The Mobile Item Company Insists On Daily Publication
The Mobile Item, founded in 1881, publishes seven papers a week for ten cents including Sunday. The paper operates from 418, 120 Copti Street, Mobile, Alabama, with leadership including Van Antwerp as president and O Connell as editor. Subscriptions range from two weeks to one year, with a full day report service via leased wire from the Associated Press.
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
Copti Street
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp
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O'Connell
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Associated Press
Internavions News Service
Pblishers' Press
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Argon, Wager Foreig Advertisi
Fifth Ave
New
Quiet Fourth of July in 1912 Prompts Reform Calls
The piece contrasts a calm celebration with past riots citing far fewer injuries and deaths and urges authorities to adopt strict fireworks controls. It notes 41 deaths, 947 injuries, and six tetanus deaths from lockjaw, calling for nationwide prohibition and safer observances.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal
Anarchy in a State Prison at Jackson Mich
The Jackson Michigan state prison faced a major rebellion with convicts taking control amid perceived lax discipline and political interference. The outbreak is described as a result of years of mismanagement including drug trafficking, weak mail checks, and politicized appointments contributing to four days of armed clashes between inmates and guards.
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Jackson
Mich
The
Chicago Tribune
Sevice
New York Woman Sues for Divorce Over Multilingual Cursing
A New York woman seeks divorce claiming her husband curses her in seven languages. The report notes the case as a striking domestic dispute and cites the couple’s public marital strain and job prospects in journalism.
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New York
Indiana cheers as F ! company forms with stock at 100000
Indiana, unhappy since Natick men were suppressed, now welcomes a new F ! company organized in ital stock valued at $100,000.
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Indiana
Natick
F ! Company
Ital
Fall Trade Fervor in Mobile Promotes Local Purchases
Despite hot weather Mobile sees brisk fall business as merchants preach patronize home industries. A local banker says buying meat clothes shoes shingles or fire insurance from town trades keeps money circulating locally and may return to the shopper, unlike mail order purchases sent elsewhere.
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Mobile
Maine Election Results Shift as Republican Wins Surge
A Republican governor defeated a Democrat in Maine, turning a 6 000 Democratic majority into a 2 000 Republican plurality. First returns show Democratic losses of about 8 percent and Republican gains of about 9 percent in other contests. Maine’s GOP history and Roosevelt alignment are noted though not seen as presidential impact.
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Maine
Mr. Roosevelt
Comer and Hobson Clash Over Senate Race
Former Governor Comer criticized Hobson for running for the U S Senate saying Hobson is a good man but made a mistake in this matter. Comer said Hobson rushed into the race and may regret it as the sixth district congressman seemed to have outmaneuvered him.
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Comer
Hobson
United States Senate
Mr. Comer
All Democrats Together in Mobile County
Supporters of Wilson and Marshall united after a local contest with vice presidents named as honorary leaders. The vote signals Democratic unanimity in Mobile and promises broad backing for port and civic development projects.
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Wilson
Marshall
Mobile
Money Value of an Education
A Massachusetts study of 2,000 workers compares two paths. One teen starts in shops at $4 weekly, rising to $31 by age 25. The other follows technical education, beginning at $0, then $10 at 18, $15 at 20, $20 at 22, and $31 at 25, illustrating higher earnings with formal training.
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Massachusetts Commission For Industrial and Technical Education
Friendships and leadership around Woodrow Wilson
The piece extols Woodrow Wilson's personal magnetism and its effect on uniting supporters. It highlights Joseph B. Davies and Frank B. Schutz as Wisconsin leaders who shifted allegiance to Wilson, dedicating themselves to his campaign and dissolving prior party divisions.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Joseph B. Davies
National Democratic Committee
Davies
Wisconsin State Central Committee
Wisconsin Democracy
Davis
Frank B. Schutz
Wisconsin
Eclipse Dates Stir Scientists Politicians and Courts
Astronomers travel to Rio de Janeiro to observe the October 10 total solar eclipse while politicians await the November 5 event at home. A London magistrate voices domestic opinions and a Missouri court grants a divorce over a husband chewing tobacco in bed.
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Rio de Janiero
Missouri
Advertising Chats No. 37 Look Back on Success
The article argues success comes from hard work and persistent advertising. It urges readers to value printer's ink, credit ad spending as asset-building, and stock the business to assess true worth rather than blaming missed opportunities.
