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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Bradstreet's Rennrt

New York. October 2O.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
 Though trade trends show little def mite change it probably is true that retail business in the larger cities has expanded in consonance with cooler weather and the advance of the season let this improvement is by no mefns uniform. Too much rain is reported in the northwest and along the Atlantic seaboard. This hampered shopping, while low cotton prices have affected southern trade and collections.
 Incidentally the country districts as a Whole report that retail business in this respect Is rather slow. Returns as to 1obbing and wholesale lines tell of a reasonable degree of activity in dry goods. furniture, shoes and the like articles, but 1t is claimed that interior distributors continue to buy on hand to mouth basis. though most purchases call for immediate shipment
 Cotton goods are still being gradu- ally reduced in keeping it were with the declines in raw cotton, and this situation tends to render buyers cau- tious because lacking confidence in the stability of prices.
 ' On the other hand, trade in leather holds up well with a firm price under
 
 and firm with export trade feature
 There is more doing in holiday goods and manufacturing confectioners are busy. Trade in finished steel is un- satisfactory not so much because of a paucity of orders. hut principally be- cause prices which have again receded are so low as to threaten even present very small profits
 Competition is very keen and manu- lecturers in the central west have re- questsf the railroads to reduce freight rates on raw materials, apparently pre- ferring to save in this direction rather than to cut wages. In fact it is said that reSdjustments of wages present some difficulties, especially as there is little surplus labor in the industry
 Business failures in the United States Tor the week ending October 19 were z58 against PIP last week, and 197 IF the like week in 1910. and 244 in 1909 and 220 in 1908. Business failures 'n Canada for the week number 24. compared with 9 last and 34 for the corresponding week in 1910.
 Wheat, including flour exports. from the United States and Canada for the week aggregate 2,541.,6 bushels against 3.726.04S last week and 2,S44.- G1o this week last year For the 16 weeks ending October 19 exports are i6,5S92S3 bushels against 2S,0O1,177 in the corresponding period last year
 Corn exports for the week are 631,6t2 bushels against 754,749 last week and Sls.6SS in 1910. For the 16 weeks end ing October 19 corn exports are g. .50G. . l95 bushels against 5,552, 4O2 last year
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with the work that is being done at the college the first of A series of lyceum attractions will be given al inc college Monday evening. This system was organized by Dr. John W. StaRg and il is being perpetuated by his sue cessor, Dr. E. D. McDougall, Prof. E.
 !. Neal being manager of the course.
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DAYS RECORD IN
 COUNTY COURTS

In the circuit court yesterday verdict for $237.50 for the plaintiff was rendered ih the case of Major Willis against the Birmingham Coal and Iron company. The suit was brought for $10,O00 for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while ranV's mine
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The above portraits are of those who hold the centre of the stage in the trial of John J.. McNamara and his brother, James B. McNamara, now going on at Los Angeles, Cal The brothers are on trial for murder in connection with the Los Angeles Times explosion, in which twenty-one persons perished. Judge Bordwel, who will try the McNamaras, and Captain J. D. Fredericks, the Prose outing Attorney, are.shown herewith, Ill addition to the two defendants.
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For Community of Interests

Anniston, October 0.-(SpeciaL)-- In order 10 promote a community of in terests between the people of Annistoa and the faculty and student body of the Alabama Presbyterian college and to bring the citizens into closer touch
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by large force of men and construction of new hotel will begin in a few days. The debris of the burned hotel has been a depressing sight in that locality since last November It is the intention of ,. E. Penney. owner of the property, to build handsome hotel of more than 100 rooms. The annex of 26 rooms was not Ge stroyed and it will be refurnished and
 used as part of the new hotel,' The old Huntsville opera house will also De converted into an annex.
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Deal Closed

Huntsville. October 20. - Special. j- The Woodmen of the World of thia ella, nave closed deal with the krons. Carnival company 10 put On a street fair here during Inc week of SoVefr4 Der to IT. The Woodmen wlll have q queen contest during tic carnival
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Court of Common Pleas

W J. May charged with assault with intent to murder. whose preliminary hear ing was set for yesterday afternoon be- fore Judge l. H. Benners of the first di- vision of the inferior court, waived pre- liminary. His case will be investigated by the grand jury.
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MASONS ELECTED
Birmingham Men Figure in Confer
 ring of Scottish Rite Honors

