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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Do you Fletcherize your fooda

Do you Fletcherize your food?
 Or do you use the other system of eating7
 Both are recommended by physicians of equal weight in the estimation of the eating public.
 Advocates of both systems declare that the other will kill.
 Fletcherizing is pleasant and perhaps healthful when you have the time. But "gulping," as the other system is called. Is delightful to the average quick lunch counter" fend. And most of us are that.
 With only ten minutes between the of ice grind and tho growl of the punctil- ious boss we poor striving mortals of Birmingham have but little opportunity for F1etcherizins.
 We want the "warm stuff" dished up to us in nasty curves and we proceed to climb up around 1t like the boa constric- tor eating a calf only in quicker time.
 If we assayed to E1etcherize our ham and - in the presence of the average Greek hash vendor we would not only lose our positions at the office. but we would get charged up to space rent in the soup factory.
 The quick lunch counter in Birming- ham is setting q hot pace for poor nor tals to follow, but 1t is wonderful how naturally we fall into the habit
 From one end of the day to the other and on through the wide open night the pie brigade lined up to the polished pine wages a fierce battle against the march of famine The sound that goes up through all the hours of the day and night is like the clash of opposing arms. As each line conquers and falls back new squadrons fall in to take their places.
 It is never ending conflict. It pre- sents it's tragedies. Dyspeptic wrecks are strewn all along the miserable way. Some because they did not Fletcherize- some because they did. Some because they did not eat enough. Some for the reason that they eat too much. Some for eating too often and others for not eating often enough.
 One specialist says ono thing and an other just tho opposite, till poor hun gry mortals never know just what to do. They usually compromise by eating all they can and as often as they can. Perhaps that is best after all
 Birmingham has more than a dozen feed establishments that are open day and night. They arc all we'll patronized. Where the people come from that swag- ger in leisurely or fall in pell-mell after as hungry as wolves and bes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
FOR THE PUBLIC
New Formula Cures Couphs, Co'ds' Bronchitis and Hoarseness
 in Five Houre.

Much is being done in these days to stop the ravages of consumption, put probably nothing has been SO enective as teaching the public how to break up cold and cure coughs. bronchitis. tonsilitis'- etc.. with simple home-mixed medicine A laxative cough syrup, free from whisky is the prime need. A cough indicates in- f1ammation and congestion and these m turn are due to an excess of waste ana poisons in the system. tonic laxa1ive cough syrup rds the system of conges- ton. while relieving the painful cough ing. Get the following and mix at home; One-half ounce fluid wild cherry bark. one ounce compound essence cardioi ana three ounces syrup white pine compound. Shake the bottle and take 20 drops every half hour for four hours. Then one half to ono teaspoonful three or four times daily. Give children less. according ts age. Cut this out and save 1t for some friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
urae skeaas to Make Race.

Decatur. January 31.-(Special. .)-Numer- ous friends of Mayor Henry A. Skeggs of Decatur are urging him to become a candidate for railroad commissioner. When seen today MT. Skeggs said he had the matter under advisement. but had not decided yet whether he would be a candidate or not. It will be remembered that MT. Skeggs was a candidate for this office few years ago and while he was defeated he received a most fattering vote throughout the state. His friends in various sections of the state are Of the opinion that he can pc elected this time if he will enter the race. MT. Skeggs has been mayor of Decatur for the past P years and has been engaged in business all his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
THAT REMINDS ME
Birmingham Has More Than One Dozen All Night Cafes and Restaurants People That Frequent Them Make An
 Interesting Study For the Human Nature Student
By WALTER HARPER.

