Mobile Item Company and offices list 1914 notice
The item provides address details for The Mobile Item Company including 16-18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama and York and Chicago offices. It notes subscription rates by mail and mentions telephones and department connections. The piece is dated Mobile Alabama January 5 1914.
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the Mobile Item Company. Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
York
Chicago
TH Ave
Lytton Building Company
TED Press Report
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Mobile
Bell
Home
Vice President Marshall and the push for business relief
The piece argues that Vice President Marshall favors delaying reforms to protect business interests. It questions whether he views Underwood taxes and currency rules as harmful to useful business and asserts Congress must continue attacking legalized wrongs despite business concerns. It cites President Wilson as pressuring the party to keep pledges.
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Marshall
Congress
Essen
Wilson
Rebuking Impertinence in New York Evening School
A young woman who works by day attends a public evening school in New York at night and objects to a printed questionnaire asking about salary, car fare, meals, clothing, and family earnings. She refuses to answer, calling it an inappropriate intrusion by school authorities. The piece argues such questions resemble charity investigations and criticizes the minimum wage movement's reach in New York and Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
House to press hydro power rate reform amid Keokuk dam probe
Representative Rainey of Illinois leads a push to grant Congress power over hydro electric rates and investigate the Keokuk and Water Power Company. He labels the dam franchise as a failure of federal water power policy and urges a House Rules Committee inquiry.
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Congress
Rainey ‘Ofllinois
Water Power Trust
House
Mississippi River
Keokuk and Water Power Company
Roosevelt
Rainey
Investigathrs Power Company
House Committee On Rules
Tbe
Represenof
Minnesota
Keokuk
Editorial quip on Bryan and Mexico presidency
The North American Review editor jokes about using Bryan as president of Mexico. George Harvey backs the idea, linking it to Bryan’s ballot strength and criticizing U S politics. The piece recalls Harvey’s split from the Wilson campaign and hints at Mexico observers and diplomatic reassignments.
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George Harvey
North American Review
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Baltimore
The
Bryan: “Why Not Elect Hie
Mexico
John Lind
Zapata
William Bayard Hale
San Domingo
Villa
Harvey
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Growth of social centers shown by Perry report
Clarente Arthur Perry of the Russell Sage Foundation finds social centers gaining traction with more cities employing paid workers and higher expenditures. Seventy one cities used paid staff in 1912-13, up from 44, with total school center spending rising from 139 535 to 324 575. The movement engages over 3,000 people including volunteers. Centers host elections and civic events in many school buildings, while Perry notes the value lies in civic growth and social integration beyond statistics.
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Clarente Arthur Perry
Russell Sage Foundation
New York City
Perry
Catholic Prelates Ban Modern Dancing All New York Charity Balls
Opposition by Catholic prelates to tango one step glide and maxixe leads to the abandonment of all Catholic charity balls in New York during the New Year season. The move may affect other Catholic society entertainments in the diocese, with the prevailing belief that no Catholic organization will host modern dancing this winter. It stands as the sharpest blow to dancing forms under fire.
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New -York
New York
Morbid curiosity at a murder trial sparks public rebuke
A 19th century New York Tribune tirade condemns the crowd for staring at the Schmidt murder case. It laments the morbid interest in courtroom filth, notes the fiancee abandoned after drinking, and calls for humane restraint rather than sensational voyeurism.
A Strong Man's Job
A colored man at a building site reflects on his heavy load and teases the foreman about his name as he starts work. He recalls the foreman correctly guessed his name as Thompson when he began and humorously questions what his name was.
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Thompson
Selfishness of Unmarried Women Story Recalled
A January article in Woman's Companion titled The Girl Who Does Not Marry examines how self sacrificing is often a disguise for selfishness. It recounts Aunt May who devotes herself to an elderly couple and two nieces, only to find the children come to depend on her while she neglects her own life and loses perspective.
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Woman's Companion
May
Europe
Russia
Cel Trival
Saint Petersburg
Trival
Czar
Morskoia
Dubai
St. Petersburg
Troika
Newady
Secret Police
Marcel
Police
Fairness in Politics Under Wilson Cited by Ledger
The Tacoma Ledger lauds President Wilson for fairness across party lines. It notes opponents’ restrained criticism, praise from Minority Leader Mann, and constructive policy debates on tariff and currency. The piece links civility to national unity and lasting legacy.
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Wilson
Bryan
Mann
White House
Washington City
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Tacoma Ledger
Death in snow seals a gentlemanly act of charity
The article honors W. H. Heap Jr who died delivering Christmas gifts to a destitute family in Denver after his car stalled in a snowstorm. A former Paterson, New Jersey resident, he traveled with a sled, clothes and candy for a crippled boy, dying from exhaustion on the mission. The piece lauds his self sacrifice as the finest human impulse.
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W. H. Heap, Jr
Denver
Mr. Heap
Paterson
N. J
West
Opini
Heap
New York World
Prophets of ill omen mixed with 1813 war memory
A New York Herald piece argues against doom-laden prophecies linking 1913 fears to 1813 wartime events. It notes 1814’s Ghent treaty brought long peace and friendship between the United States and Britain, countering sensational claims of conspiracies and alliances.
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United States
Great Britain
Republic
Germany
Japan
Uncle Sam
Ghent
New York Herald
Legal clash over trademark and copyright dispute drags on
A St Louis firm and a Cincinnati rival face a lengthy Supreme Court battle over alleged infringement. Report says resolution may take two more years, with both sides wealthy enough to wage a long fight while the ordinary man cannot afford such litigation. A harsh note on justice echoes in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Washington
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Ambassador's Wife Swindle in St Petersburg Tale
A group recalls a tale from a comrade about a glamorous embassy wife who selects a diamond tiara and emerald necklace in St Petersburg. Two detectives expose the ruse revealing the necklace vanished and the swindlers elude capture.
Honor in Europe and the German code of affronts
A Tribune foreign section analysis discusses Lieut von Forstner's assault on a Zabern cobbler as part of a broader European honor code. The piece contrasts aristocratic chivalry with modern American ethics, noting how violence is linked to perceived insults and how Americans abroad might be targeted or involved in disputes with military officers.
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Last Sunday
Tribune
ex-Attaché
Lieut. von Forstner
ex-Attache
Europe
America
Germany
Imperial Army
Navy
Beara Soraya
Aeeleae
Fragmentary Shoe Store Nonsense From The Cheek Of Hix
Fragmentary OCR text shows a garbled line about bargains on shoes and a misread quote. No clear people, places, dates, or events present to identify a story.
Painter Delaine Dictates Tales as Daryl Seeks Truth
Daryl Marvin confronts author Kelley Delaine about Julia and a meeting at Bairds. He confirms seeing Julia but keeps his distance while guiding her transcription session. Tension rises as Delaine asserts control and dismisses Somerdyke, leaving Daryl frustrated and uneasy.
The Mobile Declaration Debate and Its International Costs
George Harvey questions U S support for South American independence missions and the idea of U S suzerainty in Latin America arguing emancipation risks enslavement. The piece from The North American Review criticizes Wilsonian policy and contemplates consequences for Bolivia Ecuador and Peru. A second fragment shows a domestic exchange about handling problem plays and matinee tickets for MEDLGER Ella in a witty public dialogue.
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Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
England
France
Germany
Treasury
United States
Bryan
State Department
Wilson
George Harvey
The
North American Review
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Delaine
Marvin
Somerdyke
Deisine
Kelley Delaine
Caryl
Caryn
Wang
Miss’ Somerdyke
Mr. Somerdyke
May Vile
Medlger Ella
St. Louis Republic
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