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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
4
The February 26, 1914 Mobile Alabama issue notes a headline Automobilists To Have Club prompting humor about whether motorists need clubs. The paper outlines its mission to inform with accuracy while avoiding sensationalism.
A terse boast from a Nashville Southern League club vows victory over Mobile, promising to field four ace pitchers to dominate the coming season. The speaker pledges strong pitching and confident leadership as the team seeks success.
The Buenos Aires mayor presented Secretary of State W. J. Bryan with a llama in a peculiar ceremony. Officials described the event as an unusual diplomatic gesture with unclear implications.
The average citizen may not understand the tax, but the income tax agent should have his hands full when he strikes the Federal League baseball players.
B Smith of Sioux City Iowa an evangelist twenty five years has resigned to accept the job of an asbestos manufacturing company. It appears Fred keeps an eye on future.
The city of Mobile saw extreme conditions with Monday evening’s intense heat requiring electric fans and Wednesday morning's snowfall, a phenomenon not seen there in sixteen years.
Nicholas Longworth faces a life income from Mrs Caroline Haskell Lee's trust fund of seventy thousand dollars. In Illinois the Tuesday primaries drew few women to vote overall, but Chicago saw a noticeable impact from those who did participate.
A thief entered the apartments of Daniel Wilner in West Orange New Jersey and stole his glass eye and false teeth. The theft was noticed after the item was found missing and is being investigated by local police. The owner reported a wooden substitute was chained nearby, which prevented a greater loss.
A peddler near Montgomery fell into the Alabama river and lost his speech. An hour after regaining his voice he knocked over a kerosene lamp and recovered his speech. If he had broken an arc lamp the result might have been fatal.
The article reviews Democratic reforms since Wilson took office, praising the Underwood tariff with income tax, the currency bill creating a new banking system with reserve centers, and landmark measures like the Smith Lever act, Alaska opening via government rail, and lobby disclosures, arguing these changes promise prosperity and smoother labor-capital relations.
Governor Colquitt signs revocable paroles allowing fifty white state prisoners to work on Smith county roads without guards, paid fifteen dollars a month by the state, with half to the prisoner. Plan touted as economical and reformative, potentially reshaping convict labor and road building.
Correspondence says US apologies for Roosevelt era Panama creation are fading in Colombia. Officials increasingly favor a practical settlement with retrocession not guaranteed, but steady progress in negotiations in Bogota signals brighter days ahead for Colombia.
A historical note ridicules a Bronx ball belle arrested as a gun toter, arguing fashion’s grip on women’s advancement clashes with militancy. It mocks concealment attempts in stockings and skirts, urging Paris style limits before women become gunwomen.
The text considers President Wilson roaming Washington unaccompanied as a sign of true American democracy and hints that continued public visibility could set a national example. It frames his actions as tests of safety and democratic access for the nation’s leader.
An odd court ruling in Baltimore assigns a monetary value of 700 to Jan eye amid a confusing, garbled case. The text shows broken phrases about fashion and drugstore tablets, with no clear cohesive narrative or identities beyond the Maryland locale.
A 1918 study references Dr. Emory R. Hayhurst and data from the U S Bureau of Labor showing 300000 painters glaziers and varnishers face lead and toxin exposure. Ship painters suffer most due to white lead and dust from sanding in confined spaces. Exposure to solvents like benzine naptha and benzole along with bituminous paints raises poisoning risk and health damage across indoor and outdoor jobs.
The article argues Castillo, held at a U S fort near the Mexican border, should not be handed to Villa or other Mexican factions. It notes a bias that labels all northern Mexican fighters as bandits and contends turning him over would likely lead to immediate execution, urging a safer resolution.
The Houston Chronicle lauds George Washington as the father of the United States, praising his vision and selfless leadership. It credits him with founding the republic, shaping its destiny, and embodying ideals that endure as long as the nation survives.
The Chicago Tribune notes that while life can supply two Charles Martins and two James R Marlows in a stock transfer tale critics balk at such implausible doubles. The piece argues drama must stay credible and audiences would not believe such overlaps even if true.
A political-leaning passage declares belief in the United States, its Constitution, laws, institutions, and future. It emphasizes faith in American people, their genius, honesty, and capacity for commercial advancement, noting times of business low mood as preparation for greater success and global benefit.
A Philadelphia Telegraph anecdote recalls Charles 8 Ashley of New Bedford election and a comic tale of John Henry and Gladys May. A lovers’ quarrel, ten years apart, and a ball reunion reveal misremembered romance, with a wry punchline about paternity.
A Chicago physician tested painters with a five percent sodium sulphide solution to skin exposure and found lead in many workers who washed daily. Dry sand papering is deemed the worst method with officials advocating elimination. The Pullman Company reduced incipient lead poisoning to zero by ten minute hot water baths before meals and at night.
Washington Letter notes three new paper currency types to replace older notes: federal reserve currency, federal bank currency, and national bank currency. It outlines portraits and allegorical themes for each denomination, from Lincoln on $5 to Grant on $50, with simplified designs claimed harder to counterfeit and reduced paper use.
The Chicago Tribune hails the grand opera season as financially successful. It notes about half a million dollars in ticket sales, with far more spent indirectly to support the enterprise, boosting Chicago’s status and commerce.
In Chicago an advertising man named George Pennock encounters a distraught North Dakota rancher who traveled to Chicago after his婚 photograph bride promised in a matrimonial magazine failed to appear. The man wonders if his mind is failing as he watches dancing mice in a window.
An archaic lament recounts a stripling Ivanhoe style protest against perceived injustices in American civilization. A boyish figure, Roddenberg, mounts a logician's lance to defend rights, challenging prejudiced connotations and calling for moral boundaries within justice. The narrative ends referencing the Hon. Park of Georgia in the Congressional Record.
A radium company representative testified before a senate committee opposing federal interference in the radium sector describing the bills as paternalistic. The heated exchange framed the policy clash as a blunt battle over industry autonomy and government reach.
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