The Mobile Item Established and Reorganized in 1912
The Mobile Item Company publishes seven papers weekly for ten cents including Sunday. Founded in 1881 and reorganized April 10 1912, the Mobile Item operates from 10-18 St Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama with James C Van Antwerp as President and C B Boydson as Vice President and General Manager Albert P Bush as Secretary and Treasurer John C O Connell as Editor. It is a full day Associated Press report and International News Services paper with a long distance advertising office in New York.
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Mobile Item
Mobile Item Company, Inc
St. Emanuel Street
Mobile
Ala
South
James C. van Antwerp
C. B. Boydson
Albert P. Bush
John C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International
Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association
Ec Albert Hanson
Foreig Advertising
Item
Fifth Ave
New York
Bell
Keeping the Political Line Straight
Public opinion backs Judge Semmes in refusing Mr. J. S. Clemmons the writ to place his name on the November ballot as a Democratic candidate for judge of the inferior court. Judge Henry Chamberlain remains the sole Democratic nominee after the primary.
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Semmes
J. S. Clemmons
Probate
Henry Chamberlain
Clemmons
Mobile
Tariff Tax Debate Reaches Voters Over Costs and Hidden Losses
The Republican committee argues average tariff cost per voter is 3.46 while importer charges raise domestic prices. Analysis contends tariffs raise overall consumer burden, with wool schedules cited as extreme, showing high duties but small import shares. It claims domestic manufacturers reap freight and profit, masking true costs.
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Republican National Committee
Custom House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
William Grove, Pa
Speeding Crisis in Montgomery Prompt Calls for Tight Enforcement
The Advertiser urges Montgomery authorities to rigorously enforce speed laws to prevent fatalities as speed mania endangers pedestrians. It notes immunity from harm only comes from drivers' vigilance and cautions about reckless motorists and motor vehicles on city streets.
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Montgomery
Ontgomery
Government Street White Way Drives Civic Unity on Frontage Signups
Organizing residents and property owners on Government street for a White Way, about five thousand feet of frontage signed by forty owners, one fourth of the total cost at one dollar per front foot. The canvass highlights strong citizenship, with one merchant offering to cover frontage for neighbors unable to pay.
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Government Street
Backwell
United States
Mobile
White Way
Railway and Shipper Outlook From Finley Dinner
President W W Finley of the Southern Railway spoke at a Indianapolis Transportation Club dinner on The Railway and the Shipper. He urged mutual dependence of railways and shippers, need for capacity expansion, and capital investment to sustain growth and fair rates.
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W. W. Finley
Southern Rail Way
Transportation Club of
Indianapolis
Finley
United States
Milwaukee Judge Defeats Film Push on Roosevelt Shooting Image
The Milwaukee judge blocks nationwide exhibition of a film showing the Roosevelt shooter, hailed for restraining degrading material. Long Island doctors pledge bodies for dissection after a Seattle lead, arguing medical science and humanity justify the act despite public sentiment.
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Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Long Island
Seattle
West
Call for Uniform Felony Law to Ban Carrying Deadly Weapons
The Asheville Citizen urges the state legislature to make carrying deadly weapons a felony and to enact uniform laws across states. It argues Sullivan era gun rules fail to curb homicide and strict enforcement is insufficient, warning gun carriers breed bravado and invite violence.
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New York City
New York
Asheville
Judge Monroe Defends Family Welfare Against Loan Sharks
In a Portland Oregonian editorial tone, the piece lauds Judge Monroe for ruling against wage garnishment by loan sharks, upholding a wife and children's alimony. It critiques systemic harshness toward families, citing historical and international examples, and urges reform of laws that hurt dependents.
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Los Angeles
Monroe
England
Giles Corey
Salem
Portland Oregonian
Railway Development Signals Tightening Finance For Rails
The piece analyzes railway earnings showing gross gains of 54.5 million but net after taxes down 50.4 million, with taxes rising 12.7 million. It notes railways have shrunk in market appeal asOctober dividends rise modestly while financing and new issues lag behind industrials. It warns without policy shifts eight billion dollars in improvements are unlikely and suggests government-backed guarantees may be considered.
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Panama Panel
New York
Timaa
Wilson's Attitude on Farming Subjects
A speaker argues that farmers face tariff burdens and bank credit limits while urging policies to aid agriculture. He criticizes Taft vetoes, praises free list reforms, and calls for better roads, markets, and long credit terms. He critiques Republican posters framing Democratic gains as GOP triumphs.
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United States
Taft
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Washington Park
N. J
Republican Congress
Ireland
Germany
Democratic Congress
Failure of Cecil Rhodes idea in Rhodes Scholarships
The Rhodes scholarships fail to unite Anglo American students as Cecil Rhodes intended. English at Oxford accuse American scholars of selfish use and limited hospitality while Americans cite small means hindering equality. The "hands across the sea" goal shows little progress and likely will remain nil, according to the New Orleans States.
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Cecil Rhodes
Atlantic
Oxford
Rhodes
Oxford Union
England
New Orleans
The Better Thing We Sought to Be Poem Found
After the death of Robertson James, brother of Henry James and William James, a characteristic poem titled The Better Thing We Sought to Be was found. Published in the November American Magazine, it reflects themes of mortality, faith, and surrender to a divine plan with austere, somber imagery.
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Robertson James
Henry James
William James
Harvard University
Art in Literature Satire by Beidler Mock Money Focus
Bethel professor Warren H Beidler argues Americans are money mad judging art and invention by financial value. A cited line notes a novelist blaming his ad writer for a failed book, illustrating commerce over artistry with wit and irony.
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Warren H. Beidler
Bethel
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adrianople Frontier Fight May Decide War and World Powers
The New Orleans Times-Democrat argues Adrianople’s fall would settle the war and test Great Power alignments. It notes Britain and France backing Russia, Germany and Italy backing opposing sides, and warns of a looming holy war across colonies and empires.
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Adrianople
Constantinople
Metz
Paris
Bazaine
Europe
Plevna
Russia
Austria
England
France
Germany
Italy
Turkey
Near East
Balkan Peninsula
India
Egypt
Algera
Tunic
Morocco
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bad Colds and Early Fight Against Them
A Jackson Mississippi News column urges immediate action at first cold symptoms. It touts quinine, aspirin, castor oil, turpentine, and oil remedies, warns of grippe and pneumonia from neglected colds, and notes damp weather increases infection risk.
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New York
The Price of Peace and a Naval Reckoning
Secretary Meyer warned at the New York mobilization that ships aged fifteen to twenty years are quickly deemed unfit for combat and relegated to coast defense or junk. He urged continued rapid building to avoid a fleet of decrepit vessels within a decade, warning the navy’s growth creates a self defeating loop.
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New York
Meyer
New York Review
New Orleans
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