davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Observation-Disclosures!
MY
FAVORITE
STORIES
Observation-Disclosures
The Deadly Blow

THE late ALT T. Ringing, of Ring
ling brothers, loved the lore of the
circus. In his library he had count
less books and pictures and documents
and ancient posters all pertaining TO
life under the big tops. Also he knew
hundreds of anecdotes, humorous and
otherwise, modern and ancient, which
related to some aspect or another of
the business which he, all his active
life, had followed. year or two be-
fore his death he told ME this one:
1t was back in the days before the
Ringing show had attained large pro-
portions, when Barnum and Bailey's
circus was, as its billing proclaimed,
1.-THE Greatest Show on Earth" James
A. Bailey was the junior partner in
the mighty enterprise, but that master
Snowman. P. T.. Barnum, being still
in good health, remained in active
charge.
The aggregation, with it's menagerie,
Its three rings and its elevated stages
and hippodrome track, and all. was
touring the South. day or two
earlier, an acrobat who just had
closed with travelling burlesque
troupe-by special request Of it's man
ager--applied for job with the cir
Gus and was given one. His act did
not give full satisfaction to the ring
director, who so reported to Mr.. Bar.
nnm and the latter sent for the new
performer and told him that his work
fell short of the desired standard.
you recommended yourself pretty
highly when you came around the 9th
er day." said MIR. Barnum. "In fact,
as | recall. you told me you we're the
best man in your line anywhere. Now
hear that you haven't made good"
Being an artist, the young man nat.
urally had his share of temperament.
Els that so?" he answered with
heavy sarcasm. swell, lemne tell you
sometin'. There amt nobody can
reflect on my abilities without an
that's maxim the show what 1t is. If
hear any more of this sort of talk.
I'll quit"
"All right then, quit" said the ia.
nous Snowman.
"You said it," answered the fndig-
nant trouper. "l'm out. I've re-
signed. Do you know what that
means, Mr.. Barnum?"
81 think so,'' said the older man.
1T means you've quit"
"Think again. Do you happen to
know what town this ts?"
Certainly ! do-Pine Bluff"
Now you've got it. Here, right in
the middle of the season. I'm leavin'
Barnum and Baiey's circus flat on its
back in Pine Bluff. Arkansas"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
No Blindfold Test

When the elegant inlaid box Of as
sorted cigarettes was passed, the
guest just reached in and took one,
which upon inspection seemed to be
none Of the recognized brands, al
though he was quite connoisseur Of
smokes.
However, he politely lighted it and
began to smoke it, when, at the first
few puffs, his hostess gasped and said:
"Goodness gracious, you've got one of
grandpa's cigarettes for asthma!'
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Tribute Where Tribute Was
~ ..-i@"SF n,,@

WEARS ago in one OF the smaller
cities along the eastern seaboard,
the local leader of the dominant 20
litical party was one Mr.. Michael
Dempsey. Mr.. Dempsey carried the
organization In the hollow, as the
saying goes, OF his hand. True
there was selfish motive behind his
activities because he held the most
lucrative local Office within the gift
of the populace.
AS might be inferred from his
name, he was of Celtic antecedents
Naturally, what with his powers nf
leadership and his compelling per.
sonality, he was the idol of all the
lrishmen among his constituents.
Those among them who had come. as
he had, penniless greenhorns from
the Old country, regarded him as the
greatest man In the state If not in
the nation.
In the fullness OF time, and largely
through his patriotic efforts. a bond
issue was voted for the erection If
new county building. On the day
after the cornerstone of the new
structure had been laid. two OF his
followers CHANGED to pass the spot
Upon the face of the stone in the
customary Latin numerals the year
had been engraved, as follows:
MDCtTXtIX.
One of the passersby stared at this
curious inscription He spelled out
the letters. To him they had NJ
meaning,
Larry" he said wonderingly to his
companion, "what's the purpose of
that!"
"Simple enough" said his learned
friend, "that MD stands for Mike
Dempsey, and thin three C's in
row means Clerk of the County Court
Tis merely deserved tribute to Mike
that's been carved nc e."
"Yis." said the first speaker, thor
nughly convinced. but whut does thu
rist of thin marks stand for?"
"Oh thin?' said the scholar
That's just to KEEP track of the times
whin he's licked the, d-n Repub
leans"
ia nv the McNaught Syndicate Inc,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Loses Leg, No Pain

