Mobile Newspaper Urges Civic Plan And Cuba Trade Unity
The 1913 Item argues for a city building plan to remove an eyesore site at Royal and Dauphin streets and condemns a one story replacement. It also analyzes Mobile’s Cuba trade edge via Munson line and Southern railroads, contrasting with New Orleans.
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MLE Item Company Inc
Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
van Antwerp
Hanson
P. Bush
O'Connell
HF Associated Press
International News
Item Mobile
Fifth Ave
New York
Publishers’ Association
Southern Newspaper
Royal
Dauphin Streets
Shubuta
Mississippi
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway
Mun- 20N Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Company
Havana
Cuba
Southern Pacific
Munson Line
Munson
Matanzas-Caibaren
Manzanillo
Santiago
Guantanamo
Matanzas
Calbaren
Sagua
Cardenas
Cienfuegos
Cuban
Southern
Ohio
Louisville
Nashville
Banes Barasoa
Caibaren
Chaparra
Gibara
Sagua Nipe
Nuevitas
Puerto Padre
Mobile Railroads
Mobile Steamship Line
Southern and
Mobile and Ohio
Munson Steamship Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Times- Union
Immigrant Dilemma Ties Castro Case to Russian Scientist Visit
The New York correspondent notes a tug between Castro's history of murder conviction and immigration policy under Commissioner Williams. The piece speculates whether Dr Lukaschewitz a distinguished Russian scientist with exile history would be allowed entry to the United States, and if Williams might apply earlier scrutiny given past crimes.
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Ellis Island
Williams
New York
Houston Chronicle
Castro
United States
Paredes
Venezuela
Venezoula
United
Lukaschewitz
Russia
Bilis Island
America
Achmatov
St. Petersburg
Emy of Sciences
Thed States
Europe
Wills
Alexander III
Saghalin
Siberia
Las
Immigration Department
Miraschewitz
Pause of Juvenile Crime Highlighted by Judge Dike
Judge Orman S. Dike urged attention to juvenile crime among boys under 21 after noting a 17 year old’s alleged thirty burglaries. Dr Henry W Callahan echoed that lack of work and chores fuels delinquency while stressing parental responsibility and proper rest as roots of crime.
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Brooklyn
Orman S. Dike
Chicago Woman's Club
Henry W. Callahan
Five New Papers a Day in 1912 Census Figures
Census figures from the 1918 American Newspaper Annual note 1912 began about 1686 papers with 1650 discontinued, net increase 36. Growth concentrated in the daily field with 208 business and class publications listed, from religion to moving pictures and suffrage.
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Annual and Directory
United States
Canada
Birmingham News
Another Job at Nashville and the Hermitage Land Debate
Tennessee owned the Hermitage but a few people claimed parts of it and gained life jobs. Now others seek the rest so a few more can secure lifelong posts while original owners look from the fence.
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Tennessee
Hermitage
Memphis News-Scimiter
Washington prepares for Wilson inauguration amid suffragist fears
The inauguration committee in Washington orders heightened precautions after British suffragist violence prompts fears of disorder. Police chief Richard Sylvester vows extra security for ten days around the ceremonies while plans for a glass presidential reviewing stand are dropped to avoid potential attack.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Great Britain
Woodrow Wilson
London
Manchester
Birmingham
Glasgow
Edingburgh
Dublin
Richard Sylvester
Police Department of
Major Sylvester
White House
Wilson
Capitol Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
McKinley
House of Parliament
Cause of the Tides Told by a Brooklyn Fisher Oracle
A philosophical Brooklyn fisherman, famed as an oracle, offers a humorous theory of the tides. He explains them by likening the sea to a person moving under bedclothes, causing the water to slosh differently as one moves.
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Brooklyn
Thompson
Rees
Split infinitive debate over presidential term amendment
A senate dispute centers on a proposed six year term limit for presidents and the grammatic four plus debate. Senator Root protests a split infinitive in the amendment stating no person who has held the office shall be eligible to again hold the office by election. The issue highlights concerns over language propriety and standard English usage.
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United States Senate
Root
Congress
Senate
Christmas and Love across a Bavarian Barracks
A laundry girl Catherine faces a flirtatious Bavarian officer and the pressure of family honor. She reconciles with her grandmother while contemplating love and Christmas gifts, then a separate tale follows Helen and Winifred Curtis as a mysterious kitten arrives and reshapes domestic life in a tense apartment.
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Catherine
Mme. von Finkelstein
Colonel von Finkelstein
Finkelstein
Eve
Schwab
Crimea
Pretty One
Little One
Grandma
Warren
Winifred
Winifred Curtis
Helen
Delia
Mail Carriers as Census Takers Urged by Durand
The Cincinnati Times-Star discusses Director Durand of the census bureau’s suggestion to use mail carriers for census field work. It notes carriers know many families, could improve accuracy, and save costs, but warns overtime burdens could harm postal service and daily mail delivery.
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Durand
Bureau of the Census
Daily Mail
Cincinnati Times-Star
Husband's After Dinner Skill Keeps Him Away
A fragmented exchange reveals a wife noting her husband is a clever after dinner speaker who is away nearly every night. The garbled text interrupts with stray words about dessert and a distant, unclear topic.
Married Life The Second Year No. 93 Warren vs Pussy Purrmew
In this installment Warren resists Pussy Purrmew but is won over by her wiles as the couple navigates their second year of marriage in humorous fashion.
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Warren
Pussy Purrmew
Mooser Support Grows For Comer In Alabama
Major William F. Tebbetts of Mobile, a leading Alabama Progressive, says if former Governor B B Comer runs for governor, about 20 000 Progressive voters will rally to his banner. Tebbetts, in Birmingham, calls Comer a strong match with Progressive ideals and says the party will not field its own candidate unless a clear alternative emerges.
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B. B. Comer
Progressive Party
Alabama
William F. Tebbets
Mobile
Tebbetts
Birmingham
Mr. Comer
Major Tebbetts
Comer
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