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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
6
The Mobile Item, founded in Mobile Alabama, announces a publishing group including seven papers weekly with a Sunday edition. It lists management, subscription rates delivered seven days for a dime and annual mailed options, along with contact details and the August 7 1912 date.
The Item reviews the Montgomery county case and discusses legal reforms urged by the American Bar Association. Proposals include streamlined indictments, limited appellate reversals, restrained press publication, fair jury selection, regulated expert testimony, and stricter trial procedures to prevent delays and protect due process.
A newspaper excerpt analyzes Woodrow Wilson's acceptance speech at San Dago Grit New Jersey. It highlights his aims to end monopolies via tariff reform banking currency changes and Philippines governance while stressing opportunity, health, freedom, and prudent governance without radical upheaval.
A Wyoming man has patented a clockwork driven device that revolves a searchlight and fires bilink cartridges at regular intervals to deter predatory animals.
Dr John Dut can A R 8 A designed tablet and foundation were unveiled by W B Blaikle on Edinburgh Castle esplanade to honor the site historically linked to witch burnings.
Miss Mabel Boardman of the Red Cross leads a project to erect a memorial building in Washington to honor the services and sacrifices of Civil War women. The plan envisages a construction cost of about 600000 dollars.
City commissioners enacted an ordinance requiring a $1 annual license fee from all dancers. It also prohibits anyone under 16 from attending a dance without being accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Miss Mary F. Ledyard, kindergarten supervisor of Los Angeles city schools, announced she would head China’s national kindergarten program, as part of an expansion of early education nationwide.
Fragment from Margaret B. Sangster's autobiography highlights her practical versatility and high ideals. It recalls her kitchen skill and cheerful defiance of sewing, while noting her aging eyes still guiding dictation as she stayed active amid modern life and wartime effort.
Honolulu businessmen plan a hotel on a coral reef near Diamond Head with a shore connecting pier. A submerged tower with large plates at its base would allow visitors to view the sea bottom and fish, aiming to create the era’s greatest seaside attraction.
The piece argues advertising proves its power as Coca Cola’s sales rise monthly. It cites St Elmo Massengale of Massengale Advertising and Mobile bottling head W B Bellingrath as key believers in ad spend. The tone asserts readers now accept that advertising is read by people.
The Memphis Scimitar warns that bubonic plague known as the black death has circled the globe in waves since 1804. It traces spread through India China Mecca Madagascar Mauritius Jeddah and into the Americas with risk of entry via New Orleans Mobile Galveston Havana Porto Rico and port cities as ships increase with the Panama Canal looming.
The Southern Railway provides three $300 per year scholarships for four years to aid three Farm students at the University of Tennessee College of Agriculture. Recipients must be farm boys from counties along the railway, meet entrance requirements, show financial need, maintain good grades, and pledge to pursue farming in rail line territory.
This guide explains daily to twice daily picking for cantaloupes, notes when stem slips and fruit turns yellow, and advises separating overripe fruit for seed use. It discusses greener picking for longer shelf life and emphasizes studying interior character to judge maturity.
Mr Piety Hill and Mrs Hill debate trimming costs including bridge parties pink teas dressmaker bills cigars lunches and tailor made clothes while planning frugal home relaxation. A second piece mocks sanitary fears and germ hysteria describing abstinence from public items and caution despite relentless shopping and social habits.
A dated catalog item list features a series of impractical promises such as razors for pencils, nose glasses that stay on, roast duck that won’t slip, and a Brass collar button immune to discoloration. It also notes a time table operable by an average high school graduate.
The Mendicants' Journal, a Paris semi annual restricted publication, draws attention for bold ads offering profitable begging networks and lists of weddings baptisms and other events. A village scene shows a stranger asking about a trip to a horse drawn trap and an old lady, while another tale recalls Mr and Mrs Nubbubs planning a night out with anticipation and comic tension.
The widow of W. McBride of Oregon coaxed hundreds of seagulls aboard the steamship Pennsylvania between San Francisco and Panama. She fed them from a voice and bread and cake scraps, turning the birds into daily entertainment for passengers during the fourteen day voyage.
A collection of brief opinions and quips from multiple papers. Remarks on toys like the Bull Moose scare up nostalgia. A man offers to teach flying by mail sparking debate on practicality. Social attire prompts push for comfort in street wear.
The text discusses the dangers to political institutions, noting future threats and the desire of ambitious individuals to shape power. It argues that even with past success, new leaders will arise and seek to extend influence, challenging established governance.
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