Mobile Item Company traces its 31 year history
The 1912 Mobile Item Company, established in 1881 and re established April 10, 1912 at 10 18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama, publishes seven papers including a Sunday edition. It lists staff roles and advertising offices in Mobile and New York with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions.
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Associated Press
International News Service
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Mana Foreig Advertising
Fifth Ave
New York
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Usiness Office
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Saeee Eebeboveeses Bell
Dreagmee Hei
Borci
Alabama
Accuracy of New York Herald's Forecast Compared
The Item reproduces the Herald forecast and finds it closely matched final results. It notes Wilson's wins in Connecticut Maryland Massachusetts Maine and New Jersey margins and Pennsylvania Roosevelt gains, with the forecast correctly predicting congressional allocations across multiple states.
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New York Herald
Herald
Connecticut
Wilson
Vermont
Taft
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mr.Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Maine
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York State
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
California
West Virginia
Washington
South Dakota
Oregon
Missouri
Minnesota
Educating Apprentices in Germany Foundry Schools
Dr. Otto Brandt describes German apprentice education in foundries, showing varied methods from skilled master mentorship to formal classes and continuation schools. Industrial training is essentially compulsory, with employers required to send under 18s to mandated hours and standards.
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Germany
Otto Brandt
Brandt
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Tropical Imports Rise Sharply as US Taps Tropics
A 1912 US import study shows tropical and subtropical goods valued at 750 million dollars, up from 335 million in 1900, with foodstuffs and materials led by sugar coffee fruits tea rubber silk tobacco cotton and more. Major contributors include Brazil Cuba Mexico India and the Philippines with proximity shaping trade shares and reciprocal links affecting Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines.
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United States
Tropics
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
India
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
British India
Straits Settlement
Colombia
Venezuela
Peru
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Egypt
Dutch East Indies
Central American
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Mobile
Caribbean
Wilson victory signals new era in business and tariff focus
The article notes Wilson's decisive win as shifting business mood toward a new era with a division between radical and conservative Democrats. Tariff and trusts top the reform agenda, with Underwood plans likely to revise steel, cotton, and wool schedules amid caution on hasty action.
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Wilson
Henry Clews
Tts
Acton
Congress
Ambitious Waterway Plan Reimagines Gulf to Gulf Route
Memphis News-Scimitar reports engineer Lyman BE Cooley argues a 24 foot channel from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of St Lawrence could be built for less than the Panama Canal cost. He notes Canada already advances a Montreal to Atlantic route while U S cities like Chicago expand inland water links to Joliet. He estimates a 24 foot Mississippi valley corridor could be completed rapidly for ten billion dollars, yielding vast ten year benefits.
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Panamas
Mississippi Valley
Gatun
Keokuk
Panama Locks
Mississippi River
Keokuk Lock
Gulf
Lyman BE. Cooley
Manufacturers' Record
Mr. Cooley
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada
United States
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Great Lakes
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Joliet
Cooley
Panama Canal
Panama
Memphis News-Scimitar
Not the Boss of a Party
The president must cease to be head and directing authority of his political party during his term. He must abandon using power to create a personal political machine to perpetuate himself or choose his successor. Foreign critics say the executive travels to build a party he controls and could name successors, risking a dictatorship akin to Roman emperors.
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United States
Antonius
Saturday Evening Post
Women in Politics and the English Example
An Anglo-American in Harper's Weekly notes women enter politics as a powerful campaign force. It says American managers finally recognize the organizing power and devotion women bring to causes, contrasting English prominence with American apathy.
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Harper's Weekly
America
Wiley in Cabinet Would Please Canned Goods Consumers
Readers favor Dr Wiley for head of the Agriculture Department as the best choice for the Wilson administration. A London woman breeds Eskimo dogs for Arctic explorers and the King George bread side implies a 14 000 pound metal delivery.
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Wilson
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Birmingham Age-Herald
London
King George
Philippines independence path under Jones bill in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Manuel Quezon returning for the 1921 session as he pushes the Jones bill to make the Philippines a free republic with a US backed president and senate shared powers, outlining constitutional provisions and the timing for elections and independence. The piece also notes concurrent global concerns from New York crime waves to revival of Thuggee in India.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Manuel Ll. Quezon
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Quezona
House
Committee On Insular Affairs
Congress
United States
Republic of the Philippines
Senate of
Manila
Senate of the Philippines
Senate
House of Representatives
Spain
Cuba
New York
Becker
Rosenthal
Great Crime
India
Britain
Kali
Juggernaut
Ganesha
Diety
Hanuman
Holoch
Siva
Brahma
Vishnu
Recapture of Constantinople a 1453 turning point
The Memphis Commercial Appeal recounts the 1453 fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, detailing the siege, the use of cannons and Greek fire, and the resulting shift of power. It argues the Turk should retreat to Asia, urging Balkan unity and a European reordering.
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Mohammed
Constantinople
Caesar
Constantine
Justinian
Byzantum
Xerxes
Hellespont
Pausanias
Alcibiades
Gree
Dandolo
Venice
Columbus
America
Europe
Macedonia
Othman
Adrianople
Belgrave
Euphrates
Rome
Russia
Red
Caspian Sea
Turkestan
Turkey
Genoa
Mohamed
Hungary
Austria
France
Germany
Little Sea
Napoleon
Egypt
India
Gladstone
Plevna
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Tharec
Asia
Amarpior
Asia Minor
Middle Asia
Balkan
Earth
Memphis
Autumn Walking Glories Seize the City Streets
The article extols autumn walking as a personal joy for the healthy, praising street treks and woodland hikes. It highlights independence from travel gear, the pleasure of “being on the way,” and the healthful treasures found in nature’s seasonal color, per a Jackson Miss News piece.
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Jackson
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