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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

For years the name of Henry Siegel has stood for big stores and big business. His stores were landmarks in the towns where they were established. What ever was known on the inside" about Siegel, to the public at large, to the main in the street, he seemed an extra ordinary person. Perhaps he is extra ordinary, out the dazzling pillar of his success was rotten at the Afoundation and now it has crumbled about his ears, involving thousands of employees in common disaster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A statesman" predicted in speech the other day. .'that Bryan's grape juice Is going to become as popular as Kan sas bnttermilk, How popular is Kan sas buttermilk?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
BEGINNING THE DAY-Almishty

BEGINNING THE DAY-AimiehtS and ever gracious God, turn my sen sitiyeness away from myself that l may use it not for my own discom- aturc hut to avoid wounding m! fellow men. Keep my feeiineA tender that I may touch men to help and not to hurt. Let love teach me nn- dcrstaDding and give me skill TOT 6hrfst,s sake Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

If is said that Sarah Bernhardt once had narrow escape from keeping candy store. We hate to think what would have become of Camille
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A schenectady man sued the fair LlI- lian Russell for s1O,0O0 because he was
 struck by her auto, but gallant jury
 realizing that it is a compliment to be struck by Miss Russelrs auto, returned
 verdict of no cause for action
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

King Albert sending a woman home from court ball because she wore an accensuated slit skirt. What would the shade of Leopold say to that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Militant crimes are now confined to about dozen women, says the London Daily Mail. Twelve against the British empire, and they almost win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Although acknowled ging that dueling is an offcnse against the laws of God and man, Germany's minister of war says that 1t is necessary among the officers Of the German army and navy as an aid to manhood Evidently he hasn't hoard of the uplift movement and the Carnegie peace foundation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

LopsideS cultures and lopsided hats are stylish now. Just the thing for lopsided brains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

, It is>reported that our T. R. was ac- tua1ly jeered in Brazil. Brazilians don't know how to appreciate hrst-class snowman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Jack Johnson was pelted with rotten eggs and driven out of Sweden The Swedes have a nice sense of discrim- ination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

The tango will not. be prohibited b,
 state legislation in Massachusetts. "Or with the dancer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Kentucky has rejected suffrage for women T. could not do otherwise with out being impolite to Marse Henry Wat terson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

The "consumptive stoop' is going to be fashionable among men this spring. Time to start a health survey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

The authorship of a new book, en- titled My Wife's Hidden Life, is not revealed. You could hardly expect it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

2o0-pound policeman was tossed ill Philadelphia by a little Japanese girl Jiu- ji.su is still fashionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A Chicago wife testifies that 50 words a year was all her husband said to her Now for the husbands report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A New York burglar posed as a phy- sician, operated on a man and gave Q woman pills. Even Rallies hesitated to go that far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A New York Deggar when arrested admitted that he got $S0 day Po- litely referred to the l. w. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

Mexico is country that can be depend ed on to produce full crop of crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

A Bosto', mongrel called attention to a fire in sausage factory by barking. That little dog bore no resentment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

The governor of Texas has managed to get himself into the limtlight at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
THE CUP THAT CHEERS.

THE CUP THAT CHEERS. Gibbs: T see that the governor oi Texas says the democratic party is drunk with power.' Bibbs: That's new name for grape juice"
 AN ILL WIND When the sun blisters Marys Skin, she doesn't fret; She smiles and says it makes her Belong to the smart" set.
 POLISHED MANNERS. Mrs Wiley: Truly, that next door widow is the most aesthetic woman I ever heard of.
 Mr. Wiley: How so?" Mrs. Wiley: Each Saturday she has every nail in the house manicured"
 AT THE THEATRE. IS. R. o. will just suit me- She said in wabble gown; For with this new tight skirt of mine l really can't sit down."
 THE COLOR LINE.
 If colored wigs for women
 Are stylish, why not then
 Let us start the fashion
 Of rainbow boards for men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

The baseball sap" has begun to rise and spring is upon us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

