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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Main Entrance

The main entrance for the public is by means of double door in the center of the First avenue side, which admits di- rectly to the business office-50x1O0 feet, with ceiling height of 13 feet. The lob- by has floor of mosaic tiling. At the left of the counter, which is in the cen- ter, is a grilled partition for cashiers and other clerical employees, and at the right an iron and marble stairway ascending to the second story. Immediately behind the stairway, and opening upon a public lobby are the elevators. This lobby is de- signed to connect directly with the street and give public elevator service to every story of the building, including those which are to be added hereafter The re- mainder of the first floor to the south is divided by partitions and ornamental rail- irgs into spaces for bookkeepers, the ad- vertising staff, circulation department, file rooms, lavatories and correlative fa- cilities. Provision has been made in the steel work for a mezzanine floor in the southerly 60 feet, which will accommodate the additional clerical help and equip ment demanded by the increase of busi- ness.
 The business office is connected with the editorial, news and composition rooms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Will Examine Feed Stuff

Atlanta, October 14.-fSpecial )- State Pure Food Inspector P. A Meth win is making an extended tour of in- throughout north Georgia with especial regard to the feedstuffs which are in stock with the various dealers and to see to it that all feeds offered for sale comply with the re- quirements of the pure food law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15

Announcement is made by James J. Smith, publisher that the Birmingham Ledger will be formally installed in it's new permanent home tomorrow morning. where the paper will be published from this time on.
 The Ledger's new home is located at the corner of First avenue and Twenty-first street and is one of the city's most cred- itable buildings. It is of the renaissance style of architecture, fronts 50 feet on First avenue and extends back 100 feet on Twenty-first street. It is of structural steel construction, has three stories above ground and two stories below the sur face. The building and foundation are so arranged as to provide for additional stories up to II, by which means the future growth of the paper can be taken care of. It is strictly fireproof, has skel- eton of steel columns, exterior brick, floors encased with fireproof terra cotta. The gray tapestry brick of the exterior run through seven shades of varying depth and tone, ranging from light to dark. The ornamentation, while profuse, is judi ciously distributed and emphasizes the general effect of strength and majesty.
 The floor space is 5000 square feet.
 The south end of the two story base nent, with it's 9 foot ceiling is given over to the big presses, while plate glasses on Twentyfirst street allow the public a full view of the presses in operation. The lower floor of the north end of the basement will be used for paper storage,
 
 per floor of this end of the basement. The basement projects under the sidewalk both on First avenue and on Twenty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
New Paner for Waco.

Waco, Tex, October 1f.-The Waco Morning News, carrying full Associated Press leased wire service and other news features, made 1t first appearance here this morning. It is published by John q. Murphy and C. II. Tupper of San Angelo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15

T le hs wa cati c'9 c'.-e9. I.c h-d suffered about siI weeks before we | .icd inc cntcu.a Soap and Ointment although we had tried feveral oihcr things. and doctors too think the Cuticura Reredies will do all that E claimed for them, and great deal more. Signed Mrs. Noble Tubman. Dodson, Mont, Jan. 28. 1911. .
 For more thaa Q generation Cuicura Soap and ointment have afforded the most cco- nomicai treatment for affections Of tlle skin and scalp Of infants. children and adults. A single cake Of Cuticura Soap (25c) and box o' Cuticura Ointment (50c) arc often s,ifh- cient. Although sold by druggists and dealers throughout the world, q liberal sample of each, with 32-p. book oo the skin. will be sent free. on application to Potter Drug X Chem. Corp. Dept. l3A, Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15

terrible suffering. The erup- tion began in pimples which would open and run, making large sores. His hair came out and finger nails fell off, and the sores were over the entire body. causing little or no sleep for baby or myself. Great scabs would come of when l removed his shirt.
 We tried a great many remedies. but nothing would help him, till q friend in- duced me to try tho Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I used the cuticura Soap and Oint- meht but T short time before ] could see that he was irn-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Hotel IncOrDorated

Declaration of incorporation of the St. Nicholas Hotel company of Birmingham was filed in the probate court Satur- day. The company is incorporated with an authorized capital of 5000, of which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Members of NwkO z nc
 