James Vance Of tbg city who rec snlly assumed charge Of z Masonie paper in SeW York city was given tbe honorary
 a5d degree of tie Scottish Rite Masonry h Washington last plight Friends Of Mf. Vance Here. who ls the youngest ssd
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degree Mason in the country, were ad- vised of the ceremony last night.
 MT. Vance was to have been elevated two years ago but at. that time he was too young. His election was deferred un- til he became of Masonic age.
 In addition to MT. Vance other Fir mingham men were honored last night. It was announced that George Beau champs of Montgomery was elected a knight commander of the court of honor.
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H. R. DeHall of the Tennessee company and pr. J. U. Ray were also given .he honor. Announcement was made yester- day of the election of Lew Lazarus to the court of honor.
 James Bowron was elected an honorary S3d degree Mason two years ago but ill., nes prevented his taking the degree until a few days ago.
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Will Build Model Dairy

Gadsden, october 20-(Special. M A. cobbs one of the dairymen of this district has secured lease on 70 acres of land belonging to the Coosa Land company in Owls valley near thls city and will erect model dairy there on. Heshas made a lease ol the land for q period of 10 years and has also bought outright enough land for Il home and the necessary buildings. Work on the erection of the buildings is to begin at once and the barns are to be constructed according to the United states agricultural departments model dairy plans.
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Criminal Court

Andrew Lewis. a negro, was yesterday found guilty of burglary in the first di- vision of the criminal court. He will be sertenced today.
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Will Build New Hotel

Huntsville, october 20-tSpecial)- )-Tle Huntsville hotel lot is being cleaned up {,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Regents of the Kansas State
Normal School until 10 a. m Friday,
September 18th, 1911. for the furnishing of
all labor and materials and the erection
Of an Agricultural High School on the
grounds of the Western Branch of the
State Normal Hays, Kansas: also for the
furnishing of all labor and materials re-
CURED in the installation of complete sys-
TENS of steam heating. plumbing and
electrical wiring. All of the foregoing to
be executed in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared for the same by
Charles II. Chandler, State Architect
Plans and specifications may be had at
the office of the State Architect or at the
institution.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check for five 90 per cent OF
the amount bid, made payable to Joseph
Fl. Hin. President. and the same shall
be forfeited to the state in case the sue
cessful bidder fails for ten DAYS to enter
into contract and furnish the required
bonds as prescribed by law. after award
Of contract has been made.
The attention of the bidder is called to
Chapter ia Session Laws of 1891 with
which he must comply. This Is COMMONLY
known as the Eight Hour Law
The right is reserved by the Board of
Regents to reject any or all bids IL It is
IS deemed to be to the States interest TO
do so.
sealed covers and shall be marked Pro
posals,' and addressed to Joseph H. HILL
President, Kansas State Normal School.
Hays, Kansas.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
KANSAS STATE NORMAL.
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
August 26. 1911



Sealed proposals will be received by the
Trustees of the Topeka Industrial and
Educational Institute, at Topeka, Kansas.
until Y o'clock noon, Monday, September
Is, 1911, for the furnishing Of complete
systems of heating and plumbing III the
Girls Dormatory Building at the above
named Institute. The same being ad-
dressed to w. r. Carter and filed with the
State Architect.
Plans and specified lions may be seen on
file at the office of the Institution. and in
the State Architects office at Topeka.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check for five 90 per cent OF
the amount bid Said check to be made
payable to J. Newell Abrahams. Treas
urers and the same shall be forfeited to
the State in case the successful bidder
fails for ten days to enter into contract
and furnish the required bonds IS pre-
scribed by law, after award of contract
has been made.
The attention Of bidders is called to
Chapter ia. Session Laws OF 1891. with
which they must comply, this Is commofi-
~ known as the eight hour law.
The right Is reserved by the Trustees
to reject any or all bids If it is deemed
to be to the States interest to do so.
TRUSTEES TOPEKA INDUSTRIAL
AND EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTE.
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COLLECTIONS.

N. COOVER, $50 Kansas ave, Will collect
your old or bad account or viii get you
a pension. Try him.
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MONEY TO LOAN on personal property
and collateral security, on easy terms
G. H Flinthann, 9O6 E. 4th St
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POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.
FOR SALE-New and secondhand BIZ
lizard and pool tables and bowling aleyA-
We lead the world in cheap bar fix
lures; easy payments. Send for catalogue
Brunswick Bake Collender Co.. l32a-p
Main street. Kansas City. No.
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I have for special clients a large sum of
money ready to loan during August on
farms and city property In any amount
from $500 up to $50,000-no delay. /. L.
Better, manager Better Realty & Loan
Co, ground floor. New England Buldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

ALL RIGHT modern new house. built
right at right price, in fine location, on
West side Call Ind telephone 1891
If you want to trade your farm or city
property see US.
Us New England Bldg.
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TOPEKA REAL ESTATE CO

FOR EXCHANGED good room house
on Morris ave. near Elmhurst, having
city water, gas, IS #. east front lots. new
barn, nice shade and fruit. Price 5000.
Want larger modern property close in or
near Washburn college up to $500.
532 KANSAS AVE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

