnosti prac ami nedostatku prace ba ami len
dlhe nenoc, lebo Stat stane jeho eho rodiny zivi
tel ON otconl.
Taketo zariadelie Amerike menuju 'spaternaz-
mom, totcovstvoin statu) tiez socialMmon Ale to
len preto, ze vada nerada bere taketo tarchy zodpo-
vednosti seba Ami sama robotnicka organizacia A
nierck Federca Prace neodusevovala sa "a predsed-
nictya Gonpesa taketo postaranie sa bezpecnost
astny zivot americkych lodh- Iba poslednej kol-
Fe Federcie pojednava delegat tejto otazke priaz
aire vylies rezoncu, ktorej ziadaj kongres Spoj
htatoy d6kladt yysetrene penzjnej otazky sesbie
rane vsctkch ,noznch faktov ma zaklade ktorych u,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
SCH0DZA oKRESNEHO SBORU SLOvENSKEJ
LfGY BUDE 49, JANUARA

Ma 30 januara vecer brde schodza Okresneho Sboru
Sovenskej Ligy, ktoni je vzbudeny vel'ky zaujem
celej Mahoning done Ma sch6dzu pridu nelen trad
nci Okresneho Sboru zastupcovia sborov Iigy spoil
kov prslchadcch do Ligy, ale al zastupcovia vsetkch
spolkov musk zefslvch ktore sa zauiimai zivot
pokrok doble memo Slovakov Mahoning dolnv.
Ma schodz pojednavat bude hlavne Slovenskom
Dn ktory by boo treba usporiaat taky akeho este
nebolo ktory by zostal ,pamtnym dhG roxy. po-
jednavat bude pracach ktore Okresny Sbor spo-
locnc vsetkymi spokami bude konat buccrost pre-
dobro mahonngskych Slovakov.
Pocnvame casio ponosy, re zivot $1,000 Slovakov V
MaIoning doline nie je taky zvy ako by NAL byt; re
mlno dlvadel tancov nezm0zeme mic nselo. Ono
je to nie sce celkom TAX lebo mavame kedytedy pred
nisky koncerty ale d aeko od p1;avdy ME e tomu
na prcne je len nezauatost spolocnt narodn6 veci
Akos nedbame w to, GO medz nani robi Keby
sne d)a to by zivo len tax vrl cinlOs ou ra vSe
tky stlany. kazdy Sbor Ligy by naval prednasky Okr
Sbor cas- koncerty kuime vecierky; pod svo
ou ochranou podporou by spol vseky spevooly nase
pre- spoocne vystupovanie pred verenost ou radio
hasom; koncentrovala by dobrocnna akca; vydrzia
vala by slovenski kniznica; pomhao by rodakom
privnou radon t6mu odobne. Tel prace Ia take vse
uarodnt eleso, ako e Okresny Sbor Sovenske Lgy ca
ka mnolo vel mi mnoho len keby boo ochotnch pracov
ikov. Tychto nam treba ako vodv sadnemu no MET ch
- jestli ST. nehlasia sa. .......
Divada tance si potrebne prve pre- po1cene a 10
81 aachtene druh6 pre- syosk6 zabavenie Vsetka cest
chvala radite ON herco, re tax ym odusevnenin
venujn eto vzdelanostne cnnosti Tychto pracovnSov
ami nechceme odvabit cd ich terajsej prvotriedne k
tlilnej prace. Chce by zvabt lch co kedys vede
pracovat na narodnej roll, ale znechuteni ubzovanim
ntiahi sa clceme zvabit' este tych ktori by zna
pracovat nrodnej praci o5etova ale ich nikto
nepozval.
Preto ked na schodzach ct spolky budl vyberat W
borkov vybol1icky mech vyberi takych 60 boil do
teraz odpocnku vypocinut, budu vstave pracovat
energicne spolocne dobro ~ "a
Podotykame, ze sch0dza bola povodne svoana MA 10
janara ale bol prelozena 80 anuara ably kzy spo-
lok NAL prezitost zvolit 81 vybornikoy. Schoza bde
skoe osady Sv. Cvrilla a Methoda EEs .ra..
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11

nezarabal miliony, iba itisicky dakedy stovky
- Cely rozdel medzi MIN eho predchodcam siicas-
nikn bol sposobe usporadovania bitek Vede 81 "a
skat dvakov najlepsich zapasnikov. Nal dobry to-
var dobre obsuz Plati kra ovsky svojich bitkarov
sportovych zpravodajov. ked' NAL nastat BOZ = to
ysetko inc ustuplo do zada; celia Alnerika mala
sli len MIN usporiadany "fajt'.
z tohto je poucene, ze Amelike lnoze sa stat mi
onarom a vynikajdcim clovekom ktokol'vek len mech
svoju aebo myslenku zna ucnit tax lakavo, ze
temer cey narod nou poblazni.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
LITERATURE.
N&rodny Kalendar ma rok 1929.

