MOBILE ITEM COMPANY SUNDAY EDITION INSURANCE OF PUBLISHER ACCESS
Public notice lists MOBILE ITEM COMPANY INC publishing seven papers weekly including Sunday edition with leased wire full day Associated Press report. Subscription terms set at delivered seven days for a dime or 45 cents for six months. Includes telephone numbers for contact.
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P. the South
Associated Press
Publishers’ Press
Es Ern
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Ovacuven
1912 Mobile water pricing dispute and farm cost pressures
In Hobile Alabama August 19 1912 a senate committee investigates rising living costs citing tariff and land price effects. The piece contrasts census data on land value, farm costs, and rural population with allegations of misstatements by The Register over water pricing and notices. It argues small consumers face higher per thousand gallon charges and defends public officials against alleged bias.
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Senate
Ldisnes
Register
Mobile
The
Water Cares
P. J. Lyons
Growth of Summer Schools Across United States
The summer school movement expands nationwide with 28 universities and normal schools offering sessions. Knoxville’s Summer School of the South drew 2,406 students from states and three foreign countries. Wooster Ohio rose from 49 to a full session. North Carolina’s institutions report growing attendance and eight week sessions as leaders in industrial and rural education.
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United States
Philander P. Claxton
Knoxville
Wooster
Ohio
Carolinas
University of North
Carolé
N. C
Amer
Winthrop Normal
Col- Rock Hill
8. C
Pali
United States Leads World in Coal Output Since 1899
The United States has held first place in world coal production since 1899, surpassing Great Britain. Total global coal output reached about 1,302,500,000 short tons with the U S contributing 496,221,168 tons or 38.1 percent. From 1899 to 1911 U S production rose over 250 percent, while Britain showed growth to 562,744,958 tons in 1911.
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United States
Great Britain
Pereak
Wives Alimony Bid Seeks Cash Amid Odd Claims
A billionaire's wife sues for alimony arguing a bizarre influence from her husband’s body visits the spirit of Cleopatra. The case centers on unusual supposed spiritual guidance affecting financial support.
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Allionaire
Hor
Cleopatra
The Seven Executions in New York and Capital Punishment Debate
The article compares seven New York executions to grim national murder statistics and argues for stricter law enforcement. It questions abolition of the death penalty, cites urban crime rates, and notes Los Angeles moves in its anti anarchist campaign including banning free lunch at saloons.
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New York
American Prison Association
United States
London
Chicago
England
Los Angeles
Straw Vote Sparks Roosevelt Popularity Claim
The Evening Mail cites a Saratoga Springs voter survey showing eight of ten favoring Roosevelt, claiming only two oppose in Brackett's area. The piece argues straw votes reflect little and are unreliable indicators of broader support.
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Evening Mail
Saratoga Springs
Roosevelt
Senator Brackett
Bailiwick
Saratoga Statesman
Taft
Wilson
Advertising Chats No. 17 Promotes Newspaper Advertising
A persuasive piece argues that proper and truthful advertising in the home newspaper builds wealth. It claims firms with strong reputations should advertise to extend reach and sustain growth, noting Mobile’s examples and urging consistent campaigns to secure quick profits.
Militant Suffragents and comic verse notes
Mixed page items reflect satire and personal notices. Letters discuss suffrage groups and domestic tensions, with quips about women and passwords. Humorous poems laments broken loves and small town life alongside ads and jokes.
Eliot on Peace and Migration in World Tour Report
Dr Charles W Eliot, envoy for the Carnegie Peace Foundation, urges an international treaty to shield private property from capture at sea to ease naval arms race fears. He warns of no near disarmament and identifies migration as a key issue, proposing male immigration be limited to within five percent of female entrants.
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Charles W. Eliot
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Eliot
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
New Orleans
Eleven Billion Cigarettes and the Nation’s Smoker Count
Washington revenue records note a last fiscal year total of eleven and a quarter billion cigarettes smoked in the United States, up two billion from the prior year. The piece debates smoker numbers, daily averages, and whether officials’ tallies reflect actual consumption.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Chicago Judge Banished Man to Pittsburg
A Chicago judge banished a man to Pittsburg in a ruling that appears intended as punishment, as the offender might have faced greater consequences if forced to stay in Chicago.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Short Tales and Oddities from a Public Nerve
A collection of humorous vignettes and misreadings about telephone delays, language mix ups, fashion delays, and a court witness. The pieces feature Mr Bussman frustrated by calls, a Boston mayor misinterpreting a French sign, a late passenger hurrying, and a witty woman testifying about her age and valuables.
Banks May Transform American Banking Size and Purpose
The New York American reports a movement by the American Banking Association led by Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio to expand bank credit to farmers, integrate agricultural education, and redefine banking as a liberal profession. The piece cites a Chicago convention and an Ohio law that shifted rural youth attitudes toward farming after agricultural instruction in schools.
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New York American
Es Banking Association
Croententions
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio
Tex
Europe
Ceree
America
Alexander Hamilton
John Ruskin
National Educational Association
Chicago
Ohio
Little Red School House
Casimir Jacques by Anne Bozeman Lyon in National Magazine
Miss Anne Bozeman Lyon, famed for colonial fiction about Mobile’s settlers, introduces Casimir Jacques a premier short story in the September National Magazine. The author discusses her vivid character work and recalls her prior works and recognition from Walter Lecky and others. Lyon’s Memphis ties note her father Colonel Thomas T. A. Lyon and family history in Memphis and Coahoma County Mississippi.
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Memphis
Miss Lyon
Casimir Jacques
National Magazine
Mobile
Thomas T. A. Lyon
Coahoma County
Iss
Belt and suspenders debated in the New York Sun
A New York Sun reader questions why men wear both a belt and suspenders. The writer argues suspenders require longer trousers and belts alone adjust poorly for spring wear, claiming both items are unhygienic and hinder body movement. Suggestions include buttoned trousers and shirts as an alternative.
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the Sun
Este
New York Sun
Fragmented OCR Text Needs Clear Summary
The readable lines describe ambiguous requests about dates values and sending items to various magazines priced at five ten fifteen and twenty five cents. The text is garbled and lacks coherent event details or identifiable persons or organizations.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
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Hobile
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