Mobile Item Company details 1912 reorganization
The Mobile Item, founded 1881 and reorganized April 10 1912, markets seven papers weekly for ten cents with Sunday edition. It lists officers including MES C. Van Antweep president and J.C. OConnell pastor and treasurer, and notes delivery options and subscription rates. It also provides contact details and date November 1 1912 in Mobile Alabama.
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Z Ae
Mobile Item Company, Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
Mes C. van Antweep
B. Bersga
EOE Seied
John CG. O'Connell
A . Eastor
Democrats Urge Alabama Vote For Wilson and Marshall
Tyler Goodwyn appeals to Alabama Democrats urging a high turnout next Tuesday. He praises Democratic unity and leadership under W G McAdoo and predicts nationwide gains for the party. He asks voters to cast ballots for Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R Marshall in Montgomery dated November 1, 1912.
Wilson Day Tomorrow Promises Key Democratic Campaign
The Wilson and Marshall national campaign team plans Wilson Day celebrations nationwide this Saturday. Governor Wilson prepared a message for US voters to be delivered in all planned meetings and the newspaper will print it in full tomorrow. Alabama Democrats are urged to deliver a large majority to show strong support for the candidate.
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Wilson
Marshall
United States
Tyler Goodwyn
Democrats of
Alabama
Public taste divides as opera and pop clash in early 1900s
Baritone Charles W. Clark laments split tastes in American music. He notes rising interest in opera alongside a surge of trashy popular songs learned by untutored masses. The Selma Times urges farmers to engage in the Mobile Land matters.
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Charles W. Clark
Clark
Selma Times
Farmers County
Mobile Land
Beginning of the End of Turkey, Ferrero Claims
Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero argues that Europe faces a final clash between rival civilizational systems. He says the Turkish empire is a centuries old decadence, and Bulgaria’s advance signals an imminent end of Turkey in Europe, with Asia Minor shrinking to a minor role.
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Guglielmo Ferrero
Europe
Constantinople
Turkey
Asia
Russia
Mediterranean
Knapp Farm Memorial Gains Southwide Support
The Knapp Memorial Committee reports strong success across the South for the Knapp Farm and School of Country Life. At a Fort Worth meeting of the West Texas Cooperative Demonstration Agents, $425 was raised in twenty minutes as fundraising and endorsement spread for the Peabody College connected project honoring Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. The Item urges Mobile County to contribute.
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Knapp
South
West Texas Cooperative Demonstration Agents
Fort Worth
Seaman A. Knapp
Peabody College
Mobile County
Longevity in Long Branch Sets Record Breakers
In Long Branch New Jersey a birthday party revealed seven guests totaling 654 years with ages 102 97 95 90 88 and two 90s. The town and nearby commuters village boast over forty five residents aged 80 or more, suggesting unprecedented local longevity.
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Metropolis
New York City
Long Branch
New Jersey
William Redamond
New England
New York Chooses Thousand Foot Docks to Save Port
New York will extend certain docks to the thousand foot mark after army engineers recommend the upgrade. By accommodating ever larger Transatlantic liners the city preserves its foreign commerce and protects the North River harbor from crowding and navigation hazards.
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New York
Army
North River
The Glory of the Trees in Richmond
The Richmond News Leader extols springtime glory in local trees with sugar maples hickories poplars and blossoms. Pear trees burst with fresh sweetness and nature is praised as earth crammed with heaven as the reader is invited to walk the fields and find peace.
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Richmond
Sumac
Richmond News-Leader
California Governor Johnson Refuses Impeachment Threat
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a setback as Governor Johnson declares his office safe legally and cites talks with California's attorney general. The piece calls his stance a sad blow to supporters hoping for resignation or impeachment.
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Johnson
California
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
America and France call to exchange lessons and minds
Gabriel Hanotaux argues that the United States offers a new, original spirit for Europe to borrow. He urges France to study American life, travel, and openness to fresh air and action, and to borrow from America a more flexible, principled moral deportment and openness to inquiry.
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United States
Panama Canal
Canada
America
France
American
Gabriel Hanotaux
The
North American Review
Shakespeare's Women and Portia in Context
Helen Keller argues Shakespeare’s women are not serious ideals but playful devices and romantic clichés. Portia appears wise yet ends bound by patriarchy, while other heroines are swiftly secured by male suitors. Modern comedy would enlarge their roles.
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Portia
Helen Keller
Woolley Fires the “Angel” Donor at Headquarters
A Democratic campaign book keeper, Bob Woolley, fires a $500 donor who insisted on a clerk position with no salary. The donor, a patriot, is reassigned to Woolley’s desk before the outburst leads to threats of a switch to the Republican HQ.