! N&rodny Kalendar ma rok 1929.
Vydal Narodny Slovensky Spolok
" Spojenych Statoch Americkych.
Sostavil Jozef Hary. redaktor
"Narodnych Novin's z zpoyerenia
literarneho yybou a. S. s. Roc
nix XXXVI. Stran 256: Tlacou
Narodnych Novin, Hooper & /
vanhoe ST., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Obsah: Kalendarna cast. Sto-
rocny prorok. Nasa domacnost
~. V. ny. Kristofova kniha. Ba-
sen. (L'udmila Podjavorinska) J.
Kazde preco ma svoje preto. (Jan
Simko). Obrazky temnej DOLBY.
(Andrej Mihal). zivot. Baseii.
(Payel Zorsky). Professor Milos
Ruppeldt. "a. P. Slabey). z pr
vych cias kOl0niz0ya1lia Ameflky.
(E-l). Niektore divy Y prirode.
~. V.N.). Desat' rockov... Basen.
~. P. Vysokohorsky). Momentky
2 predyecera svetovej vojny. (Te-
rezia Vansova). z dejin objavenia
Floridy a zapasu 0 jej vlasthi-
ctvo. (EmeD. Ked zaklope Smrt'
na dvere... Basen. (Pavel Zorsky).
Jnhoslaxiani. (Jans Panknch)
Tv9j a moi den. Basei. (Payel
Zorsky. Bludiste zakonov. Quo
yadis...9 Basen. Nasi pionieri.
Nayestia seyernej ziary- Ba-
sen. (Jozef Pletenik Vysokohor-
sky Vnucka. .(J anko Alexy). "
boji. (E. B. Podsitnfansky) Gzer-'
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
IL |, / ! A.NUlARA I 1929

mica. {J&a ors6gh): Len raz. BA-
|sen. (Lnao vyoislik VakanD. Go
sto vekov bludnych hodlalo..
(PieseG Cd Sladkovica. = Napev
cd Jana Orsagha). Rodina malo-
mocnych. (Jan Matlocha). Trage-
dia na dedine. (L'udo Vycislfk
IVazan) Srdce a povinnost'. (Mi-
lena S. Pokupska. Vol'ne -n.)
Zavod krasy. "a. K.). v noel. Ba-
sen. (L'udo Vycislil Vazan). Pa
matna listina Slov. Mar. Muzea.
fJ. NJ. Kde kona 1prepijai. b
meD. Kdzelna cedulka. " cudzie-
ho: E. B. -sky.). Hurban, Zidia
la Brezovania. (Podava: A. P. So.
A mnoho peknych obrazov.
Ako obsahom, tax j 1pravou
kalendar n. s. S. je i tohto rok'l
krasne dielo. Sostavitel owl j tia,
ciarni srdecne blahozelame.
Sbornik Rimsko a Grecko Ka-
tolfckej Telocvicnej SLOW. Jednoty
sokol ma obycajny rok 1929. So
stavil Gustav Kosik, redaktor
"Katolickeho Sokola" ROcnik
XX. Vydala r. CIR. X. T. S. ].
SokM v Spoj. Statoch Ameri-
ckych. Tlaeou 'sKat. sokola''
2O5 Madison ST., Passaic, N. j.
| Obsah: Kalendarna cast ka-
lendarium ma rok 1929. Soznam
mien krstnych udanim dina, na
ktory v kalendari pripadajd. =
Vianoce, Vianoce. Basen. w
IMAM rozdelenie kalendara. =
Aviatika, jej pociatky rowoj
- Sid. Basen, - Po stopach Ho-
raca. - Nieeo myslienkach. =
Id brehu ku brehu. Basen. - Bra
tislava kedysi dnes. - Dema-
novske jaskyne. - Pdtnici w
chodu. = zeravy prnd slz. Basen.
q Atetika - olympiady. * o.
take robotnickej. - Dni. Basen.
= Stale vpred! = Ballada. Ba-
sen. - Rozkaz je rozkaz Veselo-
hra. = Domov praveho Sokola. -
.Rozmanitosti. Sokolsly cinto-
rim. - Medzi Slovakmi dcinkuili-
ci lnazi. = Mnoho peknych obra-
zov.
+ Sbornik X. Sokolov je tiez krii
snou tlaciarskou pracou a pecli-
Won sbierkou cennych clankoy,
basni a pojednani. Sostavitel'ori
ii Ttlaeiarni .blahozelame Il peknd-
mu dielu. ~. @E
Il
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
VYBUCH PLYNU
USAERTIL VETERANA


