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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
6
The Mobile Item reports the death of Jacob W. Weiss, a beloved business and civic figure known for his generosity, floral tastes, music, and community work with Mobile mystic societies. The notice reflects on his lasting impact and friendships across Alabama.
A Kentucky society editor described a local wedding with extravagant hyperbole praising the bride. Critics note the florid prose spread beyond its origin, labeled Some Bride, and reaching readers nationwide as a witty epithet for the embellished account.
Postmaster General Burleson questions claims that individuals and express firms may not carry parcels under the parcel post. Government must equip, set uniform prices, and ensure rapid, secure service. express offices are sparse and remote areas would rely on parcel delivery. The contention centers on whether the government should handle distant delivery while express firms serve accessible locations.
A Cincinnati shoe maker H. Krippendorf writes to leaders to keep protective duties, arguing free trade harms jobs. Simultaneously Illinois vice commission reports poor conditions at International Shoe Company in Springfield, prompting senator criticism and urged tariff support.
In Washington in May 1913 Senator Tillman proposed a tobacco ban for the senate wing during sessions, but the measure died amid laughter. The piece recalls an ancient rule forbidding smoking in the building except in the chamber and cloakrooms, inspired by Senate reactions to a choking incident with a cigar. It notes Uncle Joe Cannon’s famous cigars and closes with a letter contrasting boosting with truth about Southern Alabama and a call to consider the South’s growing land boom.
Delaware Du Ponts and associates plan a thirty million dollar Equitable Building project on a prime Wall Street site. The scheme finances a twenty million loan to form a landmark thirty five story structure with annual mortgage payments funded from rents and interest, using rock foundations and caisson methods for stability.
Senator Works of California blasts the Sherman anti trust act as ineffective. He urges criminal penalties for acts of restraint and expansion of the Interstate Commerce Commission to supervise and dissolve offending corporations. He argues that mere dissolution is insufficient and calls for jail for those who deprive rivals of credit and opportunity.
The New York Sun reports Sun Yat-sen claims Yuan Shih-Kai will not be elected president. Sun may leave China due to health. the Chinese government is described as a military dictatorship with Yuan as the strongest figure, facing possible military opposition to prevent his election.
A near sighted stranger chats with a boy on a bridge as a sunset glow fills the sky. The boy says he has watched it ten minutes, then reveals the glow is actually the village schoolhouse burning down.
On the train out Medford way Subbuds spoke with a stranger who noted their many new structures. Subbuds replied that new buildings are the only kind they put up, reflecting their business pride in construction.
Bob Franklin of Cynthiana resigns as commonwealth's attorney in the Franklin district. Governor McCreary selects Vic Bradley of Georgetown as successor. Franklin exited to pursue higher earnings in private practice.
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