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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1912
Page
4
The Mobile Item announces its 1881 founding and 1912 reestablishment with a daily and Sunday edition. It lists offices in Mobile and New York, key officers, subscription rates, and contact details. The notice appears in a October 7 1912 Alabama issue.
The article argues Taft leads in the West and Middle West while Roosevelt attracts entertainment, but Taft’s steady, dignified campaign in key states matters most. It warns Democrats not to overestimate Roosevelt or underestimate Taft and the regular Republicans' organized efforts.
In Iowa, Clark supporters shift to Governor Wilson after the Baltimore convention. Iowa Democrats admire Clark but now line up for Wilson, favoring victory and avoiding shirking. Town Republicans split between Taft and Cummins with Roosevelt sidelined, but post convention the split favors Wilson to win more votes than either Taft or Roosevelt.
Glenn H. Curtis claims a gyroscope device will automatically stabilize flying machines, promising safer aviation. The public test is unseen, so the claim remains a promise amid rising aviation fatalities and limited scientific progress in safety.
A British scientist forecasts that in two millennia the average English face may resemble a depraved gorilla countenance as nature supposedly improves humanity. He argues modern conditions hinder this trend, while elites grow rarer and lower classes multiply, a view the Chicago Tribune questions as sensational and flawed.
The Independent argues for restoring the town as the unit of political and social life. It cites the Madison Social Centre Conference and the trend toward multiuse school buildings that serve education, libraries, debating rooms, social games, lectures, and exhibitions.
The United States exported 80,035,202 feet of motion-picture films in the year ending June 30 1912 valued at 6 815 060 dollars while imports reached 14 274 768 feet of positives valued at 825 083 dollars. Photographic goods reached about ten million dollars in exports up from 7 000 000 in 1911. Daily Consular Reports provide the data. two thirds of exports were unexposed films and one third completed films. Most imported films are exposed and manufactured abroad.
John Pierpont Morgan testified before a Senate subcommittee investigating campaign contributions. He said his firm gave 150000 toward Theodore Roosevelt’s election and asserted no subscriptions were made with promises of returns, claiming actions served the government and people. Critics doubt the philanthropy praised in the remarks.
The item promotes the Mo bile Item Wants section as a daily way to reach about 50 000 readers with job and living arrangement notices. It suggests trading a sewing machine or clerking, offers outdoor or indoor work options, and invites readers to consider changing their current livelihood.
The Department of Agriculture extends the Young People's Work Club from the South to the North, forming a national program to teach boys aged ten to eighteen to grow corn and girls to can and raise poultry. Clubs require progress reports, one year of participation, and allow earnings to be kept by the children. rewards and contests will be offered, and a special education focused label supports the effort.
A plea seeks the whereabouts of John Temple Graves once known in Georgia society. The note mocks Hearst and references a Georgia advertising paper, hinting at concern for a missing man and associating him with a public figure.
Helen near death for three days while Warren faces grim doctors and emotionless nurses. The newborn baby is reported well though, and Warren clings to fear, longing for healing. On day four doctors declare the fever easing and Helen may speak again in the dim room.
In a hospital room, Helen, newly postnatal, asks if a night nurse is affordable as Warren urges care. The couple faces a clash between finances and motherhood, with Helen focused on cost while Warren yearns for tenderness. The moment ends with unspoken love and a sense of missed connection.
Beatrice shifts views on widower Maynard and artist Randolph after visiting Randolph's studio where he unveils Iphigenia. Beatrice admires the painting, entertains a portrait offer, and agrees to a Thursday visit as romance unfolds amid friends and suitors.
Ohio voters endorsed initiatives expanding direct public power through measures like initiative and referendum, income and inheritance tax, presidential primaries, home rule for cities, and judicial reform. The lone setback was the failure to grant voting rights to women.
The October treasury balance stands at 90,013,494 with September deficits showing a 211,590 drop in public debt. September receipts totaled 55,582,556 and disbursements 58,446,255, leaving a general fund balance of 149,346,615. Customs receipts rose to 27,475,127, while internal revenue excluding corporate tax fell 1,725,653 from last year. The year over year gap largely reflects late appropriations. National banks will not seek 25,000,000 public funds deposits to aid the treasury. The currency compiler will report bank conditions tomorrow as 20 national banks gain approval to operate August 1, bringing totals to 7,422.
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