Mobile Press Story on Port Trade and Rail Cooperation
A 1913 Mobile article compares Mobile and New Orleans port facilities. It cites Jacksonville’s energetic port push and argues railroads and Munson Steamship’s Mobile link boost trade to South America, urging similar cooperation for Jacksonville and broader Southern export growth.
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Munson Steamship Company
Jacksonville
Florida
Jacksonville Times-Union
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The Glutton Is a Deadly Forest Creature
A detailed tale follows a notorious glutton known to locals by name. He stalks traps set by a trapper, destroying baits and captured prey including a sable and a fox, while wolves and a lynx watch. Cornered atop a tree by dawn, he remains until the trapper ends him with a shot.
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Siriy Senna
Judge Kavanaugh Election Boosts Baseball Standing
Judge W M Kavanaugh elected to the United States senate from Arkansas is praised as a sign of baseball's rising stature. The article notes his able character and links his sport to public esteem, with Mobile expressing widespread satisfaction over his senate election.
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United States Senate
Arkansas
Judge Kavanaugh
Senate
South
Mobile
Stop Drifting Grow Stronger Harvest Aim in Southern Agriculturist
The Southern Agriculturist urges farmers to set definite improvement stakes this year. Tackle fence and barn remodeling, upgrade waterworks, add sunlit windows, relocate garden near the kitchen, plant early peaches and apples, and pursue several manageable contracts to raise efficiency.
Point at Issue in Corporation Tax Case Looms in Supreme Court
Five suits in federal appellate courts and numerous actions in district courts seek interpretation of the corporation tax law in the McCoach case. The dispute questions whether a railroad rented out by another railroad is liable for tax on rental income even if it does not operate the line. The Third Circuit ruled for the railroad, while the government escalated to the Supreme Court. Some 100 similar cases involve rent receiving corporations across telegraph and railroad sectors.
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Supreme Court
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Internal Revenue
United States Court of Appeals For
Third Circuit
Patronage Fight Shapes New Progressive Party Movement
A Senate caucus led by Senator Cullom flags a contest over patronage as the clash tests whether the Progressives will supplant Republicans after March 4. The dispute centers on securing federal offices to aid party power and pursuit of the presidency in 1916.
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Roosevelt Talks With General Reanier On Garment Union
A report states Colonel Roosevelt discussed labor peace with the International Ladies Garment Work ers Union in New York. Measures are being considered to influence the legislature and gain union support.
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International Ladies Garment Work
New York
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Labor council debates army enlistment ban
A resolution was introduced in the California state labor convention barring any member of organizations tied to the state building trades council from enlisting in the U.S. army or state militia. The proposal aims to test organized labor’s stance on war and immigration and prompts questions about its effect on national defense.
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State Building Trades Council of California
United States Army
Diversions and Opinions Stir Readers Across Cities
Excerpts from multiple papers reveal mixed public sentiment on religion in theaters, cultural dances, wealth justice, flexible currency, and political proposals. Readers reference clashing views from Chattanooga to New Orleans on moral decorum and economic change.
The Queen of Women Crowned By a Mother’s Love
Zeus invites all women to name the worthiest. One by one they offer noble lifeworks, but a gentle mother steps forward. She speaks little, but her life of selfless care for children earns the crown. Zeus proclaims, the mother is the queen of all women.
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Ohio bill seeks to regulate lobbyists at the capital
The Ohio legislature advances a measure to register lobbyists and force disclosure of which measures they back or oppose. Critics note some lawmakers have faced jail over bribe votes, while supporters say not all lobbyists are corrupt and public confidence must be guarded.
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Socalled Shipping Trust
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile and Ohio
Munson Steamship Company
Munson Company
Munson
Ohio
Pittsburg
New Orleans
New York Judge Pushes Whipping Post for Juveniles
Classified notice notes a sensational claim about a New York judge advocating corporal punishment for juvenile offenders and critiques parents use of harsh discipline. The fragmentary text cites a debate on juvenile justice and public whipping theories.
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Married Life the Second Year Three
Helen sneaks a luncheon surprise at Warren Curtis's office restaurant and intrudes on his table with Mr Reed and two associates. Warren's irritation grows as Helen tries to justify her visit while the bill, unpaid by Warren, lands awkwardly on the luncheon party.
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Imaginary Sickness Theory from Sienkanty Thinking
A fragment describes a belief that people attract illness by concentrating on sickness. It claims fear and constant imagining of diseases like pneumonia and consumption can induce genuine symptoms, a mental influence over the body rather than real contagion.
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