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Democratic National Committee
Bob Wooley
Mr. Wooley
Gore
William McAdoo
William _. McComb
Mr. Woolley
Woolley
Republican
New York
CANNED WAR Signals From Balkan Fronts in News Pages
The Balkan states go to war without alerting moving picture firms, yet newspapers will feature front page scenes of the clash between allies and Turks. A canvas range in New Jersey will host actors in Turkish baggy pants and Greek skirts as daily battles unfold for the movies.
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Balkan
Moving Picture
Black Mountains
New Jersey
New Orleans
Water transportation draw on Tuscaloosa support
The Van Hoose Canal inspires Birmingham and Tuscaloosa as steel self propelling barges may move along the Warrior river. The Tuscaloosa Times Gazette notes local pride in improved water transport prospects and regional interest in the project.
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van Hoose
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Tizes-Gazette
Inter state Commerce Commission to seek railroad regulation reform
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission plans drastic winter legislation to empower regulation and supervision of railroads. Four recent East coast wrecks killed about 100 and injured nearly as many, with blame cast on engineers and flagmen rather than management.
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Washington
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rochester
N.Y
New York Central
Illinois Central
South
H. K. Belknap
Division of Safety Appliances
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Westport
Conn
McChord
Department of Justice
Interstate Committee
The
Senate
House of Representatives
Farrell
Name plate ordinance sparks debate on city ownership
New York weighs a plan to affix owner name plates to all property to expose ownership of slum and saloon sites. Reform voices praise it for transparency and moral pressure, while Assessor Richards warns trusteeships and dummy deeds could shield true ownership and limit impact.
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New York
Washington
York City
Board of Aldermen
John Vam Schaick
Church of Our Fathers
Abram Simon
Simon
Cooper
Young Men’s Christian Association
Richards
Warning on Bunco Tactics Warns Readers in Journal
The Grand Saline Texas Journal cautions consumers about fraudulent schemes. It warns that an alleged punkin yampertater made of coal tar and cotton waste and a red tin-peeling Ben Davis apple may be circulated to mislead the public.
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Journal
Grand_ Saline
Texas
The Mexican Situation and Its Loyal Middle Class
Delorey Butterfield argues in The North American Review that while rebels threaten Mexico, a educated middle class and obreros support Madero to defend Mexico from anarchy. If Madero fails, he warns, Mexico faces further revolutions, harsher dictators, and loss of autonomy amid Cientificismo.
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Mexico
Obreros
Madero
Delorey Butterfield
The
North American Review
Grounds for Governor Baldwin Opposition to Rural Credit Plan
The Chattanooga News notes Governor Baldwin of Connecticut opposes Taft’s rural credit proposal for a governors conference. Six other governors approve, including Mann Virginia and Vessey South Dakota. The piece suggests constitutional issues may deter federal action but hopes for progress despite objections.
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Baldwin
Connecticut
Taft
Conference of Governors
Mann
Virginia
Vessey
South Dakota
Goldsborough
Maryland
Foss
Massachusetts
Everhart
Minnesota
Pothier
Rhode Island
Blease
South Carolina
David Lubin
Southern Commercial Congress
Interefere
Chattanooga News
California Rooster Silence Drug Prompts Sleepers
A Memphis News Scimiter item mocks a California retiree chemist who discovers a substance to silence rooster crowing. The comic piece notes the quiet would only benefit the idle, while workers and early risers would gain rest, lampooning social classes and public nuisance fears.
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California
Carlylie
Memphis News Scimiter
Ananias Club Charter List of Political Accusations
A compilation of historical accusations linked to various public figures including Presidents and senators. The list names individuals such as Taft Chandler Tillman Bailey Ames Parker and Harriman with quoted denials or refutations. Local figures and editors are also cited in dated proclamations from 1904 to 1998.
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Tormer
Ananiag Club
Taft
Worcester
W. E. Chandler
Lodge
Roosevelt
Chandler
Senator Tillman
Senator Bailey
Till
New York Evening Post
the Evening Post
H. S. Owen
Butler Ames
Alton B. Parker
Harriman
Richmond Pearson Hobson
William Loeb, Jr
Japan
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
William M. Laffan
New York Sun
Mr. Laffan
Luke E. Wright
Oyster Bay
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Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert H Bulldin
Anson
Als
Fifth Ave
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Evan
Republican Party
Mammon
Republican Guard
Democratic Organization
Great Tribune of the People
Maine
Everglades
Great Lakes
Union
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Iowa
Ohio
Wisconsin
W. G. McAdoo
National Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
North Star
Montgomery, Ala
Knapp Farm
Shakespeare
Water Transportation
Victor Elliott
Farmers’ Credit Movement
Ananias Club
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