Mororile Item Founded In 1881
The brief shows a Mobile Alabama publication listing details of seven papers a week including Sunday editions, with pricing for mail subscriptions and a 1912 date. It references executives and publishing staff across Mobile and New York offices, and notes association affiliations.
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Jee South
E Associated Press
Publishers’ Press
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Hatibon
Itemine
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Avé
New York
Lyons Endorsed for City Leadership Over Machine Rule
Editorial extols Mayor Lyons as the sole commissioner with deep municipal experience and a proven record of sound finance. It argues for a business administration vs a political ring, citing extensive city improvements and substantial debt reduction during Lyons' tenure.
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Register
Ter
Plain Lyons
m@its
Mobile Register
Greater Birm
Manipal
Bayou Street
Washington Square
Ryan Park
Lyons
Beans at the Waldorf scandal shocks New York
A man quietly demanded beans at the Astoria Hotel in New York and was fined three dollars, prompting comparisons to harsher punishments and drawing ridicule of Mrs. Astor and social figures amid a public uproar.
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Waldorf
New York
Mrs. Astor
Expression of the Nightmare Impres Understood
An exchange notes that such statements reflect a widespread, troubling expression. The remark suggests many have endured a disorienting period and the opinions express collective unease about recent events.
Hoped District At Fightman To Start Song
A note from New York mentions the district at Fightman hoping soon to start singing the tune Hail Hail the Gang's All Here. The brief line signals a local cultural moment without further details.
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Atfiitman
New York
No disgrace in age says Felen Gould
Felen Gould asserts that aging is no shame and proves it through her sister who became known as de Castellane and later Princess de Sagan, illustrating enduring social stature.
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Felen Gould
de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Prison's Ghastly Significance Noted by Slayers of Gambler
Report references the attackers praising the grim gravity of New York City prison after their assault on Gambler. Authorities seek motive and identity as investigators review the case.
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New York
City
Editorial doubting Torrance dream claim circulates
The Item notes The Register editorials claiming Aldermanic government may return only in dreams. It cites Lyons campaign committee statements on Mr. Torrance’s discharge and urges voters to scrutinize political statements as dreams rather than facts.
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Register
Lyons’ Campaign Committée
Torrance
Régister
Passing of Bixby the River Pilot at eighty six
Horace Bixby longtime Mississippi River pilot and mentor to Mark Twain has died in St. Louis at age eighty six. He served over sixty three years at the helm and commanded famed steamers on the Father of Waters, inspiring Twain's Life on the Mississippi.
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Horace Bixby
Mark Twain
Mississippi
St. Louis
Bixby
Sam Clemens
Hannibal
No End of the Thaw Casbe
The piece argues Harry Thaw’s ongoing legal battles to win release from Matteawan are a costly, ongoing confrontation between Thaw’s wealth and justice. It contends repeat appeals burden taxpayers and aim to exhaust law enforcement, while officials grow firmer against release as appeals continue.
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Harry Shaw
Matteawan
Thaw
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
New York
Vice commissions could curb New York crime say reformers
A New York editorial urges establishing a city vice commission modeled on Chicago and Philadelphia. It argues commissions expose actual conditions, mobilize remedies, and curb vice in slums, preventing crime by removing criminal incentives and aiding potential offenders toward better paths.
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New York
Rosenthal
Gotham
Philadelphia Commission
New York Police Enforce Sullivan Law on Concealed Weapons
In passing note how New York police enforce the Sullivan law prohibiting carrying concealed weapons.
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New York
New Jersey Man Claims Beer Drinking Hen Lays Double Eyes
A New Jersey man asserts his hen drinks beer and lays eggs with double the usual number of eyes. He insists the hen drinks the beer, not him, though verification of the claim is lacking.
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New Jersey
Enquirer Quips on Future Worries and Dinner Pails
The Cin eimmati Enquirer urges readers not to worry about the future while noting the absent use of campaign dinner pails this year. The piece reflects on political imagery and public sentiment in a satirical tone.
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Cin‘eimmati Enquirer
Mayor Gaynor Faces Police Scandal Pressure
The mayor confronts ongoing police scandal fallout as pressure mounts from officials and the public. Officials push for accountability while the administration seeks to weather the controversy and maintain public trust.
