Important Notice on Debts of Old The Item Company
The Item management announces outstanding accounts by the former company prior to April 10 1912. Holders should present bills to Henry Tonsmeire at City Bank and Trust Company trustee for the old firm for prompt payment. The present publisher assumes no liability and no former company member is connected to the current corporation.
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Henry Tonsmeire
City Bank and Trust Company
THE
Mobile Item Company, Inc
Immensity of New York as a City Debts top national total
Figures from the Merchants Association show New York City debt surpassing the U S national debt with about 1 037 billion dollars. The city now outstrips Chicago Philadelphia and Boston combined by more than five times while rapid growth continues in building, population, business, and manufacturing.
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New York City
United States
Father Ickerbocker
Sam Mabie
New York
Merchants Association
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
France
Costa Rica Seeks School Information Tour of U S education aims
Costa Rica seeks practical insights into U S rural and industrial education. Senor R Brenes-Mesen plans visits across Maryland Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts Indiana Wisconsin Iowa Oregon California Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and more to consult with state colleges and assess one room rural schools versus urban systems.
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Costa Rica
United States
Senor R. Brenes-Mesen
Union
Senor Brenes-Mesen
P. P. Claxton
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Con
Massachusetts
Guelf
Canada
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oregon
California
Okla- Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Ppi
Louisiana
Eee
Limately
National flood control drive united under new association
The Na mal Irrigation Association and the National Re on Association consolidate under the National Reon name with B Boothe of Los Angeles as president and C Maxwell of New Orleans as executive director. A national conference in New Orleans in January 1913 aims to finalize plans to push the Newlands river regulation bill in Congress. Pretzel of Chicago merchants is proposed to lead bakery inspection efforts.
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Namal Irrigation Association
National Reon Association
Ihro B. Boothe
Los Angeles
C i. Maxwell
New Orleans
Newlandsholds
Italians Petition Atlanta Over Monkeys on Streets
Italian residents in Atlanta petition city officials to ban the display of Italian organ s with monkeys in public view calling them an eyesore and misrepresentation of their nationality.
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Atlanta
Bryan Ex Presidents Debate Sparks Carnegie Pension Plan
The article discusses William Jennings Bryan’s proposal to admit ex presidents to Congress for debate without voting power, funded by public money. It notes Andrew Carnegie’s counter by promising $25,000 annual pensions to ex presidents and widows, while weighing Taft and Roosevelt’s divergent views on democracy and direct legislation and their impact on public policy.
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William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie
Taft
Roosevelt
Republic
How the Land Schemes Work
The Item exposes Alabama land schemes where speculators buy vast tracts at 20 per acre and sell small plots to farmers at huge profits. A Chicago firm offers five acres at 1500 dollars promising pecan orchards and tropical profits, urging buyers to trust ads rather than investigation. The paper warns buyers to travel, verify, and avoid overpaying.
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Alabama
Chicago
Satsuma
Land Company
Do Women Vote Prohibition or Are They Influenced
The Montgomery Journal questions whether women voters support prohibition or are swayed by husbands and saloon politics. It cites Colorado and California actions, Ohio opposition from saloon advocates, and West Virginia proving women cannot vote yet shows prohibition momentum. The piece asks if male pressure or female independence drives outcomes.
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Colorado
California
Ohio
Prohibition
West Virginia
Montgomery Journal
Michigan women vote by six months residence plan
The Chicago Tribune reports a New York source suggesting women could gain suffrage by six months' residency in Michigan. The idea, likened to Reno divorces and cherry blossoms in Japan, envisions Michigan attracting suffrage-minded travelers to harvest political rights and economic growth.
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Michigan
New York
Women’s Political Union
Reno
Japan
London Driver Priestly Hurdle Record At Hull 1863
An elderly London omnibus driver named Priestly reportedly jumped a thousand hurdles at Hull in 1863. Each hurdle stood three feet six inches high and the feat took sixty one and a half minutes, reflecting a historic craze for rare records.
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London
Priestly
Hull
Alaska School Farms Show Native Education In Action
The Bureau of Education notes eighty one native public schools in Alaska practice gardening and farming. At Klawwan Shungnak Eagle Fort Yukon and Klawock students grow vegetables despite harsh winters. The program blends practical farming with cooking sewing and carpentry to advance native education and civilization.
