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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1915
Page
10
For sale 275 buys a house and two lots well fenced fine water hen house incubator and brooder sixty five chickens ice box and more near chair factory address A G Burrows Whistler Alabama 7 81 7tp.
Market notices list Saturday closing prices for fruits and vegetables, poultry and eggs, and peaches and apples from Mobile Market and New Orleans Cotton. Also notes stock sale by Mobile Land Improvement Company to enforce a debt of 2065.60. Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York show mixed results with rain forecasts affecting sentiment.
New York July 31 mercantile paper at 83 3 12 percent. Sterling at 60 day bills 4.71, demand 4.7610, cables 4.7676. Francs demand 5.72, cables 6.71. Marks demand 81 7 8, cables 82. Lir d es demand 6.40, cables 6.39. Rubles demand 32 1 4, cables 32 3 4, silver 47 1 8. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds firm.
In New York trading opened quietly with small gains as war share volatility eased. Major gains posted by railroads and industrials included American Sugar and Bethlehem Steel, while utilities and autos showed strength. in Savannah Rosin and Turpentine firms report steady receipts and cool stock levels as a Florida Naval Militia team faces the Barney Cavanagh lineup in an afternoon game.
Berlin reports via The Hague that Germany sends a note to Washington offering financial reparations for the loss of the American ship William P. Frye and its cargo, linked to the sinking by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. A foreign office reservation remains undisclosed until the note is public.
Harbor Springs Mich July 31 A wealthy orphan Miss Catherine Barker known as Katy Fitz marries Howard H Spaulding Jr of Chicago in a simple Roman Catholic ceremony. Guardian James B Forgan gives her away. No maid of honor as Miss Elizabeth Goodrich cites a misunderstanding and stays away. The couple leaves for Chicago on a special night train.
The listing describes multiple cottages for sale: a three room cottage on a fair sized lot in south town for 575 dollars. a four room central cottage near a car line for 1 160 dollars. a five room plus hall modern home near Dauphin Street for 2 800 dollars. and two four room cottages with extra large lot between Dauphin and Government, west of Broad, priced 3 500 dollars for the pair.
Fruit farm and bay front property with three acres on Mobile bay just south of Fowl River. Includes Satsuma oranges grapes pecan trees, well improved and bearing. Fulton road frontage. Price $1,800. Contact Joseph Espalla Jr. & Co. 102 N Royal St. for details.
In Rome, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page supervises a Red Cross relief workshop at Palazzo del Draga aiding Italy’s soldiers. Queen Helena asks for 200 shirts, with Page paying above standard for sewing by American colony wives and other embassy staff assisting.
United Press correspondent recounts a submarine attack near the Iberian coast. The sub surfaced near the bridge, ordered crew to abandon ship, and six men fled in lifeboats. Captain and doctor aided wounded, including Mark Wiley of Boston, as six survivors were later rescued.
Madison July 31 Wisconsin cities pursue leisure time plans by employing youth recreation managers and buying equipment. Stoughton Edgerton Kenosha and Milwaukee use rotary leaders. H Conn and Genevieve Demming from Wisconsin gymnasium will organize programs. Stoughton plans to fund a recreation manager with local funds and student workers.
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