to be fed Is more than any one man knows.
 Some of them are men that toll by night Others are up Just for the love of the night and the glare of the elec> tric lights. Some of them are somnam- bulists and cannot sleep perhaps.
 Some are jingling handsful of coins or fondling crisp bills that have been &C., quired since the sun went down. He can afford cup of coffee and club sandwich But he can't sleep until he has to draw the curtain close to cut out the morning sun. He is night artist with nimble fingers, sharp wits and eagle eye.
 Behind him there generally strolls an- other with faltering step. Discourage ment and bitterness is written in every haggard line of his face. He looks as if he had given up very dear treasure since the last sun went down.
 All the labor of the night is not honest toll but 1t helps to keep the feed joint open.
 when toiling under the glare of an cleo tric lamp, while the charm of night per- vades the world and when the brain be- gins to enter that semi-conscious state of fatigue bordering on blissful insanity.
 Newspaper workers are on the street at all hours of the night When they find an idle five minutes they spend It eating something. Not because they need it but because they have the habit Many toilers in the offices. in banks, de- partment stores and counting rooms do not end their tasks till far into the night. They help to swell the midnight multitude that cannot or will not so home till morning.
 The quick lunch counter seems to De the center of this rapidly increasing mid night population fin Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Superintendent N. R. Baker.

The appointment of former Superintend- ent N R. Baker of the Ensley public schools to the position of superintendent of the western division of the Greater Bir- mingham school district has given much satisfaction to his many friends in Ems ley MT. Baker was connected with the his incumbency great progress was made in the work and the school attendance largely increased. Many important addi- tions were made and new methods adopt ed that made the Ensley school system the pride of it's citizenship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
H;oher Prices Predicted.

Boston, January 31.-Higher prices for meats are predicted for Boston the coming week over the heavy shipments of livestock on outward bound steam CTS and decreased receipts in the local markets. The two weeks boycott which started at midnight Saturday had little effect on the markets today so far as could be observed. The plan to substitute fish for meat received decided setback today when on small receipts fish prices went soaring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Veteran Suffers ParaIytIc Stroke.

Piedmont, January H.-lSpecial.)- George West, an old Confederate soldier, while walking down the street from the Seaboard to the Southern depot, this morning, suffered a stroke of paralysis. At first he was unable to speak. He was carried to the Albert House and at tended by Dr. Kenebrew. At this writ ing he is resting very well, and can talk so that he can be understood. He says he Is making his way from Vir- g.nia to a friend by the name of John Hoover in Philadelphia, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
ONE MAN KILLED IN LAKE SHORE WRECK

Toledo, O., January 31.-one trainman was killed and four were injured, nine seriously, when fast mail No. 35 on the Lake Shore railroad collided with the rear end of a freight train four miles west of Holland this afternoon. The mail train carried no passengers.
 The train was running on straight track. Official information Is that En- gifeer Al Reynolds of the mail train was adjusting an injector and did not see the ffs9ght. He has been fl years in the em- All6y of the Lake Shore, and was to have 6been retired on a pension tomorrow. So liar as is known this was his first wreck. File was uninjured, although the engine overturned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Virginia Has New Governor.

Richmond. Va, January 31-Claude A. Swanson will be succeeded tomor- row as governor of Virginia by Will liam Hodges Mann of Nottoway coun- ty. The oath of office will be admin istered at noon in the presence of the two houses of the general assembly, the state officials and others and the incoming executive will then deliver his inaugural address. Just before the inauguration of Governor Mann tho other state officials elected with him will be sworn in as follows: A. w. Harmon, Jr., state treasurer. re-elect- ed; B. O. James, secretary of the con- monwealth; Samuel w. Williams, at torney general, and J. Tyler Ellyson, lieutenant governor, reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
EnsIey Personals.

Dr. T. A. Cheatham of Columbus, Ga, was in Ensley today visiting his son, T. A. Cheatham, Jr., who has been quite sick. Dr. Cheatham is the drug inspector for the state of Georgia.
 Mrs. H. Kemp of Woodlawn and Mrs. Mary Yam of New Prospect are the guests of Mrs George Davis on Ave nue F.
 The Young Ladies' Missionary society will meet with Mrs. J. H. Reed on Ave- nue H and Twenty-third street next Thursday.
 Miss Georgia King is much improved from her recent severe illness.
 The Rev. L. A. Reagor and Miss Cas- ton of Gastonburg will be married at the home of the bride-elect tonight at 8 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Bradley ResIans as President.

