Mobile Item Founding and 1910 Reorganization Details
The Mobile Item FOUNDED N. 1881 reorganized and reestablished April 1910. Sunday Morning Mobile Item Company ing. 10 18 St. Emanuel Street Mobile Ala. C Van Antwerp is President C B Hanson Vice President and Gen Manager Albert P Bush Secretary and Treasurer John C O Connell Editor. Full Associated Press and International News Service. Member Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Advertising at 226 Fifth Ave New York. Subscription prices and carrier options listed.
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Mobile Item Item Company
ING
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
ALA
C. van Antwerp
C. B. Hanson
Albert P. Bush
John C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Ger
Als
Fifth Ave
New York
News Bell
Home
Bell
Mobile News Opinion on Comer Era and School Bond
The Mobile commentaries reassess Governor Comer’s tenure 1907 to 1911, noting treasury surplus turned debt and urging a free legislature. Local editors urge Mobile voters to back a $150,000 school bond, arguing funds come from current city income and stressing education as Mobile’s duty and progress marker.
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B. B. Comer
Alabama
Comer
Mobile
Atlantic Seaboard
Montgomery
Birmingham Age-Herald
Cleveland
Blount County
Canal Celebration Sparks Mobile Education Bond Drive
For a week Mobile and suburbs focus on a school bond issue while canal celebration work continues. A Whistler rally drew the largest turnout yet as committees mobilize residents. Tonight Monroe Park hosts lantern-slide show from government views of the canal era, under Southern Commercial Congress and Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Whistler
Editor Nelson in Missouri Contempt Case Sparks Press Debate
The Kansas City Star editor faces court actions for criticising a Missouri court and a Memphis News-Scimitar editor is cited for contempt over publishing testimony stricken from record. The unanswered questions about innocence hinge on whether a newspaper can be judged by facts admitted to record. Courts contain material of public interest even when removed from the record.
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Nelson
Kansas City Star
Aim
Missouri
Memphis News- Scimitar
Memphis
The Jingoes and the Debt That Forces War
The piece argues that modern war hinges on money rather than glory. It cites Japan’s 1.4 billion yen debt, warns against jingoism with Pacific tensions, and notes that debt, not romance, fuels state violence. Congressman Hobson is urged to heed the warning.
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Pacific
Europe
United States
Japan
Baron Takahashi
Bankers’ Club of
Tokyo
Aarm
Western Pacific
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Nippon
Russia
Hobson
Alaska Census Reveals Sparse Population and Untapped Wealth
The 1910 official count lists Alaska at 64,356 inhabitants in 577,390 square miles, growing only 764 since 1900. Native Indians and Chinese and Japanese residents make up a large share, with few white women, and calls for development to aid growth.
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Alaska
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
Ways to Catch Trout and Court Sweethearts
An Outlook writer compares the uncertainty of fish catching to courting. A Canadian potterer on Prince Edward Island boasts a heavy first settler while describing methods to lure trout with dry fly and “ways fer catchin trout.” The tale ends with the old sportsman’s quip about home and papa.
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Outlook
Prince Edward Island
Canada
New Orleans
Government battles Brazilian coffee trust over two years
Washington notes two year struggle between the U S government and the Brazilian coffee trust. Congress cites a claimed saving of 20 million dollars for coffee buyers as price cuts followed investigations into a syndicate of bankers and Brazil’s coffee sales. Senate considers further action while a new anti trust import law seeks to curb future abuses.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
United States
Congress
Neeley
Kansas
Brazil
New York
Wickersham
Herman Steicken
New York City
Department of Justice
Herman Siebcken
International Committee
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Sam
Norris
State Department
Would. Co
Senate
A Line of Cheer Each Day o the Year
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs on idleness and leisure noting that distress stems from idle living while victory comes from proper use of leisure and urging men to discern the difference.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Society Eyes Boy’s Decline as Girls Draw Attention
Detroit Free Press laments neglect of boys amid focus on girls wages and morality. It urges protection for youths drifting to movies and vaudeville, noting street education toward debasement and evils beyond law enforcement. It cites cocaine use and cigarette staining among schoolboys and questions who supplies such goods.
