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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
Cheap Source of Nitric Acid

From Coke Oven Ammonia for Mu-
 nitions,' by J. W. Turrentine Ph.
 D., in the American Review of Re-
 views
 It is a very healthful reconnois- sance that the nation now is making of it's resources and industries in re- lation to national preparedness for de- fense For the first time in this coun- try it has become recognized that suc- cessful wars are to be fought as much with mine and factory and skilled la bor as with gun and battleship and armies. The nation finds itself pe- culiarly independentrof foreign sources of ma terfals essential to q state ot pHspa redness-of food materials, the metals, fuels, fabrics and likewise ex- plosives.
 Since for the manufacture of the va rious explosives for munitions pur- poses we have been using nitric acid obtained exclusively from sodium ni- trate imported from Chile, the impress sion has come to prevail that we have no domestic source of nitric acid, and, therefore. that in case of war with a nation of sufficient maritime strength to enforce a blockade. we should be seriously embarrassed.
 Upon investigation it develops that we have a domestic source of raw ma terials from which nitric acid may be prepared; that this source is now large and rapidly growing, and that it is susceptible of a practically unlimited development should necessity or pub lie exigency demand. The source meant is the ammonia recovered as by product in the distillation of coal for the production of coke and gas This readily may be converted into nitric acid by an inexpensive method.
 That it has not become more gen erally recognized as a source of nitric acid is because it has found a ready market in that other great industry dependent on cheap nitrogen com pounds, the fertilizer industry, to which it contributes about 40 per cent of the nitrogen now consumed therein and because commercial methods of con- verting ammonia into nitric acid are new and imperfectly understood. The explosives industry has been content with it's abundant and convenient sup ply of raw materials obtainabIe from Chile and therefore, has not demand ed the development of an additional supply. The question has never before arisen in a popular way; hence the popular misconception.
 In time of blockade with Chilean nitrate no longer available, ammonia would be the main nitrogenous com pound available in this country for munitions and fertilizer purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

asked Billy If he was going to do any walking, whereupon the astute fisherman replied that he had friend by the name of Johnnie Walker" who would help him considerably in the event that task was necessary.
 Charles G. Alley of the West End Drug company purchased a Chevrolet from the Edwards Motor company last week.
 Al Watkins is on the job in Jackson. Miss. He writes that the town Is a good one and that he Is in high speed.
 The Saunders Motor company has sold and delivered a number of Hudson Super Sizes this month. Thus far all records have been broken by this live rio of statesmen consisting of Red" Smith, Tom Morris and Chester Alexander
 A cut of the sales manager of the Overland Birmingham company, Coke Matthews. will appear on this page next Sunday. You will be able to get a real history of this young man at that time.
 Blacklock of the Blacklock-Posner Tire Repair company, says his place is one of the warmest to be found around here this cold weather. The large boiler We keep fired up for vulcanizing purposes keeps the atmosphere warm enough to sell any man tires. even if he is cold hearted" said Blacklock
 The Atlas Tire company of New York has opened up a branch at 426 South Twentieth street. The Atlas company deals in standard brands of tires known commercially as seconds" The open ing of the branch here makes a total of 10 stores In the United States. E. c. Mo Donald is in charge
 P. NJ. Read has been designated as the Anderson agent here. He has opened headquarters at 23oo First avenue. He re- ceived carload of the popular South Carolina cars yestery. Among the models Is a patented four-seated road ster that beats any model that has ap- peared on the market yet.
 Paul Crawford, the local Chandler dis tributor, is making deliveries as fast as he can obtain shipments In view of the fact the price of this car will be ad- vanced on December 1, great many people are taking advantage of the op-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
Athens Aggies Win
 Easily Over NOrmals

