The Mobile Item and City Education Debates
The 1913 Mobile Item discusses municipal rail terminals and port development, opposing misrepresentation of railroads versus public wharves. It argues for balanced growth of river frontage and criticizes excess in public school expansion, urging practical, value-focused education aligned with common needs.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Mobile
Gulf
Texas and Pacific
James W. Porch
Public Journal
Rifle Practice Drive Aims to Teach High School Boys Nationwide
Washington reports a push to strengthen militia, boost regular army efficiency, and launch rifle practice in public high schools and colleges. The National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the National Rifle Association back a bill to supply discarded Krag rifles and ammo, with a $100000 appropriation for prizes and events.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
National Congress
National Board For
Congress
District of Columbia
Union
Krag
Ordnance Department of the Army
United States
National Board For the
National Rifle Association of America
District National Guard
Oliver
Thomas S. King
Department of
King
National Guard
District Guard
F. C. Martin
Technical High School
Secretary of War
Second Infantry
Stimson
Martin
Guard
Company F
D. C. N. G. ‘Department of Small Arms Practice
Frederick H. Heidenreich
William W. Cookson
Frank W. Holt
California
Oregon
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Montana
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Vermont
Houses
Senate
Freight Bureau Powers Chattanooga Industry Growth
Chattanooga has over 300 manufacturing plants producing 700 products with an annual value above 65 million dollars. About 15 thousand people are employed, and samples of all local manufactures are gathered in one building. The Chattanooga Manufacturer's Association credits the freight bureau for much progress and expects strong results from the new bureau in Mobile.
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Chattanooga
Manufacturer’s Association
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Wilson Restores General Wood as Chief of Staff
In reinstating General Wood as chief of staff, President Wilson signals the new administration’s policy of public servants filling their posts.
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Wood
Wilson
Mobile Team Scrappy Inactive This Season
The Pensacola Journal recalls prize winners of pugilism as Sullivan Corbett Brown and associates. A controversy over Chopin Polonaise in A flat not played in Gopher Town mirrors recent public questions unsettlingacola.
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Sullivan, Corbett, Brown
Pensacola Journal
Gopher
Agitatacola
Repartee on Woman Suffrage and Cheap Statesmen
A humorous dialogue from Harper's Weekly features Mr Baldibrow fearing how suffrage might affect public life. He jokes that women's bargain love would favor cheap statesmen, while Mrs Baldibrow smiles indulgently. He tries to respond with eloquence but falters.
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Mr. Baldibrow
Mrs. Baldibrow
Boston Mayor Attacks Gasoline Greed Plans Oil Help
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald denounces a 100 percent gasoline price rise and proposes selling motor oil at wholesale rates for motorists. He labels greed as the cause and cites a barroom anecdote about Sanders MacHoot of Peebles in a quoted remark.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Sanders MacHoot
Peebles
Sanders
MacHoot
Baltimore Sun
The Caddie's Rebuff at Philadelphia Luncheon
Mrs. R H Barlow recalls golf club feast for caddies in Philadelphia with a tale of a greedy eater who piled his plate with fish peas chicken mash and sauce then rushed ice cream with a knife, highlighting manners at the table.
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R. H. Barlow
Philadelphia
Charlie
The President's Patronage Limits and Scope
The president's patronage is limited to under 11 000 appointive offices with Senate consent and about a thousand minor positions filled without confirmation. Major offices span diplomacy, treasury, justice, interior, and other departments, while only small numbers remain in navy and agriculture. The administration change now is not the large upheaval of past eras.
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State Department
Diplomatic and Consular Service
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
United States
Navy Department
Interior Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Education and Mobile's future in the tuition debate
J. H. Mutr of Mobile argues against high school tuition fees and belt-line plans, urging citizens to defend free public schools, accessible education, and a strong future for Mobile. He questions trustees' ties to payers and urges common people to press for better schools and city growth.
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Commissioner Pillans
Muir
Mobile
Tennessee Paper
Memphis
S Register
Boosters
J. H. Mutr
St. Emanuel Street
Cooperation in farming boosts progress and markets
The article argues that agricultural success comes from community effort. It stresses neighborly cooperation to share improved seed, implements, fertilizers, and market access, using examples like seed variety, equipment, and livestock specialization to enhance output and reduce costs.
Pertinent Question Dinner Talk in Mistress Jane
A fragmentary exchange about hosting and cooking appears amid a flirtatious dialogue. The speakers Mistress Jane and Maid Yessum discuss dinner plans and social relations in a terse, stylized scene.
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Jane
Third Year of Married Life Summary
Helen fears a burglary in her apartment as a stealthy intruder moves in the dining room. A neighbor, Mr. Bennett, joins the pursuit with a revolver, while a frightened kitten causes a misadventure. The danger proves unfounded, revealed when the kitten’s cage-like chair is discovered. Helen compares Mr. Bennett unfavorably to Warren, idealizing her absent husband.
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Mabel Herbert Urner
Helen
Warren
Mr. Bennett
Winifred
Pussy Purrmen
Oddities of Stuart Era Household Life Revealed
In a London Athenaum note we learn that hot plates were unknown in Stuart times and Cromwell's wife brought cows to St James Park. Household accounts were kept by the husband, cutlet bones were adorned with paper frills, carving forks were absent, the mistress steadied joints, women had no dress or millinery ties, and men were barred from brewing.
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Oliver Cromwell
St. James Park
London Athenaum
All in the Ownership Watch Dog Finds Care and Courage
A loyal watchdog described as attentive and intelligent guards a farmyard, patrolling rat holes and the chicken coop, reacting to intruders with calm alertness. Despite derision from neighbors, the devoted dog shows confident behavior and earns daily care.
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