The Mobile Item Company and City Politics
The Mobile Item notes the 1881 founding and 1910 reorganization of The Mobile Item Company at 10-18 St Emanuel St Mobile with James C Van Antwerp as president. It reports Mobile's toned down campaign and focus on hosting the Panama Canal opening and Southern Commercial Congress, contrasting with Birmingham’s competitive race for city commissioner.
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Mobile Item Company
ST. Emanuel ST
Mobile
Pillans
Norville
Mobile i 8
Tts
Panama Canal
Southern Commercial Congress
Commission
Birmingham
Glty
Expressions on Education by American Statesmen and Publicists
A campaign bullet in announces a book compiling notable remarks on education from Franklin to present day leaders. It highlights quotes from Washington Adams Jefferson Jay Madison Monroe Gallatin and many others, plus modern figures like Wilson Roosevelt Taft and Dabney, illustrating broad support for public schooling and educational reform.
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Better Acution
Franklin
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
John Jay
Madison
Monroe
Albert Gallatin
DeWitt Clinton
Archibald Murphey
Lincoln
Charles Sumner
Calvin Wiley
General Grant
Congress
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harvey Hill
Georgia
William Henry Ruffner
Virginia
J. L. M. Curry
Henry W. Grady
Grover Cleveland
Aycock
Birmingham
Bulletin
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Charles W. Hirot
Harvard
Abassador
Walter H. Page
South
Charles W. Dabney
University of Cincinnati
Hoke Smith
James B. Frazier
Tennessee
Liberty H. Bailey
Cornell
Edwin
Road Congress Sessions Set To Discuss Legislation And Financing
The American Bar Association and American Bankers Association authorize committees to cooperate with the American Road Congress in Detroit sessions on road legislation and financing. Efforts aim to form a national committee to codify state road laws and promote uniform statutes. The finance section seeks nationwide adoption of simple road cost data methods and bond matters for proper road work.
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American Bar Association
American Bankers Association
American Road Congress
Detroit
Moral over Money in White Slavery Debate in Stores
A National Civic Federation report led by William R. Wilcox argues morality, not wages, governs working women’s virtue. It cites self sacrifice in history and finds better conditions than expected in 22 stores, with weekly averages from 7.11 to 14.49 dollars and outliers up to 60 dollars.
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New York
Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
William R. Wilcox
Tung-chow
The
Civic Federation
United States
Fetter Tee Ween Welfare Committee
Big
Comic Opera Liti gation Tangles Mississippi Merger Suit
The Jackson News mocks Attorney General Collings suit against Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads as comic opera. It notes Mississippi law allows a fifteen percent commission on penalties, implying the AG’s activity may be financially motivated.
Republican leaders seek early adjournment this summer
The Nashville Democrat notes that Republican leaders in the Senate have begun talks with Democrats to adjourn Congress by late August or early September. The piece suggests the anticipated clash over tariffs has shifted toward a prompt end to the session and a return to “prosperity.”
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Republic
Senate
Congress
Nashville Democrat
Roosevelt on Tour Heads for New Mexico and South America
The Colonel is in New Mexico and plans a further journey to South America. The Louisville Post notes Australia’s people resemble the country and would warmly welcome Mr. Roosevelt, whose outdoor life appeal suits their character.
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Col. Roosevelt
New Mexico
South America
Australia
Mr. Roosevelt
Louisville Post
A Line O' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs reflects on immortality through seasonal cycles. The speaker notes flowers fade and return, revealing nature's pattern while asserting mankind stands apart from nature's rule.
Shipping Trust Under Review for Rate Regulation
Washington July 28 report details House Merchant Marine committee’s plan to empower ICC or equivalent body to regulate steamship rates. It favors legalized pooling with shippers’ remedy against discrimination, praises regular sailings, and warns against tramp ships undermining pricing and exports. It also notes possible special contracts for large consignments and curbs on dubious freight liability practices.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Last Water
Worldwide Shipping Trust
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ena
Steel Trust
Autograph Hoax Involving Lucien Fond At Tennis Party
Rose Brassy seeks Lucien Fond autograph for her Morocco and gold autograph album. A bored Fond travels incognito, meets a silent beautiful woman on a train, and she slips him a note. Three days later Brassy hosts a tennis party where Lili plays poorly and the autograph scheme unfolds.
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Rose Brassy
Morocco
Mlle Lili Blane
Lucien Fond
Mme. Brassy
M. Brassy
Isili
Palais Elysees
Montmartre
Rose
Lili
Charlotte
Lucien Fend
Versailles
Neoden Fond
Fond
Mademoiselle
Lucien
Mme. Krassy
Mme. Rose
Otek Pig
Why Ryan Bought the Equitable
Thomas F. Ryan reveals in an article why he bought a majority of Equitable Life Assurance Society stock a year ago. He cites Cleveland's trusteeship and his own cautious, solitary planning, then defends publicity, open legislation, and cooperative finance as keys to corporate strength.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mr. Ryan
George Ey
Colonel Harvey
Harvey
Equitable
Ryan
J. P Morgan
Cleveland
Equitable Company
Wall Street
Hyde
Grover Cleveland
Morgan J. O'Brien
George Westinghouse
United States
Oese
South
The
New York City
Stern Brothers
Holland
Comer slippage cited in Birmingham News slush fund dispute
The Birmingham News defends its 1906 stance on Mr. Comer and the L N Railroad, noting Gen. Rhodes owned The News and supported Comer then. It argues no amount of advertising could corrupt or influence The News. The excerpt also references a cartoon caption and a mistaken Rose anecdote.
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Comer
B. B. Comer
Birmingsham News
R. N. Rhodes
the News
P Aper
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James C .van Antwerp
Tineaates
Lone. Geeuwit
Associated Press
International News Service
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Albert Hanson
Ala
Fifth Ave
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Maren
Bell
Alabama
Home
Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope
London
Sporting Magazine
Lady Elizabeth
John Kendrick Bangs
Neej
Joy Orce
the Landlubber
Hal. Coffman
Washington Comment
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