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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1913

Page

6

Chicago Office Lytton Building Representatives Departments

Editorial and news note from Mobile Alabama November 30 1913 praises humanity and public welfare through discussion of questions and measures. Emphasizes combating injustice and advocating correct memory social deaf princes. Advertising value tied to circulation quality and service to people.

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Orange Belt Growth Sparks Mobile County Prosperity

The Mobile County drive to cultivate Satsuma oranges grows quickly with the Daves nursery at Irvington proving fruitful. Promising sections extend from Citronelle to the ridge, and a first Baldwin county carload in Chicago shows strong demand as Alabama expands orange production along the Gulf.

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Wallingford's Hobson speaks on prohibition in Mobile

Richmond Pearson Hobson, hailed as Alabama’s Wallingford, delivered a senate campaign monologue in Mobile praising national prohibition. Critics note Hobson’s meeting chairman is a leading Mobile liquor dealer attorney, stirring questions about his stance and past associations.

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Nationwide Tuberculosis Day Drive Urges Cross Society Participation

National Tuberculosis Day observance on December 7 mobilizes churches schools labor unions and fraternal orders to join anti tuberculosis workers. Over 1000 societies through state organizations and the National Association appeal clergy principals and leaders to schedule lectures in the week around December 7 to promote TB awareness without adding another day to the crowded season.

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Good Roads Debate and Crank Town Critique

A Mobile reader commends good roads and condemns reformers. He supports landowner interests, opposes land takings without compensation, and favors state and local funding with bonds. He mocks wide streets, licenses, and a anti industry stance while endorsing convict road labor under contract.

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Washington survey retraced as government buys Appalachian lands

Government retraces George Washington era lines as it acquires lands under the Weeks law to protect headwaters. The Fairfax line, running from Orange to Rockingham Shenandoah, is visible in fences and timber marks dating to early colonial times. officials seek clear titles via resurveys and royal grants.

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Mary Fletcher learns truth about her husband’s past

Mary discovers her husband never owned the business and was fired for drunkenness. She confronts the president, then exits with her mother in law’s money. On the elevated platform she encounters Gordon Craig, recognizing him as the past returns in a tense moment.

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Let Us Be Thankful For Providence And Roosevelt

A fragmented editorial reflects on the Mexican oil crisis and asserts Americans and English people should thank Providence that Roosevelt is not president and remains away in America, where he supposedly plans to retreat from public duty.

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Bull Moose Pretensions in a Heated Campaign

The piece ridicules the Bull Moose stance as hollow, comparing it to Peter the Hermit’s crusade and alleging Roosevelt profited from political shifts. It argues facts and reason are the only tools against the delusion and notes Roosevelt’s long alignment with ex-Democrats and ex-Republicans.

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Roosevelt Controversy Over Political Allies and Panama

The San Francisco Call questions Roosevelt’s motives and tactics in breaking from the Republican mainstream and pursuing the Panama project. It argues Roosevelt sought power, winning over fake contests and questioning whether his conduct reflected eternal righteousness or simple ambition.

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Rural Justice in a Narrow Courtroom Dispute

A judge faces a defiant driver named Dingley who challenges a fifty dollar fine for speeding. A constable testifies to the offense as witnesses describe the same route, prompting a tense exchange over liability and payment.

Dingley

Less Chance of a Street Car

A brief humorous exchange from Boston quotes Mrs Matchmaker urging persistence with Betty while Isck Wyse recalls an old Southern colonel advising not to chase after a woman or a streetcar. The quip reflects streetcar lore and dating advice of the era.

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