Mobile News Item From 1913 Founding Amid Apr 1913 Notices
The fragmentary 1913 Mobile page shows references to a company founded in 1881 and a April 1913 item, with partial names like B Antwere, D Connell, and Kelly Smith. It mentions the Mobile Daily and Sunday subscription rates and local telephones, with staff and office details obscured.
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Mobile TT
Cot Fria Company
TNC Inc. 1
Mobile
Ala
Line Of Cheer Each Day o' the Year By John Kendrick Bangs
A poem fragment about a man deemed a success who lacks joy. The speaker notes the pallor and muteness of the man, who is nervous around children and suspicious of others. The narrator suggests mixing failure with his own dinner to counter perceived success.
Underwood Expected to Run for Senate After Tariff Bill
Washington whispers say Representative Oscar W. Underwood will announce his Senate candidacy within a week. Alabama voters show strong support, predicting a large shift to his banner once he confirms his bid. His leadership during the extra session has boosted his standing nationally.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Senate
Washington
Underwood
House
Alabama
Baltimore
Hig
Pay of Police and Firemen in Mobile
A Mobile police officer sends a frank letter detailing first year pay woes. He notes uniforms cost leaving only about 53 monthly for November and December, while wages compare unfavorably to a Chicago tragedy. The piece argues the city must provide a living wage to uphold public respect and avert temptation.
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Mobile
Chicago
Houxford Orvin Camp Faces Fresh Complaints of Cruelty
George DB Glover, a convict recovered from the Huxford Orvin Naval Stores Company stockade, repeats allegations of brutal treatment under camp lessees. The statement adds to prior reports of white and colored prisoners subjected to hard labor and beatings amid investigations by local authorities and Gov. O Neal, with claims of intimidation and withheld evidence.
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George DB. Glover
Huxford-Orvin Naval Stores Company
City Recorder
Edington
Item Today
Glover
Naval Stores Company
Mobile
Cnvict
O’neal
Mobile County
Om Glover
Reopening Tombigbee River Project Advances For Mobile
Federal action following a Washington conference with Mobile and Columbus merchants advances a survey for continuous navigation on the Tombigbee River with locks and dams. The effort vows large regional benefits across 16 346 square miles and potential water power, aided by Columbus and Mobile representatives. The assurance comes from compelling merchant testimony and congressional support forecasting substantial all year river traffic for Mobile.
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Tomibigbee River
Washington
Mobile
Columbus
Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile-Columbus
Tombigbee River Improvement Association
Messrs
John P. Mayo
B. R. Sherman
C. H. Hale
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
John B. Waterman
Horace Turner
Board of Engineers
Congress
Tombigbee River
Immigration Agencies and Mines Draw in New Arrivals
Special correspondence outlines how immigrants face exposure to predatory employment agents near the Battery and Ellis Island. It notes gaps in federal control for moves outside New York and the lure of mine work in Pennsylvania and West Virginia amid strikes and labor shortages.
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Immigration Information Bureau
Pearl
America
Battery
Ellis Island
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Green
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau of Immigration
Last Call for the Panama Celebration Fund Campaign
Committees begin a three day push to raise funds for Mobile Panama Celebration. With last week’s Ways and Means total, the fund now tops ten thousand dollars but needs at least fifteen thousand for Wilson’s visit and Southern Commercial Congress events. Citizens are urged to contribute as the success hinges on generous support and the city’s future commercial prestige.
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Panama
Ways and Means
Wilson
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Mobile
Dental Inspection in the Mobile Schools
The Mobile branch of the Southern Association of College Women seeks free dental inspection in public schools. Cities like Birmingham Dallas and New Orleans show free inspection or clinics for indigent children. In Tuscaloosa primary students brush teeth at school and teachers monitor, giving grades. A conference will plan how dentists and officials can cooperate to expand free inspections and care.
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Mobile
Southern Association of College Women
Birmingham
Dental Association
Dallas
New Orleans
Tuscaloosa
College
Mobile Medical Society
State Dental Association
College Woman's Club
Birmingham News Anniversary Sparks Sunday Growth
On its first anniversary the Birmingham Sunday News receives note for rapid growth and success alongside the established Birmingham News. The Sunday edition is viewed as an experiment that has earned strong readership and underscores the value of the afternoon paper offering a complete daily service for households.
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Birmingham Sunday News
Birmingham
South
Birmingham News
Police salaries in Mobile fall short of living needs
A letter to the editor laments the high cost of living and salaries for Mobile police, noting an officer’s progression from sixty to seventy dollars monthly and uniform deductions. The writer compares Mobile to Pensacola’s seventy-five dollars, urging city leaders to raise pay so officers can live, not merely exist, amid holiday costs.
