Auditor's report on The Mobile Item circulation six months
Audit by the Audit Bureau of Circulations reaudited six months ending September 30 1914 and provides figures from the six months ending March 31 1915. The report shows City Evening and Sunday distributions with a total net paid of 14231 for six months in the country and city combined with suburban totals and notes no copies for internal use or samples included.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Guarantee to Advertisers Highlights Mobile Circulation
The Mobile Item guarantees advertisers more nonpaid circulation in Mobile city and suburbs than any other Mobile newspaper. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulation substantiated the claim for two consecutive six month periods.
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Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Guarantee To Subscribers For The Mobile Item
The Mobile Item is Mobile's only mobile newspaper serving all subscribers at a uniform price of 10 cents weekly or 5 dollars annually. Delivery to any Mobile address is guaranteed and a one year subscription reward is offered for finding a delivery at any other price. December 12, 1915.
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Mobile Iter
Mobile
Bankers Conference Charts South Cotton Progress
Bankers from cotton states met in Mobile to back plans for agriculture commerce and regional growth. Resolutions urged financing warehousing marketing laws and cooperation among bankers farmers and manufacturers to develop the South’s economy and enhance competitiveness in cotton markets.
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South
Bankers’ Conference
Gospel of Co operation Taught by Satsuma Day
The governor and Gulf Coast Cultural Society leaders preached a gospel of cooperation to boost Alabama’s coast region. Speakers urged practical, action oriented unity to grow infant industry and fruit production, citing Satsuma Day as proof of cooperative effort.
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Satsuma Day
Zpayor
Gulf Coast Cultural Society
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Satsuma
Chamber of Commerce Membership Faces Self-Government Test
The chamber undergoes potential reorganization to shift control to the majority of members. A Ways and Means Committee report proposes by-law changes, board makeup, and voting system reforms. Members must vote by referendum and attend Friday’s meeting to decide sufficiency of self governance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Chamber
Ways and Means Committee
Cawthon Hotel
Old Spanish Trail movement praised as Gulf Coast highway start
Mobile hosted and led the formation of the Old Spanish Trail Association to unite Gulf Coast states in building a great national highway. The convention honored Palmer Pillans as president and Stewart Le Blanc as secretary, with James Emmet credited for publicity efforts. Mobile aims to attract development, publicity, and economic growth through this enterprise.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Palmer Pillans
Stewart le Blanc
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
James Emmet
Mobile Item
Loss Temporary Profit Permanent in Perry County Cotton Drop
Judge W H Tayloe of Uniontown Perry county Ala notes 1914 15 season brought nearly twenty thousand bales of cotton but the present fiscal year will yield about a quarter of that amount He cites hogs corn hay and crops like potatoes peas and syrup from cane and predicts two years of inconvenience due to the boll weevil after which prosperity will return
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W. H. Tayloe
Uniontown
Perry County
Ala
Judge Tayloe
Norfolk to Mobile farm dream spurred by The Item notice
A Norfolk resident plans to move to Mobile to secure a farm for retirement. The Item cites Mobile Farm Bureau formation and George A. Maloney's role as farm demonstration agent. Maloney says he promptly informed The Item of the paper's impact and the call for regional agricultural data.
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Norfolk
Mobile
Virginia
Mobile Farm Bureau
George A. Maloney
Mr. Maloney
Maloney
Sixteen Thousand Bottles Destroyed in Mobile Prohibition Action
The Choctaw Advocate notes Mobile officials are not bluffing about enforcing the prohibition law as six teen thousand bottles of confiscated liquor were smashed and dumped into Mobile bay last Friday and Saturday with several thousand more destroyed since.
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Mobile
Mobile Bay
Sidney Douglas Dies After Brief Illness
Sidney Douglas died last night after a brief illness. He was formerly a traveling man and later Mobile county excise commissioner. With the abolition of that office he was appointed by Governor Henderson to the tax equalization board. Douglas was remembered as a good citizen.
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Sidney Douglas
Mobile
Douglas
Mobile County
Henderson
Tax Equalization Board
Mr. Douglas
Mississippi Education Worth The Cost Says Chancellor Powers
Chancellor Powers argues Mississippi gains from university education as each student repays more to the treasury than the $75 yearly cost. Mobile charity committee chaired by James W. Little seeks subscriptions to support the Protestant Orphan Asylum and its Christmas cheer after a funding dip. Scientists advise the fat woman to exercise and the thin woman to work hard, while people wonder how to grow a fuller pocketbook without effort.
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Mississippi
University of Mississippi
J. N. Powers
James W. Little
Protestant Orphan Asylum of Mobile
Little
Road bond advocates converge in Mobile for Old Spanish Trail
Local and state officials and dignitaries converge in Mobile for the Old Spanish Trail convention and related meetings. Delegates from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and beyond discuss highway building, harmony, and financing while hotel hosts showcase regional progress and hospitality.
Go To It Atmore and Other Names List
A compact listing recalls individuals including H. J. French of Brookeville Florida Alden McLellan Jr of New Orleans and W. A. Bozone of Salco Alabama alongside references to Go To It in Alabama and Florida locations.
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Atmore
Ala
H. J. French
Brookeville
Fla
Alden McLellan, Jr
New Orleans
W. A. Bozone
Salco
Pan American defense pact eyed with Argentina Brazil and Chile
President Wilson signals a possible treaty among Argentina Brazil and Chile to supply 800 000 trained troops for Western Hemisphere defense in exchange for military aid and naval support from the United States. Ambassador Naon led talks with Washington planning a broader Pan American alliance.
