davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
Answers to
Question Box

"a Samuel l. Clemens. River
pilots used to call out the depth
Of the water. When they said
mark twain they mean the water
was two fathoms (12 ft) deep.
(2) Six flags have flown over
Texas-flags Of Spain, France, Mex
leo, Republic Of Texas.
(3) Lake of the Woods county,
Minnesota.
az Abner Doubleday invented
baseball and Is called Father Of
Baseball Later he graduated from
West Point. Was an officer at Fit.
Sumpter and fired the first gun of
the Civil War for the Union. Doub-
leday was field commander at Get
tysburg on the first day of the bat
tie and he Is credited with winning
that battle by his excellent general
ship.
(5) Confucianism has the most
with 310,000,000 adherents.
co. White pepper is only well
ripened black pepper.
CD Mary had in her garden
Silver bells and cookie shells and
pretty maids all In a row."
go No one knows, for, If one dies
in his sleep 1t Is impossible to know
whether he dreamed or not.
(O Because Canada uses the i'm
perial gallon which Is about five
quarts, instead Of four as in the
u. s.
(10) Because the beasts that made
Buffalo Bill famous were not buf-
faloes but BISON, a different ami
NAL. (He did once shoot real
buffalo in a ZOO, however.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
Thursday, March 2, 1889
The Same old Gag

The foreign minister Of Brazil
is In Washington for the purpose
of making a touch" He only
wants 80 million dollars with
which to develop his country, and
he intimates that If the money Is
not forthcoming they will get 1t
from the totalitarian governments
Of Europe. OF all expositions of
gall this easily takes first place.
We are Brazil's best customer,
buying from her each year some
thing like 60 million dollars worth
of coffee, and large quantities of
crude rubber. In return, Brazil
buys only about IL million dollars
worth of American products, so
the balance of trade Is heavily in.
her favor. Brazil has defaulted on
loans already made by Americans
and there Is no reason to believe
that she would be wiling to repay
any part of monies that might b..
advanced her In the future.
This administration Is altogether
too easy in its dealings with de-
faulting countries. Mexico has been
permitted to appropriate hundreds
of millions of dollars of American
investments in that country. When
Secretary Hull negotiated the trade
agreement with Brazil he agreed
to freeze" coffee on the free list
and could enumerate other i'm
stances of American stupid gener-
osity in dealing with foreign coun-
tries.
If Brazil is not satisfied with the
present arrangement, which runs
s or 10 to in her favor we should
abrogate the American-Brazilian
trade agreement and arrange to
buy our coffee from countries that
are willing to buy more from us.
We are the good neighbor." How
the Latins must laugh up their
sleeve when they think of how easy
Uncle Sam Is to do business with.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
LIBRARY
SHELF
HENDRIX WILLEM VAN LOON:
The Story Of Mankind, Geography,
The Arts
By Bernice FinneSan

The gentle scholar, going about
his quiet way, sleeping himself in
learning and withdrawing more
closely into the shelter of his be-
loved books, has no parallel in H.
w. Van Loon, late Of Holland.
There is no reticense about this
man whose whole life has been
governed by his overpowering de-
sire for knowledge and his method
of passing it on. His honest hui
man craftsmanship" his simple air
Of writing his best, his lack of
pedantry, mark him as one Of the
great modern humanitarians.
Van Loon was unsatisfied with
reputation as an eminent histor-
ian Of his native Dutch Republic;
in middle life he chose to master
English, and write the majority of
his later books in the language
which he felt to be more universal
than his native Dutch. In the three
books mentioned at the beginning
Of this article he displays his COM
mand Of his adopted tongue with
force, complete familiarity, and a
gift for comparison and under
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02

