The Mobile Item Newspaper Adspace and Staff Names
The Mobile Item lists publishing details for the South with offices in Mobile Alabama and staff positions including James van Antwerp president and John O Connell secretary and treasurer. It notes associated press service and regional coverage for Mobile and nearby towns. The item includes address lines and contact numbers for departments and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Antwerp
Ce Ewewos
John
O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Lember Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Ert
Hanson
Item Build- Mobile
Ith Ave
New York
A and Oak
Setesevéc
Ono
Carrie Mobile
Baldwin Count
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Citronelle
Ton
Atmore
Brewton
Pensacola
Bell
Home
Johnston blasts Southern underrepresentation in diplomacy
Mobile April 27 1913 Senator Johnston of Alabama exposes bias in diplomatic and consular appointments. He cites District of Columbia advantages with ambassadors and ministers and argues Southern states receive far fewer posts and pay. He asks Senate to obtain names assignments homes and salaries of all officers to prove political affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Alabama
South
District of Columbia
Senate
State Department
Foreign Service
United States
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Pension Graft Returns as Congress Adopts Private Bills
The April 17 congressional record shows 390 private pension bills referred to committees. Most seek to remove desertion charges and grant honorable discharges, prompting critics to call it a new raid on the federal treasury led by pension attorneys and claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
John Ernst
William H. McKown
Asa Morgan
William H. Francis
Pension Bureau
Treasury
United States
West Virginia seeks share of 1784 Virginia land grant
Senator Clinton of West Virginia has introduced a bill before Congress claiming compensation from the federal government for West Virginia, arguing that Virginia ceded 170,000,000 acres in 1784 and that the future state did not consent to the grant. The proposal notes Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin now lie within that grant and questions how much WV should receive while other states await the outcome.
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Clinton
West Virginia
Congress
Virginia
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chilton
Mobile Plans Central American Trade Expedition For May
Mobile merchants formalize a May sixteenth trip to Central American ports aiming to expand imports and exports. Ten representatives will travel with a goal of at least twenty, to diversify lines and boost local manufacturing, shipping, and retail business.
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Mobile
Central America
Atlantic
Gulf
New Orleans
Pensacola
Galveston
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Henry Forcheimer
Armbrecht
United Fruit Company
Caribbean
Mississippi River
Chicago
Middle West
United
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railroads
Munson Steamship Company
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Birmingham
Exposition politics clash over anti alien bills in California
Governor Hiram Johnson and state leaders push anti alien measures targeting Japanese amid opposition. Panama Pacific Exposition directors warn new law could hurt the event, citing California stewardship for the nation at the canal opening. Wilson’s policy stance echoed by Bryan. London Harrow plot rumors surface as Montenegrins noted in remarks about Bryan and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Johnson
California
Congress
United States
Commonwealth
Wilson
Bryan
Return of army aviators to Washington awaited in June
Army aviators based at Texas City and San Diego are due in Washington around June first. Friends in the house and senate plan trips to College Park to watch flights and rally congressional support for aviation as a military and national defense priority.
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Washington
Texas City
Tex
San Diego
Cal
House
Senate
College Park
Army
Congress
Friends of the
United States
William G. Sharp
Ohio
Sharp
Wilson
Representative Sharp
Taft
Lincoln Beachey
Curtiss
Uncle Sam
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
W. D. B. Ainey
Pennsylvania
William H. Heald
Delaware
Navy
France
Germany
England
Augusta
Texas
Madero
San Diego Bay
Tariff Fight Cast as Farm Scarecrow Cartoon
Washington correspondent Judson C. Welliver reports that tariff opponents are ready to warn Congress against any tariff reduction citing harm to farmers. An extended cartoon idea features Uncle Trusty and a straw man farmer arguing over protection and market loss across global markets.
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Judson C. Welliver
Washington
National
Congress
Uncle Trusty
Tibet
Sahara
Kamchatka
Madagascar
Ain Mb
Strength and Conflict in a Rich Man's Word
Annette pleads for love against M Meran and his son Paul as Mme Meran recalls a past where power and fear ruled. The tale contrasts Annette's devotion with a father's tyranny and a family legacy of control, courage, and sacrifice.
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Paul Meran
Annette
M. Meran
Mme. Meran
Paul
Mme
Meran
Madame Meran
Cracie
Mme Meran
Meren
New York City Indifference Cited Over Morgan Art Will
The Morgan will sparks debate on New York City’s indifference to funding and housing his art collections. Critics note lack of city support for a permanent Morgan display at the Metropolitan Museum or a larger museum project. Executorship and trusts tied to Bankers Trust are discussed amid estate value uncertainty.
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New York
Morena
England
Europe
Morgan
R. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Uni
Metropolitan Museum
United States
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
New York City
Board of Estimate
Municipality of
Museum of Natural History
France
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mr. Ledyard
Ledyard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
E. V. W. Rossiter
Vanderbilt
Railroads Shift Focus to National Freight Growth
The railroads abandon ocean traffic in favor of serving inland production. About thirty three million dollars will fund new feeder lines and expanded distributing facilities. The change aims to boost country commerce and benefit all classes through shared gains. Memphis News-Scimitar.
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Memphis News-Scimitar
What Is the Matter with Father in Song and Verse
A reprinted aside compares poems praising mothers to fathers and recalls a street hand organ playing a ragtime line What’s the matter with father He’s all right The quotation echoes Christian Herald praise of paternal presence in daily life
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Father
Christian Herald
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School
Harrow
Eton
John Lyon
Lord Bynon
Robert Peel
Sheridan Lord Palmerston
Cardinal Mannings
Champ Clark
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
Trusty
Holland
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