Fremont, Ohio.-When james Bath,
sixty-one, Of Bangor, Maine. was dis
covered lying beside railroad track
here. bowling Justify after rapidly
disappearing passenger train. his find.
ers thought him mortally hurt. In
stead he was bemoaning the loss of
his wooden leg. The member was
sliced neatly in two, the lower end
lying between the tracks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Cheaper

s.That house / have taken from
you," said the dissatisfied tenant, sis
horribly draughty. When am sitting
in the middle of the room my hair
blows all over my head. Can't you do
something for the windows?"
''Don't you think, sir" replied the
agent, suavely, "it would be easier
and cheaper for you to get your hair
cut?'-Sunderland Echo.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Expresses Incredulousness

The expression "Tell II to the ma.
zines" carries the idea that the speak.
er is incredulous II Is supposed to
have originated with seamen who con.
sidered marines landlubbers, and
therefore easy to fool.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Sunboths for Greyhounds

At Wembley stadium. in England Is
famous greyhound racing course
Now added to its equipment Is q com
plete dispensary and operating the
alter for caring for every type of sick
ness or injury to which greyhounds
may fall heir onth's Companion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
o RARE CONTENT

Schmul-Which would you rather
have, million or twelve daughters1
Levy-Twelve daughters.
Schmul-Why?
Levy-If / had million, I'd want
to have two, three, ten, hundred mil
lions more. But If had twelve daugh-
tiers, that would be enough !-Musketa
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
The Solution

The schoolmaster was explaining to
his class Of small boys the nature Of
common fractions. IF take potato,
cut it in half, then in quarters, and
then In halves again, what shall ?
have?"
"Chips, SIR" was the unexpected
response from one small boy.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Might Pas.

Husband (who is rather stout)-
What shall wear at the Shakespear-
ean clubs costume ball-can't you
suggest something, dear?
Wife-You might go as the 1.-Two
Gentlemen from Verona"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Appropriate

The theatrical manager was looking
fed up when he met his rival in
restaurant.
"Hello, what's up?" asked the latter.
"Frightful mess in my house. Pipes
burst all over the place."
"Dear, DEAR" said the other; ''frost
at home, too, eh?"-Stray Stories.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Modern Version

His Wife-How did that old poem
CO. 81 stood on the bridge at mid
night?
Him-Must a been, Il was stiu
playing hrjdge Of midnight"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
HOW HE KNEW

Jackson-Is he well up on Eng
fish?
Johnson-My friend, he fills in
crossword puzzles with an indelible
pencil.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
A Mere Man

"A Mere Man
evil you go to some commencement
exercises with me?"
'What is it?''
IA charm school,"
II don't think / could face all that
collective charm"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Latest Celebrity

Latest Celebrity
"Who's the officious bird they're All
crowding around so?" "Oh, he's an
authorit. on fnfantfle golf"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Wasted Energy

Wasted Energy
An umpire always wins his point:
The players pay and pay.
But still they try to talk him down
Why do they act that way?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
HIS CRAZY BONE

Jim tperplexedly rubbing head)-
.Where's mans crazy bone?' Joe
you're rubbing yours now.''
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
Bad Example

