The Item Responds to Syndicate Rumor in Alabama Press
The Mobile Item challenges a Montgomery Journal claim that a northern syndicate controls Alabama dailies. It states The Montgomery Advertiser The Birmingham News and The Mobile Item are independently owned by Mobile stockholders and not under outside corporate control. The paper defends its ownership and urges the Journal to publish a retraction.
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Thanksgiving Reflections On Natural Blessings And Prosperity
A 1912 Bryan quotation reminds readers we inherit fertile land, rivers, climate, minerals, and resources not created by humans. It credits divine gifts to the nation’s agricultural and industrial strength while noting the nation builds upon foundational provisions granted by Providence.
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United States
William Jennings Bryan
Remember the Needy in Mobile This Thanksgiving
The message urges Mobile residents to donate to charitable groups like the Ladies of Charity and The Salvation Army. It highlights their work aiding the indigent sick, clothing and feeding hungry children, and nursing the distressed. It calls readers to remember those in need this Thanksgiving with thoughtful giving.
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Lawyers hobbling. calls to curb legal technicalities
Francisco Ferrer trial watcher in Barcelona recounts being barred from court after a misinterpretation of his remarks on Spanish law. A New York lawyer plans a pamphlet urging reform to strip needless technicalities from American criminal procedure, arguing they harm justice by favoring the guilty and blocking fair trials. City probation officer Coogler warns about peril from unstable marriages in Atlanta.
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Coogler
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Hotel Registers Hoodoos: Superstitions in Hotels
A Montgomery Journal item notes hotel clerks fear closing both guest registers at once, fearing a bad day or loss of business. At the Gay Teague hotel a clerk frantically prevented dual closings, insisting one book stay open to avoid hoodoo.
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Montgomery Journal
Burglar’s Regret Letter Echoes Twain Heist
A published letter from a jailed burglar connects the Mark Twain theft to Harper & Brothers inquiries about Twain biography. The note reveals his unusual encounter with Clemens and a request about Paine’s Life of Mark Twain while hinting at broader French radical ideas for population policy proposed by economist M. Leroy-Beaulieu.
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Sian
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Expansion of Cotton Growth Abroad Affects American Production
A Chattanooga News analysis notes that by 1911 Russia and Turkestan expanded cotton output massively and 72 countries exported cotton, while U S. share slipped from 63.5 to 59.5 percent. It argues Americans should improve yields and machinery to cut costs and resist loss of dominance.
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Chattanooga News
Vanderbilt Hotel Cat Sparks Elevator Controversy
A midnight visitor from across the Canadian border objects to riding in the Vanderbilt elevator with a black cat named Nigger. The cat, long a hotel mascot since opening, is escorted out for the man’s “important business deal” and, despite superstition from the night watchman, remains a familiar feline at the hotel.
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Chappie
Paddy
Houston Chronicle
Vermont Republicans Hold Steadfast Line in National drift
Vermont remains Republican as 25 000 Democratic votes in last September state election hint at a broader national shift. Henry Grady lauded Vermont’s 17000 Democrats who have marched for twenty two years to cast ballots and return home, praying for unregenerate neighbors. The piece notes broader U S political trends with Vermont’s steady granite faith contrasted against other states' moves toward Democratic or Progressive causes.
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Henry Grady
New York
New England
Vermont
Nashville
Democrats Feast on Plum Tree Ahead of Wilson March
Washington dispatch notes six and a half million Democrats await political favors from President-Elect Wilson. It outlines cabinet salaries and other plum assignments, from $12,090 to $1,090, and discusses civil service limits and possible retention of some Republican incumbents.
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Internal Revenue
Talore
Roses of Spring by Paul Henning
Gudrun admires a new spring gown and agrees to a rendezvous with a charming suitor. Her sister Ida reveals the lover’s flirtatious pattern by showing him with another young woman bearing dark roses, leaving Gudrun cold and hurt as spring feels far away.
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Jove
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Westerbe Brogade
New Ideas and Requests for a New Century
A letter from Tucker Coventry criticizes pensions for ex presidents and mocks Carnegie era plans. He asks for a permanent highway linking Puget Sound to the Gulf of Mexico and suggests renaming months to Goldenrod Cosmos Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia. He urges bold changes by the steel trust and compares them to Napoleon.
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