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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1913

Page

4

National Education Association Convention Opens in Salt Lake Tabernacle

Salt Lake hosts a large National Education Association convention with general and departmental sessions in the Mormon Tabernacle and Saltair activities. Prominent speakers include P. P. Claxton E C Elliott W A Jessup E B Craighead C A Duniway Grumman A B Storm and others from major universities and institutions across the United States.

Ornational News Service Salt Lake National Educational Association General National Council of the Association Mormon Tabernacle National Council Suzallo Tabernacle Saltair United States Commissioner of Education P. P. Claxton E. C. Eliott University of Wisconsin W. A. Jessup University of Iowa E. B. Craighead University of Montana Cc. A. Duniway University of Wyoming Grumman University of Nebraska A. B. Storm University of Minnesota Francis E. Raymond San Francisco New York City Moowe Baltimore Dr. Lewis International Y. M. C. A. Committee F. L. Anderson Oregon Ida Mendenhall Genesee N. Y Mary E. Hall Brooklyn B. B. Davenport Carnegie Institution Washington, D. C W. H. Pyle The University

Illinois Women Vote in First Suffrage Tests

July 5 reports show women in Libertyville, North Chicago, and Wamac participating in first elections under the new suffrage law. Libertyville voters face a $10,000 bond issue for city hall, while North Chicago women decide a school bond and Wamac women vote on village corporation completion.

Chicago Illinois Libertyville Schols Wamac Centralia

Revenue Receipts Rise Sharply in Alabama Mississippi District

Special to The Item Birmingham June 6 Internal revenue receipts for the Alabama and Mississippi district for the seal year 1913 rose by 441 644 91 over 1912 to 1 102 962 46 with corporation tax leading gains at 638 704 26 The June 1913 total reached 146 412 81 up nearly 7 000 from June 1912 and the largest June item was corporation taxes totaling 122 756 87.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Mississippi Wright

Sensational Slide by Minnie Fisher at Monroe Park

Miss Minnie Fisher performs a sensational act tonight at Monroe Park sliding by teeth suspended on a cable from the water tower to a point 400 feet away. Public curiosity swirls as crowds gather to witness the daring stunt and its perilous distance.

Minnie Fisher Monroe Park Atlantic City N. J Chelsea Ostend

Pacific Coast Outlook After Panama Canal opens

Seattle July 5 The National Conference of Charities and Correction opened with Mayor Cotterill framing a westward civilization surge. He cites Pacific America’s rapid growth, the Panama Canal as a gateway to Western Europe, and Seattle and Washington state expanding toward five to eight million inhabitants in twenty five years.

Pacific Pacific America Western Europe Eastern America Asia Rocky Mountains Coast State of Washington Seattle Panama Canal Pacific Vivo Caas Washington Cae Pees

Treat Insanity as an Infection Proposes Preventive Psychiatry

Dr J G Fitzgerald of Berkeley California argues in the New York Medical Journal for a preventive mental health campaign linked to treatment. He calls for hospital level public lectures, family outreach, and education on alcohol and hereditary factors to curb insanity.

Fitzgerald

Former Maine Congressman Tied to Lobby Charges

The former Maine congressman and author of Roosevelt era trust legislation is alleged to have been elected to Congress with funds from the National Association of Manufacturers.

Maine Roosevelt Trust National Association of Manufacturers’ Money

I Want a Wife in a Shingle Message Sparks West Coast Wedding

Royal M. La Flower a shingle mill employee in Port Angeles Washington married Miss May Matteson of Munroe Pennsylvania after sending a May 1913 message on a shingle seeking a wife. Matteson arrived in Seattle with her family and the couple wed with Rev. George Kindred as pastor.

la Flower Dunmore Scraton Times Scranton Matteson West George Kindred Seattle M. H. Cushing

Death by Own Action Rock Claims Ute Niece

Zanaida niece of Chief Whispering Pine of the Ute reservation leaped from Death by Own Action Rock a famed stone monument linked to grim tragedies. She was courted by several young braves including Conconino whose name appears in the fragment.

Tragic Tribal Love Triangle Ends in Death

Zanaida, a girl of the Elk Tooth tribe, loved Elk Tooth who abandoned her for another girl. In despair she died, her body found by Concnino who, grief stricken, carried her back to camp.

Elk Tooth Zanaida Concnonino

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