Mobile Item Company Public Notice From 1910
A historical newspaper line lists The Mobile Item Company at 1018 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama with officers James C Van Antwerp president C Hanson vice president and general manager John O Connell editor and advertising details. It notes Associated Press service and national news by the National News Service with subscription rates and telephony connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonce
Mobile Item Company. Inc
ST. Emanuel ST. Mobile
Ala
James C .van Antwerp
Hanson
John
Associated Press
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Alpert Hanson, M
Ealctoria
Anager Foreign
Mobile
Ale
Fifth Ave
New York
Bell
Alabama Taps Henry B. Clayton for Senate Seat
Mobile August 13 1913 Governor O Neal appoints Henry B Clayton to succeed the late Senator Johnston. Legal expert opinion supports the move though some challenges loom. Georgia moves to study public school book costs and possible state publication with a five to three legislative panel to review evidence and report findings for action.
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Henry B. Clayton
Senate
Johnston
O’neal
Alabama
Congress
Clayton
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
Isd
Needless Farm Drudgery Push by Mississippi College Head
President Joe Cook of Mississippi Normal College argues that eliminating farm drudgery for women begins with modernizing water supply. He claims nine tenths of rural women’s labor stems from antiquated water handling, detailing a $2500 system and its impact on daily workloads and well being.
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Joe Cook
Mississippi Normal College
Cook
May Cross Atlantic With Zeppelin Airship Hope
A German newspaper man in New York argues the latest Zeppelin airship, built for the navy, is not a dream. It has four hundred horsepower more than previous models and must fly seventy-two hours at sixty miles to satisfy the government. If successful, the ship could travel 4,320 miles and reach New York from Hamburg without landing for gas.
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Atlantic
New York
Count Zeppelin
Hamburg
Public ownership debate cited by Turner on Mobile belt line
The Item reports Horace Turner denying influence over congressmen attacking Mobile's appropriations and discusses Turner’s belt line railroad argument. It cites a 1912 letter from Senator Gore urging public control of harbor frontage and a belt line condition for federal aid, noting a public disclosure of Turner’s letter is forthcoming.
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Mobile
Horace Turner
Turner
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Thomas P. Gore
Mr. Turner
Senator Gore
Gore
Committee of the
Senate
Iter
Industrial Insurance Risks and Workmen's Comp Rates Study
The New York insurance department exposes difficulties in setting stable workmen's compensation rates without sufficient experience. The report notes past groping, destructive competition, and partial cooperation, with a trend toward mathematical rate making but ongoing discrimination between large and small employers.
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New York Insurance Department
Workmen’s Compensation Service Bureau
I Payaaiariners
Thaurtboe
Bos
Banking relations to agriculture and the West
New York August 13. George M Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago discusses banking relations with agriculture and the West. He credits cooperative practice and Western funds with farmers needs and predicts farmers may rely on their own banks for harvest season finance as rail and banking facilities expand.
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New York
George M. Reynolds
Continental and
Fercial National Bank of
Chicago
Alleghenies
West
Reynolds
Treasury
Reynold
South
Southwest
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Baltimore
Atlantic
New York Clearing House Association
Frederic D. Tappen
Currency Park
Liverpool
New York City
Nouse.association
Mr. Morgan
London
International Mercantile Marine Company
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Honor for all: Goethals Gorgas lead canal heroes
Congress approves bill 6441 praising and promoting key canal figures. Goethals Gorgas receive major general ranks, Rousseau gains rear admiral, Hodges Sibert Gaillard and Rousseau receive brigadier or rear admiral status, with no disruption to regular promotions. Chicago Tribune quotes praise for these dedicated officers and engineers.
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Goethals
Gorgas
Hodges
Sibert and Gaillard
Army
Rousseau
Navy
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Cricket Overflows with Runs and Odd Metaphors
The Gloucestershire Echo reports a flamboyant over where Hobbs struck thirteen fours eleven threes and eleven twos in a single over. A contrasting quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer mocks stiff prose and sport verbosity.
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Gloucestershire Echo
Hobbs
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hardboiled remark echoes in prison guard dialogue
A warden claim about inmates notes their smooth manners as a risk and the reply implies harsher treatment for nonconformists. The exchange highlights a brutal, procedural attitude toward discipline within a prison setting.
Scotch horticulturist uses mercury lamps to speed growth
A Scottish woman horticulturist in a greenhouse uses mercury vapor lamps to force seeds to sprout and plants to grow in half the usual time while achieving deeper color in vegetation. Americana spend six hundred million dollars annually on music.
Washington canoe culture blooms around Potomac camps
Washington in summer becomes a city of campers along the Potomac with tents cabins and shacks north of the city. Canoeing dominates life for government clerks and river crowds as clubs like the Washington Canoe Club Potomac Boat Club and Columbia Canoe Club organize crews and interstate regattas on the river.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Montgomery County
Maryland
Potomac River
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Washington Canoe Club
Potomac Boat Club
Columbia Canoe Club
Atlantic Seaboard
A LINE O' CHEER Each Day o' the Year
A reflective poem by John Kendrick Bangs contrasts a palace wall hung with riches to a modest home where love rests at the window. The speaker notes that beauty and wealth fade without love and that when fortune visits, love remains the true treasure.
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John Kendrick Bangs
American chorus girl stars in London show run
The San Francisco Argonaut notes a modern American chorus girl in London with success and compares her to George Arliss in a crowd-pleasing tale. The girl taunts locals for being behind the times yet cites recent Broadway and Strand theater productions as proof of her up-to-date status.
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London
George Arliss
Times
Strand
Broadway
San Francisco
Argonaut
Eve’s Birthday Sparks Witty Apple Fable Reference
Eve marks eight hundred millionth birthday and peers at women in streets, noting fashions and a playful remark about her fig leaf. The Cincinnati Enquirer captures a satirical slice of whimsy about fashion and vanity in a mythic setting.
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Eve
Cincinnati Enquirer
Potomac Canoe Clubs Promote River Adventures and Safety
Potomac river canoeists organize large war canoe style boats paddled along the river. Amateur regattas draw participants from nearby cities with men and women racing for club and organization prizes. Rapids above and below Great Falls tempt expert captains, while Little Falls offers safer thrills. Accidents are rare with few drownings noted, drawing on proximity for summer recreation.
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Washington
Little Falls of the Potomac
Great Falls of the Potomac
Little Falls
Crief
Potomac River
Honor and Execution in the Chinese Republic
A revolutionist seeking a mandarin title travels to Pekin after a letter from Yuan Shih Kai. Yuan grants the rank then orders his execution in ambush to deter others, a move justified as necessary for stability. The man’s tomb displays the mandarin title, linking his honor to his ancestors.
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Chinese Republic
Yuan Shihk’ai
Yuan
Pekin
China
Oldest Best Man Aids 92 Year Old Portland Bridegroom
John M. Todd aged 92 of Portland served as best man at the wedding of John Foster Pearson of Boston to Grace Evelyn Iris of Portland. Todd, longtime Maine barber, is noted as the oldest living barber in the state. A lime coating thawed frozen ground for the excavation operation in town, proving the method successful.
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John M. Todd
Portland
Todd
John Foster Pearson
Boston
Grace Evelyn Iris
Maine
Boston Post
Oun
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