Even during lean agricultural
years punctuated by drought and
other adverse conditions, the poul-
try industry has maintained rel
atively high economic position.--Dr.
John r. Mohler, Chief, u s. B. A. I.
Chicks from one to sixteen weeks
Of age require almost twice as
much vitamin d per unit of feed
as they do from sixteen to twen-
ty-four weeks of age. To some
extent the size Of eggs is influ-
enced by feeding water consumed.
Limited feed and water produces
smaller eggs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
Sign-Up Meet In
Sank Centre March 3rd
CONTINUED from Page one)

not properly labeled.
Send pint sample of the seed
to the State Seed Laboratory at
University Farm, st. Paul, for a
test. The report will be mailed to
the sender.
There seems to be too much of a
tendency on the part of some far
mers to be guided by price alone.
There is a large amount of good
desirable homegrown grass seed
right in the county and this seed
should be purchased direct from
growers if it meets the require
ments of the state test. When
this is done there is no question
about the adaptability of the seed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
Sub-District Tourna-
ment Opens Tonight

basket that literally stunned 1Zu(
fans from the two cities.
It was an athletic Renaissance
a revival for Sank Centre. Signifi
cantly enough the two Stearns
county teams, who for the frs,
time met as finalists in the district
had not met in seasonal athletics
The same is true this year.
Last year marked the first time
in more than a decade that Melrose
and Sank Centre had not met in
regularly scheduled competition
And the tale of two cities, with one
dramatic chapter written last year,
opens tonight just as dramatic, just
as dangerous for each.
On defensive maneuvers some are
basing Sank Centres hopes for to-
night. Melrose has an aggressive,
scoring club that has featured stel-
lar efforts of both Wagner and God
frey. But aces from other schools
have been stopped by this defen-
sive Sank Centre club. If Pang-
burn uses his height along with
Conkey and Kringen, and Ethun his
drive, and the offensive eyesight
seems on, many give Sank Centre,
in spite of the pressure and the
grudge aspects Of the battle, more
than an outside chance. If Mel
rose takes an early lead, the ball
game may be over. Some won't
concede that Sank Centre could
meet tourney pressure in a trailing
wake. Reserves for the locals are
strong if it comes to matter of
regulars fouling out.
But this seems to be an important
factor. Many choose to disregard
basketball ability and accept this
game for what it promises to be.
A dog-fight battle in which the
scrappiest team, the team that
plays for the ball the hardest will
be the winner.
In other sub-districts pairings
found schools competing. Two win
ners in each first round from each
will enter the district meet.
At Swanville:
Sank Centre VS.. Melrose.
Upsala VS.. Swanville.
At Long Prairie:
Eagle Bend vs.. Bertha.
Clarissa VS.. Long Prairie.
At Glenwood:
Osakis VS.. Brandon.
Glenwood VS.. Evansville.
At Alexandria:
Alexandria VS.. Parkers Prairie.
Deer Creek VS.. Henning.
Sank Centre 81; Grey Eagle 16
A slow starting Sank Centre club
made good it's qualifying round in
to the sub-district play Monday
night when they downed a scrappy
Grey Eagle team, who paced them
for an entire half, 81 to 16.
A listless start saw the Toftness
men leading at the quarter only
to 4, and 9 to 5 at the half. The
third saw them leading 16 to TO-
It was a final 15-point quarter that
put the locals in a dominantly
victorious position.
Tho how Scnra.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
Unaware OF Lost License
Until Want Ad Finds It.

