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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
4
The Mobile Item, serving Mobile and suburbs, lists mail daily and Sunday subscriptions at four dollars yearly and per week rates for trunk line telephones and departments. Circulation and editorial aims emphasize informing readers with accuracy, moral advocacy, and public welfare.
The first thirty days of the Underwood tariff saw 30 million pounds of foreign meat enter the U S with less than 6000 pounds condemned, yet cattle prices edged up and overall meat costs showed only small declines. Canada steps to boost livestock via credit schemes. a new farmer credit company forms to finance livestock purchases.
The Item defends its coverage of Hobson and public addresses in Mobile and elsewhere, rebutting his charge that Alabama papers including the Montgomery Advertiser and Birmingham papers are under trust control. The Birmingham News and others publish documents supporting fair treatment of Hobson.
Washington letter notes U S sugar consumption at about eighty pounds per person annually. It covers global comparisons, per capita trends since 1825, domestic beet sugar growth, beet versus cane dynamics, pricing in Hamburg and Chicago, and tariff policy shaping a worldwide sugar economy.
Eleven southern states push aggressive hookworm eradication. In the September quarter 1913, 133125 microscopic exams were conducted and 33671 people treated, with 4447 referred by physicians and 29224 treated in free health department dispensaries across Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia. Local counties funded 417 of 1042 with totals of about 15000 spent in three months. Rockefeller Sanitary Commission supports surveys and treatment, county campaigns, and press outreach to stop soil pollution and disease spread.
Advice from a Detroit Free article on preventing back strain from car use. It recommends: keep the back straight when cranking, bend from the hips, snap the crank with knee and hip extension, avoid bending the waist, sit with hips back, support the lower spine, and avoid slouching or sitting on the spine to prevent lumbago and rheumatic pain.
A fragmented notice describes a moving picture story packed with Western lore, rough men stealing maidens, and a blood and thunder clash. It hints at a heroic turn but remains largely a teaser about a film or show from the era. The text also references a divorce court and a sensational line about making pals from a wife.
The Montgomery Advertiser scolds Norman Hapgood editor of Harper's Weekly for an anti Hobson stance. It notes Hapgood’s broader progressive platform against trusts liquor and for direct democracy. The piece mocks Hobson as an amusing but shallow speaker.
An Ohio town considers punishing a husband if his wife’s snobbishness leads to public ire over his government appointment. The piece argues reactions reveal snobbery among observers, with a placid philosopher suggesting those hurt by snobbishness are themselves snobs, and calls on Ohio to note the debate.
In an ancient papyrus fragment Khafra son of Khufu travels by ship to Rah’s temple. High priest Userref reveals a fated future including wealth and conquest followed by a death this night at the priest’s hands.
A column argues that recalling or removing judges risks mob rule and erodes confidence in regular courts. It questions outcomes if public opinion could overturn high court decisions and target appeals court judges, citing Sulzer era debates and the dangers of inflamed rhetoric.
A Washington report examines the push for government purchase and operation of telegraph and telephone systems. It outlines financial needs, potential confiscation, and the view of experts like President Vail and ex Postmaster General James, who oppose public ownership.
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Chicago Municipal Court spoke at the National Purity Congress in Milwaukee. He urged segregation of pupils in schools and private instruction for subnormal children, arguing early training of feeble minded children could reduce social ills.
A Washington Star quip has a passenger asking why trains are late and the conductor replying that staff waste time answering needless questions. The exchange highlights routine delays and weary skepticism toward trivial inquiries on rail service.
The Montgomery Advertiser notes a threat that the Gulf of Mexico will wash away the Mobile Register’s foundation before the paper’s owner can publish a letter from Mr. Comer. The item contrasts a dramatic claim with a reference to the paper’s future actions and the question What are the seats of the mighty.
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