The Mobile Tiem Company Advertises Across Offices
The Mobile Tiem issue lists addresses in Mobile Alabama and offices in New York and Chicago. It includes rates, subscription details, and the press association affiliations for the Smith Company and Associated Press and International News Service.
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New York
Chicago
Fifth Ave
Lytton
Smith Company
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Rendy
Eeth Babel
Bell
Encouraging Signs From Early 1910s Industry Reports
Reports from Grosvenordale, Cleveland, Thompson, and St Louis note wage increases for cotton mill workers and telephone operators. John S. Kent forecasts New England shoe trade stability despite tariffs. National City Bank to join the federal reserve system. A Chicago Tribune reader weighs in on Wilson prospects. Overall, forecasters say business and industry will improve as 1916 approaches.
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John S. Kent
New England Shoe and Leather Association
New England
National City Bank
Federal Reserve System
C. S. Hammond
St. Louis
Chicago Tribune
Wilson
Aea
Hienspeca
Shippers Seek Rail Rate Increase Before ICC
Shippers urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit higher railroad rates. They state willingness to pay a small increase in hopes of improved business conditions and note that railroad cutbacks yet rising costs demand timely action to avoid further harm to industry.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Geome
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Splitting Legal Hairs on New York Workmen’s Comp Amendment
A discussion of New York voters approving a constitutional amendment to permit a workmen’s compensation act, Governor Glynn calling a special session, and the ensuing dispute over whether the amendment has taken effect and the legislature’s action remains valid. The piece notes political shifts and ongoing quibbling over the legal status.
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New York State
Glynn
New York Sun
New York
New York Workmen's Compensation
Feagin's Alabama plan for community education drives counties survey
The piece outlines Late Superintendent William F Feagin's push for organized community education in Covington Macon and Morgan counties. It stresses surveys of economic agricultural sanitary and educational conditions to build cooperative communities and boost state prosperity.
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County Schooly
William F. ‘Feagin
Alabama
Feagin
Covington
Macon
Morgan
Consolidated
United Community School
Commonwealth
Philander C. Claxton
Congress
United States
Claxton
Atlanta Constitution
Doubly Wounded Banquet Attendant Hides Missing Tips
A banquet ends with a cloakroom attendant distressed after guests steal his decoy tip. The guest notes the attendant’s gloom and sighs as he explains the loss of money. The narrator adds a homely proverb about near defeat when plans are revealed.
Giddap the retired drag horse seeks new pastures in city oddity
A humorous tale recounts Giddap riding toward a central district, arrested for indecent exposure, then entering a government street lodging house where the horse smells hash. Veterinarians note the behavior as horse psychology, suggesting Giddap was visiting an old home.
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Giddap
Government Street
Spending Uncle Sam's Money
Six auditors oversee all government expenditures on the order of the comptroller of the treasury. They independently judge legality, with no recourse to the president or secretary of the treasury. The system, tracing checks from requisition to cash, emphasizes accountability and safeguarding public funds.
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Uncle Sam
Interior Department
Navy Department
State
Post Office Department
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Comptroller of the Treasury
United States
Congres
The
Supreme Court
Reclamation Service
War Department
Panaia Canal
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
Iss
Union Indian Agency
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Comptroller
Secretary of Agriculture
Atlantic
Shaw
Auditor
Wil
Insular Affairs Bureau Shapes US Territories Role
Washington Letter explains the Bureau of Insular Affairs as a key War Department unit handling Philippines Porto Rico and Dominican Republic finances and governance. Gen Frank McIntyre leads the bureau shaping colonial administration and education efforts in the islands while Manila and Santo Domingo revenues and bonds are managed as receivership actions.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
War Department
Bureau Insular Affairs
United States
Dominion Republic
Uncle Sam
Chinery
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Frank McIntyre
Edwards’ Tant
Philippines
Porto Rico
Dominican Republic
Alaska
Hawaii
Guam
U. States
Great Britain
Department of Interior
Navy Department
Navy
Isle Evers
Gen
McIntyre
Philipine Islands
Domin Republic
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Mobile. Item Company, Inc
BMA EL/ STREET
Mobile, Ala
Mobile
Grosvenordale Company
Providence
Cleveland Telephone Company
Thompson
Connecticut
Community Education
the Auditors
Frederick J. Haskin
Tear Daventer
Ouen
Winsomme
Lantes
Wieert
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