Advertising Chats No. 6 Promotes Home Circulation
A promotional piece for The Mobile Item urging advertisers to favor home circulation. It contrasts in hand or pocket carry with thrown away papers, touts The Mobile Item as the read around the table paper, and invites advertisers to call 180 Home 1123 Bell for advertising reps to prove lower cost and higher quality reach.
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South Alabama
Fay
The Fear of Leprosy in Public Perception
A Memphis Commercial Appeal piece defends John R. Early, a discharged soldier blamed for leprosy. It argues leprosy is slow to develop and not highly contagious, criticizing public hysteria, forced isolation, and residence fences as overreactions while noting quarantine at Port Townsend and advocacy from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Memphis
John R. Early
North Carolina
Washington
Tacoma
Barry
Port Townsend
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Worth Remembering Summary of Domestic Industry and Agriculture
The nation now produces pig iron about 29 million tons annually with consumption exceeding production, higher than 1906 boom and 1910 record. Cotton manufacturing prospers with mills at full work and profits. A cotton crop of 16.5 million bales is rapidly absorbed at rising prices. Prospects suggest farmers may generate eight to nine billion in value by year’s end. Sluggish transport and taxation pressures affect labor and traffic amid moving crop season.
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United States
The Spur of The Moment humor column monologue
A fragmented humorous dialogue mocks domestic life and gossip around Maggie and a husband. A letter to a daily column suggests absurd baby names parodying Greek classics and medical terms, ending with the quip that parents will wish for another name.
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Clarence
Percy
Roy
Perle
Cecil
Aywyn
Cyril
Guy
Wilfred
Pansy
Violet
Puss
Birdie
Duckie
Dove
Roosevelt Betrays Negro Rights to Rally Southern Votes
The editorial denounces Theodore Roosevelt for a new policy that excludes blacks from party roles in the South and at the Chicago convention. It calls the move a brutal betrayal of northern Negroes and urges withdrawal of all colored delegates from the North as a protest.
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Chicago
South
Roosevelt
North
Doctors of Civilization and the Rise of Sanitary Engineering
Thucydides describes the Black Death and Pepys notes London’s plague, stressing that disease is a civilizational problem. Prevention becomes the focus as bacteriology and sanitary engineering emerge, with heroes volunteering to reveal transmission by insects and the need for boards of health.
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Thucydides
Europe
Asia Minor
Pepy
London
Board of Health
New Railroad Into Tuscaloosa Spurs Alabama Industry
The Tuscaloosa Mineral and Birmingham Mineral Railroads inaugurate service between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa with two daily passenger trains. The line aims to extend to Holt and coal and ore mines, linking to water routes via Warrior River. First shipment is near. initial Tuscaloosa departure carried fifty passengers, Birmingham-Tuscaloosa trip six passengers.
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Birmingham News
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham Mineral
Birmingham
Alabama
Blocton
Holt
Central Foundry Company
Tidewater
Gulf
Mobile Bay
Yolande
Taccoa
Birmingam
T. E. Brooks
Adger
Blue Creek
Tustaloosa
Druid City
Panama Canal
Selma
Louisville and Nashville
Flomaton
Pensacola
Louisville
Nashbvillies Rairoad
Commentary on crime, politics, and press in 19th century papers
A collection of editorial jabs from various papers critiquing criminal justice, law compliance by officials, and campaign spending. It notes distrust of authorities and media practices, citing examples from the Birmingham News Brooklyn Times Montgomery Advertiser and New Orleans States.
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4& Seat
United States Senate
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser
Tales and humor from Colonel Winter and worthy wits
Georgia storyteller Colonel Wimberly’s fame is recalled with a tale of a boy in court wearing oversized clothes to reveal the truth of his father’s suit. A Justin McCarthy remark on Dr. Wallace’s joke about half a loaf is cited with a brisk rejoinder. A motorist and an old sea captain exchange quips about speed and navigation.
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Colonel Winter
Wimberly
Macon
Georgia
Colonel Wimberly
Justin McCarthy
House of Commons
Robert Wallace
Terra Firma
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