Bad Example
Mary had little lamb,
Its fleece was white. and how!
It followed her where 'er she went,
So It's q black sheep now!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01

sugar and shipped in refrigerator cars
is increasing and no trouble is expert.
enced in selling the pack.
The 1880 prune pool of the Wash.
ington Growers Packing corporation
was closed last week. More than 400
growers have signed up for this sea-
son, virtually all of the growers who
have belonged to the association, and
those who did not renew their con-
tracts have either withdrawn from
the prune-growing business or have
light crop. A portion of the 1929 crop
remains unsold, but this remnant will
be cleaned up before the 1880 pack is
available.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara A.
Dunbar, 70, widow of Justice r. o.
Dunbar, and mother Of John H. Dun.
bar, attorney general, was held in
Olympia recently. Mrs. Dunbar was
q pioneer of Olympia, having lived
there since she was 1 year old. She
lived there during the period of In
dian uprisings, in one Of which her
father was killed. Her husband, who
died several years ago, had been a
justice of the state supreme court
since Washington was admitted to the
Union in 1889.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
HALIbUT SELLS
 FOR 7.80 AND 4
 ATFISH AUCTION
New England Compa any Sends Frozen Salmon
 to Seattle

Three thousand pounds of halibut were unloaded late yesterday after noon upon the wharf of the Juneau Cold Storage Company by the Dixon, Capt Emil Samuelson. At the fish auction the catch brought 7.80 cents and cents a pound, which were the figures bid by the Marlyn Fish Company.
 The halibut schooner Norland to- day took on ice and bait at the cold storage and left for the fishing grounds.
 All yesterday and all last night, a force of men was employed by the New England Fish Company to pack frozen salmon for shipment to Seattle on the motorship North land which sailed south at 9 o'clock this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
'NORTHLAND GOES il HOURS AFTER
 ARRIVING HERE
M ship from Seattle Brings and Takes Pas
 sengers and Freight

With 12 passengers and capac- ity cargo, the motorship North land arrived in Juneau at 10 O. clock last night from Seattle. She departed at Q o'clock this morning on her return voyage to the Puget Sound metropolis, taking Il pas- sengers and considerable freight.
 Those who came here were Miss Mary Butler, John F. Chamberlin, G. E. Erickson, c. T. Gardner, s. Guyot, B. H. Moran, Charles Metz, Steve Sosich, w. K. Sheldon, jr., David Swanson, H. Tipton, and M. s. Wilson.
 Incoming freight consisted of general merchandise and oil for the Union Oil Company.
 Persons who booked passage for ports south were Mrs. J. c. Read man, Mrs. Mona Parker, w. A. Eaton, Patrick O'Brien, H. L. Me Donald and Harold w. Parker for Seattle; G. c. Grove, R. J. Som mers and K. F. Tobin for Ketchi- kan; William P. OConnor for Wrangell, and Alice Margon for Petersburg.
 Outgoing freight was principally frozen salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
SUMMONS No. 3093-A

In the District Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, First Division At Juneau.
 Lena Druxman, Plaintiff. vs. Sam uel DruXman, Defendant. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIT ED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE ABOVE-N A MED DE PENDANT, GREETING:
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Division at Juneau, within thirty days after the last publication of this sum- mons, namely, within thirty days after the fourth day of October, 1930, in case this summons is pub lished, or within forty days after the date of it's service upon you in case this summons is served upon you personally, and answer the complaint of the above n m d plaintiff on file in the said Court in the above-entitled action.
 The said plaintiff in said action demands the following relief: An absolute divorce from the said de- fendant.
 And in the event you fail to so appear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in her complaint and as herein above stated.
 WITNESS The Honorable Justin w. Harding, Judge of said Court, md the Seal of said Court here unto affixed, on this 1ith day of September, 1880.
 (Seal of the District CourD
 JOHN H. DUNN,
 Clerk.
 By J. w. LEVERS,
 Deputy Clerk. The order for the service by publication of the foregoing sum- mons was issued and dated on the eighth day of September, 1930. H. B. Le Fevre, attorney for plaintiff, 183k South Front Street, Juneau, Alaska.
 First publication, Sept. 13, 193o. Last publication, Oct. 4, 1930.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
ALASKA TO HAVE
 Z DIOCESES FOR GRE FIX .CHU RCH
Rev. Antonin Poprovsky to Be Consecrated at
 Bishops Conclave

