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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
10
Chicago price actions show a mixed session with May wheat up on export sales while corn and oats drifted. May wheat rose to 93 4 7 8 and July gained. corn and oats saw small shifts and overall cash grain quotes for No 2 and No 2 white remained steady to lower.
The April 22 report notes curtailment of buying power and mixed stock activity as Washington policy talks on alien bills tariff and currency reform loom. New Haven dividend worries spurred selling, while bonds were irregular. The next day call money held steady with firm sterling exchange and mixed government and railroad bonds.
Liverpool reports cotton spot in fair demand with prices easing across grades. Mid dling 7.30, good middling 6.96, middling 6.76, low middling 6.60, and ordinary 5.95, with 8 000 sales. Futures opened easier then closed steady with multiple month spreads listed.
A minor wreck on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Tuesday delayed southbound train No. 1 by over six hours, causing the 4 12 arrival to be missed. Cleanup completed, and Wednesday morning trains operated on time.
A dated stock listing shows closing prices for major equities. Companies include Am Beet Sugar, Am Sugar, Am Tel and Tel, Anaconda, Atchison, Atlantic Coast Line, B and O, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Canadian Pacific, Chesapeake and Ohio, Chicago and Northwestern, Chi Mile St Paul, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Colorado and Southern, Delaware and Hudson, Denver and Rio Grande, Erie, General Electric, Great Northern, Great Northern Ore, Illinois Central, Interborough Met, Interborough Met pid, Inter Harvester, Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific, Missouri Kan Tex, Lehigh Valley, National Lead, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Peoples Gas, Pullman Palace Car, Reading, Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Union Pacific, United States Steel, Wabash, Western Union, Texas Oil. Prices range from around 2 1/4 to 164 3/8 while several issues show bid or partial notation.
In London on April 23 the market advanced as money eased. American securities were quiet and near parity in forenoon trading. Uncertainty over the Harriman plan led to irregular moves later and the closing remained undecided.
Mayor gives permission for Frank W. Crenshaw to be absent from Mobile in June to attend the National Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Washington on June 9. The city will not pay expenses, matching the policy for other officials seeking department related conventions.
A notice calls U S Army and Navy veterans to assemble at the south gate of Magnolia cemetery at 5 p m Sunday April 27 to take part in the Confederate memorial services at Confederate Rest. The call is issued by J J Powers commander of Mobile post G A R.
The First National Bank of Mobile reports rapid deposit growth from 1.6 million in 1916 to 3.6 million by April, highlighting Alabama’s oldest bank’s expansion since its 1865 charter. Directors include leading Mobile citizens and executives Henry Hall and L Hammel.
The city has a list of visitors registered at local hotels. J. E. Weiman and wife from Philadelphia Pa W L Dunning and wife from Walker Springs Ala stay at the St Andrew C B Wilkinson S D Donaldson and C N Jones from New York are also registered at the hotel.
The ad claims ORRINE cures the drink habit and promotes family happiness, selling at $1,000 per box with a free booklet. It lists advertisers from Dauphin and Conception streets and extends to Mississippians promoting local revival services and summer travel plans from Meridian to Coden and Bayou la Batre.
An advertisement touts free treatment for rupture at the Gawthon Hotel. It highlights STUARTS PLAPAO-PADS as a new home therapy allowing patients to avoid work disruption and incur little expense. The copy emphasizes a remarkable demonstration by a mother and the product’s purported efficacy.
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