$1OO0 has been subscribed for. Officers are A. Wise, president; B. R. Darrow, vice president, and Charles II. Frank, secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15

by pneumatic tubes and call bells. On this floor is also the private telephone exchange, serving r stations within the building and giving electrical communca- ton with Birmingham and the world through five trunk lines of wires
 Editorial Rooms
 The entire second floor of the building is devoted to the editorial and news de- partments The offices of the editorial staff are in the northerly half. Here also are the publishers office with mantel of tapestry brick, and a library, accessible for the editorial offices and the news room. The great news room is on the southerly half of the floor and is sub divided into city news room, state news room, sporting news and telegraph news room, with booth for operators Each of these divisional rooms has its private offices. On this floor are also freproof file rooms for the safekeepng of photo graphs, letters, papers and records.
 Composition Department
 The third floor is devoted entirely to the composition and stereotyping depart
 
 room fronts upon First avenue and is 70 feet long, and its widest portion occupies the full breadth of the building. The news section of the composition room, or that portion where the reading matter is put in type, is equipped with a battery of seven linotype machines.
 The section where the advertisements are set up is virtually a room in itself, although not separated by partitions from the news composition department.
 A unique feature of the big composition room is that all furniture-cases, stands, racks and cabinets, are of steel.
 The stereotype room, which is 32x40 feet in dimensions, is located on the south end of the floor. It includes, with other features, an electric matrx rolling ma chine; battery of pneumatic drying presses which will accommodate three pages of the paper at one time; an i'm proved metal furnace with two pumps and two equipoise casting moulds; and an automatic curved plate finishing and casting machine with capacity of about six plates per minute, eliminating three separate machines heretofore needed in these processes. After the plates have been finished, they are delivered almost instantaheously to the press room in the basement by an automatic. or flash drop elevator
 The composition and stereotyping floor is lighted by gerat skylight and win dows that extend almost from ceiling to floor @ 2 A s74f a-s tF s
 The two Web perfecting presses on which the Ledger is now printed will be l displaced in a short time by the man. | moth X-pattern sextuple press, specially constructed for it by R. Hoe & Co. This press has a guaranteed capacity of 72,000 | F pages per hour, 54,oOO IS page pa rers and 96,00O 24 page papers. It is equipped with nine Koehler system con- trol stations, which means that at nine places in the vast and intricate machine the pressure of finger upon a button will start, stop, slow down or speed up the press.
 The architect of the building was Will | liam Leslie Welton and the contractor l the Realty Construction company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
ERUPTION CAUSED TERRIBLE SUFFERING
Baby's Body Covered with Large Sores. Seemed to Itch and Burn.
 Finger Nails Fell Off. Little or
 No Sleep. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. In 6 Weeks Cured.

When my baby boy was six mon&1s old, his body was completely covered with large sores that seemed to itch and burn and callsea
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-27

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30

way. and these were without training
or arms, hence were useless III the
fight. The facts seem to he that OF
effective troops the Confcderates had
between two and three times as many
as the Fcdernls. Lyon had repeatedly
asked for re-enforcements from Gen
eral John q. Fremont, then I'm COM
mand ut st, Louis. but had asked in
vain. In consequence he was far from
confident of winning.
Sigel marched due south to strike
the flank and rear Of the enemy. and
Lyon headed southwest to attack in
front Arriving while 1t was still dark.
Lyon waited till dawn. He then sur.
prised the Confederates preparing for
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
Hot Fight In CornAeld.

