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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
4
A rambling column mixes remarks on Mexico trade, Mobile progress, public figures, and current events. It references Governor Sulzer, Secretary Daniels, Senator Ransdell, and Mrs. Pankhurst with satirical asides about tariffs, immigration, and prohibition. The piece ends with notes on Hobson and Underwood.
The Cleveland Leader notes Woodrow Wilson as a compelling congressman while remarking he will not join the Southern Commercial Congress. Amid recent political turmoil, two famous Alabama sons are said to have clashed within historic congressional halls.
The Washington administration faces no grounds for taking over telephone and telegraph lines. Public sentiment is lacking and officials fear massive debt from a full government operation. Advocates warn that mixed government private control would compromise reliability and raise costs.
The Atlanta Constitution urges using the canal workers on the Isthmus to rebuild Mississippi levees, making the valley flood proof at an estimated fifty to sixty million dollars. It argues flood prevention must be national, with shared costs and improved river navigation lowering freight rates.
A man gains pride from a small daily exercise with gym gear while a woman’s home trainer is a washboard or sewing machine and scrub brush, who works all day and never stops to think about it.
The New York Clearing House Association report shows banks loaned about eighty million more to crop regions than to Wall Street in the year to Sept 30. Loans to the South totaled roughly 174 million, seven million more than loans west of Ohio, with eastern district leading due to manufacturing.
The Mobile Item notes President Wilson will visit Mobile on October 27 forenoon address to the Southern Commercial Congress on Rural Credit. It laments the brief stay and hopes he will return with more time and “bring his knitting” to stay longer in the historic city.
The Roosevelt farewell dinner in New York received a special all night liquor license. A Michigan editor struggled to prove gossip about the colonel's conviviality. The paper notes the colonel left for South America in a bad humor the morning after.
In a bustling city, onlookers note a celebratory mood as the Anti-Noise Society succeeds with a new ordinance. The scene captures Scots and locals reacting to the heightened activity and the town’s response to the ruling.
A Birmingham Age-Herald joke about a man with nine children, misinterpreting the number of dependents due to his colored cook having seven. The quip plays on misunderstanding of family size and household labor.
A Nashville Democrat cartoon mocks Hobson with a caption accusing him of serving money interests. The observer suggests Hobson may be secretly paid by armor-plate manufacturers, questioning his sincerity.
In a dramatic recital the Ghost of Banquo unsettles guests as Lady Macbeth remarks the place closes at 1 O clock. The New York Sun quotes the exchange during the scene shrouded in tension.
Mexican officials declare the rebellion essentially crushed. The Dallas News notes a quiet week in Mexico when federals fail to crush rebels or rebels fail to crush federals.
John Corbin argues the drama has diverged from artistic aims amid theater overbuilding and commercial pressures. He notes many houses now show moving pictures, predicting more theatres may become garages, reflecting a nationwide revolt against Broadway’s influence.
A visitor named Captain Malpagame claims to walk the world for a 100000 wager and is jailed three months in London for stealing an overcoat. His log reportedly contains seals of English towns and signatures from public figures including Joseph Chamberlain. The incident followed visits to newspapers seeking print and photographs.
A striking professor of nerve respect pretends to show an original test with an artificial mouse on a string. He reveals the prank to his matinee class, but a live mouse appears and the room empties in seconds. The professor regrets being outfoxed by a clever student.
In a policy note the French government urges increased sauerkraut manufacturing. The idea is framed as boosting home industry and food supply security.
Washington letter notes the capitol as an art museum with 140 paintings and 120 sculpted pieces. Freeman lists artists from Copley to French and Saint Gaudens, funded by gifts and specific appropriations. Statuary Hall showcases 41 statues in the chamber of horrors, with 24 states contributing in 49 years.
The account describes a riot of color and the statue of Freedom atop the dome. It explains biographies of artists in the capitol drawn from living friends and relatives and notes many foreign sculptors and painters chose long lives in the United States, dying here after leaving their homelands.
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