Mobile Item Company Inc The Mobile Item 1913 notice
An early 20th century notice from Mobile Item Company Inc published March 6, 1913. It lists publishing seven papers weekly at 10 cents including Sunday edition, distribution to Mobile and surrounding towns, and mentions International News Service and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Paenwa
Maneee Advertising
Item
H Ave
New York
Gawsey
Baldwin County
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Citronelle
Flomaton
Atmore
Brewton
Pensacola
Home
Bell
Holland Joins The Item Staff With Daily Letters
The Item announces a March 24 daily publication of the New York newsletter signed Holland. Renowned for topics on finance education art politics and more the letters are read by leaders like Westinghouse Butler and cabinet members who value insider access and authoritative information.
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New York
Holland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Boston Globe
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Washington Post
Minneapolis Tribune
Buffalo Times
Defend the Working Woman on Wage Ethics
The piece argues against a commission claim that low pay drives working girls to vice. It questions the morality of linking virtue to wages and denounces the idea as a libel on U.S. working women, especially department store staff. It warns that suggesting low wages justify disreputable lives harms all workers.
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Illinois Commission
United States
Fair Play for the Public in Medical Demonstrations
The piece questions whether Dr. Friedmann has been denied fair play in testing his tuberculosis treatment. It notes he can demonstrate under proper conditions in New York and at Fee hospitals, with the Journal of the American Medical Association ensuring fairness and adequate public evaluation.
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Friedmann
Dr. Friedmann
New York
Fee
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Priedmann
Memphis and Mobile face school funding crisis needs
The Item reports Mobile and Memphis school systems run deficits with per pupil costs far exceeding state averages. A business meeting reviews expenses, noting high costs from nursing in kindergartens, salaries, and fixed charges. It urges pruning the system, not teacher pay, to restore fiscal balance without harming education.
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Memphis
Mobile
Johnny
Mobile School Board
Mobile County
Alabama
The South in the Saddle in National Power Debate
The New York Herald and Montgomery Advertiser dispute South power after a Southern president and cabinet members. The Advertiser credits steadfast Democratic ideals, while the Herald warns leaders must restrain from chasing fads as the South faces a tough four year agenda.
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New York Herald
Montgomery Advertiser
Herald
Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
Advertiser
New York Charity Census Reveals Huge Dependent Population
A New York City charity census shows about 400000 people rely on aid, with 200000 named so far and expectations to double. The bureau catalogs families and agencies involved, revealing the dependent population surpasses many American cities. Exports to South America reach about 150 million in 1913, while imports approach 240 million. Growth concentrates in the last decade, exports rising faster. Mobile has joined the American service of the Mobile and Ohio.
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New York
United States
South America
Mobile
Ohio
Aguinaldo Compared To Mosby In U S Philippine Tale
Washington dispatch recounts Aguinaldo as a cunning Filipino rebel leader who challenged American forces in the Philippines after Dewey's victory. It notes his downfall, then shifts to Filipino education and industrial reforms under American guidance, highlighting compulsory industrial training and a new household industries school in Manila.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
Dewey
Bay of Manila
Uncle Sam
Lawton
General Funs
Bulldog
Mosby
Guerrila
Guerrilas
Philippines
J. C. Muerman
Cebu
United States Bureau of Education
Muerman
Islands
United States
Thomas
Philippine School of Household Industries
Manila
Manana
Julia Tutwiler and the Alabama reform legacy
In a tribute to Julia Tutwiler, the seventy-one year old educationalist and reformer is hailed as Alabama’s first citizen. Her work founded Livingston Normal School, fought prohibition in Livingston, built the Alabama Industrial School, and led prison reform, night schools, and student support, earning the sobriquet The Angel of the Stockade.
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Lyman Abbott
Julia Tutwiler
Alabama
Miss Tutwiler
Pictorial Review
Julia
Carlos G Smith
Livingston Female Academy
A Normal College
Normal School
America
Germany
France
New York City
Paris
Rome
Livingston
Sumter
East Lake
Birmingham
Alabama Industrial School
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Alabama Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Speigener
Pratt Mines
Coalburg
Bishop Fitzgerald
Changed Viewpoint Sparks Family Lesson in Charity
A newly married Brooklyn couple attends a missionary meeting. The husband persuades giving five dollars, claiming a hundredfold reward, but the wife, frugal yet skeptical, settles for one dollar. Months later a distant relative leaves five hundred dollars to the husband, prompting a sharp rebuke when the wife sees the five dollar windfall and jokes the husband should have given ten.
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Brooklyn
Tim
Marriage Before and After
A Brooklyn teacher tests students on a children’s classic about marriage. A boy, asked to define stricken couple, answers that a couple is a man and woman when they are married, illustrating a humorous classroom exchange.
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Brooklyn
Young Pastor Sparks White Wedding Lesson
A pastor at a large church discusses why brides wear white in a Sunday school class. He explains white symbolizes joy and the bridal companion, while a small boy questions why men wear certain colors, prompting a concise exchange on wedding customs.
Devota Issue Honors Augusta Evans Wilson with Biography
The new Devota issue in Mobile features a biography of Augusta Evans Wilson written by De Leon. Publisher G. W. Dil Col releases a 60 cent copy of the novel and the biography, highlighting Wilson's life and career.
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Augusta Evans Wilson
Mobile
Orient
Occident
Augusta Evans
de Leon
Carleton and
Dillingham
Married Life The Third Year Box Party
Helen attends a box party with Mr. Travis and Mrs. Stevens to see The Only Reason. The play mirrors tensions in Helen and her husband Warren while prompting reflections on realism and desire. Afterward Helen writes a late letter to Warren and plans for future outings, noting cold weather and her loneliness.
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Helen
Mr. Travis
Mabel Herbert Urner
Mr. Travised
Mrs. Stevens
Stevens
Warren
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