Indianapolis, Ind, January 31.-- James s. Bradley, Jr., of Toledo. Ohio, severed his connection with the Inde- pendent Telephone interests in Indiana today when William Fortune of this city was elected president of the New Long Distance Telephons company at a special meeting of the directors. MT. Bradley resigned as president of the company to go south for long stay, after which he says he will devote his attention to other business interests. With this change MT. Fortune is placed in full charge of the Independent Tele- phone interests in Indiana now con trolled by J. P. Morgan & Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Petition for Five-cent Fare.

A set of resolutions and a petition signed by large number of citizens of Ensley and Pratt City, requesting a 5-cent fare, will be presented at the meeting of the City Council tomorrow night. Aldermen Barnes Morgan. chairman of the Greater Birmingham committee, will present the resolutions. The question of scent fare to E1sley and Pratt's has been the sub feet of much discussion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
-- Hiuh LIcenso Proceed.

Columbia, 8. O.. January 31.-Sena- tor Smith of Hampton tonight intro duced in the senate bill providing TOT the sale of liquor by private parties ac- cording to the high license system. The amount of the proposed licsnse fee ig oz000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Youno Woman Found Dylnq.

Dawson, Ga, January 31.-Inez Mitchell, young white woman, is dead here with a bullet in her brain, evidently, it is declared, fired from such distance as to preclude the the ory of her having committed suicide. She was found dying in her room. The coroner is holding an investigation, and the officers say an arrest may be made tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
F R E E P \ l. E C U R E
Sent To Demonstrate the Merits of
 Pyramid Pile Cure.
What It Has Done for Others, 1t Can
 Do for You.

What 1t Has Done for Others, 1t Can
 Do for You.
 We have testimonials by the hundreds showing all stages, kinds and degrees of piles which have been cured by Pyramid Pile Cure.
 If you could read these unsolicited let ters you would no doubt go to the nearest drug store and buy a box of Pyramid Pile Cure at once, price 50 cents.
 We do not ask you to do this. Send us your name and address and we will send you sample by mail free.
 We know what the trial package will do. In many cases it has cured piles without further treatment. If 1t proves its value to you order more from your druggist. at 50 cents box. This is fair. is it not? Simply fill out free coupon be- low and mail today. No knife and it's torture No doctor and his bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Traction Company Raises Wages.

Lynchburg, Va. January 31.-The wages of the car men of the local trac- ton company will be increased tomor- row to q maximum of 21 cents an hour. This is an increase of cent an hour. The increase came as surprise to the men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tab let's. Druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure F. w. GROVES signature is on ca ch box. 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
FREE PACKAGE COUPON.

Fill out the blank lines below with your name and address, cut out coupon and mall to the PYRA- MID DRUG COMPANY, 24 Pyra- mid Bldg, Marshall Mich. A sam pie of the great Pyramid Pile Cure will then be sent you at once. by mail, FREE, sn plain wrapper.
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 City and State ................
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Birmingham has more than dozen feed establishments that are open day and night. They are all we'll patronized. Where the people come from that swag- ger in leisurely or fall in pell-mell after midnight as hungry as wolves and bes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26

