davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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family, but this was merely an error in CLASH
ncation that in no way detracts from the luster
Of the discovery itself.


hcation that in no way detracts from the luster
Of the discovery itself.
JEFFERSON was elected president Of the
society on January g. 1897, Rittenhouse
having died, and his letter Of acceptance was
put ON the minutes February II, 1877. From
that time until May 2, 1900, Jefferson presided
at almost every meeting Of the society On
January s. 1885, he was reelected president.
and on January Of the same year, according to
the minutes, he presented bone Of the man.
moth some time ago found in Virginia. Also
large square plate of a Swedish copper coin
marked A daler Slemynt,' handed to him by
Gen. Kosciusko for the society"
An interesting entry in the minutes is that
Of June IS, 1885, when with Jefferson in the
chair, description Of a submarine vessel,
calculated to effect the firing Of vessels under
water, by d. Bushnell of Stamford Conn.,"
was presented. The minutes for the next meet
ing record that "BuShnell's paper on submarine
vessels for destroying ships was reported by
Mr.. Patterson worthy Of publication"
January 2, 1901 Jefferson was reelected
president Of the society, but in the meantime
the White House also had beckoned to him and
he had removed from Philadelphia. That his
interest in science did not want however, Is
indicated by the fact that on January 16, 1901,
the society Quoting the minuteS) received "the
following communications from President JET
from Dunbar to Jefferson, with
Meteorological observations for 1899 at the
Natchez, and t.-'r,
IAN extraordinary phenomenon which passed
Baton Rouge on the night Of April S, 1900.
Count Rumford's letter to Jefferson with
prospectus and laws Of the Royal Institute,
Great Britain"
Jenerson's name next occurs in the society's
minutes Of April 2, 1902, which recount that
he presented an Indian idol In the light Of
present-day political issues, however, there Is
an item in the same minutes of far greater
interest It reports receipt Of "A Plan for
Muscle Shoals Tenn" and adds the nota-
ton, Mr.. Vaughan appointed to obtain from
Mr.. Sam Brown of Lexington some further
account Of 1t for publication"
Thus it Is indicated that attention was
focused on the potentiaities Of Muscle Shoals
as long as 129 years ago. but in the language
Of q recent candidate for President Of the
United States Nothing was ever done about It ="
Jefferson was reelected president Of the
society January 6, 1904, and February Of the
same year his letter Of acceptance was read
He has just completed negotiations for the
Louisiana Purchase and was enthusiastic about
it as the following excerpt from his letter indi-
Gates: II add congratulations on the. enlarged
field Of UNEMPLOYED country lately opened to
free research. Should the unknown regions OF
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The Muscle Shoals idea is

The Muscle Shoals idea is
not nezo one. The botentiGli-
ties acre recognised 128 years
ago, and a plan for the de-
7,elobucnt qcaS submitted to the
american Philosophical Socie-
tv. Also the society, 7Ulrile
Thomas Jefferson a0aS a mem
Der, discussed the possibilities
of elevators and submarines.
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Today5Dream


fat roofs" he said. whether the structures
should be 20, SO or 100 stories with several
plaza levels Is something only to be determined
by exhaustive study. Assuming, however, that
we have q moderate building height of say, 20
stories, there is enormous space on the roof sur
faces. Some, Of course would be connected
for airplane landing fields.
But as for the remainder of the space why
shouldn't thousands Of these workers live near
are still tied to the notions Of q rural civ1lsa-
ton. 1t is pleasant to get away for change
Of surroundings and live altogether in the
country but many suburbs are no better than
city life. From the standpoint Of convenience
and health, life atop a high building would be
desirable for those working in any of the build
ings in the district
EGO we could erect upon the spacious roofs
of our ONCE buildings a series of apart
ment houses clubs, hotels, shopping levels and
stores of all kinds making the district both =
city of Offices in the bottom of the canyons and
Of homes on the heights Of the steel cliffs above.
Fairgrounds, schools and other forms Of eS-
sential educational resources for children would
also be available And If the dweller in these
towering homes had made a dinner date in
Jersey or Long Island it would be simpler for
him to make the trip from this central point
than If he lived in Long Island and found 1t
necessary to 60 home before returning across
Manhattan to get to his Jersey destination
las for fear that the air would be deleteriouS
you could get as much sunlight on these high
terraces as perhaps exists in many resorts, and
the air would have less dust and dirt than TN
the regions below"
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BY JACK LUDDY.

