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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
7
The Mobile Register faces questions over city bond retirement. Letters to the editor accuse misrepresentation of bond costs and the use of general revenues to retire four issues. The discussion cites specific bond amounts and annual interest explanations.
The writer criticizes the Registers critique of water rates in Mobile. They allege poor residents pay a flat annual fee for rooms while wealthier houses consume more water, disputing a six dollar per thousand gallons claim and arguing actual costs are around two cents per thousand. It argues lower meter rates encourage industry and warns against prohibitive pricing by the city.
In remarks attributed to President Taft, the administration argues that economic wrongs have been abolished and trusts will adjust without confiscation. Critics question what the current policy has achieved for fortunes like Rockefeller and Astor, while noting opposition from Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina and reactions to Tillman era rhetoric.
New York bankers revealed that Police Lieutenant Becker held nearly $60,000 in cash while leading the strong arm squad. They chose public duty over banking confidentiality to aid the district attorney in exposing police corruption tied to gambler Rosenthal and a reported murder.
The Southeastern states will show advantages for homeseekers at fairs across Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio and New York plus Toronto. Four exhibit sets feature fresh fruits cotton tobacco potatoes and truck crops with farm scenes. Land and industrial department representatives will travel with each display and Mobile County will be represented.
A collage of quips and snippets mentions Andrew Carnegie and income tax boldness, suffragists vehicles fueled by gasoline, a postponed millennium prophecy, Da Vinci discoveries, Lillian Russell on rain and powder, bank note size cuts, Joaquin Miller's Wilson lean, Taft and Roosevelt in the same household, and a 20 percent dividend from Tobacco Trist, ending with a blunt boast.
The piece argues advertising should be treated like a real asset and not a pure expense. It compares brands and familiarity to inventory and notes the rise in market value from public recognition, deposit growth, and customer loyalty as lasting profits.
A collage of quotes mocks party divisions and campaign talk. Letters from editors across New York and other cities lampoon Roosevelt Taft clashes, tariff vetoes, and fundraising chatter as the journalistic chorus weighs the 1912 political landscape.
Edward W. Parker of the United States Geological Survey estimates that 27,703,644 short tons of coke produced in 1911 in beehive ovens could have yielded 35 to 40 million dollars in by products if made in by product ovens. The study cites 7,847,845 tons of coke from by-product ovens and discusses potential power and economic gains from substituting ovens and using heat for locomotive power.
A humorous collection of quick quips and witticisms about lovers, religion, crime, fashion, and society. References include Hod Peters, Rev Hanks, and Elmer Jones with playful banter on vanity, trust men, and luncheon flattery.
A string of wry reflections on small city life notes that sellers chase new cars slow lunch crowds and pine eating styles. It muses on church attendance hot trades deacons and feasibility of futures while predicting corn cob pipes and red neckties staying in fashion.
In a satirical weekly piece a Hickeyville farmer blames Democratic weather for ruined taters and corn. The comic voice contrasts a Republican administration with bad harvests while a moral note urges saving one fifth of earnings to end poverty.
A collection of disparate passages mixes a melodramatic vow to a fair maiden with a sharp portrait of John D. Archbold and his precise money slicing. The text also recalls Archbold’s Ohio roots and early grocery-store lessons shaping his later success.
The senate's approval of the postoffice appropriation bill advances parcels post, with the house version modified. The plan, once opposed as socialistic by many, is now carried forward as a practical, cautious expansion likened to the postal savings bank. The zone-rate concept is deemed just, and the parcel service is seen as a significant economic innovation likely to grow beyond initial expectations.
Sydney Brooks writes in Harper's Weekly praising Woodrow Wilson and outlining why he is superior to other politicians. He contrasts British views of Bryan and the 16 year political scene, noting English Liberals' revulsion of Bryanism and the shift toward acknowledging broader issues beyond monetary policy.
The Memphis street beggars draw mixed responses as 80 charitable institutions offer care yet many observers label most beggars as fakirs exploiting public generosity. Advocates warn of organized schemes using deformed children to elicit pity, while noting some truly needy individuals.
Advices to the Philadelphia Commercial Museum director indicate improving commercial and political conditions in Mexico. Reports from the capital city suggest the situation will stabilize, with a strong commercial revival expected within a month or two and opportunities opening widely.
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