Seven Papers a Week at Mobile Item Company
Mobile Alabama April 10 1913 The 7HR Mobile Item Company Inc lists its address 10 18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama and announces a paper in the South publishing seven papers a week Sunday for 10 cents. The notice includes names Hanson vice president and general manager Bush secretary and treasurer and others connected with the operation and advertising. Trunk telephones connect all departments for home editorial and news.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Emanual Street
Mobile
Ala
Antwerp
Fia
Hanson
Bush
O'S Ch Cipis Cses
Associated Press Report
International News Service
Ember Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Areca
Bo Oxi
Pascagou Oie
Wie
Coniston
Atmore
Brent
Ee Mobile
Alabama
Chamber Eyes Mobile Post Office to Suit Growing Needs
The Chamber of Commerce seeks to form a committee to urge Washington for a larger, sturdier post office in Mobile. It criticizes the current government plan as insufficient and argues that building an adequate facility now saves money by avoiding future enlargements or replacement.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Mobile
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
The Friedmann Serum and the Quacks
Public impatience over Dr. Friedmanns tuberculosis serum prompts warnings against impostors. Quacks are alleged to solicit money claiming the cure, exploiting sufferers credulity. Authorities should impose severe penalties, including prison terms, to curb the fraud.
Marriage of Children Lands Ruth Clay in Atlanta Court
Judge W D Ellis called the union a marriage of children as Ruth Clay, sixteen, testified against her runaway husband. She described work she was forced to do and his theft of her earnings. She wed at fourteen to a seventeen year old on a license arranged by a friend ahead of a broader wave of ninety four mismated couples seeking separations.
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W. D. Ellis
Ruth Clay
Atlanta
Jacksonville Pension Fund Proposal Aims at City Workers
Jacksonville moves to introduce a pension fund bill in the Florida legislature funded by 2.5 percent of salaries for workers earning $40 a month or more. The plan offers indemnity insurance and half-pay in old age, with claimed benefits including improved city administration and retention of top staff.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Notable City Voices Voiced Yet Silence on Contributions
A Columbia State remark notes that those loudest about service to a city are often absent when a contribution plate is passed. The writer urges restraint and favors less commentary on the subject.
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Columbia
Packer Price Claims and Fire Insurance Inference
The text argues against scapegoating packers for meat price hikes after a flood, noting such claims imply half the cattle died. It also mocks a Chicago judge who blamed fire insurance for arson, suggesting the statement should plainly claim insurance incentivizes incendiarism.
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Sofa
Chicago
Harvard to start chair of wit and humor
A historic note hints Harvard will establish a chair of wit and humor. It suggests Uncle Joe Cannon could be valuable, and comments on power struggles over Epails in the Near East and Turkey feathers as negotiations proceed.
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Harvard
Joe Cannon
Near East
Jupiter Pluvius Clouds Over Crown City Sports Meet
Jupiter Pluvius rains delay the city track meet as athletes from Crown City High and rivals await a clear day. Officials reschedule events and urge fans to stay prepared for field conditions and possible new dates.
Victory for Mobile as United Fruit expands Central American line
The United Fruit Company agrees to operate freight steamers between Mobile and Colon and to boost shipments to Central American ports served by the line. The move, championed by general manager C. H. Ellis, aims to revive Mobile’s foreign trade, with ships sourcing supplies locally and merchants urged to support the expanded trade. The revival could restore a multi million dollar annual impact Mobile previously enjoyed from the fruit trade.
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Mobile
United Fruit Com
Colon
Central America
United Fruit Company
C. H. Ellis
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Postal deficits spark commission probe into one cent rate
Postmaster General Burleson forms a commission to study the postal service conditions with a view to possible one cent letter postage. The panel includes Daniel C. Roper and others to examine the blue tag system and revenue disparities, amid a claimed $60 million annual surplus from letter mail.
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Burleson
Daniel C. Roper
Joseph Stewart
A. M. Dockery
James I
Post Office Department
United States
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Childs
Hitchcock
Curtis Publishing Co
Philadelphia
California
East
Colorado Convict Road Work Shaves Costs and Sets Pace
Colorado’s use of convict labor on roads produced 157 miles built in the last biennial period with an estimated county saving of 223,479 dollars. The warden notes mountain roads, high blasting costs, and depreciation figures, while praising the program as a pioneer model emulated by others.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Canon City
Ute Pass
Colorado City
Manitou
States move toward direct election of U S senators
In a Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial the push for direct senatorial elections gains momentum as states like Alabama Texas Tennessee Arkansas North Carolina Oklahoma and many others have approved the amendment. The piece argues that only a nationwide popular vote can ensure a pure senate and criticizes corrupt legislatures. Connecticut Florida are noted as likely to provide the final votes needed.
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Florida
Connecticut
United States
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Illinois
General Assembly
West Virginia
Lorimer
Colorado
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Arizona
California
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Vermont
Wash- Is Sin
Wyoming
National
Senate
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Prominent Alabama Call for Prompt Executions
The Birmingham Ledger editorial argues that prompt legal executions of white murderers in Alabama will curb the state’s high murder rate. It asserts executions deter crime more effectively than life imprisonment, cites recent hangings in Lewisburg, and urges immediate punishment of the first ten white men who murder to protect life and property.
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Alabama
Lewisburg
Birmingham Ledger
Appointment of Mr Douglas as president of Convict Inspectors
Montgomery approves Governor O Neals appointment of Hartwell Douglas to lead the Board of Convict Inspectors. The selection is framed as non political, based on integrity and business ability, with M B Wellborn serving briefly as temporary president prior to Douglas.
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Montgomery
Hartwell Douglas
O'Neal
Douglas
Alabama
M. B. Wellborn
Anniston
Ald SF
Considerationn
Monteemnery
The Murder of Father Movillan in the Village Mystery
A crowd gathers as Father Movillan is found dead in his home after four stab wounds and forty thousand francs vanish. Detective master Athenese Furet traces clues from snuff ashes to Nazir cigarettes, linking a soldier Jules Balandon to the crime while noting Balandon’s extravagant habits at the Golden Hen inn.
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Father Movillan
Athenese Furet
Furet
Brand
Jules Balandon
Paris
Suret
Balandon
Floods and bank losses reshape midwest business records
New York bankers report indirect flood damages hit manufacturing firms near Dayton and across the Midwest. Destruction of land titles and ledgers complicates debts, mortgages, and dividend payments while capital is sought to cover direct losses. Morgan noted for cautious public service and Columbia honor.
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New York
Bankers of
Central District
mid-West
San Francisco
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Horrors of the Moving Picture Business in Jersey Fire Scene
A film company staged a dramatic fire using a Jersey meadow house for 750 dollars. A new cameraman misfired, causing flames and smoke to erupt as actors fled. A fireman saved a baby and a poodle amid sparks, while the operator laughed and forgot to remove a lens cap.
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Moving Picture
Jersey Meadow
Pants
Rivington Street
Cox
Jersey
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Jacksonville's Pension Fund
Jupiter Pluvius
McClure
MR. Douglas
Father Monvillan
Henry Rautenbusch
Mississippi
Morgan
James Stillman
Mr. Stillman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Railway Systems
Union League Club of
Morgathe
New York City
Columbia University
Barnard College
Mr. Morgan
University
New Orleans
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