Athers October 21-(speciai.) .)--Present- ing an impregnable defense and using varied attack, the Athens Aggies held tho heavy Florence Normal school team scoreless while they were making F touchdowns for total of 80 points. Tho Aggies easily outclassed the Normal boys in every department of the game, their blocking and interference being the best that has been seen on the local grounds this season.
 The Aggies made long and repeated gains on end runs and off tackle plays. They resorted to the aerial route four times, three of the passes being success full and two touchdowns were made by passes
 For the Aggies the long end runs of Thomas. Burns and Captain Griggsby, and the line plunging of South at full back and the all-round playing of the quarterback for Florence were the fea- lures of the game.
 The Florence team was a husky bunch. but they showed the lack of training and team work. They were able to make first down but two times and the ball was in their territory practically every minute of the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
DISQUE HIGH LOSES
 TO ANNISTON PREDS

t Gadsden. October ,21.-(Special,) The Anniston Presbyterian college de- feated the Dfsque High school here today in a hotly contested game by the score of z to 0. The local boys, though outweighed 10 pounds to the
 man. put up one of the gamest scraps seen here in sometime. The Preds were
 unable to score until the third quar- ter when Captain Simpson intercept
 ed a forward pass and, with a clear field, ran 45 yards for a touchdown.
 For the Preds. the line plunges of Simpson. fullback. featured; for Disque the work of Carr and Turner was ex- ceptionally good; Score:
 Preds ............... % or |iSquS ''.'s.. ~. .' ''..... .... U 0--V Referee. Freeman, Alabama; umpire, Gallant, Towards; head linesman, An derson. Preds. sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

portunity to save few hundred dollars by purchasing now.
 J. E. Weldon of the Firestone branch returned from Akron last Wednesday, where he attended the annual sales con vention. He says he was never treated better in his life. He reports prospects for business the brightest in the history of the Firestone factory.
 AND THEN HE FELT DIZZY.
 She: They tell me alcohol in the radiator this cold weather will keep the motor from freezing"
 He: That's right I put two quarts in this one today" She: "lf that Is the case. all can say Is I envy the radiator"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

A real live, progressive crowd of en- thusiastic automobile dealers met in the salesrooms of the Saunders Motor com pany Friday night at o'clock. The meet ing was a success from every angle. Three additional memberships were added to the organization. They were: The Newell Auto company, Deshazo Motors, Inc, and the Birmingham Motor com pany.
 The members of the Automobile Deal CTS assocition were the guests of w. B. C'Red'D Smith, president of the associa- tion. For the first time in the history of the automobile business in Birmingham a full quorum of representative automo- bile business men got together Friday night and agreed to work in harmony. Only one automobile concern failed to be present and join the association. It is expected that the Overland Birmingham company will join the association some time this week. H. M. Bailey, president of the Overland Birmingham company, considered one of the shrewest automo- bile men in the business, has been absent from the city for the past week.
 w. B. Everett, acting general manager of the Chamber of Commerce and F. R. Parker of the Saxon Motors company were guests of the association. Mir. Ev- erett made a short talk in which he in- vited the members of the Birmingham Dealers association to join the Chamber of Commerce. He assured those present that his organization was back of the as- sociation and volunteered his services to- wards furthering the interests of the auto mobile men. MT. Parker made some time ly remarks about the automobile factories being interested in local organizations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
sEwANEE HELD TO TIE

Lexington, Kyp October 21.-The Se- vance and Kentucky football elevens battled to scoreless tie here today. This is the second consecutive year that the two teams have retired from the field without a decision being reached. Both teams today tried two goals from the field. but all failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
NEGRO TEAMS PLAY

Institute football team defeated the Mor- ris Brown college of Atlanta here this afternoon by score of B to 0 in a well played game. It was the first of series of games betwen negro conn-e for the negro championship of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

To aid in teaching the touch system of typewriting or piano playing there has been invented horizontal shield that is worn on the nose and supported from the ears like spectacleS. w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

South Dakota people utilize their au- tomobiles as prairie dog exterminators. They destroy the animal by conducting the exhaust from their engines into the burrows using, a bit of hose for the purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

A statistical person has figured the losses to agriculture as a result of de- preciations of insects and rodents as SIP a year for each man, woman and child in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
FRENCH HAVE AWAKENED