HoMAS JEFFERSON'S tombstone at
Monticello, va, by his own dictation,
/ proclaims him as author OF the
Declaration of American Independ-
~ ence of the Statute of Virginian for
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After two months visit in England
Miss Gwen Coach OF the Bradford
Apartments has returned to Washington
to resume her duties as congressional
secretary of the National League Of
Women Voters
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Wetherill and his bride have returned
to Washington and are now with Mrs
Mistretta in her home on Woodland
drive.
Mr.. Wetherill Is a son Of the late
John Price Wetherill of Philadelphia.
He has two brothers and a sister who
reside in Washington, Mr.. John Price
Wetherill, Sd, who married Miss Gene
We've Rusk; Mr. Peck Wetherill, and
Mrs. Albert Walker, who was formerly
Miss Florence Wetherill.
Mrs. william Partridge of Lowell
street left on Monday for Denver, Colo,
to attend the General Convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church which
meets there this month.
Mr.. Winfree E. johnson left by plane
for New York on Tuesday to attend the
tennis matches at Forest Hills, N. Y.
This is the golden jubilee year for the
tennis matches and Mr.. johnson is
president of the National Public Parks
Tennis Association.
Mrs. w. L. Martin of Minneapolis is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. George G
Whitney Of Forty-fourth place, en- route
from Europe, where she spent two
months, returning on the Resolute.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Yates of
Klingle street northwest have returned
to their home after short trip to Pen
Mar, Pa. Returning with them were
Mr.. Yates mother, Mrs. Sadie B. Yates,
and their daughter, Miss Jeanne Marden
Yates, who have been the guests for
two weeks of Mrs. Yates sister, Mrs.
Stella Swallow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey L. Ford have
returned to the Shoreham after visiting
friends in Wakefield, Mass. and will
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remain here for an indefinite period
before returning to their home in
California.
Miss Elizabeth Northrop has returned
10 her Shoreham apartment after spend
ing few weeks in Nova Scotia.
Mrs. Harold Dotterer had guests at
luncheon today at the Shoreham, the
company later adjourning to the hotels
card rooms for an afternoon of bridge.
The guests included Mrs. Paul MattiX,
Mrs. William Greene, Mrs. Walter Mil
Ter, Mrs. Allison Buchanan, Mrs. Stan
ley Smith. Mrs. McCandlish, Mrs. Roy
Simon and Mrs. Mark Thistlewaite.
Mrs. Ethel B. Mclaughlin of SIAM
ford Conn, is guest at the Dodge for
few days, and is accompanied by her
young son, Master j. Mclaughlin.
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APPEALS TO PRIESTS
Vatican Hopes They Will Stay at
Posts in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, September 10 R.-
Mgr. Leopoldo Ruiz Flores, papal del
egate, said yesterday the Vatican hoped
priests would remain at their posts In
Mexico las long as is humanity pos
sible"
The monsignor announced that no
definite steps would be taken by the
church in states where restrictive meas
ures have been passed, but petition
for an amendment to the constitution
to effect relief on a national scale would
be presented to the government shortly.
The new $1,000, 900 mooring quay at
Villa Sanjurjo, Spanish Morocco, has
just been opened.
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Mr. and Mrs j. S. j. Clark of Silver
Spring. Md. announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Margaret Ellen
Clark, to Mr.. George Converse Weth-
Grill. son of Mrs. F. H. Mistretta, OF
Washington. The young couple eloped
to Chestertown, Md. where the cere-
mony took place on Monday. Mr..
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Mr.. Martin Lane, who has been visit
ing his son and daughter law. Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Lane, in Kingston
N Y, is now the guest of his son and
daughter n-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
A Lane, Of Forest Lane, Wesley
Heights.
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7 Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott HOSTS
At Dinner for New York Guest.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles F. Elliott en-
tertained a small group at dinner at
| the Shoreham last evening in compli-
nent to their house guest, Mrs. F. H.
B4Akeley of New York.
They will also entertain at the Shore
ham dinner dance this evening for Mrs.
Blakeley.
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Mrs. George Watson has returned to
Washington after spending most Of the
Summer at Saranac Inn. N Y, and
Ocean City N. J. She will be at home
after October l at the new Westches-
ter Apartments.
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Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Harley of
Forty fourth place have returned to
their home after motor trip which
took them to New England and Canada.
Mrs. Harley returned early in August
from England where she visited her
daughter. Mrs Charles Prowse, who
lives in Worcestershire.
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Mr. and Mrs Howard Hosmer Of
Reno road have as guests Mrs. Hosmer's
brother, DR.. r. G. Bernreuter of State
College, Pa, and Mrs. Bernreuter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. z. F. Hevener Of Sacra-
mento, Calf have arrived in Washing
ton for an indefinite visit and are living
at the Potomac Park Apartments.
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Mrs. Frederick E. Barbour, Miss Eu-
nice Wartmann, Miss Bertha Grlftths
and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Pratt OF Merldlan
Mansions, who drove to Albion, Mich,
late in August to be the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Garfield Farley left for Wash
ington Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10