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Alaska
Kluwan
United States
Bureau of Education
Shungnak
Arctic Circle
Unalaska
Klukwan
Klawock
Education notes on TB campaign and school reports
The piece covers the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute urging education and detection, a subscription price for U S Hydrographic Office ocean charts, and the U S Bureau of Education push for uniform state school reports. It also notes the Catholic University moot court where law students participate as courtroom officers and attend compulsory court sessions.
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Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Catholic University of Washington
D. C
Yale in China plans dormitory with outdoor sleep rooms
Yale in China in Changsha aims to reflect western civilization with hygienic plans. The United States Bureau of Education urges outdoor sleep rooms for the boys dormitory to boost study by ten percent and showcase the value of fresh air to Chinese youth and the world.
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Yale
China
Collegiate School
Changsha
Hunan
United States Bureau of Education
Bureau
Eighth grade arithmetic marks vary widely among teachers
Educators and parents skeptical of exam scores may find hope in a study by Harry L. Eby of Alliance Ohio. He had eighth graders take an arithmetic test and asked all district teachers to grade the paper as if it belonged to their own pupil. Markings ranged 40 to 93 percent with wide disagreement among four teachers on a single student.
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Harry L. Eby
Alliance
Ohio
Eby
The Art of Scandinavia and Its Distinct Schools
A compact analysis of Swedish Danish and Norwegian painting, noting three distinct schools amid shared Northern temperament. The piece calls for viewing art in Stockholm Copenhagen and Christiania and highlights historical prestige, temperament, and eclecticism among the Nordic painters.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
la Belle Ecole Blonde
Georges Petit
Durand- Ruel
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Christiania
Dalecarna
Jutland
Fiort
Custume
France
Christian Brinton
Scribners
Washington as Commission-Run District and Graft History
The piece outlines how Washington is governed by three presidentially appointed commissioners plus an army engineer, with civilian members paid five thousand dollars yearly. It notes Congress oversight, the District's funding and low taxes, claims graft rarity, and recounts Alexander R. Shepherd’s role in 1870s reform and the sewer and water systems.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
District of Columbia Suffrage League
Roosevelt
Congress
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Street
Senate
Army
Engineer Corps
House
Joint Committee
Congressional Committee
Capitol
Alexander R. Sheperd
Board of Public Works
Boss Tweed
Sheperd
Tweed
Free quinine and its effects on price and trade
A letter to the Evening Post from Philadelphia company manager Rosengarten argues that falling costs of cinchona bark and cheaper production cases show tariff repeal benefits. He notes American share of quinine production has fallen while total consumption rises, due to global competition and free trade rather than protection.
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Merrill
Rosengarten
Powers & Wightman Co
Philadelphia
Evening Post
E. Merrill
Louisville
Dutch East Indies
America
Congress
New York
Lynn
Carnegie
Republican Congress
American Congress
Lakes
Gulf
Louisville Post
Unfair Sales Law Faces Supreme Court Test
Legal commentary argues that a Supreme Court ruling upholding South Dakota’s unfair sales law would not imply price fixing. The statute targets price cutting to destroy competition, aligning with existing Sherman Act restraints and broader application to individuals and firms.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
South Dakota
New Orleans
American athlete rolls globe round the world for wager
George M. Schilling, an American athlete, sails into a world circulation feat rolling a globe while living inside it. He undertakes the massive task with a fifteen thousand dollar wager and must survive without earning, begging, or borrowing, relying solely on postcard sales for income.
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George M. Schilling
Mrs. La Follette Corrects Speech Figure in Wisconsin Reporter
Mrs La Follette wife of Senator Robert M La Follette accuses a country newspaper of misquoting her husband’s remarks. The paper intended to append a comment about masses belief but printed And the masses believed him instead to belied him.
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Mobile Item Company Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
Baty Paper
South
Art Hanson
Steming
Ala
Fifth Ave
Bell
Pretzel
Bakery Inspectatee
Chicago Council
St. Joe
Mackinac
Chicago Tribune
Far
United States Hydrographic Office
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Indian Oceans
South Atlantic
South Pacific
Department of
National Education Association
the Art OF
E. Ebara
House of Commons
House of Peers
Frederic Rosengarten
William Booth
Salvation Army
Gen. Booth
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