John j.. Kurtz, veteran sveto-
-yej v0Jny, prijdtc v utorok vecer
domov, zapalil 81 cigaretlu a v
tom okamzenl nastal shiny W
buch a ohen. Kurtz bol hned' ~
siahnuty plameilmi a taky he
riaci, utekal do kuchyne, kAa
oheil ma nom zahasil donlaci ga
zda, Vtedy ale uz Dol tax popa-
leny, re mu ,,nebolo pomoci 20
mrel. Policia vysetrovala pricinl
vybuchu a nasla jednu plynovil
rdru puknutti, ktorej plyn u
nikal.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-01-11
TEX RIGKARD.

Toto memo kazdE Amerikan; diet a j starec Bol
mlionar. Zarobn svoje miliony ~ podivAom obclode:
btkarskom Usporadoyal bitly pastnyrh zapasnikov,
rata $40 $50 vstupne tax zbohatoli OH bitkari.
Rickald nevynlysle bitka. Ami nebol prv5nl Y bit
karskom Ubchode. Boil pred MIN jemu pbdobni ale II
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28

Fruit Jars an0 Jell Glasses at J. L. CRAFTS.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
SENATE COMMIT IF APPROVES NEW PAN
 VALUATION SYSTEM

WASHINGTON, Aug, 27, P9- An entirely new system of valua- tion under which the tariff com mission would translate rates in the pending Hawley bill into a United States value supplanting the present foreign valuation was approved by the senate finance committee.
 At present the duties on import ed articles are assessed on foreiae invoice value, that is, what the inn porter's invoice shows he paid for the articles. The United States value would be based on the whole sale selling price of the articles in this country
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
WITHOUT THIN DIME
 MAKES 15 MILLIONS
 PERIOD OF IS MONTHS

NEW YORK, Aug, 27, (P1-With- in IS months of the time he reen- tered the oil business on borrowed capital, J. S. Cosden, once one of the commanding figures in Wall street, has rebuilt a fortune he lost when the control of his former company was Wrested from him on the stock market. Persons famil jar with his affairs placed his pres ent wealth at $15,000,000
 Without investing a dollar him self, the financier has come into possession of half of the outstand- ing common share capital of the company rated as being worth in excess of S25, 100000.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28

INCENSE AND BURNERS. Schal- lerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
WAR ON QUACK DOCTORS

CHICAGO, Aug, 27, (P)-The American Medical Association join- ed forces with the State Depart ment of Registration and the States Attorney and police have declared war on medical quacks. Every man and woman who sets up as doctor or healer will be required to fill out questionable showing their quail ficationS.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
APPOINTED TO BOARD

John A. Clark, Fairbanks at torney, has been appointed a member of the Territorial Board of Law Examiners for the two year term, according to the Fair banks News Miner. The appoint ment was made by Judge Clegg.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28

Copper shares responded ag- mand for the metal abroad. Ken necott and Anaconda entered new gresively to the increasing de- high ground on the present move ment, while American Metals are exceptionally active around 70 on buying, which is attributed to the NeWmont Mining interests.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
HOOVER. ON PUBLICITY

Tn a generl way, any company whose shares are offered on the stock exchanges is directly in viting the public to become part ners in the business, and these partners are entitled to all the information which dialects the value of their property and are entitled to it promptly.-Presi- dent Herbert Hoover, in "Prin- ciples of Mining"
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
EIGHT TIMES CHAMPION

FOREST HILLS, Aug, 27, (P)- Mrs. Molla Bjorstad Mallory, eight times national champion, turned the women's titlar event unside down by conquering Betty Nuthall, ace of the British Wightman Cup team, in straight sets 6-3, GA.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
ORDERED ACTIVE DUTY

WASHINGTON, Aug, 27, (P)- Herbert Hoover Jr., son of the Pres ident, was ordered by the War De- partment to active duty effective October IT, as a First Liutenant in the Specialist Reserve.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
NEW BANKING COMPANY

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug, 27, (P1- Formation of new $250,000,000 banking company controlling 34 banks in the northwest and having resources in excess of $341 100000, was announced. It will be known as the First Bank Stock Corpora tion.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28

Friend-"Are you married?" Neighbor-"Yes."
 Friend-"Any children?" Neighbor-"Yes, three. Two living and one married
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
SOCIETY WOMAN DEAD

