The Mobile Item Company Establishes South’s Widest Page
A 1913 Mobile paper advertises seven daily editions including Sunday for 10 cents. It lists leadership James Van Antwerp president, Hanson VP GM, and Albert Hanson manager foreign ads. Subscription rates show six months 45 cents, yearly options, and mail delivery in Mobile Alabama.
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South
James c. van Antwer
Aubecee
B Hanson
Ese
Easure Goun c. Sonnet
Associated Ess
Ember Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Mobile
Ala
Fitch Ave
New York
Ortica
Gapadespers Bell
Alabama
Middle Course Is Wisest for Port Terminals Debate
The Charleston News and Courier and others argue for a balanced approach to waterfront rights, praising competition and public waterfront retention. The piece notes Mobile's rail terminal success, warns against monopolies, and highlights Southern-born members shaping Wilson era policy.
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Mobile
Times-Union
Jacksonville
Florida
Daily States
New Orleans
Charleston News and Courier
South Carolina
J. S. Cullinan
Houston
Congress
United States
Charleston
Nicaragua Canal Dominates Senate Treaty Debate
The discussion centers on a Nicaragua interoceanic canal and a treaty clause forbidding any nation but the United States from constructing a ship canal there. Proponents stress timing and strategic impact while European rival schemes are dismissed as unlikely at present.
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Republic of Nicaragua
United States
Panama
Nicaragua
Senate
Women Motoring Gains Lead for Car Makers
A newspaper piece notes rising numbers of women drivers push manufacturers to design cars suited to female needs. It discusses self starters, lighter runabouts, and devices aiding tire changes, while weighing both health benefits and risks of speed and nervous strain on women motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
Americal Medical Association
Washington World Fair proposal sparks stateside opposition
Washington discussion centers on a permanent national display to showcase U S wealth and resources. A House committee approved a commission to study feasibility but fears arise over lack of federal funding and title. States may resist pre paying for exhibits while Washington sees potential benefits if others participate.
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Washington
Congress
United States
House
Union
Commission of Inquiry
House Committee
Commonwealths
Uncle Sam
Federal Treasury
Maryland
Virginia
Senate
Rivalry in Washington Parade Sparks Suffs and Sioux
Pensacola Journal reports a friendly clash between suffragettes marching March 3 and the inaugural committee for March 4 in Washington. Representative Hobson will lead the suffragists while Hollow Horn Bear, Sioux chief and face on the five dollar note, will headline the slate with a pipe of peace. The piece jokes about potential incidents and hopes both sides avoid trouble during the demonstrations.
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Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Hollow Horn Bear
Hobson
Pipe of Peace
Pensacola Journal
Quite Some Bride From Charlotteville A Chronicle Note
A Charlotteville Kentucky Chronicle item extols a bride as wondrous and charming with radiant beauty and a sweet disposition. It likens her to spring flowers and songbirds and forecasts a home of enchantment and felicity with her future husband.
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Charlotteville
Jeffersons inauguration horse hitching tale debunked
The Nashville Democrat reports that the famous anecdote of Thomas Jefferson riding to the capitol on his inauguration day and hitching his horse alone is false. William Bayard Hale credits the myth to a paragraph in Travels in America by John Davis, published in London in 1803.
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Thomas Jefferson
Capitol
William Bayard Hale
America
London
John Davis
United States
Jefferson
Nashville
De La Barra Interview Signals US Intervention Warning
The signed interview from Mexican foreign minister De La Barra circulated in the United States signals Latin diplomacy while warning of intervention in Mexican affairs and possible reprisals against Americans.
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DE LA Barra
United States
Merxico
What Regulation Taught Regulator
Public Service Commissioner John B. Olmsted reflects on his anti corporation stance softened by experience. He cites Buffalo Rochester & Eastern costs, New York Central advantages, and shifts in corporate attitudes toward fair hearings. He notes dividends pale against needs for improvements and argues for balanced justice linking shippers carriers consumers and producers.
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John B. Olmsted
Public Service
New York State
Buffalo
York
Waters
Buffalo, Rochester & Eastern
Troy
New York Central
New York City
Public Service Commission
Life of Johnny Kilbane Mystery at Local Library
A young man asks for the Life of Johnny Kilbane at a West Side library. Staff explain Kilbane, a pugilist from the West Side, has no written life and the search ends with confusion and a note on unfamiliarity of the figure in the Boston assistant.
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West Side
Johnny Kilbane
Boston
Kilbane
John L. Sullivan
W. R. Rose
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Snobbery's Climax at London Club Luncheon Tale
Sir Ernest Shackleton recalls a London club anecdote about two members who sat together for seven years without speaking. When one asked for salt the other directed the waiter to pass salt to that gentleman, highlighting rigid formal manners.
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London
Ernest Shackelton
Explorer
New Year’s Miracle Drives Warren Back To Helen
On New Year’s Day Helen fears isolation as Warren withdraws after a week of silence. She battles headache and loneliness, while Warren leaves for Carrie’s dinner. A sudden hope returns when Carrie calls, urging him to join the family celebration tonight.
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Warren
Helen
Carrie
Tren
Winifred
Delia
Iittie
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Mobile Item
Mobile Item Company Inc
St Emanuel Street
Ieee Ip
Wilson
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Georgia
James Clarke McReynolds
Kentucky
Albert Sidney Burleson
Texas
Josephus Daniels
Navy
North Carolina
David F. Houston
William Jennings Bryan
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce
William C. Redfield
William Wilson
Department of Labor
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
Judge Garrison
War Department
Navy Department
Movil
Crete
Joe Tinker
Mr. Taft
Father
Washington Comment
By Victor
Elliot
Hero Hobson
Rome
Schenectady
Donnybrook Fair
Taft
Mabel Herbert Urner
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