The Mobile Item 1912 Opinion on Woman Suffrage and Jewry
A historical column from The Mobile Item discusses Miss Addams and woman suffrage, arguing that enfranchising working women burdens rather than helps. It notes the fatigue of laboring wives and questions imposing voting duties, while contrasting views from the Louisville Post and discussing the Wilson administration’s handling of American Jews in Russia amid new political leadership.
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Miss Addams
The
Louisville Post
Wilson
Russia
Raynor
Alarmed Editorial Warns Against Aldrich Currency Plan
The Commoner warns Congress to block an Aldrich currency bill at the December short session. It argues asset currency would profit banks and central bank control, urging postponement until a new Democratic Congress can oppose the plan and pursue reforms without expanding Wall Street privileges.
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Congress
Wall Street
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Aldrich
National Rivers and Harbors Congress Invites Representation
President Ransdell urges municipalities and waterway groups to send delegates to the ninth annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress meeting in Washington. He stresses nonpartisan support for river and harbor work and warns against neglect amid tariff debates and political change. He cites Panama Canal funding and urges rapid waterways improvement nationwide.
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Ransdell
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Congress
National Organization
Goethals
Panama Canal
Love Letters From a Confederate General at Gettysburg
New light on who bears blame for Gettysburg as Pictorial Review reveals the second instalment of The Love Letters of a Confederate General. The letters attribute responsibility to General Lee and recount the preceding day’s events and the decision to assault Cemetery Ridge with vivid wartime detail.
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Gettysburg
Pictorial Review
Lee
Lewis
George
Magruder
Hit
John Tyler
Gimmons
Old Peter
Longstreet
Marie Robert
Mead
Darling
Southland
Cemetery Ridge
Oak Ridge
Seminary Ridge
Railroads Strike Down Postmaster General’s Pay Theory
The 286 railroads denounce the Postmaster General’s claim that railways were overpaid in 1909 by about 9 million dollars. They argue the plan ignores fair value return on railway property and would bankrupt most lines, risking credit, dividends, and modernization. The Interstate Commerce Commission data show current profits and interest burdens, underscoring the plan’s impracticality and harm to public service.
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Committee On
Congress
Committee On Railway Mail Pay
Postmaster
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Railways
TOTAV
Salta
Bladensburg duelling ground once famed in capital lore
Washington writer recalls the Bladensburg road ravine as the historic duelling ground of the capital. Stories recount encounters from John Randolph of Roanoke to a one legged veteran duel, with legends of Francisco Madero and Governor Extra Billy Smith, and travelers still tracing the old route from the Capitol to the ravine.
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Victor’ Elliott
Washington
United States Capitol
Maryland Avenue
Graceland Cemetery
Bladensburg
Maryland
Baltimore
Licking Banks
Capitol
Bladensburg Road
John Randolph
Roanoke
Pocahontas
John
Francisco Madero
Mexico
Madero
Ellicott City
William Smith
Virginia
Billy Smith
Trade Begins At Home In Cotton Bagging Use
The Chicago Tribune supports replacing jute with cotton bagging to improve bale quality and market value. Greater care in packing could raise American cotton prices, while cotton bags are urged for shipping coffee sugar grain and other goods. War department and leading sugar refiner have adopted cotton.
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Chicago Tribune
America
The
War Department
Sugar Refining Company
Chattanooga News
Telephone eavesdropping in rural life shocks author
A Farm and Fireside piece recounts a farmer’s wife wiring a telephone to listen in on every call. The anecdote shows how far some will go to avoid missing information, even rigging a clamp and bypassing the battery system.
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Ana Eae
Ak le
Militia Pay Bill Sparks National Guard Debate
The New Orleans Picayune endorses a congressional bill to pay National Guard officers 5 to 15 percent and enlisted men about 25 percent of regular army pay. Support rests on the Guard’s shift from state service to a national, wartime role under the Dick law, with weekly drills and multi day field exercises. The paper argues pay is needed to sustain turnout and efficiency as old social ties vanish and time is sacrificed from business evenings.
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Congress
National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
The
Picayune
New Orleans Picayune
Congressman Underwood and Misrepresentation Claims
The News Scimitar withdraws the earlier note regarding Congressman Underwood of Alabama and the Aldrich plan. It states the item originated in Eastern papers and was not intended to misrepresent his views. The editor expresses admiration for Underwood and offers no further comment.
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Inderwood
Alabama
Aldrich
Age-Herald
Birmingham
Underwood
News Scimitar
Pete
Wild Oats: Two Women Reflect on a Baron and Life
A long reading scene turns toward a sensational death by own action involving Baron von Veletsky. He survives a self-inflicted wound and receives a home offer from Bornheim Castle, paid for by a former lover. The two women realize they now share a love and future with him, having sown their wild oats.
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Hertha
Gabrielle
Botho
Baron von Veletsky
Baroness Hertha
Bornheim Castle
Gabrielle von Lanken
Fraulein
Fraulena
Growing Interest in Probation and Juvenile Reform
The Memphis Commercial Appeal argues probation reduces jail pressure by guiding youth away from crime. It notes juvenile probation conferences, ties to Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and federal use in prisons as proof that early intervention secures safer social conditions.
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Juvenile Probation Association
Probation Association
Big Brothers
Big Sisters’ Association
Memphis
Unalarm Clock Stumps Kentucky Shopper
A west Kentucky hardware store owner is called by a caller who bought a dollar alarm clock set to go off at 5 am. The customer says he no longer needs the alarm and asks how to unalarm it, leading to a lighthearted exchange. The tale comes from a Saturday Evening Post humorous vignette.
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West
Kentucky
Saturday Evening Post
Lord Kinnard’s Mission School Talk Provokes Boy’s Witty Reply
In an East End mission school visit Lord Kinnard spoke on faith and strength. He told of a biblical giant who grew weak and regained power to defeat foes. A pupil answered, suggesting the enemy be confronted with a bottle of air restorer.
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Lord Kinnard
Don
Philadelphia Telegraph
Greek Sailor Wins as Servian Gleefully Observes
A vivid verse notes a Greek sailor achieving victory while a Servian observer exults, and a Bulgar swells with pride alongside rival triumphs.
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Mobile
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James C. van Antwerp
Ert
T P. Bush
C. Sent
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International News Service
Southern Newspaper
Poulishers
Association
Hanson
Foreign Advertising
Fifth Ave
New York
Aunee
Ine
Bell
Isesees-Bell
Jabama
Washington Comment
Congressman Underwood
Hubert Bergmann
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