| Two bishoprics, instead of one are contemplated in Alaska by the Greek Catholic Church, and the present archimandrite, the Rev. Antonin Poprovsky, pastor at Sitka, is expected to be appointed prelate of the new diocese. He is pas |senger on the southbound steamship Queen and is on his way to San Francisco, Where, beginning Oc- tober 12, Metropolitan Platon of New York, head of the church in the United States, will preside over a conclave of bishops. Father Poprovsky's conHcration is virtu- ally certain to take place at the San Francisco meeting.
 Northern and Southern
 Alaska, which has always con- stituted one diocese, will be di- vided into Northern and Southern diocese The Northern will include the area north of the Yukon and KuskokWim rivers, as well as all the Aleutian Islands, and will have it's seat at Unalaska, headquarters of the present single diocese of Alaska. The Southern will com prise all the rest of the Territory. and will have it's seat at Sitka
 Bishop Amphilohy, who is now at the head of the single diocese of Alaska and who has lived 30 years in the zone proposed for the new Northern diocese, will be assigned the Northern bishopric, thus per hitting him to remain at Unalaska Father Poprovsky, after his eleva- ton, will take over the new South ern diocese, thus allowing him to keep his home at Sitka.
 Eleven Greek Churches
 In Alaska there are Il Greek Catholic priests who regularly serve Il churches. These priests also have under their jurisdiction nu- merous chapels, which are not in communities having churches and which are served by lay members and visited twice yearly by priests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

NOR HbOUND
 . Admiral Watson due at 4 . o'clock this afternoon. Has . Az days mail.
 . Admiral Rogers is due to ar . rive Sunday night or Monday Q morning.
 . Alaska due Tuesday.
 . SCHEDULED SAILINGS
 Q Princess Louise scheduled to Q sail from Vancouver Sept. 29
 . at 9 pm.
 . Norco scheduled to sail from
 . Seattle Sept. 29 at g pm.
 9 Queen scheduled to sail from
 . Seattle Oct l, at 10 am.
 o Yukon scheduled to sail from . Seattle Oct. 4 at 9 am.
 . Northland scheduled to sail Q from Seattle Oct. at 9 pm. . SOUTHB9UND SAILINGS Q Northwestern due southbound Q about Sept. 30. . LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebcth leaves every Thursday . night at pm. for Sitka and . wayports. . Pacific leaves every Thurs . day at 10 am. for Peters, . burg, Rake and way ports, , returning to Juneau via Port , Alexander. |.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
B p PASSENGERS
 ABOARD ALASKA FOR THIS PORT

SEATTLE, Sept. 27-S t e m r Alaska sailed at o'clock this morning for Alaska ports with 59 first class passengers and seven steerage.
 The wing passengers are booked for Juneau:
 G. H. Messerschmidt, Edwin J. Johnson, H. I. Loving, John Pastle, Arthur Erickson, D. E. Smith, J. H.. Brokaw, Reed Sewers and wife, w. E. Feero, William A. Garster, E. B. Brown and A. N. Smith.
 
 Toy balloons advertising a Du- luth, Minn., municipal airport scat tered over the state entitled finders to admission to a two-day celebra- ton and a flight with Capt. Frank Hawks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
HALIBUT PRICES

SEATTLE, Sept. 27.-Three yes sels arrived yesterday with 2l00O pounds of halibut. The fish sold for 10 to 1874 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
FIRE ALARM CALLS

l-3 Third and Franklin. IA Front and Franklin. 1-5 Front, near Ferry Way. l-6 Front. opp. Gross Apts 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. l-8 Front. near Saw Mill. l-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Willoughby st Totem Gro. 2-3 willoughby, opp. Cash Coles
 Barn.
 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall.
 3-2 Gastineau and Rawn Way. 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Haryls. 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-8 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth, back of power house. s2 Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. 4-3 Distin Ave. and Indian Bta. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. Al Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. 4-8 Twelfth and Winoughby. 4-9 Home Grocery. 5-1 Scatter Tract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
MATE
 FACES CHARGES

