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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1913

Page

8

Railroad schedules show trains and times across lines

Alabama Tennessee and North ern Railroad timetable lists arrivals and departures for several routes. It names trains such as Mail and Express and Coast Accommodation with times like 2.30 am and 9.15 am. Connections include Pensacola to N O Be and Mobile to St Louis details.

Mont.-N. Oo Chi. & Cin. Ltd Mail & Ex Pensacola Ac Sic. Ltd Monk Cin. Ltd Mont.-N Mobile-B St. Louis

Chancery Notice in Mobile Case No 10776

In Chancery at Mobile Alabama Creole Lumber Company complainant v John Baptiste Trenier et al defendants No 10776 notice is given that at Fall Term 1913 of the Court of Chancery Thirteenth District Southwestern Division Alabama and on December 13 1913 the following order was entered naming numerous defendants and asserting the right of a bank and other corporations to interests in described lands in Mobile County including sections 28 29 and 63 and bayous and lakes with long metes bounds and bearings the order directs publication in The Mobile Item for four weeks and lists the parties involved CARL HOLZBORN register Also another entry notes in Chancery at Mobile David R Burgess complainant v Douglass Davis et al No 10561 that on December 19 1913 the court ordered defendants over 21 years to plead answer or demur to amended bill of complaint and publication in The Mobile Item similar to the first case. Also sealed bids for Mobile County Poor Farm buildings due January 12 1914 with plans from Hutchison Denham and deposit requirements.

Mobile Alabama Creole Lumber Company John Baptiste Trenter Court of Chancery Southwestern Chancery State of John Baptiste Trenier Fermin Trenier John Trenier Bill Trenier Rueben Trenier Simon Trenier Diego Trenier James Caller Green D. Caller Jane H. Caller Frantes A. Tarleton Abner Daniel Chloe Daniel Ebenezer Daniel E. Collier John B. Toulmin Maximilian , Andre Willie Daniels Theo. Andrey George 8. Gaines Francis H. Gaines Tombeckbe Bank Jonah Dayton Smith Adon Smith J. Hunt Smith Louise Johnson Clarence Johnson Adon N. Smith Dayton Smith Arthur Smith Delia Smith Louisa Maxwell Smith Martha Smith Cornelia Smith Evin Starkey Edith Reed Louise F. Wheeler Jonah D.F. Smith Margaret Adams William H. Adams Arthur G. Adams Charlotte L. Adams Mary Adams Anna N. Adams Elizabeth C. Adams Margaret L. Howley North Carolina Investors’ Realty Company Kansas Consolidated Naval Stores Company Florida Mobile County Dabnaoe Mobile River Grog Hall Creek Chastange Big Lake Little Lake Said Lake Tensaw River Tensaw David R. Burgess Douglass Davis Sis Senack Pensacola Toulmin Cleveland Houston Texas Investors Realty Company Kansas City Deuce ‘Taylor Seanna Senack Tommie Senack Eugene Senack a _corporation Deuce Taylor Norton’s Mobile Item Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Judge of Probate Hutchisson & Denham Peoples Bank Ala

Wavelet Crew Debt Notice Exonerates Master and Owners

The master HANONSEN states that neither the master, owner nor consignee of the British S S Wavelet are responsible for debts contracted by her crew. Located in a crew notice dated 12-22-21.

U. S Wyvisbrook Muir Arlington Court R. Rooks Wavelet Hanonsen

Post Mortem in Villar Case Finds .38 Caliber Bullet

The coroner reports a .38 bullet near Villar’s spinal column after a weekend shooting in Mobile. Police name BE. Gaines Moore and B. Thompson as suspects, but no strong evidence ties them to the crime yet. Dr. E. B. Dreaper recalls two suspicious men seen near Government and Conception streets Saturday night.

Villar BE. Gaines Moore B. Thompson Berenson and Sands H. P. Hirshfield Ees Hirshfield Warren Burch Police Department

Mobile Cotton Market Report Today

Mobile cotton market shows prices for categories including good ordinaury and middling with no sales. Receipts for the day total 3594, exports to Britain 34492, the Continent 96613, and U.S ports 118644, with stock and year-to-year figures provided for context and week-to-date totals.