Mr.. and Mrs J. Stanley Long are at
the Traymore, Atlantic City.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander W. Yereanc'
and their daughter. Miss Jean Yereance
of Lowell street, are now at home aftel
a vacation spent in Sayville, Long Island
and Troutdale. Me They also VISITED
DR.. and Mrs. Frank w. Ballou in Maine
Mrs. Yereance's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Seitz, are still at Sayville, Ions
Island. where they will remain unit
September 15 going then to East Or
ange, N. j., for visit before returning
to Washington.
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ter the recession of the ice sheet that covered the northern part of the continent during the Pleis- tocene period.
 Mans arrival in the New World should probably be placed there fore at somewhere between 10000 and 10000 years ago. As for the Eskimo, all the evidence points to still later entry, long after the Pleistocene land bridge had dis appeared not more than 5000 years ago." -U. s. Daily
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MatcIh1eSS ecOnOlll with six-cylinlel. smOO

miles xts b khs any add o betsCeen crG1kcase . of SzO5. '' s:lt jwst and ru1s.''
 --.yp sfronou of theC Chsvrose
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ANCIENT VILLAGES
lContinued from Ine Cv.ol

(Continued from Page Tu'o>
 eastern Siberia and that on the Alaska side it reached up to Point Barrow, which is the northermost point on the American contin- ent. We are now extending the work to Point Barrow in an effort to find out more exactly the rela- tion between the old Boring Sea culture and the ancient Eskimo culture called Thule, which some centuries ago existed in the vic- inity of Hudson Bay in northern Canada.
 "The Thule culture was closely related to that of Alaska, being in fact an offshoot of the old Der ing Sea culture. We hope to clear up in a more detailed way the Relationship between the two thru excavations in the vicinity of Point Barrow. in which work MT. Ford is now engaged.
 An interesting side result of our last years expedition was the discovery on St. Lawrence Island of the fossil leaves and wood of the Sequoia or giant red wood, which is at present restricted to California. The presence of fossils of such huge trees on this now barren sub-Arctic island is re- garded by paleontologists as fur ther evidence of an early land connection between Asia and Am erica
 Over this land bridge many mammals such as bison, horses, mammothS, mastadons, and camels passed back and forth from one continent to another. But this was mostly during the Tertiary period, millions of years ago, and it is somewhat doubtful whether man figured in this migration, even in the later stages of it which took place during the Pleistocene or Glacial period.
 More likely man-that is the 1ndlan-entered America at Der Ing Strait after the subsistence of this land connection and soon af-
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Till Memorial Fund.

