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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
4
The notice shows a printing rate of seven papers a week at 10 cents each and a daily edition option. It lists telephone numbers Bell 2840 and Home 180 in Mobile Alabama dated September 28 1912.
Rabbi Messing lauds Woodrow Wilson as a candidate who lives the commandments and loves thy neighbor, condemning cant and urging service to all people. The note emphasizes Wilson as straightforward, faithful, and unashamed to face the future without apology.
The piece satire claims Missouri exposes the third term push as hypocritical noting the state’s Democratic era social reforms. It cites laws on nine hour workdays for women child labor compulsory education and the initiative referendum praised as Democratic achievements led by figures like Mrs. B M Grossman and Senator Thomas I Kinney. It argues Missouri’s statutes rival any in the nation and that the third term platform borrows from existing Missouri policy.
Unofficial reports warn that hotel and restaurant staff including waiters, cooks, and room maids may strike on election night, risking food and drink service in many venues. Managers call the threat bluff but fear disrupted profits and holiday gatherings on a night previously bustling with business.
An automobile struck a large shepherd dog owned by Dr. George W. on High Street at 7:30 Wednesday evening. The occupants stopped to help but the injured dog ran away before aid could be given.
Readers express fatigue with the colonel figure and his erratic frontier style. The piece notes a call to clearer leadership and more stable governance amid changing times.
A newlywed wife questions her husband’s social ambitions and a growing distance between them. She contemplates his club life, financial pressures, and whether a child could bridge the rift. The piece explores marital strain and personal longing in early marriage.
The piece argues the South holds vast opportunities in mineral resources water power and manufacturing, with cheap lands strong climate and improving transport. It cites the Chicago Journal predicting farming expansion southward and notes cotton demand will rise while warns communities to curb land speculation to safeguard future industrial and farming progress.
The Missouri address is attacked as misrepresenting facts to win votes. The Louisville Post defends Clark’s Missouri support, while Roosevelt is labeled a political faker for twisting history and courting Democratic voters.
A promotional piece extols advertising as a powerful business promoter. It argues broad, well crafted messages reach thousands, deliver future results, and require selecting high circulation media without sentiment, noting Uncle Sam could sell in Spain with proper advertising.
The piece discusses economic centrifugal forces in Britain and empire strains. It notes overcrowded centers unemployment poverty and a desperate empire seeking labor from Australia and Europe. It laments English misery and elusive prosperity while pondering migration patterns and social pressures.
A collage of brief quotes from newspapers notes political accusations, economic concerns, social changes, and weather hints. Entries mention Cuba debt, Colorado election sentiment, alimony trends, Mexican leadership, dog fate, and a forecast of sharpening November cold.
Port facilities in Gulf cities expand ahead of the canal. Galveston and Mobile enhance wharves and depots while railroads extend lines toward southern gateways. The Gulf coast is seen as the natural gateway, with Galveston and New Orleans pushing extensive dock systems and private port developments to handle future canal traffic.
Beatrice endures troubling dreams after her drive with Robert Maynard and questions his drinking. Days pass with no word from Maynard, prompting her to warm to Henry Blanchard when he visits. A phone call from Maynard leads to a cool, guarded reply as Beatrice postpones meeting him, keeping Blanchard unaware of Maynard’s persistence.
The piece argues Governor Wilson cannot align with Tammany figures like Dix and Murphy. It contends the New York state issue is national, the fight against boss rule vital to the Democratic Party, and asserts Wilson must oppose the Tammany ticket to avoid electoral damage and uphold reform.
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