Mobile Trem AP System Ad Notice
An international AP foreign advertising item from Mobile Alabama lists the Mobile Trem office details including address and contact lines for advertising management and trunk line telephone connections. It notes subscription and carrier delivery options with rates and regional service areas in Mobile and suburbs. The fragmentary text provides office numbers and postal routes without a clear news event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Rt Hanson
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
MAIL
Ness
Fiditorial and News
Home
Bell
What the Chamber of Commerce is doing in Mobile
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce outlines aims and efforts to spur public welfare and industrial growth. It notes limited powers, urges civic cooperation, highlights acquisitions and new consolidation in Mobile and Birmingham, and lists local industries aided by the chamber. It calls for member support and a dedicated building for chamber operations.
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THE
Chamber OF Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Southern Commercial Congress
Panama Canal
Oriental Statesmanship in Yuan Shih Kai Address
The piece quotes Yuan Shih Kai asserting devotion to the republic and denying monarchy or dictatorship. He says Washington declined a crown and that true kingship lies in the people's hearts. He insists he lives for the republic and serves China’s future welfare, not to rule.
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Yuan Shih Kai
People of
China
Republic
Deveope
The Home a Woman Marries For Is Hardly Worth
A short humorous item notes that the home a woman marries for is hardly worth the trouble, hinting at social expectations and domestic ideals of the era.
School Bond Issue and Kindergarten Debate Ahead of Vote
The grand jury calls for a $490000 school bond but the kindergarten campaign worries residents and may shift focus from the $150000 bond for new school buildings. The committee urges voters to back the building plan while deferring minor school issues until after the election.
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School Improvement Association
Grand Jury
Mobile
Columbia marks 159th commencement with journalism school debut
2181 graduates conferred degrees at Columbia University. The new School of Journalism granted its first nine Bachelor of Literature degrees. A swimming requirement caused amusement. one student failed after a medical certificate cited goose flesh from fear. The piece notes nerve and goose flesh contrast in journalism.
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Columbia University
New School of Journalism
Columbia ‘University
Stolen or Borrowed. Bank Vault Heist Ends In Return
A Philadelphia bank employee vanished with 1.4 million in securities and 30 thousand in cash two years ago. He resurfaced in Germany seeking return, then today walked into court and all proceedings were quashed as he had repaid what he took. The incident is cited as a cautionary tale about crime’s allure.
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Wallingford
Hiladelphia
Germany
New York Telegram
Biographical Congressional Directory Issued by Government Printing Office
The Government Printing Office released a biographical congressional directory covering members from the first Congress to recent sessions. It draws on earlier directories, memoirs, postmaster inquiries, and state records, noting gaps from 1814 fires but providing 1,186 pages of biographical sketches and indexed listings.
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Victor ‘Ellioty
Washington
An Congress
Government Printing Office
Congress
Daniel Rapine
Thirty-eighth Congress
Joint Committee On Printing
House of Commons
Congressional Directory
Joint Committee
Charles Lanman
Knox
State Department
United States
George Washington
Virginia
Pope’s Creek
Bridges Creek
Westmoreland County
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Hardin County
Andrew Jackson
McKinley
House of Congress
William H. Taft
Intelligent farming literature aids farmers, Taylor says
Congressman George W. Taylor urges farmers to request free U S Department of Agriculture publications. He highlights The Agricultural Year Book and disease treatments for horses and cattle, plus bulletins on crops and farming methods, available by request from Washington D C. June 12 1913.
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United States Department of Agriculture
George W. Taylor
House of Representives
Washington D. C
Geo. W. Taylor
First District
Alabama
Washington, D. C
Quotations and Political Sparks From Found Moments
A fragmentary collection of quotes attributed to figures such as Taft Johnson Pankhurst and Cannon appears, touching on golf victories political bravado and sharp rhetoric. The excerpt conveys a mix of historical voices and partisan bravado without a cohesive narrative.
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Jes J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
Yellow Devils
Governor Johnson
Em. Pankhurst
Joe Cannon
Cincinnati Enquirer
Colossal Changes in New York Retail Building Investments
A New York Times style analysis notes three flagship retail palaces on Fifth Avenue and nearby streets with land and buildings totaling about twenty million dollars, illustrating a surge in fixed capital in retail. It discusses finance, space utilization by a major tenant, and broader economic implications for cities and markets. It also references the Minnesota rate case and the Supreme Court's pursuit of a near-unanimous ruling as a broader legal backdrop.
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Mobile
Board of County Commissioners
New York
New York City
Connecticut
New Jersey
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Rtal
Orth
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Wall Street
Supreme Court
Washington
Department of Justice
Minnesota
Congress
Holland
Tramps and Their Cost
A sociological overview by Arthur James Todd estimates tramp numbers from 100000 to 500000 in the United States, with railroads losing at least 20000000 annually and total direct plus indirect costs around 100000000 yearly. He contrasts roaming poets with real vagrants, portraying most tramps as parasites contributing to crime and public expense.
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United States
Josiah Flynt
Major Pangborn
America
M. Richepin
Whitman
Stevenson
Bliss Carman
Arthur James Todd
Department of Sociology
University of Ilinois
A Line O' Cheer Each Day o' th' Year Poem by John Kendrick Bangs
A line o lettered verse by John Kendrick Bangs about optimism each morning. The speaker notes mornings bring something even if nothing is expected and urges readiness for what comes.
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James C. van Antwerp
C. B. Hanson
Albert P. Bush
John CG. O'Connell
Keayetapa
Louis Sternfeld
Mobile Item
Montgomery
Mobile County
O'Neal
Brickell
Sternfeld
Item
Martin
Court of County Commissioners
Boards of Revenue
Court House
Exammner
McCall
Bank
Mercantile House
Birminiam and
Gulf
Magnolia Compress and Warehouse
Birmingham
Warrant Warehouse Company
Warrant Company
Klem
Bienville
National Door Check Co
Durham Metal Mfg. Co
Mobile Chemical Company
Moore’s Cooperage Works
One Mile Creek
Mexican Whiting Co
Hodges
Mobile Folding Box Co
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile Shirt Company
George Powell
W. T. Kelly
Trades Commission
Br. Barrett
Mobile Colon Service
Retail Merchants Committee
Bay St. Louis
Armbrecht
Steamship Company
Windward Islands
Florida
Chamber
Washington Comment
People’s Forum
John Kendrick
Bangs
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