The Mobile Item and Its City Crime Commentary
The Mobile Item notes its long history since 1881 and reestablishment in 1910 while reprinting a Houston Post analysis of rising crime against the person in the South. It cites mobile city court delays in a murder case, arguing that technicalities delay justice and fuel violence, without declaring guilt.
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The
Houston Post
South
Mobile
William J. Brown
Alfred Percy
Ull
Brown
Caminetti Affair Sparks Washington Controversy
Reports from Washington say Attorney General McReynolds interfered in the Caminetti case, triggering a political firestorm. House probes and Republican leaders demand inquiry into post ponement of the white slave trial and the conduct of Secretary Wilson and the administration.
The Mistakes of Jennie by Hal Coffman
A city girl Jennie buys many credit items for eight dollar weekly salary. Her mother objects to the 1.50 weekly debt though Jennie insists the clothes are affordable. Jennie schemes to alter her plain dresses to fit a trend while wondering about Tom.
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Jennie
Hal Coffman
Tom
Southern states face fiscal woes and political lethargy
The Houston Post and Dallas News condemn Southern financial mismanagement. Georgia teachers unpaid. Tennessee bonds disputed. Alabama prison scandal. Mississippi graft hints. Texas treasury empty. One party monopoly blamed for lax governance and costly public service.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Union
Dallas News
Houston
The
Las News
Democratic Party of the South
Incubus
Southern Railway promotes hog production in the South
The Southern Railway livestock department releases a booklet Hog Production and Conditions for Success in the South which covers hog care feeding breed selection disease treatment and meat processing. It notes the South buys more pork and pork can be produced cheaper here and urges farmers to raise hogs with expert guidance offered free of charge.
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The
Southern Railway
Livestock Department
South
United States
Caminetti Case Sparks Demand for White Slave Trial Review
Brooklyn Times argues President Wilson should investigate McReynolds and McNab over delaying the trial of Senator Caminetti in the white slave case. The column claims the move undermines federal justice and warns against centralizing power, citing related cases and appointments in Washington.
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Wilson
McReynolds
United States
McNab
California
Caminetti
State Department
Johnson
Illinois
Camninetti
Washington
France
Brooklyn Times
Father Son Cigar Exchange At College
A visiting father remarks the cigars are better than he can afford and the son replies that the purchase is on him. The exchange, from The Yale Record, highlights family support in a college setting.
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Yale Record
Money and the limits of wealth in human happiness
An anonymous essay argues money cannot buy health love true friendship beauty or inner peace. It contrasts riches from Rockefeller and Morgan with lasting values, noting wealth cannot secure robust health enduring love or genuine companionship against fate and time.
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Materia Medica
Rockefellers
Vanderbilts
Morgans
Anon
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
Poetic fragment recalling a Freckle and Suva kiss with playful asides about beauty powders and spending, a whimsical mood on sunshine freckles and personal preference. The text reads like a casual, lyrical musing with casual references to mood and cosmetics.
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Suva
Not Yet Hobsonized In Alabama Says Hobson Fails To Win Support
The Birmingham Age-Herald argues the senatorial clash between Captain Johnston and Captain Hobson shows Hobson cannot win statewide support. It cites Alabama’s disfavor over equal suffrage, his defensive stance, and absentee pairings as reasons he has not become Hobsonized.
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Johnston
Hobson
Alabama
Congress
Birmingham Age-Herald
Royal Stork Highlight in Spain and Victoria Lineage
An Atlanta Constitution reprint extols Queen Victoria's sixth child by Alfonso of Spain in 1913 and lauds prolific motherhood as a counter to birth-rate gloom. The piece argues nature can be guided, praises maternal virtue, and links royal example to evolving views of womanhood.
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Spain
Victoria
Alfonso
Atlanta Constitution
Beware Alabama warns of political dangers cited in Tennessee
The Mobile Item warns Alabama readers about Republican governors and Democratic accomplices in Tennessee blamed for wrecking credit. It portrays minority lawmakers fleeing the chamber to block votes and urges voters to avoid the same political forces in the upcoming Alabama gubernatorial race, noting the paper’s indirect critique without naming individuals.
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Mobile
Alabama
Tennessee
Birmingham Age-Herald
Currency reform debate echoes Thompson on national banking
An 1892 advocate for limited federal control argues that currency issued by national banks rests on government bonds and should be tightly regulated. The piece discusses obstacles to central control, the urgency of banking reform, and expected effects on tariffs and international trade as Congress debates new banking and currency laws.
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New York
John Thom
Salmon P. Chase
United States
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Wilson
Banking and Currency Committee
House
American Bankers’ Association
Europe
Atlantic
Holland
Breeches of Etiquette for Ambassador Page
The London Chronicle notes Dr. Walter Hines Page will not wear knee breeches at court. The poem envisions future state occasions with an ambassador choosing trousers, leaving bishops gaiters and Grecian dress behind. It humorously contrasts his choice with diplomats whose wives maintain knee or other garments.
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Walter Hines Page
England
John Bull
London Chronicle
Bankruptcy petition lists breweries as creditors
SUSPICIOUS LIABILITIES. The proprietor of a soft drink emporium who filed a petition in bankruptcy at Richmond a dry town listed several breweries as his principal creditors.
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Richmond
Cynthiana
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Tien
Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Ala
James C. van Antwerp
Hanson
Albert P. Bush
John C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Aibert Hanson
Fifth Ave
News Bell
Home
United States District Attorney
Mann
Drew Caminetti
Caminett
Pacific Coast
Aft
Hinebaugh
Illinois Progressive
Judiciary Committee
Public Service
Senate
Kahn
the Post
Young Caminetti
YALE
John Kendrick Bangs
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