The Mobile Item Reorganizes Under New Management 1910
The Mobile Item Company reorganizes and reestablishes in Mobile with P B Bush as editor and C Van Antwerp as advertising manager. The paper highlights trunk line telephones interconnecting departments and lists offices in Mobile and New York. Daily and Sunday editions cost four dollars and nine cents per year.
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Mobile Item Company
ING
ST. Emanuel ST
Mobile
Mobile and Suburbe
der Woem
Tan C .van Antwerp
Eee
P. Bush
Rotary and
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Ale
Fifth Ave
New York
MAIL
Hanson
Bell
Home
Alabama
Medical inspection and states rights in early 20th century policy
Dr. Claxton extols school medical supervision and the hygienic movement while a long discussion critiques states rights in railroad rates and the Pure Food and Drugs Act. It notes U.S. education policy, mobile health programs, and calls for federal‑state cooperation through periodic conferences to harmonize standards.
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Claxton
United States
Mobile
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Carl Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Alsberg
Washington
Bristow Resolution Draws Fire Over Salary Debate
The Dallas News condemns Senator Bristow for a resolution asking what salary would permit Secretary of State Bryan to live comfortably. It argues the move insults national dignity and invites international ridicule, while noting Bryan’s own remarks sparked the controversy.
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Dallas News
Bristow
Bryan
Dallas
New Stage of Legal Development by Roscoe Pound
Harvard professor Roscoe Pound contributes to an American Sociological Society article on the new stage of legal development. The piece traces a shift from strict law to socialized law, prioritizing social interests and the satisfaction of human wants alongside individual rights within a evolving global legal framework. It notes natural rights as distinct from legal rights and cites the social sciences as guiding this reform. It also mentions Senator Bacon as the first elected by direct popular vote under the Seventeenth Amendment and a congressional proposal to retire admirals at captain rank, with the admiral title used for special assignments.
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Roscoe Pound
Harvard
American Sociological Society
Bacon
Georgia
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Will Huerta be Recognized by the United States
The United States weighs action to recognize Huerta or allow foreign powers to shield their citizens in Mexico. Secretary Bryan is to confer with Ambassador Wilson who may urge recognition of Huerta as the stable force. The move tests the president’s policy favoring orderly government over irregular control.
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United States
Mexico
Bryan
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
Huerta
Children as Unconscious Humorists in Church and Home
A columnist recalls humorous incidents of children misinterpreting church scenes. A niece screams seeing a clergyman father in a sermon. Two nephews joke about heaven as a body’s head. A ventriloquist show leads a girl to pray for family with a whispered affirmation.
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Hilda Cowham
Daddy
Jack
Fred
A LINE O' CHEER Each Day the Year
Poem describes how a cheerful tune sustains a man through trouble and fear. The refrain Tara-diddle tara-diddie Tara-diddle-dee repeats as a source of hope. It urges readers to begin each day with song to dispel care.
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Tara-diddle
Tara-Diddle-Dee
Tara-Diddie-Dee
Democrats Plan Tax Based Trust Regulation In Congress
Washington analysis notes Democrats contemplate new tax based trust regulation aiming at large corporations. The scheme centers on a corporation tax tied to market control, expanding beyond Hitchcock’s tobacco tax concept to levy on capitalized firms and their market share.
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Washington
Souless Corporation
Republican Party
Jefferson
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Congress
Wilson Trust
Roosevelt
Senate
School Building Fire Safety Suggestions
Jas Y Shaw Jr of Mobile argues for modern school buildings with interior iron fireproof stairs and improved fire escapes. He cites past Leinkauf school stairs as a risk and urges the school board and city inspector to adopt safer construction standards.
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Leinkauf School
Jas. Y. Shaw, JR
Mobile
How the Gyroscope Works and Its Wide Range of Uses
The gyroscope enables ship rolling prevention and successful gyro compasses on large ships. Advances include aeroplane stabilizers and gun control from a lookout, with a mirror artificial horizon for sea observations. Precession explains these actions, as explained by J E Murphy in Popular Mechanics.
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J. E. Murphy
American Society of Civil Engineers
Popular Mechanics
Firearms on Gettysburg Cemetery Ridge Prohibited
July 1, 1863 at Cemetery Ridge a sign warns that all persons found using firearms on the grounds will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law. The notice names the Gettysburg constable and emphasizes strict enforcement.
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Cemetery Ridge
Gettysburg
Judge Hamilton Decision Praised By Porto Rico Times
The Porto Rico Times weighs in on Judge Peter J. Hamilton's ruling in the Borinquen Sugar Company case. It supports the decision to allow the receiver to borrow funds to sustain operations and delay bondholders' interest payments, asserting the plan protects the greatest number of creditors and should be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Porto Rico Times
Peter J. Hamilton
Mobile
Porto Rico
the Times
Hamilton
San Juan
Supreme Court of the United States
Borinquen Sugar Company
Tee
United States District Court of
Boss Sees Death and Fortune Trigger Sudden Resignation
A boss reads the morning baseball score and learns his grandmother has died leaving him a fortune. The office boy interrupts to deliver the news, prompting the boss to resign in a dramatic, comical reversal.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Man with 13 wives story sparks courtroom dispute
A major rebukes discussion of the number thirteen in a legal case. He cites a tale of a man with thirteen wives in one state and claims the judge did not impose sufficient punishment, highlighting ongoing concerns over treatment in the matter.
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Washington Comment
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People’s Forum
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