The Mobile Item Company Staff Directory Record
The Mobile Item Company established 1881 reorganized and re established April 1912 publishes daily and Sunday edition from Mobile Alabama with offices and contacts for James C. Van Antwerp C. B. HansonLBert P. Bush John C. O Connell Albert Hanson manager foreign desk and circulation details and telephones for departments and offices.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Pmanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
James C. van Antwerp
C. B. Hanson
Lbert P. Bush
Ohn C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
York Item
Fifth Ave
New
Hobson Admission Explains Alabama Senate Appointment Row
Mobile August 21 1913 Hobson contends he opposed Gov O Neals appointment of a successor to Senator Johnston except in an emergency and until a special election. He defends his statements amid disputes over cotton trade and newspaper battles with Estes D Baker and The Item in Mobile.
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Montgomery Journal
Alabama
Hobson
O'Neal
Johnston
Henry D. Clayton
O’neal
Congressman Hobson
Item
Marengo County
Demopolis
Mobile
Napelis
Commercial National Bank
Memphis
Estes D. Baker
Baker
Demopolis Bank
Meridian
Bucatunna
Road linking counties urged for statewide highway
Messrs Dan N Taylor and J R Huggins visit Mobile as a county road committee to promote Wayne county Mississippi road building. The plan aligns with a Corinth Gulfport highway effort and aims to connect state highways to Mobile coast. Taylor notes Mobile is the natural port for Waynesboro and calls for Mobile County support.
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Dan N. Taylor
J. R. Huggins
Mobile
Wayne County
Mississippi
Corinth
Gulfport
Mobile County
Taylor
Waynesboro
Rural Church and Public Health
Dr. Enmion W. Williams of Virginia argues churches must partner in health efforts. He says healthy bodies foster moral communities and urges churches to model sanitation through ventilation, outhouses, clean water, and proper upkeep to prevent infection and promote spiritual welfare.
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Enmion W. Williams
Virginia
President Wilson Expected in Mobile for October Public Event
The Montgomery Advertiser notes President Wilson may visit Mobile for the Commercial Congress in October if Congress finishes its work in time. The piece ponders co hosting by the North American Postmasters Association and suggests marshals and port collectors might join, boosting attendance at his first major public function since election.
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Wilson
Mobile
Congress
North American Postmasters’ Association
Montgomery Advertiser
North American Marshals
N. A
Gil
Are Cattle Ticks Fatal to Humans in Bitterroot Campaign
The secretary of agriculture authorizes 2500 head of sheep grazing in Bitterroot Forest Montana to test trapping the spotted fever tick. Forest Service and Public Health Service join with local sheep interests in a cooperative campaign to study spread and risk of spotted fever carried by cattle ticks. Surgeon McClintic of the Public Health Service died last year during a study of the disease.
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Bitterroot National Forest
Montana
Secretary of Agriculture
Forest Service
Public Health Service
Egak
McClintic
Health Service
Durin
Bridington Dinner Recalls Page and Ambassadorship
Robert Bridges reading at Loftus Club in New York honors Thomas Nelson Page on the eve of his departure as ambassador to Italy. The verse satire features an Uncle Gabe persona praising Page as a high quality figure and lampooning Southern and Federal antebellum stereotypes with references to Marshals, Gordon Keith, Marse Chan, and Ole Virginian.
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Robert Bridges
Loftus Club
New York
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Sarvent
Marster
Bassador
Gabe
Marie Page
Gordon Keith
Marse Chan
Cary An
Sam
Polly
Jacquelin Gray Ware
Tom
Nervous Woman Advised to Eat Light Before Bed
A Pittsburg Post item recalls a thin, sleepless woman visiting a physician who suggests a light nightly supper of milk and biscuits. She recalls a prior warning against eating before bed, but the doctor argues scientific progress justifies the change.
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Pittsburg
A Warning To Girls From The Charleston News
A periodical urges young women to halt certain trends and behavior. The Charleston News and Courlen voices concern over changing female roles and conduct in society.
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Charleston News and Courlen
No Dry or Wet Leader Favored for Revenue Posts
Washington dispatch notes the administration will not appoint anyone known as a temperance leader to collector of internal revenue posts. It cites slow appointments, aims for the best available men, and warns of balancing license enforcement in dry regions while addressing historic pressure on collectors during the Wilson tariff era.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Internal Revenue Collector
Internal Revenue Service
South
Jwi
Electric line between New York and Philadelphia proposed
In New York August discussions among capitalists and engineers explored building a 90 mile electric air line between Philadelphia and New York for through trains. George Westinghouse doubted the practicality of signaling at high speed, noting signals cannot stop a train safely above sixty mph. He supported electric energy but warned safety signals limit speeds.
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New York
Boston
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
George Westinghouse
Mr. Westinghouse
Westinghouse
New York Subway
Usees
Westingnoses
York Boston
Chicago
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year by Bangs
Poem reflects on debts of love and gratitude repaid by affection. A speaker notes that paying love's score leads to a renewed treasure of life as affection balances past debts. The verse credits a genius of affection for renewing what was paid.
Westinghouse calls for high speed limits on trains
A discussion cites Thomas A. Westinghouse urging federal authority to cap rail speeds and require speed indicators on locomotives. He notes dangers at speeds above sixty and warns emergency brakes still leave trains fast. He cites Stamford accident and California rulings as support for costlier safety devices.
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Westinghouse
Stamford
Conn
California
Railroad Commission
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Mr. Hobson
Mr. Baker
Rural Church and Public Health
Marse
Co’te
Ole Ferginyer
America
Crie
Gare
DeTat
sTace
Cae
James
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
Holland
John Kendrick Bangs
Love
Waterloo
General Sheridan
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