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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23
"7.HZRTY'' AND
WHAT 1T MEANS

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August P. Richter writing N q
Davenport paper says:
The call, Thirty" has been slven
to ]. J. Richardson, the dean OF me g
American press and he has answered
it." A part of the resolution recenuy
adopted by the Tri-City Press cruz
in honor OF the late Jenness J. Ricn-
ardson, who since SO had the re!ns
of the Davenport Democrat IN ms
hands; at first as an assistant to ms
genial brother, David Nelson hicn-
ardson, and after his brothers death
az the general manager OF the great
local democratic organ.
There are good many who have
heard the expression Thirty ana
even quite q number have often used
this figure at the finish Of a story 70
show that 1t is ended without know
ing the meaning Of the expression
and its origin.
When ever a person dies who was
connected with the, telegraphfc OF
newspaper work generally his friends
contribute a beautiful floral onering
In the shape of the figure $50, mean
ing "finis;" the end.
But what is the origin of this sym
Dol of the end? How many dlHerent
expressions are used daily by great
number Of people of which not
single one knows the origin OF tho
expression. OF course the WORD
thirty" was at first used for prac-
ttcal purposes only until some news
paperman said about his dead FRIEND
that he had marked his last thirty
under his copy.
In former years as well as today
dues on kilograms were paid by the
receiver or by the sender. At that
time there was no Associated OF
United Press service or any other
organization which gathered news
and sent it from a headquarters to
all parts of the country. The papers
which could afford it had their
special correspondents In the diner
ent cities who sent news from their
vicinity by telegram to their respec-
tive papers. All such kilograms were
marked collect"
Large business houses and offices
used so-called "code" TO save
money. Such a code consisted OF
certain words which meant entire
sentences Or course the big tele
graph companies also used such
'codebooks" and most of the senders
of the telegraph associations knew
those codewords by heart. OF course
long study was required and one
OF the first codewords or rather
figures which the men new at the
game learned was the figure go
which means collect from the re
ceiver."
Especially the newspapers received
quite number Of kilograms marked
$50" and later on, after the forma
ton of the great press associations OF
this country the sender of the copy
put the figure "30" at the end of the
copy to notify the paper receiving the
news that no more copy would be
sent and that the paper could go to
press.
Now nearly every newspsperman
utilizes the figure "30'' and each and
every piece OF copy bears the figure
go" to show that the story is fin
ished. Therefore the figure is also
used every time newspaperman
dies to show that he is through with
the work of his life which bears the
figure Thirty"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23


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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23
The Giant RenuhIic

Worlds Outlook: You could put all
our United States (excluding
Alaska) into Brazil and have two
hundred thousand square miles left!
There is said TO be more UNEMPLOYED
territory in Brazil than in all the
rest of the world put together! If
we had a river like the Amazon
stretching inland from New York, the
greatest ocean steamers afioat could
sail through the heart of the United
States as far as Omaha, Nebraska
And this land of big things will be-
come as great commercially as she
now is physically. Already four-fifths
of the worlds coffee is raised in
Brazil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

One OF the curious privileges of the
post of maid OF honor to the queen
of England is that of being allowed
to wear a charming miniature of the
queen set in diamonds on the left
shoulder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

Oficial reports show tna mad
New York has 102,520 regis h
owners. Their contrioution ,,,,rted
rtate treasury in 1916 ANU
S957, 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

Evanston. ILL.,, is going into the city
planting business with unusual vigor.
While other communities talk about
cultivating idle lots and acres. Evan
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

Rural banking is esteemed safe and
sure. As Chicago private bankers
have been the chief sinners against
honesty, lawmakers conclude that
regulation is needed only where
financial wickedness prevails.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

