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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
6
The Mobile Item Company Inc publishes seven papers a week from 10-18 St. Emmanuel Street Mobile Alabama. Established 1881 and re established April 1912. Distribution includes afternoons and Sunday mornings with a 10 cent price for Pier edition.
A condensed international news note from the Associated Press discusses advertising and media coverage across Southern states including Baldwin County and Gulfport. Mentions Pensacola and nearby areas with a subscription price of 4 dollars.
In Mobile on March 26 1913 officials announce a coming national convention in Washington to press for pension relief for superannuated civil service employees. Leaders include Charles Russell A W McKee W E Kelley and Edward Cantwell as about 100 000 workers rally behind expanded pensions.
The piece argues for replacing county judges and sheriffs with professionally trained county superintendents of schools in Texas. It notes rural districts contain three quarters of a million children and urges nonpolitical, expert oversight to improve rural education nationwide.
Amid Yazoo delta devastation, pecan trees survived floods unless submerged. A single old tree yielded five hundred pounds of nuts valued at two hundred fifty dollars, with large acreages in Alabama Texas Mississippi and northern regions contributing to a potential flood crop loss.
Fragmentary text from a Pali era page yields sparse readable items. Key names or dates are missing, making a full event card difficult. The readable portion hints at religious or scholarly notes without concrete actions or outcomes.
An importing company asks the Ways and Means Committee to admit asphalt free, arguing duties of 3 per ton on refined and 1.50 on crude asphalt raise road costs. The claim states no fake asphalt exists in the U S and removal would save municipalities money for needed construction. It asserts rising domestic production outpaced imports, keeping prices high and harming California oil asphalt producers.
The Florida Times-Union notes the preference for the name Smith amid references to Asiatic entitlements including Chi Ho Yank Ki Tak An Tai Kay Im Chi Chang Yi Sung Hun Ok Kivan Piu and mentions from the new world Plenty Crops Medicine Crown and White Man Runs Him.
An editorial mocks using federal pensions to deter crime by thieves and crooks. It suggests funding the plan through a broader income tax and claims this would shift temptation from vice to government treasury. The piece cites the New York Herald as a source for the uplift concept.
The piece argues for a U S Department of Labor to include workers in policy, noting the exclusion of the main wealth creators from the president's official board. It cites continental parallels and calls for labor to have a voice in government decisions affecting economic life.
The article argues President Wilson will not favor relatives for public positions. It notes his cousin and his own brother faced political setbacks despite perceived merit. The piece praises the president's stance as morally sound, while acknowledging personal loss for the brother.
A Brooklyn Times report on a New York conference remark by Dr. Ira Wise claiming ninety percent of boy cigarette smokers are degenerates. The piece criticizes the universality of such claims, noting many smokers achieve prominence in various fields and cautioning against broad generalizations.
Dr Allan McLaughlin argues in Popular Mechanics that polluted water threatens public health and that citizens must demand safe water. He says education is needed to show what safe water is and insists municipalities have a 365 day duty to provide it, warning that failure amounts to passive murder.
The telegraph reports the foundation stone for Canberra, new capital of Australia, laid by Governor General Denman. The piece notes influence from Washington and Delhi as planned capitals and cites a trend toward building new capitals on undeveloped layouts.
The store company based in Savannah Georgia argues its side of the anti trust actions. It claims solvency with a four million dollar surplus and says federal enforcement forced suspension. It asserts the government must enforce the law and that warning was given as the Naval Stores Company could have complied over several years.
John recalls a secret love for Diana, wife of his best friend Sergei. Diana faces divorce and exile while hiding the name of the beloved man. A funeral summons from Count Sorges exposes the truth and drives Diana to madness as past passions erupt.
Fragmentary notes describe a convoluted cabinet discussion under President Wilson involving labor and a package of congressional garden seed. The text hints at power shifts and political maneuvering within the administration.
A 1882 report notes potential to turn lumber mill refuse into marketable paper. Investor Burdett Loomis plans a Waycross Georgia mill testing cotton fiber sugar stalks and wild banana pulp, while sulfur wealth from Louisiana and Southern mill waste projects signal growing industrial opportunity.
The Biloxi Herald cites Mobile and New Orleans coverage of a coastal visit. It urges maintaining friendly relations with New Orleans and fostering ties with Mobile, noting a ship could benefit the coast and Mobile as a top summer resort attraction.
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