Mobile Item Company history and rates 1913
The Mobile Item announces its reorganization and reestablishment in 1910 with daily and Sunday editions. It lists leadership, offices, services, and mail and carrier rates, noting associations and communication lines for Mobile Alabama.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
James C. van Antwerp
C. B. Hanson
Albert P. Bush
MM Eren Gly Mpmi
Eoes
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Fifth Ave
New York
Bell
Home
Supe
Amammana Mobile
Alabama
Waterways drive freight cost comparisons across southern ports
The piece contrasts transport costs from Memphis to New Orleans and Waco to Galveston, arguing waterways boost economy. It notes Mobile and Birmingham rate pressures, cites 1905 rail rate changes, and questions fairness of New York to Birmingham versus Atlanta rates amid water competition and river access.
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Waco
Galveston
Memphis
New Orleans
Houston Chronicle
Alabama
Mobile
Atlantic
Birmingham
New York
Atlanta
Savannah
Brunswick
Rome
Chattanooga
Georgia Cities
Ledger
Nashville
New York City
Alaska railways and coal mines proposed by senate panel
A Senate subcommittee report outlines a major federal plan for Alaska including construction and operation of a railroad system and government coal mines. The plan, tied to President Wilson’s recommendations, would authorize bonds up to 40 million dollars, create an Alaska railway commission, and empower eminent domain to secure land for transport and coal development.
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Alaska
Senate Committee On
Territories
United States
Wilson
Northwestern
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Continental
Committee On Territories
Chamberlain
Oregon
Jones
Secretary of the Treasury
Alaska Railway Commission
Tidewater
Army
Navy
Senate
Panama Canal
Alaska Commission
Senator Johnson backs a $2.00 per ton duty on Canadian paper
The Maine senator heads a subcommittee on the print paper schedule and favors a retaliatory duty of $2 a ton on Canadian paper. Speculation focuses on whether the move pressures publishers or forces the president to sign the tariff bill. Alabama newspapers urge Senators Johnston and Bankhead to oppose the duty, arguing for fair treatment for all industries.
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Johnson
Maine
Washington
Senator Johnson
Wisconsin Blue Sky Law Aimed at Investor Protection
Wisconsin plans the most drastic blue sky law in the nation requiring a certificate of approval from the state railroad commission to sell stocks or bonds in the state. The commission may investigate the issuer and the securities value and must issue a statement with relevant facts. Appeals to courts are allowed if the permit is refused or the statement is deemed unsatisfactory.
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Kansas
Wisconsin
Railroad Commission
Certificate of the Commission
Paris Treatise Sells A Hundred Year Life Manual
In Paris a Japanese age survival plan gains publicity outlining twelve commandments for long life. Rules include rising and sleeping early, long outdoor time, daily meat, limited tea and coffee, no tobacco or alcohol, hot morning baths, plain clothes, weekly rest, avoiding heat and overwork, eating animal organs to restore aged ones, and marrying if single or widowed. The tenth and twelfth commandments draw the most attention.
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Paris
Proper lobbying and paid advertisements in public discourse
The Birmingham Ledger notes President Wilson defends open lobbying by advocates and opponents alike. It argues that paying for newspaper ads to influence Congress and public opinion is proper, legitimate, and desirable in debates on tariffs and major national issues.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Sugar Trust
Alabama
Birmingham Ledger
A Young Hopeful and the Dollar Lesson
John D. Rockefeller asks two boys what to do with a dollar. Johnnie plans to bank it to earn compounding interest, while Tommy turns it into many coins to guard against mistakes. The tale ends with a reflection on fragile intellect and headstrong pride.
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John D. Rockefeller
Johnnie
John D
Tommy
The List of Love Carnival Intrigue in Nice
Charles de Neuville confronts a perilous trap at Princess Marina Sergeieff’s villa in Nice. The prince Sergeieff demands a life or death choice, testing loyalties as a midnight plot unfolds with locked shutters and a hidden servant masquerade.
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Nice
Charles de Neuville
Marina Sergeieff
Prince Sergeieff
Europe
Paris
Sergejeft
Russi
Charles
Marina
Sergeieff
Grace
Novel Hero Centrality in Period Fiction
Arnold Bennett argues modern fiction should focus on one to three foregrounded figures driven by love for the central character. He contends heroes evolve with time, noting Thackeray’s “novel without a hero” signaled a shift, and warns against scattered interest across a canvas. The piece discusses reader expectations and the evolving hero type.
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Thackeray
Dobbins
Arnold Bennett
Evolution of the steel industry reshaped by capital and science
New York June 12 Abram Hewitt predicted early that American capital and invention would enable U S steel dominance. Percival Roberts Jr testified current court proceedings emphasize science driving consolidation led by Judge Gary Schwab and Morgan to form the United States Steel Corporation.
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New York
Abram
Hewitt
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Percival Roberts, Jr
Federal Steel
Carnegie Steel Companies
Chicago
Pittsburg
Gary
Charles M. Schwab
Percival] Roberts, Jr
Percival Roberts
Mr. Morgan
Securi
Iron and Steel Industry
Federal Steel Company
America
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Go and Sin Some More Sentiment Sparks Reform Debate
The New York Herald comments on Emily Wilding Davison’s hunger strike and fronted protest. It argues clemency spared Davison from starvation but notes her Derby action harmed suffrage aims and tainted public opinion. The piece warns such acts may fuel hunger strikes, bombs, and arson, challenging law and order.
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Emily Wilding Davison
New York
London
Miss Davison
Three Kingdoms
England
New York Herald
Spurgeon on Cornet Player’s Heaven Question
The aged preacher was asked if a man who learned to play a cornet on Sunday would go to heaven. He paused then doubted whether the man next door would. The reply implied uncertainty about the afterlife based on small moral judgments.
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Jennie
Spurgeon
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Economy of Waterways
Tom
Hal Coffman
Russia
France
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