The Mobile Item Company Inc Establishes in 1881 and Reorganized 1912
The Mobile Item, published daily and Sunday from 18 St Emanuel Street, Mobile Alabama, announces its founding in 1881 and a reorganization and reestablishment on April 10, 1912. O Van Antwerp is president, P Bush secretary, O Connell SRA editor, plus leased wire from Associated Press. Subscription rates: seven days for ten cents, one year four dollars. Office and telephone numbers listed. Monday afternoon, November 18, 1912.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
St Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
In the South
O. van Antwerp
Son
P. Bush
O'Connell Sra
Associated Press
International News
Seree
Southern Newspapers
Publishers’ Association
Immoral Drama Plan Expands Across Catholic Leaders
A movement led by Miss Lummis in New York to eradicate immoral drama gains new energy with Catholic cardinals and bishops endorsing it. Parish subcommittees will discuss, supervise, and coordinate boycotts of plays deemed immoral, linking local action to a national committee in New York.
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National Committee
New York
America
Honesty in Public Health Work
Public health ethic shifts from secrecy to transparency. Dr. Juan Guiteras urges full disclosure during epidemics to gain public cooperation, prevent panic, and enable rapid action. He cites cholera cases as examples of the dangers of deception and argues for daylight work and honest communication.
Lawsuit Over Plagiarized Plays At Belasco Theater
In New York a federal court dispute claims Abraham Goldknopf alleging Belasco plagiarized ideas from his rejected play Philanthrophy. Goldknopf seeks damages arguing both works share fundamental ideas and seeks a staged demonstration to compare them. The case involves calls for a dual presentation and a court battle over originality and ownership.
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United States District Court of New York
Belasco
Tealing
Age
Abraham Goldknopf
Idknopf
California truck garden proprietor faces grasshopper attack
A California truck garden proprietor reports a severe grasshopper infestation threatening crops. The owner implements measures to combat the insects and protect yields. Authorities have not released further details or actions.
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California
Suffragists at Philadelphia Meet Show Ideological Split
In Philadelphia this week a national suffrage meeting will spotlight a three way contest for the presidency. Dr. Ann Howard Shaw leads conservatives backed by Mrs. Ida Harper and Mrs. Belmont, with Laura Clay as a compromise candidate. A rival push, for nonpartisan leadership, also roils the gathering as factions clash over alliance with the Bull Moose movement.
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Philadelphia
Progressive Party
Jane Addams
Bull Moosers
National Organization
Cotetie
Ida Husted Harper
Ann& Howard Shaw
The
National Association
Dr. Shaw
United States
O. H. Belmont
Laura Clay
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Convention Fund Seeks Federal Help
The Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade plan a campaign to secure congression al financing for entertaining international conventions invited to the capital. They urge a regular federal appropriation and a local district revenue transfer to offset costs, citing recent conventions that brought thousands of delegates from the United States and abroad.
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Elliott Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Washington
John Dolph
Ieee
Trict
Fei
John L. Weaver
Dental
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Canada
American Public Health Association
Mexico
Cuba
American Commercial
Commercal
Chamber of Commerté
William ©. Woodward
Grant
William ¥. Gude
Dolph
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
Emancipate Sailors to Restore American Merchant Marine
A historical plea urging Congress to end compulsory servitude for seamen, arguing current laws treat sailors as chattel and hinder U S ship operations. Advocate Andrew Furuseth is cited proposing ending involuntary contracts to raise American wages and competitiveness, warning of foreign crews rising if not acted.
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Congress
Andrew Furuseth
Fursweth
Hstén
San Francisco Builders’ Union
Sculptured West Coast Heads Said to Precede Lewis and Clark
Photographer Edward Curtis reports two carved stone heads found near Maryhill Washington may depict the first white men seen by local Indians. The heads, buried on Samuel Hill’s ranch, resemble Caucasian features and are linked to a legend of two Spaniards rescued after a shipwreck. Curtis plans to send photographs to museums and scientific authorities for study.
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Edward 8. Curtis
Columbia River
Lewis and Clark
Samuel Hill
Maryhill
Washington
Curtis
New Device Shows Street Names In Transit
W L Andre and Frank J Burns of Spokane have patented an electric device for street cars that displays street names as a car travels. The system uses a wire linked to a rotating wheel to trip and read names, with a button-pressed reversal at line ends to reverse the roll. The inventors spent five years developing the plan and solved end-of-line reversal challenges.
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Spokane
As & Tar
W. L. Andre
Frank J. Burns
Old Servia and the Sea Remains Core War Cry
The piece argues Servia seeks a Adriatic outlet amid Austrian pressure and Turkish reshaping of Europe. It notes Serb hopes to expand into Herzegovina and Kosovo, with Russia as key supporter but warns Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria could blunt Serb gains.
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Austria
Servia
Europe
Aegean
Turkey
Adriatics
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Sanjak
Novi-bazar
Albatja
Latvia
Stephen Dushan
Greece
Sea
Peter
Uskup
Stephen
Danube
Adriatic
Constantinople
Hungary
Slavonia
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Kossovo
Bervia
Durazzo
Austria-Hungary
Valorus
Bulgaria
Monten
Russia
Colorado convict labor powers miles of roads under honor system
The Colorado penitentiary uses convict labor to build 1000 miles of state roads at a fraction of the cost, with an honor system to reduce guarding needs. Prisoners work in open camps, housing their own quarters, and may earn early release for good conduct and skilled training.
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Massachusetts
New England
New York
Colorado
Thomas B. Tynan
Colorado Penitentiary
Tynan
Penitentiary Board
Levy Stance on Monticello Sale to Government
The Richmond Virginian argues Congressman Jefferson Levy should not be blamed if he refuses to sell Monticello, noting eighty years in the Levy family and public access. It questions the federal government’s power of eminent domain and favors government or state ownership for sentimental reasons but respects Levy’s rights.
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Congressman Jefferson Levy
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Levy
Virginia
Congressman Levy
United States
Levy
Congressman Asires
Richmond
Virginian
Nettle Stems Promoted as Cotton Substitute
Report notes nettle stems being used as an alternative to cotton in textiles. This development sees farmers and manufacturers exploring a fiber source that may impact supply chains and agricultural practices.
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Item Mobile
Fifth Ave
Titorial
Blas
Bell
Home
Catholic Target
Juan Guiteras
Ha-vana
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Guiteras
Hal Coffman
American Merchant Marine
Birming
London
Karachi
India
Upper
New Jersey
Balkan
Mediterranean
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chicago Tribune
Henry Hudson
Yonkers
Hudson River
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