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Publication dated July 4 1913 from Mobile Alabama features brief notices and local items typical of a community page with short notes and announcements.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
6
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs celebrates Independence Day as a personal declaration of freedom from tyranny and fear. The speaker vows to cast off selfishness cynicism and captiousness and embrace a life under a smiling sky of hope and goodwill toward all.
Debate over Clarke amendment threatens cotton futures and small buyers
A telegraphed warning from W B Thompson to the National Farmers Union argues the Clarke amendment would destroy cotton futures markets, force producers to hold cotton, and leave buyers at the mercy of large operators. It warns exchanges provide price information and orderly trade. without them, chaos and foreign buyers could dominate.
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Clarke
National Farmers’ Union
W. B. Thompson
New Orleans
Cotton Belt
America
Thompson
The Modest Goethals at Homecoming and Hero Worship
A portrait of General George W. Goethals as a modest figure who transformed the continent with the Panama Canal. He rejects hero worship and seeks quiet home life, preferring to read home papers and rest rather than accept a flood of medals and public fanfare.
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George W. Goethals
United States Army
Goethals
Bankers Seek Clear Money Authority Over United States Currency
A former president of the New York State Bankers Association argues that bankers nationwide favor no rigid final authority on currency. He warns that absolute, unappealable control by a federal reserve board would distort supervision, and stresses the need to distinguish money from bank credits while noting checks form the core of U.S. currency in daily commerce.
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Medical College of University
Journal of the American Medical Association
University of Alabama
Journal of the American Association
Journal
Alabama
American Medical Association
Medical Department
Mobile
Council On Education of the American Medical Association
Bondurant
Minneapolis
Education Department of New York
University of Alabama At
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
United States
State Bank
Washington
Central Bank of Reserve
United States Bank
Andrew Jackson
Eee
D City
New York Clearing House Association
San Francisco
Portland
Maine
Bankers’ Association
The Lottery Ticket That Changed a Life in Madrid
A disheveled girl sells a lottery ticket to a man outside a Madrid cafe. He buys it for twenty five thousand dollars, loses the ticket, and the subsequent search ends in heartbreak and guilt. Years later, he marries the girl and finds happiness, tied to a strange twist of fate.
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Senor
Madrid
Porta del So
Cal de Montera
Summer Heat Tied to Personal Crises and Suicides
The piece argues heat seasons trigger mental strain and self harming acts. It notes scientists’ puzzlement over why summer raises crises and reduces stamina and willpower, implying a link between hot weather and increased personal turmoil.
Wise Thinking Dictates Prosperity Not Adversity
Quote from the Philadelphia Ledger stresses that modern wisdom focuses on prosperity rather than adversity, warning that evil suggestion harms politically and physiologically.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Time Chastens Reflections On Barefoot Days
A reflective piece contrasts longing for simple youth with present awareness. The narrator muses on philosophical thoughts from many minds and the harsh lessons time has imposed.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Casiey
Oreman
Holland
the Lottery
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