Mobile Alabama September 12 1913 Notices and Addresses
The faded page lists staff roles including President B Hangon Vice and Gen Manager and HN O Connell as Secretary Treasurer with Associated Press International News Service and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association membership. It provides a Mobile Alabama address 226 Fifth Ave Ming New York office Bell 58 home 62 and mailing options with carrier and city details.
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Associated Report
International News Service
Southern In Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert “Manager Foreign Advertisiing
Ming
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New York
Line O Cheer and the Comer Governors Race
A critical excerpt targets Braxton Comer and Alabama politics. It denounces Montgomery Journal for anti railroad propaganda and cites Mobile’s 1907 to 1911 job losses during Comer’s prior governorship. The piece warns that Comer’s return could slow Alabama’s recovery and cites industrial impact and confidence issues.
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Comer
Alabama
Mobile
B. B. Comer
Commonwealth
Montgomery
Butter price rise blamed on artificial scarcity
The Chicago Tribune exposes an August butter shortage claim as artificial. It reports 6.46 million pounds withdrawn and stored in 42 cold storage plants, with stocks rising from 66.54 million to 72.90 million pounds, inflating prices by about 4.5 cents per pound.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Currency legislation clashes over Senate course and White House
President Wilson presses for rapid passage of the currency bill while Senate leaders brace for divergent views. Owen seeks two week adjournment for hearings, with Glass report circulated to muster support. Democrats resist caucus. Hoke Smith predicts Senate approval before December 1 amid lingering objections.
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Hle
Senate
Congress
Owen
Oklahoma
Banking and Currency Committee
Tigie
House
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Representative Anderson
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Louisiana sugar debate cited by Picayune and Louisville Post
The New Orleans Picayune complains a large ad campaign omits Louisiana among Southern states on the threshold of development. The Louisville Post argues Louisiana’s sugar policy fears, not lack of opportunity, doom the state. it calls for diversification and benefits from Panama Canal prospects.
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New Orleans Picayune
Louisiana
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
The
Pitayune
Louisville Post
Sahara
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Government Ownership of Telegraph and Telephone Lines
A movement in Democratic circles seeks to place telegraph and telephone lines under the post office department or government ownership. The plan would start with estimates of costs to install government lines in competition with existing companies and to purchase lines, likely via a valuation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Great Britain’s example of government telegraphs offers a comparative lesson.
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Post Office Department
Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Britain
Washington
Panama Exposition offers 25000 prize for most perfect baby
The Panama Exposition directors post a 25000 prize for the most perfect baby citing the event as a factor in why Germany and other nations avoid involvement, suggesting baby shows end in controversy.
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Germany
New Orleans
Picayune
Infant hygiene teaching moves into public schools nationwide
Washington reports the infant hygiene movement gains momentum in public schools led by Miss Julia C. Lathrop. New York Kansas City Cleveland and Milwaukee already run classes for girls ages 12 to 14, teaching baby care and breastfeeding with a physician and nurse at weekly sessions.
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Washington
Julia C. Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
New York
Ravens City
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Teacers
Kansas City
New York City
Paris
Paved Street With Molasses Story From the South
A Southern engineer tests a molasses and lime binder for road surfaces. The mix binds well but rains caused the road to smear and ooze, leaving a sticky mess. The plan to expand to northern states is halted until rainproof solutions are found.
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Louisiana
South
Monument to Major Screws Prompts Memorial Proposal
The Birmingham News notes that after fifty years of service and leadership Major W. W. Screws drew vast admiration and friends. A wide public movement forms to erect a permanent memorial honoring his continued usefulness and sacrifice for the generation.
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W. W. Screws
Alabama
Birmingham News
Ancestral Portraits Roil Dinner With Berkley Smiths
A narrator recalls inviting the Berkley-Smiths to dinner and the tension over ancestral portraits bought to please his wife. They purchase portraits of a bishop and his wife, revealing the true cost and a dent in the bishop’s sermons from a tossed orange. The bishop’s image lingers as a playful burden over Sundays.
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Berkley-Smiths
Eye of Man
Mrs.Smith
Ares
Joshua Reynolds
Myers
Cricklewood
Navy
Underwood Opens Path to Senate Candidacy
The Senate passage of the Democratic tariff bill clears the way for Oscar W. Underwood to announce his bid for the U S Senate. He declined other offices during tariff debates, proving his duty driven public service. Alabamians celebrate tariff relief and the chance to send a capable representative to Congress.
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Senate
Oscar W. Underwood
United States Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Birmingham News
Distrusts a Musician Says Mencken Quote in Smart Set
The article quotes H. L. Mencken in September Smart Set voicing distrust of musicians. It claims Americans find piano and concertos effeminate and harmful, praising fiddlers while scorning sonatas and professional artists as vagabonds.
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George Bernard Shaw
H. L. Mencken
Guest Sinner Returns as Cash Sustains Retribution
Quotation from a judge on the fickleness of society toward a man whose fortunes wane. The line notes that wealth can shield a guest sinner temporarily, but fading money tests acceptance and redemption.
Republican favors currency measure stance from Nathan Frank
Nathan Frank, former congressman from St. Louis, urges support for the currency bill before Congress. He argues the proposed national banking and currency law should benefit the people, not just banks, and cites the era of prosperity and the need for compromise in drafting the measure.
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New York
Nathan Frank
Congress
St. Louis
York
United
Frank
Sourh
United States
Mionicaiags Valley
Mid-West
Mississippi Valley
Cannon
Committee of Banking and Currency
Glass
Salmon P. Chase
Department of Commerce
West
Big Blond Man Causes Harborside Row Over Hair Mixup
A large blonde man aboard a New York harbor ship sparked a hour long uproar after barber mistakes mixed red and black hairs intended for baseball glove stuffing. An assistant blunder led to the dispute, with the man insisting on separating the hairs before calm returned. Previously, an irate traveler on a train argued with a conductor over seating on a crowded coach.
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New York
Blondy
Miles
New Orleans
Habeas corpus limits and affidavits debated in press
The Kansas City dispatch notes Harry Thaw’s wider understanding of habeas corpus beyond Rogue Riderhood’s writ concept. It argues the corpus belongs to society as well as the prisoner, while traditional affidavits or Alfred Davis lose sway with English or Canadian judges.
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Alfred David
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Alfred Davis
Kansas City
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
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Business Office Bell
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Mead Guberte
Baitoriala Bell
John Kendrick Bangs
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Holland
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