davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Askov American., 1936-07-23

county auditor and the county treas
urer, and herewith submit a state
ment of the condition of the county
treasury at this date.
We find the county treasurer
charged on the books of the county
auditor with and accountable for.
at this date. the sum of $142.519.77.
The balance to the county treas
urer in the county repositories at
this date. according to the state
mentS furnished by the said depOS-
itories is as follows:
Balance per bank state
ments. June 80. 1886 ..$199.S75.64
Deposited since Z6.o5S.SS
Less outstanding checklist S $50 5.s4
Bank balances .Sl4Z,49S 5S
The treasurer exhibited to us:
Checks. currency and coin 26.19
TreaSurer'S balance. date of exam
ination. Pine City. Minnesota. July
13. 1886.
c. A. Pearson. Dist. No. 1.
W. G.. Ausmus. Dist. No. 2.
j. S. Patrick, Dist. No. 3.
F. w. Stepan. Dist. No. 4.
Harry Gebhardt. Dist. No. S.
On motion meeting adjourned until
July IA. 1886. at 9 o'clock a. m.
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An Around
MHouSe

Mayonnaise may be kept for
several weeks in refrigerator if a
tablespoonful of boiling water is
added to it before bottling.
Sandwiches may be kept moist
for "a hours if they are wrapped
tight as soon as made, in waxed
paper, then placed in box lined
with a damp cloth and covered
with a cloth. Keep in a cool place.
Never put hot foods in your re-
frigerator or ice box. Wait until
they have cooled.
Chamois wet in cold water and
wrung dry will polish mahogany
furniture that has become cloudy.
Always strain hot fat used for
deep frying through a piece of
cheese cloth each time it is used
and set in a cool place. Treated
in this way fat may be used
many times. ......... .-,.
A little garlic rubbed over the
broiler on which steak is broiled
gives steak a delicious flavor.
q Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.
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records our teams established, often
having to overcome odds that were
thought invincible. Our football
team often came from behind in
the last minutes of play to over
come their opponents.
Boys Are Happy Lot.
1.-THE boys in general are happy
and very appreciative group of
boys. They, at all times, are willing
to jump at the opportunity of help
ing their friends and boys who have
no friends.
"From all parts OF the United States
homeless and abandoned boys receive
shelter and food at Boys TOrOn," Dan
goes on. I'm this manner they are brought
together and after spending fes0 months
at BOys~TO,0n they understand some of
the boys, and learn many facts Of that
part OF the country that this or that boy
came from.
when Father Flanagan rented a
building for his first Home, it was a
simple structure located in Omaha.
Through the past Is years it has de-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

mas day, that of 1917, was barrel
of sauerkraut. Together they all
knelt and prayed that a nation
would forget the hatreds and ex-
elements of war long enough to
help them to live a real, American
life.
Their prayers must hare been anstOered,
for shortly afterUard Father Flanagan tOas
successful in financing the purchase of
100 acres Of farm which had lain idle
and neglected for years. The farm had a
teio fimsy frame buildings, but they
promised shelter, and food could be Sc
cured from the land.
4 Today, through Father Flana-
'Gan's untiring efforts and the finan-
Icial help of thousands of friends,
who gave what they could, however
little it was, there are 10 fine, mod
ern buildings and the well-operated
farm covers $50 acres. Nearly 1000
boys, once homeless and friendless,
have been built into good American
citizens with every prospect of a
fair deal from life. 60
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able them to grow into healthy, Wig
orous men. The average efficiency
of health maintained over a period
of years is SO per cent.
Mayor Tells His Story.
Only 18 months ago, the unusual
community was incorporated as
village. It has second-class post
office, and if you write a letter to
anyone there, your reply will come
postmarked "Boys Town, Neb."
The mayor of Boys Town faces
problems daily that few mayors in
the land become acquainted with
very well in an entire term. You
would expect Mayor Dan Kampan
to know as much about the town
as any of it's pit inhabitants. I have
invited him to tel about it as he
knows it:
"FIst," says Dan Kampan, "let me call
your attention to the spirit of the home.
less boy, best portrayed by the athletic
teams which are trained by coaches at
Boys TotUn.
every instructor at Boys Town
realizes the spirit of cooperation
involved in the making of good ath-
letic teams. Last year this spirit
was brought out by the splendid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
THE EXTENDED PALM