Legislation looking to the reguIa-
ton of private banking in Illinois
has simmered down to Chicago
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23

ston acts as 1t talks. Inc e .sed
Gil appropriated 100000 for SEE
blowing and incidental law n vii
expected that school children
the rest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23
The High Cost of
IndigeStib1e Food

falls heavily upon the house
hold where there is no in
telligent direction of the
food supply. Expensive high
proteid foods, such as beef
and pork, impose a heavy
burden upon the liver and
kidneys. They are not as
nutritious as cereals and
fruits. Two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits with milk
supply all the nutriment
needed for a half days work
at a cost of only four or five
cents. Cut out meat and
eggs, eat Shredded Wheat
Biscuit with green vege-
tables and fruits, and see
how much better you feel.
For breakfast with hot milk
or cream. Made at Niagara
Falls. N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

absence of her husband Lieutenant Smith, at Fort Sill, Okla, Mrs. Smith will be with Col and Mrs. T. o. Smith at their home on Graymont Heights.
 
 Capt. Mortimer Jordan and Mrs Jor- dan will return this evening from Wash ington, where Captain Jordan has taken a special course in trench warfare.
 
 Mrs Clem Gazzam and her son are spending the summer at their cottage on the Maine coast.
 Mrs. Edward Moore and two little daughters have returned from a visit to Mrs Moore's parents, MT. and Mrs. J. L. Smith, in Mobile.
 Mrs. H. Seigel is the guest of Mrs. Nor ris Lehman in Selma.
 Mrs R. B. Kyle of Gadsden is at a local infirmary for special treatment. Miss Lorraine Barnes of Selma is visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Albert Hopkins, in this city.
 Miss Anna Belle Seymour of Selma is visiting friends in this city. MT and Mrs. J. N. Robinson have re- turned to their home in Dothan, accom- panied by Mrs. M. V. Robinson.
 
 MT Charles Miller is visiting his aunt, Mrs. James c. Sprouli, in Anniston. Mrs. U. E. Campbell has returned from a visit to Mrs. Luke Matthews on Monte Sano, Huntsville. Lieut.. N. K. Plunkett and Lieut.. Grif- fifth Harsh are among the officers who are spending few days with relatives in this city.
 Mir. Joseph McDavid of the cavalry corps in Montgomery is spending his fur tough with his sister, Mrs. Maclain Smith.
 Miss Perna Robinson has returned from a vacation of 10 days spent at St. Si- mond's Island.
 Mrs. Henry Giddens of Tampa, Fla, is visiting her brother. Maj. N. A. Graham, and his family in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Community Singing and Choir Work Are Closely Related and Each is Decidedly Beneficial
 to the Otner" Says Prof. Fred L. Gramb.

confidence; the next thing we find such a person wanting to do something mors ambitious; the practice and training which they have received durlng the community singing season does this for them and I can't begin to estimate what MT Lawrence's splendid work in this respeGS has meant to this city. It is educational and vocational; it is prac- tical and entertaining. And l trust that if will continue Our Church of the Ad- vent choir was the first to give an aft ernoon to community singing; we pre- pared three oratorio numbers and worked faithfully to present them we'll"
 'Our choir during the season num- bers 30 voices and just here I want to say that the work that Mrs. Q. L. Ste phenson has done with us has been sim ply splendid she has a beautiful voice and started in choir work when she was merely a girl she has developed into a singer of unusual ability, her work being that of the finished and trained artist I cannot say too much in favor of Mrs. Stephensons voice and her work"
 "Especially in unaccompanied york; Professor Grambs said, docs a choir show it's strength or weakness; to make a finished ending to an unaccompanied composition with expression, accent and phrasing requires not only good voices but finished musicianshp, The hymns of the EplSCopal are different rom those of other churches in that the tempo of each is indicated according to the Met ronome, which accounts for the spirit and vim with which they are rendered. their brightness and their buoyancy, When this is observed by the choirmas- ter and chorus, there is TO dragging and tagging by the congregation. Hymns by the congregation may be made just as musical and just as pleasing as when they are sung by a trained choir if the choirmaster knows how to lead them'
 q have made many strong pleas for classical music-good music in choir work during my residence in Birning- ham and my participation in musical affairs said Professor Grambs, "and I plead for it even to a greater extent now, when there is such strong ten dency to sing lighter music. Oratorio Is, in my judgment the highest order of music and music of that type is the only proper music to be used in church worship. I strongly advocate this stand ard for choirs; if this standard is lived up to, there is no reason why the choirs of Birmingham shouldn't be among the very finest and most finished. in the south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
PITTSBURG HONORS SAGE WHO
 FETCHED CITY TO STARS
Uncle John Brasher Foremost Astronomer Scientist Famous Instrument Maker, Is More Than That to His Home Town-At ", He Still Gives Bountifully of His
 Knowledge to Poor and Rich
By ZOE BECKLEY

