Mobile Item Company Records and Address 1913
The fragment notes the Mobile Item Company founded in 1 ABORGAmmMp and re established April 1912 at 26-18 St. Emanuel Street Mobile Alabama with Associated Press and International News Service pull. mentions Albert Hanson as manager and a Newark office listing at 226 Fifth Ave. Dates include September 8 1913.
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Obile Item Company, Inc
ST. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Ala
PULL
Associated Press Report
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Dulane Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
Newark
The Ashes of Success Poem by John Kendrick Bangs
Line O' Cheer poem mocks solitary triumph and praises shared effort over fame. The speaker argues companionship beats lonely victory and rejects hollow glory, valuing mutual support through struggle and failure.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Prison reform spread to Alabama and beyond
The Item highlights a global shift from punishment to rehabilitation in prisons. It notes Illinois Joliet and Washington Walla Walla experiments, including honor camps, pay, and family support, with psychology and reformers guiding policy as aging jail methods fade. It also discusses Mobile city salaries for police and firefighters, urging higher pay to retain capable staff amid rising living costs.
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Alabama
Illinois
Washington
Joliet
Walla Walla
Olympic Peninsula
Europe
Schwarz
Mobile
New York Rebels Against the Theatre
The New York Herald condemns a wave of disreputable plays mocking morals and shows a senator father meeting his daughter in a resort. Three more similar works await openings, warning managers to reject such fare or risk driving decent citizens away from the theatre.
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New York
New York Herald
United States
the Herald
Chicago's Sunday Amusement Under Fire Over Butcher Contest
The Chicago Tribune editorial notes 8,000 adults and 2,000 children attended a Sunday night event where six steers were slaughtered on stage as entertainment. The Louisville Post condemns the display as demoralizing and asks what this says about Chicago's morals, schools, churches, and press.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Louisville Post
Spain
Mexico
Rome
Newspapers Help Cut Auto Collisions Says Joint Safety Panel
At a Peninsular Railway and San Jose Railroad safety meeting in San Jose California officials noted fewer car and train collisions. They credited Santa Clara county newspapers for warning about careless driving and publicizing reports on auto danger, urging drivers to heed responsibility.
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Joint Safety Committee
The
Peninsular Railway and
San Jose Railroad
San Jose
Cal
Santa Clara County
Educators as Godsends Stir Debate on Teaching Valor
Readers debate the role of educators described as educators and saviors in a midcentury column. The piece questions reverence for teachers and the impact of their influence on student lives and civic education.
Unclear Phrase on Sulzer Guilty Verdict
A fragment notes that some information remains unavailable to people and that no one believes Sulzer is guilty. The text indicates uncertainty around responsibility and public perception without naming sources or specifics.
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Sulzer
Luck of Baseball and Mobile Pennant Hope
The Mobile Baseball Association team led the Southern League for much of 1913 and earned widespread praise for their five-month surge, but luck in Atlanta kept them from the pennant. The piece praises Mobile’s publicity and expresses hope for a pennant in 1914, noting Alabama politicians claim to act for the people, and asks if R. P. Hobson is among them.
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Mobile
Mobile Baseball Association
South
Baseball Association
Judge Almon likely to run for Congress in Eighth District
The Colbert County Register notes Judge RE B Almon may seek Congress in the Eighth District with a statement expected in weeks. Papers friendly to him have announced similar moves, suggesting movement afoot amid favorable chatter. A quip from the Moulton Advertiser hints at political buzz and delayed formal action.
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RE. B. Almon
Colbert County Register
Scottsboro
Never. Saw It. A cryptic remark in Baltimore American.
A fragment reflects a blunt defense of a felon described as sus generis with a terse claim of never offering generosity toward him, attributed to the Baltimore American.
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Sus Generis
Baltimore American
Was it An Alcohol Lamp Aladdin and the djinnphiz
A fanciful line features Aladdin discovering a djinnphiz after rubbing a lamp and reacting with surprise. The tone suggests a whimsical tale framed by a judge’s remark about rolling off the water-wagon.
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Aladdin
Mulhall as House Czar Praised by Cannon in Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript editorial lauds Col. Mulhall for heroically taking the role of the "Czar of the House" and suggests Uncle Joe Cannon should be very grateful for his leadership and influence in the House.
Sailors' Freedom Bill Faces Senate Action After Years of Debate
Washington letter reports Andrew Furuseth pressing a measure to end involuntary servitude for sailors, improve living conditions, and raise wages. The bill, stalled in the Senate commerce committee, would standardize seamen’s rights, require better lifeboats, larger rations, and language proficiency, while sparking clashes over international law and American shipping.