At the sale of the John Boyd Thatcher collection of American autographs in New York a letter written by Edgar Allan Poe to G. W. Evelett of Maine, in which Poe discussed certain points in
 The Raven" was bought for s700 by George D. Smith. The same purchaser also paid s66O for Major Andre letter, $110 for a Benedict Arnold letter, s355 for the original draft of a poem by Nathan Hale, s55o for letter of John Paul Jones' s135 for a Martha Wash
 ington letter and sl9O for a Lincoln letter. A letter of Panels Lightfoot Lee brought s350 and s125 was paid for the signature of George Washington on lottery ticket. George Washington letter was bid in for $265 and a letter of Ben Franklin was sold for s117.5o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
THE UMPIRE STATE.

We like that umpire candidate With his soft and silken locks: But since he's entered politics, Say, is he in a box? Will he run along with Conner Old old-time Braxton Bragg? Oh, will he make homer Or get left on a bag? Say, is he merely bunting That he may reach his base? If he muffs a left field fly Will he strike out the race? And is his nine a picked one? Who is his coaching mate? Ere he entered politics. Say, did he pass the plate? And this is now the question That bothers our old pate If he wins, will Alabama Be called the Umpire State?
 CIRCULATING. "Bagby: "The United States seems to have gone into journalism" Darby: 'Yes. and it's principal issue is a funny Page
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
Decided Improvement

There seems to be decided improve ment in business said w. T. Powers of St. Louis.
 There has been no marked dullness in business in my home city, such as one reads about in New York and the other eastern cities. Last year was good year with us, and we have had a good early trade this year; but, of course, there Is much room for improvement. and 1 can see evidence of increasing activity The west as a whole is in first grade shape, and the south is noticeably prosperous. If we have big crops again next summer there is reason to expect good, healthy boom in every part of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
UpbuiIders of Birmingham

The Traders National bank in its
 biographical series entitled. Builders of Birmingham, has this interesting sketch in connection with the March calendar
 Robert Jemison was born in Tus-
 caloosa, Ala on September F, 1858.
 After graduating from the University of Alabama he became conencted with the John Snow Hardware company. where he remained until 1884 Two years later he aided in organizing the Birmingham Railway and Electric com pany, now the the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company and became it's president. Prior to that time. several independent companies were en- gagged in the street railway and light l ing business, and it required perse- verence. courage and ability of high order to merge these interests into q compact organization and to finance | it's completion and early operations Under MT. Jemison's administration the company was very successful. and the I present system of the Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power company Is
 a tribute to his capacity, and to that
 of his successors in the management 1 MT Jemison was interested in the 1 formation of the East Lake Land com
 pany and the Central Mortgage and | Trust company, and has been connected
 with the construction of some of oul
 largest buildings and the development
 of number of important sections ,,
 the city. Upon his retirement from the
 presidency of the Birmingham Railway
 Light and Power company in 1906, ne
 discontinued the greater part of his
 active connections, but he remains pres
 ident of the Central Mortgage and Trust
 company and of the Tuscaloosa Light
 company, and is a director of the Firs; National bank of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

P.ru.e the traders, gaze upon the build- ings.
 Comedy of Errors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18

POSSIBLY SYLVIA. In reading all those questions The press before us sets, I'd ask who was the woman That put put rage in suffragettes?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20