These figures were known before the war, but they seem to have attracted the attention of scientists only. It re- mained for the battles of Charleroi and Morhange to impress their full signifi- canoe upon more practical minds.
 Today business pen and business as- sociations, agricultural syndicates, cham bers of commerce and leaders in all walks of life have taken the question up.
 All that had been done previous to the war was the granting by law In 1890 of a free scholarship in one of the colleges to one of seven children of the same family. It is now generally admitted that it is the first three or four that should be encouraged. That is the object of the proposed law recently introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Monsieur Paul Benazet, deputy for the department oi the Indre. It provides a premium oi 800 francs for each of the first and second children, 1000 francs for the third and 20OO francs for the fourth, ana i0o0 francs for each succeeding child. This will not be powerful incentive to the rich, but it will be a boon to the poor. The rich will be reached in other ways; by the force of public opinion, perhaps, becom- ing so strong as to constitute fornld- able pressure: perhaps by other proposed fiscal legislation discriminating in favor of the large family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

The discovery in an Austrian cemetery of glass mirrors dating from the second or third century upset the theory that the ancient depended Fon polished metals to see themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

would have been 300 to 100 in the natural rate of progression. This meant that the Germans had each year $50 900 recruits against 300,000, while in 20 years they would boxa bod Qn0 OOn tr QOn nthO r.- leSc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

In the space of single generation France had been passed by Germany in 1865, by Austria in 1880, and by Great Britain in 1895, and was being closely pressed by Italy.
 Y SITUATION IS GRAVE The gravity of the situation was shown by the figures of 1911 when there were 176,000 deaths against 742,0O0 births, net loss of 34,00o.
 At the outbreak of the war the Ger mans were in the proportion of 1S3 to 100, but in another 20 years the proportion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
Before War Came Country Showed Decrease as Com
 pared With Others
GRAVE SITUATION IN
 NATION FOR YEARS
People Never Realized Danger of Lessening the Birth Rate Until Battles Began to Deplete
 Number of Men

Paris, October 1.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)-The repopulation problem is passing from theory to prac- tical effort in reawakened France. Socio- logists, savants, and scientists had for years before the war pointed out the dangers of declining birth rate. Noth- ing was done, however, beyond the ap- pointment of legislative commissions that never reported and, so far as the general public was concerned, it does not seem the danger was realized until the Ger mans made it real and operative at Charleroi by sending against the left : wing of the allied armies masses of troops sufficient to overwhelm them. Heroism, aided by different circum- stances, prevailed against superior num- bers in the battles of the Marne and Nancy In another case the contributing circumstances might be lacking and hero 1. ism alone without numbers might not prevail.
 4 What happened at Charleroi, say the , Students of this question. might have been seen In figures before the war when the 2 statistics showed three Germans born for every F'renchman. For the main tenance of peace after the war, they hold, treaties may not be relied upon. The most potential deterrent will be an increased number or soldiers.
 POPULATIONS COMPARED
 The population of France which was 35 per cent of the total of the grea, powers of Europe in 1874 had fallen to 16 per cent in 1913.
 < Tn 17S9 France had 26,O00,OO0 against 2S 0O0O0 for all of the German-speaking countries.
 In 1874 the population of the principal European countries was:
 France ....................... g, ,350, 900 Great Britain and Ireland ........ 19,00O 00O Austria 30, GOO 900 Prussia .......................... 10000, 0OO
 In 1880 the figures were:
 France 37, 200 900 Great Britain and Ireland ....... 34, 800, ,O0O Austria .......................... 30, ,000 German empire ..................... 45, 600 900 Italy ......................... z,6O0, ,00C { In 1913 the figures were:
 france ......................-- o9,5OOVU Great Britain and Ireland ........ 46, O00 Austria .......................... s, ,000, ,00l German empire .................... 68, ,000, ,O0O Italy ........................ o6,oo0VoO
 In the space of a single generation France had been passed by Germany in 1865, by Austria in 1880. and by Great Britain in 1895, and was being closely pressed by Italy.
 ' SITUATION IS GRAVE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
Maxwell Price vS. Ford Price

Ford gets tremendous of Westinghouse others advertising the Fordca
 Here list items which but which complete with goods regularly advertised needu additions o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22

Why wait? Why court disappointment in cars. of other make, when MAXWELL cars are right here-on the floor? We can deliver them immediately.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-16
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Leap year dance.

