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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1913

Page

4

The Mobile Item Company Directory Entry

An old Mobile Alabama newspaper page lists the Mobile Item Company address Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama with a representative Seema Jenes Atbina Kelly Smith Company and service rates for mail daily and Sunday subscriptions and a carrier delivery rate in Mobile and suburbs. It also notes trunk line telephones connecting all departments and office contact numbers for Bell phones.

Mobile Item Company Emanuel Street Mobile Ala Seema Jenes Atbina Kelly-Smith Company Associated Press Report International Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Bell Home

Movable Almanac Noted Public Interests Message

The fragment reflects a Mobile Alabama 1913 reader notice stressing prompt world events coverage, moral advocacy, and impartial public discussion to serve public welfare. It mentions reader engagement and devotion to accurate interpretation of current movements and measures.

Mobile Alabama Coe Pceene SS Seener

Blames Schools for High Living and Rising Costs

The Kansas City region has seen a 59 percent rise in living costs over ten years while skilled wages grew about 26 percent. George A. Trayer of the Department of Labor argues education has increased living standards and the cost of necessities, noting improvements like electric lights, plumbing, and better food. He asserts education advances civic progress and affluence without reversing overall gains.

Kansas City George A. Trayer Department of Labor Virginia Trayer America

Too Much Hygiene Critique Of Eleven Year Health Study

The Argonaut questions a hygienic experiment selecting twenty girls for eleven years of training to be physically perfect. It warns such focus on health may cause neurasthenia and hypochondria, arguing true good health arises from common sense not obsessive care.

Argonaut Bryn Mawr College

New York's New Mayor and the Mitchel Family Legend

The Chicago Tribune asks how many Irish Americans know that John Mitchel was elected New York mayor on Tuesday and recalls Mitchel's grandfather, an Irish revolutionary who led The United Irishman. He was convicted of treason and transported, later escaping to publish his life in Jail Journal.

John Mitchel New York Chicago Tribune Mitchel America John Purroy Mitchel United Irishman Supreme Court Hagan Gotham Cahill

Recognition of constitutionalists belligerency reshapes aid to Carranza

Washington plans to recognize the belligerency of the Northern Constitutionalists under Carranza, enabling arms and embargo limits, with no need for congressional approval. The move aims to bolster Carranza’s war effort while restricting Huerta’s access to funds and supplies.

Washington United States Mexico Wilson Huerta Congress Carranza Constitutionalists

Marriage Center in Basement of New York City Hall

In New York City, the city hall basement houses the national marriage center where 38,999 licenses were issued to Manhattanites and Bronxites in 1912, with 56,493 for the greater city. The year shows a rise as couples from all social strata seek the same one dollar ceremony.

New York City Hall Cupid's Tribunal Uncle Sam Navy Columbia Annapolis

We challenge Alabama papers on anti saloon league protest

The Tuscaloosa News questions why Montgomery Journal Fort Payne Journal and others object to outside newspapers voicing opinions on the senatorial race while failing to oppose the National Anti Saloon League's entry into the Alabama campaign in support of Captain Hobson. The paper argues for consistency and urges a protest from those papers regarding the league’s involvement.

Tuscaloosa Montgomery Journal Fort Payne Journal National Anti-Saloon League Alabama Hobson League

Comer may sweep North Alabama governor bid teased

An editor of a Tuscumbia paper cites Comer’s statewide run as the only reminder of his gubernatorial candidacy. The Huntsville Mercury Banker calls the interview “good reading” but says it is as near true as a month ago, offering little new momentum.

Tuscumbia

Wilderness Man Breaks Free as Trees Fall

A poetically toned verse notes a figure imprisoned by the wilderness as trees are cut down. The speaker reflects on long struggle and eventual release, contrasting barren skies with past confinement and hinting at a new exile in the wilds.

Senate Filibuster Rules and Cloture Debate History

Washington Letter surveys the Senate long struggle over debate limits and the clotsure idea. It traces cases from 1864 through 1872 showing how rules on irrelevance and Tediousness shifted and the record of Congress dates. It notes Tillman tobacco smoke rule and instances of talking to death during major bills, including the force bill and currency measures.

Washington Senate Congress Owen House United States Senate Foote Oregon Territory Tillman la Follette Arkansas Gore Aldrich-Vreeland Clarke Eees

Murder in the Ghetto of Tunis Shocks City

Smail the lamplighter finds a wounded man on Sidi Mahrez street in the Tunis ghetto near El Hafonine. Chaib the Mozabite elder reveals old rival Koulder and vows revenge as the wounded man dies, surrounded by neighbors and a praying Chaib.

Tunis Smail Sidi-Mahrez El-Hafonine Street Rif Bab Snika Street Si Chaib Allah Beard Koulder Laghouat Chaib Paradise

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