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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
3
An organization is being perfected in the South with gala quarters in Atlanta for road service to autoists. Membership is free with $10 annual dues. It guarantees aid to distressed members on any road in the South, earning profit from goods supplied. Service available day or night from the nearest station.
The American Metal Market and Dairy Iron and Steel Report notes rumors that Gulf States Steel Company, incorporated in 1913 in Delaware, is among Southern properties attracting foreign investment. The brief cites prior acquisitions from Standard Steel and Southern Iron and Steel.
An advertisement touts Sargol tablets as a natural yet artificial boost to body fat, claiming 10 to 25 pounds gained in a month. It notes six assimilative agents, urges use with meals, and offers a money back guarantee from Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation. It warns against use if a weight gain is not desired.
The article compares chop hitters and free swingers led by Buck Herzog and Johnny Evers on meeting the ball. It notes not all chop hitters have higher averages, cites Cravath Lewis and Zimmerman as examples, and praises meeting the ball as key to productive hitting.
An advertisement urges use of ordinary mercorized wax before bed to shed rough discolored skin and reveal smooth white skin through the winter. It claims the wax flakes off dead cuticle and promotes healthy-looking, blemish-free complexion. It also offers a hairless wash lotion made from saxolite for reducing lines.
Local maritime circles report multiple vessel transfers to Mobile under the American flag. New owners include A L Staples and Jex H Luce for the A M Carlysle, Captain E P Bayles and Ernest F Ladd for the Laguna, and Frank Henderson re selling four fishing schooners to Anthony Smith. The City of Mobile unloaded cargo at the docks before departing for Selma.
Ocean Springs Mississippi December 14 Special. F H Lewis Pascagoula pecan expert estimates Jackson county will market 345000 pounds valued at about 80000 dollars. Average price 22 1 2 cents per pound. East of Pascagoula River grafted 60000 seedling 145000 total 205000. West of river Ocean Springs district grafted 65000 seedling 75000 total 140000. Grand total 345000 pounds.
The Springs district ships more fancy nuts than Pascagoula. Pecans from Ocean Springs run at a ton daily. Mr. Lewis puts the Satsuma crop of Jackson at 10 000 straps or 12 cars worth 20000. Citrus including grape fruit valued at 25000. Total Jackson orchard crops in 1915 thus about 105000, excluding nursery stock.
The list details vessels in port including names such as Bertha Clara Earl of Aberdeen Wm Summers Carrie Strong and many steamships and schooners. Docks at Municipal Docks Daphne Beaver Coral Harbor and various ships from Nor Spain Cuba and Ireland show loading repairs and orders. Port activity includes quarantine and loading at Barrios and Barrios docks with several master names noted.
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