Mobile item reports April 28 1916 city notices
The Mobile item provides published notices from Mobile Alabama dated April 28 1916. It lists subscription terms and office locations including Chicago New York and St Louis, with editorial and advertising contact details and daily delivery hours.
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Ted
8. C
Beckwith
New York
Tribune
Chicago
St. Louis
Third National Bank
Mobile
Alabama
Mobile's Bright Prospects With Sisal and Logwood Shipments
Two stories on The Item's first page promise Mobile's near term gains. Sisal shipments worth about a million and a half dollars and five thousand tons of logwood will move through the port within thirty days. The Mobile & Ohio lines will handle the logwood, with six chartered vessels already in place.
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Mobile
Mobile & Ohio
Gulf
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Yucatan
Jefferson Fights the Tick in County Vote
Jefferson county in Alabama strides toward diversification as residents vote on May 9 to eradicate cattle ticks. United States District Attorney Robert N. Bell backs the measure, citing a sound law and proven stock gains from Jersey farming and fairs.
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Jefferson County
Alabama
Jefferson
United States
Robert N. Bell
Birmingham
Jersey
Mobile
Good News for Fans Boosts Mobile Baseball Prospects
President T. K. Jackson of the Mobile Baseball Association plans to strengthen the Mobile club by buying players. Fans expect a winning team as a stable, profitable club. past troubles suggest a need to locate and cure issues, add stars, and keep players in condition for a fine season.
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T. K. Jackson
Mobile Baseball Association
Mobile
Jackson
Mike Finn
Senator Culberson Pushes Bill On Advertising Space Exchange
A Texas senator introduces a federal bill to permit newspapers to trade advertising space for child age, arguing railroads seek market power via free passes to influence policy. The Interstate Commerce Commission investigation notes bundling of free passes by railroads to lawmakers, highlighting a pattern of exchanges and influence.
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Culberson
Texas
Federal
Senate
Chile
Hoads
Tennessee
Interstate Peace Commission
Ashville
Legis Railroads
J. Walsh
Humboldt
Vale
Nashville
Chattanooga
Railroads face questions over seven thousand dollar political ads
The passage argues that passes valued at 7561 dollars would represent the people who elected him and questions railroads’ use of stockholder funds. It warns that railroads would target influential and non influential newspapers with advertising contracts to sway elections and legislation, testing public accountability.
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Tennessee
Riding to a Fall in GOP Primaries
Massachusetts New Jersey and Ohio elected uninstructed delegations over Roosevelt tickets while Michigan and Nebraska favored Henry Ford despite his peace stance. The author notes waning Roosevelt influence, with Ford gaining support in the Midwest, signaling a critical shift before a potential party showdown.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
Roosvelt
Michigan
Nebraska
Henry Ford
Peace Movement
Smith
Cummins
Roosevelt
Bryan
Middle West
Ford
Old Guard
Bring Bankers to Mobile 1917 Meeting Request
A letter urges the Alabama Bankers Association to hold its next gathering in Mobile Alabama rather than Florida or other states. It argues bankers should show patriotism by meeting in their own state and promises Mobile will offer superior hospitality and extras.
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Alabama Bankers’ Association
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Old
National Currency Association
Pensacola
Mobile
Alabama Bankers
Question Box answers on divorce bigamy and curios
The Item's Daily presents a Q and A column covering divorce duration for uncontested cases, waiting time before remarriage, and bigamy penalties in Alabama. It also answers queries on disease myths, drumfire terminology, Disraeli's religion, coin values, and Africa's trees, with brief, plain responses.
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Alabama
Materia Medica
Lord Disraeli
D. R
British Guiana
Africa
Asia
I. R
The Stars Incline but Do Not Compel Horoscope
A 1916 horoscope note from the McClure Syndicate presents celestial guidance. It frames the stars as influential yet not binding, advising readers to consider fate while asserting personal agency.
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Bo McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Astrological Forecast for April 28 1916
Friday April 28 1916 is read as an average day by astrologers with Mercury in beneficent aspect to Jupiter. The chart warns of unfavorable effects on women employed by men in high places and suggests romance across age or status differences may lead to unhappiness.
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Taurus
Confessions Of a Wife Read In A Moral Mirror
An unnamed narrator debates sharing a private record with Pat, arguing that her intimate book holds a faithful transcript of human life. They discuss truth, temptation, and how fiction reveals character, blurring lines between goodness and evil while confessing vulnerability and humility.
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Pat
Chad
Margie
Uncle Wiggily and Billie Buy a Spinning Top
Uncle Wiggily Longears and Billie the squirrel visit a top shop run by Mrs Spin Spider to buy a spinning top. Billie guides the purchase. a bear ambushes them but is delighted by the spinning top and flees, leaving Uncle Wiggily and Billie safe with the toy.
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Uncle Wiggily
Billie’s
Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Hollow Stump
Coe Bushytail
Billie
Cattery Squirrel
Rabbit
Jane
Uncle Way
Bunny Uncle
Squirrel
Mr. Longears
Squirrel Boy
Uncle Wigsgily
Uncley
Uncle
Uncle Wigerly
Mr. Lengears
Nurses convention opens with officer reports in New Orleans
The joint annual convention of three national nursing organizations opened in New Orleans with sessions focused on officer and committee reports. The item is part of a brief roundup from various U.S. and world locations.
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New Orleans
Organizations of Nurses
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