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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1913
Page
6
The readable fragments describe an item from Mobile with a verse and a description, likely a brief civic or commercial notice. Details are fragmentary, but the record notes a local item of interest tied to Mobile and a verse or caption.
Orpheum Hearts and Flowers at 8 15 p m Royal and Crescene show Moving Pictures Continuous Dreamland The Blue Light Inn 7 30 and 9 15 Bijou Moving Pictures Continuous Crown Moving Pictures Continuous Lyric Salome Saturday
Humane watchers condemn overhead checks as cruel and useless arguing they mask worn-out horses from rural dealers. They cite German and Dutch bans and claim many city horses are driven with neck strain and pain for display, while sturdy working animals perform better.
The National Fire Waste Congress convened in Philadelphia marking a public push for conservation in a long neglected field. Historic fire losses total billions since 1881 with little regulation to curb waste. reformers cite need for stronger policies and public awareness.
The piece highlights President Wilson breaking with allies over reform, boosting Underwood's senate bid in Alabama, and predicts Mobile's pivotal role as the Panama Canal opens. It notes the Alabama primary law effects and the expected impact of Hobson Clayton and Underwood on national key seats. It ends by praising Mobile as entering a decisive period for commerce and growth.
A Washington dispatch notes the Underwood Simmons tariff law will flood bonded warehouses with stored merchandise. Butter, sugar, tobacco, wool and iron items moved toward lower duties, boosting imports while government revenue faces losses. Most goods rest in New York Philadelphia and Boston warehouses awaiting entry at reduced rates.
The piece discusses a speech Roosevelt gave before departing for Brazil. It notes time limits forced omissions and that newspapers misquoted, prompting questions about why any of the remarks were retained. It suggests the speaker should simply thank the audience and let tomorrow's papers publish his full remarks.
The text contrasts Hobson and Bryan with others, hinting at political campaigning prowess. A hypothetical move would send the New Haven Railroad to the front in case of war, while Tennessee's legislative fracas is described as disappointing in thrills. The line about Mobile Bay suggests a song attribution dispute.
Sheffield Ingalls uses a Young America tale about Gordon a seven year old boy in a bandit game to illustrate how some children are tampered He explains Gordon cannot fall during play because he lacks his old trousers and says he would be dead if wearing them This October National Monthly anecdote highlights wholesome boyhood play and the limits of imagination.
A Memphis News-Scimiter opinion argues the national mind shifts to light entertainment and vaudeville of life rather than serious drama. It criticizes coarse humor that fails to educate and notes recklessness and irreverence undermine mature view of life.
The Volturno fire highlights gaps in fire-fighting gear on ships under British inspection. Critics note Britain must raise standards, while American rules would demand far more extinguishers and safeguards. The disaster echoes Titanic lessons and fuels global safety reforms.
The piece urges owners to maintain a steady feeding routine for their small dogs, noting that consistent meals ease anxiety for both pet and owner and echo past delays in shared routines.
A male narrator helps Dolly with a shopping errand, hoping to meet Nina. He endures repeated misdirections and flirtatious sales staff, mishears, and embarrassment as he finally learns the task was in the wrong department and vows not to shop for intimate items again.
Two neighbors in the Middle West spent six years and over $3,000 in court costs over a half acre and a disputed fence line. The protracted case, resolved out of court, raises questions about judicial waste versus constitutional principles and the endurance of private interests in public liberty.
New York reports that the late Benjamin Altman leaves an estate argued to be around fifty million dollars, marking one of the city’s largest retail fortunes. Tributes praise his integrity and business acumen as son and successors plan expansion of his Fifth Avenue store.
Judge William H. Hunt tells of Yot Lung the New Orleans laundyman and a calendar like prayer book used twice daily. He cites a Pekin owned monopoly on prayer books and a year jail for infringing copyright, suggesting a novel global monopoly comparison.
Miss Annie Backett Burns of Cheltenham, sole surviving granddaughter of Robert Burns, has filed in Dumfries Sheriff Court to be declared executrix of hitherto unconfirmed personal effects of the poet as the nearest kin. The case follows news that Liverpool Athenaeum sold Burns volumes for 5000 pounds and may export them to America, provoking protests from Lord Rosebery and others.
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