The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-17

-t--t- A VI llA1AI nucleus of the first motor truck cir GUS, travelling over the highways of the land and eliminating to large extent the delays, the accidents and much of the enormous expense in- volved in railroad transportation. The idea is not new. Col. w. F.. Cody, who died recently; W. W. Cole, John Robinson and ''Tody" Hamilton, all famous showmen, are said to have dreamed of motor circus years ago. Modern capital and brains have launched the enterprise.
 If the project is a success-and there is no reason why it shouldn't be-there will be a new sensation in store for the small boy who waits by the roadside in the early morning hours for the vanguard of an "un-
 
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 It is reported that Emperor Charles of Austra-Hungary, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the Turkish heir apparent will go to Berlin and help the Kaiser celebrate his fifty-eighth birthday Janu- ary P. They may not do much cele- brating, but they will certainly knock the allies.
 Col. George Bailey of the Houston Post invites Governor Henderson to stop over in Houston and intimates that there will be some refreshments If the governor gets caught in one of these pleasant lt- tie sandstorms in Arizona he will feel like taking something to wet his throat. Last Sunday Milwaukee had the biggest church attendance in it's history. The predcHefs duVerllseu. Advertising always pays. except when you happen to be doing something you don't want people to find out about.
 Banker Sabin preferred war ridden Flu rope to the United States and Teak" investigation. However, his plans to go to Europe are said to have been made before MT. Lawson emitted his first yawp.
 The ''suff'' sentinels will entirely sur round the White House March 4, accord ing to the latest plan. On that day the President won't be able to look out of window without seeing ''suff'
 When Eugene Field was alive his fi- nances' Were in a chronic state of deple- tion, but 5000 was bid for the original manuscript of Little Boy Blue" the other day by Chicago banker.
 S China is going to build some more rail- roads. It's surprising how many rail- roads are successfully operated in this world without the efficient services of the colored Pullman 'potah.,
 <: < * Chicago Greeks protested against the allies "blockade' of their country. How ever, the allies are not paying much at tention to what goes on in Chicago just now. Louis Mollard, the proprietor of a fa- nous Paris cafe, was fined S4O,00O for selling nearly 1000 bottles of absinth. As he merely got s2 per bottle he's heavy loser. Professional southerners should put that phrase, "The Sunny South" in storage while the erstwhile sunny south waits for the weather to moderate
  We have to consider public opinion here," says pr. Zimmerman, German for eign minister. If that's the case Ger many must be improving.
 * * * Maybe Villas family will feel like drinking his health again when Per shings troops are withdrawn, leaving Villas scalp untouched.
  Sweeping denials are the order of the day in Washington, state of affairs that has brought Thomas w. Lawson to the verge of tears
 Now that Buffalo BilI' is gone, the small boy will have to depend on the mo- tion picture screen for his wild west"
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 If the war continues another year, the long suffering public will simply refuse to read about it.
 
 LUKE M,LUKE SAYS