National Menace of Railway Strikes
The Mobile Item discusses the threat of railroad strikes and calls for arbitration and amended or new legislation. It reviews the Erdman act, current demands by eastern conductors and firemen, and urges action to avert disruption of commerce and rising living costs. It also covers a proposed international conference on the high cost of living and the political momentum behind it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Railway Business Association
Erdman
Eastern Engineers
The Example of Washington Society Influences Local Girls
A meeting of social economics groups discussed how Washington’s rich women set trends that entice girls to imitate costly hats, gowns, cigarettes, and cocktails. Testimony may be given to Illinois officials as to whether this example sways working girls. The leaders argue prominent women can counteract these trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Senate Economy Reverses Seed Policy in Agriculture Bill
Conference committee restores the seed provision labeled political seed while the Senate withholds further funding for free seed distribution by congressmen. The Agriculture Department orders 1 200 000 pounds of vegetable seeds and 50 000 pounds of flower seeds for this year. A New York paper cites last year’s seed distribution totals across several vegetables and flowers. Critics argue savings would end the wasteful practice if recipients paid for seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Conference Committee
Agricultural Department
New York
Utica
Meat Supply Decline Evident in February Export Figures
February ex figures show a sharp drop in meat available for export and a large reduction in cattle numbers. Department of commerce data also reveal a huge rise in beef imports, underscoring strain on domestic cattle supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Incomplete OCR: Athletes Seek Foreign Appointments
Fragmentary text notes athletes facing trouble obtaining foreign appointments and suggests they believe opportunities exist despite barriers. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable.
Doctor and Miss Suehr wed in Eureka Springs
Dr. Thomas J. Allen former Aurora College president who reportedly lived sixty days on peanuts married Miss Lillian Suehr of Ottawa Illinois in Eureka Springs Missouri on Saturday The remark about woman and apple as a fatal mix contrasts with the doctors sixty day peanut record now a light note in the ceremony
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Thomas J. Allen
Aurora College
Lillian Suehr
Ottawa
Ill
Eureka Springs
A LINE O' CHEER EACH DAY O' THE YEAR
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs encourages daily acts of kindness to ease the mind and aid distressed Vagram souls amid wartime hardship. It invites readers to seek the road with tenderness and find purposeful tasks to conquer care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Trade in Mobile prompts questions on local leadership
Observer from Montgomery asks The Item to report why Mobile Chamber of Commerce hired a secretary from outside Alabama and a traffic bureau manager from Tennessee. The letter questions whether Mobile natives are considered for local positions and if out of town experts serve the city’s welfare.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Tennessee
Montgomery, Ala
Where Women Wear Flannel Nightgowns Emma McChesney Satire
Edna Ferber writes a new Emma McChesney tale for the April American Magazine. Emma rebuts a remark that women quit wearing flannel nightgowns, defending practical attire and critiquing fashion fads as she speaks for women across states like Wisconsin and Oregon.
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Edna Ferber
Emma McChesney
Broadway
New Yorker
Winter Garden
Fifth Avenue
Pinpendte
Wisconsin
Oregon
Secretaries of Congress: Duties Beyond Attending to Visitors
Washington report outlines the varied tasks of personal secretaries to U S senators and representatives. They handle greetings at the Capitol, arrange lodging, secure signatures, answer queries, and support campaigns. The piece notes historic figures, long-serving aides, and the evolution from clerks to paid secretaries since 1893.
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Victor Elirott
Washington
United States
Capitol
Congressional Library
Panama
Pennsylvania
Naval Observatory
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Providence Hospital
Arlington Cemetery
Asher C. Hinds
Maine
Amos L. Allen
Reed
Allen
Bowdoin College
Addison T. Smith
Idaho
Shoup
Heyburn
House of Representatives
Albert T. Dawson
Allison
Smith
Miles Taylor
Montana
House
Senate
Wallace Bessford
Champ Clark
Robert Bowman
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
W. B. Jaynes
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
The Light Beyond the Grave Easter reflection editorial
The Item reprints an Easter editorial praising life over death and the Resurrection as a universal festival. It describes springtime joy, nature’s voices, and a strengthened reverence toward the Divine Father, noting the season’s comforting influence amid worldly distractions.
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A. Gee
President backs budget plan to fund government
The president endorses a comprehensive budget for financial legislation, appealing to thoughtful citizens. He warns that slow, piecemeal expense growth will lead to error and harm the nation’s finances.
Venetian Passion Steals Quiet German Painter
Peter Paul Sanndorf, a shy German artist at twenty four, travels to Venice and falls for Signora Guadagnino, wife of critic Signor Guadagnino. Their forbidden liaison blooms amid art world intrigue before an eventual parting as the couple heads to France and Germany.
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Venice
Peter Paul
Sonndorf
Signor
Silvio Guadagnino
Signor Guadagnino
Germany
Signora Guadagnino
Povero Amico Mio
Sanndorf
Guadagnino
France
Venetienne
English Wit Versus Irish Humor Told by Seumas MacManus
Seumas MacManus humorously argues that Irish wit shines in plain talk. He recalls a Kerry inside tour ride where a jarvey tricks an English passenger with a hill climb door slam. The Englishman laughs, thinking Irish brightness proves stupidity, while MacManus counters with a quip about Ireland’s tourism season.
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Seumas MacManus
Leure
Oung Women’s Christian Association
County
Kerry
Jarvey
Ireland
MacManus
Jurvey
America
London
Abe Martin on Advertising in The April American Magazine
Indiana humorist Abe Martin comments on advertising in the April American Magazine. He jokes about the craft, noting the salesman’s challenge of selling something no one believes you possess and poking fun at political figures like Bryan.
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Abe Martin
Bryan
Physical price of great fortunes in the era of Harriman and Morgan
The article argues that massive wealth from Harriman Morgan Cassatt Rockefeller and Havemeyer exacted a health price. It details Harriman dying at sixty two after intense labor and surgery and notes Morgan Cassatt Rockefeller Havemeyer Sloan and others paid with health while amassing fortunes.
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Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Mr. Morgan
Pujo
Mr. Cassatt
Rockefeller Brothers
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Pealm Beach
William Rockefeller
E. H. Harriman
Jay Gould
John 8. Kennedy
H. O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refins Company
Paante
Havemeyer
Sage
Samuel Sloan
John I
The Tipping Evil Among Traveling and Local Tippers
The piece argues that thousands travel and tip, while hundreds of thousands tip without traveling, paying daily tolls to local tradesmen. It notes no statistics but suggests tipping totals likely exceed one hundred thousand dollars yearly.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Eman Street
Ala
South
Antwerp
Ersay O
Taisiai Mannaer G. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Enerewidook
Srattorial
News
Home
Bell
Taft
Crawford
Sulzer
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Sir Horace Plunkett
England
Scotland
Raiffeisen Banks
Wilson
Nomii Cate
John Kendrick Bangs
the People's Forum
Montgomery
Washington Comment
THE
Holland
Edward H. Harriman
Frederic D. Tappen
New York Clearing House Association
State of
Mr. Tappen
Morgan
J. P. Morgan
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J. Edgar Thomson
Rockefellers
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