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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
6
Mobile press publishing firm announces reorganization and re establishment on April 10 1912 The company operates seven papers including a Sunday edition from Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama and lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday publications with office contacts and addresses in Mobile and New York.
The article discusses a nationwide U S system to improve highways with model roads built by the government and educating farmers through lectures. It also covers U S intervention anxieties in Mexico as Madero’s overthrow and rising anarchist violence push Washington to consider moving troops if American lives are imperiled.
Veteran congressman and former speaker Joseph G. Cannon will be the guest of honor at a non partisan farewell banquet in Washington on Saturday night. More than five hundred guests from the senate, house, cabinet, diplomacy and journalism are expected to attend.
The Illinois commission recommends bills to void marriages if contracted in a different state to evade Illinois bans and vice versa. Applicants must provide affidavits detailing names ages birthplaces and prior marriages before license issuance. A 15 day interval is required and liquor influence or imbecility bars are rejected. The state's attorney should join every case to probe fraud or collusion.
A House committee report accuses interior department officials of gross maladministration in irrigation projects. It claims losses over 100 million dollars from Roosevelt dam Salt River and Gila River works, with collusion benefiting land speculators ranchers Southern Pacific and a Phoenix electric company at the expense of small farmers and Indians.
Emery Johnson, special commissioner on Panama traffic and tolls, argues against toll exemption for coastwise steamship firms. He says intercoastal traffic will be general commodities handled by established lines and rates will be set by industry agreements to match what traffic will bear, not service costs.
In a Washington Geologic Survey bulletin states are cited forming cooperative links with federal surveys. California alone allocates 15000 for topographic mapping and 9000 for stream flow and underground water studies under joint work. This collaboration reduces duplication and provides local resources with comprehensive data.
The piece surveys shifts in women’s suffrage from Britain to Sweden and the United States. It notes Pollock on working women seeking votes, Swedish appointee Miss Hesselgren, and California and Nevada legislative moves toward minimum wages, labor protections, and guardianship reforms. It highlights a parade plan with Native and immigrant participants, and campaigns in California, Colorado, and Nevada ahead of 1920 aims.
Gilbert is appointed traveling representative of a bank but dies soon after. Henry Chevron impersonates him to steal half a million in securities. A forged receipt and the dead man’s identity are exposed when the cashier forwards a telegram revealing Gilbert’s death. Chevron is arrested.
Dr Edwin Walker of Evansville reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association on his Paris trip to inspect Dr Gaston Odin’s cancer germ claim. Odin’s lab, methods, and serum secrecy are described amid questions about proof and publication.
A domestic humor item recalls Warren’s reaction to poor service and its effect on his demeanor and home routine. The sketch highlights marital routines and everyday irritations in a light tone.
The Bishop of Ripon visiting Boston discussed women smoking, saying pleasure should not be limited by gender. He noted some English women smoke and predicted it would adjust. The piece also critiques Dr Odin as lacking professional standing and evidence, suggesting financial motives over scientific merit amid letters from sufferers.
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