Mobile Item Circulation Verified by Audit Bureau
The Mobile Item announces verification of its guaranteed paid circulation by the Audit Bureau of Circulations over two six month periods. It notes a fixed 10 cent price and that it is the sole daily paper in Mobile with delivery by mail outside Mobile. The notice lists agency contacts in New York Chicago Trib, St Louis and includes business office details and editorial contact numbers.
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Wember
Mobile
We Audit Bureau of Circulations
Subhat
Livere Carrie Aeetenee Gin Ad
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Beckwith
New York
Chicago
Trib- Bu
St. Louis
Ank
Corrupt Practice Act Shields Voters From Grafter Pressure
The Corrupt Practice act tightens control over campaign spending in Alabama. It requires candidates to certify political expenses after the campaign and limits what counts as legitimate costs. The law aims to reduce street corner coercion and bribery by making offenses liable for improper practice.
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Alamo
Law of Least Resistance to a Mobile Shipyard
A pulp of engineering argument asserts that natural gravity and current favor Mobile as a site for shipbuilding and factories. It compares coal, iron, and limestone transport to a railway and river system, urging action in 1916 to exploit freight rates and locate plants in Mobile. The piece calls for starting at the Cawthon tonight.
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Bir
Mobile
Birmingham District
Warrior River
Mobile River
Red Mountain
Moile
Cawthon
Business Trade Favors Outside Centers While Retail Slows
Reports from several centers show stronger activity in wholesale and export channels than in domestic retail. Weekends drew fewer shoppers despite overall steady post New Year momentum, with a near term belief that spring demand and Europe war outcomes shape inventories and shipments. Germany, England, and France are expected to seek large loans as wartime pressures push industrial output and financing needs higher.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Europe
Germany
England
America
France
Gershe
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange Faces Criticism and Separation
The Item notes Gulf Coast Produce Exchange is more active locally than in building markets for its products. It stresses the exchange operates as a private concern under current management and that grievances should be directed to its officers, not to The Item. It mentions civic events and local editor remarks in Alabama.
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Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Virginia Exchange
Pisces Daily Horoscope for February 21 1916
The forecast warns against government speculation and favors selling over buying. It notes dangers for army officers and rail travel with potential floods and storms affecting Seattle Portland and northern California. It mentions political embarrassment from a death in official circles and possible financial risk for investors born on this day.
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McClure
Good
Venus
Neptune
Mars
Uranus
Jupiter
Lfe
Seattle
Portland
California
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Visitors from many states arrive in Mobile for carnival week
Lively influx fills Mobile as agents, tourists, and business travelers from Kansas City Chicago New York San Francisco and other cities gather for carnival. Notables include William J. Lester Robin son shows agent and Charles Rudolph M&O Railroad official with families and companions.
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William J. Lester
Robinson
Mobile
Long List of Names Tied to Battle House Burnout
A register of numerous individuals and couples linked to the Battle House incident lists residents and visitors from cities including New York, Louisville, Dallas, Chicago, Gulfport, New Orleans, Seattle, and many Alabama towns. The compilation names dozens of citizens, couples, and families across states in a broad attendance or residency ledger.
Listed names and addresses in a social notice
A long register of individuals and spouses from multiple states and cities including Georgia Missouri New York Ohio Mississippi Alabama Florida Illinois and Arizona with numerous couples and single travelers named alongside their locations such as St Louis Sedglia Cleveland Birmingham Decatur Pensacola Gulfport and Quitman reflecting a social or community notices compilation.
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Birmingham
Ala
G. G. Stimpson
Thomasville
H. Cook
Cc. H. Wirgand
Edward Arnnett
Columbus
Ind
Lewis and Wife
St. Louis
Chas. Paterson
R. la Forge
New York City
F. Radcliff
J. J. Graham
Knoxville
Tenn
A. E
Petersburg
Ills
M. W. Wiliams
Monnack Hill
W. C. White
Putnam
BE. R. Skinner
New Orleans
Nat Owen
Gulfport
Miss
A. Hoff
E.A. Boroughs
Jackson
T. W. and
J. C. Simison
Mt. Vernon
W. J. Newbolt
Daphne
R. J. Murrer
Grand Bay
J. A. Plemons
Decatur
Henry Dees
Gus Ball
Leakesville
Miss. Windsor
H. G. Peterson
Zion City
W. D. Durant
Bromley
J. S. Prime
B. J
Holloman
Coy City
Brandeis Senate Confirmation Favored Amid Opposition
Washington reports Brandeis will be confirmed by the Senate with a favorable subcommittee lineup except Clarke of Wyoming. Backing members include Walsh Fletcher Cummins and Chilton while opposition comes from the Shoe Manufacturing Trust and critics of Brandeis role in the New York New Haven and Hartford financial case.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Senate
Brandeis
Clarke
Wyoming
Walsh, Fletcher, Cummins and Chilton
Shoe Manufacturing Trust
N. Y
N. H
Editorial Notes on Reader Communications Policy
Readers editorials discuss live matters and seek opinions. Anonymous letters are not printed and letters must stay within a 300 word limit. The Item's policy limits partisan or controversial submissions and favors varied sources. Continued contributions from the same writer are discouraged.
