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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
IAL APPLICATIONS

not strong, stay in bed four days or more according to the severity of the attack.
 EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS
 In order to stimulate the lining of the air passages to throw off the grippe germs, to aid in loosening the phlegm and keeping the air passages open, thus making the breathing ens- fer, Vick's Vapo-Rub will be found 2f- fective. Hot, wet towels should be applied over the throat, chest and back between the shoulder blades to open the pores. Then vapo- Rub should be rubbed in over the parts until the skin is red, spread on thickly and covered with two thicknesses of hot flannel cloths Leave the clothing loose around the neck as the heat of the body lib- crates the ingredients in the form of vapors. These vapors. inhaled with each breath, carry the medication di- rectly to the parts affected. At the same time Vapo-Rub 'is absorbed through and stimulates the skin, att tracting the blood to the surface and thus aids in relieving the congestion within.
 HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE
 Evidence seems to prove that this is a germ disease spread principally by human contact, chiefly through coughing. sneezing or splitting. So avoid persons having colds, which means avoiding crowds-commoa drinking cups, roller towels, etc. Keep up your bodily strength by plenty of exercise in the open air, and good food. Above all keep free from colds, as colds irritate the lining of the air passages and render them much bet ter breeding places for the germs.
 Use Nicls's Vapo-Rub at the very first sign of d cold, For head cold, melt a little Vapo-Rub in spoon anH inhale the vapors, or better still, use Vapo-Rub in benzoin steam kettle. If this is not available, use an ordi- nary teakettle. Fill half-full of boil ing water. put in half a teaspoon of Vapo-Rub from time to time--keep the kettle just slowly boiling and in- hale the steam arising.
 NOte-Vick's Napo-Rub is the dis covery of a North Carolina druggist. who found how to combine, in salve form. menthol and camphor, with such volatile oils as eucalyptus, thyme, cu- bebs, etc, so that when the salve is applied to the body heat. these ingred- ients are liberated in the form of va DOTS.
 Vapo Rub is comparatively new ia New York state and New England and a few western states where it is just now being introduced. but in other sections of the country it is the stand- ard home remedy in more than 1,000.- 0oh homes for all forms of cold trou- bles. over 6,00o,000 jars were sold last year It is particularly recom- mended for children's croup or colds. since it is externally applied and therefore can be used us freely as de- sired without the slightest harmful ef- fects vapo-Rub can be had in three sizes at all druggists. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
RED CROSS BULLETIN

U. D. C. (and made by Mrs. Mohns) were the most beautiful socks ever sent in to the Birmingham chapter.
 These articles will be on exhibition Tor a week. and if all of the units are will ing, it will be sent as a whole, to New Orleans to be sent as a Christmas pres ent to the Queen of Belgium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
Examination for Postmaster

There will be an examination held in Birmingham, Ala, on November g, be- ginning at a. lll., for the position of fourth class postmaster at Oxmoor Jef- ferson county Ala. Only persons who reside within the delivery of that of flee are eligible to take this eNamina- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
RETURNED TO DUTY, PREVIOUS.
 LY REPORTED MISSING

Fred M. Braden, POrterdale, Ga. Francis H. Bush, Eddy. Okla. James H. Roberts, Baltimore, Md. Edward Schanda, Chicago.
 William T. Schmanke, Rochester, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
KILLED IN ACTION

 Sergt. Morris D. Moore, Poplar Bluft Missouri.
 CORPORAIsS William L. Hubner, LaPorte, Ind. Jack M Melrose, Mesa. Ariz. 'Vern E. Swingle, Manistique, Mich.
 PRIVATES Benjamin German, Philadelphia, Thomas F. Devaney. Bird Island, Minnesota. Henry G. Edward, Rockaway Beach, New York. < Charles H. Keeney. Eastbank. w. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
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 IPEILOSOPr1E

Ole Miss, folks dat believes m "Tekin' de Worl' as dey Finds hit" ought ter remem- Der ter leave CT little bit uv hit fer de rest of us! Yas- sum!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
CASUALTY LIST
tcontinued From Page Three)