United States U. S G. Britain

Freight tonnage and bale totals across lines and shippers

Data lists base counts for Southern Railway Train 78 and Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Train 94 with crews Touart Quinn Davis Wilson Gaillard Baker-Lyons Bevill-Phillips and associated firms totaling 52 bases. It itemizes Mobile and Ohio Railroad export load 629 bales, plus steamer Alma route consignments totaling 175 bales with firms Frank M. Ladd Touart Quinn Davis Wilson Gaillard Bevill-Phillips Lott-Blacksher Winston Jones Michael Lyons and others.

Bashinsky & Co Transit Mobile and Ohio Railroad Alma Selma Baker-Lyons Davis, Wilson, Gaillard Farmers’ Commission Company Touart & Quinn Frank M. Ladd Bevill-Phillips Lott-Blacksher Winston Jones Michael Lyons

New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Lower on Liquidation Pressure

Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a 5 to 9 point decline as liquidation orders from Sunday ginning reports influenced trading. Early prices dipped to the day’s low amid a good demand from profit takers and spot interests, later recovering slightly before closing down 18 to 19 points.

New Orleans Ivan

Memphis Cotton Prices Steady In Spot Market

Cotton spot quiet and unchanged with middling grade noted. Memphis reports cotton seed products with prime basis oil at 5.80 and meal ranging 27.00 to 27.50, reflecting stable market activity.

Memphis Tenn

Cotton futures ease then steady in New York market

In New York December 22 cotton fell early as buyers and sellers panned prices near 11.82 for January, then recovered to near prior close. The market closed steady with December at 12.02 and January 11.76, as foreign buying supported late-session recovery amid bearish ginning reports.

New York Liverpool Ae Lee

Liverpool Cotton Prices Ease as Spot Market Quiet

Liverpool reports a quiet cotton spot market with prices easing across grades. Sales reached 7,000 bales including 6,500 American and 500 for speculation and export. receipts totaled 32,000, of which 30,600 were American. Futures closed steady with several successive month price points listed.

Liverpool

Personal Notices From Mobile Hotel Guests

Victor Bentner and sister from Kansas City stay several days at the Battle House. Mrs. Schanfler and Misses Rosie and Gertrude Schanfler from Racine arrive and are at the Battle House. W A Gunter Jr of Montgomery visits Mobile briefly. Mr and Mrs M Frank and Mr F H Fuller of Magnolia Springs shop in Mobile and stay at Cawthon. F H Thompson and wife of New Orleans J N McCurdy and wife of St Louis R J Smith and wife of Baker Fila and S T Wilson and wife of Columbus Ga are among visitors at St Andrew. J C Gaither commercial agent of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad with Laurel Miss is in Mobile. Dr George Hamilton Stubbs and family stay at Battle House for a day.

Victor Bentner Kansas City, Mo City Battle House Mrs. Schanfler Rosie Gertrude Schanfler Racine, Wis M. Frank F. H. Fuller Magnolia Springs Ala Mobile Cawthon F. H. Thompson New Orleans J. N. McCurdy St. Louis, Mo R. J. Smith Baker, Fila S. T. Wilson Columbus, Ga the St. Andrew J. C. Gaither The New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company Laurel,, Miss

Wall Street Review: Market Mixed With Gains in Lehigh Valley

The stock market closed fractionally lower after early declines as buyers returned at lower prices amid selling in Canadian Pacific Western Union and American Telephone. The general index edged up from last week, with gains led by Southern Pacific and coal stocks. Major quotes included American Tel and Tel 123 1 4, American Sugar Refng 107, and Union Pacific 155 1 4, amid broad activity from foreign houses.

Wall Street Becaine Canadian Pacific Lehigh Valley Western Union American Telephone Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Amn Smithg and Ring American Sugar Refng American Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake and Ohio Chio and Northwestern Chi 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 Ctfs Illinois Central Interborough-Met Rock Island Co Pfd Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel United States Steel Pid Wabash New Haven Texas Oil

London stock market drifts on fears of Mexican developments

The London stock market opened irregular and uncertain due to fears of unfavorable Mexican financial developments. Consols rose briefly on government purchases but eased in the afternoon. Mexican issues declined on continental selling. American securities opened steady, Canadian Pacific offerings fell then steadied with New York support, closing above the day’s lows.

