The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-10
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HeSs III uFlNlng auJomoDlleS IS de- plorable. A few of the accidents which have kept Birmingham ambu- lances busy were unavoidable, others were due to reckless driving. If the present record is kept up for the remainder of the year, 1921 will be the worst year for automobile fa- talities Birmingham has ever ex- perienced.
 A police department of 1000 men wouldn't be able to prevent auto mobilists from sacrificing their own lives and the lives of other people on the motor thoroughfares in and around Birmingham. It is not so much a matter of law enforcement as it is grave responsibility that rests on every owner and driver of an automobile to exercise caution, for his own sake and that of his friends or relatives who ride with him, and show more regard for the safety of pedestrians.
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 ReinO q copna rs ti,,et,, x-ouan ,, ton, we have our dignity to main tain. The American representatives at the meeting of the supreme coun- cil in Paris were the only persons present at. the opening session who wore morning coats and top hats
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 Germans are reported to be slipping into this country in the guise of sea men. If the federal authorities want to locate them they might be found in Chicago, Milwaukee and Cincin- natl.
 It's all matter of taste, but the wealthy English woman who startled bongchamps by wearing a zebra cos- tune with diamond buttoas isn't like ly to be a good judge of Iaintings
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 fair divorcee as the central fig ure of 8 Los Angeles mur/er is add ing piquancy to tho caso and put ting the young gentlemen of the press on thar mettlc.
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 The best dressed woman in New port" says 5000 a year is all e woman needs to be well dressed Can one maintain sable coat on that paltry amount?
 Until Congress gets rid of the idea that few millions more or less don't mean anything in particular, taxes are going to be high in the United States.
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 As long as there are love "trian- gles" and murder mysteries people will read newspapers in preference to the learned lucubrations of the scien- lists.
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 The privilege and elections com mittee of the Senate may declare Newberry guiltless, but the impress sion will persist that he wears price tag. The builder of the Eiffel tower is getting on in years but he has the satisfaction of knowing that his mon- ument has already been erected.
 x l. x Talk of lifting the "nuisance taxes" is encouraging. Unfortunately, there Is no tax on the man next door who cultivates the saxophone.
 # # < That pdineu expression so many democratic statesmen wear is the re- suit of having a republican admins. tration in office.
 !. < x Max Harden fears that Germany is hating France too much. If a Younker couldn't hate France he'd explode.
 The filtration" Is the aanle of a new dance step. With this coun- 1 try is waiting for is the prosperity shuffle.
 The "hole-in- the .wallp movie show has passed on. Even i., however, was frequently known as the Pal l ace"
 Building battleships to knock flu ture generations into cooked hats is no way to advance civilizA ton.
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 Trotzky's alleged threats against Europe are probably intended strict ly for home consumption.
 x < < Anyone wishing to go to sea in a tub should lose no time in consulting the shipping board.
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