waHer De Long Newman, Trinidad Colorado.
 Florence R. OgE, McAlIister. Okla. Joseph K. Palmer, Wilson, Pa. Joln J. Przanowski, Omaha, Neb. Arthur Rasicot, Putnam, Conn. John W. Robson, Corbin, Mont. Joseph Francis Russell, Yonkers New York.
 simon Sander, Lawrence, Mass. Samuel J. Shack, Schaefferstown, Pa Fred S. Siebenschuh, DravesburG, Pa l. Joseph l.. Smith, Harrisburg, III. Virgil Harry Snow. Independence Missouri.
 Herman J. staebell, Darien Centre New York.
 Joseph F. Staiger, Pittsburg, Pa. Sylvester F. Sullivan. Pittston, Pa Louis Frank Tremmel,' West Cox sackie, N Y.
 Fred Delois Van Zandt, Saltwater Oklahoma.
 Oscar F. Vogt, Gesale, Neb. Ernest S. Warren, Dunlap, Ia Andrew Wesner, Jr.. Brooklyn John Whelan, Yonkers, N. Y. John w Wilcox, Brownsville, Neb. Edward Wiley, Davis Junction, H. Samuel Williams, Dudley. Pa. Nahum Rather, New York Claude Reeves, Kellogg, Ia. Jack w. Rutherford. El Paso. Tex. Thomas Houston SherrilI, Alta Vista. Virginia.
 Howard F. Short. swartz Creek. Michigan.
 Melvin E. Shroyer, Hyndman, Pa. Peter Sinl1iewicz, Grodno, Poland. Rocco Stance, Glencove, N. Y. Aibre w. Stewart. Heflin, La. Harvey Charles Stine, St. Clair, Mich. Leo Streit, Holdingford, Minn Frank '. Taylor, Mobile, Ala. I4cuis F. Tipsword Decatur, III. George Jacob Weber. Detroit. Winkey Wick, Ironwood Mich. William Wierniewsky, Trenton. N. ]. Charles Y. Williams, Saltillo, O. John P. Wilson, Butte, Mont. Joseph Boshack, Jessup, Pa. Earl Carey, Rochester, Pa Frank Culver, Muscoda, Wis. Henry Dombroski, Waterbury, Conn,
 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Cook William II. Schmidt. Philadel- phia.
 Private Steve Mislli, Milwaukee.
 TJEITTFN NrTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
LIEUT.. GASTON DEAD Officer Passes Away in Fl PasO With
 Pneumonia

Lieut.. J. Brown Gaston died in Fl Paso, Texas, yesterday following an illness of pneumonia, according to news received in Birmingham. He was well known in Birmingham and is survived by his father, Bernard Gaston of Montgomery, sister, Mrs. J. M. McGavock of Bir- mingham, an aunt, Mrs. w. T. Redd, and a cousin, Mrs. Styles Burroughs.
 Scott N1 Orris, Chandlerville, Ill.
 William F, Smith, Ubly, Mich.
 Returned to duty, previously reported killed in action:
 Private Albert s. Grant, Butler, Pa.
 Returned to duty, previously reported missing:
 Lieut. Elden s. Betts Alton, Ill.
 Corp. Joe John Ostrowski. Detroit.
 Private John J. Albright, Pollock. South Dakota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
MISSING IN ACTION

Henry Bradley Frost, Arlington, 
 Grady R. TouchstOne, Laurel Miss. Corp Harlan F. Taylor, Philadelphia. Mech. Roy N. Shaw, Pemberton, N. J.
 PRIVATES Frederick Albach, Cleveland. O. Albert Butcher, Switzer, w. Va. Frank Capcrs. MelIette, Okla. CIell c. Conway, Williston, N. D. Theodore Fisher, St. Clair Heights Michigan.
 James Malone, Alamogordo, N. NJ. John Musso, Westfield, N. Y. Frank Pacovsky, Astoria, N. Y. Claude Harrison Thompson, Cuba New York.
 Raymond L. Walton, Fort Madison, Ia William J. Werner, Kingston, N. J. Tofil Bialoglowicz. Buffalo. William Buhl. Brooklyn. Ralph Butterworth, Carmel, Ind. Martin R. Byrne, New York. Jacob F. Cnvener, Mohawk, Tenn. Laymond Clark, Evansville, Ind. John De Hollander, Grand Rapids Michigan.
 Max Delgar, Aragon, N. M. Terry Elliott, LaPine. Ala. Charles S Felske, Reedsburg, Wis, Clifford Chester Gibbs, Wauseon. O. \ Robert D. Harrington, New York. Edward T. Henderson, Brooklyn. Mitchell Levesque, Fall River. Mass Harrison Long, Coal City, Ind. Thomas Mccarthy, Stiles, Wis. John A. Nicodemus, South Bend, Ind. Paul Sapuni, Pittsburg. Pa. Jaroslav Sruta, Chicago. Morris Weisberg, New York. Gennaro Zullo, Watertown, N. Y.
 PRISONERS
 PRIVATES Julius Lapidas, Brooklyn. Louis Lutenski, Bayonne, N. ]. Elmer Morris, Los Angeles, Cal. Edwin Potts Neer, HillsbOrO. Va. Nicholas Rubert, South River, N. J. Major Tigner, JohnsOns Mill, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
SPANISH INFLUENTIAL WHAT IT IS
 AND HOW IT SHOULD BE TREATED
Nothing Simply the Old Grip, La Grippe, That Was Epidemic in 1ss9-9O, Only Then It Came From Russia By Way of France and
 This Time By Way of Spain