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Mobile
Santa Claus
Pensacola
Streetcar conductors urged to learn street names
Reader urges Panama celebration coverage to aid guests by teaching conductors street names. Letters complain conductors in outlying districts fail to identify streets, misdirecting visitors to homes and events. The note requests guidance for drivers during the Boy Scouts parade period.
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Panama
Wilson
Underland
Florida St
Young Lady From Kent Slips In Grammar Blunder
In a humorous ditty from the Pittaburg Post a young lady from Kent misstates grammar saying I’m glad you have come and I’ll miss you so much when you’ve went, illustrating the playful sense of language.
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Kent
Pittaburg
President and Japanese ambassador hold economy conference
The president and the Japanese ambassador concluded a meeting about economy. The ambassador reportedly cannot afford 50 cents to hear the secretary of state, highlighting the cost concern in diplomatic exchanges.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Final Word. The Mexican inqvest om Madero has been long a
The fragment notes a discussion about a Mexican figure named Madero and a long inquiry or investigation, but details are unclear due to damaged text. It hints at political or historical context involving Mexico and a person named Madero.
Longest Bridge for Shortest Railroad Opens New York Link
A special report describes the New York Connecting Railroad project to span East River from Ward's to Randall's Islands, with a 65 foot water clearance and a main channel opening of 135 feet. The structure will include five spans up to 1,017 feet and use heavy granite, concrete, and steel components weighing up to 185 tons. The plan ties Canada to Florida for through travel and notes early housing schemes in Queens offering affordable single- and two-story homes for wage earners, plus moral and employment criteria for buyers. The piece also covers the retired Jacob Stambler ship Hotel for workers, heroin abuse concerns, and urban social issues.
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New York
Long Island
Hell Gate
East River
Ward's
Randall's Islands
Tagine
Bronx
Randall’s Island
Jack Knike
Ward’s Island
Canada
Florida
Queens
Philadelphia
Remarkable convicts transfer without guards to Great Meadow
A group of eight long term convicts from Valatie state farm, three jailed for manslaughter, were transferred to Great Meadow Prison at Comstock without guards. Their good prison records gave officials confidence, though Albany layover provided escape opportunity. All dressed as workers aside from one well dressed member.
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State Farm
Valatie
New York
Great Meadow
Comstock
Albany
Our Loss of Nerve and Social Attitudes
A September Atlantic Monthly essay by Agnes Repplier argues modern humanitarianism weakens resolve toward poverty and hardship. It cites a Chicago suicide of a girl who lived on twenty cent dinners, suggesting loneliness and denial of family ties eroded her nerve.
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Atlantic Monthly
Agnes Repplier
Miss Repplier
Chicago
Deees
Pee Sicilan
Repplier
Good in Every Thing and the Convict's Reminiscence
A Buffalo Express snippet features a van visitor asking about state religious instruction and a convict recalling labor at a rock pile while reflecting on Shakespearean verbosity. The fragmentary dialogue hints at institutional life and moral interrogations.
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Bill Shakespeare
Nivek
Buffalo Express
Great Trio in Alabama Immigration Effort Draws Caution
The Houston Post notes that Alabama attracts immigration and capital, praising the drive but warning of drawbacks with Hobson, Comer, and the “do little weevil” that may deter cautious outsiders.
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Alabama
Hobson
Comer
Houston Post
Ages of Jack and Jill Solve A Simple Puzzle
Let J be Jack age and M be MN age. J^2 plus M equals 62 and J plus J equals 176. Solving yields Jack age 7 and Jill age 6.
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Jack
Jill
Big New York Bank Finances 1912 Crop Harvests
A large New York bank reported foreign exchange holdings of about thirty million dollars in 1912, financing American crops including cotton and grain. The disclosure, required by state banking rules, highlights how big institutions mobilize vast resources to support agricultural exports and weather financial strains from Europe and Balkan wars.
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New York
Ins
State Banking Department
Max May
Chicago
Europe
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
May
Trust Institution
Enl Tire
Balkan
United States
Very
Wells Fargo Aims to Beat U S Mail On Rates
The Philadelphia Public Ledger applauds Wells Fargo’s plan to compete with Uncle Sam’s postal service on strict economy. The company says its 25,000 employees and vast railroad reach will enable cheaper delivery than the post office. If freight and small service charges can be reduced, the public benefits from lower costs.
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Post Office Department
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Prags Winners at Eugenics Contests
Opinion on prizes for babies in eugenics contests. Observes few men with later distinction would have won as babies and questions the value of judging offspring in infancy.
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Prags
Thal
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