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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
4
Mobile Alabama September 25 1913 report on business office bell and home setup in local column noting device counts and location details.
A short poem by John Kendrick Bangs urges readers to keep cheer and courage on the upward slope of toil. It contrasts outward danger with inner resolve and hopeful thoughts as the summit nears.
New Orleans Times-Democrat marked its fiftieth anniversary with a special edition recounting the paper’s history from 1863. The feature honors early writers and the paper’s role in Louisiana’s development while praising its longstanding principles and community service.
Dr Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress reports on a study tour by the American Commission to Europe to examine German and English French credit systems. The proposal pins hopes on a German style agricultural credit framework tied to the currency bill now before Congress.
A Chicago meeting of the American Meat Packers Association warns of a looming beef famine as Western grazing lands turn to farms and cattle per capita declines. The group contemplates a $500,000 five year education push for farmers and even direct cattle raising, to preserve supply amid expected duty free imports from Argentina and Australia.
Buffalo experiments with motion pictures to raise public attention to school hygiene in a program using positive subjects. The initiative, begun in Cincinnati, aims to foster a newer, more vital interest with expected large future results. The Argentine Republic funds a 300000 dollar embassy building in Washington, making the Buenos Aires rented embassy appear shabby by comparison.
A collection of sensational clippings shows oddities and tragedies from the period. Items mention a motorcycle for sale at half price after a single use and a breakup sparked by a cigarette smoking incident. Other notes cover insurance premium surprises, a mansion fire that harms many, a wart cure by mail turning dangerous, and peculiar misprints.
A Chicago Teihuaa column pokes fun at Mr Bryan who, with $6,500 in Chautauqua funds, buys an $8 fuzzy hat for his vanity. It contrasts him with William who has guile and taste for feathers, imagining a future scene on Pennsylvania Avenue where Bryan outshines royalty.
Washington reports on Senator Poindexter's plan to form an Industrial Army of the United States for three month terms. The bill creates federal free labor exchanges, sets wages by tenure, and allows government projects and even purchase of public utilities to employ soldiers. Mr How advocates the exchanges to replace private job brokers.
Louis Sherwin profiles Citizen Cochon, a tall, plainspoken socialist figure who rose from journeyman upholsterer to secretary general of Paris’s National Federation of Tenants. He mobilizes tenants to resist evictions, safeguards furniture, and rallies support across social lines despite a modest office and no wealth.
The Memphis News-Scimiter reports an edition will publish the complete works of James Whitcomb Riley including 220 poems previously unpublished in authorized editions. Some verses appeared in U S newspapers and were lost or forgotten amid speculation about Riley's health and a $50 000 gift to his secretary.
A Florida Times Union quip questions wartime prisoner exchanges by joking that sending Mrs. Pankhurst to England in exchange for Jack Johnson would imply sending Johnson to France and offering him to Mexico.
A narrator recounts losing almost all his inheritance after gambling with a golden hand talisman. After taking an IOU for forty thousand francs, he faces murder accusations when a Russian creditor is killed. A club waiter confesses, forcing court scrutiny. The judge uncovers the gold hand, proving the narrator's alibi and saving him from conviction.
New York dispatch notes possible Glass currency bill changes to curb bank lending to stock speculators. Brokers say most business comes from outside New York, with London and Canadian banks already funding via London agents using brokered securities as collateral. Boston Whitney era example cited as model of off shore financing to control major street railways.
The article argues that cultured speech often differs from ordinary talk due to education and inherent traits. It notes shrill voices in educated circles and sweet tones among the uneducated, suggesting most people can improve through voice cultivation and that many can learn to talk better even if singing is harder.
Saint Nihal Singh notes pilgrims ride third class with cramped cubicles and no amenities. On festival travel to sacred Ganges shrines hundreds crowd trains and jam doors, sometimes forcing entry via windows. police intervene, and authorities ship some passengers in open trucks.
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