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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1915
Page
6
Audit by the Audit Bureau of Circulations confirms six month circulation for The Mobile Item ending March 31 1915. Evening and Sunday city net paid totals show 12 816 net paid across city and suburban areas with 9 322 evening and 8 462 Sunday in the city and 3 494 suburban net paid.
The Mobile Item guarantees advertisers the highest unpaid circulation in Mobile City and surrounding suburbs. Audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, the claim is substantiated over two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item announces a uniform weekly rate of 10 cents and 40 cents for daily and Sunday delivery across Mobile with a yearly subscription option. A free year’s subscription will be awarded to anyone who finds delivery at any other price by an authorized carrier. Robish, Alabama, Aug. 29, 1915.
The piece argues that aligned Southern bankers and merchants, guided by a Harding plan, can lift farmers from dependence on cotton as a money crop. It notes borrowings at about 4 percent, warehouse loan profits, and intensified international demand for cotton, with Mobile aiming to become a million-bale port via improved rates and facilities. It urges unified local action to capture river-cotton opportunities and boost regional wealth.
The Item prints another Santa Cruz letter arguing for L and N policy in Mobile against M and O while noting rails absorb port charges. It cites Turners and dock arrangements with Southern and Turner Terminal and defends Mobile’s free port, urging readers to focus on Mobile’s welfare over railroad disputes.
United States Commissioner of Education Philander C. Claxton urged a Washington university with a yearly 10 million dollar endowment to educate youths from around the world and spread a doctrine of brotherly love. The idea, though appealing, raises concerns about maintaining harmony among pupils from diverse nations and over past grievances.
The passage discusses whether countries would accept a single set of ideas on world peace. It argues that promoting peace is not solely a forceful effort and questions if university teaching alone could persuade civilized nations to embrace one approach.
The Gainesville Tex Register argues for a commission form of city government and the creation of a county marketing association to sell local products. It cites Mobile’s successful commission system and says timely organization will prevent production losses and benefit residents.
The Chamber of Commerce has moved from the National City Bank building to the Inge building at the southwest corner of St. Joseph and St. Michael streets. The move was completed yesterday afternoon. Cole Blease again runs for governor after losing the Senate bid. The Anderson Intelligencer notes the remark about Elba and St. Helena. A New Yorker’s age lie leads to a divorce suit. Tennis is noted as a quiet game on a hot topic.
A Mobile report reflects on clerk patience and praise from customers while predicting a wave of building and repair work this fall. City schools expect more pupils and Leinkauf plans expand with an auditorium upgrade. The piece also lists hotel guests at Battle House Bienville and Cawthon noted among visitors from Arkansas Louisiana and Tennessee.
The union district meeting of all Methodist missionary societies will be held in Calvert Alabama on September 1. Each Mobile district auxiliary should send at least one representative with a two month report and fall work plans. The gathering aims to organize new societies amid hopes for growth.
Communications on public matters are invited under rules. Sign name and address, limit to 300 words, use one side of sheet, enclose stamped return envelope. No anonymous letters, avoid politics religion or libel, corrections printed, repeated submissions discouraged.
H. A. Lockwood protests proposed tax exemptions for mortgage bank capital and solvent credits in Alabama. He urges the legislature to require full taxation on all property and to avoid class exemptions, urging lawmakers to back Harding's rural credit ideas with restraint and fairness.
A letter to The Item defends Mobile as a port. asserts the port is closed in traffic yet offers cheaper portage than New Orleans. The writer disputes the editor’s free port definition and explains distinctions between port charges and open traffic.
G J Santa Cruz of Mobile argues against rail policy that hinders port expansion and warns against enduring a status quo. Edward Quincy Norton urges Alabama to adopt scientific property taxation, warning of possible panic or riot if the bill fails. Both letters dated August 1915.
The article answers eye sleep questions noting eyelid muscles relax in sleep and light prevents sleep. closes eyes naturally in darkness. It also prints a reader query for a hard soap formula using potash and a cartoon wrap recipe, giving a questionable answer.
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