Mobile Item Company Inc Adopts Reestablished Press Title
In Mobile 1913 the Mobile Item Company Inc announces its reestablished operations at 2018 St Emanuel Street with James C. Van Antwerp as President and John C. filling key posts. The paper criticizes medical officers Dr. Mohr and Dr. Harsh for maintaining steady sanitary work and resisting sensational mandates.
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ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
Onty of the
South
James C. van Antwerp
John C
Charles A. Mohr
Forrest
Harsh
Board of Health
Mohr
County Medical Society
Health Department
Birmingham Press Critiques Van House Canal Plan
An editorial in the Age Herald argues Birmingham should reconsider the Van House canal project arguing Valley Creek could supply waterway access to Birmingham and Jefferson County would gain tonnage, easing railroad freight load while comparing Pittsburg to Birmingham’s potential.
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The
Age Herald
Birmingham
van House
Alabama
Age-Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Tuscaloosa
Valley Creek
Bessemer
Squaw Shoals
Jones Valley
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Ohio
Mobile
City of
Jefferson County
Coal and Iron
Navy League Criticized For Anticipated Navy Promotion Drive
A long controversial document attacks armament proposals and European peace moves, belittling the Hague conference and claiming Navy publicity would sway Congress. It notes the Navy League of the United States aims to supply newspapers with Navy material to boost warship construction and funding.
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Bryan
Europe
Navy League
Navy League of the United States
Congress
Washington
Germany
Slips by Lawmakers on Crossing Rules in Kansas
A Kansas measure to reduce railroad crossing accidents would halt all trains until crossing danger passes. Critics call it an extraordinary blunder, while a Louisville Post discovery cites a Kentucky bill with a misplaced negative that almost would repeal all laws except dog tax, wiping out civil and criminal codes.
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Kansas
Louisville Post
Kentucky
Hobson Quoted On Stars And Suffrage In Huntsville Speech
The Huntsville speech attributed to Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is cited by the Huntsville Mercury Banner as full of star sky imagery and questions about the suffragette movement. The paper notes readers speculate on his meaning and destiny under celestial guidance.
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Alabama
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Huntsville
Huntsville Mercury-Banner
Hobson
Mercury-Banner
Grand jury urged to tackle major crime and forgery
The Memphis Commercial Appeal urges the grand jury to pursue large cases beyond minor offenses. It cites cocaine sellers and pawn brokers selling pistols and calls for action on forged cotton receipts forged mortgages and notes while warning about evidence destruction.
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Grand Jury
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Plea for Kindergarten Growth by Editor Letter
A reader from Mobile Alabama in June 1913 urges the school board to support kindergarten programs. The writer argues early education benefits poor children, fostering industry, music, beauty, physical culture, and moral development, citing Hawthorne and Proverbs.
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Associated Press Report
International News Service
Amber Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Oert Mana
Mobile
Aja
Ava
New York
Muburba
Baldwin ‘County
Lox
Pascagoula
Citronelle
Tmore
Pensacola
Tes
Bell
Obile
Alabama
Hawthorne
Board of School Commissioners
E.M B. Mobile
Ala
Valorization of coffee seen as major trust issue
Washington reports on a long standing coffee valorization scheme led by Brazilian and foreign bankers, pegging prices above market and draining US consumers of millions. The Justice Department pursued a suit to force sale of stored coffee but was dropped after political shifts, keeping the case alive for future anti trust action and possible new lawsuits.
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Washington
United
Department of Justice
United States
Brazil
Golconda
Senate
William T Chantland
Mr. Chantland
Sao Paulo
National City Bank of New York
Herman Siebcken
Chantland
Valorization Committee
New York
Wickersham
State Department
Chantlands
Norris
Nebraska
Coffee Trust
Private Matter in a Rembrandt Auction Plot
Swift and Smart, antique dealers, plot to buy paintings for the firm. Swift imagines Rembrandt value while Smart secretly orchestrates a rival buy through a trusted agent. In the end Smart learns the Rembrandt was the piece Vin gaard tried to buy for Swift, revealing the intertwined stakes and deceptions.
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Swift
Smart
Elinors
Glyptothek
Rembrandt Old Vingaard
Steamships and the Railroads at Buffalo Shippers Turn Opinion
A Buffalo meeting of shippers shows sentiment softening toward freight rate increases. Leaders from New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Pennsylvania railways discuss cooperation with shippers, acknowledging higher costs and the need for new capital. Reports note declining railroad credit and the push for improved terminals and expansions to handle future traffic.
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New York
Buffalo
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroad
Brown
New York Central Comany
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Rea
Pennsylvania
William Z. Ripley
Harvard University
Ripley
St. Paul
Holland
Professor Lounsbury Under Fire Over Language Usage
Leila Sprague Learned rebukes Prof. Lounsbury in the Atlantic, citing his book The Standard of Usage. She quotes his examples and comments on word forms, noting widespread reluctance to accept new usages and highlighting disputed terms.
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Lounsbury
Leila Sprague
Atlantic
Donate
Chicago Tribune
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Tant
Mobile Item Company Inc
Dr. Mohr
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Fice Nes
People’s Forum
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
Elmors
Old Vingaard
Peterson
Vingaard
Professor Lounsbury
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