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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
9
A historic advertisement presents Eckman’s Alterative as a remedy for throat and lung troubles. It recounts a testimonial from Mary Korhamer claiming recovery from bronchitis and congested lungs after using the product, urging readers to investigate its merits.
A Texas Wonder tonic is advertised as curing kidney and bladder troubles. It is claimed to dissolve gravel and irregularities in both sexes. The ad stresses universal relief and quick results with daily use.
The city moves ahead with a twelfth paving project from Claiborne to Royal and related streets including Jackson Joachim Conception St Joseph and Broad Ann. Bakeries face new wrapping rules as Dr. Charles Mohr endorses the ordinance after talks with Mobile bakers. city board minutes approve Pine street protests and November payrolls around $23,000.
Mobile cotton market shows steady prices with 600 bales sold. Average quotes include Good Middling at 13 3 8 and Middling at 13 1 8. Receipts today 2447 bales. exports 9203 bales. stock at 53297 bales. U S ports receipts since Sept 1 total 5509760 bales.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady and advanced 8 to 10 points, buoyed by strong inquiry abroad and private crop estimates. Rain in the cotton belt delayed picking, shorts covered, and prices fluctuated before closing the morning 8 to 10 points higher on the active months.
The New York cotton market opened steady with gains in active months as Liverpool spot sales boosted sentiment. Prices cooled around midday on private ginning estimates but recovered later, closing the session with futures mostly higher and middling upland at 13.50 and middling gulf at 13.75.
Cotton in Liverpool shows steady prices with middling around 7.32 to 7.88 and sales at 15 000 bales, mostly American. Receipts total 51 000 bales, futures close very steady with multiple delivery pairings from December to January and beyond.
A diamond ring and $6, plus a quantity of whiskey and wines, were stolen from Karl's Restaurant sometime Monday night. Thieves entered through the rear loft on the bar. two cash registers remained untouched. Police were notified.
The market opened soft on light supply but demand pushed prices above previous close. Canadian Pacific led gains with a point rise while Lees like Steel Union Pacific and Reading climbed. By midday bonds stayed strong but late day selling pared gains and the close was easy with short interest sustaining some prices.
A concise tally lists cotton receipts by railroad and export firms. Mobile & Ohio records 1,299 bales across trains 60 and 61 with firms Frank M. Ladd and R. P. Pope & Co. The combined total across lines shows 1,299 bales, with various consignors including Baker-Lyons, Bevill-Phillips, Touart & Quinn, and Davis Wilson Gaillard.
Call money firms quote 4 1/4 to 6 percent with ruling at 5 3/4 percent and close around 4 1/2 to 3/4. Time loans show 56 5 1/4 for sixty days and 56 for ninety days, six months at 6 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 1/2 to 5 3/4. Sterling sixty days 4.81 25. demand 4.85 40. Commercial bills 4.81 1/4. Bar silver 57 3/8. Mexican dollars 44 1/2. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds firm.
Habeas corpus hearing before Judge Browne reduces Maggie Banks bond from 1000 to 500. She plans to pay the reduced bail and await grand jury action on the charge of shooting Tom Ridley.
Grain and provisions quotations in Chicago on December 2 show market activity with price levels for corn oats barley and wheat. Traders watched futures movements and spot bids as supply factors influenced early trade.
Cash market quotations for wheat corn oats hay and pork products with ranges for No 2 red No 2 hard No 2 northern No 2 spring and No 2 white and yellow corn as well as standard oats timothy hay and clover price per ton and per hundredweight in St Louis including pork lard ribs and prices for cash wheat and corn across grades with notes on nominal values and miscellaneous figures.
Advertises Ely's Dream Balm as a quick cure for colds and catarrh coating the nose head and throat. Claims to open nasal passages relieve head pressure stop discharges and ease sleeplessness with immediate soothing relief. Recommends buying a small bottle from drug stores to experience effects.
Turpentine sales at 43 3-4 cents with receipts of 13 casks. Rosin receipts 3,399 barrels. Prices quoted for grades B through N with Wintergreen and Winter White noted at 6.50 and 6.89 respectively.
The Associated Press reports President Wilson has several invitations and will not decide on a trip location near Corpus until ready. Congress and press are on holiday recess as he prepares to stay at the White House without taking a vacation.
One story brick store at 8 Wy Royal and Conti streets 21 by 75 feet in perfect condition 1800 per year. Two 1 story bricks at 112 114 Government Street near Neal and St. Emanuel exteriors 9000 per year. Two story frame store with residence above at Claiborne and Canal streets drug store with grocery use 360 per year. To stores or offices 62 64 St Michael Street remodel to suit permanent tenant. Store ground floor N Water Street between St Francis and St Michael. Store first floor 118 Co Street between Government Church. Two story brick 228 Commerce Street between Dauphin and Contreees 900 per year.
An OCR readout lists multiple residences including 2 story brick and frame homes on streets such as W. avenue Lansing Ohio area with rents noted around 20 dollars per month. Properties include brick and frame houses with 1 to 2 stories and several plots with acreage, barns and outbuildings.
A man tries Dodson's Liver Tone and asks for a refund but admits the claim. The druggist returns fifty cents from the purchase, and the man reveals he is testing the guarantee rather than the product. He praises Liver Tone as the best remedy for constipation and laziness of the liver.
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