The Mobile Item History and Subscription Rates 1913
The Mobile Item notes its founding in 1881 and reorganization in 1912 with March 4 Sunday edition details. It lists offices in Mobile Alabama and New York, noting Associated Press wire service and membership in press associations. It provides subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions and contact numbers for business and editorial rooms.
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THE
Associated Press
Ilete Sunday Report
International Vice
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Ign Advertising
Abert Hanson
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
Mail Daily
Bell
ALAB
Census Report Recommends Mail Carriers For Census
Director Durand urges using rural and city mail carriers to collect census data arguing cost savings and greater accuracy. The plan faces congressional debate though promises improved rural coverage and reduced inexperience of supervisors and enumerators. The 1912 decennial costs totaled 15.17 million with field work and publication expenses dominating. A 1915 agriculture census is proposed to curb overly detailed but impractical schedules.
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Durand
Congress
Permanent Bureau of Census
New York Cigarette War and the Premium Strategy
The piece examines a nationwide cigarette war led by major tobacco firms using souvenirs with cigarette packs. It cites examples from actresses to baseball cards and emblems, noting how premiums lure buyers and sustain multi million dollar campaigns. A critic proposes adding mummies with packs to illustrate a moral critique.
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New York
United States
Floating Auditorium Proposed for New York Harbor
A circular concrete raft would support a floating arts complex in New York Harbor. The design includes an 8000 seat auditorium and spaces for art exhibitions and crafts schools. Plans envision municipal performances, public meetings, and affordable concerts with adaptable screens for stage shows.
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New York Harbor
Architectural League
Connecticut dam bill would share water power profits
The senate is likely to pass a Connecticut dam bill establishing that people share in water power profits. It requires the Connecticut River Company to invest $5.5 million and spend $470,000 for slack water navigation, with the government receiving a rising share beyond 9 percent and a reported 31 of 55 senators backing the measure.
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Senate
United States
Alabama
Congress
War Department
Coosa River
Connecticut Dam
Connecticut River
Connecticut River Company
Stimson
Water Power Trust
Another Way to Make Money in Corporate Blackmail
The piece describes men who profit by threatening lawsuits against corporations in which they hold minority stock. A broker cites a dozen such figures and recounts a case where a small stock purchase led to leverage, with agents offering to buy back stock or back litigation, illustrating the finance flea tale.
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James J. Hill
Washington
Coon
Supreme Court
Mobile Chapter of Southern Association thanks The Item
In a January twenty eighth meeting the Mobile Chapter of the Southern Association of College Women passed a note of thanks to The Item for favors during the past year. The secretary Elsie Barclay Brown notes appreciation for notices of meetings and educational articles printed to inform the public.
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Mobile
Southern Association of College Women
Elsie Barclay Brown
Sour Apple Baking Tips From Holley Housewife
A 1913 letter to the editor from Holley Orleans County New York explains how to bake sour apples for baking use. Wash trim core cut in halves place in a tin with water bake quickly and sweeten with brown sugar. The housewife praises baked sour apples as healthy and tasty.
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Mobile
Apne
Holley
Orleans County
N. Y
Keeping With Reach
A light exchange on a boy’s schooling where the parent notes little interest in Latin and higher mathematics. The remark frames their ongoing friendly, easy conversation as common ground and mutual understanding.
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Washington Star
The Horrid Thing Ad on Billboard Sparks Wife Claim
A Buffalo Express remark quotes a woman criticizing actors who advertise their dependence on spouses. Her husband asks why, and she points to one performer who publicly claims his wife supports him on a billboard.
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Buffalo Express
Sparrows Rule Washington Streets in Old Inhabitants Society
A Washington special notes how sparrows, the city’s common birds, form a year round presence in parks and along Pennsylvania Avenue. The piece contrasts sparrows with finery of other species and recounts two favored trees where crowds gather daily after four.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Feb
Washir
Was
Potomac River
Montanous
Washingtonian
Bluejay
Swallow
Blackbird
Sparrow
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
John Marshall Place
Ashtoroth
Breadalbanes
Capitol Building
Whimsy and political quips cited in editorials
A collage of satirical snippets from editors and readers attacks on figures and events. Remarks lampoon the Wilson era politics and public figures including Wharton Bob Henry and William Rockefeller with light irony about Turks and British fashion.
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Wilson
Wharton
Bob Henry
Bob
Houston Post
What is coal land and why reclassification is refused
The United States Geological Survey explains why some lands labeled coal land are not, showing most coal comes from non outcrop sources. It notes that many mines operate far from visible coal outcrops and outlines the methods used to classify land as coal or non coal based on rock groups, dips, outcrops, and laboratory analyses.
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United States
al Survey
Indiana
Illinois
Cinderella Ball Memory Test Sparks Laughter
In a St. Louis Republic item a teacher misreads a math cue from Cinderella. A pupil deflects the question by joking that Cinderella had to leave the ball promptly at 127 to catch the last ear.
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St. Louis
Republic
Cormontreuil's Camera Plot Aims at Czar Visit
Noblet, ministerial secretary, assists CorMontreuil in a plan to photograph the Czar with a concealed revolver in a camera. An attempted assassination shocks Paris as authorities raid CorMontreuil's lab seeking bombs and infernal machines. Noblet's role becomes suspect amid questions of motive and loyalty.
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Cormontreuil
Paris
M. Noblet
O .Ee
Palais Elye@es
Noblet
Iim
Meing
Moving Day in the Second Year of Married Life
The narrative follows Helen as movers haul furniture through a narrow hall and negotiate from packing to new quarters. Delia assists, bills are settled, and Helen adjusts to life in a new apartment while managing chores, care for injuries, and arranging meals after a long moving day.
Philosophers and Bulldogs in Public Notice
A newspaper contrasts public fascination with bulldog coverage and Prof Henry Bergson as a philosophical figure. It notes avid chatter about the dogs led by Thomas W Lawson's son while Bergson's ideas on creative evolution receive only brief treatment.
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Henry Bergson
Thomas W. Lawson
Bergson
Bette
Bertson
Berison
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the People’s Forum
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Washington Comment
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pittsburg
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Adrianople
Haley City
Atlanta Constitution
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Gare Des Invalides
Au Revoir
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Mabel Herbert Urner
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Delia
Warren
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