Mobile Item Company Publishes Seven Papers A Week
The Mobile Item Company lists a daily afternoon issue and a Sunday morning edition for ten cents, with subscriptions by mail at rates of one year daily and Sunday or Sunday only. The page also contains fragmented commentary on Mexico, trusts, and politics from the era.
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LE Item Company Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
C. van Antwerp
Hanson
T P. Bush
BY Mail
Scientist Seeks Baldness Cure Not Motivated by Ballet Crowd
A scientist dedicated years to finding a reliable baldness cure and reportedly pursued the work for reasons beyond pleasing front row spectators or ballet dancers.
White House cow stance echoes in press confusion
Washington correspondents have not formally announced whether the famous White House cow remains under the Wilson administration. The Nashville Democrat suggests a Bryan secretary of state could merge the Commoner with the Congressional Record to settle Mexican misunderstandings as Diaz and Madero enter a symbolic ring for a referee’s verdict.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Diaz
Madero
Nashville Democrat
Bryan
Appointment Likely Quiet for Minister to Mexico
The report notes one likely appointment that should cause little trouble for Mr. Wilson as no strong contenders push for the post of Minister to Mexico. The tone suggests a low-key selection process with few challengers.
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Wilson
Mexico
Noisy Wealth Secrets From Five Cent Savings
A New York financier rides a $7 000 car funded by years of a $2 000 salary. The Minneapolis Journal notes a marriage in Danville Illinois and playful satire about fowls. A college professor claims plants show strategy and forests. amateurs report stubborn yard nuts and a chemist claims a dye that changes color hourly. Buffalo Times hints at a fortune in store for the chemist.
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Jay Gould
New York
Police
Buffalo Times
Wild claims swirl in battered city pages
A chaotic clipping touts a mix of sensational notes from a pickpocket trust to graft fears and a suffragette march. It references a former president buying a schooner, 5,000,000 ladybugs released to curb vines, and an aluminum chain memorial in a parade, all amid scattered political chaos and unrest.
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Apna Hall
Still Work Ancient Swindle Reveals Ongoing Spanish Prisoner Fraud
The Spanish Prisoner swindle remains active as an organized gang continues to target citizens. Despite official actions by the state and Spain, victims keep receiving letters and losses persist. Reports from New York waterfront detectives note frequent attempts to lure travelers abroad, with foreign agents guiding the fraud and gathering potential victims.
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Moble
Department of State
Spain
New York
Farm Lands and Loans Plan Shown by Laharpe Kansas Town
The Kansas town of Laharpe uses excess treasury funds to loan to farmers at five percent, securing mortgages on land. The Atlanta Journal lauds the move as a prudent, businesslike step to develop agriculture, foreseeably attracting capital to Southern farms and emphasizing land as a safe, nearly government-bondlike security.
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Laharpe
Kansas
The
Atlanta Journal
West
South
East
Europe
Georgia
World Population In A Five Hundred Mile Square
A pessimist statistician asserts the world’s population could fit within five hundred square miles. With 1.5 billion people, six thousand years yield two hundred generations, filling a space half the size of Germany. Burial and dust estimates remain modest next to nature’s vast deposits. Rev Samuel Clements predicts the millennium arriving in 1938, prompting hopeful believers to cling to life for two more decades.
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Germany
Colorado
Subic
Samuel Clements
Wesleyan Church of America
Stock Exchange Awakened by Sulzer Message Demands Reform
The New York World reports that after the Hughes Commission the Stock Exchange ignored reform, but Governor Sulzer's message has spurred the exchange to wake and seek cooperation to enforce fair trade and protect the public. The piece notes the exchange could have slept through the Hughes report yet woke within a day of the Sulzer message.
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Hughes Commission
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Sulzer
New York World
One Term Presidential Amendment Advocated
The Senate approved a proposal to limit the presidency to a single six year term. The measure gained momentum after Theodore Roosevelt's career highlighted concerns over potential long White House tenures.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Evelt
Philadelphia Reignited Heroic Navy Story From Tripoli Harbor
Washington reports that the sunken frigate Philadelphia has been found in Tripoli harbor. Rep J Hampton Moore funds a plan to raise the wreck as a national relic. Decatur’s 1804 raid burned the ship to deny piracy and boost US naval power.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
State Department
Rome
Philadelphia
Tripoli
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
United States
Navy Department
Thomas Robinson
Big
Navy
Philadelphia Gazette
Universal Daily, Advertiser
Delaware
Augusta
Richmond
Decatur
West Indies
Stephen Decathy
Mediterranean
Samuel Barron
William Bainbridge
Cecelia
Boston
Morocco
Bainbridge
Stephen Decatur
Preble
Commodore Preble
Express firms praise parcel post and steer packages that way
The Washington Post notes express companies praise parcel post and plan to shift all packages that path. The New York Sun debates whether a progressive Democratic president can emerge from inaugurations. A mix of political and economic quips marks the era with humor about tariffs and public figures.
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Express
Parcel Post
Washington Post
Washington
New York Sun
The Cock Sparrows Bold Escape from a Night of Danger
A cunning cock sparrow named Wheezy robs a bread piece, triggers a robin trap, and survives a rat attack and owl stalking. After a blaze wakes a household, rescuers capture him and place him in a warm cage with ample food and drink.
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Wey
Nick
Robin
Gardner
Robins
Temperance sermon sparks crucible of public shaming
A Philadelphia minister denounces Ed ward T. Stotesbury and Mrs. Stotesbury from the pulpit for allowing women to smoke at a ball. The piece argues ministers should avoid temperance zeal in church and praises kindliness, noting Roosevelt opposes merging Progressives with Republicans.
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Philadelphia
Edward T. Stotesbury
Meannaa Uno
Ice Chest Dilemma Ends as Delia Stays on
Helen confronts Delia over a neglected ice chest and tensions flare until a letter from Delia’s sweetheart arrives. Delia cleans the chest and stays, healing the rift and restoring household peace with a conciliatory gesture.
The Physician in Society and a Debut Dispute
A Washington society flurry centers on Miss Marion Wise, niece of Senator Newlands, as a reporter seeks debut details. The colored butler reports she is ill, replying that she “ain't well enough to do nothing like”— illustrating the era's social tensions and medical metaphors in polite society.
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Miss Wise
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