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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1913
Page
4
The Mobile Item traces its founding to 1881 and notes it was organized and re established on April 10 1912. Published by The Mobile Item Company Inc located at 10 18 St. Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama.
The paper lists officers including C. Van Antwerp president and A P Bush secretary and treasurer in Mobile Alabama and New York offices. It notes a seven‑paper weekly edition for ten cents including Sunday edition, with subscription terms three months forty five cents and six months sixty two cents.
The county seeks a highly skilled engineer to oversee road construction and maintenance. The article argues good roads boost farm values, rural growth, and city prices, noting $500,000 is quickly spent without expert guidance and proposing an engineer who saves at least $1,000 per mile would pay for itself.
The Houston Chronicle lauds Joaquin Miller for ending doubt with belief in his last poem. It frames faith as a guiding force transcending science and dogma, praising Miller as a seer whose poetry offers hope and moral unity.
A broad overview of Wilson's inauguration and the looming domestic agenda. It outlines tariff reform currency revamp antitrust measures and the push for income tax and conservation. It notes the extra session and early banking and diplomatic concerns shaping policy.
In Lansing Michigan a cooperative high school program trains youths for auto industry work. Students spend a year in school then split time between classes and shop, rotating weekly between school and auto work. A beginning class of twenty will enter apprenticeship with Lansing plants after completion, with summer vacation and paid work weeks. The plan aims to provide a trade oriented curriculum while serving industry and societal needs according to Superintendent Cummings.
The National Child Labor Committee announces its annual conference in Jacksonville Florida next week featuring a new child focused session. Children will tell stories of labor in glass cotton and coal with stereopticon slides to illustrate. Dr Oates chief inspector of factories in Alabama will speak.
New York schoolmaster denounces Kid McCoy evangelist, while press notes his varied career from prizefighter to saloon keeper and writer. Critics argue his public life lacks the cultural depth expected of one guiding youth toward morality.
Report notes tension as Boy Scouts restrained from confronting Indian delegation during inauguration ceremonies and parade. Cowboys intervene to calm crowd while both sides display war paint and eagle feathers amid claims of betrayed tribes and historical violence.
A retrospective on William Howard Taft’s presidency details his stormy tenure, key policy defenses, and factional battles. It notes his defense of the Payne Aldrich tariff, trust prosecutions and conservation efforts, and his legacy in judiciary appointments amid rising progressive opposition. Taft’s own tariff struggles and vetoes shaped his political standing as Wilson prepared to take office.
Special to The Item. Paulina Wayne the Taft cow fades after inauguration. Uncle Ike Stephenson gifts the cow, will retire to Wisconsin. Uncle Joe Cannon moves to Illinois district. Wilson’s parade features a glass enclosure. 13 appears in governors, militia, schools, and universities. 5000 Tammany hats, women marchers, Sweet Sixteen squad, suffragettes, and a barber’s famed long hair cutting boast.
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