n GREATER number of extended
"A palms can be found in the state
of Florida than in all of France.
One of them, royal palm, grows
in front of the ninth green of the
De Leon Springs golf course, it's
foliage frequently catching balls
pitched toward the green.
That happened to John H. Fisher
of Chicago the first time he stepped
on the De Leon Springs links to try
for his usual Is. The ball lodged in
the tree and only the gift of So
cent dollar persuaded his colored
caddie to retrieve it.
Climbing to the top of the tree the
caddie gave one vigorous shake and
Fishers ball and 376 other golf balls
dropped. 1t was the first time the
royal palm had been shaken.
The golfer was astonished to dis
cover that thirteen of the balls had
his name printed on them.
st was my initial visit to Florida,
all right, but that was no reason my
entire name should have been print
ed on the balls" Fisher said later.
81 didn't discover why until four
months afterwards.
81 play the Tam o'Shanter course
at Chicago. On the fifth tee / in
variably slice my drive, frequently
losing the ball. Well, I began to
analyze my shots off that tee, en-
ploying compass and other re-
search equipment.
"And I discovered a most inter-
esting thing-every one of my sliced
shots off that fifth tee moved in
curving line directly toward De
Leon Springs from Chicago"
g Western Newspaper Union.
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Early Strikes in America

The first recorded strike in Amer
lea took place in 1741, when New
York bakers quit work as protest
against municipal ordinance regu-
lating the price of bread. The ear
lest known strike for higher wages
took place in 1876, when the Phila-
delphia printers ceased work as a
means of enforcing their demand for
a minimum weekly wage of Sc. The
first organized strike in America
took place in 1899, when the shoe
makers belonging to the Federal So
ciety of Journeymen Cordwainers,
were compelled to lay down their
tools in order to aid the bootmakers
who were seeking an increase in
wages.
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party was the victor by nine votes!
The party consists of a mayor and
six commissioners, each having his
various duties and assignments tc
fulfill.
Among the most important of these
duties is that of disciplining the boys,
i0hich is accomplished through the City
Council and Board OF Advisors headed
by Father Flanagan, t0hich meets t,0ice
a t0eek to discuss uarious points concern
ing the welfare Of the boys. This is but
one OF the chief duties Of the governing
body. Other duties are taking care o.
minor intractions Of rules and boys ,CIsO
cause disturbances by fighting and con
tinuous disObedience.
Father Flanagan and Boys Towr
insist there is no such thing as a
bad boy" They have seen too many
youngsters, once characterized as
"bad boys" grow, after given
home, friends and fair chance ir
life, into men who have become
leaders in the business and socia.
world.
Q western Newspaper Union.
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is composed of football field, tennis
courts, baseball diamond, and cinder
track. Upon these fields 200 homeless boys
build strong bodies and strong minds by
participating in Udrious sports. Amongst
these sports zoe find that the most popu-
lar are football, baseball, tennis, basket
ball and all r0ater sports.
Jan. Is Is Election Day.
''The band, which is known all
over the United States, is made up
of SO pieces, all boys under the age
of eighteen. The popularity of our
musical organizations is proven by
the invitations for personal appear
ances in our neighboring states,
such as banquets, picnics, parades
and sport programs.
ION January Is, 1886, Boys Town
held its second annual election, for
the purpose of electing governing
body.
''In the voting booths installed,
each boy voted straight ticket for
one of the two parties, the Help
Boys Town and the Build Boys
Town. After this the votes were
counted in the presence of both
candidates for the mayoralty. When
the results were announced it was
found that the Help Boys Town
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
AN S-INCH TALE