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Washington
Wilson
Brazil
Chile
Famulo S. Naon
State Department
United States
Horoscope: Stars Favor Lovers and Markets This Week
The December 12 1915 horoscope reports a lucky day with benefic planetary aspects. Bankers may profit next week but avoid reckless speculation. Women benefit in love and social activity rises in Washington. Uranus may boost psychic powers, aiding clergy and public speakers. A London astrologer predicts trouble for Holland and the Dutch monarchy.
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McClure
Jupiter
Venus
Washington
Uranus
Greece
Holland
London
Wilhel
Question Box Notes on Civil War Proof and City Populations
The column discusses proving Confederate veteran service when company records are lost, suggesting letters to newspapers and state archives may help. It also answers census figures for New York and London, noting New York’s growing population and London’s stability, and comments that brain-boosting food is simply what builds the body best.
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N. K
Ans
New York
New Jersey
London
F. M
Clayton Demands Jail Improvement in Alabama
Montgomery dispatch reports U.S. Judge Henry D. Clayton of the middle district of Alabama pressed for humane prison conditions after learning Montgomery county jail inmates faced vermin, inadequate bedding, and only two meals a day. He urged three meals and a fuller investigation, warning he would order removal to other jails if needed.
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Montgomery
State Prison Inspection Department
Henry D. Clayton
United States
Middle District of
Alabama
Clayton
Montgomery County
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Chicago
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Third National
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A.B. C. Auditor's Report
Mobile, Ala
L. J. Bugge
Federal Aid Association For Roads
Monroeville
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
J.l.walup
Roanoke, Va
Battle House
Leroy Wilson
Jackson
E. C. Cook
Waynesboro, Miss
George W. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnique Institute
Auburn
Mr. Duncan
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama
Louis J. Adler
Alabama Travelers’ Association
J. A. Jullian
Alabama Oyster Commission
Brewton
Methodist Ministers of
South Alabama
Coden
Cohen
Jullian
Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad
Frank 8. White
Birmingham
White
Dixie
Lincoln
Lucille E. Lyons
Mr. Lyons
Louisiana
Mississippi Line
I. A. Swift, Jr
James H. Webb
Congress
Charles G. Ollinger
Louisville
Nashville
C. F. Erdman
New York City
Cawthon
Arthur C. Wilson
Herndon Avenue
Congress Street
Charles Debriere, Jr
Los Angeles
Cal
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Northwest
Carl J. A. Phal
Melbourne
Austria
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Herbert G. Cody
Florida
W. H. Armbrecht
Ill
F. W. Hermann
Inferior Criminal Court
Louisville & Nashville
Oliver J. Semmes, Jr
Pensacola
O. J. Semmes
Raphael Semmes
T. J. Appleyard
Tallahasse
Herbert McNutta
Chicago, Ill
Percy E. Hayes
Pensacola Journal
R. D. Busbee
Vinegar Bend
Randall Clifton
The
Southern Railway
Atlanta, Ga
A. Balladares
Gulf Coast Cities
J. H. McCormick
W.W. J. Kearney
Dawson, Ky
W. M. Herriden
Pensacola, Fla
Mr. Herriden
George H. Hervey
San Carlos Hotel
Gopher City
J. W. Hoffman
Washington, D. C
E. B. Gaston
Fairhope
Rollo M.himebaugh
Atlanta
D. R. Dunlap
W. M. Evans
Port Arthur
Texas
Frank Craighead
Mobile & Ohio
W. H. Eliott
Springfield
Sev
Mrs
BE. M. Peters
Selma, Ala
J. M. Griffin
Blodgett, Miss
Vernon Gaston
Gulfport
Mmss
Charles B. Hervey
John Rolston
Rolston
Alabama Hotel Men’s Association
Mr. Hervey
William Ackerman
A. G. Moses
Ben Schwartz
Houston
Schwartz
M. Russell
Mr. Schwarz
J. D. Jackson
Louisville & Nashville Road
J. E. Cassidy
L. Tuthill
E. H. Sherman
M. Kerkowitz
Harry Goldstein
M. Erdman
I. H. Marshall
E. G. Parker
E. I. Morrell
L. Hyde
W. Grasby
Detroit
Mich
C. K. Ayers
J.F. Owings
Henrietta Hannack
E. S. Carter, Jr
Martin
W. H. Kirkland
Elgin Williams
John Lindsey
Meridian
Miss
J. Shelton
Evergreen
Sylvester
William Stoddart
Rockfield
T. L. Senneck
M. Lankford
Bienville
E. F. Churchwell
Geneva Churchwell
Leakesville
M. B. Rogers
Pace Fla
J. H. Harwood
H. B. Williamson
Billa Williamson
Gasport
J. R. Beall
J- R. Applegate
Barnice Goldis
C. B. Cox
E. W. Pettus
Selma
H. P. Hinman
Yazoo City
H. T. Saredin
Charles Felder
H. H. Dickerson
W. H. Elliott
Ed Crouch
A. Meyers
O. E. Davis
Milwaukee
Wis
A. L. Kirkland
White Spring
M. D. McKnight
Nashville, Tenn
Raymond Cable
Monticello
Ind
Klosky
J. A. Smith
Pollard
E. P. Nora
Maplewood
N. J
Frank Campbell
Mae Considini
Mrs. MacEuen
Chris Erwin
Lyle King
Celesta Miller
Isabelle Burnside
A. E. Woods
J. A
G. P. Savage
Windsor
W. D. Durant
Bromley
D. W. Murphy
Stockton
F. M. Dick
Ocean Springs
Oscar Coharis
Toledo
Theo Jones
J. B. Doyle
Thomasville
John W. Pace
O. Brown
Carney Life
Harpen
H. C. Mourl
Memphis
Tenn
D. N. Mathews
Shipman
Sam Williams
Pine Hill
Andrew—Jst
John V
Evansville
Frank S. Minettee
H. C. Fulton
Gilson Gardner
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Japan
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