Pittsburg, August 0.-(Special. .)--Men- ton Pittsburg, and anybody within ear- shot can tell you about it. Any schooiboy can write composition on it. Pittsburg is the public character among cities If a person hasn't been there he discusses it even more confidently than if he has. He knows how black it is. He has heard of the miles of mills" along the Mononga- hela and Allegheny rivers. And it's slums. He associates Pittsburg with steel plants strikes, pressed glass sugar bowls, mil ionaires. grime. and Harry Thaw.
 And he is right in sense. Pittsburg has had ali these things It still has most of them There are some it would like to forget. And others it would like to be credited with, please If you don't mind. Fine and beautiful things. I would say things "of the soul," If I wern't afraid of hearing groans from the audience. But it is true all the same. The city of Prick and Carnegie is in the throes of soulful outreaching.
 Its first stage says Uncle John Brashear Q'lf tell you about Unc' John afterward), was one of terrific toll. Pittsburg dealt in raw materials It tore and blasted crude minerals from the earth and worked them with fire. Men labored with the muscles of their sweat Ing bodies. Their products were sent elsewhere to be refined and made into finished commodities
 Then came Pittsburg's determination to do more than produce. It began to manufacture-to finish things up. It reached out from mere coal and iron into all sorts of industries. It did more than the dirty work It labored with it's brain IS well as it's body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses were issued to the following yesterday in the probate court:
 A. L. Scarborough of Montgomery to Miss Margaret Notes.-The.
 R. s. Blake of Birmingham and Miss Mary Louise Galill.
 Thomas Boter of Lynns Crossing and Miss Violet O'Neal Browder.
 Carl D. Hale of Birmingham to Miss Theresea Lee Vass.
 T. R. Hardin of Bessemer to Miss Nora Carl Dennis.
 James A. Spiro of Chicago to Miss Esther Adams.
 R. T. Bailey of New Castle to Miss Pearl Spillers.
 D. E. Jolly of Birmingham to Miss Mamie Ragland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Tribute to Mrs. Aldrich

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 It is with the full sense of the enormity of our loss that we, the salesmen and women of Loveman, Jo- seph & Loeb, wish to pay our last tribute of respect to our beloved friend, Mrs. Josephine Aldrich How very much we will miss her has al ready dawned upon us by her absence among us in just these last few days
 The sweet, tender smile and the happy good mornings will be missed by us who knew her and appreciated her golden heart and loved her so well. And though her life's work is over We feel and know that the divine providence will still leave us the bless ings of her spiritual guidance. EMPLOYES LOVEMAN, JOSEPH &
 LOEB.
 Birmingham. August 20, 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
SHES AT oRTHoRDOXY

"Creeds are queer things, aren't they?" asked Uncle John, digressing suddenly from telescopes and wives. If you haven't the element of human kindness in your business or in your religion, neither of 'em is worth dam! You often have to lay aside your religious creed in order to see Gods beauties.
 T guess an astronomer can't hold to his religious creed too vigorously He knows too much about the heavens and the earth-and other earths and heavens. Look at these-' And Uncle John fished some remarkable photograph plates from a cabinet.
 Those" he said holding them to the light are worlds in the making! Pho tographs taken through a telescope of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