Leap year dance.
On. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Aug
| ust Paulsen very nicely entertained
the Larkin club ut her pleasant home
Mr. Ehrkc and daughter were bust
| ness visitors in Denison on Wednes.
day.
Mrs. Harry Lorenzen was up from
Ricketts, between trains on Monday
Henry Pipgras Of Holstein was here
the past week visiting his brother,
William, and also taking orders for the
nursery stock in which line he is in
terested.
John Wiedrich still remains quite
ill with pneumonia.
The Misses Amanda and Eta Peter
sen. who have spent the past six
weeks here visiting with their rela-
tives in the krohnke, Lorenzen and
Schroeder homes returned to their
homes at Ipswich, S. D., on Saturday.
Miss Ella Thoms and Mr. Fred Linn
returned on Monday from Ida Grove
where they had been visiting the for
lner's mother, who is in the hospital
there.
DR.. H. D. Jones returned on Satur-
day afternoon from Chicago from a
two days business mission.
Louie Naeve and Carl lessen return
ed from Sioux City Friday evening,
where they had transacted business.
The Oldest son of Claus Olry south
of town is quite sick at present.
Miss Ella stegemann, OF North
Platte, Neb., is here for visit with
relatives and old friends.
Mr.. Theo. Rohwer transacted some
business in Denison Tuesday.
Mr.. Will Prosch, who has been as
sisting Mr.. Henry LEM with his farm
work the past winter, went to Charter
Oak Saturday for two weeks visit
with relatives and friends and will re-
turn to assist Mr.. LEM the coming
year.
Mrs. Honas Carstens and daughter,
Evelyn, went to Ricketts, Thursday
to visit the formers daughter Mrs.
Harry Lorenzen. They returned on the
freight that evening.
Rudolph Schumann is visiting with
relatives at Davenport.
Miss Rosa Lorenzen departed for
Los Angeles, Calf, Friday where up
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The ten days old babe of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Norris died and was buried
in Dunlap last Friday. 1t seems that
the little one had never been strong.
The parents have the sympathy of all.
Fidelis Sullivan and sister, Minnie,
attended the dance at Woodbinc last
Wednesday evening and report a very
pleasant time.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Nelson Wednesday and a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mcaves; also a
pair of twins, a boy and a girl, to Mr..
and Mrs. J. r. Ncwland on Thursday.
Mrs. Will Probasco attended the fun
eral of Elwain Lowrey in Woodbine
Thursday.
Mike O'Day shipped three cars of
cattle and three of hogs to Chicago on
Saturday. He accompanied the ship
ment.
Mrs. Arthur Claussen, of Sidney.
Neb., arrived Saturday for an extend
ed visit with her mother, Mrs. Lon An.
drews, and other relatives.
Mrs. N. Graves has been on the sick
list for the past week, but is somewhat
improved now.
Mrs. MAIDS Larson is still very i'll,
a fact we are sorry to learn.
The infant son of Mrs. Petrea An
dersen died Saturday and was buried
Monday. This Is very sad for Mrs. An
dersen has just lost her husband. The
bereaved mother has the sympathy of
the entire community
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Mr.. John Mahnke was business
caller in Charter Oak Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Siels and children, Ed an
Lizzie, were Charter Oak visitor.
Tuesday.
Herman and Albert Tebbe were
transacting business in Charter Oal
Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Schlee were il
Charter Oak OH business Tuesday.
Mr.. VIM. Doherty, who is workin;
in the ropndhouse in Manila. was in
Kenwood Tuesday repairing a car.
Mr.. +. Carl was business caller ~.
Omaha Wednesday.
Mrs. German went to Buck Grove
Wednesday to spend several days
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. Zeph Fienhold was a county
seat visitor Thursday.
Bert McElwain was among the bus.
mess callers in Charter Oak Thursday
Fred Kuehl was a business caller in
Dow City Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahnke and
family were entertained at the Will!
liam Kuehl home Thursday evening!
Mr.. Louie Christensen was among
the business callers in Denison Friday.
Glen Henderson was Dow City
visitor Friday.
Mrs. John Petersen, Miss Annie
christensen and Mrs. II. Hansen were
business callers in Charter Oak Fri
day.
Miss Cora Patterson spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. F. Carl.
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ons her arrival she will become the
bride of Mr.. Joe Myerbrink, who for
merly lived here. Her father, Honas
