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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
7
New Orleans cotton edges higher in early trading as favorable cables and anticipated bullish report lift prices 13 to 16 points. Private crop estimate of 23,355,700 bales noted bearish, causing old crop months to slip. later liquidation trimmed gains with spot steady. Liverpool futures show firmer spot with mixed forward prices.
Hogs receipts 13 000 head market higher Light 9 105 9 80 pigs 7 00 8 50 cows heavy 9 0 10 0 bulk 9 36 9 36 Cattle receipts 4 000 head market steady Native beef steers 7 50 11 75 yearlings steers and heifers 5 50 11 50 cows and heifers 5 50 7 73 stockers 5 30 7 50 calves 6 00 12 00 Sheep receipts 300 head market steady Lambs 7 50 11 75 ewes 3 75 7 60 yearlings 8 00 10 00
Cotton futures started 11 to 19 points up after Liverpool holiday firmness and bullish Southern spot tips, with January around 20.56 and May near 20.99 before selling pressure and brief recoveries. Spot middling uplands at 20.30, 23,300 bales sold. later declines pulled January to 20.31 and May to 20.72.
New York stocks opened with broad strength after a holiday resumption. Union Pacific advanced near two points, United States Steel led the industrials with gains, and a wide list of rail and steel issues logged fractional improvements.
The Philadelphia Mint coined 9,850,000 dimes 266,200 nickels and 27,975,450 pennies in November, totaling $1,688,064.50. Two million ten cent silver pieces were minted for Ecuador. For January through November 1916 the coinage totals 191,565,926 pieces. The mint operates double shifts with strong demand for small coins.
Chicago Wheat and Corn prices listed for various grades with bid and ask ranges. Hay and rye values shown, with barley and provender figures. New York Cotton Seed Oil market closes easier with listed bids and futures for Dec to July and total sales 20 300.
Weekly cotton statistics show 77 000 bales forwarded to mills of which 56 000 were American. Stock stands at 712 000 bales with American 581 000. Imports total 121 000 with American 96 000 and exports reach 33 000.
ANTOINETTE LADD died Friday morning December 1 1916 at 8 30. Funeral services from Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow Saturday morning at 10 20. Interment private in Magnolia Cemetery.
The article discusses rheumatism as linked to uric acid, notes no universal remedy, and states treatments aid by calming the nervous system. It cites Dr. W. Schulee recommending anti-kamma tablets for rheumatic and neuralgic relief, claiming broad practitioner support and availability.
The Danish steamer Borglum, loaded for the Munson line, left port Thursday afternoon and will carry cargo to South American ports. The Crathens, also loading at the Munson piers, was expected to sail to sea the same day with general cargo for Cuba.
The Norwegian steamer Vika will sail Saturday after loading a miscellaneous cargo including a recent banana shipment.
The steamer Belvernon is the next fruiter due in port for United Fruit Company and is expected to arrive Saturday. It will discharge cargo and then proceed to New Orleans to load bananas.
Will Thomas, a negro, was sent to the county road for twelve months by Recorder D. H. Edington Friday for stealing an automobile tire valued at $15. E. C. Malone, of the Akron Tire Works, was the complainant.
Over-work and poor habits wear down the comeback man but Haarlem Oil Capsules promise restoration. Three capsules daily aim to relieve uric acid poisoning kidney issues gravel or stone in the bladder stomach derangement and other ailments. Drugstore refund offered if no improvement. 26c 50c and 1.00 per box. Look for GOLD MEDAL on box.
Tobias Sayles, charged with the killing of Wash Dyles, had his case in city court continued to December 15 after three state witnesses failed to appear. Dyles was ambushed on September 6 at Ol Shell Road and Kenneth Street, shot with buckshot, and eleven bullets struck his abdomen. Dyles’s wife reportedly confessed Sayles’s involvement, though she also did not appear. Saturday’s court call lists John W. Conway for embezzlement and grand larceny, and W. H. Blalack for violation of the prohibition law.
Turpentine firm 491-20 reports receipts 361 shipments 226 stocks 22 125. Rosin firm receipts 2 429 shipments 1 273 stocks 90 121. Quotes show grades BE through I at 6.30 to 6.60, K 6.40, 6.60, M 6.55, N 6.70, WG 6.90, WW 7.20.
A bold claim as the celebrated Shivar Mineral Water is advertised to permanently correct constipation with a money back guarantee. The offer notes pleasant taste and low cost with home delivery by Mobile Distributors and Van Antwerp Drug Corp. Supporters can contact them by phone for delivery.
An old time remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drugstores for 50 cents to darken faded gray hair. A downtown druggist touts natural, even color with daily use, dampening strands for quick cosmetic results.
A fragment notes a claim that colds cause headaches and mentions a laxative product Brom Quinine with Groves signature on a box priced at 25 cents. This brief item references a medicinal remedy and a brand label in a historical ad-like line.
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