Guarantee to Advertisers in Mobile Newspaper
The Mobile Item states it guarantees advertisers more unpaid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any other Mobile newspaper. Audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for two consecutive six month periods, its claim is substantiated.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulation
A. R. Crowley
Selma
Cotton Exchange
Crowley
Gioners
Labor Day Observance by Nation and Local Union
Labor Day is declared a national holiday by Congress and a presidential proclamation urges rest from work. Mobile labor bodies will celebrate at Monroe Park with union workers from The Item not publishing tomorrow.
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Congress
Mobile
Monroe Park
Market Exchange Marks a New Era for Farmers
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange organizers start a week long tour of Mobile shipping locales to organize farmers into locals for handling all farm products through a central exchange. Citrus fruit and other goods will join the new market as they build buying and selling pools across Mobile County, emulating the Eastern Shore model that lifted Virginia farmers from poverty to prosperity.
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Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange
Mobile
Central Exchange
Citrus Exchange
Virginia Exchange
The
Country Gentleman
Exchange
Mobile County
Virginia
Balawin
E Exchange
Donna
Hidalgo County
Texas
A. R. Cripp
Battle House
Great Warehouse Terminal System Comes to Mobile Port
A new warehouse terminal system is announced for Mobile to expand port facilities. The project traces a capital base of 700000 dollars and promises storage for all goods, with space for twenty ships docked simultaneously and metal product handling from the Birmingham district. The venture aligns with Pillans program gains, marking a major step in Alabama’s seaport development.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Pillans
Alabama
Pillans Program Movement Aims Mobile Port Enhancement
The Piece urges quick passage of the Pillans bills to advance Mobile port improvements. It notes a key exception—sand islands grant to the city—that has stalled, while warning of lobbying by waterfront interests for a state commission and urging careful, public-interest based appointments.
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Mobile
Pillans
Choctaw Point
Sand Islands
Hartwell
Hartwell Bil
Montgomery
Alabama
Why Not a Municipally Owned Grain Elevator for Mobile
The Item argues Mobile should secure a grain elevator to compete with New Orleans, urging condemnation or city action if railroad owners refuse. It notes New Orleans dominates grain exports, Mobile lacks elevator facilities, and a $40,000 improvement could make Mobile a useful deadweight carrier. The piece urges the city commission to consider acquiring or rebuilding the elevator.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Mobile
The
Ohio
St. Louis
Cobb
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
Middle West
Byati
South
Mobile and
Ohio and Southern
Mobile and Ohio
Mobile and Ohio and Southern
Pillans
Businessmen urged to back Mobile Exchange venture
The editorial urges Mobile and county merchants to back the exchange stressing benefits to the port economy and farm sector. It calls for broad participation at meetings, highlighting the farm and horticulture gains alongside cotton trade and a thriving commercial future. A tangential anecdote about blackberry jam and a missing $20 gold piece closes the piece.
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Mother
Sunday School Rally in Mobile County Set for Sept 26
Mobile County Sunday School Association plans a Rally day on September 26 to close the Sunday school year with all county schools observing a general observance. Promotion day follows the next Sunday as part of the observance. The schools are praised as strong youth workers amid summer heat and social detail.
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Mobile County
Légia
Community praises band concerts aiding Mobile kiddies
The piece commends contributions of money and time to last Friday's children's dancing tournament at Bienville Square. L W Savage receives special praise for chairing the Chamber of Commerce music committee and raising funds for musicians. The writer notes the event drew thousands and reflects on Mobile's generosity and a hoped future city budget for ongoing entertainment.
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Mobile
Savage
L. W. Savage
Chamber of Commerce
Bienville Square
Baldwin County farmers seek equal Mobile territory status
The Item notes Baldwin claims to be part of Mobile territory and disputes misstatements about county boundaries. A local banker Arthur Tonsmeire helped publicize farm displays and prizes. The paper pledges Baldwin's ties to Mobile and humorously contemplates secession with Baldwin as first county, while affirming support for Baldwin’s upbuilding.
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Baldwin County
Mobile
Grand Bay
Coden
Citronelle
Wheelerville
Mobile County
Arthur C. Tonsmeire
National City Bank
Loxley
Mobile City
Baldwin
Mobile Baldwin
Escambia
Beware the Jelly Fish on the Texas Coast
The Corpus Christi Caller jokes that jelly fish in local waters know more about human anatomy than geography. It notes bathers are warned by sea life in resorts, comparing jelly fish to sharks and stingarees in showing off sensitive spots. The piece urges coast residents to grant jelly fish freedom to roam.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
IS THIS NATION IN DANGER?
Herbert Quick argues America faces new era of brigandage with nations threatening to seize wealth and resources. He warns allies could turn foe, treaties become scraps, and the nation might be forced to finance wars by distributing wartime scrip and surrendering goods.
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Herbert Quick
Belgium
Germany
Windy Day Hat Chase in Mobile
An April wind rattles Mobile as hats fly from chins and . men chase ownerless fedoras through Royal Dauphin and St. Michael streets. A Panama hat vanishes to a would be thief while a blonde’s hat is blown from the post office steps and lost.
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Kid Longfellow
Isle of Pines
Mobile
Royal
Dauphin
St. Michael Street
Panama
Royal Street
Bird
Federal Building
Threat of German invasion and reliance on the British navy
The speaker warns that Germany could seize American banks, press newspapers, control industry, and levy war costs if 200,000 German troops could land in the United States. A successful invasion hinges on overcoming the British navy, with other possible enemies noted as risks as Congress weighs defending the nation against subjugation.
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Germany
Austria
Serbia
United States
Belgium
The Curious Exchange on Man and Flaws
In a pointed contrast a skeptical man questions human imperfections while a preacher defends mankind’s potential. The dialogue pivots on drawing eyelids to block sight versus recognizing limitations, ending with a wry remark about curiosity and sun spots.
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Puck
Editorials by Item Readers
Readers are invited to submit live-matter communications on general welfare with conditions. Do not use anonymous letters, include name and address, limit to 800 words, print on one side and enclose return stamped envelope if unused. Avoid partisan politics religion and medicine. correct only statements by The Item.
Scuppernong grape lore boosts Southern agriculture
An 1906 style notice extols the Scuppernong grape as hardy and highly productive native to the South. It details vine care, yields per acre, wine potential, and market prices while citing USDA Bulletin No. 118 and historic vine age. Immigration agent H. H. Bolton signs the piece from Mobile, Alabama.
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VAC
Roanoke Island
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers
United States
South
North Carolina
Virginia
H. H. Bolton
N. O
M. & Joe Mobile
Ala
Vaudeville routine exchange between Shaw and Lee
In a skit from Vaudeville Shaw teases Lee about Paris Brussels and London malaprops. Lee recalls aeroplane chicken Mascagni and a Shakespeare play with audience heckling. The dialogue contrasts faux sophistication with comic missteps.
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Shaw
Lee
Paris
Brussels
Pietro Mascagni
London
Shakespeare
Odd Tales From The Road And Farm
A man drove an auto from California to New York without an accident but hit an eight foot ditch eight miles from his goal. A New Jersey man rode his newly bought cow home to avoid walking. In Crane Missouri a man with whooping cough can only be heard by people within half a mile or by animals.
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California
New York
New Jersey
Crane
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