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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1914

Page

2

Marketing and Distribution of Fruit in the United States

The piece argues that soil climate drive fruit variety suitability, but wide distribution is essential for profitable marketing. It advocates cooperative marketing associations, wider demand, and efficient grading, while noting middlemen can aid or hinder. It cites oranges as an example and stresses advertising, storage, and cull disposal to stabilize prices and expand markets.

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Shore Acres on the Bay Front Is Being Beautified

The western Mobile bay shore from Monroe Park to Cedar Point is rapidly developing with Shore Acres as the centerpiece. Richard Lee Fearn and John G. Goodwin launched the project nineteen months ago, planting Satsuma oranges and pecans on about 700 acres. Windham and Maloney are adding residences, while Lindsey advances 160 acres with new homes and orange tree development.

Mobile Bay Monroe Park Cedar Point Baldwin Shore Daphne Bon Secour Mobile Mobile County Shore Acres Old Shell Bay Front Dog River Shore Acres Company Richard Lee Fearn Washington, D. C John G. Goodwin Brookville Ind Bay Country Satsuma Messrs W. K. Syson George Fearn George Fearn Jr Saibara Nursery Company Saibara Goodwin George A. Maloney Robert Windham Cedar Point Road Martin Lindsey

Four Lives Lost From Atlantic Gale Storm

Chilling north winds with rain and snow battered the north Atlantic seaboard from North Carolina to Maine. Breabright New Jersey suffered the worst damage as waves and breached seawalls toppled homes. Atlantic City and Coney Island faced seawater inundation and structural risk. One Brooklyn man drowned off the Delaware capes. three women died in Hempstead Bridgeport and Atlantic City.

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Auburn Conversational Club to Hear Feagin in an Afternoon Address

State Superintendent of Education Feagin will speak at the Auburn Conversational Club on Rural Improvement before Auburn’s faculty and residents. He plans to address Auburn students the next morning before returning to Montgomery. The club is among Auburn’s oldest literary organizations.

Auburn Feagin Montgomery Auburn Conversational Club

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Coastal Development Amid War

Liverpool reports steady cotton futures with American middling around 5.27d and sales of 10 000 bales. The piece also describes coastal improvements near Mobile, including planting 10 000 Satsuma trees, 2 500 pecan trees, a new 1500-foot wharf, bulkheading, dredging, a six-foot channel, and plans for a pavilion and artificial bathing pool at Shore Acres, signaling local growth despite war concerns.

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