Jack Lincke has gone for an outing to the Susitna Valley. With him he took a friend just returned from New York who is not averse to such an outing himself, being, it is understood, not a stranger to Alaska and these parts. It is surmised that they went on a dou-
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ANCHORAGE ITEMS
Especial to The Gateway

Especial to The Gateway
 The Fourth of July passed off pleasantly in every way at An chorage. The weather was abso- lutely perfect, the forenoon pa rade was gay and patriotic if not very long, and the exercises fol- lowing in the ball park were in teresting, led as they were by a sane, safe and sensible speech by Col. o. F. Ohlson, manager of the Alaska Railroad.
 Not many people remained at home judging by the large number at the grand stand. Games fol- lowed MT. Ohlson's speech and great interest was shown in the ticket selling for the drawing of the fine new automobile, receipts from this going toward the Mer-
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Large assortment of fine sta tionery at ALASKA SHOr.

Have you read the Grand Ho- tel?" Chosen by the Book of the Month Club; chosen by the Book Society of England. Alaska Shop.
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mosquitoes

The Reliance Shrimp Company of Wrangell is providing that town with a steady payroll during its period of operation, reports the Petersburg Press
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ble quest-triple perhaps-anyway. not looking for trouble, some of which, however, they may find mosquitoes.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-15

List your labor wants with us: we will sndeavor to secure for you the help desired Phone Adams 126 or call at the M & " Club, Seward, Alaska
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Uncle Sam's Attic, intimate story of Alaska by Davis. New, refreshing. ALASKA SHOP. *
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The best ice cream yet! HOR- LUCK'S Danish Ice Cream. Candy Cottage, sole Seward agent.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-15

Why Is it that Chevro. let "a big, powerful,
 smooth running six actually costs less to operate and ID ain- tain than any other
 car you can buy? Tho
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depot to cottage and q surveyor preparing for
them said to a lady that her beautiful flowers
would be laid waste, as the trackage passed
directly through her garden. She replied, Il
am willing you should ruin the house-all
have-if it would only help to save him!" And
through her spoke the voice of q Nations
grievng people.
The presidential car was detached at FL
boron station and pushed to Francklyn Cottage
by gangs of men. At its destination, the car
stopped and soldier mounted to the roof and
dropped a large sailcloth awning to insure pri-
vacy of removal from train to house.
When the President was laid upon The bed.
on the first floor he asked that the bed be
pushed to the wide-open window that he might
see the water: and that night he slept better
than for weeks. The following day Mr. Gar
field sat in a reclining chair, listening to bells
ringing from little chapel across the way.
"Crete," he said to his wife, ''vssf are the bells
ringing?" She replied that the villagers were
going to church to pray for his recovery. Mr..
Garfield listened as the strains Of Jesus, Lover
Of My Soul,' waited heavenward, and a tear
trickled down his cheek
The Elberon days clicked slowly slowly by,
to the Nation; slower still to family and physi-
clans. who finally saw that soft feather from
the wings of the Death Angel had drifted down
on the Presidents pillow. He became weaker
each day and finally death was bit q matter Of
hours. On September 10 Drs. D. w. Bliss,
Frank H. Hamilton and d. Haynes Agnew is
sued the last bulletin, whose opening sentence
read, THE President died at 1926 pm"
After simple prayer service, two days later.
the casket containing the martyred President
Of the United States was placed on a heavily
draped funeral train and returned to Washing
ton. On arrival here the casket was taken
directly to the Capitol and laid in state in the
rotunda. For two days steady lines of mourners
viewed the body. Masses Of flowers were banked
about the walls of the lofty, noble room, but
only one piece was placed upon the casket-a
magnificent floral wreath from Queen Victoria.
Funeral services were held Friday Septem-
Der %, at 2 in the afternoon, the Rev. Frederick
d. Powers, pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, where the Garfields wor-
SHIPPED, oficiating. He was assisted by the
Rev. DR.. Rankin and the Rev. Isaac Errett
The services over, the casket was placed in
hearse A single gun fired from Hanneman's
Battery. the I'd Artillery Band struck up the
funeral march and through o crowd of 10000
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Incidents of the ASSASSINATION at the old
Baltimore 60 Potomac Railroad Station at
Sixth and B Streets, of the Presidents
Last Days, and o. Guiteau ,sArrrst and
Trial A,p Reviewed.