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Detroit Free Press
New York Times says sentimentality on the decline
The New York Times editorially questions the decline of sentimentality in the United States noting an excess of emotion among some writers. It argues the public stays level headed and distinguishes sentiment from sentimentality though many are affected.
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The
New York Times
United States
Cincinnati Times-Star
Will L and N Purchase Birmingham Line Foreclosure
In a federal court foreclosure order Judge Pardee appointed Victor L. Smith as special master to sell the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic and related properties. Railroad circles expect Louisville and Nashville to buy the line to bridge the middle west with the south Atlantic coast, with Frisco and Illinois Central previously linked to such hopes. Investment totals about 36 million. receivers certificates of 4.7 million were not retired.
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Don Pardee
Federal Court
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Louisville, and Nashville
Louisville and Nashville
Middle West
South Atlantic Coast
H. M. Atkinson
E. T. Lamb
Victor Smith
Pardee
Victor L. Smith
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Georgia Terminal Company
Alabama Railroad Terminal Company
H. M.atkinson
New York
E T. Lamb
Atlanta, Birmingham and
Nashville
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Western
Nashville, Chattanooga
Frisco
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Brunswick
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Central Georgia Railroad
jAtlanta, Birmingham and
Louisville and
Louisville
Georgia Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Montgomery
Waycross
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Samuel H. Pillsbury
Boston
Slaton & Phillips
Old Colony Trust Company
Rosser & Brandon
Masefield’s Virtues in The Everlasting Mercy
Gilbert Thomas analyzes John Masefield’s The Everlasting Mercy praising its wide appeal. He notes three elements heighten emotion, including transformation of a Gloucester shire village poacher turned briefly toward goodness through a Quaker woman. The piece links street corner Salvation Army spirit with ethereal beauty and celebrates regeneration amid vivid contrasts.
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Gilbert Thomas
John Masefield
Gloucestershire
Blackguard
Salvation Army
New York Evening Post
Brahe Fade Remark Sparks Markets Conversation
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a remark on branding a remedy as a Brahe Fade. The odd spelling is said to draw attention while critics suggest it hints at the need to try one’s own medicine.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Americans Shed Coats for Golf Sparking British Critique
Letters to newspapers lament American trend of playing golf in sweaters or with dirt showing. Critics say the change undermines traditions of the game while Boston Globe notes cheerful play at Franklin Park.
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Great Britain
Pshaw
Franklin Park
Boston Globe
Private Teacher-College Notices Add Best References
Fragmentary classifieds show private tutors and college men seeking references or leaving job posts. Readable lines suggest ad style requests for recommendations and employment context.
Crowd Booing After Pinch Hitters Strikes Out
A derisive crowd voices scorn as a confident pinch hitter swings and strikes out, highlighting the gap between expectation and result in a tense moment.
Bankers hold off on currency bill changes under Holland
New York bankers say they will suggest improvements but avoid actions that would imply surrender of national charters. They warn potential shifts to state banking, discuss past exemptions for Bank of Commerce and American Exchange, and note current practices on legal reserves and currency circulation by national banks.
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New York
Washington
Congress
United States
Lincoln
New York City
Bank of Commerce
American Exchange Bank
Clearing House
Clearing House Associatione
Federal Board of Control
Holland
What Father Liked in the All Aboard Show
Raymond Hubbell recalls his Urbana Ohio upbringing and his father’s reaction to the musical Fantana. Hubbell, once a clerk, faced parental doubt but pursued production, learning his father admired the Tammany song he did not write.
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Lew Fields
Raymond Hubbell
Hubbell
Urbana
Ohio
Fantana
Raymond
Tammany
Corey
Houston Chronicle
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Advertiser
Washington Comment
Birmingham Line
Atlanta Constitution
Masefield
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