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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
8
Transit line reports 545 bales received. AT N line exports 50 bales. Motor Boat Bon Secur plants 5 bales. City of Mobile steamer brings 32 bales. Ladd & Co. 6. Baker Lyons & Co. 1. Total receipts 39 bales by these carriers.
In New Orleans on April 19 the cotton market showed selling pressure as submarine controversy developments spread. Active months slipped 5 to 6 points in the first half hour, while May rose about 5 points on the initial call amid improved sentiment.
Advice warns soaps and many shampoos are too alkaline and dry the scalp making hair brittle. Recommend using plain emulsified coconut oil as a greaseless, cheap cleaner that creates rich lather, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft bright and manageable.
Prices fluctuated as liquidations and buying activity influenced May July and October contracts. Spot purchases around 8 000 bales supported futures while New York trade eyed political developments and internal demand as broad stock weakness and sector selling pressed prices. Cotton seed oil closed steady with spot and near term values steady to firm.
Turpentine firm receipts 78 casks and shipments 148 casks with stock 5 749 casks. Rosin firm receipts 206 barrels and shipments 348 barrels with stock 66 505 barrels. Prices quoted for grades B D and others range from 4.45 to 5.36 dollars.
In New York on April 19 stocks opened weak amid Wall Street's grave view of the German controversy. Trading focused on specialties across sectors with war concerns dominating early action.
Quick relief for fall to spring colds and persistent coughs. The ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery halts coughing, soothes inflamed airways, and heals irritation, with an 80 cent bottle recommended for home use and a testimonial from W. C. Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire.
Tracts range from 40 to 10 000 acres with one-quarter cash and liberal on balance. Includes desirable pine land soil in Mobile County. Write George Kilborn at 4169 North Royal Street Mobile Alabama for maps and price list. Bell phone 957 J.
New York report shows unsettled butter receipts at 11 716 pounds with creamery and extras trading around 35 to 37 cents. Eyes steady on fresh gathered and regular packed chicken and poultry prices. cheese receipts total 1 687 boxes with Wisconsin twins and specials noted.
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 33 000 head with bulk 9.70 to 9.85 and heavy to 9.90. Light 9.35 to 9.90 and mixed 9.45 to 9.90. Pigs 7.30 to 9.10. Cattle receipts total 14 000 head.
The British steamship Inchmoor arrived from the United Kingdom via Gulfport carrying crossties for the British government. It sails under a masked name to avoid German submarines. The exporter is C M Hempstead. A separate note confirms the schooner Jennie S Hall may be hauled out for payment to her owners if she matches representations. The Norwegian steamship Henna heads to Buenos Aires with a large general cargo, and the schooner Francis M crew deserted after a dispute with the mate.
Ships and vessels from Honduras Cuba Martinique and the Bahamas engage at Ollinger Bruce L N docks Gulf Dry docks and Turner Terminals. Listings show loading unloading repairs and underway routes from Pensacola Moragues Lumber Co Fort Morgan and Fairhope with multiple vessels awaiting season and direct sailings.
Market weak with cattle across categories. Native beef steers 7.85 to 9.90, stockers and feeders 5.85 to 8.45, cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.20, calves 7.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 17,000 head. wethers 6.85 to 9.10, lambs 7.60 to 11.15.
Liverpool reports cotton spot steady with good middling at 8.09 pence per pound and middling 7.89. Low middling 7.654 with 8,000 bales sold for speculation and export. receipts total 12,000 bales. Futures bids show marginal steadiness across May to March-April contracts with various price points.
The local market held steady on Wednesday while egg prices rose from 17 1 2 cents to 20 cents per dozen and cabbage jumped from 1 50 to 1 75 per crate. Quotations cover bananas oranges lemons onions garlic potatoes peanuts beans peas tomatoes evaporated fruits and eggs with varied regional entries.
A Birmingham painter, once down to 70 pounds and frequenting doctors, credits Tanlac with a 21 pound gain and renewed vigor after four years of stomach trouble and kidney pain. The ad also lists local exclusive Mobile availability and a 1916 real estate and probate notice, followed by civic notices and an Alabama Democratic primary announcement.
The week saw above normal temperatures in central and northern Alabama, near normal in the south. Beneficial showers on the 15th and night, with rain deficient overall. Planting advanced with corn and cotton doing well, some replanting due to frost damage in the south, oats and wheat in good condition, gardens and fruits thriving.
The following licenses were issued Tuesday: Colored Mar shall Fender and Virginia Rodgers and Gus Surgley and Mary Scott.
Default made in payment on a July 8 1914 mortgage by Ella Jemerson to the undersigned. Record in Mobile County Alabama Mortgage Book 76 N, pages 346 347. Public sale for cash at Mobile County courthouse door on Friday the fifth day of [month missing].
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