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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
4
The item from Mobile Alabama dated March 11 1914 outlines subscription rates by mail and carrier and presents the newspaper’s stated purpose to inform promptly and accurately, interpret movements of public interest and advocate correct moral and political principles.
The article profiles two senatorial candidates Thomas H. Curry of a county and Thomas E. Kilby of Calhoun. Curry is lauded for courage and ability and support for Chilton. Kilby is criticized for opposing Mobile interests and may lose Mobile votes at the polls.
A man living in Alabama argues the Alaska railroad should function more as an escape option, reflecting a climate contrast and a desire to leave the South for the North.
Captain Reuben F. Kolb, Alabama agriculture commissioner, unveils a plan to reward Boys' Corn Clubs with scholarships instead of cash prizes. Prizes include a Polytechnic Institute scholarship, district agricultural school scholarships, and county high school scholarships. County winners receive Auburn summer school training in practical agriculture.
A jumble of opinion and political allusions weighs in on Al Jennings potentially becoming Oklahoma governor. The piece muses on convict reform, the limits of public trust, taxation, currency and federal finance, and several contemporary figures, including B. B. Comer, the drought of unemployment, and other scattered topics.
The piece critiques Braxton Bragg Comer for failing to redeem his 1906 platform pledge to aid Mobile port. It cites mobile politics, the rise of a Young Men’s Comer Club led by Nor velle R Leigh, and questions about Comer's influence with railroad policy during his governorship.
The piece argues aviation creates a rising need for an aerial code within international law. It notes no global courts exist for mid air collisions and cites a Commerce Department ruling classifying hydro aeroplanes as motor boats for water navigation, a temporary fix until an aerial code is established.
A Gulf Coast Advertiser column laments recent California floods while praising sunny coast life and beachfront improvements. It surveys aeronautics law, arguing national sovereignty should govern aircraft over land and sea, citing 1910 Verona decisions and U S legal authorities.
The Indianapolis News argues against intervening in the governor’s decision to spare the life of Cherka the wife murderer. It condemns public pleas that endanger children, notes the frequent backers of pardons, and urges a state wakeup to uphold law and deter future murderers.
In Dayton Orville Wright extols the stabilizer claiming pilots would not need to balance manually. He predicts safer flight and fewer aviation jokes like Golde’s while other odd anecdotes about Gobsa and Scattergood appear in the fragmented excerpt.
Washington notes say the new currency system under federal reserve aims to prevent crop moving money stringency. McAdoo and Houston say elastic currency plus regional reserves will curb panics and keep New York from dominating national finances. The plan includes issuing emergency funds if needed and establishing regional reserve districts overseen by a federal reserve board appointed by President Wilson.
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