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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1912

Page

6

Fragmented Mobile paper tm eds ad details

Fragmentary OCR shows a Mobile Alabama newspaper with executives and subscription terms. It lists address 0-18 St Emanuel Street Mobile and mentions Wy Use , O'CONNELLY as secretary treasurer. Subscription rates shown for daily and Sunday editions.

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Anthracite Trust Declared Illegal by Supreme Court

December 18 1912 Mobile Alabama report on the U S Supreme Court ruling that the Pennsylvania railroad and mining firms conspired to control anthracite output and transportation. It details the 1907 suit, major and minor combinations, and the Temple Iron Company. Also covered is the Clayton Bulwer and Hay Pauncefote canal treaty history and calls for repeal of canal tolls to promote commerce.

Pennsylvania Railroad United States Supreme Court Erie Railroad New York, Susquehanna and Western Two Roads Reading Central of New Jersey Reading Company Reading Railroad Reading Coal and Iron Company Temple Iron Company Tidewater Erie J. P. Morgan and Company Erie and Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania Coal Company Delaware Valley and Kingston Railroad Company United States Circuit Court Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court United States Mexico California New Mexico Vera Cruz San Juan River Central America San Juan Greytown Nicaragua Atlantic States Pacific Judge Hise Kentucky Atlantic Pacific Oceans Lake Nicaragua Polk Clayton Senate Great Britain Isthmus Steamship Monopoly American Congress Congress

Correction urged over corporate control insinuations in Alabama papers

The Selma Journal reprints a claim from the Montgomery Journal that corporate interests control the Montgomery Advertiser Birmingham News and Mobile Item, despite denials by all three papers. It notes the Montgomery Journal did not issue a proper amende and accuses it of frenzied indignation while condemning political amnesia of the Baltimore convention delegation.

Selma Journal Montgomery Journal Alabama Montgomery Advertiser Birmingham News and Mobile Montgomery Birmingham Mobile Baltimore Advertiser South Bimingham Mob Connec

Joint river harbor committee to guard public use

The joint river and harbor committee of the municipal Cotton Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce is described as a useful public body whose proceedings should not drift into private hands but remain accessible to the public.

The muni@ Cotton Exchange Chamber of 18

Friedmann Consumption Cure Critiqued by Medical Association

The American Medical Association doubts Friedmann’s tuberculosis treatment, noting no new principle and no experimental basis. It uses virulent free bacilli from turtles injected into muscle, with secrecy on its harmlessing method, and lacks evidence of animal or child protection or cures.

American Medical Association United States Journal of the American Medical Association Friedmann

Federal safety probe for electrical systems urged

Washington dispatch reports a proposed federal study by the Bureau of Standards to examine safety devices for electrical machinery and high voltage transmission. The plan covers fireproofing building materials and lightning protection, with an estimated cost of 15000 dollars. Governor-elect Cox backs standardization to save lives and property nationwide.

Victor Elliott Washington Bureau of Standards Congress Bureau Cannon Bureau of Mines United States Cox

Monopoly that makes socialists in the Northeast

The piece argues that fear of government railroads as a Sherman act motive contrasts with Western calls for state ownership. It cites Massachusetts and Rhode Island debates, notes Boston and Maine interests forecasting state takeover, and highlights Mellen Morgan influence and the New Haven line's rapid capital growth amid alleged monopoly.

Mr. Roosevelt Nebraska Kansas West New England William J. Bryan Madison Square Garden Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts Edgar J. Rich Boston and Maine Railroad Providence R. I California Oregon Washington Colorado Congress New Charles J. Glidden Lowell Merrimac J. P. Morgan Eee Mellen New York and New Haven Railroad Vermont Canada New Haven Road

Surgical Operation A London surgeon’s dramatic brain procedure

The scene centers on Sir Felix Hillier preparing a delicate brain operation in St. Jude’s Hospital. He deftly removes bone, then rushes to handle a critical private matter involving a femme fatal and a key suspect, with tension mounting over a potential medical and personal peril.

St. Jude’s Hospital Felix Hillier Harley Street Felix

Slander and rumors clash with press integrity

The Montgomery Advertiser rebukes the Selma Journal for baseless insinuations about newspaper ownership. The piece cites past notices from Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile defending reporters as free from corporate control and calls for fair space to refute vile slander.

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