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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1914
Page
4
The Mobile Item reports on Alphonse Bertillon’s death and mournful reflections on Senator Bacon, plus a 65 million foot lumber export increase for Mobile in 1913. It notes a New York teamster fined for beating a horse, Mexican rebels with artillery, Mr. Wilson’s embargo stance, a Carnegie medal for Glynn Johnson, and a Memphis bank director’s $300,000 restitution.
The Dallas sixth annual Corn Exposition attracts visitors with Southeastern railroad exhibits. The event promotes corn as a key economic product of the South and distributes a folder on corn-growing records to entice settlers to the region. The exhibit highlights Corn Tassel imagery and celebrates corn’s role in national development.
The Mobile Boosters' Club launches a movement to unite unemployed men with job opportunities, urging employer cooperation. Letters from local workers show widespread need, and the initiative calls for community participation to help residents facing involuntary unemployment.
The report states that James G. Oakley, former president of the state board of convict inspectors, has been indicted and arrested. The authorities aim to expose the holdup business connected with the case alongside Theo Lacy developments.
Services in Washington marked the sixteenth anniversary of the Maine disaster. Arlington Cemetery ceremonies and a flower boat on the Potomac memorialized the unrecovered dead, with renewed spirit of veneration.
Five submarines and the monitor Tonopah will stay in Mobile until the 25th, expanding the harbor flotilla for Mardi Gras. The extended fleet is expected to be a major draw and added attraction for revelers and spectators.
An analysis notes US naval education advances praised by allied powers. It cites Japan and Britain adopting or recognizing American training at Annapolis, contrasting with older systems and suggesting future emulation. The piece mentions a congressional dispute over navy year book figures and a Chicago voting dispute over a judges ward registration.
The piece explains the United States National Academy of Sciences as the nation's top science body, its lack of a permanent home, scattered members, and no government salaries. It outlines aims, divisions, funding, and plans for a grand new building in the capital to better house meetings, offices, and laboratories.
The piece discusses the American Academy's function in advising the federal government, its cooperative research networks, and its history. It notes past commissions, forest policy input, and ongoing solar research alliances, plus origins dating to Lincoln and notable early members.
Special Correspondent describes a visit to the local humane society where president Hutchins and secretary John P Heap defend records. court cases reveal torture devices used on horses and cattle including a four foot iron pipe and a homemade jawbreaker. police report details abuse by a blacksmith and a mule driver amid outraged testimony.
A concise meditation on warmth and scarcity contrasting those who enjoy winter’s bracing air with others facing bitter cold. The piece highlights social disparity and empathy toward the less fortunate during cold weather.
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