Towage monopoly criticism sparks Mobile port debate
The Mobile Register attacks Mr. Hartwell over alleged monopolistic towage control harming Mobile port rates. It urges contract transparency and dividend disclosure while arguing for lower towage costs to enable public projects like belt line railroads, comparing Mobile with Galveston New Orleans Pensacola Savannah Charleston and Norfolk.
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Peach market woes cross the gulf of supply and demand
A survey of Oklahoma Peach prices notes fifteen cents a bushel with no buyers and some farmers feeding Elberta peaches to hogs as the largest crop ever grown meets a wide market gap. It contrasts rail transport and middlemen with high city prices and sparse demand, touches on political endorsements, a Mississippi paper’s anniversary, and a Chicago rescue of a husband by his wife.
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Advertising Chats No. 20 in Mobile proves effective ads
A Mobile merchandising note urges merchants to base ads on facts. It argues progress matters more than pace, warns against sensationalism, and claims truthful campaigns earn reader trust and a rich harvest from The Mobile Item readers.
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Dusty gusts and a busy stall in short stories
A windy scene shows Mrs Frigid at a grocery counter asking for tea as dust fills the air. Lincoln Steffens is noted as a speller in class A while a teacher uses a lazy loafer in a moral tale leading Charlie to name the baby as the wretched scavenger who takes without giving back.
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City man as a farmer urged through vacant lot gardens
The Kansas City superintendent of vacant lot gardening argues city residents must learn soil cultivation by practicing in city plots. Books cannot teach farming. experience is needed, and a small urban patch is the best start. Some city transplants remain uninterested and are described as "sick of farm life."
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How to Be Happy and Do Your Part Uncle Joe Cannon Wit
A humorous ad lib piece features Uncle Abner and Uncle Joe Cannon style jests on patriotism taxes and common sense. It riffs on political folly, foolish spending, and everyday absurdities. The essay ends with playful tips about finding pleasure in work and practical jokes with encyclopedias and cats.
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The Fat Man Stirs Mocking Gossip and Quiet Pride
A poem depicts a corpulent man mocked by friends and strangers for weight yet undismayed. They comment on his size, urge dieting, tease him in public, and note rising tailoring costs, while he remains cheerful and believes others envy the fat man’s happiness.
Monroeism for all nations in a German jest
A Washington Post critique discusses Monroeism as a pervasive national idea in various states. It links German jesting about Monroeism to broader foreign policy notions and notes that Canada’s status as a British asset anchors North American unity against external powers. The piece argues jests don’t harm, but ghosts of Monroeism shape policy.
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Wilson and the Suffragettes in Richmond
A Richmond News Leader column critiques Mr. Wilson and endorses the view that women's influence in politics is modest and often overstated while noting a remark on suffragettes and a tangential note about a very small Malay coin being the smallest in circulation.
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Decay of Populism in American Economic Thought
Analyzed is the rise and fall of Populism, arguing its ideas were ahead of their time. The piece notes similarities to modern Democratic and Progressive policies, cites figures like Ingalls and Coxey, and discusses socialism, free credit ideas, and the shift away from a Populist party as an economic era ends.
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Walking and exploring Arcady on foot a French canine show note
A Kansas City Star piece urges walking for enjoyment rather than motor travel and invites exploration of open country near Arcady with a vagabond spirit. It contrasts foot travel with cars, praising rural scenery, quieter roads, and adventures with a cooperative companion. It ends with a Paris dog show mention.
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