CHELL games are not the only ac-
~ tivity wherein the hand may be
quicker than the eye.
So ruminates Buck Pyle, once of
Clarendon, Texas, when he recalls
the famous hunting trip undertaken
by two of his fathers ranch hands.
The cowboys, Sam and Henry,
found buffalo tracks almost imme-
diately. They spied two buffalo,
and each fired at different animal.
Henry's buffalo sped over a noun
tain range with Henry in close pur-
suit and was lost to view. Sam
wounded his game and the injured
buffalo charged. His pony wheeled,
slipped into the deep grass and I'M
seated the rider.
Sam rose to sitting position, ter
rifed at the approach of the huge
animal. He ducked just as the
charging buffalo hurtled past, then
he Strengthened suddenly, grasped
the wounded buffalo by the tail and
hung on.
He could not hope to subdue the
maddened beast, but neither could
the animal attack him. So Sam
chung to the buffalo's eight-inch tail
until just before the wild runner
crossed the Mexican boundary. Then
he reached out with a poplar tree
he'd gathered en- route, tickled the
buffalo's nose and turned him back.
When Sam had guided the buffalo
in this fashion until they reached
Donley county, Henry rode up AMI
rescued his friend.
The regrettable effect of the Incl
dent, says Pyle, is that Sam won't
accept a buffalo nickel now, even if
you offer him three for a dime.
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BOYS GOVERN THIS NEBRASKA TOWN
Its Name Boys Town. and Its Guiding Star Father Flanagan Has
Given 1000 Homeless Urchins a Fair Chance in Life

veloped into an institution made up
of 10 large buildings, amongst
which are a modernly equipped
gymnasium containing swimming
pool, handball courts, boxing ring,
stage, and an auditorium which
has been rated as one of the best
in the Middle West.
Many Help Work Farm.
"Our farm, of 800 acres on which
four barns are located, produces
partial upkeep of the boys. 1t is
equipped with machinery to plant
and harvest its produce" Dan con-
tinues.
"The print shop, which is part of
the Office building, contains enough
machinery to publish 10000 copies
of the 16-page magazine published
monthly by the boys. All other
printing necessary for the main
tenance of our Home is done by the
boys.
"The recreational section OF Boys TotOn
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A Charming Sports Frock

is, Is, 20; 40 and AZ. Correspond
ing bust measurements 80, "a,
36, 38, 40 and AZ. Size 16 (34)
requires 8 7-8 yards of SO inch
material plus IA yard for the
belt. Send Is cents in coins for
the pattern.
The Summer Pattern Book con-
tanning 100 Barbara Bell we'll
planned, easy-to-rnake patterns is
ready. Send Is cents in coins
for your copy. H
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w. For
ty-third St., New York, N. Y.
q Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service
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for office wear or busy shoppers,
it answers perfectly, too, for gen
eral daytime functions.
You'll appreciate the two
roomy pockets, and the back
yoke will enable you to ''bear
your burdens lightly. Try max
ing it in tub silk, shantung, print
ed crepe or linen. Whichever
fabric you choose gives a sill
houette that is universally fatter-
ing and a touch of sophistication.
Barbara Bell Pattern No.
1873 is available in sizes: IA,
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lpan. "And," His Honor adds, "that<
boy realizes that this new world
will be just what he makes of it."
The dream that became Boys
Town had its beginning some twen-
ty years ago, in the mind of a
young Catholic priest, Edward j.
Flanagan, then newly ordained. He
became interested in the derelicts
and misfits who were inmates of
the Omaha city jail and, with the
spirit of the true unitarian,
practiced such kindnesses upon
them that they began to confide in
him. In the pity of their life stories
was born the mission to which Fa-
Their Flanagan has since commit
ted himself.
Fed Hungry Misfits.
He visited more sinners against
society in the police courts, until
he decided to help the miscreants
keep out of jail by providing them
food and shelter in the cold winter
months and trying to steer them
back to the ways of righteousness
and happiness. 1t was an over
whelming task, for many of them
we're hopeless DRINKS and dope
fiends and some even criminals.
"But in our working mems shelter,
hungry man tUds just a hungry mar"
says Father Flanagan. I'VE asked no ques.
tons. At times tUe sheltered and fed as
many as 500 of them in single night.
The accommodations zoe ,Oere able to
give them sUere pihfulLy inadequate.
There just wasn't the money. Humanity
so easily forgets that men are their broth.
ers' keepers. 1t t0as discouraging york,
but ,Oith the aid Of God zoe perseUered.
Funds to carry on tcere scruped together
wherever ,oe could get Them"
The priest and his friends began
to study their guests, in an attempt
to discover the causes that lay at
the bottom of their troubles. Com
plete case histories were kept on
1000 of them, until it became ap-
parent that most of them were the
result of neglected or homeless
childhoods. Father Flanagan and
his associates concluded that if
they were to save men of this type
they must begin with the grass
roots and save them as children.
That was the beginning of the
dream of Boys Town.
With a borrowed capital of 500
the first months rent was paid on
a house in Omaha, and in it to live
went Father Flanagan and five
boys, two of them newsboys who
had been sleeping in the working
mems shelter and the others boys
who had been entrusted to his care
by the juvenile court With amaz-
ing quickness the news of the new
haven for homeless boys spread and
in practically no time it was filed
beyond capacity.
Donations Finance Work.
1t was hard going in the early
days, for Father Flanagan's Home,
then as now, was supported entire
ly by the donations of friends and
sympathetic persons. Then, as now,
it admitted boys regardless of race
or creed, and gave them the best
it had. The best, on the first Christ
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Tall Tales
g
As Told to:
FRANK E. HACAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
THE RETURN OF PETEY