parliament Wing, Tory and Radical listened
to catch from the prime minister latest tidings
of the sufferer"
In the United States, torn with political
strife, distorted imagination and hurled Wifi
cations, the fact that Garfield had shed blood
for his country was even dying for it, brought
saner, calmer vision. Parties and individuals
finally admitted that the maligned Garfield
had proven an able statesman, a courageous
man, Christian gentleman; man of mild,
kindly character, of clean simple life.
r G ONE weeks before the shooting Col. Knox
- warned the President that he should have
a bodyguard, to which Mr.. Garfield replied. Il
must come and go as usual I cannot sur
round myself with a bodyguard. If the good
of this country. the interests of pure govern
ment and of the people against one-man power
demand the sacrifice OF my life, think am
ready"
From July until July %. hope for the
life Of the head Of the Nation alternately
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strengthened or waned; there were days when
he seemed improved days when he languished
pitifully. On July % a rigor occurred as the
wounds were dressed and a slight operation
was performed. The intense heat was against
the patient and an air-cooling apparatus, SIM
liar to that then used in mines, was intro
duced into the White House. This reduced the
temperature in the sick room to rs degrees.
The last Of July piece Of fractured rib was
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Garfield Memorial Tablet in the old
Baltimore and Potomac RaiI,Cay station.

removed and some relief experienced, but by
the middle Of August it was all too evident
that the President was suffering from blood
poisoning. He longed for a change of air and
for the sea. Malarial conditions about the
White House at that time were thought to be
retarding his recovery. 1t was finally decided
by the corps Of physicians and surgeons that
on September Mr.. Garfield would be removed
to Elberon, Long Branch. The train, the car,
the bed on which the journey was to be made
were thoroughly inspected by Surg Gen. Barnes
and Drs. Bliss and Agnew, the train itself being
run distance Of miles while vibrations were
tested.
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BY JOSEPHINE TICHE.

EN minutes before 9, the morning of
July 2, 1881, two middle-aged, silk
hated, bewhiskered, important-look-
ing gentlemen, arm in arm, passed
slowly through the ladies' reception
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL.

In the District Court of the Eleventh
judicial District of the State Of Mon
tana, in and for the County Of Lin
coin.
In the matter Of the estate Of James
Horigan, Deceased.
Pursuant to an Order of said Court,
made on the 18th day of March, 1881,
notice is hereby given that Saturday the
18th day Of April 1881, at $50 o'clock
A. M. of said day, at the Canrt Room
of said Court, at the Court House in
the County Of Lincoln, has been APP
pointed as the time and place for prov
ing the Will Of said James Horigan, de-
ceased, and for hearing the application
of Marshall Murray for the issuance
to him Of Letters Of Administration
with the Will Annexed when and where
any person interested may appear and
contest the same.
Dated March II, 1881.
FRED r. CLARK,
Clerk.
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NOTICE.

| Of Closing of Registration Books for
| the General State wide Election to be
Held May s, 1881
| Notice is hereby given that the Reg
istration Books for the several pre-
cincts in Lincoln County, Montana will
be open at the County Clerks Office
on legal days between the hours Of 800
A. M. and 500 P M. up to and includ-
ing Saturday, April rs, 1881, for the
purpose Of registering for the General
Statewide Election.
Registration Books Close Saturday,
April Is, 1881 at 500 o'clock p. m.
Electors wishing to vote at the above
election must have their names on the
registration books for their respective
precincts before the books are closed
Electors wishing to register and re-
siding within ten miles distance Of the
County Clerks Office are required to
appear In person at his office to reg
ister- Those living more than ten miles
distant from the County Clerks Office
may register by appearing at his office
or by appearing befoe any deputy reg
istrar, notary public or Justice ~pf the
Peace in the manner prescribed by
law.
If you failed to vote at the last Cen
eral Election in November, 1880 and
have not since registered and wish to
vote you should register at once. If you
have changed your residence from the
Precinct where you were formerly
registered you should have your reg
istration card transferred to the pre-
cinct where you now reside. See that
your name is properly registered
II You Are Not Registered You Can
Not Vote.
Dated this 23rd day Of March, 1891
(SeaD WALTER l.. WOLF,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio Registrar
of Lincoln County, Montana.
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