The many testimonial letters that we are continually pub
fishing in the newspapers-hundreds of them-are all genl1.
inc, true and unsolicited expressions of heartfelt gratitude
for the freedom from suffering that has come to these
women solely through the use of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Money could not buy nor any kind of influence obtain
such recommendations; you may depend upon it that any
testimonial we publish is honest and true-if you have any
doubt of this write to the women whose true names and
addresses are always given, and learn for yourself.
Read this one from Mrs. Waters:
CAMDEN, NIL was sick for two years with nervous spells, and
galvanic battery, but nothing did me any good. Twas not able to go
to bed, but spent my time on a couch or in a sleeping chair, and soon
became almost a skeleton: Finally my doctor went away for his
health, and my husband heard of lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound and got me some. In two months I got relief and now
am like a new woman and am at my usual weight. / recommend
your medicine to every one and so does my husband."-Mrs.T 11Lu
WATERS, 1875 Knight st, Camden, NJ.
And thissone from Mrs. HaddOcK:
UT1oA, OKLA-"I was weak and nervous, not able to do my work
and scarcely able to be ON my feet. l had backache, headache, palp-
taking the Lydia E. Fnkhams Vegetable Compound / am better
than l have been for twenty years. l think it is a wonderful medi-
cine and | have recommended it to others."-Mrs. MARY ANN HAD
DOCK, Utica, Oklahoma.
Now answer this question if you can. Why should q
woman continue to suffer without first giving Lydia =.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial? You know that
it has saved many others-why should it fail in your casel
Compound has been the standard remedy for fe- I/(2MH
male ills. No one sick with womans ailments 0RM
nous medicine made from roots and herbs, it y3SyH
has restored so many suffering womentOhealth. - Hu
Write to LYDIA E:R1NKaAM aMEDICINECo. GA EE-1G5 Is
Your letter will be opened, read and answered
by q woman and held in strict confidence. SiMk HssSSsS
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20

become the brighter and better paper
not only a mirror of the days ews but
every element Of the family group.
Hence 1t is that the afternoon papers
are no longer the subordinate. but the
dominant factors in every great American
city. with larger circulation and larger
papers; and 80. whenever the limit to the
capacity OF a community to support news
reached in San Francisco, Denver, Chi
ago and New Orleans, 1t is the morn
ing newspaper which is forced to give up
the struggle.
1t must not be understood that what
we nave said assumes q time win ever
come that there will be no field for the
morning newspaper. There always will
be in every city; and We shall always
have great and prosperous morning pa
pers as we shall rave more and more
great and prosperous afternoon papers.
But whenever a city is overpapered. the
surplus will unusually be found in the
morning field. from the perfectly natural
Tact that the earlier tendencies OF pub
fishers were to publish at dawn-not in
the afternoon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
Fake Farm Stories.
From the Omaha World-Herald

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Several of the magazines and some OF
the daily papers have been running stories
which are represented as giving the ex-
periences OF city men who have deserted
urban life and adopted farming. Some
of these stories when carefully read.
show that they are fakes" TIL men
o. managed one. One will run across a
sentence in nearly every column that
shows absolute ignorance Of farm life. 1t
may be something about handling a plow
or hitching up a epan of horses, but 1t
shows that the man who wrote the story
is wholly ~unacquainted will the little de-
tails that farmers perform SO often that
they become automatic. An experienced
novelist may write . very interesting
story about deserving the city and going
out on a farm whore he escapes the drudg-
independent. but any man who relies up-
on 1t will be greatly disappointed IL no
undertakes to follow the example with.
out other preparation.
Farming is a trade more difficult to
learn than bookkeeping or carpentry. A
man who was raised or q farm until he
was IS and then spent 20 years in business
IN the City. recently returned to farm life.
He said that when he went out to make
a garden. he was At a perfect losu, what
to do. He could not distinguish between
their habits Of growth. how far apart to
plant them or how deep to place them in
the soil. As to field crops he did not know
how many bushels of seed It took to the
acre for wheat, oats corn, alfalfa. tim
othy or clover. He had known once. but
had forgotten. How much worse off
would q man be WHIT v knew?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20

President Wilson's refusal to agree
% an amendment to the ANTITRUST bills
exempting labor from the application Of
the injunction laws bids fair to bring
about open warfare between the adj
m~inistratfon. led by the president. and
the American Federation Of Labor. led
by Samuel Gompers and organized la
boris representatives in congress.
The threat of open warfare vas made
early In May during a conference be-
tween the president and a delegation Of
organized labor's spokesman in con-
Gress.. These-leaders were Representa-
Ives Lewis Of Maryland. Heating of
Colorado. Casey Of Pennsylvania. and
Sherwood Of Ohio.
Representative Lewis and his dele
cation rel to the White House and
demanded Of the president that the
pending antitrust bills be amended to
exempt organized labor from the OF
plication of injunctions. as now pro-
vided by the Sherman law. They told
he president that the provision in the
pending measures, which recognize the
existence Of labor organizations and
farmers alliances. does not go tar
enough.
Demanded labor's Exemption.
They demanded. also. that labor be
taken out entirely from the classes of
interstate business. which comes I'M
der he~a application of the Sherman law.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
Dominance Of tho Evening Newspaper

