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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1913

Page

9

Mobile ordinance grants Magnolia Compress rail access and turns

The Mobile Board of Commissioners grants Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company a right of way to construct and maintain a railroad from Beauregard Street east of Magnolia into the warehouse area on State Street with specified switches and turnouts. The franchise costs $200 annually, lasts 30 years, rights to modify Beauregard and Magnolia streets for improvements, and nonexclusive use by abutting property owners under equal terms with the company.

Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company Bee Uegard Street Magnolia Street State Street Board of Commissioners City of Mobile Beauregard Street Magnolia and Beauregard Streets Said Company Factors Cotton Warehouse Adams Street Taylors Cotton Warehouse Congress Street Burgess Standard Cotton Warehouse Magnolia Compress, and Warehouse Company Beauregard Magnolia Saic Board of Commissioners of City of Mobile M and Company

Cold Chain Alert Impacts 36 Hour Shipments

Shipping schedules warn of an 88 degree protection limit affecting 36 hour north east and west routes. Carriers urge temperature control and contingency plans.

Complex mortgage suit lists numerous heirs and property in Alabama

The bill names many defendants and alleged heirs over 21 in multiple states. It seeks partition and relief on extensive Mobile County real estate described by metes bounds and tracts including Bayou Sara and the Hobart tract. The court orders these parties to plead by August 20, 1912, with notice to be published in The Mobile News.

M. Smith Louise F. W . Adton Smith Effie C. H. L. Smith New York City N. Y C. J. Hughes Richmond Arthur G. Adams New York Charlotte L. A . Mary Adams Anna N. Adams Bergen County New Jersey Willam H. Adams Orange County Margaret L. Howley Essex County Elizabeth A. Cronin New London County Conn Daniel F. Sulllivan Kennesaw Terrace Chicago Ill Mary B. Boyd Tyler Texas Toulmin Cleveland Houston Eleanor E. Thompson Davidson County Tenn Laura Thompson Wood Albert J. Wood Fulton County Georgia Eva Frenkel Cohen Pleasantville Dubroca Benjamin Dubroca Bernard Dubroca Abe William Dubroca Josephine Dubroca Virginia Dubroca Henderson Kinney Betsey McGill John McGill Mary J. McGowin Jimpsey McGowin Emily Howell George Howell Sarah Wilson John C. Wilson Mary S. White Acton Smith Maxwell Smith Martin Sullivan, Sr George W. Agnew Levi H. Norton Origen Sibley Mary J. Brainard William F. Cleveland E. Louise Thompson Alabama Adeline Hathcock Valentine Wathcock Frances Brown W. B. Brown Ira L. Wilson Nancy Stanford Isaac Stanford William Magee Laurent Milladon Caroline E. Griggs William C. Griggs Edmund A. Murphy William W. Somes J. F. McGill John 8. Cowles William T. Cowles Nina Wimberly H. T. Wimberly Worth Wimberly Roberta Sistrunk Buhl Dantel W. Buhl Walter Sistrunk Mary Sistrunk Louisa M. Smith Louise F. Wheeler Adon* Smithard Effie C. Smith Hopie L. Smith Charlotte L. Adams Mary Adams William H. Adams Kate G. Sullivan Julie 8. Tierney Daniel F. Sullivan Eleanor EK. Thompson Farmers Loan Enc Trust Company Alger Sulivan -Lumber Company Valentine Dubrocr Hilaire Alias Helatre Dubrocys Bernard Duroc Sitas Heatas William Duebroca Josephine Diwbroca Mary 8. White J. Hunt Adams Martin H. Sullivan, Sr Adaline Hathcock Valentine Hathcock Brothers and Sisters William Magee Laurent Milladon Caroline FE. Griggs Rfamund A. Murphy County of Mobile Section Ten Township Three Chickasabogue Creek Section Twenty-six Mobile River Toucha River Bayou Sara Section Two Section & T Hobart Hobart Tract Telegraph Road Peter H. Hobart St. Stephens Road Mobile Hem Carl Holzborn

Oyster shells bid sought by Mobile County officials

Sealed bids due noon August 11, 1913, to supply 9000 cubic yards of oyster shells f. o. b. paint of shipment. Minimum bid quantity 1900 cubic yards, with proposals on any amount up to total. Blank forms available from the County Engineer in Room 11 Bank of Mobile Building.

Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Mobile County Bank of Mobile Revenue and Road Commissioners OF

Cotton Market Quiet at Mobile With No Sales

The Mobile cotton market closed steady with no sales recorded on Wednesday. Exports for the day totaled 95 bales, compared with 13 bales on the same day last year.

Mobile Ee U. S Britain

New Orleans Cotton Falls in Early Trade as Weather Buoys Market

Cotton futures opened steady with a 3 to 6 point rise on good cables and dry western conditions. Short-covering eased as Texas heat damage and sensational crop reports surfaced. by noon months ranged 13 to 16 points over prior close. The session closed steady with a net advance of 18 to 19 points.

New Orleans Texas Oklahoma

New York Cotton Opens Steady Then Slips on Light Demand

New York August 6 The cotton market opened steady with a 3 to 5 point advance influenced by better cables and a weather map showing no southwest rainfall. Demand was light and largely from shorts and trade accounts, with prices turning easier as selling picked up. Private cables show Liverpool steady and the continent a moderate buyer though foreign connected houses held cotton for sale.

New York Liverpool

Liverpool Cotton Market Roundup August Prices and Totals

Liverpool reports moderate cotton spot trading with mid and good middling prices. sales reach 6 000 bales with 5 100 American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipts total 12 000 bales, including 1 700 American. Futures close very steady with several contract spreads listed, highlighting August through May-June periods.

Liverpool

Grain and Provisions Test Market Swings in Chicago

Grain and Provisions in Chicago show wide fluctuations as corn led the moves. September corn opened lower then rose before slipping, wheat and oats followed the trend with mixed rallies and declines, while pork lard and ribs in the provisions market also reflected the volatile pricing.

Chicago

Comer appoints Alex Gather to manage campaign

In Brent Alabama B B Comer announced Alex M Gather a Birmingham lawyer and former general as campaign manager and accepted the appointment. The dispatch notes Gather will lead campaign efforts amid the August announcement.

Alex Garber COMER Montgomery Ala Brent B. B. Comer Alex M. Gather Birmingham Tis Campaign

Notice of Administration for Magdeline Lewis Estate

Letters of Administration granted July 21, 1913 by Judge Price Williams Jr. Probate Court Mobile County Alabama. All persons with claims must present them within legal time or be barred. ED B. Kirkbride is Administrator. F. Bacho, Attorney. Dates 7 23 to 8 30 to 6.

Magdeline Lewis Price Williams, Jr Mobile County Alabama ED B. Kirkbride Bacho

Wall Street opens with uneven drift amid mixed gains

Trading began with an irregular but mostly higher tone as leaders like Union Pacific American Locomotive and New York Central posted gains while others such as Lehigh Valley Canadian Pacific and Louisville and Nashville declined. The market cooled by noon with profit taking and a focus on crop prospects as bonds held steady.

New York Hill and Harriman New York Central Reading Western Union Lehigh Valley Canadian Pacific Louisville and Nashville Amalgamated Copper Union Pacific Southern Pacific American Locomotive Steel Amalgamated Colorado Southern First Laclede Gas Virginia-Carolina Chemical American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelting and American Sugar Refining American Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Mil St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctis Illinois—Central Interborough-Met Anterborough-Met Inter-Harvester Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas National Lead Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People's Gas Pullman Palace Rock Island Co Rock Island C's. Pfd Fer Southern Railway Tinion Pacific United States Steel United States Steel Pid Wabash Texas Oid

Marine freight movements and port clearances update

The British steamer Tiverton sails for Antwerp and Tyne with lumber. Saltburn and Antigua depart for Fleetwood and Algiers, while Borglum and Nordstjernen await departures. Belize and Fjell expected in port. John Wilson arrival delayed. Tug Laura with coal barge arrives. Mary 8 heads to Lock 1 on Tombigbee for transfer. Exports include rough and dressed yellow pine lumber from Puerto Padre bound on Albert D Mills.

Tiverton Rodham Antwerp Belgium Tyne England Saltburn Fleetwood Antigua Algiers Morocco Borglum Kylemhor Cottonfield Gulf Dry Docks United Fruit Company Belize Nor Fjell Hubbard-Zemurray Company John Wilson Laura Scranton Gertroide Fort Morgan Nordstjernen Munson Line Cienfuegos Manzanillo Earlswood Jones Sand Key Port Mary Blees Tombigbee Martha Hennen Puerto Padre Cuba Albert D. Mills

Insolvent Saloonkeeper Cameron Named in Bankruptcy Petition

An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Claude S. Cameron a Commerce street saloonkeeper in the United States district court. Petitioners include M. Shaughnessy Distilling Co of St Louis Neberg Kahn Co and M Pfeifer & Co of Cincinnati. Service on Cameron occurred Tuesday and the case is set for August 12.

