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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1912

Page

6

Mobile Item Company Inc. Publishing Details

The notice lists Mobile Item Company Inc address at 10-15 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama and a seven papers a week publication plan for 10 cents including Sunday edition. It notes editor and management roles, circulation terms by mail and local telephones, signaling a period newspaper boilerplate.

Puptizhea Mobile Item Company Inc St. Emanuel Street Mobile Ala S.C Iper South Sunhday ERP SRR Resport Associated Press International News Ser Southern Publishers’ Association Pees Pe Albert Hansa Building Mobile Fifth Ave New York Hse

Toot and be Darned traffic notes in Mobile streets

A December 31 1912 Mobile column laments slow moving vehicles clogging Main thoroughfares and risking streetcar tracks. It praises Chief Crenshaw for traffic enforcement and urges curbside driving to ease passing. It also discusses fire insurance risk warnings from World s Work and Mobile s solid protection versus rising rates.

Springhill Avenue Springhill Avene Peerne Winghill Avenue Ann Street Broad Crenshaw Walter S. Hiatt United States Mr. Hiatt San Francisco Baltimore Hiatt Mobile Board of Fire Underwriters National Board of Underwriters Zackiel Old Moore America

Rivers and Harbors Committee to report on waterway bill

Chairman Sparkman will convene the rivers and harbors committee to seek an early report on the annual waterway improvement appropriation. hearings have focused on federal control of levee work and river projects, with Panama Canal prep stressing urgency. The army engineers project about 44 million dollars in river and harbor outlays amid ongoing discussions of distribution and economy.

Victor Elliott Washington Sparkman Rivers and Harbors Committee House Congress Rivers and Harborg Committee Commerce Committee Senate National Rivers and Harbors Congress National Waterways Association Committees Mississippi Ohio Mississippi River Upper Alleghany Monongahela Panama Canal Army Rivers and Harbor Committee

Public ownership claims cited by Walter S. Allen

Walter S. Allen argues that public ownership does not significantly cut service costs once full expenses are included. He notes municipal public services are often poorly managed and antiquated, and questions the ease of borrowing by municipalities versus private firms despite trends in public utility bonds.

Walter S. Allen

Living Wage Debate Urges State Job in Wage Standards

Professor Henry R. Seager argues for minimum living wages to curb starvation wages and protect women and children. He states most U S industries already pay living wages, while a rigid wage floor could reward unemployables with social support and require training, insurance, and labor exchanges.

Henry R. Seager American Association For Labor Legislation Boston Seager United States Eee

Unclear Texas Mail Scenes Prompt Prompt Delivery Question

A fragmented reminiscence discusses an empty envelope in Texas and delivery across towns, noting slow federal payouts and honesty with funds, and foreigners’ astonishment at stamps left on mail in open streets. The text ends mid-sentence without a clear event or outcome.

Texas Union Uncle Sam Europe

Reading Between the Lines in a Wed Couples Note

In the tale Helen suspects Warren’s cold brief note hides hurt pride and a plea for her return. She recalls their birthday silence and imagines meaning in the lines, examining whether neglect masks tenderness and love amid troubled marriage doubts.

Helen Warren

Three Armenian youths make New Year's wishes

In Xantha village, Nerses and Arom wish grandly for wealth and a church, while Garo, the shy shepherd, asks for relief from six years of Turkish ruin. On New Year’s, only Garo’s jar fills with gold, and he shares the coins with the poor before sleeping contentedly.

Xantha Aram Nerses Stamboul Armenia Arom Virgin Mary Christ Garo Bears

Dream of the Past Returns to a Strained Marriage

A wife recalls the loving moment when her husband Warren held her and whispered in the chair, contrasting it with months of worry over work and money. She clings to that memory, believing the real Warren still exists beneath his coldness, and longs for the happiness they once shared.

Helen Warren Winifred

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