The Mobile Item Founded 1881 Reorganized
The Mobile Item reports a reorganization and reestablishment of the Mobile Item Company Inc. on April 1 with daily afternoon and Sunday morning editions. It lists address 10-18 St. Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama and notes leased wire full day reports of international news and Southern newspapers. Subscription terms show seven days for a dime, other rates, and local Mobile pricing as of December 14, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Item Company Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
Mobile
Alabama
Marking Confederate Graves Completion Celebrated
The general commanding the United States Veterans extends hearty congratulations to the members who completed marking the graves of Confederate soldiers in Northern prisons. President McKinley urged the work, Col. Samuel E. Lewis led early efforts, and Gen. J. H. Berry headed the team. Headstones with names and commands were erected, reflecting bond of brotherhood across regions.
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United States Veterans
McKinley
Samuel E. Lewis
M. D
Washington
Congress
J. H. Berry
Arkansas
United States
Uniform Church Dress Promotion by Governor Osborn
Governor Chase Osborn proposes a church dress code for women in calico to match men in blue jeans, arguing it would reduce class display. He cites John Wesley’s humility example and notes Catholic practice in Spain and Latin America for plain dress, urging ethics alongside prosperity.
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Chase
Osborn
Michigan
John Wesley
Wesley
Spain
Italy
Mexico
Chile
The Role of Luck and Personal Responsibility in Fate
The essay argues luck misattributes fate to destiny. natural laws govern outcomes. Individuals shape their own success or failure through conduct and environment. Luck reflects adherence to laws, not unseen forces. responsibility rests with each person, not chance.
Worth What A Toenail? New York Court Oddities
A New York case lists bizarre valuations for body parts after a taxi accident. Mrs. Anna Elliott sued for damages but jurors dismissed many claims, final totals showing prices for toes, fingers, and limbs. The verdict reveals peculiar legal pricing with multiple speculative sums.
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New York
York
Anna Elliott
Mali
Municipal Ownership Of Water Terminals Promoted
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress delegates in Washington backed municipal ownership of water terminals as a core policy. States Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Missouri and Illinois plan bills creating dock departments to acquire control and operate port terminals, linking waterways with rail networks to cut freight costs. Washington report notes Agriculture Dept tests a new Ocellated turkey from Yucatan to lower prices and boost feather markets.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Thomas Wilkinson
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Hainois
Wilkingon
Commonwealths
Butter War in Chicago Signals Butterine Prices and Egg Glut
In Chicago a competition between butter and oleomargarine unfolds as government action ousts the price committee, butter prices rise while eggs slump. Rumors of grand jury probes into oleo makers swirl as the butter industry, long linked to a heavy tax, squeezes prices. Eggs in storage total 1,670,365 cases, up by 341,374, with small speculators cashing out under margin pressure. Wholesalers and retailers trade blame as the public faces likely stable to higher bread prices.
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Chicago
Butter and Egg Board
Grand Jury
Chicago Warehousemen’s Association
Red Cross Seals Boosted by Schools and Community
The Red Cross Seal Committee orders more seals as campaigns grow in city schools both public and private. Miss Mabel Alvare z adopts seal affixed to exercises. Prof Marriot of the Y M C A assists. Health Week aids the drive. moving pictures show a visiting nurse in tuberculosis work. A cent for a Seal funds mobile nurse services. A village anecdote follows about Sam the village fool and organ pumping.
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Red Cross Seal Committee
Clark
Mabel Alvarez
Marriot
Red Cross
Mobile
Tobacco Growth in Baldwin County Spotlighted
Baldwin county Alabama tobacco industry is rising as a major local and state asset. John H. Hoy of the Alabama Tobacco Company notes rapid growth since 1909 with 10 000 to 250 000 pounds produced by 1912. Shade and sun grown tobacco supply wrappers and fillers for widespread sale. The district aims to expand. crops sold within months of harvest.
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Baldwin Times
Baldwin County
Alabama
John H. Hoy
Alabama Tobacco Company
Summerdale
Ala
Hoy
T. P. Hamm
Union
Robertsdale
South
The Spasmodic Income and Women Financiers
A Work page essay argues for steady skills during idle months. It urges a fixed expense plan and avoidance of extravagance, praising women financiers who manage family finances. It promotes using spare time for self improvement and marketable skills to stabilize yearly income.
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Thomas Tapper
American manners and foreign critique on U S customs
An Atchison Globe excerpt discusses Count Castellano criticizing American manners and dress while praising the nation’s resilience and education. It notes some diners’ table habits as foreign observations, defends American opportunity and refinement, and urges Americans to sleep well amid autumn nights.
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Count Castellano
Anna Gould
Atchison Globe
First Recall in America Queried by Judge Landis
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt from 1934 the Cass letter is weighed against the 1778 Articles of Confederation provision. It notes an early idea of recall for delegates to meet annually in November with power for states to recall and replace their delegates during the year.
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Landis
Lewis Cass
United States
Chicago Tribune
Good Roads Movement Backs Federal Road Funding Figures
A Times-Democrat report highlights a Federal Office of Public Roads bulletin showing 2,199,643 miles of public roads in 1909 across 48 states. Only 190,476 miles, about 8.66 percent, were considered improved. The piece notes steady mileage growth from 1905 to 1909 and implies much road mileage remains unimproved today.
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Federal Office of Public Roads
Union
Arizona
New Mexico
Times-Democrat
The Green Light
In a tropical garden a narrator recalls Thomas an overseer, Sahita and Jack the Englishman’s ward. A tense vigil ends with Thomas killing a hidden green snake that lay beneath Jack’s neck as Sahita flees. The scene hints at danger and a bond between boy and guardian.
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Johnny
Sia Lieetary
Thomas
Sahita
Jack
Thomas Joanny
Phu Sen
Buddha
Pete
Gadsden Journal urges Burnett to keep immigration role
The Gadsden Journal and The Birmingham Age Herald urge Congressman Burnett to remain on the immigration committee. They argue his experience and travel make him best suited to influence national immigration policy while seeking Coosa river navigation and broader Alabama development.
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Gadsden Journal
Burnett
Across
Lake
Journal
Birmingham Age Herald
Immigration Committee
House
Coosa River
Coosa
Gadsden
Birmingham
van House
Alabama
George W. Taylor
Committee On Appropriations
Gedsden Journal
Committee of Immigration
Neorte
Bornett
C'Tivens
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Mmmaconor Tathan Press
Washington Comment
Department of Agriculture
Yucatan
Turkey
Guatemala
Honduras
Europe
Charles IX
Ottoman Empire
Uncle Sam
Africa
Jamaica
Sam
Charlie
New Haven
Evarrbodva
Baldwin
America
Paul Louis Garnier
MR. Burnett
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