"A CARRIER pigeon can be relied
4 on to do the spectacular.
Glenn Butcher, doughboy of the
Sixth infantry, after serving his
country in France, established a
pigeon farm near Lockport, Ill. Lik-
ing all pigeons, his greatest affec-
ton was reserved for a carrier
named Petey.
Petey demonstrated once that
Butchers love was reciprocated. 1t
was when an unidentified fiend Wis
tied Lockport, committed a score
of crimes and concluded by stealing
Petey and taking him to Chicago.
Butcher learned later the thief
climbed to the top of the tallest
building in Chicago, unfastened Pc
tey and threw him overheard. Then,
to show his fiendish nature, the kid
naper threw a wooden box at the
falling bird.
The pigeon broke a leg in his 600
foot fall but retrieved the box,
which landed nearby, and hobbled
toward the river. There he pro-
duced a swagger stick Butcher had
used in France, climbed on the box
and, steering a winding course by
means of the stick, started home.
Bulletins told of the pigeon navi-
gators progress, but Petey was too
proud to accept aid. He negotiated
the As miles of river channel alone
in seven days, limping into Butch
er's yard one morning, swagger
stick under his wing. 1t not only
gave him jaunty appearance but
served for a crutch as well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
BY WILLIAM c. UTLEY

miles of Omaha Neb, there community with the
of Boys Town. 1t is just romantic as its
for with the exception of handful of supervising old
sers peoped entirely by boys of sixteen less 1t has
boy mayor boy chief of police and governed by elected
commission of boys who live there.
Boys 1t sounds like something manufactured in dream!
It's
upon entering Boys Town, boy realizes that he stepping
world says high school sophomore Dan KAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

Trim modish raglan shoulders,
no sleeves to set in, make this
attractive dress easily fashioned
by even an amateur sewer. And
the neckline is extremely f1atter-
ing and youthful. Equally lovely
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Answers
Three Things

Write your name in kindness,
love, and mercy, on the hearts
of thousands you come in contact
with year by year; you will new
err be forgotten. Your name and
your deeds will be as legible on
the hearts you leave behind you
as the stars on the brow of eve
ning.-Thomas Chalmers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

Only half of these boys were
Catholics. They came from 38
states, the District of Columbia,
Canada, Alaska, China and Mexico.
The boys are taught trades or
business pursuits or farming, as
their abilities and ambitions die
tate. Tennis, baseball, football,
track and other sports, as well as
sanitary and hygienic education, en-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
The Mind
Meter .
BY F5
LOWELL
HENDERSON
Syllables Test
@ Bell syndicate.-wNu Service.