Plummer's regulars became separat.
ed from the rest Of the Union troops
and crossed to the other side Of the
creek. where they suddenly fnced a
large body OF COnfederates In corn.
field. The fight here grew hot until
one of the Union batteries, that I'M
der Du Bois. took position on n hill
top and opened so hot fire on the
enemy in the cornfield that Plummer
was enabled to withdraw his men.
At this juncture the, firing grew
heavy ut the other end of the line.
where General Price attempted to turn
Lyons flank. The arrival Of the Sec
ond Kansas frustrated this attempt,
but Prices troops still charged several
times only to DO beaten back. Tot
tens Union battery had taken posi-
ton on n nearby hill and helped to re-
pulse the Confederates. This was one
OF the tercest actions of the day, the
firing becoming an unbroken roar.
An interval here ensued during
which Price brought up fresh troops
and started another attack all alOns
the line. The COnfederates charged
many times and the lines reeled BACK
and forth In fierce struggle that last.
ed an hour. At this time Lyons en-
tire force was engaged. He had 50
few troops that he could spare none
for reserve. At last the Confed.
crates temporarily gave way.
In the meantime Colonel Sigel had
gained the rear of the enemy and be-
gan an attack from that side, driving in
some scattering troops of the 'Confed.
crates and following them for long
distance. At first he met little re-
sistance. Sigei could hear the roar OF
Lyons guns and expected the victori
Gus Union troops soon to break
through and Join him. At this juno
ture General McCulloch's men ad
vanced In considerable force. and Sige
thought them the Federal troops he
had been anticipating. He therefore
directed his men to withhold theil
fire until suddenly the supposed friends
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
The War Fifty Years Ago,

Fierce Battle st Wilson's Creek In Southwest Missouri
General Lyon Moves Out Of Springfield With His
5000 Troops to Attack Enemy Under McCuoch and
Price Two or Three Times Strong Colonel Sisels
Force Routed Early In Fisht---Lyon Killed While
Urging His Men Forward---Command Devoves Upon
Major Stursis- Union Forces Withdraw to Spring
field--- Confederates Remain on Field---Result Of
Battle Saves Missouri to the Union.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30

copyright by American Press Associa-
ton, lgll.l
- ECOND to Bull Run the battle
- of Wilson's Creek was the
~ greatest fought in 1851. 1t
was decisive in Missouri and
sealed the decree that the state was to
remain in the Union. These things
made It important, but the death OF
General Nathaniel Lyon. the Union
commander on that field. rendered 1t
immortal.
After his return TO Springfield from
the fight at Dug Springs Lyon was IN
a desperate position. The time of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
Sigel's Division Routed.

Sigels Division Routed.
The deception was caused by the
color Of the uniforms, which were
nearly the same in portions Of the two
armies. 1t was also stated BY the,
federals that the enemy carried a.
Union flag until close enough to fire.
when they ran up their own colors.
Most of the authorities agree IN this
statement, some Of them asserting that
this ruse was resorted to twice by the
Confederates that day. As It was o
trick often practiced In border war.
fare. It is credible. although the Con-
federnte accounts of the battle do not
mention 1t. At any rate, this was the
turning point against Sigel. He now
sought to withdraw. but nearly all Of
his troops were ambuscaded and killed
or captured. Sigei himself narrowly es-
Gaping. He saved only one gun. his
cavalry, dragons and part of his in
fantry.
The sudden disaster to sigel left the
entire Confederate force free to attack
Lyon. This was about 10 O'Clock in
the morning and shortly after Price
had been beaten back. Fresh Confed.
crate troops now moved to the attack.
and Lyon ordered up the Second
Kansas and two companies Of the
First Iowa to charge the enemy's line.
which was partly concealed In the
brush. The Union general already had
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
deter him from personally leading this
charge. swinging his hat and cheering
on his men. f't~

