Reorganized Mobile item firm lists addresses and officials
Reorganized and reestablished April 11, The Mobile Item Company Inc Mobile Alabama announces its address 10 18 St Emanuel St Mobile Ala and lists Albert Hanson Manager Foreign Advertising Building Mobile Ala with editorial and news offices at 226 Fifth Ave Mobile Alabama July 26 1913.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel ST
Mobile
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Southern Penchant Seteey ‘Association
Albert Hanson
Foreign Advertisem
Fifth Ave
Parcel Post An Unqualified Government Boon
Parcel post tolls will drop on August 15 and package size will rise, Postmaster-General Burleson announces. He predicts further toll reductions soon as the service proves its value by aiding exchange between rural and urban areas and pleasing the people. The piece also reports The Advertiser denying Captain Kolb's charge that Henderson paid to suppress a letter.
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Burleson
Keper
Advertiser
Captain Kolb
Item
Reuben F. Kolb
Charles Henderson
State Railroad Commission
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
Kolb
Henderson
New Malaria Treatment Seen From Hematin Discovery
Dr. Wade H. Brown of the University of North Carolina, aided by Rockefeller Institute funds, identifies hematin as the active pigment of the malarial parasite and a potential target for a more potent remedy than quinine. The finding suggests research into synthetic hematin and controlled animal testing to establish treatment without risking human patients.
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Ronald Ross
Major Ross
Wade H. Brown
University of North Carolina
Brown
Rockefeller Institute
New York Times
Mine Safety Leaders To Convene In Pittsburg
Mining operators engineers and surgeons from major U S companies meet in Pittsburg in September to discuss methods to cut the mine death toll. The American Mine Safety Association aims to unify rescue and first aid practices and promote safety measures after 3 603 deaths and 63 301 injuries in the prior year.
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United States
Pittsburg
American Mine Safety Association
Federal Bureau of Mines
Mine Safety Association
H. M. Wilson
Bureau of Imines
Contradictory Arguments in Suffrage Debates Over Domestic Roles
A report from Moral Education Society proceedings describes a New York suffrage event where a French named speaker mocked American men for vanity and praised European norms. She blamed American mothers for spoiling sons and questioned how women can balance politics with domestic duties.
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New York City
Moral Education Society
Apears
Milholland
Europe
Press Agent in Disguise and Huerta Propaganda
A weekly New York paper touts improving ties with the Americas below the Rio Grande. Biographical sketches of Huerta reveal the piece as a press agent bid to shape U.S. opinion for Mexico’s revolt era. Editors dismiss free articles as dated and lacking value for readers.
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New York
United States
Rio Grande
John Barrett
Huerta
Mexico
Free Press Bureau
Grafters Targeted Across Political Lines Says Magnolia Gazette
The Magnolia Gazette asserts Gov. Brewer will punish all grafters regardless of party while defending the Jackson Daily News for backing the governor. It argues grafters imitate the Vardaman era example, urging fearless, honest governance beyond partisan limits.
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Magnolia Gazette
Jackson Daily News
Vardaman
Daily News
Gov. Brewer
James K. Vardaman
Earl Brewer
Jackson
Rosholt band chase ends when horse runs away in livery
A Rosholt event reports one horse from the livery escaped and bolted toward Northstar on Friday. A pursuing party in an auto cautioned it and the horse returned behind the machine.
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Wisconsin
World where money can be borrowed as easily as trouble
A brief quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer imagines a world where money is as easy to borrow as trouble, reflecting on financial ease and social critique.
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Cincinnati’ Enquirer
The Summer Capital of the United States in Cornish
An entertaining tour describes Cornish New Hampshire as President Wilson's summer home area. Windsor residents call it the summer capital, with a jail, a state prison, and dusty roads benefiting little from a mayoral glow.
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Cornish
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Washington
Sumer
Wilson
Board of Trade
Market Windsor
Windsor
Connecticut River
Calaboose
New
Vermont State Prison
United States
Vermont
Lafayette
Green Mountains
New Hampshire
Harlakenden House
Churchill Estate
Connecticut Valley
Pyramids
Murderous Quack Preys on Prominent Atlantan Victims
The Friedmann cure killed a young Atlanta man after extorting $3000 as an upfront fee. A second similarly situated victim followed weeks later, with others reported nationwide. The public outcry rivals editorials and cartoons, as Friedmann is driven from New York but federal action lags.
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Friedmann
New York State
United States
Atlanta Constitution
Old Theories About Lightning from Forefathers
The piece recalls early beliefs about lightning including that sleepers cannot be struck and trees struck by lightning cannot burn. It notes odd notions about splinters being tasty and schoolboys risking clothing injury by mentioning lightning after a flash. The fragment hints at humorous or satirical tone about past myths.
Courting Death Dialogue Between Lord Evendale and Chamus
English millionaire Lord Evendale and Chamus discuss suicide and life. Evendale seeks a method to die, while Chamus offers a plan via a train ride and fortifications with a prescribed payment to the killers. Evendale agrees to follow the advice and value his life at a set amount.
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Lord Evendalé
Lord Evendale
Chamus
Lves
India
Mount Noir
Duklos
North Pole
Norway
Africa
Soudan
Transvaal
Gare St. Lazare
Point du Jour
Grenelle
Maison Blanche
Murder in Paris: note found on victim reveals despair
A police patrol in Paris between Grenelle and Vaugirard found a murdered man near the tracks. A note in his shoe claimed he chose death to avoid life’s burden, describing his valuables and trusting his murderers to seize them.
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Grenelle
Vangirard
Grenele
M. Chamus
T R and the Mexican mission
The Augusta Chronicle argues against appointing Theodore Roosevelt to the Mexican mission. It notes Wilson will not appoint him and Roosevelt would not want it. The piece suggests pacification by giving him free rein in Mexico for twelve months, then returning him home to influence the 1916 presidential election for the Democrats.
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Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Alban
Mexico
Augusta
Connecticut Blue Laws from the Dominion of New Haven
The article describes the Connecticut blue laws printed on blue paper and enacted by the people of the Dominion of New Haven. Provisions ban Sabbath Sabbath day activities including gardening cooking lodging kissing children common prayers Christmas mince pies dancing card games music and require married persons to live together under penalty.
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New Haven
Kansas City Star
Rediscount clause faces banker objections in Congress
A former New York State Bankers Association president warns that a forty five day limit on rediscounting commercial paper is impractically short. He cites daily flows in New York banks and a study showing five to six months often elapsed to complete turnover of discounted notes.
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New York
New York State Bankers’ Association
American Banking Association
Congress
Clearing House Association
Great Commission
Clearing House
United States
Banks of
Canada
Massachusetts
New England
Holland
Forty Five Days Too Short for Rediscounting Paper
A discussion in Congress weighs extending the forty five day limit for rediscounting commercial paper. Advocates warn current proposals curb bank liquidity and push most paper to regional reserve banks.
A Line o Cheer On Time and a Feller With a Pocket Full Nine
A brief and curious poem fragment comments on time and a man with a pocket full nine, hinting at self harm. The speaker laments idle time and wishes the troubled man would let time live and pass.
Curious Old Weapons Sent to National Museum
A collection of antique arms gathered by George Kennan during his Russian travels has been sent to the National Museum. Among the pieces is a Russian executioner’s sword with a silver inscription and a Caucasian campaign record from 1787. The weapon features a long curved blade, black wooden handle, and a silver gilt scabbard with red velvet and repoussé work.
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George Kennan
Russia
National Museum
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New Jersey
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