Gie Mobile Item Company 1881 Advertising Details
The Mobile Item Company lists address at 198 120 Copti Street Mobile Als. with management roles including president and general manager and secretary treasurer. It notes daily leasing wire full day report by Press and affiliation with Newspaper Publishers Association. Subscription terms show rates for weeks months and year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. — Mobile Item Company, Inc
Copti Street
Mobile, Als
Eee
Oemst Press
Publishers’ Press
Ern Neonpaper Publishers’ Association
Congress adjourns with little to show amid partisan wrangling
Mobile Alabama August 29 1912 the concluding session of congress leaves scant achievements. Partisan clashes between a Democratic house and a Republican senate hinder constructive work under the presidential campaign. Critics note failed reforms including tenure limits for government workers and delays in naval expansion while canal issues and anti railroad bias receive cautious handling.
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Congress
Senate
House
Panama Canal
Where is the Tropical Fair Association in Hartwell’s records
The piece cites three public matters involving Mr. Hartwell including his role on the Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee and opposition to a railroad bridge. It notes damage to school finances and questions the Tropical Fair Association’s Dog River site with no transportation access and unresolved location.
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Hartwell
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
Brooks
Sll
Tropical Fair Association
Dog River
Tropical Fairy Association
Towage Regulation Urged by Legislature for Mobile Channel
A public towage issue in Mobile calls for state action. The writer argues the channel is a public highway and towage a public service deserving statutory controls similar to pilotage and railroad switching. He notes Private agreements yield high dividends to tow-boat owners and urges legislative regulation.
Towage charges at Gulf ports prompt Mobile appeal
The Hart people urge Mobile citizens to fund improvements to reduce towage costs, noting five hundred seventy five dollars in Mobile versus one hundred dollars in Galveston and other varying Gulf port charges. The message argues port fees are highest at Mobile and seeks action to cut them.
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Mobile
Galveston
New Orleans
Pensacola
Savannah
Charleston
Norfolk
Hart
Perture
Gulf
Hartwell’s possible claim on the earth in Mo politics
The text speculates that Mr. Hartwell may acknowledge a likely victory and influence with friends if successful. It hints that his long standing policy could shape political conditions in Missouri, though the passage is fragmentary and opinionated.
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Mr. Hartwell
Register
Interview Predicts Mr Well’s Election Victory
A Register reporter spoke with Mr Well who expressed confidence in his election win. The interview notes anticipate his success and hint at plans he would reveal if elected.
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the Register
Fort
A Good Place After All
In spite of hostile press, Mobile remains a beautiful city with paving, improved water and sewer systems, more parks, and a thriving business climate. Civic progress continues under conservative administration, though debt from past schemes casts a shadow and criticism from the Register persists.
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Mobile Register
Mobile
Earth
Taxes Up To the Limit in Mobile Bond Debate
The piece argues that city revenue can only grow by raising business licenses and criticizes promises to abolish licenses. It contends that increasing income requires higher licenses, and questions the sincerity of such pledges.
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Mobile
Hartwell
Down and Out Society in Atlanta Promotes Millennial Reform
A mysterious group calling itself the Down and Out Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Human Beings promotes a radical reform agenda in Atlanta dubbed the Jerusalem of the South. It seeks crime abolition and a millennial peace but has yet to secure a suitable meeting hall, hinting at funding or venue issues while criticizing other services.
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Thea
Down
Atlanta
Jerusalem
South
Variegated pavements for beauty on daily walks
A New York Evening Post proposal argues for decorative outdoor pavements. It praises variegated stones and brick patterns over plain gray surfaces, citing visual delight at the New York Public Library terraces as an example of harmonious footpaths that please the eye as well as the tread.
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New York Public Library
New York Evening Post
The Law of Averages in Advertising
A discussion on how the Law of Averages governs response to "want" advertising. It argues the law prevents chaotic outcomes and ensures steady reader attention, with ads reaching a portion of the audience even if not all readers respond.
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Mobile
New York
Law of Averages
The Spur of The Moment by Roy K Moulton
Uncle Abner observes that many so called level headed men are mere flat heads. Political banquets are as popular as smallpox. A pretty woman can manipulate a jury better than a coconut tricks a monkey. Avoid trouble a mile from it. Hank Umme buys a medical book and discovers he has every disease mentioned, leaving him bedridden. Clothes by a tailor miss suspender jokes. Storytelling drifts back to Adam and the crusades before the punchline lands.
