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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from Mobile Alabama dated September 6 1913 shows telephones connecting all departments and a weekly carrier service cost. It lists multiple Bell numbers for offices and homes and mentions a Pastorial and News section. The readable fragment suggests a local business or utility notice with contact numbers.
Verse from The Welcome Guest moralizes daily life as a guest on earth. The speaker vows to treat each day with care so fellow guests hope for his return.
The conference committee should restore free status for artistic antiquities and art objects in the tariff act. Democrats, echoing historical advocates, argue art education and national culture require duty free paintings sculptures and antiquities to benefit designers manufacturers and the public.
Fragmentary report notes prisoners from Joliet under observation during road work. Mentions convicts living in camp life and an experimental setup with honor system and watchful oversight.
A discussion on judicial method argues that federal judges with life tenure avoid political influence found in state and county courts. It notes salaries are similar and recalls would politicize the judiciary, urging appointment by the executive with impeachment as a check.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will push to include the Pullman Company in the Wallingford wreck investigation on the New Haven railroad. It seeks figures on wooden versus steel sleeping cars and current and under construction stock, arguing steel cars could have saved lives.
The article reports John Bassett Moore leaving the department on leave or vacation, shifting foreign affairs work to Secretary Bryan and Assistant Secretary Osborn. It notes the leadership gap concerns the president amid delicate Mexican issues and inexperience among Bryan and Osborn in international matters.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote frames the phrase uplift movement as a chaotic scene where many people try to speak simultaneously, exposing confusion over its meaning and aims. The remark underscores communication clashes in a modern social discourse.
Boston Transcript notes skepticism over reports that drought killed all Kansas corn and suggests state relief funds may be available for the crop. The piece hints the drought’s impact is overstated and money could be allocated to support agriculture.
Readers in New York are disappointed as Bosco TUMBO. T. R. chews on a yak coat and fails to deliver expected performance. The quirky anecdote highlights public fascination with the eccentric figure and his unusual appetite during the event.
Washington letter lauds the public health service for sanitation leadership and disease prevention. It cites San Francisco’s bubonic plague fight, Havana occupation work, and Manila canal zone efforts, praising Dr. Blue and Dr. Rucker and urging a national school of hygiene to strengthen federal and local health cooperation.
The Boston Transcript notes a baleful fusion battle against Tammany in New York and New York City, aided by Col Roosevelt. It criticizes the anti-Tammany coalition for personal rivalries and demagogic picks that threaten the reform coalition’s chance at victory.
A poem of seasons turning with grasses and fruits ripening in old orchards. Birds migrate south as woodlands shift from emerald to gold while summer fades and winter approaches. The speaker mourns the passing season yet holds fast a royal guardon to cherish its memory.
Mme Laprade wrestles with love and duty as a confession sparks a plan. A frail debate over marriage pits duty to a husband against a heartbreakingly romantic desire, ending with a sacrifice that preserves honor and binds two people to a difficult union.
A Louisville Post column denounces Governor Baldwin and allies pushing universal state programs and social reforms. It critiques organized sex education campaigns, the idea of a state as moral arbiter, and shifts blame to proponents while urging renewal of individual responsibility and family ethics.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quips about Dobbs pride in common sense noting he waited till mid August to buy a straw hat. The remark frames Dobbs as self important and humorously late in simple style.
A fragmented dialogue shows a manager praising a Styx ferry operation while another questions its merits. The text shifts into garbled phrasing implying turmoil over handling the dead or a related matter.
A reflective piece on how others view us and how we view ourselves. The author contrasts two extremes the blunt truthful person and the blarneying optimist noting most people spend time judging others while neglecting how they are seen. It ends pondering whether self opinion grows or wanes.
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