The Mobile Item Org Establishes In 1910
The Mobile Item, founded 1881, re organized and re established in April 1910. The paper lists officers including James C Van Antwerp president and CB Hanson vice president and general manager. Also shows offices in Mobile Alabama and New York with advertising and circulation details.
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ST. Emanuel
Mala
James C .van Antwerp
CB Hanson
Bush
John
O'Connell
Baster International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Association
Albert Hanson
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
Bell
Tick Eradication Boosts Southern Cattle Value
August 9 1913 Mobile Alabama report notes tick eradication cost per head about 50 cents with twenty one counties totaling under 100000 dollars. increased cattle value estimates exceed 2 million dollars annually in free districts and up to 3 million in infected Mississippi counties, urging full South wide campaign.
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Mississippi
Bureau of Anita Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Alabama
Chicago to Publish Its Own Spellers
Chicago’s board of education ends a book cost dispute by deciding to compile and print its own spelling books. Contracts will be direct, prices set to cover production and distribution costs, aiming to save thousands yearly for the board taxpayers and pupils.
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Chicago Board of Education
New Haven Chief Changes Methods by Hollan d
New Haven leaders discuss replacing Charles S. Mellen with a chairman model. The plan favors empowering department heads while the chief sets policy, parallels with Vanderbilt and other major rails. Elliott’s potential chairmanship could bring a staff-led, army-like organization.
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New Haven
Holland
Municipal Band Concerts Called for in San Antonio Budget
A San Antonio petition signed by many asks the city council to include funds in the current budget to ensure band concerts in public parks and plazas. The Express cites Dallas and Birmingham as precedents and notes Fort Worth and Atlanta moving toward regular outdoor music offerings.
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San Antonio
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Dallas
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Star-Telegram
Birmingham
Atlanta
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Mobile
Monroe Park
Foreign markets boost American locomotives and cars
The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce reports steady growth in American rolling stock sales abroad, led by way cars to Canada and Latin America. For ten months of fiscal year 1913, about 8.3 million dollars of way cars were shipped, with over 8.1 million to the Tacheng region and Korea, while locomotive sales remain confined to the American continents.
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Latin America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Tachen
Korea
Ofd
Pity the Poor Statesman and the Press
Senator Kern of Indiana urged in a recent debate that the press reports many public remarks with unjustifiable freedom. He noted reception at home shapes how such reports are viewed, but stressed reporters will publish what seems worthy, urging public figures to avoid statements they would not want printed.
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House of Representatives
Wilson
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committee
House
Owen
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Oklahoma
Washington
House Committee
Federal Reserve Banks
Kern
Indiana
Chicago Bathing Suit Controversy Sparks Police Ban Debate
Chicago is torn by a controversy over proper bathing suit styles for women. About thirty styles were proposed with roughly twenty barred by the police. Women critics argue the sight of the average man in a bathing suit is equally ridiculous, perhaps more so.
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Chicago
West Point Entrance Exams Narrow to Eighteen Passes
On July first examinations were held at the Military Academy at West Point for entrance to that institution. One hundred eight candidates presented themselves, but only eighteen passed by examination. Some congressmen appear to be making poor appointments, yet entrance requirements keep out those not properly prepared.
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Military Academy
West Point
Old Farmer Crosses Ocean in OddWardrobe Misunderstanding
An elderly farmer sailing to visit his son in Canada hides his clothes in what he thinks is a press. The steward corrects him that it is a porthole. A second note discusses a proposal to create a Washington school to train men in practical politics, challenging an existing similar program.
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Canada
Washington
Philadelphia -In
Cabinet salaries spark talk of boosts after Bryan dispute
Washington dispatch notes Secretary Bryan cannot live on a 12000 dollar annual salary in Washington. The piece recalls a 19th century court ruling on salary boosts and suggests a possible push in Congress to raise cabinet, supreme court, ambassadors, and president salaries amid public criticism.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Bryan
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Mr. Daniels
News Find Observer
Raleigh
North Carolina
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlem
Justice Harlan
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Senate
Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Controller of the Treasury
Fuller
Court
Treasury
Aines
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
A short humorous verse by John Kendrick Bangs about a warm day and fading strength. The speaker notes a weather wish granted from February, now enjoying the hot season and reflecting on how wishes vary.
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John Kendrick
Short Term Personal Credit Debate and Diplomatic Salary Critique
A commission recently studied small scale access to short term capital for artisans and rural industries, arguing for a banking sentiment favoring local loans. The piece recalls the Aldrich commission, Taft era salaries, and Wilson administration appointee pay, noting salaries hinder official effectiveness and international postings.
Flappers and London Birds in a World View
The New York World contrasts British flappers with American girls noting London’s oppressively hot press against young women while stating Americans are well behaved. It coins flapper as a half grown bird and mocks British society’s response to modern women.
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John Bull
New York World
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