Re organized and re established Mobile Item Company details
Fragmented OCR shows Mobile Item Company reorganized and re established as of 1910 with officers James C Van Antwerp president Hanson vice president and general manager John O Connell also named. Includes address 10 18 St Emanuel Mobile Alabama and Associated Press and International News Service affiliations.
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Mobile Item Company
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James C .van Antwerp
Hanson
John
Oconnell Y As
Associated Press
International News Service
Mobile Panama Canal Celebration gains White House invite
Mobile Alabama prepares for a national and international Panama Canal Celebration with a pending invitation to President Wilson. A strong Alabama delegation led by Governor O Nea l will officially extend the invitation, signaling Federal support for Mobile as a premier event host. The piece also critiques a proposal to apply the long and short haul clause to cotton rates, arguing it would harm Mobile’s commerce and undermine current river–rail rate advantages.
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United States
Europe
Washington
Mobile
Southern Commercial Congress
Worl
Baker
Sanity Or Turmoil In Tennessee The Call For Peace
Nashville Democrat argues for political peace in Tennessee ending factional strife. It urges rejecting prohibition as the sole issue and promoting compromise to advance material betterment while condemning continued quarrel and ridicule of laws.
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Tennessee
High Station
Nashville Democrat
Pillans Praised As Ideal Mobile Public Servant
The piece lauds Commissioner Harry Pillans for two years of service in Mobile under the commission government. It highlights his integrity fearlessness and civic leadership and urges voters to endorse him on the first Monday in September as the best man for public service and continued progress.
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Commission
Mobile
Harry Pillans
Pillans
Commissioner Pillans
Red Flag Socialism and a Mobile Strike Manifesto
A Mobile socialist leader and the local Socialist Party absolve violence threats in a manifesto about the iron workers and machinists strike. The document warns of “greedy Pirates of Finance” and mob rule, while authorities note freedom of speech does not excuse violence or threats, amid fears of riots and disruptions by striking foundry and shipyard workers.
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Doyle
Socialist Party
Mobile
Pirates of Finance
Patterson
Lawrence
Little Falls
New York Considers White Summer Garb for Men
A dress reform movement in New York aims to clothe men in white during summer to beat heat. Promoters argue white fabrics stay cooler and cheaper to maintain than black or blue suits, hoping to set a national example and spark further female dress changes.
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New York
Conference for Education to Meet in Louisville in April
The executive committee of the Conference for Education in the South will hold the seventeenth annual session in Louisville Kentucky from April 7 to 10 1314. Rural life development is the focus with farmers, preachers and school workers from the entire South expected to attend about five thousand. The program blends exhibits demonstrations and conferences with separate group meetings and joint sessions addressing cooperative marketing and agricultural resource development.
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Conference For Education In the South
Louisville
South
Country Church
Country School
Louisvilla
A GOOD REASON FOR STAYING HOME THIS SUMMER
A Jacksonville Florida citizen notes that lack of travel funds and no vacation plans justify staying at home this summer. The comment highlights affordable, local leisure over expensive trips.
The Stiletto Sex and Mocking Snippets
A collage of witticisms and quips reflecting social humor from a St Louis Republic column. Jests touch on golf vanity, hints from the young, courage and consequences, aging in 1900s terms, and the value of belief versus action.
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St. Louis Republic
Long and Short Haul Debate Aims to Aid Mobile Cotton
Estes D. Baker chairs Mobile Chamber of Commerce Freight Traffic Committee in a letter to The Item defending a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He argues the case concerns cotton rates only and seeks fair, mileage-based adjustments to boost Mobile's cotton traffic against Savannah Brunswick and Georgia ports.
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Mobile
The
Cotton Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama
Georgia
Memphis
Macon
Savannah
Brunswick
Gulf
Europe
Mississippi
Sound
Mobile Bay
Southern Railway
Ohio
Gulf Ports
Congress
United States
Birmingham
TC. v
Estes D. Baker
Sunday Pleasure at New York Beaches Draws Big Crowds
The New York Com pendence Houston Chronile extols Sunday trips to Coney Island Brighton and Far Rockaway as low-cost relaxations. It notes 600000 weekly beachgoers of all classes sharing crowded but carefree days with equal footing, nearby access, and ongoing popularity despite rain or crowded trains.
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New York
Coney
Brighton
Far Rockaway
Coney and
Chicago
Coney Island
Rockaway
Atlantic Avenue
Houston Chronile
Analysis of Present Crisis in China
A New York Special Correspondent argues the China turmoil stems from long standing central versus provincial power struggles. It notes Yuan Shih Kai’s centralist stance versus seven southern provinces seeking autonomy and cites past graft and foreign loans as motive for revolt.
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New York
China
Republic
North
Central
Tibet
Manchuria
Mongolia
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Fukien
Yuan Shih Kai
Abraham Lincoln
Yuan
Peking
Carlowitz & Co
Krupp
Cheking
Canton
Nanking
Easiaay
Gene Huang Hsing
Li Lieh-chun
Tut
Bank of Japan
United States of China
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Home
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Panama
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
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Joint Committee
Estes Baker
Mississippi River
Kansas City
St. Louis
Montgomery
Meridian
Maron
Mies
Mobile Committee
Lts
New Orleans
Ill
Miles
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Conference For Education
Jacksonville
Fla
Metropolis
People’s Forum
Yuan Saih Kai
Althong
National Assembly
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