Claude Cameron Commerce Street United States District Court Warhing M. Shaughnessy Distilling Company St. Louis Neiberg & Kahn & Co M. Pfeifer & Co Cincinnati

Special Commissioner delays Gus Nelson case for Monday

Special Commissioner Richard Jones filed a report Wednesday morning to lie over until Monday for exception in the Gus Nelson case. Further details remain unavailable as the matter proceeds.

Richard Jones Gus Nelson

Turpentine and Rosin Prices at Savannah Market

Savanna h market notes turpentine firm at 36 1 4 cents with 66 casks sold receipts 1 169 casks Rosin firm with no sales and receipts 1 725 barrels quotes list various grade prices from 3 75 to 6 40 per barrel with multiple designations W D EH F G H I K M N WG Ww.

Savannah

Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Quick Pain Relief

E B Chamberlain of Clinton Me endorses Bucklen Arnica Salve saying it removes pain and robs injuries of their terrors. Advertised as a universal healing remedy, it claims immediate effect on cuts bruises sprains burns and skin injuries. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.

E. BE. Chamberlain Clinton, Me van Antwerp Drug Corp. Adv

Notice to Tenants on Rent Placarding After August 1

All property in this office will be placarded and offered for rent after August 1st, except that on which leases have actually been signed and returned to us.

River Forecasts and Heat Wave Across the Nation

The Tombigbee river and branches are expected to fall over the next two days with Montgomery continuing to fall and Selma set to begin by Wednesday night. Temperatures reach 102 in Kansas City and 100 in Oklahoma and Dodge City, while the Lake region and North Atlantic states see moderate heat. A cool air mass sits over the North Pacific states and showers are scattered along the South Atlantic coast, the upper Lake region, and northern Rocky mountains. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.

Tombigbee Alabama Montgomery Selma United States Kansas City Oklahoma Okla Dodge City Kas Lake Region North Atlantic States North Pacific States South Atlantic Coast Upper Lake Region Rocky Mountains Mobie Albert Ashenberger Weather Bureau

Saskatchewan Grain Crop Estimate for 1918

Associated Press reports Regina with two weeks to harvest, presenting the Saskatchewan agriculture department's 1918 grain crop estimates: Wheat 125,557,014 bushels. Oats 121,435,630. Barley 10,137,897. Flax 18,539,918. Total 270,670,459 bushels.

Associated Press Regina, Sask Aera Taewan Department of Agriculture

Edward Morningstar Seeks City Commissioner Seat

The notice endorses Edward Morningstar for city commissioner in the September election and states he is fully qualified to hold the office if elected.

Edward Morningstar

Real estate deals offer Oakdale bungalow and Le Moyne Place house

Owner seeks buyers for an eight room house at No 1 Le Moyne Place near Dauphin Street with asking price 5000 and flexible terms including 6200 cash for a four room cottage on Oakdale lot 560x200. Also a bungalow at Tuttle Avenue Illinois Street corner priced 2800 with 500 cash and 20 monthly balance at 6 percent interest, urging quick sale.

le Moyne Place Dauphin Street Tuttle Avenue Illinois Streets

Auction Notes on Antibody Purchase Prospects

A fragment discusses potential sale of a catamaran or similar item and mentions desires to buy cheaply. No clear purchaser or auction details are provided. The text reads as a casual note about possible inexpensive acquisition.

R. Bettner Pollock Building

Acreage Proposition in Mobile County Offers $10 Per Acre

Advertises 160 acres with a good house on Adams Street near Bay Avenue. Price at 10 dollars per acre with 100 dollars cash for a four room cottage. Balance payable as 15 dollars monthly, described as like paying rent. Soil map notes Orangeburg soil as very good.

Mobile Ala Goshen N. Y Seta Mobile County Orangeburg Adams Street Bay Avenue

Special Notice to Owners of Property to Sell

Advertisement offering property owners a service to advertise and placard in windows to attract buyers. Claims past success in selling transient and home properties and promises to do the same for others.

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