Lorenzen, and sister, Miss Emma, ac-
companied her as far as Omaha.
Herbert BendiXen has been serving
as substitute on route one during the
has the grip.
Chas Jurgenson spent the past
week in Denison, where he served on
the jury.
Mrs. f. N. Olry and daughter, Car.
men. retuned to their home in Denison
after visiting in the Jurgen Schroeder
home.
Julius Krohnke and family are NOV
ing into his fathers house this week.
Misses Josie BendiXen and Elma
Hargens returned to Ida Grove on
Monday after an over Sunday visit
in the VIM. BendiXen home.
Mr.. Ferdinand Kuhlman. of Charter
Oak, was here in attendance at the
Leap Year Dance Friday night.
Mr.. Martin Petersen and Mr.. Will
lard Bruce. OF Ipswich, S. D., arrived
on Wednesday for visit with the for
mer's uncle, Mr.. Matt Lorenzen, and
other relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Herman Bielenberg re-
turned the first of the week from their
wedding trip to eastern parts of Iowa
Mr.. B. l.. Morgan and family are
enjoying visit from Mrs. Morgan's
father, whose home is in Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Rickert, Of
Ricketts,, spent Wednesday here with
relatives and friends.
Ernst Dahns and Fritz Mohr were
business visitors in Mapleton ON
Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Buck spent the past
week in Auburn visiting with the Viii.
lert family.
Mrs. Henry Boysen entertained sew
eral friends and relatives on Sunday
afternoon in honor OF her birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs: Martin Schultz enter.
tanned on Sunday afternoon. when
about dozen were present to spend
the time in social way and enjoy
the time and the lovely supper served
by the hostess.
August Reinking, Of Ida Grove, was
here few days recently calling on
friends and relatives.
Mr.. John SPAIN and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. SPAIN went to Soldier Saturday
for an over Sunday visit with the Ed.
SPAIN family.
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February .21st, to dispose OF his pro
perry. Mr.. Hansen and family will
move to Odebolt March LIST.
Preaching services held at Boyer
every Sunday at 3'o'clock, Sunday
School at 2 O'Clock, Epworth League
at 8 o'clock and on Wednesday eve
ming Rev. Ralston will have charge
of bible study elias for all converts.
Mrs. Geo. Ncwcom visited her par.
ents at Deloit Wednesday.
Mr.. John Fleming and sister, Grace
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Fleming spent
Sunday at the G. H. Carlson home at
family reunion. Mr.. Carlson and
family will move to Marshals, Mimi,
March LIST.
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G. S. Johnson shipped two car loads
of hogs to Chicago Tuesday. Mr.. Swar
Nelson went in with the shipment.
Mrs. Will Dozark and Anna Nissen
We're passengers to Denison Saturday
Miss Acelia Sykes went to Dow City
Friday for few days visit with
Friends.
Twenty young people from Odebolt
enjoyed bob party Friday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. David Andersen
to meet them and all enjoyed an oy.
ster supver. A fine time was reported
where they invited a few around Boyer
by all.
John Nevilla is busy Smelling corn
nowadays. On Saturday Ben Petersen
sold some corn to Dozark bros. for soc
and John Quade sold corn to John
Erne for 55c.
Mr. Nels Taylor and daughter, Olga,
returned from Omaha the first Of the
Taylor to be operated upon. The opera
week, where they had taken Olgot
ton was successful and he is reported
getting along fine, which is good news
to his friends.
Barney Simon is moving his machin-
cry and household goods to his father
in-law's farm south OF Vail, which he
will farm the coming year
Mrs. Nels Taylor and daughter,
Mrs. Carl Paulson were passengers
to Omaha Friday to visit the formers
son. Olgot, at the hospital.
Mrs. Kulberg and daughter, Anna,
were passengers to Denison Wednes-
day.
About fifty friends and neighbors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Arnold wendell.
their way to their home on Tuesday
evening and gave them a surprise as
they are about to leave Boyer for
their. new home near Council Bluffs.
The evening was spent playing games
after which refreshments were served.
Rev. Ralston gave a speech and pre-.
scented them with one-half dozen or
ange spoons as a token of esteem. 1t is
regretted very much by their friends
to have them move away. But what
Boyer loses Council Bluffs will gain.
The best of wishes go with them. :
Mr.. Eric Hansen will sell at public
auction ON the Mrs. Perry farm 21s
miles northeast Of. Boyer Monday