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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1913

Page

4

Mobile newspaper ad snippet shows association charges

Fragmentary OCR shows named individuals and offices in Mobile Alabama with advertising rates and mailing options. Mentions John C. O Connell and Albert Hanson in a publishing context. Provides rates for Daily and Sunday subscriptions and mobile delivery details.

Aneady Tsees Eee John C. O'Connell Ational News Ser Southern Albert Hanson Mobile Ala Fifth Ave New York MAIL Carrina Bell Home GS Mobile Alabama

Arbitration Averts Rail Strike Of Eighty Thousand

The Newlands Clayton act will allow eighty thousand eastern rail conductors and trainmen to submit wage disputes to arbitration. Railroads warn higher wages raise operating costs and may slow safety improvements. The Item notes Hobson's absence during Mulhall inquiry and urges full investigation in line with a square deal.

Eastern Railways Cincinnati United States House of Representatives R. P. Hobson Alabama Hobson Congress Senate Washington Joseph F. Johnston Levy New York House Henry Texas Mulhall Hobgan

Vindication of State Jail Inspector

Dr W H Oates praised for exposing filthy jail conditions in Montgomery County and prompting a $1500 overhaul. Sheriff Hood ordered repainting, cleaning and improved bedding, cots, and weekly laundry. Prisoner food quality reportedly improved, with many inmates welcoming the changes.

W. H. Oates State Inspector of Prisons Factries Montgomery County Montgomery Oates Dr. Oates Cheney Horace Hood

Clubs and the Rural School’s Growing Role

A C Monahan of the United States Bureau of Education notes that boys and girls corn and tomato clubs are increasingly integrated with rural schools. The movement aids better farming, living conditions, and schooling, with canning clubs rising in importance. Government support expands beyond the South to the North and West, aligning with state colleges of agriculture and using schools as the educational medium.

A. C. Monahan United States Bureau of Education Monahan State Colleges of Agriculture Alabama Polytechnic Institute Food and Dairy Inspection Authorities United States Mobile Alabama Agricultural Institute

Immigration law flaw shown by Ellis Island case

A German lad detained at Ellis Island for lack of funds and unaccompanied status prompts Governor Adolph Eberhart of Minnesota to advocate admission under more humane rules. The piece notes the need to consider vulnerable entries and parallels a past case from 33 years ago involving Adolph Olson Eberhart.

Ellis Island Minnesota Adolph Olson Nebraska Adolph O. Eberhart Eberhart

Grand jury to probe winter poker players in Jefferson City

A Kansas City Star playful note says a grand jury will seek who played poker in Jefferson City last winter. It laments that in the old days finding non players would be harder.

Jefferson City Kansas City

Chicago urged to keep temper in hot weather warns

Chicago health department urges citizens to stay calm during heat as a reminder to avoid conflict in high temperatures amid a rise in crime like pickpocketing and burglaries reported in the city.

Chicago Health Department Detroit Free Press

Parental Wet Blanket Sparks Quiet Theater Dress Rehearsal

In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a snappy exchange centers on a character named Brown performing the turkey trot. The line hints at a fatherly gaze watching from the wings and adds a humorously wary domestic note to a stage moment.

Brown Cleveland Plain Dealer

A LINE O CHEER Daily Year Reflection Dialog

A dialogue sketches daily cheer and wonder about the sun and stars, origin and fate. A speaker questions cosmic origins and a woman's heart, then finds renewed faith as doubt fades. The verses unfold as a small inner chat about meaning and belief.

Romantic tale of New York Centrals vast consolidation

The article recalls J P Morgan a bold plan to merge New York Central and its affiliates with giant financing, possibly a one billion dollar investment. It notes the West Shore absorption and a tale of Commodore Van Santvoord offering cash aid to William H Vanderbilt for a six million check, and tells of Dr W Seward Webb pursuing an Adirondack line once doubted by peers yet linked to the Vanderbilt circle.

New York J. P. Morgan & Co New York Central Lake Shore West Shore J. P. Morgan Morgan Vanderbilts Vanderbilt William H. Vanderbilt Mr. Vanderbilt Commodore van Santvoord Commodore Utica Adirondack Woods Montreal W. Seward Webb Adirondack Adirondacks Webb Rutland Railroad Ogdensburg Rutland Burlington Adirondack Railroad Alps Rome Watertown and Lake Ontario Niagara Falls Niagara Chicago Dr. Webb Rome Watertown New Haven Railroad SeWard Webb Ottawa Wel Holland

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