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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
4
The item prints a mission statement of the Mobile Item Company with address details and subscription rates for 1914. It lists offices in Mobile Alabama and Chicago, notes the publisher’s aim to inform accurately, interpret world events, and public questions without sensationalism, and cites a weekly and yearly price.
Maryland faces enforcement challenges as oyster fisheries confront stricter rules. The Baltimore Evening Sun urges compliance to protect oyster culture, while New Orleans and Mississippi officials push stronger protections. Maryland, Louisiana, and Mississippi examples show harsher measures reducing harvest and reshaping the trade. Alabama oystermen seek parity with tougher regimes. changes are debated amid conservation needs.
The annual New York Public Library report shows rising male readership on the East Side and Bronx growth, with over 2,000,000 visitors, 8,000,000 books circulated, and assets around 14.7 million dollars. The children's room circulated over 3,000,000 volumes as story tellers entertained youngsters.
The South offers favorable climate and soils for cattle raising, with the Piedmont regions spanning Virginia to northern Alabama as prime grazing areas. Shorthorns dominate, feeding well on fescue and clover pastures, while Delta lands and prairie regions support beef production. Experiments show tick-free cattle can be raised at about three pounds per head per year including pasture and related costs.
A historical column cites Mr. Underwood arguing against Panama toll exemptions for coastwise shipping. It warns subsidies favoring domestic ships may distort the balance of trade, favor national interests, and risk honoring treaty rights while excluding foreign competition.
The text reports Cardinal Gibbons supporting Senator Rans dell's national divorce bill. It quotes his claim that the measure would reduce divorces and improve family life, contrasting with South Carolina’s absence of divorces and noting debates on whether laws should make marriage legally indissoluble.
Captain Hobson supports limited home wine and liquor making for personal use, a stance that surprised many and drew frothing response from prohibitionists. The Alabama Citizen, anti saloon league paper, confirms his remarks and argues government should not bar home production, a view provoking debate over the joint resolution before Congress.
Alabama men who studied at the University of Pennsylvania share condolence for Mrs. James Lanman Penniman, mother of Dr. Josiah Penniman. The letter honors her intellect, faith, and influence, citing poems, sermons, and readings at her funeral.
Washington observers note Representative Fess of Ohio pushes a National University to guide federal policy with scientific advisers and university lawmakers. Proponents cite Madison Wisconsin models and access to Library of Congress and Smithsonian resources to create a premier Washington educational center.
The British navy adds sixteen light cruisers described as destroyer destroyers to its list. These scouts aim to patrol, protect fleets, and deter torpedo craft though critics say they lack speed, coal for distant bases, and firepower. The casket rests in Philadelphia with the Mother’s wish for a final journey to Concord Seaboardnasette for burial beside Huapersee and kin, as the body returns to dust.
The text argues that future wars will be economic, not military, with the Department of Commerce and its Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at the center. It describes how experts study global production and consumption to aid U S manufacturers, detailing field work, trade monographs, and the World Trade Directory to expand exports and defend markets worldwide.
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo pledges to curb legislative politics and focus on state business yet the record suggests continued turmoil. Spending exceeds the treasury, signaling risky appropriations, while proposed bills on banking and liquor face uncertain outcomes and possible vetoes.
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