WINDOM--A young man did
the commendable thing of bringing
right to the newspaper office an
auto license plate that he picked
upon the road that hour. The next
day Alvin Person was reading the
paper and noticed the license
number given in the notice. He
didn't know his number was lost
off the back of his car, but that
number looked familiar, so he
went to see and sure enough it was
his. What better service can be
given than finding an article be-
fore one knows he has lost it!
Man Broke His Leg
But Didn't Know It
EDGERTON-Joh Bruyn is
recovering from a peculiar exper-
fence of three weeks ago, in
which he broke his leg without
realizing it at the time. He and
his wife and small son had gone to
a hospital in Pipestone to call on a
friend and while carrying the child
from the car to building, John
slipped and fell on an icy spot. AL
though he hurt his leg in the fall,
he continued to walk on it and
drove back home. He finally decid-
ed to see the doctor and discover
ed that a bone was broken. After
treatment, John went home and Is
getting along fine.
Deer Steps Thru Knot:
Wood Remains Above Hoof-
RED LAKE FALLS-A hang
over from the deer season Is the
peculiar deer shot by Mr.. Anchor
Wurden of Fisher the third day of
the 1888 open season. The deer had
apparently stepped in a rotten log
and its foot had gone thru a knot
hole which was surrounded by
solid wood. The knot had remained
there and gave evidence of hav-
ing caused the deer to favor the
foot since the hoof had grown
sharp and the knot itself had been
worn smooth by the grass and
brush thru which the animal had
travelled.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02

Chicago has 30 miles Of bride
paths In its city parks.
The first motion picture with
sound was shown in 1925.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02

Politeness was costly for Mil
ford Schmidt, of Marion, O. He
broke his arm at the elbow as he
lifted his wife's chair back from
the dinner table.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-02
MarOOned Man
Gets Food BY Ski
Opens Car Door,
Hurled To Road

SLAYTON-LeRoy Otto. local
high school student, had only few
bruises and scratches to show for
his narrow escape from serious in
jury or death last week, while re-
turning home from a basketball
game at Luverne. Opening the car
door to throw out cigarette butt,
he was jerked out of the machine
to the pavement by a strong wind
which was blowing at the time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
AN ODD COMPOSER

One of the most popular French COM
posers of opera in the nineteenth century
was Daniel Francois Esprit Auber, who
would not listen to his own music after he
had written it, althugh he would attend
performances of other composers works.
1t is related of him that on one oc-
casion he went to hear Rossini's Barber of
Seville" but when the orchestra began he
was shocked to find that his own "Masa-
niello" had been substituted at the last
moment He Immediately rushed from
the opera house.
The delay in finishing this same
"Masaniello' almost drove the opera man.
agement to distraction. Two days before
the first performance was scheduled,
Auber had the score ready except the
overture. His librettist, Augustin Scribe,
frantically begged him to get busy, but the
composer told him to be patient.
On the morning of the premiere,
Scribe found Auber asleep in his room
with his clothes on, but the finished over
ture reposed on his table. This overture,
by the way, is still popular, especially with
military bands.
Auber wrote some forty operas, the
last of which he composed when he was 81
years of age. Perhaps best known is one
of his lighter works, ERA Diavolo,' the
overture to which has often been played as
a concert number. Auber died in 1871, at
the age of 80.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
T E S T Y O. u 3
X N q w L E D G E
Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn TO
Page 4 for the answers


l. Of which river is the Clinch
River a tributary?
2. For which COVE rnm e t
agency do the initials ice
stand?
3. Name the important British
island possession off the
south coast of China.
4. Who is Chairman of the Ma
tional Labor Relations
Board?
S. Did Switzerland maintain
neutrality during tn e
World War?
6. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word dec
laxative?
Z. What is helicopter?
8. Into what river does the
Pecos River empty?
0. Which country was the first
to formally recognize the
independence of the Unit
ed States?
10. Name the British fortress
and Crown colony at the
western entrance to the
Mediterranean.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
TRADE IS SWAPPING GOODS

