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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1925
Page
4
Longpiece argues Alabama should resist large highway bonds under Rogers and Governor Brandon, urging standardized highway policy and fiscal caution. It also critiques isolationist claims against the League of Nations while noting Washington’s push to set limits on arms, implying the league remains influential and relevant.
New secretary of war Davis, rising from the ranks, vows to cut duplication and unnecessary routine. He plans to apply business principles to eliminate delays and speed up all branches, turning the department into an example of reform.
Senator Swanson argues the administration plans only a partial federal tax reduction this session and defers full leveling to the next Congress. He notes administration forecasts diverge from nonadministration claims and warns the Republican stance might mislead voters about real tax relief.
Prairie club members traveling from Chicago to escape city noise find the open Midwest still noisy. The text notes frogs croaking and other sounds rivaling urban clamor, with lingering animal calls disturbing sleep in Illinois and Wisconsin prairie regions.
The department of commerce reports a 75 735 drop in farms since 1920 but frames it as a shift of unfit operators rather than a collapse. Most farms run by capable men remain in use, with failures in farming not excessive compared to other businesses. A China war forecast headline is noted, while a governor critiques power.
A brief exchange from the Sydney Bulletin notes Ermyntrude’s love of music with Bill replying to keep playing. The fragment conveys a domestic mood and a touch of humor from a local paper caption.
A fragment shows a shopper praising a Rembrandt and a judge shouting that American cars are good enough, reflecting mixed sentiment and a courtroom pickup line.
An Oil Weekly item reports a scandal at a club where a girl allegedly “bootlegs” free kisses in the econservatory while others fundraise by selling them. The remark brands the girl as false to the club amid the curiously phrased incident.
In a snippet from The Tatler, Mrs Arris and Mrs Iggins discuss a skywriting incident and warn that the wireless caught fire, noting the fiery event as a surprising consequence of new technology.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph joke has a man complaining his partner is often incapacitated. He uses hashed as a new descriptor, prompting a listener to respond hashed, eh. The exchange notes the shift from stewed to hashed and hints at common phrases in business chatter.
In a Tit Bits excerpt two schoolgirls Maggie and Bess ie quarrel about being adopted arguing their parents chose them and they were not biologically theirs. The exchange reveals themes of belonging and parental choice in a brief vignette.
An Irish farmer woke to a specter at his bed foot and fired, wounding the ghost. He discovered the bullet pierced his own shirt. He shared the tale with a friend and praised Heaven that he had not been inside the shirt.
In London a prisoner accused of theft, after being asked if he wants a lawyer, replies he is not particular and yawns through the questioning. He eventually says he is willing to drop the case for himself, ending a bemused courtroom moment.
A collection of aphoristic lines about mistakes, vigilance, youth, and humility. The passage jokes about corrections among friends and social performances while contrasting childhood learning with adulthood. It reads as a collage of wry statements rather than a connected narrative.
A Red Squirrel named Chatterer hides in a Hemlock tree sulking after neighbors laugh at his misfortune. He blames Buster Bear for shattering his pride while others forage for nuts nearby. He envies others and plots a comeback though his own misdeeds caused the trouble.
The Baltimore Sun notes King Boris of Bul displayed quick reflexes by grabbing a runaway horse's bridle from his car's run board and saving several children. The anecdote suggests his potential as a capable emergency leader, likening him to a skilled motorcycle cop in an American city.
The report states two points are beyond proof: the PN-91 is a craft of stout seaworthiness and will still float in water as a boat despite its deficiencies. The exact conclusions require more time to determine what was proved versus not proved by the incident.
A couple quarrels over sugar turns into a week of silent meals. Mrs Dave protests a neighbor’s cheaper sugar, ultimately swapping back the seemingly identical batches. One night Dave discovers a clever ruse and Mrs Dave reveals she altered the sugar herself.
Laborers from farms leave the stacks and cribs to the hay center with peace in their hearts. They rise with the sun and bid farewell to hogs and chickens as they shift from hogs and corn to new tasks at the hay center.
Essay argues that civilization hides heathen idols in ideas habits and institutions. Idols become ends rather than tools as society shifts with new duties and realities. A parable shows altar symbolism and the need to keep beliefs as instruments, not worshipped ends.
John W Brooke hires Economy and Efficiency Corporation to run his home after leaving town. Efficiency engineer H Hedge imposes strict cost cutting, teaching Horace the butler and the Brooke children new routines while revealing the plan to reorganize the household on an economic basis. Hedge explains card savings and the broader aim of scientific management. Next chapter teased.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a grandfatherly minister and his stern, old fashioned views. The narrator contrasts past and present morals noting harsher punishments and changing fashions while lamenting faded proprieties and Generational shifts.
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