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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a Mobile Alabama item with addresses on Em manual street and phone lines. It mentions subscription rates for daily and Sunday mail, one year, and a business office editorial and news section with numbered home lines. The fragment ends with Trades Awe and Council 3 1913.
The Savoyard remarks on the Alabama senatorial vacancy and the Carlisle case, noting the tension between judicial precedent and constitutional amendments. It argues that the seventeenth amendment could affect the terms and seats of senators and cites Governor O Neal and the deposition of Mr Johnston.
Shipping men warn the Seaman's bill in Congress would reduce safety and cripple U S coastal and inland carriers. New York politics and trade groups oppose its deckhand and lifeboat provisions claiming they would force idle crews and raise ocean transport costs. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes railway accident causes amid a chaotic, unfinished discussion.
The Item comments on Dr. Eliot's pessimism about civilization due to city life factory systems and alcoholism. It argues remedies must span society from bottom to top and praise the general doctrine as echoed by a former college president now U S president whose following could spur moral improvement.
The United States Geological Survey estimates 1913 coal production between 565 and 575 million short tons, up 30 to 40 million from 1912. Edward W. Parker notes the rise is normal with no spectacular features, driven by overall industrial activity. Labor disputes were mostly local, Colorado saw a mid September strike, and floods in the Ohio Valley may have reduced 1915 output.
The Louisville Post comments on Senator Bristow's criticism of AT&T obeying the law, noting a stock rise after the pledge and alleging political maneuvering by Democrats to enforce a long-standing Republican measure. The piece mocks Bristow and discusses confidence in Mr. Vail's company amid market shifts and bond brokers in New York.
A game warden checks a youngster's string of fish and finds only catfish perch and suckers. A large black bass is later found on a string weighted with a stone, the boy explaining the bass had been taking his bait all morning and was tied up while he finished fishing.
A Canton Kansas pilot hints a heavier than hot air craft is needed for transatlantic flights. The Old Fogg and the Grouch comment, noting a cor or missing item from weeks ago, and promising to report it next time.
A fragment notes a tense remark about Miss Binks during a pageant event. The cryptic line hints at anxiety about winning and references an unknown source or filing. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
Washington reports the Tarragon patrol boat enforcing navigation laws along the Atlantic coast from Potomac to Florida. It has made numerous arrests for life preserver and lighting violations and even shanghaied oyster boat crews, with wireless gear added to its compact shipboard system.
The Atlanta Journal notes a banking and currency bill passage in the Senate sparks broad optimism in business. Confidence grows as financial paths appear clear and the country wakes to a dawning era of freedom and prosperity.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a satirical letter proposing a fictional rate card for Secretary Bryan. It mocks a Loudoun county farmers event and imagines fees for his appearance, with playful, pointed lines about candor and disclosure.
The Birmingham Ledger argues newspapers should prioritize diverse state interests over political offices. It urges attention to business, agriculture, railroads, schools, mines, and tax law reform, calling for officials in touch with people and capable leaders in Washington.
The New York World accuses Republican leaders of frenzied tactics likening them to a slaveholding oligarchy that ruined the Democracy in 1860. It notes global markets fell, with London consols at a record low, and warns of a free nation tolerating a party allied with piratical speculative interests profiting from disasters.
Julia worries for her younger sister Daryl as Daryl boasts of contacts in New York and hints at flirtations with Mr. Delaine and his friends. Daryl’s sister fears danger, while Daryl brags of safety and presses on with work and a stranger named Marvin.
The New York Commercial disputes the view of the Republican party as a whole while accusing Representative Mann and Joseph G of fueling a "party of panic." The National Republican committee met in Washington and S Sherman of Ohio launched a platform warning against expansion and deflation policies. Wall Street responded with a stock rally, signaling contempt for calamity bidders in the scene.
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