The people of the United States are
always interested to hear that the nation
has what is known as "a favorable trade
balance" They seem to think that there
is great national virtue to be found in the
fact that the United States sold other lands
more than we bought from them.
There might have been a time when
this was sound and logical delight, but,
just now, with most of the worlds gold
and our position as creditor nation to
consider, it doesn't make too much sense.
Let's take the case of Rumania, for
example. We do not like to believe that
this Balkan nation will ally herself with
people who dislike the recent commercial
agreement between Germany and the Ru-
manians.
In the first two months of this year
the Rumanians purchased $780, $50 worth
of American products. This, it is true, is
small business for nation that thinks and
spends in billions. Nevertheless, the point
is clearer when we earn that, during the
same two months, the United States spent
$345, 900 for products that Rumania sells.
How long can this last? Well, the
Rumanians have to pay for their purchases
with gold, goods or services. They have
little in the way of services and not too
much gold That leaves them one practi-
cal way to buy American products-that
is through the selling of Rumanian prod
ucts.
If we want to build up the inter-
national trade of the United States we
must do business with customers able to
pay for what they buy. So far as Ru-
mania is concerned, this means that we, or
somebody else, must buy what she has to
sell, or, in palmer terms, the products that
she has to barter in the world mart. Ger
many moves to swap goods with the Ru-
manians and it is easy to see that unless
we are willing to meet that kind of COM
petition we won't sell many American
products in Rumania.
Of course, we can get along without
the trade of Rumania. That would be easy,
if that were all there is to the problem.
Unfortunately, what applies to Rumanian
trade is applicable to all nations. There
must be reciprocity in commerce, which is,
in it's essentials, swapping of goods for
the mutual benefit of the traders. A ma
ton, unwilling to swap, will, eventually,
be unable to sell.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Propaganda is in the air to make
room in America for the orphans of
Europe, and families are urged to adopt
child or pay for its upkeep in socialistic
and communistic Europe. Mrs. Roosevelt
has adopted Loyalist child and undoubt-
eddy many Americans in imitation of
grandiose humanitarian motive will goose
step in like manner. The internationalism
of some Americans is on the way to dim
our nationalistic spirit and is moving US
slowly but surely into entangling alliances
with Europe, and war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
THROW 1T AWAY

You have heard of the Chicago dem
fist who attached dollar bills to weights
and dropped them from his office window
into the street. You see he was working
on the principle that prosperity could be
coaxed back into being if folks would
throw money away. It was sucker bait.
Now most of us can't afford to cast ten
dollar bills from office windows, and if We
could there would be some kind soul in
Key West who would see that we were put
in the proper institution. Most folks have
been reared with the saving for q rainy
day. in mind, and the idea of counting pros
perity by spending widely, hasn't proved
its worth to us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

Executive session of the At
lantic Coastal Highway Associa-
ton will be held in Key West
on Tuesday, June Is, it was de-
cided and announced at a called
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday. The associa-
ton secretary had requested
that the meeting be called to be
held in the week of June "a.
Letters from officials of the as
ISOLATION, including Mayor AL
sop of Jacksonville, indicate
that the attendance at the meet
ing may exceed 500. Represen-
tatives from each of the cities
along the highway are expected
to be present, from the Canada
line to Key West. A personal
representative of President Ma
chado of Cuba will probably be
here to extend an invitation to
the members on a trip over the
Cuban National Highway, now
in course of construction. High
officials of the National Organi-
zation, Spanish-American War
Veterans, are being extended
invitations and some have al
ready expressed their intention
of coming. Congressional rep
resentative Ruth Bryan Owen
has announced that she will be
here for the session if the extra
session of congress is concluded
before that time and assurances
have been received from Gov
ernor Doyle Carlton that he and
members of his staff will visit
the city during the convention.
also the chairman of the state
highway department and other
officials of the roads, both state
and county. The Chamber of
Commerce is, planning an elab-
crate banquet for the visitors on
the evening of June IS, and a
number of other entertaining
features are being arranged.
The local committee is headed
by Frank Laid, one of the two
members of the Atlantic Coastal
Highway Association who are
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Ripley says that bee travels 100000
miles for one pound of honey. Then smart
man comes along and robs it of its hard
earned sustenance and leaves it little in
ferior molasses to sustain it so it can ac-
cumulate another pound of the mellifluous
fluid. That is allegorical of the attitude
and conduct of the present Administration
towards business which is taxed almost to
its death but not quite, enough life is left
in the form of revenue so it can. continue
its productivity to fatten the politicians. It
may be prophetic to say that some day the
bees endowed with sharp organs of de-
fense will get wise to themselves and star
some organized singing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Hitler in his Reichstag speech of last
week boosted of having accomplished his
purposes without bloodshed. The situa-
ton is analogous when stick-up man gets
the drop on you and makes his demands.
Under those circumstances you quietly
hand over your belongings, glad the bandit
spared your most precious possession
your life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

