Mobile Item Company Inc Establishment and Advertisements
The piece lists The Mobile Item Company Inc at 048 Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama as the only South paper publishing seven papers weekly for ten cents including Sunday edition. It notes editors and managers, circulation details by mail and carrier, and mentions editorial staff and contact numbers. It also discusses doctors in times of peril and praises physicians for voluntary service during disasters and crises.
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Ided Invest
Mobile Item Company Inc
Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp
P. Bush
O'Connel Jebessees
Imogico
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Baldwin County
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Citronelle
Flomaton
Atmore
Brewton
Pensacola
Bell
Omaha
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Denies Heredity in Morals and Inheritance Theory
The Biblical Word from the University of Chicago features John Merle Coulter arguing heredity shapes only bodily traits and moral tendencies arise from inherited possibilities in the protoplasmic egg. He cites variances where children diverge in religious life or vice, contrasting with eugenics as a quasi religion rather than science.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Washington
Clark
Ways and Means
Chicago
Mobile
University of Chicago
John Merle Coulter
Coulter
Carrying of Strike Breakers Stopped across States
Representative Buchanan of Illinois moves to bar interstate transport of strike breakers and to shield labor unions from strike-breaking tactics. He cites telephone workers shipped from Washington to Boston to disrupt a strike and says a bill will be introduced in the House before congress closes. He questions constitutional grounds but urges action to curb employer involvement.
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Buchanan
Illinois
Washington
Boston
House
Congress
Postmaster Reform Aimed At Civil Service Civil Service Plan
Postmaster General Burleson proposes a sweeping reorganization for the postal service to place postmasters under civil service. Examinations would govern admission retention and promotion with appointments and transfers made without regard to locality. The plan seeks to remove politics and promote efficiency with outsiders eligible for fourth class posts and potential future extension to higher classes. President Wilson has voiced support for the plan.
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Burleson
Civil Service
San Francisco
New York
Duluth
Mobile
Post Office
Wilson
Congress
Magistrate’s mad dash ends with tip and promise of fine
A Brooklyn magistrate, late and rushing to court, hired a taxi to speed him to the police court. He paid the fare plus a substantial tip, then pressed $10 on the driver promising a tomorrow appearance for furious driving.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Times
Turn About Is Fair Play Wedding Gift Revealed
A tin-plate worker confesses to his new wife Sarah that his wedding present is five children. She remains calm and quips that five is easier than seven, as they begin their married life with an unexpected brood.
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Sarah
John
Wilson selects expert cabinet over career politicians
Washington shows President Wilson favors experts for his cabinet with few career politicians. The article notes figures like Franklin K. Lane and McReynolds shaping rail policy and justice, while McAdoo drives finance and disaster response, signaling a non political governing style.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Garrison
New Jersey
Agriculture Nouston
Washington University
St. Louis
Missouri
Redfield
Treasury
McAdoo
New York
McReynolds
Interior
Franklin K. Latte
California
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intermountain
Italy
Commission
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Department
Union and Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce
Union-Southern Pacific
United States
William A. McAdoo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dayton
The Democratic Tariff Debate and Free List Changes
The piece argues that tariff reform shifts toward a larger free list for foodstuffs as prices rise and supplies tighten. It notes most Democrats favor the Wilson tariff line and predicts mixed outcomes, suggesting the effort may influence party power without guaranteeing success.
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New York Tribune
Lynching figures in 1913 show decline
In the first quarter of 1913 about thirteen lynchings occurred in the United States, down from twenty four in the same period last year. The writer lists several cases across Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and other locations, noting no charges of assault on white women. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, April 12, 1913.
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the Item
United States
Paris
Texas
Houston
Mississippi
Shreveport
Louisiana
Drew
South Carolina
Harrison County
Andalusia
Alabama
Union
Tennessee
West Point
Booker T. Washington
Tuskeegee
Ala
Mexican loan replaces Chinese as funding moves
New York April 15. Mexican government agents in the city negotiate a large loan not confined to the United States. American bankers expected to participate in loans to China and Europe, while Mexican credit aims to rebuild stable finances. Storms and floods spur needed financing, with forecasts of a robust wheat harvest aiding market optimism.
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New York
China
Tata Free Canes Eee
Inter
United States
America
Mexico
Europe
West
Wilson
Holland
Jeremiah Austill and the Canoe Fight Heroes of 1813
Jeremiah Austill born 1794 in Pendleton district South Carolina joined the four heroes of the 1813 canoe fight at Tombigbee near Rawdon’s Creek. He later lived in Mobile and served in the 1845 Alabama legislature. his family featured several prominent Clarke and Mobile figures.
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Jeremiah Austill
Pendleton District
South Carolina
Evan Austill
Clarke County
Jeremiah
Clarke
Tombigbee
Georgia
Alabama
Young Austin
Rawdon’s Creek
Sam Dale
James Smith
Caesar
Negro
Mississippi
Ceasar
Mobile
Austill
Miss Files
David Files
Huriosco Austill
Birmingham Ledger
No Woman Suffrage Gains in Michigan and Across States
A Louisville Post editorial notes Michigan fell by 74 votes in November and again by a likely 60 000 on a rehearing. It cites inaction and apathy among opponents and advocates, compares results in California Colorado England, and says Massachusetts Pennsylvania Iowa show retracting momentum for woman suffrage amid aroused resistance.
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Michigan
California
Colorado
England
Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
Pennsylvania
Iowa
América
Louisville Post
Bardwell Rider Reaches Broken Bow After Five Week Trek
Billy Lovelace of Bardwell arrives at Broken Bow Nebraska after a five week horseback journey from Bardwell. The Clinton Gazette notes the trek as a notable endurance feat and a crossing of vast Nebraska terrain.
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Billy Lovelace
Bardwell
Broken Bow
Neb
Clinton Gazette
Women of the Cabinet Mark Radical Washington Social Change
A 16 year shift in Washington’s official social world brings a new, less predictable set of hosts and guests as the cabinet era welcomes modification. The article notes upheaval during the suffrage parade inquiry, highlighting Mrs Henry L Stimson as a prominent observer.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Henry L. Stimson
For Y Committee
The
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