The Mobile Item Company Establishes Reorganization
The Mobile Item Company in Mobile Alabama reports its reorganization and reestablishment in April 1910. The firm, founded 1881, lists Address 1018 St Emanuel St and notes full Associated Press and International News Service affiliations with staff including Alpert Hanson and John O Connell as manager and editor respectively.
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Mobile Item Company. Inc
ST. Emanuel
Mobile
Anat
CB Hanson
Oh Marne John
Oconnell
Associated Press
International
Publishers’ Association Alpert Hanson
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
Verona
Bell
Home
Alabama
Pittsburg Land Tax Plan Moves Toward Reform
Pittsburg and Scranton Pennsylvania lead in a new land tax plan under legislative change aiming to favor land value over building taxes. The move seeks cheaper rent and land for expansion, backed by civic groups and echoing British and German land reform trends.
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Pittsburg
Scranton
Pennsylvania
United States
Canada
British Board of Trade
America
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Hamburg
Frankfort
Cologne
Australia
New Zealand
The President's Mexican Envoy John Lind
John Lind, a Viking heritage Minnesotan, serves as the U S envoy in Mexico and a former Minnesota governor. The piece notes his Scandinavian roots, law career, and political shifts, including a dramatic confrontation with a St Paul newspaper editor after retirement.
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John Lind
United States
Mexico
Lind
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Johnson
Eberhardt
Northwest
Cincinnati-Times-Star
St. Paul
Nousa Im
Rejuvenation of Castro and the Caribbean power balance
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes Castro's comeback effort with 12 000 men in the field. It discusses Europe and the canal’s significance, U S influence in Central America, and Venezuela’s turmoil as nations weigh Castro's return and potential financing.
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Castro
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Europe
Memphis
South America
Panama Canal
Central American
United States
America
Open Jail in Comanche Texas Challenges Texas Image
A Dallas Telegram report notes the Comanche county jail has sat unoccupied with doors wide open for over a week. The piece argues the curious sight challenges stereotypes of modern Texas and comments on the town’s quiet, law abiding nature amid changing perceptions.
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Comanche
Texas
Dallas News
Cotle
Old Times Passing and Foraker’s Lament
Former Senator Foraker laments the passing of the good old days in the United States senate. He notes that the Senate has changed and credits improvements since his time, recalling exchanges with Archbold of the Standard Oil.
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Senator Foraker
United States Senate
Mr. Foraker
Senate
Foraker
Archbold
Standard Oil
Louisville Times
President to distribute White House firewood to poor
Secretary Bryan likely will drive slowly to his modest $4,000 bedroom as the president plans to give firewood from White House trees to the poor of the capital, a Boston Transcript report notes.
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White House
Bryan
Boston Transcript
Too Bad. Waiter The Egg Joke in London Opinion
A brief London opinion notes a joke about a waiter and an egg. The guest laments it was not boiled soon enough, delivering a dry quip on timing.
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London
A Line o Cheer Each Day o' the Year
Poem celebrating daily joy and returning to a youthful, carefree view of nature. The speaker seeks dawn outings, bare feet, dewy meadows, limpid pools, and skyward gazing to escape worldly cares. Each season offers rest and renewed strength to face life.
Cabinet delays slow federal business amid staffing strain
Washington dispatch notes the Garfield era style staffing bottlenecks slow government work. Bryan’s reliance on appointees delays consular and judicial entries while McAdoo's treasury reorganizations curb appointments. Westward trips by Lane and others aim to study conditions firsthand.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
O. K
Bryan
Secretary of State
White House
Mr. Bryan
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Department of Justice
James McReynolds
New England
New York
United States Commerce Court
White
Supreme Court of the United States
Revenue Cutter Service
McAdoo
Internal Revenue Department
Internal Revenue Commissioner
The
Treasury
Interior
Lane
West
Houston
Garrison
Daniels
Wilson
Redfield
United States
The Day of Cuffs and Penny-a-Liner Doctrines
An Asherville Citizen column critiques the rise of opinion writers and self help fads. It mocks signed articles that claim modern life is misdirected and endorses personal responsibility, skepticism of quick fixes, and prudent daily effort over sensational remedies.
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Winifred Black
Salvador First Peace Pact With US Highlighted by Skeptics
The piece argues that Salvador signing a Bryan peace pact with the United States carries practical and symbolic value. It notes independent investigation of disputes after diplomacy fails and a one year cooling period to prevent hostilities, suggesting such “grape juice diplomacy” may aid war resolution better than force.
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Salvador
Mr. Bryan
United States
Rai
Nightly Adventure Ends in Distillery Bust
An internal revenue officer leads a raid on a hidden distillery run by Skov and family. Joergen, loyal to his word, helps arrest the crew as Laura and her mother reveal betrayals. The officer commends Mrs. Skov for aiding justice while Laura's romance faces upheaval.
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Internal Revenue
Joergen
Skov
Laura
Hans Skov
Hans
Karl
Daffy
Petra
Peter
Green
The New Poet Laureate Robert Bridges
The piece praises Robert Bridges as the new poet laureate, noting his status as a refined yet challenging English poet, a physician by training, and a classicist with Elizabethan and Greek influences. It questions wide popularity but expects lasting value and hopes the honor will widen public appreciation of his delicately musical verses.
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Robert Bridges
Asquith
Bridges
Swinburne
Prittefield
Mass
A High Plane Measure of a Man's Character
The Ohio State Journal argues that true character shows on a high plane of principle and candor rather than in promises to voters. A brave, sincere man reveals consistency in ideals. once he leaves solid principle, his direction becomes uncertain and driven by small promises.
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Rock
Ohio State Journal
One Source of Germanys Wealth Forests of Europe
The article notes Germany holds the best forests in the world and that public and private forests in Germany are valued at 4.5 billion dollars. It adds Austria owns 2,000,000 acres of state forests and France controls about 1,500,000 acres of state forests.
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Europe
Germany
Austria
Christian Herald
Divorcing trolley lines from railroads by Holland
New Haven plans to part with New England trolley lines after years of expansion and competition with highway trolleys. The piece traces how railroads built and later divested lines to manage passenger traffic, noting gains from interior traffic and the shift in philosophy toward trolley integration.
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New York
New Haven Railway Company
New England
United States
New Haven Road
Commodore van Santvoord
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
Delaware and Hudson
Albany
Troy
Saratoga
Commodore
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
New York Central
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Charles S. Mellen
Sa Ottoet
Ae Haven Railroad Company
New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Mellen
Rhode Island
New Haven Company
Connecticut
New Haven Railroad Company
Alabama Teachers Licenses Question on Religion Debated
The Sheffield Standard claims applicants are asked about religious affiliations, while the Montgomery Advertiser says no such question is ever asked by the board of examiners. It asserts the board does not seek religious views nor could determine them if it tried.
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New York
Sulzer
Hearst
Tammany
New York City
Empire State
Court of Appeals
Schaap
Alabama
Sheffield Standard
Board of Examiners
Board of Education
Advertiser
Sheffield
Montgomery Advertiser
Milk Runaway Causes Wagon Wreck in Town
A humorous row quotes a milkman explaining a horse bolted after sighting a cow. The exchange features Mrs. Younghubby and Younghubby as they seek the cause of the morning shortage. Local wit frames a light domestic scene in a fragmentary note.
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Younghubby
Mrs. Younghubby
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Chance
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Washington Comment
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Holland
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