Editorial in the New Orleans States.
In the passing of the P%icayune. which
Tor ~ years has been a daily visitor into
thousands Of Louisiana homes. there is a
deep note of sadness, as there must be
whenever an old and respected institution
disappears.
But tragic as is the event, nothing could
stay its i~nevitability except the decline
and disappearance Of the younger and
sorbed 1t.
Two fundamental causes lie at the bot
tom q the tragedy. One is the logical
other is the stern and immutable fact
that New Orleans could not-as no other
city Of its size ~does-support four cheap
When last September the two morning
papers. reduced to ar inferior position in
circulation and advertising patronage in
preme. cut their prices to a level with
the afternoon papers,. at a cost of 100000
each IN gross income. 1t became merely a
surviva1 Of 81 t i,me fitt aader ws fae ' cns OF OF the the
other must play the star role in this
tragedy.
The man in the street. having no knowl-
edge OF the business. finds it difficult to
understand h changing conditions which
have brought the Picayune to the end OF
its tether: What has occurred is. how
ever, no local to New Orleans. The Plea
yune 10 the third great and long-estab-
lshed morning newspaper which in q few
WEEKS The s mas EEa a 8 and Idle died; ma =, .na
AAA 0S4b - 4EAISAO NoiI WoS OIIC VI kxIC
oldest. one Of the most prominent and
long one Of the most prosperous morning
newspapers in the country. But the other
day the news dispatches told of its sus-
pension consolidation with one Of the
afternoon papers of a Francisco. A lit
tie later the Denver Republican, for many
years one Of the most influential morning
newspapers In the west. YVES absorbed by
the Rocky Mountain News, leaving only
one morning as against two afternoon
paper in the Colorado metropolis. A
fortnight 9 the Chicago lnter-Ocean,
one Of the most widely known morning
Of q receiver and its property since has
been ordered sold. It is the fourth great
Chicago morning paper to go on the rocks
in q comparatively few years.
There IL q definite limit to the capacity
OF q community to p newspaper
and these four recent newspaper tragedies
are significant Of the narrowing field Of
the morning paper.
When railroad mileage was compare
lively small ana the means Of communica-
ton meageF, the morning paper dominated
development n their circulation, adver-
Using and influence were relatively small
But the afternoon Newspaper has come to
be b more natural newspaper. It gives
the worlds news. local. domestic and fer
elgn, on the day It Occurs-n0t the day
otter. It goes into the homes when the
dAy'0 work 70 ending M when there is
time to read tts contents. n 30 1t be-
comes the more valuable medium Of the
advertiser. from whom Il draws its life
b1ood.
WIN Increasing p-osperity and pres
dgo The afternoon paper has. moreover.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
'o7 1o 81 EsKGsenTATiv sEse cxsgY GE s A AN66 kEWTSi BOT
: ~Aa11e s 0VVvW6

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Also. they suggested to the president
that If this demand was not granted the
friends of organized labor in congress
would take the matter to the floor of
the Senate and House and wage a Wig
orous n open warfare on the anti
trust bills.
When the delegation made known its
intentions the president called Attor-
ney General McReynolds into the ccn-
ference.
1t was ascertained subsequently that
the president informed the representa-
tives he would agree to nothing raore
than is already provided in the bills. He
fatty rejected the demands Of the la
Dor representatives.
President Ready to Fight.
Administration officials expressed
themselves as surprised when they
learned of the conference and the de-
mands of the labor representatives.
Several of them asserted that at the
time the labor provisions in the pend
ing legislation were suggested and
placed in the bills Representative Lew
Is declared himself satisfied with them.
The president is ready to take the
fight to the floor OF the House and Sem
ate and to the country. He Is of the
opinion that organized labor wants the
administration to sanction legislation
which would not stand the test of con-
stt~tutionaltty in the federal courts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
READY TO PICK THE WINNIE
Lesson Street Orator souoh+ - ,~
press Apparently Failed 10
Take Root.