mills and power houses use oil for
fuel Its cleanliness, it's economy in
the matter of space, its actual dol
lar-saving caLtcity combine to make
it the ideal fuel of fuels.
general demand is being felt in
all of the fields for enough oil to sup
ply the foreign as we'll as the home
markets Russia is a large consumer
of oils Japan is reported to be about
to remove the duty Imposed over a
year ago on our oil and by that mean
to revive a very fair sized foreign
market In China, our oil, in a re.
fined state, is very largely used, in
deed An official of the Standard Oil
Company recently informed the writ
er that the highgrade light oils of
tSumatra were cutting into our Mon
golian trade very considerably On
account Of their market for it; but
the American Gill consumed by China
is an enormous quantity.
Our own provinces consume a great
deal of the product, and with oiling
stations for the navy, we may ex-
pect an unprecedented activity among
producers to supply our distant oil
ing stations, as they can barely keep
up with the demand now.
For four thousand miles and more
California oil is transported and burn
ed. From Nome to Valparaiso and
from as far east as the Rockies, west
to ultimate Siberia perenniaIly clad in
snow and ice, as we'll as from the
southern runs of the Southern Paci
fic and Santa Fe Railroad Companies
to the palmy isles of the Orient, NOR
California oil is carried for consump-
ton. To be financially interested
in the oil business is to have an
added prestige given you by business
men the world over, and is just cause
for pride in ones common sense.
In the matter of intelligence used
by those Interested in the oil busi-
ness, it was recently said by a writ
er in the Petroleum World Iondon)
that the greatest aggregation of brain
ever got together was behind the OIL
industry. The constructive genius
of the officials of the great Stand
ard Oil Company was held up and
Landed, and the business methods of
great British enterprise suffered
severely by comparison.
The richness of the Industry in
California is rarely appreciated by
the outsider who carelessly reads an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26

Nekoosa Monday night in the doctor
auto to attend the Forester s meeting
Mrs. A. Berard, LiIlian Berard with
Mr.. and Mrs Mike Mcdonald left
Tuesday for Tomahawk to attend the
funeral OF Mrs Morn which took place
Wednesday at 9 o'clock a.. m.
Tony Yeager had the misfortune to
hurt his hand at the Grand Rapids
Foundry Monday. He will be laid up
for a week CT more.
Roy Sour is visiting at the Lewis
SchalPs home on 9Th Ave, S. He
leaves soon for South Dakota.
A. Greene and G. Fisher Of Stevens
Point are in the city selling fine draf
horses.
A. G. Briggs of Wausau was in the
city on business Tuesday
Albert Henke, the confectionery
dealer on the west side spent part
of Tuesday in Nekoosa ON business.
VIM. Habeck has moved into the
George Berard home on 8th st.
Kate Dolan has accepted a posi-
ton in Joe Staub's electrical store.
]. P Martin has sold his candy
store and pop corn outfit on the ives:
side to F. Beadle and is moving to
a farm in Seneca.
Supt. Sullivan OF the Merrill Paper
mill was among those who attended
the Foresters doings Monday night.
Father Feldman of Nekoosa attend
ed the Foresters meeting Monday
night.
Rev. VIM. A. Newing will deliver
an address before the NJ. E. Sabbath
School convention which is to be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26
California National Crude Oil Company
Man nDNGI Angeles California

The ladies Captain Bacon and Lieut..
Mclean who have been assisting Mr..
Knudson in this city will continue
the work here for some time.
A. j. Kujawa, merchant at Ru-
dOlph, has the stone foundation of
his new residence done and is hay-
ing lumber hauled for the frame WORK
The new building is to be about 80
x30.
Helen MacKinnon returned Thurs
day from Texas.
James Dokm, wife and children de-
parted Thursday for Amigo.
Mrs George Bates of Rudolph has
had quite a serious time lately with
an injury caused by a needle or pin
running into her arm.
The foundation for a new residence
26x26 on the corner of Eleventh and
Peach streets is now under construc-
ton and is the property of Adolph
Painter w. H Wright has charge
Of the mason work and Martin Pan
ter is assisting.
Martin Hansen, owner OF the old
hotel known as the Grace House, has
had the building reshingled with pre-
pared roofing and freshly painted on
the exterior.
A new platform and steps has been
added to the G. A. R. hall this week
J. W. Franson who has been the
operator at the Green Bay & West
ern depot for the past three years,
resigned his position and win leave
for the west in about two months
Harry Franson IS making a visit al
Abbotsford with his aunt, Mrs. u.
ii. Manning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26

