The Mobile Item A Daily Afternoon Paper
An early 20th century newspaper fragment describes The Mobile Item Company in Mobile Alabama with subscriptions offered at seven days for a dime and advertising rates. It references wire services and international news coverage.
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Associated Press
Compling
Sunny
Partionery Internatonal News Service
Press
Folloowers’ Association
E . Ad
San Mabie
Naiay
Fifth Ave
New York
Chamber of Commerce Delays Inquiries In Political Campaign
The Chamber of Commerce and Business League avoided politicking by withholding reports on the belt line project and a suspected towage trust during the municipal campaign. They postponed inquiries to prevent partisan criticism, planning to pursue full, unbiased investigations later and present findings to the public.
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Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Chamber of Commerce
Channer of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Bankers urged to steer road building like business
Hon Lee McClung told U S bankers that funds for road building are rarely treated with the same care as private investments. He blamed political control for poor roads and urged financiers to apply business principles to highway projects to curb waste, citing Mobile as an example.
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United States
Lee McClung
Mobile
McClung
Road Plan for Jackson County Mississippi Seeks Fifty Miles
Jackson county road commissioners F H Lewis R A Farnsworth and Charles F Chidsey report proposed road build plan from Pascagoula to the Alabama line including a speedway to join Mobile area highways. They discuss a 25000 dollar Missis district bond issue and new state exemptions on loan interest affecting bond buyers in the region.
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Pascagoula
F. H. Lewis
R. A. Farnsworth
Charles F. Chidsey
Jackson County
Mississippi
Road of
Alabama State Line
Mobile
Missis
Good Roads
Too Much Talking Noticed When Audiences Fell Silent
In the last week of August observers noted a pattern of excessive talking by someone as audiences showed poor listening. The incident highlights communication disruption during the event.
Fragmented Weather Metaphors Run Through Erratic Prose
The text presents disjointed phrases about kicking, rain as floods, heat as excuse for scanty affection, and vague references to wishing. It reads like garbled OCR of a poem or column with stray thoughts and unclear narrative. No clear event or person is present.
Do Not Be Discouraged and Civic Factionalism in Mobile
The Register and its correspondents are accused of fueling post election factionalism in Mobile. The piece argues that outsiders should not dictate Mobile’s policies and urges the paper to stop sowing division. It condemns the letters from non residents and warns against perpetuating public rancor.
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Mobile
Register
Fairhope
Bay
Ihs
the Register
Cal Bono
The
Governor O Neal calls reform of Alabama justice system
Governor Emmet O Neal urges statewide reform of criminal procedure and judicial system to improve law enforcement and timely administration of justice. He backs press support and legislative action, citing high reversal rates and need for consistent standards.
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Emmet O'Neal
Alabama Bar Association
Press of
Alabama
O'Neal
Supreme Court
Great Britain
United States
American Bar Association
Union
Advertising Chats No 37 and the seven league boots
A reflection on how fairy tales and modern advertising share a prophecy of faster progress. The piece argues that timely want ads in The Mobile Item offer immediate results, likening them to seven league boots for renters and buyers seeking swift outcomes.
Campaign Advertising Pays In Texas Political Clash
The Houston Chronicle notes a surge in newspaper political ads in the Texas campaign, with thirty-two candidates using space in the final days before the primary. Ads carry the word advertising unless displayed, reflecting a profitable media strategy for candidates from attorney general to constable.
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Texas
Houston
Constable
Houston Chronicle
St Paul ends ward system adopts city commission plan
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes St Paul loses largest city in the county title to New Orleans as it abolishes the ward system by a strong vote. It argues the commission plan curbs graft and misrepresentation by placing city business in voters’ hands and cites Detroit graft cases as prompting reform. New Orleans joins St Paul in replacing ward bosses with at large control.
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St. Paul
Detroit
Commission
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
When wife decides to go away
The poem depicts a husband cheering his wife’s departure and plans to enjoy city life and freedom. He envisions no chores or complaints, only lively social scenes and old companions. The piece shifts to reflect on his realization that the familiar town and friends remain unchanged. Andrew Carnegie has conferred power on the Argentine republic.
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Afid
Indhu
Commentary Snippets From Press Across Cities
The clipping surveys political talk and social notes with brief quips from papers in Cleveland Washington St Paul and Chicago. References include remarks by Dr Wiley Nicholas Longworth T R and mentions of the Rockefellers and the Steel Trust in a collage of modern concerns.
Colfax Mayor Judges a Jailbreak Gaffe and Laughable Fires
A sketchy recap recalls Schuyler Colfax as Indiana mayor, lenient on a jail inmate who blasted a rock to pieces while a jailer watched. A roadside tale follows a deaf farmer’s wife amid a noisy blaze, highlighting quiet humor and stubborn spots of politics.
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Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
South Bend
Colfax
Jim
God Almighty
Tipping in Private Homes Becomes Social Burden
A editorial laments the spread of tipping in private households linking it to demoralization and hidden costs for hosts. It argues guests increasingly pay tips to servants, echoing English practice, with hospitality and expenses rising beyond reasonable bounds.
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Remotes
Wilds
England
New York
Ohio Vote Defeats Equal Suffrage Amendment
Ohio voters rejected the constitutional amendment granting women the franchise, despite expectations after several states had already approved equal suffrage. Advocates faced disappointment as the measure failed by about 12 000 votes, with sentiment and campaigning noted in the coverage.
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Ohio
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washingtonn
Chio
California
Labor's New Phase and the Direct Action Movement
An essay by William M. Daly analyzes Direct Action as a new labor philosophy pushing beyond traditional unions. It outlines IWW aims to abolish the wage system, organize industries cooperatively, and use solidarity and strikes, including sabotage, to provoke an industrial revolution managed by workers themselves.
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William M. Daly
Everybody’s Magazine
Rers
England
Germany
United States
France
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Party
Grample
Baker
Schwab
Morgan
Direct Actionist
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Jack
Joe
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Rae
Desire Te Ream
Andrew Carnegie
Cleveland Plain
Dr. Wiley
Nicholas Longworth
Beverly
Mass
Washington Post
T. R
New York Evening Sun
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Steel Trust
Indianapolis News
Rockefeller
Chicago Examiner
Item’s Short Stories
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Equal Suffrage
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