In this test there are two col
umns of syllables. Take syllable
out of the first column and unite
it with one in the second column
to form a word. When you are
finished, you should have ten COM
plete words.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
DOLLARS & HEALTH

The successful person is a healthy per-
son. Don't let yourself be handicapped
by sick headaches, sluggish condition,
stomach "nerves" and other dangerous
signs of over-acidity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
SLEEP SoUNDLY

Lack of exercise and injudicious eating
make stomachs acid. You must neu-
tralize stomach acids if you would sleep
soundly all night and wake up feeling
refreshed and really fit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
TAKE MlLNESIAS

Milnesia, the original milk of magnesia
in wafer form, neuralizes stomach acid.
Each wafer equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk
of magnesia. Thin, crunchy, mint-Aavor,
tasty. zoe, CSC & Soc at drug stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
HEARTBURN?

Its surprising how many have heart
burn. Hurried eating, overeating, heavy
smoking, excessive drinking all lead to
heartburn. When it comes, heed the
warning. Your stomach is on a strike.
Evening star., 1936-10-16

defiance of our immigration laws:
third, authorizing immediate action
30 that all unnaturalized Communists
and other foreign-born enemies Of the
Government which shelters them
including especially such of these as
are on Federal relief rolls or hold
private jobs to the exclusion Of citi-
gens-shall be put out Of this coun-
try and kept out.
Well, II he did do those very things,
there wouldn't be, as Adam Bede once
said, q dry throat left among the
kind Of Americans I trot around
with.
(Copyright. 1885. by the Nor.h American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1936-10-16
LUTHERAN MERGER.
DELAY EXPECTED.
Convention at Columbus Yet
to Decide on Seating
of Women.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 16.--
The Tenth Biennial Convention Of the
United Lutheran Church entered its
second day of business today with two
important questions still undecided
recommendations on the proposed
merger of all Luthern bodies In
America into one church, and seating
of women at conventions and on
church boards.
Church executives said the merger
question probably will be postponed
until the next convention. However
supporters of the plan to give women
equality with men In church govern
ment drove an entering wedge yester-
day by making the Women's Mis-
sionary Society an official church body.
Church Board Seats.
Their action provided that repre-
eentatives Of the society be given seats
on the church board-giving women
their first formal recognition within
the church.
A special commission appointed to
study the proposal for merging all
Lutheran churches in this country re-
ported to the convention that agree
ment had been reached with the
American Lutheran Church-one of
the three major Lutheran bodies-on
two of three controversial issues. The
third, said the commission, was still
in negotiation.
I'VE found just three matters hold
ing the church bodies apart" said
the commissions preliminary report.
These were the different attitudes of
the two bodies toward secret societies,
the difference in practice concerning
pulpit and altar-fellowships, and
difference Of view concerning the
Scriptures"
Agreement on Two Points.
The first two points were satisfac.
torily settled. said the commission.
through an agreement that:
"All persons afiliated with any So
cieties or organizations designated in
the Washington declaration of the
U. L. c. A. as organizations injurious
to the Christian faith should sever
their connections with such society or
organization. That pastors
and congregations shall not practice
tndiscriminate pulpit and altar fell
lowships with pastors and churches
Of other denominations, whereby doc
trinal differences are ignored. -"
Delegates predicted adoption with
little opposition Of a majority report
Of the commission on women as con-
sregational representatives that "elec-
ton Of women delegates to meetings
Of synod Is not unscriptural."
Evening star., 1936-10-16

come right out
and advocate the
following things:
First, t O. k | n 6
steps to collect,
or at least try
TO collect. what
those defaulting
debtor nations
owe us; second,
-instructing the
proper d e p a r t.
nents promptly
to eport all
aliens Ill egally
admitted to this
C oun try an d
therefore here in
Evening star., 1936-10-16
Irwin s., Cobb
Says:
Here's a Good Program
for Next President
to Follow.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, October
is.-If, In his first message to the
next Congress, our newly-elected Pres
ident-whoever he may be-should
Evening star., 1936-10-16
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