London Mexico Consols New York

Maritime Movements Highlight City River Front

The Corinthia arriving from Gulfport loads lumber off State street. The Lampassas brings 10 000 packages of general merchandise from New York. Trold from Hamburg moves upstream to load and discharge. Mercator arrives from Puerto Cortez with 26 000 bunches of bananas. Wyvisbrook sails to Gulfport to complete cargo. Brighton sails to Puerto Cortez with general merchandise. Newlands due from Rosario with a large corn shipment.

Sea King Pensacola Lampassas Mallory Line New York Trold Lower Bay Hamburg Germany Mercator Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company Puerto Cortez Wyvisbrook Muir Gulfport Miss Brighton United Fruit Co Newlands Southern Railway Rosarioff

Deaths and Funerals Peter Harry Murray

Peter Harry Murray aged 46 and a Mobile native died at his home Sunday after a long illness. He leaves three brothers Thomas O. Murray Sherard Murray and Edward Murray a sister Mrs Daniel G. Harrison and other relatives. Captain Murray was once a noted river engineer.

Peter Harry Murray Mobile Hugh Murray Thomas O. Murray Mobile County Sherard Murray Edward Murray Daniel G. Harrison Captain Murray

E T H Judd Remembered in Mobile County

E T H Judd, age 73, longtime Mobile County resident, spent many years in the repair shops of the Spetiie aak hie hoes Company.

E. T. H. Judd Mobile County Spetiie Aak Hie Hoes Company

Grain futures slip as corn weakens prices across markets

Chicago cash prices show corn leading declines with No. 2 yellow at 69 1 2 to 70 cents. Wheat and oats hold tighter ranges while hogs boost provisional pork and lard prices amid lighter receipts. Regional quotes from St. Louis and Kansas City mirror the mixed pattern across futures and cash grain.

ST. Louis Kansas City

Commodity Prices Tick Up in Sugar and Molasses Markets

Sugar and molasses prices shift in New York and New Orleans markets with refined sugar steady to easy and raw sugar unsettled. Muscovado and centrifugal varieties quoted, with molasses open kettle in New Orleans at 35 55c per gallon. Leather and hides hold steady in regional trade.

New York New Orleans Bogota Central America

Chicago Hog Cattle and Sheep Market Report

Cattle receipts 17 000 head with steady market. Beeves 6 90 to 9 80, Texas steers 6 70 to 7 75, stockers 5 00 to 7 50, cows and heifers 3 35 to 8 50, calves 7 00 to 10 50. Hogs receipts 34 000 head with strong demand. Prices 6 25 to 7 65 for pigs, fat hogs 7 60 to 7 85. Sheep receipts 20 000 head and market higher. Native ewes 4 40 to 5 65, yearlings 5 50 to 6 65, native lambs 6 50 to 7 90.

Chicago Texas

Turpentine and Rosin Market After Savannah Report

Naval Stores report from Savannah details sales and receipts for turpentine and rosin firms. Turpentine shows 421 and 2 halves sales with 100 casks receipts, rosin receipts 1,677 barrels. Quoted grades B through N and WG WW with varied prices from 3.65 to 6.85 dollars per barrel.

Savannah Rosin

College boys back for Christmas from University of Alabama

Mobile students including Willie Moore Henry Izard Alley Cowan Dick Crawford Milton Ladd Edwin Parker Robert Marshall Gabriel Gup Edgar Poe Andrew Coffin Willi Holt Clarence Touart Emile Baumhauer and others have returned home to spend the holidays with their families.

Willie Moore Henry Izard Alley Cowan Dick Crawford Milton Ladd Edwin Parker Robert Marshall Gabriel Gup Edgar Poe Andrew Coffin Willi Holt Clarence Touart Emile Baumhauer Mobile University of Alabama

Benefit Mask Ball At Armory Hall For Royal Orchestra

A gentlemen's character mask ball will be held at Armory Hall on Monday night December 22 at 8 30 to aid the Royal orchestra directed by L N Faught. Musicians seek to pay off debts on their instruments.

Armory Hall Royal Orchestra L. N. Faught

California Woman Recovers From Severe Cold

Miss Marie Gerber of Sawteile California reports relief from a severe lung cold after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. She notes cough relief the first night and a complete recovery within a week. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.

California Chamberlain Marie Gerber Sawteile Cal van Antwerp Drug Corporation

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