Mobile Item Company Reorganizes in 1910
The Mobile Item Company, Inc. re established at 10 18 St Emanuel St Mobile Ala with James C van Antwerp as President and NELL as Vice President and Gen Manager John C OConner as Editor and Albert Hanson managing foreign advertising The paper distributes via mail and carrier in Mobile and surrounding areas and lists its phone numbers and offices in Mobile and New York City.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel ST
Mobile
Ala
James C van Antwerp
C, Senne Pais
Nell Eee
John C. O’'Con
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Fifth Ave
New York
Bell
Home
Reform Needed on Wife's Testimony in Mobile Murder Case
A Mobile murder trial highlighted the unfair common law rule that a wife cannot testify about her husband's case or defend herself on moral character. Alabama has not updated this rule, though other states have statutes allowing the wife to testify for or against her husband. The Mobile case is cited as strong evidence for legislative revision in the next session.
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Mobile
O'Neal
Alabama
High School Civics Aims to Shape Nation's Citizens
Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the United States Bureau of Education argues high school social science and history courses should aim at developing good citizenship. He notes 1.3 million American students can gain a social point of view through practical civics, stressing local health, housing, poverty, crime, savings, and community resources as core topics.
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Thomas Jesse Jones
United States Bureau of Education
United States
Obedience at Sea Puts Lifes and Ships at Risk
Baltimore Sun recounts the Mount Oswald disaster to parallel the Titanic loss. The Newcastle Board of Trade probes claims that owners forced risky sailing after a February departure from Baltimore. The captain warned of water in the forepeak and urged dry docking, but was overruled.
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Baltimore Sun
Mount Oswald
Newcastle
England
New York
Baltimore
capWin
Newcastle Board of Trade
Sun
Lacks Definite Policy Toward Mexico
The article reports that Secretary Bryan has no clear policy for Mexico and notes anti American sentiment, an anonymous threat to the U S embassy, and Wilson's ambassadorial recall to discuss the Mexican situation as Americans flee the country. It describes broad concern in Washington and ongoing Chautauqua engagements by Bryan.
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Mexico
Bryan
Wilson
Washington
State Department
Galveston
Tampico
Sag Harbor Sees Rebirth Through Recreation and Civic Spirit
The Sag Harbor community gains a field house athletic grounds and a recreation director. Moving pictures dancing and band concerts are offered to stir local life echoing Roosevelt era calls for community recreation and social renewal. Bryan criticized for salary remarks stirring Washington reaction.
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Sag Harbor
Russell Sage
Roosevelt
Conuntry Tife
Hooper as a Financier in Tennessee Politics
The Nashville Democrat argues B W Hooper is not a businesslike governor. It cites a plan to fund debt at 3.75 percent but says Hooper’s actions led to issuing one year notes at 7 percent on about 8.22 million dollars, leaving over three million to be handled before October 1. The piece contrasts Democratic and Hooper plans and asks taxpayers for judgment.
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B. W. Hooper
Hooper
Tennessee
Nashville Democrat
Airs For A Man With A Fine Graphophone
A Courier Journal remark suggests a man with a graphophone may justify pretension, noting the device's stylish appeal in social or public display.
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Courier-Journal
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
A poem by John Kendrick Bangs reflects on nature's mood swings from oppressive sunshine to a dark storm cloud, then a restored serene scene. The speaker argues morals can be learned from nature, countering the says there are none.
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John Kendrick
Bangs
Wilsons to Wed in Simple White House Ceremony
Washington rumor mill buzzes over Jessie Woodrow Wilson’s November wedding to Francis Bowes Sayre of New York. The president insists on democratic simplicity with few uniforms or display, in contrast to past White House nuptials.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Wilson
Jessie Woodrow
Francis Bowes Sayre
New York
White House
John Smith
Mary Jones
National
Woodrow Wilson
Kent
Bryan
Bonnevelt- Longworth
New York City
Alice Roosevelt
Luck
Payne Washington
Madison
Judge Todd
Kentucky
Anna Todd
John G. Jackson
Virginia
Alphonse Yven Vagot
Mary Saston
President Jackson
Lucien B. Polk
Marton
Lewis Dardeiph
Elizabeth Tyler
William Waller
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Algernon Sartoris. Te Eat Tanta ‘Platt, Neice of ‘President’ Hayes
Gen. Kings
Eign Sarees
Frances Folsom
New York Central Eyes Landmark 167 Million Bond Issue
The Interstate Commerce Commission will review New York Central Railroad’s plan to issue about 167 million dollars in four percent bonds to refinance Lake Shore bonds at three and a half percent. The merger idea would place Lake Shore under Central as a holding arrangement, with bond readjustments key to the strategy.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
New York Central Railroad Company
United States
York Centre Company
Lake Shore Railroad Company
New York Central
Lake Shore
Lake Shore Railroad
James Speyer
Europe
Clearing-House Association
Speyer
New York City
Ashbel Fitch
H. McK. Twombley
Twombley
Vanderbilt Party
William K. Vanderbilt
Lake Shore Company
New-York Central
Interstate Commerce
Perils of Party Line Phone Reach a South Carolina Parish
The Columbia Record reports a Macon Georgia inspired tale of a party line telephone causing scandal in the First Christian church. An engaged couple’s private talk was overheard and misinterpreted by a neighbor who set a trap. Elders exonerated the choir director and Mrs Lester but urged caution and sympathy for those harmed.
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Ben
David Lamar
Wall Street
the Wolf
Macon
First Christian Church
Lester
Charlton
Jenkins
Columbia
S.C
New York Central Merges Multiple Railroads in Major Consolidation
The New York Central advances a comprehensive plan to consolidate its railroad holdings. It has acquired Harlem railroad stock, Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg shares, and issued debenture bonds to finance the merger. A year later stockholders approved full consolidation and Rutland stock was sold to New Haven. An Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry is expected to serve as a lesson in large scale financing and centralization.
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New York Central
Rutland
New Haven Railroad Company
New York Public Service Commission
New Haven
New York Central Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
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