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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
5
State Senator E. F. Porter of Pittsburg Kansas spoke in Mobile praising equal suffrage. He cited cleaner politics and efficient administration since the suffrage law passed two years ago noting women used their power to place peaceable, good men in state offices.
A Cottage Grove Tennessee mother reports her boy’s head itching and pimples fading after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She praises the two products as a three in one complexion and nursery soap and notes free samples by mail with the 32 page Skin Book.
At a Thursday meeting President A. G. Ward and commissioners discussed borrowing about 1000 to run county operations until December. The loan was referred to the finance committee to negotiate with city banks for the lowest rate. A proposal to lease or buy land for a Dog River bridge keeper house on Cedar Point road was sent to the attorney for action. The bridge keeper house issue has troubled the board, but Chairman Ward says it will be settled.
Senator Porter visits Mobile suffrage group eager for lessons from a state with woman on school boards since 1889. He cites improved efficiency, no homes broken by spousal political divides, and says the experiment benefits society overall as the eq suffrage bill advances.
John Bunny, a moving picture actor who had delighted thousands, was buried in Evergreen cemetery today. Celebrities from the moving picture world and managers, actors, and actresses of the legitimate stage attended his funeral in the lodge room of the Elks club last night. Funeral services were conducted by Elks and Masons.
Alex Piskiwicki arrested on a vagrancy charge is declared an undesirable alien and to be deported to Poland after claiming entry from Canada. Edgar Moore, Jamaican native found in the country without proper papers, is labeled undesirable and jailed for deportation planned at an early date.
New Orleans April 29 cotton fell 4 to 6 points as selling urged by poor cables and light eastern showers. Texas saw little rain, further weighing on prices. The market closed steady at a decline of 12 points from earlier levels.
New York April 29 Cotton futures opened barely steady with a 2 to 5 point decline on shower reports in the eastern belt and fair Southwest conditions. Liverpool sold moderately while wire house liquidation occurred but was checked by forecasts for fair weather and large Carolina Georgia acreage reductions. Prices edged up briefly after the open and closed steady with May and July futures in a narrow range.
Cotton spot in moderate demand with prices steady. Good middling 6.05, middling 5.69, low middling 5.25. Sales 7,000 bales for speculation and export, 1,000 bales passed. Futures quiet with May-June 5.56, June-July 5.65 1-2, July-August 5.73, October-November 5.91 1-2, January-February 5.98, March-April 6.04.
In Savannah Georgia on April 29 a turpentine firm reports receipts at 45 cents with 49 percent casks and a rosin firm posting receipts totaling 1 740 barrels. Prices listed include B 3.30 D 3.40 EB 3.45 F 3.55 G 3.65 H 3.75 I 3.75 K 3.85 M 4.20 N 6.15 WG 5.60 WW 5.70.
A Union runner suffered injuries and his wagon was damaged in a Moss Point trip last week. The Theodore Sunray Baptizing drew a large Union crowd. Horace Turner and Mobile guests visited the Fields, and Lee Thornhill and Grand Bay visitors were hosted by Jaggar. The theater production Whiskers at Union school drew a big audience, and a Forts Lake ordination sermon by Dr. Harmon featured Brother Richardson as new Baptist minister.
A reader from Kewanee Illinois shares eighteen years of catarrh relief after using The Life of Life and Peruna. She reports improved health and says she could hardly walk before finding relief.
Mobile fans target Old Man Briefenstein over criticism in the Pelican Gulf series. Jack Kerin is labeled as the cause for Mobile’s troubles, with Schmidt backing a disputed foul call on Perry. The Gulls faced three on the cushions as the dispute erupted and manager remains hopeful despite early misfortunes.
Marriage licenses issued late Wednesday from the probate court for Claud Duval Wilson and Julia Sarah Bosarge Joseph M. Street and Margaret Cecile Battiste and several other couples listed as colored people including Leonard Smith Mayme Gertrude Etheridge John Gardner Laura right Marion J. Smith and Mary M. Peres. Thursday's cotton receipts show several railroad shipments including Panes Nation Co Baker Lyons Co Touart Quinn Clarke-Davis Co Baskinsky Co N. O. M. & C. R. R. Co and Southern R. R. Co with multiple bale counts and goods in transit.
Blanch Hermann petitions the chancery court on Thursday seeking permanent alimony for herself and their child. She alleges her husband recently cut support from ten to five dollars monthly and argues she is entitled to higher alimony.
In Saucier Mississippi residents report W L Blacklege recovering from a recent shooting assault. D S Wedgeworth and Richmond Delaney visited town on Monday. M A Broadus of Airey spent time with friends here last week. D W Evans marked his forty third birthday with numerous friends and relatives attending.
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