has left you or if you are over 50 or not strong, stay in bed four days or more, according to the severity of the attack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
MISSING IN ACTION
PRIVATES

Corp. John N. Gravener, PhilapehIia. Private George D. Steuer, Bergen, New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12

Fred w. Kroll, Saltwater, Minn. Harvey 0. Phillips, Troy, N. !. Murrell w Starns, Ottumwa, la. Thomas V. Thomas, New Llsboh' lno John O. Vogt. Grown Point O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

Cook William II. Schmidt. Philadel phia. Private Steve MislSi, Milwaukee.
 IIEUTENANTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
KILLED IN ACTION, PREVIOUSLY
 REPORTED MISSING

Corp. Raymond w. Boone, Elslnore, California.
 Private Claude A. Fox, Cuiiapka, TennesaeP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
PRISONERS PRTVATES
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIEs

Summary of casualties to date:
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
NOTICES!

Remember this, ours is the larg-
est and best assorted stock of goods
in town in our line. We are now
presenting to you the opportunity
to choose anything you want from
this stock at exactly landed cost
price. We will not sell below cost.
but we will sell everything at prices
that will surprise you. Bear in
mind another thing; whatever you
see advertised here you will find
at our store. We haven't much
space for details, and the whole
newspaper would not contain enough
space if we wanted to mention
everything that's on sale, but we
want to say that everything in the
store is on Sale now-absolutely
nothing reserved, and no c. o. DIS,
approvals or exchanges. Every Sale
is final Just as soon as the stock
is sold, our fixtures will be for sale
Don't think we will be sold out in
a few days; if you can't come to-
day, come tomorrow, or as soon as
possible, but do not put it off too
long. New shipments that are on
the way now will be placed on Sale
Immediately upon their arrival,
along with the other goods.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
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We going into details about for selling they would
We going quit business Alaska and quit right big store
building for sale also the New York Block well number desirable
business lots We will refuse reasonable offer for expect
price stock Of Merchandise the fact that merchandise
all kinds advancing right along the opportunity be able from
stock exactly landed will finish
that will be remembered long after gone.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
Just a Word to
the Wise Guys

You may be one of those pessi-
mists, commonly called wise guys,
that think they know it all. And if
you are, of course, you will think
that this is just Sale like a good
many other Sales-just to raise
money or dispose of surplus stock.
But right here Mr.. Wise Guy, let
US tell you-you are wrong for
once. The only object we have in
view is to dispose of our stock at
landed cost, in as short a time as
possible and sell our Real Estate
if we possibly can. We are not
calamity howlers. Neither do we
think that the bottom will fall out
of Alaska because we are quitting,
but we do think that after being in
business in Alaska for the last
twenty years, it's time to quit. So,
do not holler before you are hurt,
but if you want to see a genuine
Selling-Out Proposition, come and
see us and We'll guarantee that you
will not leave the store without
purchasing something. And you will
be glad you came because you will
realize it does not always pay to be
too wise.
Thank You,
SJMSON'S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
TRAWELETTE
Merida.
BY NIKSAH.


