Mobile Item centers on superior city circulation claim
The Mobile Item asserts advertisers receive more net paid circulation in Mobile and surrounding areas than any other Mobile news brand. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulation confirm the claim for two consecutive six month periods.
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Mobile Item
Edit Bureau of Circulations
Ing
Mhs
Udit Bureau of Circulations
Uburban
Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Queenie and Edwin Arnold Flesh Kin Discovery
Apparent reference to Queenie and Edwin Arnold with a note about flesh kinship dated October 8, 1916. The readable fragment suggests a historical or genealogical mention without clear event details.
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le Edwin Arnold
Three Steel Giants Stir a New Era in U S Industry
The piece notes three major steel firms Bethlehem Steel, United States Steel, and Midvale, led by Corey and Schwab, shaping a volatile power struggle as war orders boost Bethlehem and a potential alliance with Dupont looms. Frick also reenters the scene, signaling a pivotal shift in the industry.
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Alabama
Refic Iron and Steel
America
B. Corey
Corey
United States
Bethlehem Corporation
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Red
Corely
Morgan
Anenegie
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Innel
Bethlehem Company
Frick
Dupont
Baldwin County's Untapped Paths To Growth And Markets
The article praises Baldwin County's vast potential, comparing its soil and climate to Rhode Island and noting extensive agricultural capacity. It argues highways and bridges will weld communities, expand markets, and intensify coordinated crop production and sales across the county.
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Baldwin County
Baldwin
Rhode Island
Delta
Verse on Kindness Kept Alive by Leaders in Public Life
A long excerpt notes John Boyle O Reilly s poem urging kind acts as seeds for growth. It praises Judge Warren W Foster Frederick Townsend Martin and their charitable deeds from New York to London. The piece also mentions Miss Minerva Farmer a Mississippi teacher student and local newspaper quips about weather and community progress.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Emternity
Warren W. Foster
New York Court of General Sessions
O'Reilly
Foster
Frederick Townsend Martin
Socil
Social New York
London
New York
Martin
Minerva Farmer
Brooksville
Oxford
Mollie and the Headstrong Girl in a Domestic Scene
In a late night scene Mollie is called a headstrong girl as Dick, drunk at home, frets about her marrying the piano player Hatton. The quarrel reveals distrust, pride, and looming social consequences with Jim’s unspoken fate and a court-ordered debt note invitation.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mollie
Wes
Molje
Mollig
Jim
Torpedo speeds and bankruptcy basics in Q and A
A reader asks for torpedo speed and firing range from submarines. Answers indicate speeds of 20 to 30 miles per hour and firing distances of 600 to 1,000 yards. Another reader questions pronunciation of Joachim and seeks bankruptcy law guidance on notes with no third signature. The response notes accent on Joachim's first syllable and outlines relief procedures in court for debtors and secured notes.
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Joachim
Jo-a-kim
Goddess finale at Empire with The Agony of Fear
The fourteenth chapter of The Goddess is again shown at the Empire today after a storm delayed its run. Earle Williams and Anita Stewart headline the final episodes, with Robert Arthur and Louise Vale in The Agony of Fear as a companion three act Selig Special drama. Admission ten cents, children five cents.
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Dess
Empire
Earle Williams
Anita Stewart
Robert Arthur
Louise Vale
Selig
Nemisis
Mobile visitors and a trip to the world series reel
A trio of young Mobileans John Jossen John Hooper and William Cowley head East for a vacation hoping to snag seats at Phillies Red Sox World Series games. Rollo M Hemn baugh now with Keystone Type Foundry reports rising Southern business while Thomas W Sims discusses tax matters with the county board.
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W. M. Ree
Atmore
Mobile
John Jossen
John Hooper
William Cowley
Rollo M. Hemnbaugh
Typographical
Mobile Item
Cawthon Hotel
Rollo
Keystone Type Foundry
Thomas W. Sims
State Board of Equilization
County Board of Equalization
Danish Steamer Captain Charges Mate With Larceny
On complaint by Captain N Neilson of the Danish steamer Fankrng in port police arrested Antone Christensen on a grand larceny charge. He is accused of stealing a pair of marine glasses valued at $30. Christensen formerly served as mate of the vessel.
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N. Neilson
Fankrng
Antone Christensen
Christensen
Editorials by Item Readers
Communications on live matters of general welfare are solicited with rules. No anonymous letters, include name and address, limit to 300 words, use one side only, enclose return envelope if unused. Avoid partisan topics, religion, medicine. temperate language. corrections allowed only for Item statements. limit repeat contributors.
Chamber of Commerce Director Stands By Inaccurate Report
Editor, The Item, a report of the last directors meeting misquoted my statement about a chamber collector. I did not say the collector forced his way or made a curt demand. The collector was polite. The incident was private and should not have been publicized.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Recention
A Touch of Comfort Munyons Witch Hazel Soap
The advertisement touts Munyons Witch Hazel Soap as the best toilet and medicated soap, trusted by hundreds of customers who used to pay 50 cents. It promises soft velvet skin and invites buyers to purchase at 10 cents per cake or 3 for 25 cents, sold by Bienville Pharmacy.
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J.B Stanley
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Horlick
Horlick’s
Racine
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A. McLaughlin
Laurel
Miss
R. J. Angerman
York City
L. Muller
St. Louis
Niel Malone
New York City
Mrs. R. Connoly
St. Paul
Minn
O. L. Girard
Toledo
Ohio
E. B. M. Atkins
Selma
Ala
J. M. McKay
Meridian
New Orleans
T. H. Kund
O. B. Olsen
Dauphin Island
W. KE. Moorer
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H. Cameron
Ben B. Hood
E. Meyer
H. H. Head
Memphis
Tenn
D. EK. Kemp
Montgomery
Bienville
J. W. Whitefield
Mckin
Bainbridge
Georgia
Klosky
S—C. O. Lambert
W. T. Smith
Theodore
St. Andrew
A. W.adams
Whushla
Williard Omen
Gulfport
Mies
Fred Brown
Fort. Morgan
W. H. Brown
Birmingham
E. G. McMillan
Stockton
G. F. Olive
Gasport
C. R. and
Victor Sanders
Baton Rouge
Windsor
W. J. Carmonty
Bay Minette
Alen Carmonty
E. P. Thepard
Mount Vernon
J. P. Eden
Brewton
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