Mobile Item Records 1881 Reorganized 1913
The Mobile Item reports a founding in 1881 with a reorganization and reestablishment in April 1913. Associated Press and International News Service credits appear, noting communications and telephones in Mobile Alabama. The piece is dated September 9, 1913, and references newspaper association affiliations.
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The
Mobile Item
Associated Press Report
International News Servi
Southern,Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Bias Habia
Newark
Line O' Cheer Each Day o' the Year Poem by Banes
A playful verse by John Kendrick Banes invites readers to view each new hour as a card with undeveloped powers. The speaker urges readers to lay them out and attempt to take and trick with every hour, exploring possibility and wit.
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John Kendrick Banes
Make the Claim Good
Two statewide movements loom: the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile on October 27 and the Alabama Land Congress in Birmingham on November 4. They push Mobile as the Gateway to Panama and Alabama as farmers’ paradise, urging concrete Panama traffic to meet visiting dignitaries for the Panama Canal celebration.
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Alabama
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Alabama Land Congress
Birmingham
Panama Canal
Land Congress
Farmers’ Paradise
Birmingham News
Panama
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Cheaper Automobiles and the American Car Trend
The piece contrasts the decline in car costs with the American Locomotive Co stopping its expensive Alco car after a six hundred thousand dollar annual loss. It notes plans to produce 300,000 inexpensive cars in 1914, the rise of affordable autos, and their impact on foreign makers, with a closing remark on social change in driving culture.
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American Locomotive Company
Alco
England
Germany
Cost of a modern medical education and college classifications
The Journal of the American Medical Association shows medical schools lose money per student despite fees. It lists 106 colleges by fee levels and Council classifications A B C. Many low fee schools are Class A. Class C colleges charge up to 175 dollars and are rarely reported as state-licensed.
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Oér
Journal of the American Medical Association
Council On Medical Education
Twentythree
ONeal Replies To Hobson On Senate Choice Controversy
Governor O Nea l defends his refusal to consider Congressman Hobson for Senator Johnston s successor and accuses Hobson of vanity and scheming while contrasting the governor s candor with Hobson s tirade. The Item prints the governor s full reply to expose bias in Alabama newspapers.
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O’neal
Hobson
O O’neal
B. P. Hobson
Johnston
Birmingham
Sixth Congressional District
Democratic Party
Alabama
Edward DeGraffenreid
Congressman Hobson
Senator Johnston
O'Neal
Underwood Tentative Candidate for U S Senator
The Birmingham News reports Congressman Oscar W. Underwood is leaning to run for the United States Senate if the tariff bill becomes law within weeks. He would announce his union with the Alabama senatorial race after the bill is signed, or stay in the House if it fails. The paper lauds Underwood as a principled leader with spotless character and broad esteem in Alabama and national life.
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Alabama
United States Senate
Underwood
Birmingham News
Woodrow Wilson
America
Oscar W. Underwood
Population estimate for Chicago in 1913 directory
The 1913 Chicago city directory lists just over 900000 names and uses a 21-2 multiplier to estimate Chicago population at 2388500 as of August 1, up 62100 from the prior year. It notes the 1910 census figure was about 2700000, a gap of around 600000 from enumerators.
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Chicago
Southern Railways Education Drive Extends to Fairs
Educational exhibits will travel to nine southern state and general fairs and twenty six county and district fairs this fall across Southern Railway and affiliated lines. Demonstrations in horticulture, dairying, and domestic science aim to keep residents and attract settlers while improving farm conditions.
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Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Gautheser
Bill to send tuberculosis clerks to Fort Stanton sanatorium
A proposed House measure by Representative Adamson would send government clerks in Washington who contract tuberculosis to the Fort Stanton Tuberculosis Sanatorium in New Mexico, at government expense. Up to twenty five clerks would be admitted at one time with funding for transportation and care. The bill, favored by the Treasury, aims to conserve resources and increase clerical efficiency, though it restricts admission to men only.
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Washington
Congress
Adamson
Georgia
Public Health Service
Fort Stanton
N. Mex
Éntative Adamson
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Treasury Department
Allen
Potomac River
An English View of F R Benson in Stratford
A writer lauds F R Benson as a living Shakespearean force at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The piece praises his modern, spirited interpretations and the theatre as a center of noble living, drawing audiences to Stratford for festival seasons and the Piper play. It contrasts Benson’s seamless Shakespearean speech with the stage’s old setting and notes the theatre’s prestige and national regard. It also includes unrelated quips about a young amateur, a medical journal on lying, a shoemaker’s wife inheritance, and remarks on ugliness.
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Shakespeare
Benson
Everyman
Stratford
Shaw
Memorial Theatre
Illyria
Messina
Vorona
Puck
Marconi
Benson Company
Bohemia
Strand
Polonius
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Marlowe
Ben Johnson
Stephen Phillips
Mr. Benson
England
Festival
Wizard
Scribe
Saint
Tide of the Past On the Beach A Letter Recalled
An elderly man and a worn woman share memories on a seaside promenade. He recalls loss, she reveals a thirty year old letter from a vanished husband and a gamble with the tide as they confront love, regret, and reconciliation. The scene unfolds with waves, a band, and a passing child as a symbol of renewed hope.
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Salk Foutses
Joe
Contoy
India
Ernie
Father
South Africa
Groyne
Margot
Grain Shortage Forecast and Its Economic Implications
A long analysis notes a projected nine hundred million bushel shortfall in major crops including corn and hay, with a possible rise in prices offset by a potential tariff shift. It cites favorable weather, farmer effort, and diversified production as factors shaping the harvest and downstream effects on railroads, banks, and consumers. It discusses tariff legislation, wheat policy, and the impact on meat prices due to corn costs.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Punishment For Primitive Person In Pittsburg
The Darkest Pittsburgh police chief adopts a drastic response to rising wife beating. A six officer squad will administer a round of punishment to offenders or face the full legal penalties. Captain Robert Gray leads this controversial plan promising moral suasion through fear of arrest or physical discipline.
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Pitteburg
Robert Gray
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F. R. Benson
Kansas
Apollo
Holland
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