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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
6
Friends of The Item debate submission of a city school bond question to voters with a ballot allowing bond size choice. It notes county sentiment against large bonds and the city’s tax burden from state county and local levies. It argues for restraint and fiscal reform to fund education.
A Mobile fireman’s death prompts calls for a municipal pension fund for widows and orphans of firemen and policemen. The Item founded a private fund, while Atlanta’s Constitution argues for annual pension allocations as a duty of the city.
A New York rail company launches a food at cost store selling items at purchase prices with no overhead. The venture, run solely for the benefit of the employer, covers salaries, rent, taxes, and running expenses outside the selling price.
The Mississippi flood issue dominates Congress as advocates push federal levee and dam schemes. Maxwell’s Talisman cites Walter Parker arguing for source-stream controls, irrigation use, power, and forestry to end floods and keep rivers navigable year round.
The Item emphasizes giving full value to advertisers by sizing ads to space, aiming for profitable, quick returns for Mobile merchants. A letter from Retail Equipment praises Reiss Mercantile Co for a double page ad in The Item, noting its high-quality display and broad interest.
Delay in mailing from New York caused a break in Mabel Urner's Married Life series in The Item. A telegram from the International News Service confirms the copy has been mailed and the next installment will appear on Sunday, satisfying many subscribers requesting continuation.
Mobile works to boost public health with tripled health expenditures in the past year and a plan to spend 50 000 dollars on city hospital improvements. The effort has already lowered the mortality rate and reflects a progressive policy from the Bulletin of Equitable Life Assurance Society urging civic development. The message advocates community support and鼓励 local action to build a better town.
Victor Elliott discusses how Congress learns of Wilson's call for a 63rd Congress extraordinary session. He notes no legal requirement to publish proclamations and outlines the temporary steps for the new House to convene, elect a speaker, and adopt rules.
A bulletin notes six pre colonial Latin American universities founded before the future United States. It traces origins to Mexico Lima Santo Domingo Bogota Cordoba Sucre and cites theology as the core faculty with clerical governance. It also highlights later independent institutions like Buenos Aires Trujillo and Arequipa and Brazil’s shift to professional schools.
On March 2 President Taft spoke at the Unitarian Church where he worships. He praised liberal Christianity and tolerance while noting Unitarians in other churches may soon join. Critics urged Taft to engage outsiders to gauge public sentiment.
Dorothy Vaughan helps a man rescue her boat on the river and confesses a history with Desmond Dean. In London, she learns Heathcote and Co heir Desmond seeks marriage to gain the fortune, offering partnership to Dorothy.
J W Hayes of Portland Oregon a blind newspaper writer and author of Tales of the Sierras travels with his thirteen year old son in a 22000 mile trek visiting thirty eight states and major cities. Hayes writes his articles by touch on a typewriter after losing his sight in 1896 he ran Portland postal and Western Union offices and later telegraph operator in Cleveland Ohio.
Lexington Advertiser correspondent recounts weekly Malone family movements Mrs M E Malone visited Eliza Pettus R B Malone traveled to Howard Spell attended J P Malone's George Fryer dined with J P Malone Mrs B Malone enjoyed Saturday at Willie Coker's Thomas Malone also mentioned
A speaker argues that 1,500,000 people remain at work while disease drains energy and life. The essay calls for civic cooperation, education in schools, and trained sanitarians to fight filth, housing, and contagion. It urges better ventilation, meat and milk inspections, waste disposal, and ending public health hazards to secure national happiness. Maxwell's Talisman is cited.
A Louisville critique denounces the Progressive party for intolerance and secretive “white Progressive” rules adopted in a secret session. The piece likens the tactics to dark lantern Know Nothing and Ku Klux Klan history, arguing the party’s future hinges on liberal, tolerant reforms.
The text stresses that babies deserve equal focus on love and care in selecting their food, warning against neglect in feeding practices and emphasizing mindful nutrition for infants.
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