uctcE uiui iEoiu peTSOuuuy IedUIuk tulS
charge. swinging his hat and cheering
on his men. ''l~
General Lyons Death.
The charge succeeded In dislodglng
the foe and driving him back to the
next ravine, but Lyon fell with bull
let in his left breast.
Nathaniel Lyon was perhaps the
most promising general developed on
the Union side during the first year of
the war. He was born in Connecticut
In 1918. graduated at West Point
served with distinction In the Semi
mole and Mexican wars, was In the
early troubles In Kansas. where he
wrote vigorous articles for the news
papers. and at the beginning Of the
civil war was assigned to Missouri.
where his career became one Of In
creasing glory. 1t Is not too much to
say that General Lyon held Missouri
In the Union and sealed the pact with
his blood. His will left practically all
his property. $4,000, to the cnuse of
his country. He died unmarried.
The death Of the general did not end
the battle. The chief command now
devolved on Major Sturgis, who knew
Lyons plans and continued the fight
on these lines. For half hour longer
the engagement continued. when the
COnfederates once more gave way. II
was only a lull. however. Suddenly
they renppeared along the entire front
and for the first time began an effec.
tive assault from battery. The light
once more became general. the Confed'
crates attempting to turn the Union
right flank and assaulting Totten's bat.
terry at the center The Federal line
now stood like wall Of steel. Several
times the enemy charged forward al
most to the muzzles Of the guns and
as often were driven back.
At last Major Sturgis decided that
he had too few troops to try to hold
the field and determined to retire to
Springfield and thence to Rolla. The
Confederates admit that they were
'glad to see him CO." Nor did they
attempt pursuit.
Losses on Both Sides Heavy.
The battle had lasted till II O'Clock
and for the number of men engaged
and the length Of time consumed was
one of the flercest In the history Of the
war. According to the Annual Ep.
cyclopedia Of that year. the losses were
rs follows: Union, DOB killed, 72l
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
Troops Poorly Equipped.

The soldiers were underfed. poorly
clothed, some OF them were In tatters
and, still worse, lacked shoes. The
Confederate forces We're even In worse
condition. however, and We're not so
well drilled as the Union men. There
Is dispute as to the size of the Con-
federate army. no two authorities
quite agreeing. McCulloch, who was
In command, admitted that he had
1000 men. Northern historians in
sist that he had more than 10000. Al
least parJ Of the discrepancy may
have arisen from the fact that Mo
Culloch and Price picked up several
thousand farmers and others along the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30

many of his three months men was
about to expire. Ten miles distant was
IN opposing army outnumbering him
three to one. Between him and st.
Louis another Confederate army was
approaching to cut Off retreat in that
direction. II ,he withdrew he stood a
chance Of encountering this second
army with his dwlndling force and.
moreover. would discourage the Union
men throughout the state and leave
that part of Missouri to the enemy.
II he waited In Springfield to be ut
tackled he endangered his entire force.
Ms Springfield offered no natural I'D
vantages for defense. There was but
one course left, and that was to move
out and attack the foe before the foe
moved In to attack Lyon.
General Lyons plan was to make
the advance on the night Of Aug. y.
His men were footsore and tired. how
ever, and as new supplies were about
to arrive some Of his officers prevailed
ON him to defer the movement one day.
The delay was almost fatal. for the
Confederates intended to move on
Springfield the night Of the 9th. but
were deferred by n threatened thunder
storm. The Union troops got under
way about 8 o'clock. There were only
G,000 all told, and part of these We're
home guards left in Springfield. Lyon
divided his force into two columns,
I 1On or ono uudar CnInuaI Era M 81
gel. the remainder. something less than
1000 effective men. under his own COM
mand.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
Hotel St. Francis
Union Square. San Francisco
Under the Management Of
JAMES WOODS

AGING the beautiful park
r In the heart Of the city,
which Il the theatre Of
the principal events Of
the famous festivals Of San
Francisco, this hotel, In en-.
vironment and atmosphere, ex.
presses most pleasantly the
comfortable spirit Of old Cal.
if0rnia.
The royalty and nobility OF
the Old World and the Far
East and the men Of high
achievement In America who
assemble here contribute 10 the
cosmopolitan atmosphere Of an
Institution which represents
the hospitality and individual.
lily Of San Francisco 10 the
traveller.
The building, which marks
the farthest advance Of science
In service, has now the largest
capacity Of amp -sctel structure
4: .he Nest, aud upon compile.
ton OF the Post street annex
will be the largest caravansery
In the world.
WHILE THE SERVICE ~ UN.
USUAL, THE PRICES ARE
NOT.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
HOTEL POTTER
Utter, Mgr SANTA BARBARA, CAL
MILO N. POTTER, Mgr.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal.

American Plan only Each has outside
in
corning p.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30
BY JAMES \. EDGHRToN.

