The Mobile Item Company Ad Page 1913 Novelty Rates
The snippet shows a Mobile Alabama newspaper page from November 20 1913 with advertising and telephones for departments The text notes mailing and Sunday annual rates and a carrier option in Mobile and suburbs It includes the paper mission statement about informing readers and promoting public welfare.
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Pheeatere Kelly-Smith Company
Sunda
Mobile
Bell
Home
Alabama
Montgomery Journal celebrates twenty fifth anniversary edition
The Montgomery Journal marks its 25th year with a ninety two page special edition full of advertising and historical information. The issue features strong illustrations and typography and praises Editor Hood for building a fine newspaper and long life.
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Montgomery Journal
Montgomery
Hood
Negro Farmer Makes Wealth From South Carolina Plantations
Booker T. Washington praises perseverance in agriculture. Jonas W. Thomas of Marlborough County began with a $40.75 horse and 14 hundred pounds of lint cotton, built a 400 bale cotton empire, runs a 39-family operation, and saves about $3,000 yearly. He notes borrowing $23,000 repaid in a single year and attributes success to good credit.
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South
Booker T. Washington
Great Negro Institute
Tuskeegee
Jonas W. Thomas
Marlborough County
S. C
South Carolina
Thomas
Chicago Tango Rules Spark Debate on Decorum
Chicago officials including Major M L Funkhouser and city aldermen propose strict dance hall rules for tango. Dancers must maintain a four inch air gap and avoid dips behind a four inch marker while skirts and modesty concerns fuel censorship. The pair pledge to bar tango if decorum cannot be ensured.
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Chicago
M. L. C. Funkhouser
Postmaster Appointments At Mobile Face Political Scrutiny
Washington announces that politics will not be a criterion in postmaster appointments. Mr Bur issues a statement that the Postmaster General seeks the best men regardless of political opinions and will remove any officer misled by political recommendations. Local interest centers on the Mobile postmastership as one applicant withdraws and another is favored.
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Mobile
Washington
Bur
Ster
Hobson charged with unfounded claims battles in Alabama press
The Montgomery Advertiser rebukes The Item over cites of five million dollars from liquor interests and a $200 a day charge about newspapers backing Senator Underwood. It says Hobson dodges proof, ignores letters, and repeats slurs while defending truth and integrity.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Hobson
Advertiser
Item
Age-Herald
The
News
Underwood
Hunteville
Alabama
Senate
Argentina Eyes Free Wheat Entry Against American Wheat
The article explains Argentina seeks duty free wheat entry to compete with U S wheat, arguing for free list status while preserving duties on wheat flour and semolina under existing provisions. It notes Argentina's growing wheat regions, improved transport links, and contrasting U S duties on imports, with possible tariff negotiation outcomes.
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Argentine Republic
United States
Mobile
Romulo
Argentina
Northwest
Canada
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Port San Antonio
Atlantic
Pacific
South American
State Department
Brazil
Beat the Clock Not the Boss in the Morning Schedule
A reader warns against sliding into work late while the boss lingers at the office. The piece urges beating the clock with punctual, energetic start rather than gambling on the boss’s absence, noting self-deception harms career prospects and promotion chances.
Uncle Henry Davis Celebrates 90th Birthday in West Virginia
Henry Gassaway Davis known as Uncle Henry turned ninety on Sunday in West Virginia. He was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 1904.
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Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Henry
Youthful Insolence and Parental Loyalty at Cincinnati
A Cincinnati Times-Star report recalls a University of Cincinnati trial where a student refused the annual flag rush citing parental prohibition. The class sided with youth over parents in loyalty, while girls supported parental obedience, underscoring adolescent satire and hints of future troubles.
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University of Cincinnati
Clagsman
Cincinnati Times-Star
Post Mortem on America’s Future Poets
The passage notes that members of the American Academy and National Institute foresee a future American poet of rank comparable to Homer, Aeschylus, Dante, Shakespeare and Milton and warn that the Academicians of their era may not recognize such a poet until after his death.
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American Academy and
National Institute
America
Aeschylus
Milton
Hig Day
Chicago Tribune
Under Pressure
A brief exchange reveals a tense moment about expressing love. One character admits do not want to say it, but another squeezes the admission, signaling emotional strain.
Army should build aviators for future war says General Scriven
Washington letter notes Brigadier General George P. Scriven warns aviation interest in civilian fields may shrink while army needs its own trained aviators. He argues civilians lack military knowledge for reconnaissance, urges development of both airplanes and dirigibles as nations advance in aeronautics.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
George P. Scriven
Balkans
Scriven
Army
France
Germany
Inauguration of the American College of Surgeons
A historical piece praising American surgery led by Chicago for pioneering advances from Ether to antisepsis. It highlights Ephraim MacDowell, Parkes, Senn, and the spread of surgical science, noting Chicago as a key center and the College of Surgeons as a beacon for practitioners worldwide.
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American College of Surgeons
Chicago
America
Germany
France
Great Britain
Guthrie
Morton
Ephraim MacDowell
Kentucky
Pasteur
Lister
Parkes
Senn
American ‘College of Surgery
Baltimore
Boston
Aviation figures show military air power rising globally
Russia reports twelve dirigibles ten under construction two hundred aeroplanes and eighty pilots while eight aeroplanes and three hundred pilots are noted elsewhere and Mexico lists seven planes and five pilots. The 1913 appropriation is four hundred thousand dollars. Aviation has come to stay particularly in military use.
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Russia
Mexico
Grain Dealings Spark Threat Over Oats Payment
A grain dealer warns Jim he will take his horse if three dollars for oats is not paid. Uncle Jim agrees to settle the balance, reflecting a terse debtor creditor exchange common in rural communities.
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Jim
Inducement Dealer to New Parson in Court Scene
Fragmentary OCR shows a courtroom moment with a dealer addressing a parson and a horse referenced in dialogue. The text captures chatter about a quiet horse and a burst of activity, with unclear surrounding context.
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Orse
Edison Film Exposes Fake Tuberculosis Cures
A new film titled The Cure of Human Lives by Thomas A Edison, made with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, depicts a drug magnate selling a fake cure Concura. It follows Beth Lin and Nellie as they uncover the fraud, leading to reform and Red Cross Seal support. The film launches nationwide in December 1913 to promote anti TB work and public education.
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Thomas A. Edison
National Association For the
United States
Red Cross
Gregory Cort
Beth
Cort
Ne Linn
Nellie Linn
Ed Gran
Harry Bruce
Cort F
Nellie
Gregory
Bruce
Linn
National Association For the Study
East Twenty-secon Street
New York
Old Letters and the Modern Brief Note
A Memphis Ne Scimitar note reflects on the decline of long traditional letters and the rise of brief modern correspondence. It contrasts old style closings and gossip with today’s newspaper briefings, noting affection remains strong among young lovers.
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Bennie
Mollie
Poo Little George
Memphis Ne
Scimitar
British View of the Panama Canal’s World Trade Impact
Professor Kirkaldy of Birmingham University argues the Panama Canal will boost interregional commerce, create West Indian prosperity, and spur European immigration and trade. He warns Britain must defend coal exports and shipping, as American shipping could threaten the mercantile marine.
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Worl
Panama Canal
British Association
Bmingham
Kirkaldy
Birmingh
England
West Indian Islands
West Indies
Central
South America
United Kingdom
Mississippi Valley
Orleans
Pennsylvania
West
Kentucky
Ohio Mississippi
Alabama
Panama
Britain
New Picayune
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the Mobile Item Company, Inc
Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
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