New Orleans Misrepresented Abroad By League Campaign
The Daily States notes Birmingham Ledger's claim that New Orleans is poorly run yet argues the city has prospered with strong health, growth, and cleaner governance. It criticizes the league editorial, endorses the current administration and commission form, and asserts vast civic improvements and no graft evidence.
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New Orleans
Good Government League
Birmingham Ledger
Peint
America
Ledger
League
Reee Eee
League Press
Daily States
Our Treasures and the Pathway of Love and Hope
The poem reflects on treasure gathering, self interest, and the value of trust. It contrasts worldly desire with spiritual keeping by placing treasures in divine care, noting hope grows as the sun passes on the western slope. The author identifies E. E. T. of Mobile as the contributor.
A Nation of Talkers The Telephone Story
In a Schenectady Union Star piece the author notes that talk and action are linked by telephone. It cites global calls reaching twenty two billion in 191, with the United States accounting for fourteen and a half billion. It highlights U S usage relative to the world and mentions economic implications.
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Schenectady
America
Evolution and life from matter at Dundee meeting
The British Association at Dundee drew a large audience as Prof Edward A Schaefer outlined a gradual path from lifeless matter to life. He dismissed sudden leaps from inorganic to organic states and urged searching for natural transitional forms rather than fully formed organisms in sealed flasks.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
Dundee
Edward A. Schaefer
Edinburgh
Schaefer
Haeckel
Kinnoul
Emanuel Swedenborg
Dr. Cook
Swedenburg
Witty tales and tipping threads in Washington and New York
A Washington encounter with a panhandler ends in a quar ter tale and a quarter. F J Haskin admits hotel tipping has made him loyal to tips. Mrs Packhurst in New York reflects on votes and strikes. A shirtwaist strike spark leads to a joke about an ignorant vote from a Fifth Avenue crowd.
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Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt tale echoes in hatchet theft courtroom tale
A Chicago observer recalls a Roosevelt story about a frontier magistrate who could not find a hatchet stealing precedent. He cites a similar ax theft case where the defendant was convicted and warned to beware, as the magistrate’s glare and note from law books highlight judicial caution.
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Roosevelt
Support for Governor O Neal in Judicial Reform
In this fight for judicial reform Governor O Neal deserves citizen support across factions. The reform aims to modernize our legal procedure as a matter of civilization and respect for the law. The governor is pursuing the right direction, and successful reforms will strengthen governance.
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O'Neal
The Golden Rod as National Flower Proposal
The piece argues for adopting the golden rod as the United States national flower. It notes the plant’s ubiquity across states, its indigenous status, and its aesthetic value, while contrasting with absence of a national emblem, anthem, or song. It calls for congressional action and public endorsement.
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Scotland
France
America
Union
Congress
National Botanical Society
South
North
Columbia
United States
The Way of the World And Its Harsh Judgment
An essay urging compassion for the unemployed and the weary, arguing that kindness costs nothing and will return as blessing. It contrasts the cruel bustle of business with the dignity of listening to the jobless man, warning that mistreatment echoes back to the giver.
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Edwin A. Nye
Eugenics Congress at London Showcases Serious Science
The first International Eugenics Congress met in London from July 24 to 30 with dignified, practical exchanges. President Major Leonard Darwin led a high profile list of vice presidents including Lord Avebury Sir Archibald Keikie Sir William Osler Sir William Ramsay Eliot Jordan Bell Baldwin and Alexander Graham Bell. The 490 page proceedings cover Biology and Eugenics Practical Eugenics Sociology For Eugenics and Medicine and Eugenics with little speculative rhetoric.
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University of London
Leonard Darwin
Lord Avebury
Archibald Keikie
Royal Society
William Osler
Regius
Oxford
William Ramsay
America
Eliot
Harvard
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Alexander Graham Bell
Simeon E. Baldwin
Unbossed Correlation Mocked At Bull Moose Convention
The Columbus Bull Moose gathering boasted an unbossed claim while critics note a bossed party dominated by leaders. Writers accuse insiders and Roosevelt loyalists of running proceedings, exposing the event as a satire of its own rhetoric.
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Bull Moose
Politi Party
Bull Moose Party
Flinn
Woodruff
Brown
Theodore
Ohio Bull Moosers
Ipatere
Roosevelt
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Eugenics Congress
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