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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
4
The 1913 issue from Mobile Alabama outlines the newspaper’s mission to inform on world movements, praise worthy deeds, condemn evil, avoid sensationalism, and guide readers toward moral social and political action. It notes the publication's purpose to serve welfare through intelligent discussion of public questions.
Washington insiders form the Common Counsel Club as a nationwide Democratic group to spread President Wilson's progressive democracy. The club, led by Wilson appointees, plans biweekly meetings and branch chapters to keep Wilson policies before voters and influence renomination decisions.
Indianapolis faces outrage over a city ordinance requiring a police appointed matron to attend dances and collect a two dollar fee. The rule, aimed at invitation events from high society to poorer gatherings, gives the matron power to eject attendees and dictates social leadership by law rather than custom.
Local Mobile organization linked to the National Anti Tuberculosis League urges public support for Red Cross Christmas Seals. Women from the Mobile branch ask small yearly contributions to sustain the year round campaign, hoping ten thousand residents participate generously. Donors are urged to accept receipt letters and consider requesting more Santa Claus stamps for envelopes.
Examination notes mention a trial or test labeled as 33 with references to shells and a bid price. The fragment suggests a legal or cataloging entry rather than a narrative.
The editorial warns that appointing a Mississippi citizen as Mobile port collector would betray the administrations pledge to base offices on fitness. It argues such politics would undermine Alabama and its seaport, urging the president to resist partisan pressure from Senator Vardaman and avoid a national precedent.
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall aims to tour with William Jennings Bryan on a one night stand Chautauqua circuit next summer. Yodlers and jugglers will be barred from the tent during his speech to avoid official color while promoters seek box office dollars.
An English medical society notes the Gettysburg jubilee and fifty years since the wartime victory. The speaker discusses US consolidation, noting a Southern president and shifts in national unity while urging prudent imperial thinking. The fragment cites the Times and World War II era perspectives.
Washington letter reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission faces a pivotal battle over railroad rate increases. Key figures include Samuel Untermyer opposing railroads and Louis D. Brandeis backing shippers, with Conant outlining financial pressures and the first ICC hearings set for early next year.
The piece recalls Puck magazine and its vanished humor, noting how its cartoons by Barhai and Glackens once offered psychological relief amid barber shop banter. It laments its departure, then shifts to a Louisville Post excerpt about a woman on Broadway, shopping before payday, chasing a painted dream of success as she purchases jewelry with Julia's money.
Daryl works late copying Kelley Delaine notes then hides her failed sheets. Somerdyke arrives with Delaine and the tone hints at tension and intrigue in the apartment as the door closes on the two men’s plans.
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