Audit of The Mobile Item Circulation for Six Months Ended March 31 1915
Audit by the Bureau of Circulations completed in June 1915 finds The Mobile Item circulation for six months ending March 31 1915 substantially verified. Net paid distribution shows 12 816 in city and suburban areas with 9 322 evening and 3 494 suburban net paid for the six months.
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Bureau of Circulations
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Mobile
City Net
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Guarantee to subscribers boosts Mobile Item pricing promise
The Mobile Item asserts a uniform Mobile price of 10 cents per week or 6 per year for all subscribers. It guarantees a one year subscription refund if delivered at any price other than the advertised rate, with delivery to any Mobile address by an authorized carrier.
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Mobile
Needs for Alabama progress cited by Gadsden banker
A Gadsden banker urges Alabama to improve roads to ease communication and boost farm marketing while promoting home living and savings. He calls for more packing plants grain elevators real markets and stronger educational use to reduce illiteracy. highlights Hungary flour prices and Wilcox County cattle density as regional concerns.
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Alabama
J. B
Gadsden
Indi
Wadsworth
Ala
Com ackes Organization Opens Low Fee Membership
A local group announces a new low fee for joining the organization to encourage participation and aid in building up its activities. The rate is set at 25 cents, inviting new members to support the effort.
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Ttalia
Comackes
Devon
Mobile to host largest demonstration farm on 2500 acres
An extensive demonstration farm and nursery will be established on the Carroll plantation, 2,500 acres in Mobile county, as a model for profitable horticulture and livestock. Led by Senator Bourne and Mrs Carroll Sperry, the project aims to show farming potential, attract skilled settlers, and boost Mobile’s agricultural and tourism prospects through planned advertising along the Old Spanish Trail and Gulf Coast corridors.
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Mobile
United States
Mobile County
Lake
Bureau of Plant Industry
Beralipene of Agriculture
New South
South
Wilmer
Mobiles
Carroll Plantation
Jonathan Bourné
Oregon
Carroll B. Sperry
Theodore
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Pacific
Baldwin Counties
Mobile Bay
Mississippi Sound
Gulf
T. P. Shonts
Bay
Jonathan Bourne
Mississippi Coast
Palm Beach
Atlantic City
Satsuma
Gulf Coast Fair Spurs Plans for Dairy and Farm Demo
The Gulf Coast Fair influence prompts Butler County to advertise ag education and a proposed dairy livestock and general demonstration farm. Senator Bourne signals support for a U S Agriculture style operation, aiming to show a new agricultural life emerging after the fair. The piece frames the fair as timely and transformative for a rural region.
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Mobile
Wilmer
Butler County
Jonathan Bourne
Gulf Coast
U. S
Thins
Who Pays for Roads in Alabama and Beyond
The Clarke County Democrat argues that residents and out of state owners share road tax burdens. It notes railroads pay taxes similarly to homeowners and urges education on road funding. It also cites the Atlanta Journal on debtors and mentions Troy planning a brass band as local news.
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Clarke County
Demt
Alabama
School of Progress and Advancement
Mobile visitors and locals fill Bay area notes
A Mobile Saturday roundup lists Lobbby and Curbs showing off Barton Academy office display of Eastern Shore scenes from Mobile Bay to Gulfport and Maine. Many Alabama residents and out-of-state visitors drop through hotels and streets for business, tourism, or voter work as lumber markets rise and oysters run plentiful along the coast.
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Barton Academy
Mobile Bay
Fish River
Baldwin County
Gulfport
Miss
Maine
Hines
Mobile
Phares Coleman
W. H. Lowe
Birmingham
Ala
Humorous Anecdotes From Old-Time Urban Life
A collection of short, period tone anecdotes features a lawyer, a widow and a wealthy merchant, a peddler selling a fault collar button, two diners in New York, a watch misadventure in New York, and a jailhouse visit by a sympathetic old lady. The jokes hinge on misunderstandings, wordplay, and social quirks of the era.
Why a cat lands on its feet and the first third rail railroad
The column explains cats can adjust their bodies during a downward fall to land on their feet, comparing to Meps. It also answers a reader query on the first skyscraper in the United States built with steel framing and girders, identifying the Home Insurance Company of Chicago building in 1894 and noting the first third rail powered railroad from Saratoga to Mount McGregor, twelve miles long.
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Tabby
United States
Home Fire Insurance Company of
Chicago
Saratoga
Mount McGregor
Fortune for Merchants and Inventions in 1916 Horoscope
Sunday, November 14, 1915 horoscope predicts a fortunate day with Mercury in benefic aspect. Advises favorable letter writing and well directed plans. warns merchants and bankers to stay conservative amid industrial surprises.forecast includes progress in aerial navigation, winter dangers for elderly, extended European war, bloodshed, rising extremes, and sensational military disclosures. A West statesman hero and serious illness for a public figure are foretold.
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McClure
Fame
New Statesman
Tampa Proposes Old Spanish Trail Route via Gulf Coast
Tampa seeks to place on the Old Spanish Trail as the eastern terminus of a national highway. The city argues a west Gulf coast route from Tallahassee to Miami would best serve the state, with a cross-state link to the Dixie highway, forming a loop around Florida. The executive committee will review data on feasible routes for the Mobile convention.
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Tampa
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Miami
Gulf Coast
Florida
Tallahassee
Peninsula of Florida
Jacksonville
Pampa
New Orleans
Hurley Personal News Miss Carter Visits Wade Sister
Miss Idah Carter spent several days in Wade visiting her sister Mrs. James. Local social notes describe the brief visit and family connection in Hurley society columns.
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Hurley
Idah Carter
Wade
James
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Austro-Hungary
Wilcox County
Wilcox
Atlanta Journal
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Gulfcrest
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Edwina
Peebles
Demopolis
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Thomasville
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Milton, Fla
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P. E. Snell
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Spring Hill
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Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
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Mobilian
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Chatom
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William Hoke
C. M. Brannan
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St. Louis
James J. Thelen
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Tenn
W. H.gipson
Charles P. Fox
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ernest D. Key
Holoke
St. Andrews
W. L. Bucham
W. D. Stimpson
Daphne
M. A. Malone
Andalusia
D. J. McCants
Bielview
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Dickinson
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Salina Hans
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