NEWPORT, R. |, Aug, 27, (P)- Miss Edson Bradley, known as one of the great ladies of New York and Washington society, died at her summer home here after a long ill- ness.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
SAILS IN SIX WEEKS

LONDON, Aug, 27, (P1-Pren- fer Ramsay Macdonald of Great Britain has advanced the date or his intended departure for the United States and now plans to sail within six weeks.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
LEGAL NOTICE

U. s. LAND OFFICE, ANCHOR AGE, ALASKA.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RALPH SPARKS, entryman, together with his witnesses, HAA- RON SUNSBY, and THEODORE ALBERT NUTBEEM, all of Sel- dOvia, Alaska, has submitted fin al proof on his homestead entry, serial 06799, for lands embraced in U. s. Survey No. 1541, Longi- tude 1510 12' 3Ou w. Latitude 59' 36 N. containing 17.55 acres.
 If no protest is filed in the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alas ka, within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. The proof is now in the files of the local Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska.
 J. Lindley Green, Register First publication August 20, 1929. Last publication October 30, 1929.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28
SEVEN HOUR FLIGHT

NOVO SIBIRSK, Siberia, Aug .28 (P)-The plane Land of Soviets" landed after seven hours flight from Kurgan.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-28

Join Urbach & Valade'S ClRCU- LATINO LIBRARY; 15c to read a book.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-17
Man Far Outnumbered
by Lesser Creatures

II Is probable that few persons save
naturalists ever consider the enor-
nous amount Of life other than hu-
man which exists in any locality, CIV
illzed or not densely peopled or thin
ly settled. A plague Of rats In Lon
don within recent years prompted an
interview with a distinguished scien-
list, who estimated that within the
area Of Greater London there were 90
100000 rats, more than three times
as many rats as people.
Sparrows undoubtedly come next in
point Of numbers among London's
warm-blooded population, but the
scientist preferred to make his esti-
mate cover all the birds In the United
Kingdom. he believed that the bird
population would average 800 to the
square mile. That would give total
Of nearly 97,0O0.O00. Thus the bird
population outnumbers the human by
something like two to one.
As for the insect population, that is
quite beyond any statistician. But,
allowing that each bird eats only 80
insects a day, British birds would con.
sumo more than a billion insects in a
year. Yet such an estimate seems
quite futile when we consider that the
insect population Of a single cherry
tree infested with aphides was esti-
mated by a competent authority to be
100000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-17
Frick First Motorist
Taken in Speed Trap

The first automobile speeder and
the first speed trap In the New Eng
land district were described In the
Boston Post. Condensed, II happened
In 1891 in this wise:
The speeder, In his little high
wheeled contraption, was roaring
down Arlington street, going every bit
as fast as some modern concrete mix
ers and making an equal amount Of
noise. The legal limit was ten miles
an hour and the local police chief
told the court his prisoner had been
making eighteen.
"Were your inquired the Judge.
"Why, your honor, my motor car
won't even make the ten-mlle limit -
protested the driver. The strange
part Of It is that the Judge believed
The driver and discharged him.
To maintain his reputation for
veracity, the police chief secretly
measured of a quarter mile, got two
good stop watches and, with the aid
Of a sergeant set out to catch con-
scienceless Automobiles. The FIRST
victim was Henry Prick, the big steel
manufacturer This time there was
lndlsputable evidence Of speeding.
Twenty-Five miles an hour cost Mr..
Frick Just $50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-17
Ancient Writers Had
Idea Of Punctuation

Our present system Of punctuation.
which divides written language into
sections by means Of various signs
and points, may be said to have grown
out Of a system developed BY Aldus
Manutius, an Italian scholar and
printer, who printed Greek classics on
his press at Venice in the latter part
Of the Fifteenth century and the be-
ginning Of the Sixteenth. Manutius
was born In 1850 and died In 1878.
II should not be supposed, however.
that Alanutius was the sole inventor
Of punctuation, although the main
features Of the modern system are
due chiefly to his ingenuity and that
of the Greek scholars employed by
him. Among the later Greeks various
dots had been used for oratorical pur-
poses. Aristophanes, q Greek gram.
marian OF Alexandria who died about
$50 or 1876 B. c., Is said to have de
vised a system Of punctuation By
means Of dots.
Prose punctuation Of a crude type
was probably used even before the
time Of Aristophanes. In the early
part of the Ninth century these earlier
systems we're so completely forgotten
that Charlemagne requested scholars
to revive them. St. jerome, who died
40 A. D., knew nothing whatever
about Observation-Disclosures Mag
azine.