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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1913
Page
4
Irregular OCR fragment notes business offices and a bell with numbers 62 and 53. The readable items are sparse. no clear event or proper entities establish a full news item.
Mobile Alabama August 17 1913 report highlights Commissioner Pillans work in wharves and docks water works sewers streets and garbage. New steel sheds at the city wharves dredging plans water purification improved pumps and pipes concrete canals drainage and four new trunk sewers to unsewered districts. Officials credit lower coal costs reduced water waste and better street surfaces without raising taxes.
Mobile plans a flat rate of 15 cents per hundred pounds for Cuban black strap molasses shipped to St Louis and Mobile lines aim to capture New Orleans trade. New Orleans dealers warn the cut rate could ruin local shipments and shift mealtime stock feed sources, affecting Galveston and other Gulf ports. The move is seen as boosting Mobile and risking long standing New Orleans dominance.
President Wilson wins no full endorsement as Congress stays in session to pass a currency reform bill. He plans to push further through missionary work and target the Senate for majority support while the House is expected to accept the bill or amend it for Senate approval.
Washington commentary reports Julia C. Lathrop head of the Children's Bureau urges mothers to avoid bottle feeding as dangerous to infants. She cites New York City data showing high infant deaths from bowel trouble among bottle fed babies and argues nursing by mother offers better protection, especially in summer. She calls for strict milk and dairy inspections and fly control to reduce infant mortality nationwide.
A caucus standoff over President Wilson’s currency reform plan stalls progress on the tariff bill. Senators including Hitch cock, Hoke Smith and Luke Lea oppose faster passage, while Owen’s revised proposal keeps options open, signaling a protracted session into December.
The article extols the modern trust company's role in safeguarding wills and valuables. It notes safe deposit vaults protect documents from loss or misplacement, and that trusts cover diverse items from cemetery bequests to personal heirlooms, with strict separation of each trust and a century of reliability.
John Craft, president of the Alabama Good Road Association, urges state leaders to endorse a system of state highways. He compares Alabama’s costly dirt roads to Roman and French road programs, noting transport costs 27 1/2 cents per ton mile locally versus 7 cents elsewhere, and calls for state financing and candidate positions on road development.
The article discusses US farmers losing about six billion dollars through marketing costs, notes opinions of Benjamin F Yoakum and James J Hill on marketing reforms, and highlights Texass large harvests, cooperative financing between farmers and banks, and a projected cotton and corn output that could boost national farm income.
An Exchange column notes Europe worries about yellow fever following new trade routes via the Panama Canal but argues the canal itself will not bring the disease, calming fears about canal travel.
A reflection on Fontenelle and Dr Johnson ranking age 55 to 75 as the peak of pleasure. The piece argues youth pleasures are bodily while later joys are spiritual and urges an open mind, broader sympathies, and a hobby with artistic or aero bent to sustain fulfillment in old age.
Dr Fratesque Fox told a world conference in London that Rome’s downfall began with the hot bath. He warned it will be harder to persuade reluctant youth to bathe, reflecting a provocative view from the Cincinnati Times-Star.
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