Copyright by American Press Associt
ton, lgl1.1
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30


breakfast. Frying pans were hastily
thrown aside for muskets. A flying
picket warned General Price (~Old
Pap'D. who commanded the line where
Lyon attacked.
Leading Lyons advance was Cap.
tain Plummer's battalion Of regular in
fantry, two companies Of volunteers
and Totten's battery. These struck
Rains pickets about o'clock in tho
morning. The Union forces ut once
formed in slsirmish line which ad-
vanced a mile and half and pushed
the Confederate skirmish line up the
slope. A large force Of Confederates
was then seen on the hilltop. which
was attacked by two regiments and
Totten's battery and driven to the
slope of the next hill.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-30

opened on him a murderous volley thnt
| sent his lines Keeling In confusion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-06
REFUSED TO PAY FOR
CHEMISTS EXAMINATION

kissimmcc. Dee. Al meeting
OF the county commissioners held
Monday morning. acting on the al.
vice of their attorneys, they re.us, Il
to pay the costs and bills of the
Gainesville chemist who examined the
poisoned woman : stomach in The
Shaker inquest,
Attorneys for the commissioners
advised that the count. judge had no
authority to hold the inquest when
the justice of the peace of the dis
trict in which the alleged crime was
committed. was ready. willing ard
prepared To perform his duties. AMI
that he was not qualified 10 hold an
inquest and that no authority exist
ed for the employment Of an expert
Hence the county was net RESPONSE
BILE for the bills Acting on the adj
vice Of the attorneys the commission
ers also refused TO pay the costs O.
the habeas corpus proceedings until
the proper showing of the Insolvency
OF the defendant was made
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-06
THE COUNTLESS GOOD
THINGS WE ALL POSSESS

Much Of our own discomfort and
ulllappincSS is unnecessary There
are so many sources of comfort and
pleasure that are passed by with
cut thought or concern. \ story is
told of a man who was out with his
litt!" son one evening as the sun
Was going down. The whole west
trn SIX! was in 4 blaze of golden
light The father was busy with
some matter in hand. when he was
interrupted by the littlc fellow who
sait:
Papa, is that our sun? The lad ],
Face was aelow with the pleasure of
the sight lie hesitatcd moment
and then replied Yes, my boy.
that's our sun And no one can
take ii away from u.s." 40. son.
no one can take it away" The boy
was satisfied and turned to his play.
The question brought to the father
mind train OF thought that would
not leave. How many of us so
blindly through life. cropping our
way amid the things OF the earth.
straining our eyes to pierce the
darkness rather than enjoy the light,
and taking a mcager portion of our
share OF the pleasures of life when IT
is ours to know and possess a thous-
and blessings of nature put here for
rs by a loving Creator. Ours is the
Golden sun set. hut We do not see il
Ours is the sight of the waving green
and the bloom of the flowers. but We
heed them not The song OF the
birds and the music of the brooks
were made fer Ms hut We hear them
not Our minds are full of the sor-
did thoughts of life and business. ST
crowded with daily cares TAT VT
miss the gluries OF natur, n thu
blessed inspiration which they bring
We need the voice Of the child Il
awaken Us to an interest in the beau
ties of Gods wonderful creation
and need to feel as did the little lad
that the beautiful sunset was made
. Tor our enjoyment and none ma,
dens the sight To us. Selected
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-06
TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN LAKELAND

Santa Claus time has come fol
young and old.
You. no doubt, have read The
ST Nicholas Girls" letter to thI
children. Now We want your help
We want everything you can do
nate in any way that will please and
! gladden. the heart of a child in
! shape OF a gift from old Santa Claus
Money? Yes. Pennies from the more
fortunate children Think. just ten
pennies will buy one toy that will
bring the sweet childish smile of
complete JOY, because Santa brought
il, and perhaps the mothers and
father will explain that it's Christ !,
birthday and why he is being re-
membered Let do it, If not
Money, We want toys. not absolutely
lew ones, some that are packed
way. forgotten. minus limb or an
eye but what matter that. when
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