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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1912
Page
6
Public record shows the Mobile Times Company of Mobile Alabama listing address 138 720 Conti Street and an office at 225 Fifth Ave New York. It notes founders officers and staff positions including President Vice President General Manager Secretary and Treasurer with contact phones Bell 223 Home 180 and Bell 2840 Home 180. The notice references leased wire full day AP reports and Sunday publication as part of a seven paper week.
The Register questions the reliability of the city auditor’s figures after claiming Mobile spent 28,470,000 dollars to pump a year’s supply. The piece hints at Inspector scrutiny and newspaper rivalry in 1912 Mobile Alabama.
An editorial notes Sper asserts it maintains a long running, continuous operation under proprietress leadership as evidence of a stable, bright newspaper.
Memph is a periodical notes that steel barges built by Louis and Kansas City could move freight from those cities to the Mississippi and onward to South America but warns barges are impractical for Gulf and deep sea runs. It cites failed barge ventures by the Southern Pacific to Cuba and Atlantic coast lines as proof, urging transfer to Mobile and New Orleans for ocean service.
The article notes stock prices and market tone reflect confidence in government policy and future business, with traders betting on stability and growth. It describes a hopeful mood among merchants, manufacturers, and bankers about improved conditions and a bright business climate ahead.
The Item denounces The Register for erroneous water rate figures and biased reporting in Mobile politics. It cites double errors inflaming bias against Commissioner Lyons and questions the paper’s ethics and honesty amid a municipal campaign.
The piece discusses Gordon Selfridge and the London store opening with full page ads and artists, inspiring rivals like Harrods to host grand celebrations. It cites a 1.25 million opening crowd and asserts advertising power, arguing ads attract mass attention and pay off.
The Birmingham News reports that Roosevelt’s third term bid faces little support in the South. The New York Times probes the claim, finding no Alabama evidence of cross state impact. Some Republicans and a few Populists or dazzled Democrats may back him, but alarm is absent.
A comic exchange centers on a device claimed as a fire plug and a rival claim of being a water plug. An investigating pedestrian concludes it is an iron plug. In a separate fragment, Galleigh jokes about a suit and a tailor bill being sent to him.
A collection of humorous verses and satirical notes featuring awkward birthday remembrances, critical party commentary, a failed telephone call, and a cartoonish tale of racing luck. Includes a vignette about Mrs Masters seeking her husband with a wry club-side gag.
The piece argues scholars and teachers have shaped governance, noting presidents and leaders with teaching backgrounds such as McKinley, Cleveland, Adams, and Jefferson. It contrasts this with a common reliance on lawyers in U S Congress and cites English figures like Gladstone and Birrell to show literature and education influence politics.
Rudyard Kipling begins as a junior reporter in the San Francisco Chronicle city room. The old fashioned two handed city editor greets new staff with sharp digs while Kipling learns the ropes and covers a fake mining stock story under steady pressure.
Asheville citizens defend the Liberty Bell against critics who claim the historic bell’s crack or symbolism undermine its value. The editorial urges pride in the bell’s role in American memory and warns against undermining cherished national icons.
The Nashville Banner describes a sensational, morbidly curious crowd gathered at the Astor mansion in New York after news that the posthumous son of the late John Jacob Astor was born. It notes the Astor family wealth and Titanic death as fueling the spectacle.
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