The Mobile Item Company Address and Editorial Aim
The Mobile Item Company based at 18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama lists offices in New York Chicago and Lytton Building. It outlines its subscription rates by mail and at the counter and states its mission to inform promptly and accurately, interpret world events, praise worthy efforts, combat evil, avoid sensationalism, and serve public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TED Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Pai
ARIER
Bell
Mobile
Alabama
A Commendable Movement For Mobile Colored Children Christmas Drive
Captain A C Danner in Item urges Mobile residents to include colored children in Christmas charity this year. Colored women led by M B Jones and Rev G W Lewis coordinate gifts of toys clothing food and candy. White and colored allies respond with support as plans aim to create an annual distribution matching aid to white children.
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A. C. Danner
Mobile
C. First Johnson
Colored Woman's Organization
M. B. Jones
Cleveland Street
A. F. Owens
G. W. Lewis
Warren Street Church
North
Warren Street
Christmas Fund
R. V. Taylor
A.C. Danner
Elks
Government Street
Santa Claus
G. Hy Fane
Shell Road Proposal Reintroduced for County Purchase
The county favors a second plan to buy part of the Shell road along the bay. Abutting owners sold the washed away section, offering over two miles of roadway below Longbridge for about 6000 dollars. The safer approach from Broad street to this coast road could attract tourists and benefit Mobile and surrounding areas as a scenic shore route.
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Longbridge
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Cedar Point Road
Bay Front
Dog River
New County
Mobile
Bot
Aul Condiy
Salvation Army Christmas relief in Mobile faces higher demand
The Christmas dinners and food baskets charity work by the Salvation Army in Mobile sees greater demand this year. Public support is not as strong as in the past, forcing officers to cut back on relief efforts while urging those who can afford it to aid the needy. Soup kettles on streetcars and army baskets replace fewer donations to bring some happiness to affected families.
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Salvation Army
Mobile
Mas Relief
Fragmented debate quote from New York Sun column
A fragment notes in New York Sun style that Congress should sit two thirds and that members have abandoned the floor. A passerby from Alabama is mentioned as not being around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York Sun
Alabama
Federal Quarantine Facts Support Steamer Detention
The Chamber of Commerce pressed the surgeon general over the San Cristobal detention in Mobile. Dr Boggesa, Mobile quarantine chief, defends the conduct as per public health rules, noting the ship’s clean bill of health from a port with yellow fever cases and arguing rational quarantine protects commerce and keeps the disease out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Maine Hospital and Public Health Service
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
San Cristobal
Mobile
Boggesa
Puerto Mexico
Mobile Bay
United States
Nine More Shopping Days
The buying public has nine shopping days before Christmas. Have you bought your presents and the things you are going to get for the home. Every day of delay makes it more difficult for you and the thousands of clerks who work in the stores. They are entitled to some happiness at Christmas time. Carelessness and thoughtlessness. make the rush in the last few days. Consider the clerks and do your shopping this week.
Defense of the Writing Farmer
A.L. French argues that farm workers should be free to use their intellect and write in spare moments. He challenges the notion that thinking on the farm makes a person an imposter compared to those in offices or mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.L. French
French
Geiger Times Christmas Number Signals Growth of Alfalfa Belt
The Geiger Times Christmas issue marks healthy paper growth for Geiger Alabama and the so called Alfalfa Belt. The town’s size is implied by using a New York incident to illustrate its expansion. The publication serves a population five times its size in significance.
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Geiger Times
Alabama
Geiger
Times
New York
Norton Remembered Cambridge Leaders Through Time
The narrator recalls Charles Eliot Norton and a circle of Cambridge men, noting Norton as the youngest of the group and a figure whose kindness and wisdom shaped his view of the English world of poets and scholars. The reminiscence reflects on Norton’s place beside Lowell and Longfellow and his later role among them.
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Norton
Cambridge
New York
Fay
Rectet
Lowell
Longfellow
Hobson and His Dues in Alabama Politics
A Geiger Times opinion piece assesses Hobson and Underwood in Alabama, criticizing Hobson as self-serving and career-focused. It argues Underwood has earned broad support and federal influence, while Hobson’s speeches are seen as opportunistic and disconnected from real legislation.
