The Mobile Item Company Advertisement and Editorial
A fragmented 1914 Mobile newspaper page shows the Mobile Item Company address at 16-18 St Emanuel Street and Chicago office details at Lytton Building. It includes subscription rates, telephone lines, and editorial aims promoting informed public discourse and moral principles.
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Hobson and Underwood Debate Roles in Senate Choice
The piece contrasts Captain Hobson with Oscar Underwood, urging Alabama voters to elect a working senator over a lecturing propagandist. It extols Underwood as a capable lawmaker while criticizing Hobson as a self promoter, likening the choice to Woodrow Wilson versus Ty Cobb.
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Hobson
Oscar Underwood
Department of Agriculture
Underwood
Alabama
Ways and Eans
Woodrow Wilson
Ty Cobb
Captain Hobson
Senate
Congress
Wilson returns from coast rest in fine health
President Wilson comes back to Washington from Pass Christian after a three week rest on the Mississippi coast. Reports say the stay improved his health and spirit, with mild winter weather and warm coastal welcome renewing optimism for his winter visitant role.
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Wilson
Washington
Mississippi
Mississippi Sound
Making the Home Real in Farm Life Decline
The piece argues cities lure rural youth away as farmers neglect family comfort. It blames farmers and praises home improvements as a solution, noting city dwellers enjoy water, bath and electricity while farm life remains drudge labor. Installing affordable machines could attract children back to farms.
Taft for Supreme Court Rumor Circulates
A Pass Christian visitor from New York relays a rumor that President Wilson may appoint ex President Taft to the Supreme Court upon Chief Justice White’s retirement for age. Taft declined to comment when asked by the New York Herald.
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Christian
New York
Wilson
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United States Supreme Court
White
Taft
New York Herald
Pass Christian
Sugar Trust Plan Rejected In Government Anti-Trust Negotiations
The American Sugar Refining Company and the Department of Justice ended settlement talks after the government rejected a drastic company plan to restructure. The firm would scale back cane refinery and beet sugar holdings, reducing its share of national output to near half of its 1892 level.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Department of Justice
Havemeyers
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph
Western Union
Wilson
McReynolds
No Comfort For Morse In Bid For Congressional Probe
Congressional members see no clear evidence of official misconduct to justify a full inquiry into Charles W Morse and his National Banking Act conviction. Some argue Morse faced harsh sentence but the majority doubt a wider banking scandal warrants investigation. Senator Hoke Smith is not inclined to push broader banking inquiries in 1907.
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Charles W. Morse
Congress
Morse
Atlanta
Senate
House
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Dual Buffalo Nickels Spark nationwide confusion
The United States government clarified that two genuine buffalo nickels exist in different designs of the same year. Reports from street railways, stores, banks, and treasuries claimed counterfeit status, prompting an official statement to vouch for the new coin design and curb confusion.
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United States Service Agencies
Cuba and Jamaica export contrasts in climate and crops
The piece compares Cuba and Jamaica within a hundred miles and similar climates but stark export differences. Cuba depends on sugar and tobacco, while Jamaica shifts to bananas, coffee, cocoa, logwood, and rum, with sugar minimal. Land tenure and labor patterns are proposed as key factors.
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Cuba
Jamaica
Chicago Journal
Washington Letter says office seekers shape dodging politicians
Victor Elliott notes office seekers drive promise making and dodging in politics. He cites party loyalty, favors for insiders, and a drift toward an aristocratic system as officials dodge callers. He details ways cabinet and congressional leaders evade demanding appointments and public scrutiny.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
War
Navy
Congress
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
Capitol
Hendy D. Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
Two Sisters Encounter in City Square
Julia Marvin and Delaine share a tense public meeting as he asks to be friends. She declines favors and maintains rules while they wander to a shaded square and discuss their uneasy connection amid urban dereliction and social pressures.
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Delaine Alter
Julia Marvin
Delaine
Julia
Marvin
Mr. Delaine
Cold Weather Theorized In Health Advice And A Domestic Twist
A modern health essay argues cold tolerance is habit and exposure builds resilience, illustrated by a Swiss sanatorium scene and a brisk bath in snow. A fictional encounter unfolds with Julia, Delaine, and Daryl, revealing deception about a child’s whereabouts and prompting concern about Somerdyke.
Derelicts Afloat and Ashore Oil Carrier Oklahoma Split
A drifting forward half of the oil carrier Oklahoma, torn in two eighty miles northeast of the Delaware Capes, is described as a derelict destroyer yet typically serves as a salvor of abandoned craft in this item from News.
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Oklahoma
Delaware Capes
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