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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
4
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions a service and the Hers Association with unclear context and missing details. The readable portion points to a local organizational note or bulletin dated 1913. Further readable facts are insufficient to identify names, places, or outcomes.
Proceedings in St Louis highlight the high price of militarism with Carnegie and Bartholdt urging peace based on civilization. U S army and navy spending exceed three hundred million yearly while tariff plans face Democratic resistance in the Senate and changes in steamship licensing rules are adopted for motor boats.
Psychology guides vocational planning with tests to measure qualifications for work. Ayres cites Munsterberg tests for telephone operators and streetcar motormen, noting improved efficiency and safety. Reaction-time testing boosted steel ball inspection, doubling wages and cutting work hours, while boosting factory profits.
A St. Louis launched project seeks to mobilize every U S municipality to clean streets alleys and yards and to paint exteriors for beauty and sanitation. Promoters expect a nationwide chain of well painted towns inspiring rural areas and boosting property values with civic pride and practical results. Leaders editors and civic improvement figures back the effort.
A husband confesses to deceiving his wife by faking a drowning to win her, admitting the water was waist deep. A child announces he sensed the deception from the moment the couple discussed the tale.
Edward F. Terry, an erecting contractor, has left his mark in a hundred cities and rivers with his sign manual. He recently placed 40,000 tons of steel into the Manhattan bridge and 100,000 tons in the Grand Central Railway station. He has been paid over $115,000,000 on his contracts and rose from riveter to prominent builder at age 54.
A clergyman’s daughter utters a mild oath and earns ten cents for promising not to repeat it. Days later she reports a new word worth fifty cents, delivering a humorous glimpse into child wit and parental bargaining from Everybody’s Magazine.
Old Father Gobbin removes a torn post office box and finds a long forgotten letter to his son Peter from Marie Louvrier. The letter reveals past jealousy and a plan to marry, leading to Peter enlisting and dying abroad. Gobbin meets Marie to reveal the fate and shares her sorrow, as years of silence unfold.
A national appeal urged by Miss Jessie Wilson asks women of means to sponsor a poor but worthy girl and educate her for service to women. Richmond papers endorse direct personal philanthropy over large institutions, noting tangible results and lasting uplift.
Washington report outlines plans for radical currency reform before term end. Senate bankers discuss secret tailoring of a new system with Aldrich central bank ideas and proposals for Bank of England style or nationwide subsidiary banks. Advocates push stronger federal supervision to prevent panics.
A man and his wife face a city uprising. As barricades rise outside, they wrestle fear, love, and duty. Their children sleep nearby while the husband prepares to join the workers. a cold moon and a doomed city frame a hopeful, perilous departure.
The National Drainage Congress in St. Louis backs a malaria campaign with Dr. Dowling of Louisiana as chair and Governor Hall promising state aid. Economic claims cite large potential gains from mosquito eradication, noting success in New York, Chicago, and other areas, while stressing health and labor benefits.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote argues Chicago suspends speed limits for physicians while police enforce strict rules against all others, including auto bandits, sparking debate over fairness and enforcement.
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