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Abner
Hank
Umme
Public plea asks dog wagon at Ann and Spring Hill
Letter to the editor requests the dog wagon man to patrol sidewalks from Ann and Spring Hill drive east to Broad. The writer notes a recent mad dog incident and asks for action after reporting multiple bites. Signature J W Finch, 245 Spring Hill Avenue, dated August 26, 1912.
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Ann
Spring Hill
Broad
J. W. Finci
Spring Hill Avenue
Marshall Speech Praised Across Papers
The New York World is fault finding yet capable, while Governor Marshall's acceptance speech as Democratic nominee for vice president draws mixed notices. The St Louis Republic and Richmond Times-Dispatch hail it as plain and solid, with healthy Americanism and no demagoguery, while the Springfield Independent and Indianapolis News praise its calm focus on current issues.
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New York World
The
World
Colonel Watterson
Marshall
Democratic
Independent
St. Louis Republic
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Springfield Republican
Wilson
Indianapolis News
Indiana
Perry Seca
Taxation questions sweep Montgomery and nation
The Montgomery Journal notes taxation is a live topic in cities nationwide. It asks who bears responsibility for tax levels and waste, cites Montgomery seating, Vermont politics, and urges voters to elect lawmakers who will cut expenses and curb government excess.
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Montgomery
Washington
House
Vermont
Howe
Montgomery Journal
The Music of Nature
A thoughtful look at how listeners distinguish insect sounds, with birds and frogs cited as springtime harbingers. Emphasizes how emotional associations shape the pleasure of insect music, awakening memories and warmth linked to verdant seasons.
From Our London Correspondent on Weather and World Fairs
A humorous column lists odd London details and World’s Fair views then pivots to a spoof weather section. It mocks forecasts as illogical while describing foggy climate and city quirks with light anecdotes and playful verse.
The Art of Getting On Lecture and Wit at Village Session
A well dressed gentleman delivered a lecture titled The Art of Getting On in a village schoolroom. He urged persistent effort with the motto Push and keep pushing. A joking critic warned of local mischief while a back‑row tramp joked about reclaiming a lost bill.
Sven Hedin Stripped of Honor by Russian Society
Sven Hedin, famed Swedish explorer, had been an honorary member of the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. After publishing a pamphlet cautioning Sweden and Norway about Russia seizing Atlantic coast territory for a western ice free port and naval base, he was expelled from the society.
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Sven Hedin
Russian Asia
Russia
Russian Imperial Geographical Society
Sweden
Norway
Norwegian
Zere
Alabama Wilson and Marshall clubs urged to raise funds
The Birmingham News urges all Alabama Wilson and Marshall clubs to raise $25,000 for the Democratic national committee. Governor Jelks reports only about $2,000 raised locally, far less than other Southern states, and calls for immediate canvassing and contributions from every club member.
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Birmingham
Democratic National Committee
Maine
Alabama
Wilson and Marshall
W. D. Jelks
National Democratic
National Committee
Tyler Goodwyn
Jelks
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Jones
Wilson and Marshall Club
Wilson
Marvels in the News and the Press
A playful roundup notes marvels reported in newspapers including a Newcastle policeman rescuing a maiden who became a cow, a Ford Elkhart crash with a bull tipping a seven passenger car, a cow catching a bass with a bucktail lure, a Brooklyn man bitten by a pickerel under rabies fears, and a whale antics off California as a ship braves tides.
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Thomas
Newcastle
Neshannock
Frye
Elkhart
Olympus
Indiana
Bossy
Fred Henry
Brooklyn
New York
Pasteur Institute
James H. Bruce
California
Bruce
B. M
Free love and equal suffrage debated by Ida Husted Harper
Ida Husted Harper condemns English equal suffrage publications promoting free love and militancy. She argues the militant wing harms the suffrage movement, likening it to anarchism undermining socialism. She questions moral equality and the broader social impact of freeing women in one domain but not others.
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Ida Husted Harper
New York
England
Mrs. Harper
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O'Connell
Waltor
Fifth Ave
New ‘York
Msinean Res
Fair Association
Justice
New York City Hall
Roy K. Moulton
the People’s Forum
Niagara Falls
London
Scotland
Wales
America
Item’s Short Stories
Tweed & Cheviot, Tailors
Livingstons Bigfront
Smith
Brown
Marvels
Jackson
Miss
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