Mobile Item Founded in 1881 Reorganized 1912
The Mobile Item shows origins in 1881 with a reorganization and reestablishment on April 10, 1912. Published in Mobile Alabama by The Mobile Item Company, seven issues weekly for 10 cents, including Sunday edition. Officers include C Van Antwerp president, Hanson vice president and GM, Albert P Bush secretary treasurer, Len C O Connell editor. Leased full day AP wire. Membership in Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Delivery rates listed for varying terms.
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C. van Antwerp
Hanson
Albert P. Bush
LEN" C. O'Connell i GaNase Se Eees
Associated Press
International News Seree
Southern Newspaper _Publishers’ Association
Cangas Hanson
Foreign
Item
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
Ccusscveses
Bell
The Item debuts new Goss press in Mobile progress
Satisfactory progress marks Mobile January 6 1913 as The Item prints on a state of the art Goss press. The multi color capable machine runs at six hundred papers per minute and signals growth under new ownership with promises of first class quality and modern improvements for Mobile and the state.
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Goss Printing Press Company
Mobile
Republican View of Jeff Davis
A memorial sketch portrays Jeff Davis of Arkansas as an unconventional yet understandable political figure. It notes his appeal to rural voters as a homespun hero while acknowledging clashes with city elites and a complex senate reception. The piece contrasts public admiration in his state with ridicule in Washington.
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Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Davis
Chicago Tribune
Jeff Cam
Aoe
Washington
Senate
Sawdust May Become Common Food, England Reports
English news reports a new edible sawdust product named saccharose that could enter general use for human and livestock consumption. The idea of sawdust as a staple raises questions about breakfast table norms and parental restraint as science advances toward edible, widely used foodstuffs.
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England
World’s largest producer of motion pictures and cars
A brief note states the world’s top producer created a thousand miles of film and thirty thousand dollars' worth of automobiles, totaling a million dollars in the year just ended, highlighting its leading role in motion pictures and related industries.
Detention school urged to stay as character builder in Mobile
E J Buck, president of the detention school board, argues before Mobile city and county commissioners that juvenile courts aim to build character, not save money. He portrays the detention school as a home refining wayward boys, backed by prominent supporters who vow to preserve the program as a future investment in good citizenship.
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E. J. Buck
Detention School Board
Mobile
Tragedy in the Air Ends in Death at Circus Ring
A dying trapeze performer recounts a rival Gisela’s fatal fall and her lover Gilbert Ferrard’s cold reaction. The confession reveals a crime of passion and guilt that drives the narrator to join a traveling circus and seek death. The doctor retrieves Ferrard, but the young woman dies as the truth comes to light.
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Ciniselli Circus
Gilbert Ferrard
Will
Gisela
Ferrard
Ees
Federal Pure Food Activity Report Highlights Inspections and Prosecutions
The annual Doolittle report details ten thousand samples collected through inspections of foods and drugs up to 1912, plus about fifteen hundred factory checks. It notes prosecutions for adulterated or misbranded goods, investigations of railroad dining car service, oyster and clam bed tampering, and rotten eggs in bakeries. The bureau also studied malt liquors with six large breweries’ cooperation and faces hurdles from health officials in some cases.
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R. E. Doolittle
Bureau of Chemistry
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Washington
Bureau
Bacteriological Laboratory
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Mexico
Bureau of Animal Industry
Holland
Board of Health
Federal Court of the District
Government Bureau
Parcels Post Wins First Test Against Express Service
The parcels post secured an initial victory in a Chicago Tribune backed test against express firms. shipments from Chicago on January 1 reached Cleveland by 4 25 p m and Milwaukee by 8 41 p m, while express routes arrived the next day. The government service also proved cheaper with Milwaukee parcel postage at ten cents versus twenty five cents by express, and Cleveland delivery at seventeen cents against twenty five by express. The Kansas State Board of Health released an up to date health almanac promoting health education with clear specific hygienic guidance.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Chicago
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Kansas State Board of Health
Senate patronage split as Democrats take control in senate
Washington report outlines how patronage of roughly three quarters of a million dollars will be distributed when Democrats assume control of the Senate on March 4. It notes the secretary of the Senate and sergeant at arms salaries, committee clerks, and minority chairmen as key targets, with many positions already held by long-time appointees.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Democrats
Senate
Elliott Woods
Capitol
James D. Preston
Senate Democrats
Copenhagen
Charles G. Bennett
New York
House of Representatives
Thomas C. Platt
Bennett
Equitable building rivals world’s largest structures
The Equitable plan envisions a tower empire surpassing Woolworth and Municipal in size with twenty six acres of rentable space total cost about 27.5 million dollars. The piece argues streets of New York are too narrow for skyscraper era traffic and notes Broadway canyon effects and limited street widths from Fifth Avenue to the Battery.
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Equitable
Woolworth
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
Central Park
New York
Manhattan Island
Broadway
Battery
The Dynamiters and the Labor Struggle in America
A speaker condemns labor leaders for dynamite plots while praising the rule of law. He argues punishment matched guilt, notes shifts in capital and labor power, and cites legal changes like the antitrust act and interstate commerce rulings as checks on capital.
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America
Capital
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Securities
Married Life The Second Year
Helen lies ill as Warren is telegraphed for by her parents. She overhears and confronts the truth that he was urged to come, not driven by her illness, deepening her turmoil and isolation. The scene exposes family dynamics and Helen's fragile hope for reassurance.
Woman Suffrage Promises Prominent Fight in New York
The piece notes rising momentum for woman suffrage in New York with Michigan Kansas Oregon and Arizona victories cited as encouragement. It predicts a strong session fight in the New York legislature with militants pushing for the amendment amid broader national convention enthusiasm.
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New York
Michigan
Kansas
Oregon
Arizona
New York Herald
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Mobile Tem Company
ING. Sear
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
Paper In the South
Alabama
Goss Factory
Federal
Washington Comment
Anatese
Philadelphia Telegraph
Philadel
the Dynamiters
Hoelen
Warren
Mabel Herbert Urner
Helen
Niae
Dr. Allen
Ing
Structural Iron Workers
Indianapolis
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