The third phase of Pittsburg Is it's present one It is like a housewife who, having done her coarser, harder work, sits down in the cool of the afternoon to play on her piano, or read, or em- broider piece of fine linen Pittsburg is looking up through the murk, trying to see the stars.'
 PITTSBUGER TO THE CORE
 Right here is a good place to say that John A. Brashear is the man who has shown Pittsburg the stars. Literally and actually this is true. Also figuratively. For, although the Pittsburg Who's Who doubtless designates Dr. Blashear as an astronomical lens maker, the people who love him best call him dear, old. adora- able, daring Uncle John, the man who shows you how to live" Which is a pretty good thing to be called.
 Uncle John Brashear goes back to the days when Pittsburg was more of a pit and less of a burg than it is today, He Is so wrapped up in the development of the place that you can't write of one without the other. John Brashear Is Pittsburg," said the man who sent me to call upon him.
 Ills Q6Sh loOkS IL. OH up OI plle u scientific pamphlets lay a letter from President Wilson, complimenting Uncle John on his gunsights and range finders, thousands of which are in use with fight ing men on land and sea. Near by was a note from the most widely known steel man on earth, about a business matter.
 Close beside it was a request from Princeton to accept small line of as- sorted degrees and honorary member ships. Next was a stack of notes beg ging for lectures on everything from how to end the war to proofs that Mars is inhabited.
 There were letters in the brave, round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

men at such a time that receives such heartfelt expressions of gratitude as does the absolutely safe, tried and reliable preparation, Mothers Friend".
 By the use of this penetrating massage, the expanding muscles of the abdomen re- lax naturally when baby arrives. The nerves, fragments and tendons beneath! the skin are socthed; the tendency to- morning nausea Is avoided, and the pectant mother enjoys days of cheer ness The nights are not disturbed nervous twitchings and the crisis is of great happiness and less pain.
 Get a bottle from the druggist write the Bradheid Regulator Co.,, b N, 11s Lamar Building, Atlanta, e. <. their interesting little book. ssN hood and the Baby''. It will be sent ! out charge to any woman. '.Mt Friend" is wonderful help to naty no woman should fail, by any cha apply 1t herself night and mornin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

, masses of star bodies being whirled through space. And this is a sunstormw What are our chances of communicat- ing with friend Mars?" I asked Not impossible, not impossible!" am swered the scientist. T was talking lately with Marconi on that very sub ject. We know there are mysterious waves which touch England and America simultaneously. We have no instruments that will measure them, for they are not heat waves, nor light nor electricity. What are they? Whence do they come? May we not some day find them vehicle of communication from other universes? Worlds are being formed continually. They may be inhabited by creatures like ourselves"
 Uncle John Brashear is not considered absolutely safe as an orthodox expounder of the world. Narrow gauge evangelsts get a little nervous sometimes when Uncle John is scheduled to talk out in meeting and suggest that he depart not too far from the prescribed pabulum.
 Then why ask me here?" snaps, Uncle John.
 well, you're the best liked man in the state, doctor! People want to hear you They say you help and cheer and teach them. Pity you ain't a churchman!' signs the rector.
 FROM MILL TO FAME That's Uncle John Brashear. An as tronomer, but a practical, everyday human being. One of the worlds good men, but not a dogmatist A lover of peace, but the servant of his government A scientist honored by 20 institutions of learning, but teacher of little children and of laborers in mills.
 He kept on in his mill, by the way, for 21 years as a common mechanic, while Phoebe kept the little home on the hill and helped her man in his study of stars After John Brashear knew more than anybody else about heavenly bodies and how to get close to them through giant lenses, magazines and papers began to beg him to write for their publications. And he did Presently universities took notice and begged him to quit his work , mans job at the mill and teach their stu dents. So John Brashsear, who has never taken out patent became the most fa- nous instrument maker in the country him for 49 years. When the call came, Phoebe Brashear took her husband s hand and said, "John don't you go grev- ing for me. You go right straight on with your worki''
 That is the sort of wife Phoebe was On her grave are these words: We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night"
 When a man has a wife like that" says Uncle John, simply, The believes in women"
 Says Pittsburg through its grime and it's smoke: When a city has man like Uncle John Brashear, it believes in some thing more than toll and moil and money and power. It believes in love and beauty. in education and brotherhood. It believes in the stars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
By DOLLY pALnYMPLE

