Mobile item audit backs higher guaranteed circulation
The Mobile newspaper claims it guarantees advertisers more nonpaid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any rival. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulation have substantiated the guarantee over two consecutive six month periods.
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A Bureau of Circulations
M ‘Hs
Fhe It Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Suburban
Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The Mobile Item Uniform Price Guarantee
The Mobile Item is sold at a single weekly rate across Mobile with no delivery price variation. A reward equal to one year’s subscription is offered for proof of The Item delivered at any Mobile address by an authorized carrier at a price other than 10 cents per week or 5 dollars per year.
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Mobile
Iniany i
Remarkable Export Record At Mobile Shows Surge
The twelve months ended August show exports totaling 3,035,033,280 dollars, up from 2,280,185,791 previous year, with August alone at 261,975,771. Imports last year were 1,669,698,934, down from 1,906,657,515. Gold movements include 244,004,045 in imports and 97,749,270 in exports. August trade yields a surplus of 120,246,133 versus 19,400,396 a year earlier.
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Mobile
Atlantic
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Austro-Hungary
Germany
High Seas
Ferdinand of Bulgaria in current continental affairs
The article surveys Ferdinand of Bulgaria amid recent Balkan developments and external commentary. It notes a mixed portrayal of the ruler, contrasting harsh judgments with a history of resistance against oppressors and the nation’s reform efforts.
Mobile roads movement sparks tourist boom to the Riviera
History making momentum in Mobile links three road projects to connect Mobile county with Baldwin county and the eastern shore. Rotary Club backs a south Atlantic Florida coast highway to the gulf coast while officials press for a Jackson Memorial Highway route from the lakes to the gulf. Tourism to Mobile bay is forecast to rise as better roads attract visitors from Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Alabama, boosting winter and summer travel and local commerce.
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Ata
Mobile
Riviera
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Savannah
Jacksonville
Tampa
Mobile Bay
Mississippi Gulf Coast
American Riviera
Alabama
Jackson Mermorial Highway
Lakes
Gulf
Rotary Club
South Atlantic
Florida
Baldwin Counties
Chickasabogue
Mobile River
Tensaw Swamp
Pensacola
Florida Peninsula
Denver
West
Colorado
Gulf Coast
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Orleans
New England
Mobile County
Baldwin County
East
Bay
Nashville
Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out
A long reflection on the adage be sure your sins will find you out. It recounts a man using aliases to escape justice, another upright citizen swindling banks, and a public figure pursued by federal investigators before supposed reform. The piece laments hidden vices and the inevitability of exposure.
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Dr. Jeky
National City Bank
Was He a Weakling or a Real Coward
A 33 year old lawyer and aspiring politician dies by suicide after financial and career decline. The piece questions whether self-destruction is brave or justified, noting his family of two children and urging consideration of alternatives to provide for them. It reflects on public judgment and moral duty.
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College of the City of New York
Law School
University of Minnesota
Publication of 1915 Mobile Trades Council Manual
The Mobile Central Trades Council issues the 1915 Manual of Mobile Alabama. The pamphlet lists union directories, hotels, railroads, churches, and parks, plus a Mobile history and reading matter. It will be issued yearly, signaling strong labor support in the city. Governor Willis predicts a 1916 Republican victory, recalling Taft on Wilson.
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Mobile Central Trades Council
Mobile
Trades Council
Willis
Ohio
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
From Mollycoddles to Golf's Great American Game
The article traces golf from a snobbish pastime to a nationwide craze. It argues public parks convert to courses, opening play to all ages and incomes, with supervision and minimal ongoing costs. It calls golf the greatest stimulating exercise for mind and body.
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Kelly Pool
Bob Gonzales Mourns South Carolina’s Scenic Losses
In a Thomasville Times Enterprise column Bob Gonzales laments losing familiar South Carolina landmarks Green River Cascade Old Mountain Pleasant Valley while quipping Moonshine remains. He rails at fools who boast after drinking and at those who push a vague fool theory to save the nation amid everyday views of life.
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Bob Gonzales
South Carolina
Green River
Bob
Roumania Pressed to Keep Balkans Peace Amid Tensions
London dispatches report Roumania making the greatest effort to maintain Balkan peace. Bucharest communicates with Sofia and Athens as officials debate joining Greece against Bulgaria if Austria Germany or Bulgaria threaten Serbia. Venizelos seeks united notes backing Serbia.
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Roumania
Balkans
London
Bucharest
Rome
Ferdinand
Constantine
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Amsterdam
Sofia
Athens
Venizelos
Unkind words on male writers and roles
A speaker condemns a verbose paragraph by an eastern man. The line contrasts male arrogance with female influence guiding a man toward his downfall. The remark implies gendered viewpoints and misperceptions.
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