PROMPT Realty Loans, Ella n. Peacock
Central Natl Six. Bldg Ind. $50 and 1881
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LEGAL
PROPOSALS

First published in The Topeka State
Journal August Is, 1911
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$50 DOWN AND $3.50 PER MONTH

PLANTATIONS, stock farms, timberlands
fine water, soil produces abundantly
cotton, grain, hay, early vegetables.
fruits, berries. Bargains, lists for stamp.
j z. Williams. Selmer. Tenn.
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IRA NSFER AND STORAGE
MERCHANTS Transfer and Storage Co
furnish expert packers. also lock after
freight. Phones 1s6 Skinner & Gayhart.
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PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING, regiiding. mat making. mount
ing done by j. D. Sullivan. 122 W. Eighth
street. Packing. shipping, etc
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DETECTIVE AGENCY.
PORTER'S
Detective Agency, strictly confidential;
shadow work a speciality; always ready,
reliable. 503-4 Mulvane Bldg. Bell 40s
Ind. 1896
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COAL.


$1,000
MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos. or
gans, typewriters, household goods and
personal security. l. Biscoe, 523 Kan. ave
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Rugs made from old carpets; beautiful
effects. Prices S1.O0 and UP. Carpets
cleaned, sewed. laid. o. Mccormick Rug
Factory, 522 Van Buren,.
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J. E. SHAFFER & CO..
Ill East Sixth St. Ind. Phone $50.
TOPEKA, KANSAS
FIRST CLASS FARMS.

so acres, 15 miles from Topeka, 2 miles
from a good r. r. town. Il mile to school.
on R. D. and telephone in house. All
first class high bottom land. except 4
acres of high land where the buildings
are 50 acres corn land. 20 acres alfalfa
meadow, 70 acres alfalfa hog pasture.
acres timber. Balance pasture. Good or
chard. room house. barn. and other
buildings, easy terms. Price $500
So acres, 5 miles from Topeka, one mile
to school. on R. D and telephone in house.
nearly all fenced hog tight, - acres in
cultivation, balance rough but good pas
ture with running water and 10 acres
timber. IS acres fine bottom land of which
there is Il acres extra fine alfalfa, good
5 room house, barn, and other buildings
Only 5000.
and small tracts TO exchange for city
property.
See us for bargains
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-19

/ two or three weeks they are here after
childbirth 20 train the mothers. Then
We Yisit the homes NJ short intervals
until We feel that the mothers are
ready TO graduate from the maternity
school
Altogether you win see. concluded
the speaker that the maternity rooms
play u keystone part ia the serious nfe
ot the tenement. They stand for a
square deal for the baby. We believe
that maternity education Is az lmpera-
tive us public school education. and
the maternity rooms are a practical
way FOR carrying out this faith. We be-
iieye that a baby has as much right TO
aociety.s help IN being born right (since
it IL clear that he liz very often born
wrong, at least Ia this nelghborhood1
aa he has TO societys help IN being
reared right from his flrst year on.
We are sure that OF the ~ 900 babies
who died In this city last year, at least
10000 died preyentabfe deaths from the
very cause we are finding il possible to
overcome and tney died from ignorant,
not wilful- neglect
How did we become interested IN
this direction2" Wen. some of US worn-
en- Of the professional classes in this
model tenement had always taken an
interest Ia the model kindergarten and
communal laundry. Then one day some
one read a recommendation that every
tenement cf the working classes be
equipped with "a delivery room for
We put our heads together
social educational aspects, is bigger
thing than the dream OF the doctor
who made the suggestion"
Ry this time the Little Mother had
taken on personal interest / won
dered where she had gained the knowl-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-19