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Washington
House
Senate
Andrew Furuseth
Congress
Senate Committee On Commerce
American
Great Lakes
United States
Furuseth
Seamen’s Union
Five regional banks or twelve districts in banking reform
The New York World questions why a central banking system should cap at five regional reserve banks, rejecting twelve, and notes current district placements Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore New Orleans Chicago San Francisco Cincinnati St Louis. argues twelve has rational basis while five appears stylistic rather than practical.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Chicago
San Francisco
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Great Northwest
New York World
Pointed Paragraphs on Society and Marriage Flattery
A collection of wry observations on gender, marriage, money, and reputation. It skewers flattery charm and the urge for status with aphorisms about wives, husbands, and social expectations cited from Houston Chronicle and Baltimore American style quips.
Weary wooing ends when sister-in-law reveals marriage
A narrator schemes to woo Simkins's shy sister-in-law for a five hundred a year wife. After a flirtatious pursuit on the Brighton front, a staged kiss is interrupted when Simkins appears and reveals the woman is his wife, ending the plans and friendship.
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Simkins
Brighton
Pnp
Tga Pd
Jove
Simkings
Yankee inventor bounces from self rising bed gag
Benjamin Apfelwitz of Cleveland tested his protean inventor stage tricks by sleeping beneath his window and then tumbling from a self rising bed contraption. The device wheeled gear work and clock actions to lift him as he slept, launching him through the window in a comic mishap. He blamed himself for setting the mechanism too high.
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Benjamin Apfelwitz
Cleveland
Isis
Apfeiwitz
Cincinnati Times-Star
McAdoo Policy Eases Money Flow Boosting Markets
The Boston Globe notes McAdoo policy releases funds hoarded for crops, lowering rates and improving the general financial situation. Stock markets gain strength as money becomes easier and investors and speculators enter the market. The policy has broad, encouraging effects on liquidity.
Harris Confirms Suspicions Despite Denial
The Buffalo Express notes Harris did not deny his beliefs but affirmed them, signaling alignment with earlier suspicions. This stance shifts interpretation of his actions and expectations moving forward.
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Harris
Buffalo Express
One Kind of Nomination in Signs
A brief witty note on political nominating signs and their social signaling. The Baltimore American quote recalls how signs reveal a candidate’s business and public role.
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Baltimore American
Three remarkable railroads by Holland in the South
The piece highlights the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific transcontinental goals and the South’s Tidewater, Clinchfield, and Florida Coast railways. Rogers and Flagler built isolated, costly lines with bold engineering, aiming for low grades and long tangents to cut operating costs.
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New York
Sept
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada i
Grand Trunk
Hagenes
South
Canadian
Tidewater Railway
Clinch Field
R. H. Edmonds
Manufacturers Record
Baltimore
Henry Meiggs
Pacific
South America
Chili
Peru
Andes Mountains
Standard Oil Company
Henry H. Rogers
Virginia
Henry M. Flagler
Florida
Rogers
Mr. Flagler
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
New Orleans
E. H. Harriman
United States Supreme Court
Northern Securities
United States
Canada
Great Britain
North American
Flagler
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue
Roosevelt
Spain
Mr. Whitridge
R. H. Rogers
Tidewater
Coral Key
Key West
Mr. Rogers
Appalachian Range
Clinchfield
Charleston
S. C
Edmunds
Holland
Temperance flirtation and secretary notes in Maine
The Boston Transcript jokes about Secretary Bryan taking the stamp in Maine and asking for grape juice in a drug store. A Power column praises Secretary Daniels for sailors and soldiers to learn trades to become useful after service, noting Henry in a power plant keeps working instead.
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Bryan
Maine
Boston Transcript
Daniels
Navy
Jack
Tommy
Army
Henry
Typhoid Deaths Decline in New York City
Typhoid seven deaths in New York City during the second quarter of 1913 total 39 for the period. The report notes a lower than usual rate against the five year average of 9.1 per quarter, reflecting a decline in cases.
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New York City
Engineering News
Bryan observed across day and night schedules on platform
A New York Post note describes Mr Bryan moving between his daytime desk on the Chautauqua platform and evening or overnight travel to Washington. The rest of his time remains unaccounted for, drawing curiosity about his activities.
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Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Bryan
Washington
New York Post
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Victor Elliott
Houston Chronicle
M’adoo
Clinchfield Road
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