A capital which most tourists never
visit. and of whose very existence
many. people are ignorant is Merida,
the chief city of Yucatan. Yucatan
is one of the richest Mexican prov
inces, and, to go farther into the intri-
cacies of geography, forms the right
show city. officially began to exist in
1912. when the Spaniards laid the cor
nerstone with much ceremony and
proclaimed grandly that the very 10y
al and noble city of Merida, chartered
by his most Catholic majesty Philip
II, was now on the map.
Since then. Merida has grown con-
siderably acquired a plaza, CATHEDRAL,
university, hotels, and a goodly num-
Der of millionaires, and considers it
self a city of some importance.
One governor of Yucatan with a
well developed sense of civic and ma
tional pride tried to separate the
wealthy citizens of the capital from
some of their surplus change for i'm
provement of the city. The millionaire
element could not see how it would
gain anything by installing the beauti-
fully paved boulevards described so
graphically by their promoter and re-
fused to contribute. But the COVER
nor placed a tax on the heneQuen, the
chief source of Merida's wealth and
Win liis pIoCeeuS, winch ran ifito iiiii-
lion of dollars, he laid pavements
which made walking and driving in
the city a joyous affair instead of the
unpleasant necessity which it had
been.
All the wealth of Yucatan has
been gathered to Merida. To be
wealthy is to be fashionable, and in
the eyes of the residents, a man is
or is not placed on the Who's Who list
according to the state of his finances.
The newly rich of any country with
aspirations toward a social position
would do well to seek out Merida for
they would be sure of a welcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison G1obe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
One can't be impulsive without fire.
quentiy being repulsiye.
We never could understand why
pretty ankle should indicate anything.
Quite a few lies abound in news
papers because there are SO many
liars outside of newspaper offices.
A lot of people who were misquoted
ought to be glad What If what they
really said had been printed?
Bill Moore: when / die, I don't
want men to remove their hats at my
grave and catch pneumonia. That's
foolishness."
If Americans, as a people. have any
shortcomings at all, it is that they
prefer to be careful rather than good
for goodness sake.
About once in so often the mother of
a young lady daughter finds it nee
essary to say: II am still capable of
managing my own house.
An elderly Atchis6n woman is for
ever talking about trying to preserve
her figure Those who knew her
when she was young. said she never
had Figure"
~ An Atchison woman married a par
agon, and says if she had it to do
over again she woule marry a
tough" that it is dogs life to live
with someone on a pedestal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

Nine southern cities show a homl-
eide rate of 21.7 per 100000 of popu-
lation; eight central cities rate of
1924; four Pacific coast cities a rate
of 90; ten eastern cities at rate of 40.
These figures lead the Rochester
Democrat to remark: Where Judge
Lynch is held in the highest favor,
there the homicide rate is highest, a
fact which conveys its own moral"
But Judge Lynch can not be held
wholly responsible for the high homi-
eide rate in the south. One contrib
uting cause is the fact that the south
erner so often resents an insult thru
use of gun and grieVous injury fire.
quently is avenged in the same man.
ner instead of by a resort to the courts.
This homicidal tendency of the south
ern men is not without a sort of COM
pensation. There are fewer wrongs
of certain kinds committed than in
communities where the penalty is less
severe. Southern woihanhood is safer
than it is in the north. emitting the
black peril.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in
Americas Fighting Service

Secretary Daniels has just COM
mended Ray Nye, chief gunners
mate of the U. S. navy, for herpism
displayed in jumping overheard from
the deck of the Pennsylvania and res
cuing a man from drowning. The
escue occurred after a collision with
tug. and the water was covered with
debris. Without hesitation, Nye threw
off his coat and cap and jumped over
board. The propellors were going full
speed .astern and the sailor had to
swim against this strong current as
we'll as to fight off the splinters and
pieces of wood in the wreckage.
Reaching the drowning man, he kept
him above water until picked up by
tug. Nye enlisted in the navy at
Newport, r. l., on June 26, 1897. His
wife, Mrs. Ray Nye, resides at SO
Warner street, Newport.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

If there remained at Berlin any
lingering doubt regarding the war
aims of the allies it must have been
removed by the speech of David Lloyd
George, delivered last week. The pre-
mier's pronouncement doubtless was
intended for consumption in Petrograd
as well as in the capitals of the CEN
trail powers. 1t was pointed and plain,
setting forth the conditions under
which peace may be brought about, in
language which cannot be misunder
stood or misinterpreted. 1t should put
an end to the flying of enemy peace
kites. That all of England's partners
in the war are in entire accord with
the utterances of the British premier
scarcely admits of a doubt. The
speech is in a measure a repetition of
what President Wilson has said on
previous occasions. elaborated to fit
certain conditions in the old world
with which this country is not espec-
tally concerned. 1t is now up to Ger
many to say whether or not the war
shall continue. The kaiser no longer
can tell his people that the allies de-
sire to crush and dismember the Ger
man empire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
GOOD AND SHIPS