baby basiset where lay fhe uysterious
the unnerving embodiment OF ell Tnt
previous theories and problems. Iha
theories melted ike ARR Think OK
the bath alone, with an interested but
ineffective young Polish servant girl
10 help. Oh, the poor nervous fngerS
uubuttoning tiny garments ana on,
the utter agony of lifting the tiny,
squirming, wailing creature into the
water In the midst Of these heroic
struggles Grandma arrived. And
Grandma bathed the baby--I must say
thatl
#.rweiI, st night my husband cana
home. and by that time / waa ready
70 ny into his arms ia tears. Grand
mas idealeI declare they were no
different from those of any mother ia
the tenementl She mmpig refused 70
make use Of the fire escape for tbs
baby, though I explained how an urn-
brella could be used to shelter him from
the wind II was cruelty To keep
monthoi baby cut of doors. and
when I told hef about q physieian'A
family i knew In Brooklyn. whose ba-
bies actually slept out ~ doors an
winter and summer. Grandma Just
walked out Of the room with the re-
mark that I had once been sensible
girl. but she could see / was being
ruined by my husbands frsakish
friends
"As for disciplined when the baby
cried. Grandma proceeded TO quiet him
by the most direct means She didn't
use whiskey but she used another nar-
cotic. that Of petting and rocking Hab-
its2 What would a month-gi8 baby do
with habits2 asked Grandma And as
the days went by. with much eoddllng
and the display og bright objects be-
fore his eyes. she proceeded 70 hurry
up his growth
"These ways are the traditional wis
dom Of grandmas, you know. ] have
come 10 the conclusion they are charac-
terlstic Of every race Of grandmas on
the globe, from the Siellian grandma 70
the grandma from New England But
science says they're wrong. We were
faithful and bold, and we tried TO give
the first principles Of baby raising 10
Grandma We told her q baby vas a
organism, not a social being.
or At least mainly that. We told her
babies must not be mentally stimulat-
I'd any more than they must be given
coffee or ten. We explained that the
1aby's brain attaius almost is fun
adult growth ia the first year and that
All the b8byfs strength was needed
simply for thiA rapid growing special-
~ all his nervous energy. Consequently
the shielding Of babies from ali strain
~ excitement Bright lights must be
kept away from hts eyes, sharp noises
from his ears. He should be allowed
free motion with his arms ana legs
any amount of activity from within.
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A School for the
Tenement Mothers


4 thc window "a to the fire escape, ana q
large umbrella Was arranged t0 shield
I tho baby from wind ana sun.
Wrli iiaNe fhv atnef uHs out Ns saun
ais ha aata his bath, volunteered the
young Wpiuan, Ana meanwhile ! can
begin "a tau you ~ 00r work. You
nave inst missed aur consultation
hour tNr sou know she Said qui0k-
ly This N hess u maternity hospital
thar a maternity school we have
0nlS TWO patients hene NOW, one with
q Week-aid bAh9a tie other With one OF
twenty da@s
This MAS nay introduction 10 the LIT
tie Mother ,for So, as l later learned
an ghe nefghharho0d called mN young
hostessi She tuld me 0f her work IL
was "a constant propaganda, tn wrich
the management uf the tenement lent
her 3 willing hand, Mothers were urged
IL cN9lr for advice at least six months
asforeNt the birth OF their children, AT
frequent consultations they were given
simple lessons iu physiology and hygt-
enc. Here many of The mothers learned
tor the Hrsi time that the Hitting of
heavy weights strainlng 20 reach high
shelves an0. fatigue or severe excite
ment ef any kind were lanle 10 bring
premature birth. They We're warned
againSt fslls ANA blows because OF the
desafFnity that might result for the
child asid tbs permanent organic injury
to the 9rautlec They were taught that
light hoWsew0plS ana moderate exercise
wpnsH Improve borh thnir health and
ans chilas h3t that w0sk et too mo
astanoas os heavy sort would not only
take away frEm their own and the
eAiiss pstaisN bat would SO harden
ere rrts Hg tc mako The 'ahor of
a1s46h8rtM AaWhiy severe.
S8wtrle y sints. t,tese SHE said, 'yau
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-19

Interested 90 know tho argument fol
NcRetaTAnlsm which has 0fteneai sue.
ceeded J tell them that meat aud eggs
contain in especial quantities the lime.
producing elements, and hat lime
makes bone. and that "a child before
birth ought TO have 9 skeletont0f yield
ing cartilage. which allows of an eaay
childbirth. while d carniYorous diet hy
the mother turns this cartilage TO bone
aud doubles the pain and peril OF chill
birth Many mothers have needed this,
and have lost their taste for meat
through dlsuso. Then they put their
protesting families on d fruit and yege-
TABLE diet, and Che cost OF living comes
down.
You see.H continued the Little
Mother we have two battles 20 night
the battle for nre-natal hygiene ana the
hattle for baoy hygiene The first ls
the harder fight, because the results
are less apparent than they are III the
application of baby hygiene a mother
soon recognizes for herself that when
she nurses her baby at regular inter-
walls ID cries less and sleeps more 1T
III a fact that regular nursing has taken
the place 0t soothing syrup and plain
with score cit families III this
tenement.
Yes of whiskey Only this morning
a mother h0rrihed me by the innocent
remark Tint her baby WAS as good as
aold, he slept from hrea kfaat time sill
the middle Of fhe afternoon She sim
ply fed him a tablespoonful OF whiskey
Many of her friends did this. she said,
ana know Il to he true,
~Eresh air for the mother Is harder
to teach than fresh air FOR The babe.
for the baby responds so quickly 10
fresh air and sunshine that the mother
observes H. with diet Il is the same
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