Mrs. S. NJ Claire of Stevens Point
is visiting at the home of her cousin
Mrs. Alfred Emmes
Mrs. Peter Moberg of Sigel depart
ed for Arpin Tuesday noon to assist
at the home of Supt Robert Nor
ris, where Mrs. Morris has been sick
for some time with pneumonia.
Grace Daniels of Dale, Wis, is Wis
iting at the home of Ed. Philleo.
Rev VIM A. Newing pastor of the
NJ. E. church who has been out Of
the city few days arrived home
Monday and can be found at the NJ. E
parsonage.
Ladies of the Federation who will
serve supper at the Eagles hall in
the Spafford block Friday evening,
May 9th from $50 in the afternoon
until 800 A cordial invitation is
extended to everybody to attend said
supper
Otto Leu who lives west of the
city few miles recently sold two
full blooded registered holstein cows
to Geo. Stow for $500.
! Chas. Shepherd was a business
visitor in the city Monday.
Joe Wheir has purchased a new
soda fountain for his candy kitchen
and as soon as it arrives it will be
installed.
A. F. Binmeyer has been given the
contract to build the new bandstand
at the Grand Rapids baseball uark.
| Jack Kinister resigned his position
recently as deliverynan at the John
/ son & Hill Co. s store.
John Nash, c. Burt with DR.. Geo.
/ Pomainville and wife came up from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26

the Grand Rapids Milling Co., left
Wednesday for points south of the
Rapids.
Mrs. John Smith of Coloma Sta
ton has been visiting at the John
Wooddell home in this city the last
few days leaving Wednesday for Min
neapolis where she will visit Her sis
ter, Mrs. L. Wooddell-
Ed. Berg of Sigel spent Wednesday
in Grand Rapids.
Curtis Withers returned recently
from Colorado. His parents will ar
rive in a few days and wifi likely re-
side here.
William Hess has foundation walls
nearly completed for a new house he
is going to erect on the corner of
Tenth and Arbor streets. The di-
mension walls of the house are "a
x42 The house will be two stories
and the contract for it's erection was
let to Herman Abel The mason
work is being done by William Dali
Ike, assisted by Henry Abel.
James Corcoran, the carpenter, is
building a new house on the corner
of Pearl and Tenth streets for his
son, w G. Corcoran. The body of
the house will be 2Sx30, two stories,
with an addition on the back 14x16,
two stories We understand that th:s
property will be for rent when com
pleted.
Judge Webb, who owns a 40 acre
tract of land lying south of Oak ST.,
between Tenth and Fourteenth, has
torn down the enclosure and is sell
ing off lots to suit customers
Albert Shearer who has been EN-
ployed at Ladysmith, Is home sick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-26

article like the present one. There
are several reasons for this, among
them being the magnitude of the in
dustry, the millions upon millions of
dollars invested and the general a.
bility to grasp what has not been
seen with the eyes. He has not view
ed the Oil fields; he has not seen
the remarkable forest of derricks at
steady old Kern River, nor driven
down the country road in Wonderful
Coalnga;" knows little or nothing of
marvellous Midway, with it's gushers,
and has probably evinced little inter-
est i'm the other fields of the state,
although people are so clamoroUs for
news of the oil world today that the
most phenomenal boom in oil i'm tie
history of California is in progress
now.
A sight of the million dollar refiner
les, of the miles and miles of pipe
lines which discharge oil drawn from
the fields at tidewater, and a know
ledge of the engineering feats per-
formed for this transportation; al few
views of great storage tanks and pump
would probably revise a few notions
of the uninformed ON the oil situation
in California.
1t is most probable, however, that
a glance at the dividend sheets which
3. appear with solar regularity every
month, showing that nearly mil
lion dollars is piad out, while some
companies do not make public their
dividends to swell the amount, would
doubtless quicken the appreciation
of the uninterested man and would
tend to show him what the Oil bust
ness of California means to those
financially interested.
1t means, if interested, in a good
company whose stock is handled by