Subscription Terms for Paper in Mobile Alabama 1912
The notice outlines subscription options delivered seven days weekly for a dime, with rates for one year and six month terms. It lists by mail options and pricing, dated Mobile Alabama October 1, 1912, with scattered OCR fragments suggesting street delivery and issues.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
Capti Street
Mobile
Ala
San Antwerp
T P. Bush
John
O'Connell
South
Alabama
New Press Disclosure Law Applies on April First
The new law requires editors publishers and owners to file sworn statements with postmasters twice yearly listing names and addresses of key personnel stockholders and security holders plus six month circulation figures for dailies. Exclusions apply to religious fraternal temperance and scientific pubs. A copy must be published in the next issue and noncompliance risks loss of mail privileges.
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Post Office Department
Campaign finance report details and state totals
Fragmented notes show a national committee finance appeal for extra funds from supporters. It lists contributors and amounts, with roughly 84 000 dollars remaining for legitimate campaign use and 15 458 dollars allocated to Alabama.
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National Committee
Rural Credit Plans Draw Southern Interest for Mobile Meeting
The Southern Commercial Congress plans a 1913 Mobile meeting to study European rural credit systems. States must pay delegates or raise funds. $2,400 covers three months travel and reports. The movement aims to create rural credit societies enabling farmers to borrow cheaply with land as security. Alabama and Florida mobilize support. others urged to contribute.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Congress
New York
Livestock Farmers’ Cooperative Bank
Florida
Alabama
Perkins Advocate Trusts Rival LaFollette Policy Clash
Perkins of the Harvester trust and Roosevelt campaign financier claims the Roosevelt trust plan aligns with big business, opposing LaFollette’s small unit, pro-competition view. Senator Reed dismisses Perkins’ trust advising as insolent, likening it to highwaymen revising robbery laws.
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Perkins
Harvester Trust
Roosevelt
Chicago Post
LaFollette
Reed
Missouri
United States
Palladium in 1911 Useful, Scarce Metal
The 1911 USGS report notes palladium production of 2,390 ounces with most from copper ore refining. It finds use in astronomical instruments watchmaking dental alloys and soldering platinum metals while resisting tarnish making it ideal for plating. Imports reached 1,218 troy ounces worth $56,307 at $46.22 an ounce.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States
European naval shifts linked to Mediterranean strategy
The article notes a French policy shift concentrating most of its fleet in the Mediterranean while Britain withdraws most of its Mediterranean force. It suggests Britain will focus on the North Sea and Germany, with France watching the other two Triple Alliance powers. It questions potential pacts with Italy and Austria and mentions an indemnity for Tripoli tied to new battleships.
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Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
England
Asquith
Great Britain
North Sea
Germany
France
Italy
Aus
Tripoli
Mississippi Lands To English Syndicate In 100000 Acre Sale
A fragment reports a sale of 100000 acres to an English syndicate of spinners near Mississippi. The note questions wealth accumulation and control as lands pass from individuals to corporate ownership.
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Mississippi
Memphis News
Advertising Chats No 59 Does It Pay to Advertise
Opinion piece arguing advertising pays for both large and small businesses. Cites large firms increasing ad budgets and a patent medicine founder who credits advertising as essential to success. Encourages readers to invest proportionally to income to grow.
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Concern
Grafting Decline Brings Public Benefit and Corporate Reform
The Wall Street Journal argues that abolishing railroad passes and banning corporate campaign contributions curb corruption. It asserts gains in investor security, management efficiency, and consumer service, noting reduced lobby influence and improved corporate governance as a lasting national advancement.
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New York Stock Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Easil
Washington
Wall Street Journal
McADOO Opposes Joint Tariff Debate With Hilles
W. G. McAdoo, acting chairman, argues against a joint tariff debate with Charles D. Hilles. He says a three way discussion including third term or Bull Moose Republicans would be unfair to audiences and that only Wilson would genuinely reduce tariffs. He offers to consider further campaign input.
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Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
New York City
Taft
Wilson
W. G. McAdoo
After the Honeymoon Reveals a New Happiness
Helen guards a秘密 she shares with Warren and the two grow closer. His earlier selfishness fades as gentleness and protection replace irritability. He stays home to read aloud and safeguard her health, while she cherishes a dreamlike secret fulfilled during their early married days.
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Helen
Warren
Anna
Quiet Park Moments With Helen and Warren
In a tender scene Helen cherishes living things during frequent strolls with Warren. She feeds a park squirrel and dreams of holding it, but the creature darts away. Warren reassures her their happiness lies in later, deeper bonds and protection.
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Helen
Beatrice Plans Accepting Maynard Despite Doubts
Beatrice, while considering Maynard as a husband for the sake of security, prepares to meet him after a night in a roof garden with Uncle Henry Blanchard. The outing stirs unease as a loud, drunken group prompts distress and ends with Beatrice telling her children Mr Maynard will never return.
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Virginia
Terhune van DE Water
Beatrice
Jack
Maynard
Claremont
Robert Maynard
Henry Blanchard
Henry
Blanchard
Helen
Minor
Maev Robbins
Rae
Sadie
Virginia Pays Detectives in Hillsville Case
Virginia has paid $12,500 to detectives for the capture of the Allen gang that shot up the Hillsville court last March. All men charged have been caught with two captured in Des Moines recently. Two sentenced to death, others to prison, some acquitted, and remaining defendants to be tried. The case is described as a rare and shocking defiance of the court and outlawry.
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Virginia
Allen
Hillsville
Des Moines
Old Dominion
Baltimore American
Whaling Industry Doomed Says Roy Andrews
Roy Andrews, returning from Corea with artifacts for New York museums, predicts the whaling industry will end. He notes Japan has turned to canned whale as a beef substitute in the Orient and foresees a shift to a sustainable, modern whaling system. The Atlanta Georgian warns that wasteful methods may doom the whale like the carrier pigeon and the dodo.
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Roy Andrews
Corea
New York City
Orient
Atlanta Georgian
The American Inquisition and Newspaper Publicity Policy
A sharp critique of a congressional postal bill demanding publicity of private newspaper affairs. The Herald argues the move intrudes on free press principles, notes its own finances, and questions lawmakers authority over circulation and pricing. The piece cites Postmaster General Hitchcock halting the proceedings as a prudent pause.
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Congress
Herald
Hitchcock
New Herald
Chickens and Rats Wreak Heavy Losses in Sumter County
The Sun reports about 20,000 young chickens killed in Sumter County over the past year with rat related losses on several farms reaching as high as 300 birds. Average losses around one hundred per farm.
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Sumter
Sumpter County
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Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Foreig Advertising
Fifth Ave
Busines Office
Ee Ee
Erry
Bes
Peoe
United States Geological Survey
McCadoo
Hilles
Mabel Herbert Urner
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