Mobile Item 1913 opens with dust nuisance in Oakdale
The Mobile Item notes a dust problem on the Oakdale road used by ballgame traffic between the city and Monroe Park. It urges authorities to grind or sprinkle the unpaved road, citing health and safety for residents and patrons. It also critiques post office bureaucracy, urging complaints to Congress to improve service.
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Oakdale
Tenth Ward
Monroe Park
Washington Avenue
Lower Broad Street
Broad Street
Louisville and Nashville
Wall Street Review
Post Office Department
Burleson
United States
Bureau of the Post Office Department
Postal Service
Post Office
Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Wanted, A Philanthropist for Public School Site
A columnist condemns Mobile for lacking public spirit as the school board weighs high priced site offers for Jefferson street school. The piece argues local donors rarely contribute parks, schools, or building gifts despite wealth and culture, urging residents to invest in public improvement rather than seek personal gain.
Working Girls Vacation Fund Lets New York City Garment Workers Rest
Eleven thousand girls employed in New York shops and factories will take a two week summer vacation funded by the Vacation Savings fund. Social workers organized the program, encouraging daily nickels saved to total about twenty dollars, then arranging release from work and affordable country stays with supplied lists of suitable boards. The effort offers simple relief and happiness, with Mobile, Alabama, running a similar program on a smaller scale.
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New York City
New York
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
New- York
Metropolis
Vacation Savings Fund
Mobile
Widely Differing Experts On Proposed Income Tax
The original plan exempted incomes under 5 000 but now uses 4 000. Two treasury experts independently assessed how many citizens would pay the tax, one placing 282 520 and the other 412 360. Estimates of possible revenue with exemption varied from 60 000 000 to 120 000 000, with no consensus on figures.
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Treasury
Ees
Kindergartens Abolished In City Schools
The Scepare follows The Item's advice to reduce costs by eliminating kindergarten classes at several city schools including Whistler. The board says funds saved will strengthen core education for working class children as high school is not the poor man's college.
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Scepare
Whistler
Poor Man’s College
I W W Teachings and the Akron Labor Strife Report
A Ohio senate committee on the Akron strike and I W W activity cites I W W teachings urging union unification and defends that sabotage and damaged output threaten workers and argue the I W W leaders harmed rubber workers' efforts for redress.
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Ohio Senate
Akron
Industrial Workers of the World
I. Ww. W
Propose Better Promotion for Alabama Land Congress
The writer critiques the Alabama State Land congress bulletin as unattractive to settlers. He urges a publication focused on individual settlers with engaging content, a fair price, and targeted advertising to attract people from desired regions, suggesting a name like the Alabama Review and practical upbuilding features.
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Alabama State Land Congress
State Land Congress
Jim Jones
Land Congress
Alabama Review
Quits At a Hundred Claim of 128 Years Old Woman
A Arkansas woman asserts she is 128 years old, challenging age pride after surpassing the century mark. The remark appears in the New Picayune with reflections on aging and reputation.
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Arkansas
New Picayune
Love Payoff in a Rainy Studio
Winnie Barton confronts Hubert Dixon after a forced engagement ends with her choosing marriage or independence. She rejects his control, leaves him, and pursues art, finding fame yet inner void. Months later she becomes Australia’s leading illustrator, while Dixon faces loss of control and regret.
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Winnifred Barton
Winnie
Hubert Dixon
Hubert
Australia
Bert
Melbourne
Government aid debate shields building loan plan after disasters
In Washington on April 21 Victor Elliott reports a federal response to Omaha tornadoes and Ohio Indiana floods. Congress rejects a plan to lend disaster victims money via government backed building and loan associations, fearing dangerous precedent and loss of self reliance. Public relief remains direct government gifts for large disasters.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Uncle Sam
Omaha
Ohio
Indiana
Congress
Wilson
John Smith
Nis Fields
Nebraska
Federal
Legislative Branch
American decision affects Grand Trunk rail controversy
Holland New York April 21 The dispute involves Grand Trunk and New Haven railways with Canada the West and the South, affecting Boston Providence and Toledo shippers. It cites Sherman act concerns, Mellen and Chamberlin disputes, and a proposed all rail link from Montreal to Portland and Boston.
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New York
England
Canada
West
Southwest
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
New England
Northwest
Michigan
Boston
Providence
Pennsylvania
New Haven Railroad Company
New Haven Railroad
Grand Trunk Company
Grand Trunk
Federal
Mellen
Deat Chamberlain
Gran
New Haven
Presid
Theompany
St. John’s
Quebec
Grand Trunk Railway
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Grand Trunk System
Bridgeport, Conn
William Bishop
Harlem
New York City
Bishop
Connecticut
Harlem Railroad
New
Charles I. Mellen
President Hays
Tras
Vermont
Wilmington
Delaware
Hays
Chamberlin
Grand Jury
Iun
Holland
The Homecoming Illustration Sparks a Love Moment
In a London Globe studio scene a dramatic illustration titled The Homecoming reveals a kneeling girl recognizing Bert as her true love. A man enters through French windows as the pair acknowledge their impending union in a shadowed oak room and firelight glow.
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Jack
Bert
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