Mobiles Item Company Inc publication notice
Local Mobile newspaper listing shows The Mobile Item Company Inc at 2018 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama. It notes seven papers a week including Sundays and lists officers President Van Antwerp Vice President and General Manager P Bush Secretary and Treasurer O Connell.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
Sion GC
van Antwerp
P. Bush
Mobile 1913 Briefs Digest May 25
City and regional notices appear in a condensed AP and INS report. Names such as Albert Hanson and the publication’s address in New York and Mobile are noted, with typical telephonic trunk line and departmental references.
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Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Mobile
Fifth Ave
New York
Ton
Ball
Alabama
Mobile Board Dodges Pay Roll Cuts Adopts Business Principles
The Item notes Mobile county school commissioners, while independent, discussed trimming expenses and allocating funds to a building and maintenance special fund. Debates center on abolishing the primary supervisor, medical inspector tenure, and the supervising architect salary, with concerns over efficiency and proper use of funds. The article also urges Mobile to pursue rate discrimination complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission and seeks amicable railroad negotiations to secure fair interior-to-seaboard rates.
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Mobile County
Murphy
Montgomery County
Chicago
Luther Walter
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cotton Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Walter
Mobile
Armbrecht
Commerce Commission
Atlantic
New Orleans
Cobb
Chamber of Commerce Freight Bureau
Public Journal
What Does This Point To
Herbert Corey notes uptown New York restaurants favoring women shoppers who spend by husband money and downtown eateries for stenographers paid on Saturdays. Managers discuss differing payment models and honesty, then question how these patterns relate to woman suffrage and the leisure class influence.
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Herbert Corey
New York
Corey
No Support in Georgia Case
Philip Wellmer of the Prison Association of Georgia rejects using Georgia brutality as justification for Alabama’s convict lease system. He argues Georgia will not return to private exploitation of convicts and calls for progress, reforms in county road camps, and prudence over hysteria. He notes Georgia’s system must be preserved but improved with civilized standards.
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Alabama
Georgia
Philip Wellmer
The
Prison Association of Georgia
Atlanta mother avoids $2500 Friedmann TB offer
Dr Thrash denounces Dr Friedmann as a fraud after a Atlanta mother shielded her consumptive son from a $2500 TB treatment. The case follows charges that Friedmann promised cures before proof and pressed exorbitant fees, while medical opinion holds real value should be far less.
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Atlanta
Friedman
E. C. Thrash
Georgia
Thrash
New York
Friedmann
Sr. Friedmann
Throsh
Alaska railroad debate tests federal role and routes
Washington observers weigh government vs private building of Alaska railways as senators study routes from tidewater to inland waterways. Analysts warn private capital may foreclose coal and oil districts. if built by Uncle Sam, lines could reach 733 miles with Army engineers aiding construction.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Congress
Alaska
Tide Water
Sam
Senate Committee On Territories
Delaware
Rhode Island
Interior Department
Walter Fisher
Cordova
Valdez
Skagay
Fairbanks
Omaha
Chicago
New York
Railroad Commission
Taft
United States
Linotype
Panama Canal
Uncle Sam's Nest
Army Engineers
Panama
Immigrant crowd misled by Sioux show at New York pier
Nine hundred immigrants arriving from Ellis Island fearfully believe Indians roam the city after a tug bringing a Sioux show crew lands at a New York pier. Fifty Sioux in paint and feathers board the vessel bound for Staten Island, frightening the visitors with their display.
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Ellis Island
New York
Staten Island
Alunt
Matrimonial Marvels and Flood Bills Stir Readers
The column notes Nat Goodwin and De Wolf Hopper lampooning B Young for mock triumphs in marriages and predicts rival matrimonial circles may endure. It also reports New Orleans interest in Congress flood measures Newlands and Ransdel bills, urging support for broad Mississippi valley protection despite local disputes.
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Rach
Nat Goodwin
de Wolf Hopper
B. Young
Nat
de Wolf
New Orleans
Reading Publc
Congress
Ransdel
Mississippi Valley
Mobile in 1913 Family Quarrels Amid Local Turmoil
A letter from a longtime Mobile resident urges residents to ignore attacks by a local paper the Mobile Regular and to focus on rebuilding trust in the city. The writer recalls past public health battles from mosquitoes to bubonic plague, defends local leaders, and warns against politicizing family matters while promoting civic charity and safety.
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Gabriel
Know Alls
Medical College
Pat
Pillans
Monroe Park
Mobile
Darky
Unified railroads and public demand for competition
A Washington attorney pursues an investigation into the Mellen railroads in New England to determine whether to proceed against President Mellen and associates under the Sherman law. The piece notes strong public insistence on competition and warns that unification attempts face popular opposition despite railway managers' views.
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New York
Department of Justice
Washington
New England
Mellen
James J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Hill
Roosevelt
Northern Securities Company
United States
Harriman
Mississippi Valley
Erie
New York Central System
Boston
Hartman
Northern Securities Holding Company
Mellon Railroad Companies
Grand Trunk System
Central Railroad
Vermont
Maine
Upper Maine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Alabama Polytechnical Institute reports record attendance and varied enrollments
The 189 page institute catalogue highlights a total of 805 attending students. Representation spans Alabama counties and 17 other states plus Mexico Cuba Guatemala and Peru. Senior and junior classes reach historic highs while engineering and agriculture departments show large numbers across many fields and religious affiliations are listed. Notable students from Mobile and among sophomores are named.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Broun Engineering
Chemical Laboratory
Langdon Hall
Carnegie Library
Comer Agricultural Hall
O. D. Smith
Alabama
Mexico
Cuba
Guatemala
Peru
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture
Presbyterian
Episcopal
Mobile
James William Less Benson
Claude William Marcelline Ressijac
Paul Minnis
Murrell Edward Shields
Meanest of the Cat Pie Ruse Told by Governor McCreary
A Virginia mother, suspecting her son Willie, accuses the cat of stealing a saved pie. Willie insists the cat did it, noting the feline’s guilty look. The tale, cited by Governor McCreary of Kentucky, ends with the mother doubting Willie’s honesty.
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McCreary
Kentucky
Virginia
Willie
Mamma
Philadelphia Telegraph
Wondering tenant questions quickens after move
A curious note from the Albany Journal suggests a new tenant in a vacated flat may be pondering whether the prior occupant kept quickens, reflecting skepticism about old habits and property logic.
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Albany Journal
Plan First Then Build Roads Declares New York Public Opinion
The New York World cites Highway Commissioner Carlisle demanding satisfaction that road projects deliver value before further construction. It criticizes a $50,000 daily spend with no scientific study, bid-based misuse, and politics over people. The piece urges prudent leadership and moral accountability.
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New York State
Carlisle
Davy Crockett
New York World
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Washington Comment
People’s Forum
Unified Railroads
Holland
Alabama Polytechnic
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