The street-corner orator had gath
cred around him a group of urchins
Why they listened so attentively b.,
didn't understand, nor probably di,
they know themselves. Simply moth
ing doing.
But the orator took full advantage O
his opportunity, and delivered an i'm
proving lecture on the value of kind
lei to dumb animals.
At the end he sought for some illus
ftration to point the moral and ador,
the tale.
It was there at hand. Across tn,
way walked q lady, leading two littl.
dogs In leash. The one was black ant
the other white.
Now" exclaimed the tub.thumper
AFTER what I have said, supposin,
those two dear little dogs we're t.
start fighting. what would be the frs
thing you would do!"
No answer came at first; but one
little arab turned to look at the dog.
critically and thoughtfully.
We'll. guv'nor," he answered, Al
last. Il think I'd ave tuppence on the
little black 'un!"-London Tit-Bits.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow Of Health Speaks for Postum

It requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for a time and use
Postum in place Of 1t, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will ap-
pear.
six years ago l was in q very bad
condition" writes a Tenn. lady. Il
suffered from indigestion, nervous
ness and insomnia.
81 was then an inveterate coffee
drinker. but it was long before l could
be persuaded that 1t was coffee that
hurt me. Finally I decided to leave It
OF q few days and find out the truth.
The first morning I left OF coffee
/ had q raging headache. 80 l decided
I must have something to take the
place Of coffee" (The headache was
caused by the reaction Of the coffee
drug-caReine.)
Having heard Of Postum through a
friend who used 1t, l bought q package
and tried It. I did not like it at first
but after I learned how to make It
right, according to directions on Pkg,
I would not change back to coffee for
anything.
when I began to use Postum I
weighed only III lbs. Now I weigh
40 and as I have not taken any tonic
In that time l al only attribute my
present good health to the use Of Pos
tum In place Of coffee.
my husband says I am . living ad.
vortisement for Postum"
Name given by the Postum Co, Bat
Tie Greek, Mich.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum - must b we'll
boiled. 16c and 25c packages.
Instant postum-is q soluble pow
der. "A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In . cup Of hot water and, With cream
and sugar. makes . delicious bever-
ags instantly Soc and Soc tins.
/. Tho cost Per cup Of both kinds 10
about the came.
There's . Reason" for Postum.
sold BY GroosgS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
UNABLE TO SEE THE JOKE
Probably Druggist Was Of the Same
Opinion as His Small Colored
Errand Boy.

A druggist, who had a little colored
errand boy, fell into the habit of play.
Ing practical jokes on him. One day
the druggist was mixing some COM
'bustible oils. Suddenly there was a
terrific explosion, which hurled the
chemist In one direction and the little
darby in another, while the whole
place burst forth into flames.
After a time a black figure emerged
from under a counter. whimpering and
rubbing a rapidly growing bump on
his head. He limped over to where
the druggist sat, half-dazed. with a
deep cut across his forehead.
you hadn't orter play wild me
idata-way. Doctor" he said, reproach-
fully. Dat shore amt no way to
lplay!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-20
New Modern Dancing

The reading Expert and Instructor In New York
City, writes: t.Dear SIR have used ALIENS
Eoor'EAsE. the antiscptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes, for the past ten years. 1t is q blessing to
all who are compelled to be on their feet. dance
eight or ten hours daily, and find that ALIENS
EOoT.EAsE keeps my feet cool, takes the friction
from the shoe, prevents corns and Sore, Aching feet.
l recommend 1T to all my pupils
(6igned) K. FLETCHER HALLAMORE.
sampleFREE. Address Aliens S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,