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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1913

Page

4

Mobile Item Geiser MPANY News Ad Fragment

Fragmentary OCR mentions mobile walla CHICAGO OFFICE LYTTON BUILDING and Berens Office. References to Associated Press International News Service Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and subscription rates. Includes telephones connecting departments and editorials with street and weekly rates.

Geiser Mpany, Inc Mobile Wala Chicago Lytton Building PANY Representatives Associated Pressport International Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Bell Home

Trades Briefs From Benteounet Alabama October 2

Public notices and brief items summarize regional commerce and events. The page lists short market notes and trades from Benteounet Alabama with named local merchants and actions affecting the community.

Benteounet Mobile Alabama

Moving Pictures at Local Theaters This Week

Current amusements list shows continuous engagements at several venues including U Moving Pictures ai Moving Pictures and Ae Pictures with Next Engagement Little Boy Blue and Rip Van Winkle at the Phœum Monday indicating ongoing showings and upcoming titles.

U—Moving Pictures Little Boy Blue Moving Pictures Rip van Winkle

Tariff Watch Focuses On New York Food Costs

New York's opening interest centers on how the tariff bill will cut living costs. The city's annual food bill tops 645 million dollars with major items like beef and sugar seeing changes. Beef alone involves a 175 million dollar annual bill, while meat, sugar, eggs, potatoes and bread form large shares of local spending.

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From Messenger Boy to Wireless Executive Highlighting Southern Good Roads

The piece profiles Edward J. Nally rising from a St. Louis messenger boy to vice president and general manager of a major wireless telegraph company, illustrating the era's belief in merit and networking. It also cites the Manufacturers Record praising highways, arguing Southern agriculture and transport via good roads will sustain the nation and prevent famine.

Edward J. Nally Lrgest Wireless Telegraph Company Nally St. Louis Thomas Edison Ally Buffalo Evening News United States

Teachers Pensions and the Case for State Financing

A U S Bureau of Education bulletin analyzes teacher pension systems in Britain and Europe and argues for a noncontributory state financed plan in the United States. It notes Germany and Scotland as models and favors state management to reduce teacher contributions and administrative burden.

United States Bureau of Education Great Britain Raymond W. Lies United States Sies Germany Scotland Dr. Sies France Lies

Death of Parrott and the Ironies of Flagler Era

The article reflects on Joseph R. Parrott’s sudden death in Maine and his role with Henry Flagler in Florida development. It notes Parrott’s work on the Florida East Coast Railway, canal projects, and Everglades drainage, amid Flagler’s vast estate, trusteeship, and the evolving pattern of funded, independent railroad expansion versus syndicate projects in Florida.

Florida Joseph R. Parrott Mr. Parrott United States Flagler Mr. Flagler Gom Ac. A Parott Flegler Yale Jer Florida East Coast Railroad Parrott Key West Cuba Havana Maine Florida Peninsula Great Lakes Florida East Coast Line Lake Okeechobee Great Lake Sea Everglades Flagier Wall Street Boston Capital R. M. Pulsifer Sanford St. John’s River Kissummee Pulsifer Chester A. Arthur Boston John W. Candler Congress Chandler Mr. Candler Wich Palatka Gulf Coast Candler Poston Mr. Ifer Tng Hand Puisifer

Wilson signals elimination of Huerta regime in Mexican crisis

President Wilson and advisers press for complete removal of Huerta. He rejects any loophole that would ease U S recognition of Mexico s government and hints the United States might accept a violence free turn to elections if conditions improve.

Crory Wilson Wilgo Huerta Mexican Congress Sym

The Wealth of China by Dr Hideomi Takahashi

The volume estimates China's total wealth at 106 billion yen or 53 billion dollars with vast untapped natural resources. Per capita wealth is about 267 yen while daily income averages 7.5 sen, highlighting poverty under bad governance and foreign control of profitable enterprises. If China stabilizes and develops, annual revenue could reach 1,500,000,000 yen.

Hideomi Takahashi China Republic Takahashi

How About This Grape Juice

A Chicago court hears John Nicholson, a teamster who delivers grapes to Italian saloons, on drunkenness. The judge riffs on Secretary Bryan, a Bryan dinner in Mobile, Morgal Memorial Day, taxation by a Houston man, a springy ballroom floor, Ex-Mayor Schwarz and a St Louis woman distraught over her cat as a near catastrophe.

John Nicholson Chicago Bryan Mobile St. Louis

The Stone Man on a Byway

A lone stone cutter sits by a roadside heap and hammers stones as he confesses pain from a life of wrongs and seeks respect. He explains neighbors, marriage, and envy shape a man’s fate, with happiness elusive when one’s desires are unmet.

Fountain Head

Alabama Polytechnic Institute opens 42nd session enrollment 780

President Charles C Thach reports the Alabama Polytechnic Institute begins its forty second year with 780 students, noting rising interest in engineering and agriculture, a need for more facilities, and a shortage of qualified applicants despite many students working through college.

Charles C. Thach Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alabama South

Here's to the old fashioned mother

A florid tribute from the Florida Times Union praising the steadfast mother of the past. The verse extols a mother who knits, cleans, and sacrificially toils, offering sweetness and light to humbler neighbors and sustaining her family with quiet duty and faith in Him.

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