Mobile Press Digest Notice and Subscription Rates
The fragment appears to be a 1914 Mobile Alabama newspaper page listing subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, and mentions Associated Press News Service and newspaper purpose. It references the Lyttton Building and local Mobile suburbs, with a dateline of March 16, 1914.
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Chicago
Lytton Building
Associated Press Report
Ational News Service
Publishers’ Association
SSS
Eran
Mobile
Ona
Clarke County Denial of Comer Allegations in Report
A Grove Hill report exposes a correction from Doyle denying support for Comer. The Item published ish correction dated March 14 showing the denial was mailed from Grove Hill and delivered today. Clarke county residents are urged to judge whether Doyle is under Comer influence after Thomasville Beho’s recent praise of Clarke county’s nominees.
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Grove Hill
Clarke County
Thomasville Beho
Doyle
Thomasville
The Banana as a Food in Global Diets
The article discusses bananas as an increasingly vital food amid rising living costs and dwindling supplies. It notes limited use in the United States, where most eat them raw, while in growing regions they are baked dried or ground into flour and used to make condiments and vinegar from ripe fruit.
Southwestern Oregon Gold History Described in Detail
The article outlines Oregon gold resources from early placer and lode mining through production figures from 1881 to 1912. It notes the Klamath Mountains bedrock gold and the ancient Siskiyou Island gravels, describing how erosion and river action formed auriferous gravels and gold concentration across the region.
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Oregon
Klamath Mountains
Siskiyou
Salmon Tion
Aues
Siskiyou Island
Arbuckle
California
Waldo
Gole
Industrial relations in US hear appeal to all workers and employers
The United States Commission on Industrial Relations seeks suggestions on improving employer employee relations without harming rights or ambitions. Individuals with successful harmony efforts or trade agreements are invited to testify at planned public hearings in Washington.
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Ali i
United States Commission On Industrial Reions
Washland
Pye Pata
Olive growing in Mobile County yields early fruit
Dr. Sidney H. Pugh reports two olive trees of the Pectile variety planted near Bellefontaine have grown well like Satsumas and may fruit this year. Guava bushes also prove fruitful. Red Catley proves best. Warm shelters may protect tender plants under 25 degrees F. The findings urge more local planting for medicine, culinary use, and high market value.
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Mobile
Italy
Sidney 8. Pugh
Bellefattaihe
Wader
Pugh
Cooperative domestic science program in Colorado town
The Woman's Civic Club partners with the high school to teach home economics by placing girls in homes for cooking sewing and cleaning under supervision. They visit stores for groceries meats furniture and hardware to learn real-world skills. Mothers sustain the program in summer and critique manners and luncheon service.
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Woman's Civic Club
Colorado
Civic Club
Unemployed to be Put to Work in New York
Authorities plan to rapidly reduce unemployment in New York by assigning job tasks. The impact on those deemed unemployable remains unclear.
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New York
Suez Canal Upgrades Target 40 Foot Depth by 1918 19
Improvements to the Suez Canal aim to allow larger ships with a 40 foot depth and wider passages. The plan, to be funded by bonds up to 30 million dollars, projects 196 foot 8 inch maximum width in the south and sidings along the north and central sections.
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Suez Canal
London “Times
DAnnunzio Wins Record Sum for Turin Film Scenario
Gabriele d Annunzio receives a $12,000 payment for a 2000 word screenplay from a Turin film. The tale, in his style, covers Punic wars and Sophonisba with potent scenes including Mount Etna eruption and Hannibal's invasion. The project features 4000 supers and aims for U S release within a month.
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Gabriele d’Annunzio
Turin
D Annunzio
Sophonisba
Mount
Etna
Hannibal
Italy
Cira
Olodh
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
No Place for Man Seeking Safety in New York
General Felix Diaz travels to New York where danger from gummen is greater than in México. A serum for hay fever and asthma is prepared by a French physician using sterilized duck blood in water with plant extracts. Happy is the man who is too busy to make enemies.
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Felix Diaz
New York
México
Kansas City Star
Eight Hour Standard Pushes for Women Workers
Washington reports the push for an eight hour day for women led by Consumers' League, Senator La Follette and Representative Peters. Employers fear higher costs but proponents cite fatigue studies and efficiency gains. Senator Kenyon pushes a living cost investigation to inform future minimum wage legislation.
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Congress
Gaia
Lena Tan
Jobela
Ita Ma
Wew
Wilson S Ison
Steam Laundry
Ite
Consumers’ League
LaFollette
Peters
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Washington
William C. Redfield
Europe
United States
House
Senate
New England
California
Colorado
Utah
Kenyon
British money and Mexican turmoil shape policy in Wilson era
The New York World argues British finance fueled Diaz’s overthrow and Huerta’s rise, urging sober lessons on foreign interference. It endorses Wilson’s stance against Huerta to curb revolutions and despotism, contending Mexico must become safer under strong governing authority. The piece ends noting a St Louis divorce case sparked by the tango craze.
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Mexico
Diaz
Madero
Huerta
London
Wilson
Great Britain
New York World
New Trial Call for Frank in Georgia Murder Case
The Georgia press calls for a new trial for Leo Frank, arguing the 1913 murder case against him did not meet fair trial standards. It stresses the jury faced a hostile atmosphere, public fear, and mob pressure that could have swayed verdicts and warrants renewed judicial scrutiny.
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Cate
Georgia
Amicus Curiae
Frank
Mary Phagan
Leo Frank
Fifth Regiment
National Guard
Atlanta
Paris adopts absentee telephone service to curb interruptions
In Paris a new form of telephone service records messages for busy professionals. An operator in the central office delivers these notes to subscribers when they are available. The system aims to reduce nuisance from callers during office hours and helps keep work uninterrupted aboard the Hudson Bay Railroad terminal at Port Nelson.
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Paris
Indianapolis
Mobile
Hudson Bay Railroad
Port Nelson
Henpecked Claim Sparks Witty Exchange
Mrs Brown and Mr Jones trade quips about domestic life in a humorous exchange. Jones is alleged to be henpecked while Brown calls him a former coxcomb before marriage, revealing lighthearted social banter.
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Mr. Brown
Down to Zero Report Sparks Clamor in City Paper
A garbled excerpt from a New York Globe column prompts debate over a phrase about totals reaching zero. Readers seek clarity on whether the line refers to a policy, shortage, or countdown and how it impacts local affairs.
Birth Wedding and Funeral Notes Cause Job Loss
A newspaper staff member loses their position after a plan to write colorful bells and knells in life events clashes with editorial policy. The boss dismisses the worker following the idea to be more original in sensitive notices.
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Herry
Chawly
Storm at Sea Tests Passengers and Captain Resolve
A frightened passenger pleads with the steamer captain for safety as a fierce storm rages. The captain replies that all within human power has been done and urges the woman to trust God as they endure the peril together.
Massive radium ore shipment to Europe from Colorado mine
The article notes a shipment from Paradox Valley Colorado of thousands of pounds of carnotite ore to European laboratories. It highlights that with only two grams of radium in the U S the country has sent enough radium bearing metals overseas to produce nine batches of the world's most valuable substance.
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United States
Europé
Paradox Valley
Colorado
Europe
Animal allies in crops debated by agricultural expert
Dr. A. K. Fisher argues crows ravens and other predators protect crops by devouring pests. He notes when food runs short these animals may raid nests or poultry, but their overall ecological role supports farmer livelihoods and crop security.
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John
A. K. Fisher
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Jay
Mr. Raven
United States
Ee Cated
Her
Captain Kidd
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