Mobile Item Founded In 1881 And Sunday Morning News
A fragment from Mobile advertising shows a paper published by a company at 118, 120 Conti Street Mobile Alabama listing officers including president and editor. It notes seven papers weekly for 10 cents including Sunday, with subscription options by the week, month, or year and contact details for offices and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bile Item, Company, Inc
Conti Street
Mobile, Ala
Seaton Bes Srapany Sas
Beseces
Chicago Rat Campaign Aims to Curb Vast Rodent Population
The city targets an estimated 1 rat per resident, with annual costs near 1 million for maintenance and control. Hotels and port houses employ many rat catchers, while Mobile faces a similar problem with about 250 000 rats and proportionate expenses. The effort seeks economic relief and infection prevention by removing rodents.
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Chicago
Windy City
Mobile
Arizona Eloquence in a Desert Speech by F Ashurst
A vivid描 historic^ Arizona tribute to oratory as F Ashurst, a U S senator, speaks of his Arizona experiences. The piece defends flowing diction against business age cynicism, recalling dawns over San Francisco peaks Mount Agassiz, the Painted Desert, and the desert’s inspiration for lofty language and poetic flights.
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the Telegraph
Phc
Arizona
Vacua Desert
United States
Nater
Ashurst
F. Ashurst
Mount Agassiz
Wisconsin to Issue State Run Life Policies
Wisconsin plans a state run life insurance program replacing old private firms. Policies will be issued in $500000 increments with annuities up to $300000, ages 25 to 65 will be eligible after medicals similar to the former plan. The move aims to expand coverage and monitor nationwide interest. The future impact remains uncertain amid broader market debate.
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Feng
Wisconsin
Old P
Florida
Hartwell vs Lyons in Mobile election clash over progress
The Mobile editorial argues the Register and Hartwell push a costly progressive platform that risks financial disaster, urging voters to consider Lyons’s safer record and steady improvements rather than bold promises. It warns against borrowing to attract growth and stresses past debt burdens.
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Register
Hartwell
Mr. Hartwell
The
Mobile
L'Ve
Mobile Register
Lyons
City of
Glidden tour routes eyed for Mobile return traffic
Plans for the Glidden tour to run from Detroit to New Orleans via Nashville and Memphis are advancing with a scout car already en route. Officials consider Mobile as a potential return route and urge a committee from the Mobile-Selma Highway Association or local chambers to invite autoists before they reach New Orleans. The Mobile-Selma corridor has seen road improvements, suggesting many enthusiasts may choose Mobile on their northward return.
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Detroit
New Orleans
Nashville
Memphis
Crescent City
Jacksonville
South
Florida
Mobile-Selma Highway Association
Mobile
Automobile Association of America
Atlanta
Montgomery
Selma
Thomasville
Jackson
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Growth of the American flower trade in the early 1900s
Census figures show 1899 had 8797 flower establishments with products valued at 18.8 million dollars. By 1909 the firms rose to 12481 with output valued at 16.1 million dollars, reflecting rising demand and a need for imports from Bermuda and tropical orchids. The article ends noting a tense reference to Magdalena Bay.
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United States Census Bureau
Bermudas
Tropics
Advertising Chats No. 7. Value of an Advertised Name
A discussion on how advertising elevates a brand into an asset. The worth of a widely known trademark is its price in bankruptcy and market recall. Local retailers grow by advertising their store name with trustworthy offers, reinforcing national campaigns and consumer trust. Advertise. Tell the truth.
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National Biscuit Company
United States
Uneeda
Gompers Attacks Socialism and Its Leaders
Samuel Gompers denounces socialism in the American Federationist, criticizing its violence stance and noting some leaders are union members but not true trade unionists. The piece contends his rhetoric has aided socialist propaganda while warning that his influence has helped seed rather than stem socialist ideas among thousands of unionists.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federationist
Gompers
Karl Marx
Europe
United States
McNamaras
Mr. Gompers
Holes in Cheese Irrational Commentary
A Selma Journal piece jokes that holes in cheese signal quality yet notes holes don’t add weight. It quips about grocers seeking airy cheese to justify higher prices and questions who inserts holes in cheese and other things.
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Selma Journal
Journal
Paintologist Rix Blunders House Mix Up in Hickeyville
From the Hickeyville Clarion Mr Zabdie Rix the paintologist mispainted Phineas Perkins house and nearly finished Pettibone’s next door before the error was found. Pettibone threatens legal action and Rix expects months to remove the paint.
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Zabdie] Rix
Phineas L. Perkins
Rix
Elias Pettibone
Luke Binks
Fragmented quotes on banking, parenting, civil service and politics
A collage of newspaper quips notes concerns about smaller bank notes due to tariffs, aging newspaper notices about unexpected fatherhood, a civil service exam mistake about Voltaire, and political fundraising from Charlie Taft and Will. This brief collection reflects mid century editorial humor and public discourse.
Quit Making Debts
A Dothan Eagle letter argues against pervasive credit in farming and town life. It suggests paying weekly or at purchase time to reduce errors and debt, noting groceries, clothes, and market bills often run long due to monthly terms. The piece urges tightening credit and aligning spending with pay cycles to improve financial health.
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Dothan Eagle
Alabama
What One Girl Did
Virginia Brooks at 21 led reform in West Hammond Illinois exposing graft and vice. She spoke from a street soap box faced threats and assaults, won public support and a police escort forcing corrupt officials from the suburb.
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Nashville
West Hammond
Miss Brooks
Joan of Arc
Illinois
Burlesque and Wordsworth Tales From Old Conversations
Edward Burke's dramatic gesture in the House of Commons sparks laughter as he hurls a dagger claim about French Jacobins. Owen Wister recalls Wordsworth’s fame and folly while recounting Hartley Coleridge’s lake shore humor about the poet’s wandering verses.
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Edmund Burke
House of Commons
Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Wordsworth
Rydal Lake
John
Hartley Coleridge
Old Wordsworth
The Moose's Mate
The Chicago Inter Ocean discusses Roosevelt Bull Moose running mate possibilities. Names like Hat Bundles Jackey, Seth Bullock, Hon. But Masterson and other Rough Riders are floated as ideal or promising choices ahead of the convention. The piece suggests harmony hinges on pre-convention decisions.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Ming
Seth Bullock
Mr. Roosevelt
Debs
Job
Wilson A Human Being By Brooklyn Times
The piece notes Governor Wilson, elevated to near heroic status, dining incognito at Penn Station in New York. He joins a station restaurant, eats a ham sandwich and milk, unrecognized, proving he remains human despite political fame. Reporters obtained the tale, prompting questions about how his every act will be covered.
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Brooklyn Times
Wilson
New York
University Club
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsyt
Colonel Roosevelt
Governor Wilson
Proverbial preacher condemned old maids in print
A fragment mocks a preacher who damns old maids as useless. The speaker says such rhetoric is foolish and notes a woman is a fool to marry unless invited by a proper man, reflecting dated social attitudes.
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Item Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
Tenner
Siness
Senate
State Life Insurance
Orozco’s
Magdalena Bay
Roy K. Moulton
Hickeyville Clarion
Champ
Treasury
Birmingham Age-Herald
Asheville
Voltaire
Jackson News
Charlie Taft
Brother Will
Houston Chronicle
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