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 27. Capt. Turner, Inspector of Hulls of the U. s. Bureau of Navigation, said Lee Clements, second mate of the Admiral Mutton, is charged with "unskillfulness in navigation, as result of the collision between the Admiral Mutton and the fishing boat Orient in the Straits of Geor- gia in which ten men aboard lost their lives.
 Capt. Turner refused to specify the accusation exactly.
 Clements will stand trial either here or in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-27
THE EMPIRE Is the Medium

Through which the general public can always have its wants supplied. Closing time for classified advertisements: P. M.
 Closing time for display ad- vertisementS: II A. M. Ten cents per line first in- sertion.
 Five cents for continuous subsequent insertion.
 Count five average words to the line.
 Minimum charge. 90 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
TNSTALLBfENT III.

UCCESS was Stephens. Modest
at first, of course, but of rapid
growth, and Lanny knew why.
~ His patients fell in love with him
and advertised him to their
Ariends.
In two years Stephen Burt had re-
paid Lanny with interest; the third
year he moved into new, sunny, roomy
and beautifully furnished Offices, with
D waiting room as large as all of his
previous Offices had been. He joined
the best club in town, he joined coun-
try club and reSolutely Lanny drove
him out Of the Office on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons to play golf. She
denied HIM the privilege of naming his
own fees because she knew they would
be too modest; she kept his free list to
q minimum; knowing all his friends, she
supervised his social duties; she kept
his books and was very devil of COL
1ector; she wrote all his business let
tiers and signed them for him; she in
vested his money for him and, since she
was no mean psychologist, she could
read woman patient as she would a
book. She was his Admirable Crichton,
and he rewarded her with his conf
dence, his affectionate friendship and
perfectly dazzling salary raise each
Christmas.
He always kissed her at o'clock on
the twenty fourth day of December in
each year for the five years preceding
the late Winter afternoon when Mr..
Daniel Mcnamara called in behalf of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
GOLDEN DAWN
By PETER B. KXNE
CCopyright. 1900

marry her. He was so kind and SYM
pathetic Lanny knew he would marry
her, Just to keep her from feeling badly.
Damn his sympathy" she growled,
as she prepared the drinks in an inner
room. That's why he's worked to
death He'll die young-overwork--an-
gina, the young FOOL That big, fresh,
his way in-the big buml And getting
drink for his dirty work."
She shifted and served the high
balls.
you're mighty sweet, Lanny." DR..
Burt told her. Now, run along home"
Lanny did not go. She knew that big
moocher of a chief of police would
praise such old liquor and his host
would offer him a second helping.
1--WE got girl down at Central SGa-
tion,' Dan Mcnamara was saying.
"Shop-lifting detail picked her up in a
department store where she'd pinched a
dozen and a half silk stockings. Petit
larceny and caught with the goods.
sent good man around to try to square
the case with the department. store peo-
pie, but they insist on pressing the
charge, and that's too bad, because she's
got couple of priors against her. out
on probation-suSpended sentence, you
understand, doc. And now she'll do two
years in the Big House. s tough on
the girl.
whats your interest in her, If she's
q confirmed thief"
well, maybe she wouldn't be thief
If she'd had the breaks" he defended.
Somebody must have given her .
sweet bust on the nose, because her
beak'S been broke and nothing's left
of it but a saddle"
SIS she tough?"
'IS she tough? Doc, she's so tough
I know it amt natural. A girl as
tough as her must be loony. But
there amt nothing tough about her
eyes or her mouth-and that's where
you can always find toughness that's
been bred in the bone. There's some
thing about this girl that's different,
doc I don't know what it is, but I
know this much: she wasn't always
tough. want you to give her the
once over"
ct understand there is a psychologist
and psychiatrist-Dr. Blethen-who
does all of the medico-legal work for
the department chief. wouldn't care
to examine the girl except on his in
vitation."
Eyes, know. Question of ethics,
and while the question is being de-
bated this girl gets hauled into court
and takes the rap on the old charge