Mobile Item Company Adopts National News Service Option
The Mobile Item reports it will use the National News Service from the South Press Publishers Association with representatives in Mobile and Chicago. The paper lists a city office at 16 18 St Emanuel Street and a Lyttton Building office in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Aba
York
Chicago
Lytton Building Company
National News Service
South Rewspere
Publishers’ Association
Siness
Bell
Home
Honest Labeling of Textiles and Economic Outlook in 1914
A Mobile report urges Congress to pass honest labeling for textiles amid Chicago league efforts. It warns of textile price distortion and urges public exhibits. The piece also surveys bankers and business leaders predicting a dull but eventual recovery in 1914, citing Dawes and Aldrich-Vreeland effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Bank of Chicago
Chicago Tribune
United States
Aldrich-Vreeland
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Permanent committees eyed for strike investigations in Congress
Washington letters discuss Democratic push to form permanent committees to probe labor strikes and injunctions. Debates focus on Michigan copper and Colorado coal disputes, labor demands for anti injunction legislation, and limits of labor department and new industrial relations commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Elliott
Washington
Congress
Senate
West Virginia
Michigan
Colorado
Grant Hamilton
American Federation of Labor
Files Committee of the House
Pou
House Committee
Garret
Democratic Party
United Mine Workers
Western Federation of Miners
Committee On Rules
Department of Labor
Wilson
Calumet
Commission On Industrial Relations
Labor Department
Keating
Seldomridge
Rules Committee
Kansas
Ammons
McDonald
Kern
House
Sunday Observance Debates Freedom of Choice and Rest
A 1914 letter argues against Sunday laws, claiming they force religious views on others and curb recreation. The writer contends idleness harms minds, music and plays can teach morality, and amusement is vital for the mind’s rest. Mobile, January 2, 1914. Edward Fallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Earth
Mobile
Edward Fallon
Insurance Against Accidents Proposed Social Insurance Expansion
At the Association for Labor Legislation session in Washington a special committee and the main speaker urged rapid adoption of compulsory sickness and burial insurance, arguing current poor relief is costly and flawed. They said compulsory sickness insurance is essential but must be more comprehensive and properly structured to become true health coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perio
Delaine
Julia
Julia Marvin
Daryl
Kelley Delaine
Association For Labor Legislation
Washington
Association
America
United States
Hog Raising Velvet Venture Starts After Pig Sales
J K Smawley a Spokane area farmer uses profits from selling fifteen Berkshire hogs at 35 each totaling 525 to fund a cross country trip. He began with three pigs bought for 30 each at Lewiston Idaho and won six blue ribbons with his Shoats. He plans stops in New York Washington Baltimore the Carolinas and other Southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Smawley
Spokane
United States
Smawley
Lewiston
Idaho
Smanley
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Carolinas
Southern States
Alabama
Northwest
Orange New Jersey balances receipts and expenditures
Orange New Jersey balances its receipts and expenditures drawing envy from many cities and reports a debt paid off from seventies taxes. A New York paper notes a new “artist” orchestra with unusual instruments and a futurist concert planned. Memphis News-Scimitar notes drivers yield to a baby carriage and greet the mother with a smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
New York Evening Mobile
New Jersey
The Vick of Poverty and Morality in Aid
A reflective commentary argues against overreliance on public assistance and stresses that true remedy for poverty lies in moral responsibility, adequate remuneration, and strengthening the will of the poor. It warns against drink gambling and waste and calls for higher wage standards as essential before government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
Glasgow
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Owice
League
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Ltém
True Textile League
Ty Virginia Terhune van de Water
Sila
Rane Sulla
Caryl
Somerdyke
People’s Forum
Orange, N. J
Nut
Memphis News-Scimitar
Hanging Committee
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