The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-06


suffocated by dust, nearly cooked alive
; and subjected to all the hardships of
. automobiling under difficulties.
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IF Chicago was not in the boom
! il procession as early as New York
and other commercial and industrial
centers in the east, it has caught up.
Prosperity in the great metropolis of
the middle west is at high tide. The
demand for labor is urgent and wages
are high. Two classes of bread win
ners in Chicago
Boom in Chicago will be made
and Elsewhere happy this week
the meat pack
ers and the garment workers. The
latter, numbering 10000 had their
hours of work shortened without any
reduction in pay, and the wages of
packing house employees were in
creased at the sum total rate of 81
100000 annually.
Some cautious business men had
been inclined to think there would be
halt in the march of prosperity the
last half of the year, but instead of
that Astounding thrift continues in the
east and in the west, and there is no
lack of confidence among the leaders
In the industrial world.
The presidential campaign rocks
along. Both democrats and republic
ans have taken up various issues as
"paramounts," only to shift them
Iaround
Some of Mr. Hughes campaign
arguments" which were made much
OF at the start have been dropped al
together.
The democrats have great slogan
IN Peace and Prosperity" and it
should be kept well to the front right
up to election day. 1t is all-embrac;no
and no appeal is quite equal to it
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Dothan chauffeur who compelled 2
passenger to pay him a handsome bon,s
Tor reducing his speed was .rr.s.os
eeu with robbery. A public chauf-
ieur who had to travel slowly all the
tlfne would soon be a nervous wreck
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"a New Jersey man who recently in
herited 100000 was sentenced to civ
months in Jail for driving an automo-
pile while intoxicated Otherwise he
might not have had that 100000 at tbs
end of six months.
| Harmony" buttons, bearing the nic.
| lures of Hughes, Roosevelt and Taft
nave not been entirely suppressed. Altar
that frigid handshake of the colonel and
the professor, they ought to be SUD
pressed.
| Mother" Jones thinks ca rmen .hor,d
work seven hours day and be paid s..
| II Mother Jones had her wav. M
working man would ever have calloused
palms and his family would ride in a fliv-
yer.
| Inc PRESIDENTS western trip may not,
| strictly speaking, be a campaign tour bur
the frequency with which he uses folks
in 'Jollying' the crowds shows that he
| is campaigning to beat the band.
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Battery B and Battery doubtless left
many aching hearts in Montgomery when
their train rolled away to Arizona, but
Uncle Sam will see that love letters are
forwarded to their destination
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1t is estimated that the country's ne
troleum resources will be exhausted in
something like 20 or 80 years. Probably
the reason why the gasoline dealers seem
determined to get theirs now.
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A man killed himself in Los Angeles
after transcribing verse from Omar
! Khayyam He failed to understand the
philosophy of old Omar, which is strict
ly the fish ka bibble" variety
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The Heat and Frost Insulators and As
bestos Workers Association Of America
is holding convention. Persons in that
line of business deserve. and doubtless
are having, warm time.
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| While Henry Ford is reported to be
| Strong for wilson, he says he won't
donate cent to the democratic cam
paign fund. Strength in case like that
is purely relative
| Field Marshal Won Hindenburg recent
ly celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday.
He has big job on his hands for man
nearing threescore years and ten
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! Judging from the numerous candidates
| to succeed Judge Toulmin, the ambition
to be federal judge is cherished by
about 80 lawyers out Of 100.
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| A Chicago man got a divorce because
| his wife spoiled his digestion by putting
love potions in his food. The love that
destroys is dangerous love.
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| Mr.. Hughes INDUCED in long nap O.
Wednesday, Considering the nearness of