A chap,-still in the good graces of
fortune and once known to fame to a GER
tain degree,-expressed the thought to
this writer that the public should be made
''tax conscious" The public is thoroughly
imbued with that consciousness now, he
was answered, what it requires is to be
made "tax PAYING conscious"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

A Key West chap wants to know if
there is a man in town who can remember
when the clothes his wife wore weighed
more than the clothes-pins she used to
hang them with on the line.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Doctor-You say that, on an
average, you have been drinking
six glasses of beer a day? Now ]
can allow you only half the num-
bert
Patient latter a pause)--Doc-
tor, / really believe / used to
drink couple more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

The President may run for third
term, being, as it is well established, a
precedent breaker. If he does elect to run,
he will find the electorate a president
breaker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Mrs. William r. Warren, pres
ident of the Woman's Club,
states that Captain George Rice,
commanding officer of the army
post, has agreed to rope off a
space for the May Day festival
to be held at the barracks to-
morrow afternoon. 1t is request
ed that everyone keep away
from the. ropes in order that the
people. may haves clear view
of the dancers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
You Wretch!

Admiral Gazoof observing his
orderly in a lineup of culprits
flared into rage. "Symtile", he
snorted, "whatinhen are you do
ing here?"
"Sir', replied Smythe, Il was
told to report forusing profane
language.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

If hard work, enterprise, and thrift
have made this country the greatest coun-
try in history, then, it follows, lack of
those virtues will spell its doom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Consequently, the passage of a
bill providing for the "authoriza-
ton" of a battleship or a naval
base does not mean that the bat
tleship or base will be built; this
depends upon the subsequent ap-
preparation of money by Congress
to carry out the authorization.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Hitler and Mussolini are in perfect
accord-each wants the lions share.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

One-third of 1889 is on the way and
three-thirds of most resolutions have long
since departed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

The reader should note that the
bill authorized fifteen bases at
specified places. However, last
week President Roosevelt asked
Congress for $3l,62l.000 to start
work on twelve of the bases au-
thorized by the previous legisla-
ton. In other words. after the
fifteen bases had been authorized
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

by Congress, it was necessary for
the President to secure the pas
sage of an appropriation bill, pro-
viding the money for construc-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Westbrook Pegler, on his vacation
few days ago, visited Key West Fair
enOugh.-P.E.B. in Tampa Tribune.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

from Florida. Other members
are Robert Austin, B. L. Grooms,
Norberg Thompson, Clifford
Hicks, A. c, Elgin, E. A. Strunk,
George Morris, William Demer-
lit, Joe Pearlman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Editorial Comment: Mr.. Mat
lack, New York Moving Picture
cameraman, mas cranked his
camera the world over, and says
that Key West affords as much
natural beauty as any other
place he has ever filmed. "Plen-
ty of interest here, too, he con-
Guided.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

The Photographic equipment
of the Navy, which has been OPP
Grated in the sections Of the
coast of Cuba, and the members
of the party of operators and
their two planes diSbanded here
this morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

In the event of war in Eu-
rope, an embargo on the ship
ment of munitions would ire
mendously handicap Great Brit
ain and France. This is obvious
ly not in accordance with popular
opinion in this country today and
the Congress will probably find
some effective way to provide for
rendering economic assistance to
the democracies in the event of a
conflict.