| IRRIS1 OMMUNITY singing is just a stepping stone, so to speak, to
 choir work, and that 1t will greatly benefit the choirs of Birming- ham has already been proved in many instances"
 Prof. Fred L. Grambs, one of the pio- neer choirmasters and organists of Bir- mir gham and one of the most popular and widely known musicians in this city spoke feelngly in the above words when talking a few days ago about the choirs of this community and urging that bet te, music and more classical compost tions be presented in church work.
 Professor Grambs has served with abil- ity and honor in the position of choir master and organist at the Church of the Advent for 30 years; p consecutive years to his credit. while the remaining number of years have been served inter n1ittently and if anybody in this city is an authority on choir work it is Pro- lessor Grambs.
 Professor Grambs was among the first tc blaze the trail" so to speak, in musical circles in Birmingham: he was potent factor Tn eStapllShln9 the earnest musical clubs in Birmingham and or ganizing the first choirs when there was very little talent to choose from, and when remuneration to church singers was almost an unknown quantity.
 Today his splendid choir at the Church of the Advent, one of the most finished and complete organizations in the city, stands as a fine example of his ability, his perseverance and his musicianship.
 Professor Grambs sees the wisdom of community singing in that it not only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Awaiting Motherhood

Women, al mo 8 { without exception. are prone to nervous ap- prehension when on the road to mother hood. A woman knows that however many people there are close or dear to her. she must face the crisis alone.
 There is nothing to- day prepared for wo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

"Everybody can sing, to some extent, Professor Grambs said, and community sing ging is even better than first at tempting to sing in a choir, because it gives confidence to the amateur; a per- sor who can sing a simple song sings with the community chorus and gains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

handwriting of high school boys asking advice on study courses And sheets Of very bad but well meant feminine poe try inspired by Uncle Johns chuminess with Saturn and Venus. Jupiter and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Ole Miss, sum Mems idea uv bein' Perfectly Balanced is ter be able ter keep Two Luv Affairs Coin at de Same Time widout losin' his Equilibrium. Yassum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

benefits people for the time being, but that it fits them for a more ambitious musical career, most choir singers being volunteers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
SHE" HELPED HIM WORK

There was little time in Johnnys young life for study, however, and no money for books. When he was big enough to swing a sedge hammer he went to the ma chine shops of Pittsburg and learned the gentle art of engine building.
 The mill hands liked John and got him to tell them star stories' at lunch time, which he illustrated with maps of the heavens drawn with chalk on sheets Of metal. Uncle John says there are lots of people working in mills and mines who like to hear about the stars.
 By and by," his story goes on, T mar ried My girl was of my sort, hard working and plain. But she loved the stars too. I told her I wanted more than anything else in the world to make tele- scope She said she'd help me do 1t. Somehow from the way she said it, I felt she was my mate.
 And, later, when we were married, l knew by the way she held the boards for me to nail that she was my mate, my partner. For we built our house with our own hands, Phoebe and l. Then we started on the telescope After 10 hours at the mill. I'd come home to find supper ready and our workshop in order, with the tools laid out. After supper we got to work grinding and polishing the glass for our telescope lens.
 Tt took us three years to finish the in- strument. Hi never forget the night we first saw the rings of Saturn and the mountains of the moon through that glass, imperfect as it was, broken even, for it cracked just as We were finishing 1t! Phoebe said never mind, that she's help me make another And she did. We invited the neighbors to- come up to our house and look through the telescope. remember how wicked some of the church people thought us because we did it on Sundaysi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

MT. w. N. Malone and his son, Lieut.. Robert Malone, returned Sunday night from Baltimore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Mrs. J. L. Harrison and the Misses Har- rison are the guests of Mrs. O. F. Finn in Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Lieut.. Joseph Mudd was among the out of-town guests today at the Brown Mur- phy wedding in Greensboro. #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

MT. and Mrs. Sol Ellis Morgalin have just come to this city to reside and are at home to their friends on Eighth ave- nue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Mrs. Gadsden Hume and her daughter. Helen. of Montgomery are the guests of the Misses Hume and Miss Herriott on Graymont Heights.