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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
4
The article describes a seven foot long wireless operated boat tested in Cleveland. A shore station sends currents to the boat’s aerials to control movement lights and even an on board phonograph. Inventor claims potential to revolutionize inland ferry operations if practical.
Letter from Harry T Hartwell of French Lick Ind clarifies remarks about Governor Comer and Mobile liquor policy. He contends misquotes by a Birmingham reporter altered the stance on local option and prohibition. The dispute centers on Comer's alleged letters to Mr Thompson and the press coverage surrounding Alabama politics.
Washington reports a growing protest over the income tax while Secretary McAdoo outlines plans to expand the internal revenue force. He emphasizes higher education and integrity for collectors, with Astor and other complex cases prompting careful appraisals and strong safeguards akin to customs enforcement.
Allen Jeffers notes a nascent gum wood industry in Norfolk with ten barrel factories for truck shipments. The gum tree long deemed worthless now spawns profitable work in Virginia and North Carolina lowlands. Tupelo gum, more valuable for furniture, is handled in Mobile and Michigan markets, but local factories to convert gum into furniture are lacking.
The installment system for paying court fines is urged by prison reformers as humane and economically sensible. It avoids jail for minor fines, prevents loss of wages for dependents, and reduces public charity costs. Supporters argue it teaches responsibility and avoids humiliation, favoring adoption by large cities.
A discussion begins with Edward Bok critiquing college students English in letters about course benefits. Yale's H N MacCracken replies with sharp faults, then G Nash Morton counters, and a New York Evening Post reader G S D challenges Morton. The exchange illustrates cross criticisms of English usage.
A comic exchange from a Puck vignette shows Miss Worldley recounting a master kissing her against her will. The French maid explains she could not cry Held at the moment and later remembers multiple kisses, three to five times, affecting the tone of the scene.
The Detroit News Tribune notes October 12 as the Columbus landing date and cites engineers plan to blast the Panama Canal final opening on October 12. It suggests delaying two days to join the Atlantic and Pacific waters on Columbus's anniversary.
Lord Haldane, in a New York interview, notes he is the first lord chancellor to leave England since Wolsey. He contrasts travel then and now, detailing Wolsey’s vast retinue of chaplains, nobles, servants, horses, and ships like the Harry Grace a Dieu, while his own voyage with only his sister and private secretary required reporters to locate him aboard the Lusitania.
A traveler notes a farmer struggles to start a horse that stalls after brief movement. When asked if the horse is sick or bulky the farmer replies the animal is not sick but fearfully listens for the word whoa so it stops at intervals to listen. The anecdote appears in Saxby’s Magazine.
A fragment from a column contrasts humor with new world conquest and baseball woes. A pitcher paces in frustration over control of the ball while a social scene and dating quips appear in quick dialogue snippets.
Gladys recounts a picnic at Aunt Fanny's with a corpulent, shy suitor named Tom Cartwright. She recalls organizing a game of hide and seek to keep him away from others, then shoving him into the governess cart to return, leaving him sensitive about his bulk.
The New York article notes a 1912 drop in gold production to about 3.43 million dollars less than 1911, suggesting possible maximum annual output. It cites Alaska California Nevada Colorado Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and the Philippines as key producers, with New York state yielding no gold.
The Chicago Tribune notes that William Jennings Bryan maintains a calm, amiable front amid hostile taunts. His rolling secretary defends his Chautauqua lectures and his belief nothing is amiss in Washington while critics press him to anger.
The London Chronicle recalls a time when swearing was seen as essential. Evelyn Ashley told Shernon West that Lady Caroline Neeld urged Lord Shaftsbury to learn to swear after inheriting the title. The archbishop of Canterbury joked with Lord Melbourne about saving time by assuming everything is damned.
The Atlanta Constitution argues that crime crosses creed and class and condemns all preachers by the acts of one. It notes past cases like Clarence Richeson and Rev. Hans Schmidt to urge fair judgment and warn against sweeping generalizations about clergy.
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