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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
6
The Mobile Item Company announces reorganization and reestablishment in April, publishing seven papers daily including a Sunday edition. The firm lists officers Van Antwerp as president, P Bush as secretary, and O Connell as editor, with widespread distribution and subscription rates.
Mobile January 3 1913 reformers urge federal action to abolish drug traffic with bills giving internal revenue control over cocaine and similar drugs and harsher opium measures. Goethals named possible War Secretary by Wilson amid canal completion praise and political maneuvering.
The Bureau of Mines says smokeless coal burning is achievable with proper furnace design and city organization. It finds many ordinances wasteful, urges smokeless furnaces in new buildings, and calls for qualified smoke inspectors and uniform building plans to reduce urban smoke without harsh penalties.
A New Year’s note from an Atlanta daily shows an editorial praising a cat’s tail and humanity with odd child guidance. It lists harmless commands yet mocks prank examples that appear alongside the earnest moral lines.
A fragment notes a noisy incident in the toy section involving a plaster clown figure wrapped in a towel and a sudden impact described as a pow.
The parcels post, started at year’s start, will revolutionize trade and expand direct producer consumer buying. It promises lower living costs, boosts mobile merchants within a 150 mile zone, ends restraint by combinations, and reshapes commerce like the cotton gin and the harvester changed the South and the West.
A Harlem woman attorney offers a Christmas message opposing corruption and a police vice partnership. She states we are all Americans and rejects the idea of polished ladies deserving special gifts, arguing class divisions undermine democracy and gratitude should be voluntary. The piece cites Twain on class and contrasts American equality with Europe’s rigid hierarchies.
Easter Sunday arrives March 23 marking the earliest possible date for the holiday. The first full moon after March 21 falls on March 22, making March 23 the next day and the earliest Easter date in any year.
A viewpoint argues against higher freight rates despite calls from railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission. It contends higher charges would lift living costs and harm business, urging low rates to boost development and efficiency through better tracks and equipment. It notes historically that low rates fuel freight-dependent growth and regional prosperity.
In a lonely marsh scene a great grey shrike stalks and kills a long tailed wood mouse before a rat and a snowy owl intervene. The shrike battles the rat, loses ground among thorns, and is finally dispatched by the snowy owl, ending the scene with the owl carrying away both prey.
The Outlook discusses coal supply and pricing noting fifty million tons annual U S consumption and five railway firms controlling mining and distribution through holding companies. It argues no shortage exists unless the monopoly wills it, cites steady transport and mining costs, and claims prices rose from six to nine dollars a ton over ten years while strikes were blamed for price hikes.
A brief alert cautions readers about a timely warning issued by the Philadelphia Record. The notice emphasizes security and prompt action to avoid loss or harm related to mail and postage practices.
Helen sneaks out at night with her dog Rover seeking relief from anxiety about Warren Curtis. She attempts a long distance call to New York, hears only buzzing until Warren finally answers faintly, then ends with his firm admonition to stop such acts.
Birmingham Fire Chief A V Bennett missed his Christmas dinner when a fire broke out at 1 30 PM. He stood amid his family, explaining the moment was part of the job, and said we turned a bad fire into a scene of duty.
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