Re established Mobile Item Company with Sunday edition
The Mobile Item Company Inc announces reestablishment on April 40 1912 with daily and Sunday morning editions. It publishes seven papers weekly for ten cents including Sunday, lists subscriptions by mail, and provides contact details for the Item Building Mobile Alabama and New York offices with rates for one month six months and year long periods.
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We Mobile Item Company Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
Ore Hanson
Item Building Mobile
Fifth Ave
New York
Eeddeek
Antwerp
Bush
O'Connell
Mobile Fireman's Death Sparks Fund Drive for Family
January 9 1913 Mobile Alabama notes Joseph Cerda a fireman killed at the Royal street fire leaves a widow and four children. A fund for the family is started with liberal subscriptions. Cerda served fifteen years and helped prevent greater property loss. The piece urges the city to support the dependents as a lasting monument to his service.
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Joseph Cerda
Mobile
Ment
Royal Street
Mobile Fire Department
Cerda
Birmingham Canal Vision Spurs Big-Scale Community Action
The Birmingham Ledger highlights a proposed 15 million canal from North Birmingham via Thomas Corey Possum valley to the Warrior aimed at lower freight rates and attracting industry. It argues for a united front by citizens, city, and county to secure subsidies, power and water rates, and decisive survey funding to turn expected tenfold benefits into reality.
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Birmingham
Tidewater
Valley River
Birmingham Ledger
Flagler
Thomas
Corey
Possum Valley
Bessemer
Valley
Warrior
Pacific Coast
Consuls as commercial investigators and a haunted theater tale
The piece concludes with a discussion of consuls and their subordinates serving as commercial investigators for the State Department and relaying market data to U.S. manufacturers. It also shifts to a sensational story about a showman and his grotesque gallery, revealing a deadly sabotage by M. Trappe that injures many spectators.
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Department of State
State Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Albertus H. Baldwin
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
Baldwin
Great Britain
Canada
Germany
Mexico
Cuba
South America
Central America
Europe
Asia
Otto Pilnitz
Monsieur Pilnitz
Impressario
Monsieur
Ostend
Karl
Big Kate
Curio
M. Trappe
M. Treppe
M. Tappe
Wonder
Siater
Chicago Labor Denounces Indianapolis Verdict in Railroading Claim
The Chicago Federation of Labor adopted resolutions denouncing the Indianapolis verdict that found thirty two men guilty of the dynamite conspiracy. It claims the men were railroaded to jail by a fixed jury and biased judge and asks labor bodies to aid the prisoners and their families.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Erector's Association
Chicago Federation
Chicago
Edwin R. Wright
Illinois Ffederation A Labor
Allies far beyond halfway to meeting Turkey
The Indianapolis News notes Rechad Pasha’s claim that allies won t meet Turkey halfway is unfounded. In fact they advanced far beyond midway and nearly reached Constantinople. The item adds a brief remark that gas is being extracted from cottonwood trees in Kansas.
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Rechad
Pasha
Turkey
Constantinople
Indianapolis News
Kansas
Tribute to a horse in the Sysonby era
The verse by Frank Fissler recalls the bond between a stable boy and horseman’s star Sysonby. It illustrates the deep trust between horse and handler, and ends with the poignant image of observers, including owners and trainers, turning away as Sysonby dies on the track.
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Frank Fissler
James R. Keene
Racer
Sysonby
Rudeness in the Theater Cited by Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal reports widespread complaints about rude theatergoers in Memphis and other cities. It notes disruptive chatter from boxes during performances at the Lyceum and Orpheum theaters, laments baring wrongdoers during holidays, and urges common courtesy to preserve others enjoyment. It calls for silencing disturbances so audience members can hear and enjoy acts.
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Memphis
Bunny
Lyceum
Orpheum Theater
Thoughtful Jane and the jam on the train car scene
A conductor halts the train for refreshments as a brave little girl claims they will eat jam in the car. The item notes a spate of high priced autos stolen in Boston and elsewhere and later recovered.
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Jane
Boston
Tuscaloosa’s Reputation Grows as State Praises City
The Tuscaloosa Times Gazette notes pride in Tuscaloosa as a crowing hustling city with praise from across Alabama. The piece highlights growing reputation and interest from other towns as the city stands out in progress and enterprise. It also mentions Denver boasting a large electric garage with room for over 200 cars.
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Tuscaloosa
Denver
The Second Year No 57 Helen Getter and Warren Return
Helen Getter is highlighted in relation to the second year issue as Warren plans a return to New York. The note frames their movements and upcoming steps, emphasizing geographic shifts and ongoing developments.
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Helen
Getter
Warren
New York
Waiting for the Return: A Tender Parting at Bedside
In a quiet room, Helen nears discharge as Warren Grows Solicitous. He urges her to eat and rest, promises a return home, and shares a hinted plan to begin their relationship anew. A sudden visit from her mother interrupts, delaying the moment of confession. Helen longs for security and love without fear of loss as he prepares to leave.
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Pelagia Petrovna
Lubenko
Volodja
Pelagio Petrovna
Golubenko
Volodia
Lenetschka
Ivan
Pelazgia Petrovna
Golebennko
Pelagio Petrowna
Gloucenko
Mabel Herbert Warren
New Yorkton
Helen
Elen
Mel
Warren
Winifred
Molly
Penrose backs Pennsylvania widowed mother pensions
Senator Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, wartime ally of the old guard, endorses a state pension plan for widowed mothers. Progressives in Harrisburg question his motive and compare the move to Lloyd George reforms and the English reform spirit. The reaction across the state suggests a political gamble by Penrose amid party tensions.
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Boise Penrose
Oli Repucan
Pennsylvania
Senate
Harrisburg
Penrose
Lloyd-George
England
Old Guard
Taft
Roosevelt
Nashville
Progressives in New Hampshire Clash Over Party Image
The Columbia State notes Democrats must prove their party is progressive despite differing methods from Rooseveltians who use the Progressive label. A science tip claims boiling glassware in a saltsolution weakens brittleness. The Mexican Northwestern net reportedly lost about $3,000,000 during the Madero Orozco revolutions.
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New Hampshire
Columbia
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Philadelphia Record
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