The Mobile Item newspaper details and staff in 1913
The Mobile Item announces its reorganization in 1912 and lists key details such as offices at 10-18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama with circulation seven papers weekly and a 10 cent price. It names Budge as President and General Manager and C O Connell as Secretary Treasurer.
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Mobile Item
Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
Antwerp
Budge
Bush
C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
A.bert Hanson
Amet Foreign Advertising
Buddima
Als
Fifth Ave
New York
Carrima Ie Mobile Burbs
Baldwin County
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Citronella
Omazon
Atmore
Brewton
Pensacola
Isineas
Bell
Alabama
Support for 150000 Bond Issue for Public Schools
The Item urges a large majority in the upcoming election to authorize a 150000 bond for immediate school needs. Funds would build new facilities to replace Jefferson street with a Broad street building and address overcrowding. Parents are asked to influence votes. education benefits all citizens and the paper favors prudent, immediate improvements.
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Jefferson Street
Broad Street
Merchants and Manufacturers Asked to Give Prizes
Mobile committees seek prizes from merchants and manufacturers to fund and publicize the Panama canal celebration and Morgan memorial. Prize donations may be modest but will gain publicity. Mobile aims to outpace Alabama peers and make the event the South’s biggest, requiring broad local support and citywide cooperation.
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Morgan Memorial
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Alabama
South
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile Merchants Urged to Seize Baldwin County Trade
Robertsdale correspondent cites Baldwin county prosperity and $250 000 in last year's mail orders lost to Northern cities. A Mobile firm sent the wrong item, asked for return at cost, then New Orleans upheld the purchaser. The piece urges Mobile merchants to win Central Baldwin business and stop slip abroad.
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Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Baldwin
Express
New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Electric signs absent in Marseilles as cheap power lures buyers
In Marseilles streets no electric signs exist despite electricity costing only 1 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour. The report notes cheap power attracting foreign buyers but ends with a note that British firearms are sold abroad at a separate rate.
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Marseilles
Mobile Milk Ordinance Defended by City Officials
The Mobile commission rejected a strict iced milk mandate, arguing the revised plan protects infant health without burdening low income families. They note many families would face higher costs and reduced milk use if icing were compulsory and highlight favorable local outcomes while contrasting with other cities. The article cites Chicago and Richmond cases to illustrate implementation and price effects.
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Mobile
City Commissioners’ Wise
Government Street
Davis Avenue
Harry Pullans
Richmond
Pillans
Chicago
United States
Board of Health
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Evans
Evans
Ilinois
Davison Denies World Interview as Fake
Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. disavows a Paris report interview published by the New York World. The article attributed harsh criticisms of the Wilson administration and Bryan diplomacy, which the firm says no member shares. Bryan received the firm’s denial and assurances that the sentiments are not those of Davison or the firm.
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New York World
Paris
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Davison
Wilson
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Government graduates flourish after service says Washington essay
A June Washington essay argues that government officials who leave public service for private industry typically prosper. It cites examples from George B. Cortelyou to Charles P. Neill, noting large salaries and strong networks. It credits their public careers with broad perspectives valued by private employers.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Society of Washington
Department of Agriculture
George B. Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cortelyou
William Loeb, Jr
War Department
Jeb
Port of
New York
Guggenheims
Charles P. Neill
Neill
Lawrence O. Murray
W. S. T. Doyle
State Department
Santo Domingo
Consular
Post Office Department
Georgia Tops South in Auto Ownership Nationwide
The Atlanta Journal notes Georgia leads southern states in car ownership with about 20 000 vehicles, nearly double neighbors like Tennessee and Florida. It argues roads and prosperity influence auto growth, citing state counts and shifting attitudes toward highways and mobility. A Canadian family of five is estimated to spend 7.40 weekly on food.
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Georgia
Mason and Dixon
The
Atlanta Journal
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
New York Evening Post
Canada
Mobile celebration plan for Panama Canal opening in Alabama
Directory request from Irvine of the Southern Commercial Congress inviting Alabama newspapers and officials to back a nationwide event. It describes a grand pageant in Mobile with pillars, arches, and an all Alabama pageant, honor delegates to Panama, and a 90 day South American study trip.
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Alabama
Irvine
Southern Commercial Congress
United States
State Department
Great Pan-American Union
Educational Department of Alabama
Alabama Bankers’ Association
Willingham
Morgan
Mobile
Panama
Government Street
John Tyler Morgan
South American Trade Commission
Canal
W. J. Bryan
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Voters urged to approve Russell School bond proposal
In a letter to The Item the Voters' League of the Russell School District appeals to Mobile residents to vote on July 9 for a school bond to fund new buildings. The note argues the bond would not raise taxes and compares it to prior jail bonds while urging civic pride and educational investment. Peru plans $10 million irrigation investment in the near future.
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Russell and Semmes
Russell School
Voters’ League of the Russell School District
Mobile
Profits and Changes in the Magazines by Holland
In-depth look at magazine ownership shifts driven by Colonel Harvey and Munsey. Discusses Harpers era titles, low price publications, and the push for younger editors to revive profits. Compares Frisco receivership to Mexican rail funding and banker profits.
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Holland
M Fee
Mr. Johnson
Richard Watson Gilder
Ae Hanes An
Olonerge Harvey
Harpers
Fletcher Harper
House
Colonel Harvey
Harper
Ambassador Page
London
United States
Canada Rejects Reciprocity With United States
The Louisville Post notes that Canada's rejection of reciprocity with the U.S. failed to boost trade with Great Britain or aid western development through cheaper imports. Canadian imports from the U.S. rose from 45 percent of total in 1890 to 65 percent in 1912, while British imports declined. this year Canada sold goods worth 435 006 000 dollars, yet tariffs constrained Canadians to rely on American goods despite reluctance to accept high duties.
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Canada
United States
Great Britain
Great Western Provinces
Montreal
Toronto
Louisville Post
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
People’s Forum
Peru
Munsey
John Brisbane Walker
Page
McClure
Scribners
Burlingame
Harper Brothers
Frisco” Railway Company
National Railways of
Mexico
Frisco
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