The Mobile Item Company Inc
The Mobile Item Company Inc located at 16 18 St. Emanuel Street, Mobile Alabama is noted in this item.
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the Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1913
Page
6
Notice to subscribers update address changes
City subscribers to The Item who have moved or plan to move during the annual moving period are asked to notify the circulation manager with both old and new addresses so paper delivery can continue without delay.
Campaign to curb medical quacks through mail fraud charges
The United States will wage a two pronged campaign against medical quacks. When fraud is proven from victim complaints, the post office will withdraw mail privileges and the justice department will pursue indictments for using the mails to perpetrate fraud. The plan targets newspaper advertising and rural patient inquiries to extend legal reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
Post Office Establishment
Hitchcock
Burleson
Department
Congress
Are Electric Railroads Safer Than Steam
The article argues that electric locomotives reduce rail stresses with heavy tractive power and high torque, enabling safer running at slow speeds and easy braking. It cites Electrical World evidence on reduced track bending and better control, though it warns safety still depends on operation and signaling.
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Jess
New York Voters Face Complex Ballot in City Government Race
The New York Herald warns voters about a lack of information on candidates and civic issues as they elect a new city government. The piece notes tensions over Tammany Hall, Sulzer, Murphy, and the expansive ballot in Manhattan with six party and six petition columns.
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New York Herald
New York
Fire Department
Charles T. Murphy
Tammany
the Herald
Sulzer
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Stillwell
Whitman
Mr. Hennessy
Manhattan
Prohibition
Independence League
Mobile
Progressive Democrats Awake in Alabama War Paint on
The Montgomery Journal hints at a rekindled political fracas as progressive Democrats stir. Curiosity centers on Mr Comer and a letter to Mr F I Thompson, with doubts over local option. The Item awaits the Journal’s reply to whether Comer supports Comer after the letter reveals his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery Journal
Perry Street
Tabernacle
Mobile
B. B. Comer
F. I. Thompson
Register
Comer
Thompson
President backs federal protection for migratory birds
Washington date four years after the tariff row the president backed a new federal law to protect migratory birds. The act creates two zones breeding and wintering and groups states into thirteen wardened districts under Agriculture Department oversight. Audubon societies and public campaigns aided passage with Eleanor Wilson featuring in a Bird Masque to promote the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Elliott
Washington
United States
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Ohio River
Mississippi Valley
Minneapolis
Memphis
Missouri River
Bismarck
Nebraska City
South
Atlantic Coast
Audubon Societies
Eleanor Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
No Immediate Relief on Eastern Rail Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission will suspend all proposed freight rate increases for railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. Schedules will be held in abeyance as testimony and hearings are planned.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Lin
Beans and Boston decline spark debate in New York Herald
A humorous soapbox critique cites Boston’s bean cult as a sign of urban decay. The piece notes a stone thrown at a beanseller and a demand for fixed prices, linking the incident to broader changes in civic culture and commerce in Back Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph Mack
Mack
Back Bay
New York Herald
Asquith Passes On Lord Chief Justice Chance
In a London Spectator note just days before Sir Rufus Isaac’s appointment, it predicted Asquith might take the post. The piece says he declined to stay in parliament for Irish home rule, even as others note his legal stature and allyship with the less fortunate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
Rufus Isaac
Great Britain
Rufus
Asquith
Louisville Post
Father of the Isthmian Canal
A Houston Chronicle tribute to John T. Morgan, lauded by delegates of the Southern Commercial Congress for decades of tireless advocacy of a Panama Canal. The piece credits his persistence through the 1880s and 1890s and his role in conceiving and shaping the project, noting the nation’s debt and the ultimate purchase of the canal by the United States.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Panama Canal
South
John T. Morgan
Senate
Morgan
Houston Chronicle
The Necklace in Paris A Banker Faces a Dilemma
In Paris, M Davicourt of a wealthy bank is publicly generous yet tight with a necklace sale. A poor clerk seeks funds for his sick daughter. the banker offers five hundred francs after citing charity obligations and a costly life, prompting conflict over true compassion versus self-interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Davicourt
Henri Davicourt
Paris
Monsieur
M. Davricourt
Riviera
Davicourt
Tariff affects steel industry but little
A New York writer quotes steel figures and bankers after the tariff law. Industry leaders foresee a possible fall in profits and a gradual revival tied to railroad equipment demand and broader economic shifts. Bankers report solid earnings and caution on rate changes.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Henry C. U . H. G . A. Farre i Lary
James
Steel Corporation
Gary
Chicago
Farrell
House Banking and Currency Committee
House of Representatives
Pacific Coast
Iron and Steel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroads
E. E. Clark
Clark
James J. Hill
William C. Brown
New York Cent
Ripley
Atchison
Mr. Hill
Howard Elliott
New Haven
Lackawanna
Canadian Pacific
Bank of Germany
Stock Exchange
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
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