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Hobson
Geiger Times
Two Sisters in City Life Struggle and Resolve
Julia and her younger sister Daryl share a frugal routine in the city. Julia works at a department store and supports Daryl’s schooling while maintaining small pleasures like theatre visits and church. Daryl resists school, prompting family friction and worries about her future.
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Julia
Marvin
Notion Counter
Daryl
Central Park
Cary
Judy
Qsulia Marvin
Physical Valuation of Railroads Faces Serious Doubts
Washington Letter discusses congress authorizing a vast physical valuation of railroads, estimating three million dollars to start but far more needed. It questions whether the method, based on land values and rolling stock, will yield fair rates and stock limits across Northern and Southern lines, noting potential misalignments with actual earning power.
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Congress
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Washington
Physical Valuation Board
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Endorsement for Ladies Charity Association by Captain Danner
In Mobile on December 13 1913 Captain A C Danner is thanked for his encouragement as Johnson commends the Ladies Charity Association a voluntary group aiding poor colored children during Christmas. He urges generous support from the community to help the needy and hopes for public confidence in the organization.
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Ladies Charity Association
Thei Rs
Mobile
Johnson
Move Up or Fainting Woman in Aisle Sparks Conductor Dispute
A scene on a crowded tram or train features a conductor urging passengers to move up while a woman in the aisle threatens to faint. Daryl sobs on a bed as Julia contemplates leaving the dull setting for a convent, reflecting family tensions and longing for better social life.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Area Seeks 1914 Budget Totals 48 Million
Special estimates to the Board of Estimates show New York City departments requesting 48.088 million for 1914, up about 3.7 million from 1913. Police seeks 18.36 million, fire 9.94 million, health 3.70 million, with other departments adjusting downward. thieves target plumbing fittings amid growing city growth and redevelopment.
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New York
Father Knickerbockers
Pease
Department of Health
Comm of Health
Board of City Record
Department of Brooklyn
Department of Bridges
Costly food distribution burdens New York poor
Investigations by the New York ton for Improving the Conditions of the Poor reveal that 39 cents of every food dollar goes to distribution after arrival at the terminal market. A family spending 10 dollars weekly for food receives only 6.10 in actual value. Distribution costs account for about one third of production costs, hitting the poor hardest due to small-quantity purchases. The group seeks reform to cut living costs for the poorer classes. Also described is a city lodging crisis where 1,150 destitute men crowded a lodging house, many arriving with little or no savings, forced to seek shelter near Misery Lane after beds filled.
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New York Ton
Gothamite
Cos
Sare
Areu
Good Luck to Brother Pindell for Russia Ambassadorship
George Harvey comments on Brother Pindell being offered the Russia ambassadorship. He notes the vacancy and the president’s habit of nominating capable men to major posts. The piece mentions Pindell’s background in income tax collection and his fondness for horses, sports, and games of chance.
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Russia
Illinois
Senate
Brother Pindell
Europe
Peoria
St. Petersburg
John Lind
Vienna
Berlin
Stockholm
Copenhagen
George Harvey
North American Review
Garlic virtues and vices in public health tone
A fragmented text discusses garlic in health contexts with mentions of tuberculosis and social perception. It references secrecy and discretion, suggesting social judgment and possible misuse or misinterpretation of a remedy or practice. The piece reads as an odd, scrambled excerpt with unclear intent.
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Chicago
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the Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
W York
Ave. Lytton Building
Kelly-Smith Company
PAR Trades Council
Twee
Shell Road
Charles Eliot Norton
Richmond Peecker
Bag
Montgomery Journal
Inquirer-Sun
Underwood
House of Representatives
Merrimac
Virginia Terhune van de Water
People’s Forum
Jam
New York Area
Gotham
Police Department
Trinity Church Corporation
Varick Street
Lower West Side
St. Johns Chapel
Ter
Be Varick Sreet
Trinty Cotton
England
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