Mobile Item 1913 May 30. Local and national news
The Mobile Item prints the daily edition from Mobile Alabama dated May 30 1913 with Associated Press and International News Service reports. It lists distribution by mail and carrier to Mobile suburbs and nearby towns including Biloxy Pascagoula Citronelle Atmore Brewton Pensacola and broader trunk telephones.
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onoAnizen
Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
James C. V. Cees
Breeeussedoh
Sun Beet
Mae Aarta
Renee En
Associated Press Report
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Publishers’ Association
Ane Aman
Ene
Alee
Mail—Daily and
Pester
OMG Yoo
Baldy County
Sport
Biloyl
Pascagoula
Citronelle
Jomazon
Atmore
Brewton
Pensacola
Torial
News Rev Cy
Home
Bell 152
Fem
Alabama
Why Girls Leave School And The Mobile Auditorium Debate
A U S Bureau of Education bulletin on Worcester girls shows many could have stayed in school but left to work due to family finances or dislike of schooling. The piece notes high drop rates 13 to 16 and argues for practical training for girls. It also previews a mass meeting in Temperance Hall in Mobile about the Panama Canal memorial and the need for a city auditorium to host a major Southern Commercial Congress event with figures like Secretary Bryan and possibly President Wilson.
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United States Bureau of Education
Worcester
Mass
Bulletin
Temperance Mall
Champer of Commerce and Business League
L. C. Irvine
Panama Canal
John T. Morgan
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Congress
Iye- Neve
United States
Bryan
Wilson
Temperance Hall
Comfort in the Simple Life and the Doldrums of Modern Papers
The piece reflects on deep sea sailors seeking landlife during doldrums and likens editors craving peaceful farming to endure modern newspaper whirlwinds. It notes Alabama editors like Bob Neil and Stanley of Greenville, and mentions a court showing mint in Kentucky as a digression.
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Frank Stanton
Paul Cook
Bob” Neil
Selma Times
Stanley
Greenville Advocate
Alabama
Kentucky
Senator Heyburn Remembered Amid Confederate Veterans Ride
A fragment notes Senator Heyburn did not live to witness a day when Confederate Veterans rode United States cavalry horses, highlighting a ceremonial display and notable absence in the event.
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Heyburn
Uniteds Cavalry
River Traffic Proves Steamers Beat Rails in Coal Trade
Alfred Bettinger argues in the National Waterways that the Ohio River carries about 10 million tons of annual commerce with 90 percent of Mississippi basin traffic exiting at New Orleans. Barges towed by sternwheel steamboats shuttle coal from Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Cincinnati, with a single Louisville to New Orleans trip reaching 57 500 tons.
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Alfred Bettinger
National Waterways
Ohio River
Mississippi
New Orleans
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Louisville
Cincinnati
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile
Bettinger
Tombigbee
Warrior Rivers
Cat Becomes Poor Catastrophe for College Bequest
Miss Martha Van Deursen of Middletown died leaving Wesleyan College a large sum for the institution and a burial for her cat. A medical student who vivisected the cat eight years earlier forfeited the bequest, as the college lost its chance at the money. The tale ends with a burst of Puritan rhetoric about social leaders and gambling.
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Martha van Deursen
Middletown
Conn
Judge Tricks Suspect With Name Age Riddle In Court
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a judge punning on a drunk and disorderly case. The defendant gives a joking name M V B Goppinger and age 47, prompting the judge to quip about possible falsity and sentence him to forty-seven days in the workhouse.
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M. V. B. Goppinger
M. V. B Goppinger
Martin van Buren
Chicago Tribune
Take Me Up With You Songwriter Hanson Sisk
Madisonville boy Hanson R. Sisk of St. Louis has written an aeroplane love song titled Take Me Up With You. Parents Alvin and Mrs. Sisk are proud of his first effort reported by the Madisonvilleuster.
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Madisonville
Hanson R. Sisk
St. Louis
Hanse
Alvin ‘Sisk
Poem Fragment Honors Blue and Gray with Laurels
A short commemorative verse expresses thanks to God and honors both sides. It teases farewell to present cares and echoes shared sorrow between factions.
Secret fire control plans gone from Navy Bureau
Washington reports a set of tinted papers bearing US Navy fire control plans for battleships has vanished from the Bureau of Steam Engineering. Foreign powers allegedly bought them, traders and spies blamed, as Washington warns of a broad spy network and secure codes changed quarterly. The loss of these papers could alter naval balance and trigger high-stakes investigations.
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Washington
Tokio
Berlin
London
Navy Department of the United States
Uncle Sam
State Department
Navy Department
America
Washingon
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Secret Service
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Navy
United States
Manila Bay
New York City
Philippines
White House
Nippon
Congress
Mystery of the Monkey Wire Break in India 1864
A traveler recalls primitive telegraph service in India with single heavy wires and no insulators. Recurrent daily breaks between three and five pm were traced to monkeys climbing poles, bending wires to touch the ground, forcing repairs and revealing local wildlife as the culprit.
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India
Mercara
Connamore
Mysore
Nutjah
Nunjah
Marketing the Chinese Loan by Holland
New York May 30 Henry P Davidson of J P Morgan & Co is expected to travel to Europe later next week. He may discuss the Chinese loan after Morgan’s founder’s death and potential rail consolidations. Davidson helped form the American bankers syndicate for China and may reveal implications for U S manufacturers and trade in China as Britain and Germany extend large contracts.
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New York
Henry P. Davidson
J. P. Morgan & Co
Europe
Morgan
Davidson
Sereoe
New York Central Railroad Company
Washington
United States
China
Philander C. Knox
Great Britain
Germany
Knox
France
London
Republic
Japan
Russia
Hersel
Holland
Silence Tactics in Paterson Strike Zone
A Dallas News New York correspondent reports a new method used to force strikebreakers to quit. In Paterson silk mills workers and families gathered silently near the picket fence as a large crowd pressed with no sound. After tense minutes the strikers left, unable to endure the silent pressure.
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Paterson
New York
Dallas News
Watt T Brown Emerges As St Clair Candidate For Lt Governor
The Talladega Reporter notes Watt T. Brown of St. Clair County a strong lieutenant governor prospect. Former Talladega County resident, Brown is described as a live and progressive businessman likely to attract a large following, with rivals viewed as secondary.
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Eile
the College
Canaries
ANON
Gorse
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
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