The fact that America is called
upon to feed the world at this time,
it appears is not due TO a-shortage of
food on the earth but to a shortage of
ships. Dependence is being placed on
the United States because we are in
closer proximity to the needy coun-
tries.
1t appears that in Australia, a coun-
try that has contributed materially to
this war, there is, as the result of at
least two harvests, piled up very
large quantity of cheap and practical
ly government-own wheat, much of
it in the open air. where it can not be
adequately protected from various
kinds of damage. Yet we have had an
unprecedented call upon our wheat
supply in this country and Canada re-
sulting in It great increase in prices.
due to the fact that the European Ea-
tions absolutely required wheat for the
sustenance of their people. The an
swer to this apparent anomaly is that
it takes three times as long for a ship
TO go to Australia for food as it does to
go to Canada or the United States, and
the world has not the shipping avail
able for the long hauls because of the
submarine menace and the exigencies
of war.
Oil and other food stocks are also
piled upon the Asiatic and African
coasts awaiting shipment, while we
are using food fats in our soap be-
cause we can not get at these stores.
Immense quantities of wheat are
stored in Russia, but nobody can get
at it. altho Germany is making a fren-
zied effort to do SO at present.
The most pressing problem before
the United stateSand the nations en-
gagged with 1t in the war against the
Hohenzcllern dynasty is to supply
food and ships and thus defeat the
German submarine attack upon the
left flank of the western front. With
plenty OF ships food will come.
The western front simply must be
maintained and must eventually be
pushed forward by Americans or there
will be no final conclusion to the great
catastrophe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

That this has rightly been called the
advertising age is shown in the fact
that many great concerns which for
meriy felt no need to advertise are
now seeking the public ear. 1t might
be-thought absurd for c company with
10000 employees, operating 1900 cars
on 1877 railroads and selling 25,OOO.OO0
reservations annually to advertise.
The Pullman company did not inaugu-
rate its advertising to secure new BUSH
ness, but, in the words of Vice Presi-
dent Runnells in Printers Ink, ito
correct some outstanding misconcep-
tons of Pullman service" This it has
accomplished and by taking the pub
lie into its confidence the COMPANY
has removed the attitude of suspicion
which many entertain toward great
corporations. The public is reached
by this sort of publicity. When the
Pullman advertised that unused Pull
man tickets would be redeemed, hun
dreds of offices were literally
swamped with applications from peo-
pie who wanted their money back and
didn't know that they could get it. At
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08

Railway revenues for the calendar
year 1917 have in all probability
crossed the four billion dollar mark,
which is higher by some 400 million
dollars than the point attained in
1916. which broke the record by many
millions" says Frank Haigh Dixon,
chief statis:ician of the bureau of rail-
way economics. in an analysis of rail-
way earnings and expenses published
in the Railway Age Gazette. On the
other hand, he points out, railway ex-
penses are on an even sharper incline
They amounted to more than s2,sO0,-
100000 in 1917, which is nearly 500
million greater than in 1916, so that
the final figure of operating income
for the year has been reduced by
about 100 million dollars But the
roads no longer have cause for worry.
Uncle Sam will take care of all these
matters for soQe time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
LET Us KEEP BUSY.

While tn. people of this country are
practicing economy and conservation
as a means to winning the war. which
be remembered that this alone will not
be sufficient. There must also be in
creased production of all essentials.
We have lessened the productive
powers of the country by taking g.
600, 900 men away from the productive
forces; instead of producers the SOL
diers are consumers of the products of
our farms, factories and mines, and
when the munitions they expend and
will expend against the enemy are
considered they are tremendous con-
sumers of the manufactured products
of the country.
A great amount of the manufactur-
ing energy of the country has been
Withdrawn from manufacturing the
things We Use in peace and put to
manufacturing the things we use in
war, The total loss to the country of
the productive energy of our soldiers
and sailors and the diversion of
great portion of the other productive
enCISy VI lIc Country 10 wal purposes
lessen to a great extent the amount of
material and supplies produced by the
country.
To this condition of lessened produc-
ton and increased consumption of and
by our own men must be added the
extraordinary demand made upon this
country to supply the armies of our
allies and to a great extent their pop
ulation with food and other material
We must meet the condition that
confronts us in two ways-by the
strictest economy in consumption. for
every pound we refrain from using
adds a pound to be devoted to the
uses of our army and navy and the
military forces of our allies; and by
speeding up our production to the
limit.
The planting season soon will be
here again, and every American
farmer will be expected to do his Ut
most.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-08
In a spirit of contrition the Atcf

In spirit of contrition the Atchi-
son Globe man pens the following:
For generations and generations men
have been running the affairs of the
world, md see how 'balled up every
thing is today! We make a motion
that the reins of all governments be
turned over to the women once. The
women could do no worse. Meanwhile
we wish to apologize for the derision
we have aimed at the women folks all
these years. We have misjudged
Them