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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
The National Child Labor Committee chief notes ten years of nationwide progress since 1904 with laws or compulsory attendance in every state except eight. Most states raised age limits to fourteen, tightened night work rules, and expanded welfare provisions, with Alabama moving toward the fourteen-year standard after the recent election.
Frances A. Keller in the North American Review argues that modern public opinion demands accountability from political parties. She contends party organization must awake and justify its prerogatives, with platforms reflecting social and political imperatives rather than mere power gains.
The Item reports that the school authorities refuse report or promotion cards to students behind in tuition payments. Principal Bryne says report cards are withheld until payment is made, raising questions about access for families unable to pay and the notion of free public schooling.
A Mobile columnist notes Dr. Gorgas calls malaria Mobile's main malady and suggests a vigorous anti mosquito campaign. He recalls past fights against typhoid smallpox tuberculosis and hookworm and proposes a pool to pool effort with oil to drain standing water and curb malaria.
Dr J W Kerr cites 300000 US deaths and over 3 million cases from communicable diseases. W H Deadrick proposes scientific health and sanitary surveys to guide city health departments and address tuberculosis sanitation food inspection water supply housing and birth and death statistics.
The piece warns of a looming civil clash as Ulster volunteers arm and drift from government control while the south silently arms too. It analyzes the Okays and risks of Home Rule, army loyalty, and possible government and labor upheavals across Dublin, Ulster, and England.
The Washington Letter discusses a pending senate bill to fund a new national children’s bureau forecast to transform conditions for 32 to 35 million under age 16. It notes Julia Lathrop’s leadership, prenatal care efforts, infant mortality studies, and forthcoming surveys on child labor, juvenile courts, and mothers’ pensions. If approved, a $139,000 budget will reorganize the bureau into six divisions with nationwide field staff and civil service hiring.
A New York World critique of a contempt ruling against Mrs. Gallo, a Rome immigrant with five children, jailed for debt despite unclear funds and guardianship strain. The piece argues imprisonment for debt is unjust, likening law to an ass and urging more discriminating enforcement amid family hardship.
A side length of a circumscribed octagon equals the square root of twice the square of the circle’s radius minus the circle’s diameter. This describes a relationship between the octagon side and the inscribed circle.
The Montgomery Advertiser notes opponents of altering the stars and stripes and predicts the movement will die out like the Dixie change effort. It argues no room is needed on Old Glory now and any future change should be considered only later.
The piece debates how disciplined native regiments in India and Egypt might respond to political and religious upheaval and potential German opportunism. It weighs whether they would fire on compatriots or follow recent precedents, and hints at a brewing civil conflict in Britain between Ulster and Dublin factions.
Special report from Atlanta details the 1914 Georgia peach season start. The first car from Byron to New York departs Atlanta on the Southern Railway after being delivered by Central of Georgia. Officials from Southern Railway and partner lines coordinate fast special trains to move up to five thousand cars with nightly peach shipments.
Vice Admiral Wa Matsumoto of the Japanese navy received a three year prison sentence for accepting bribes linked to naval contracts. Captain Sawasaki got one year, while Commander Suzuki was acquitted.
Dreamland theatre opens Monday matinee with Leo Adde and the Olympia Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan The Beggar Prince. The company recenty finished a successful Atlanta run and brings a full operatic orchestra special scenery and New York costumes by Tams. Reserved seats go on sale Monday at 9 o'clock.
A strong bill at the Empire features Pathe's two reel Antony and Cleopatra with Pathe stars in leading roles. Mary Fuller Edison appears in A Tight Squeeze. Kalem's The Treasure Ship two part mystery stars Alice Hollister. The Price of Drinks farce comedy also screens tomorrow.
In Hammondsport Glenn Curtiss piloted Langley’s revived flying machine Langley’s Folly showing the core aviation principles. Langley had died heartbroken after twenty years of work and government delays, but the relic demonstrated a short flight and the potential of heavier-than-air craft. Langley’s steam driven model previously flew a mile over the Potomac.
Louis Rowell a plumber with Simmons & Young drowned Thursday night while swimming with three companions near Choctaw Point. He swam farther out than the others, vanished after crying for help, possibly from cramps or current near the river mouth. The body was not recovered Friday morning and may have drifted into the bay. Rowell was unmarried and lived with his mother.
A variegated collection of coffee pots is dumped as obsolete after payment for modern breakfast appliances. Once valued kitchen science, these somber discard items now form a respectable junk pile, evoking memories of earlier mornings and fraught culinary progress.
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