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Mae
Financing a Necessary Precedent for Factories
An observer argues Mobile must attract factories by establishing strong export brokerage and bank facilities. He cites port competition, the need for reliable commission houses, and examples from New York and New Orleans to show how foreign orders flow through ports with robust brokerage networks. The piece urges immediate action ahead of a Chamber meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Alabama
Tennessee
Gulf
New York
United States
Middleton & Co
Alfred Fields & Co
W. R. Grace & Co
National City Bank of New York
West Indies
South America
Whitney Central Bank of
New Orleans
Ala
Angell on neutrality and preparedness in foreign policy
The National Press Club speaker argues neutrality is a diplomatic fiction and urges public oversight of all foreign treaties. He supports preparedness and US armament increases while insisting citizens must know terms and undertakings of every treaty to judge them responsibly.
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the National Press. Club
Angell
United States
Two Men Executed for Pennsylvania Murder
Rolland S. Pennington and George H. March were electrocuted in the death house at Bellefonte for the 1913 murder of S. Lewis Pinkerton in Delaware County. Pennington is noted as the first Quaker extraction to suffer the penalty in Pennsylvania.
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Bellefont
Rolland S. Pennington
George H. March
New Penitentiary
Here
S. Lewis Pinkerton
Delaware County
Pennington
Pennsylvania
BromO Quinine Cold Cure Adverts Signature Claim
An old advertisement promises genuine relief with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. The text urges callers to request the full product name and to look for the signature of E. W. GROVE as proof. Claims a cold cure in one day. 25
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E. W. Grove
Uncle Wiggily Seeks Second Lost Kitten Muzzo
Uncle Wiggily the rabbit sets out to find Muzzo the second lost kitten, whose mittens are cherry pie stained. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and Billie Wagtail the goat boy assist with the search through fields and woods.
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Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Muzzo
Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Mrs. Purr
Kittie
Billie Wagtail
Goat Boy
Billie
Uncle Wiggily Helps Muzzo Clean Mittens in Snow
Uncle Wiggily and Billie Wagtail search for Muzzo the kitten. They melt snow, heat water, and soap mittens clean using a tomato can fire and soap. Muzzo returns home to her mother Mrs. Purr, who is relieved and warns not to run away.
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Uncle Wiggily
Muzzo
Goat Boy
Rabbit Gentleman
Muzza
Billie Wagtail
Bunny Uncle
Rabbit
Billie
Nurse Jane
Wuzzo
Mrs. Purr
Republicans challenged to declare war policy on Mexico and Germany
Senator Lewis launched the first in a series challenging Republican senators to say if they favor intervention in Mexico or war with Germany. A second challenge will come from Chairman Stone next week, with Williams likely to follow. The plan uses Root’s speech to press for a concrete foreign policy program from the GOP.
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Washington
Mexico
Germany
Lewis
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Williams
Wilson
United States
Question Box Answers on Leap Year Matrimony and Elevators
A column cites historical notes on Leap Year marriage privileges tied to 1606 sources and a dubious 1228 Scottish act, plus brief inquiries about coin premiums for 1856 and 1857 dimes and moving stair capacities. It notes no premium on 1857 dime and explains stair capacity varies with size and speed, with a typical five foot wide step handling about 12,000 passengers per hour.
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Cuthbert Bede
W. C
Ans
Snake Oil Claim Markets Miller’s Anti septic Oil
An advertisement touts Miller’s Anti septic Oil as a penetrating remedy for sore throat croup pneumonia la grippe and colds. It cites Mrs A B Carroll of Memphis Tennessee praising its effectiveness for croup and sore throat and notes others using it for rheumatism.
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Miller
A. B. Carroll
Memphis
Tenn
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Zenda
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Madison, Wis
H. C. Woodward
Pensacola, Fla
F. W. Lewis
H. P. Wilkins
Chicago, Ill
G. S. Burnett
G. W. Stevens
Louisville
W.W. Miller
Waterloo
Iowa
H. J. Jenken
H. E. Anderson
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L. Wells
Dallas
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Fayette
L. J. Rinker
Cleveland
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Stafford
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Hattiesburg
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W. P. Sprowles
Chas
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Bienville
J. W. Jackson
Coffeeville
W. F. Cobb
Roy
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Bay Minette
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Findley
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J. W. Dozier
Chance
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Greensboro
J. J. Thornhill
Chicago, IL
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J. M. Howland
E. C. Harrington
Seymour Heineman
W. Gord
EB. F.hayins
G. D. Smith
H. B. Spring
J. H. Halsall
R. J. O'Hara
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L. L. Apperson
H. M. Lateley
Atlanta, Ga
J. G. O'Neal
L. Jobe
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Chas. O. Green
W. D. Sims
D. Keensburg
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Buffalo
H. M. Currier
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San Francisco
P. R. Maer
Meridian
J. E. DeLew
Memphis, Tenn
A. M. Harding
Washington, D. C
Capitol Gossip
Gibson Gardner
Slihu Root
George W. Perkins
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Congress
Caleb Powers
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