Maritime traffic shifts as vessels load cargoes up the river
The Nubian from Mexico docks at Pier 2 to load cotton and lumber for Liverpool. Belize arrives from Belize and Guatemala carrying 13 500 bananas and 40 206 coconuts. Tunstall from St Lucia will load lumber for European ports. Alice Lord sails for San Juan with 326 880 feet of pine lumber. Arlington Court heads to Bremen with cotton and timber. Stranger bound for Matanzas with 510 608 feet of pine lumber. Jertha from Havana docks to load general cargo. Fither Clarke moves to the N O S M C wharf. City of Mobile returns from Alabama river with 101 bales of cotton, 449 barrels of naval stores, 2 800 sacks of reed and a barge of lumber. Alma to run up Tombigbee next trip. Water reportedly falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nubian
Leyland Line
Pier 2
Liverpool
England
Belize
Hansen
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Line
B. H
Livingston
Puerto Barrios
Guat
Tunstall
European Lumber Company
Lower Bay
St. Lucia
Alice Lord
Kelly
San Juan
P. R
Arlington Court
Munson Steamship Line
Bremen
Ger
Matanzas
Cuba
Jertha
Meyer
Munson
Ine
Havana
Cuban
Fither Clarke
M. C
City of Mobile
Alabama River
Alma
Tombigbee
Alabama
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Sarah Mead
Mrs Sarah Mead age 80 a native of Ireland who came to Mobile City years ago died Monday afternoon at the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor on Monterey Street after a long illness. The interment was in Catholic Cemetery on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mead
Ireland
Mobile City
Little Sisters of the Poor
Monterey Street
Burial of P. H. Murray in Magnolia Cemetery
Funeral for Peter Harry Murray held Monday at 2 pm from 357 El mira street with Rev Father Barry officiating. Attended by a Forest Camp delegation, W O W, and Workingmen's Timbermen's Benevolent Association. Interment in Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers include D Pennington A Vernenille Jones Johnson Michael Deasmond Thomas McMahon and Michael McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Murray
Peter Harry Murray
Elmira Street
Father Barry
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
Forest Camp
Workingmen's Timbermen's Benevolent Association
Magnolia Cemetery
D. Pennington
A. Vernenille
W. O
Funeral Rites for E. P. H. Judd at Whistler
The burial of E. P. H. Judd, longtime Mobile & Ohio Railroad repair shop employee and pensioner, was held Monday at 8 p.m. Rev Heywood Vaughan led the service at Bethany Baptist Church Whistler with the International Association of Machinists handling last rites. A special train from Whistler to Eight Mile aided mourners. Interment followed at Myer's cemetery with pallbearers William Newell Robert Newell Stephen J. McCarty and James Goleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. H. Judd
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Whistler
Heywood Vaughan
Bethany Baptist Church of
International Association of Machinists
Judd
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Eight Mile Station
Myer’s Cemetery
Messrs
William Newell
Robert Newell
Stephen J. McCarty
James Goleman
Burnt Almond Ice Cream Offered This Christmas
Columbia Ice Cream Company promotes a festive burnt almond ice cream for the holiday season inviting customers to try a seasonal flavor during Christmas celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Ice Cream Company
Public sale of Mobile estate lands January 6 1914
Under an October 1918 Probate Court decree administrator August Stroecker offers Mobile Alabama real estate for cash to pay debts. The property lies in Mobile City at Marine and Selma, 120 by 100 feet, with improvements, to be sold at the courthouse at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Court
Mobile County
Alabama
August Stroecker
John Stroecker
Mobile
Marine and
Selma
Connecticut Street
Palmer selects yuletide menu for Mobile jail inmates
Sheriff T. T. Palmer spends Tuesday buying turkey and fixings for a Christmas dinner for Mobile county jail prisoners. Jailor John T. Brown oversees preparation. The plan covers both jail inmates and convict camp prisoners with ample food and no one to be slighted. Commissioner Charles Green funds the effort with turkeys and other provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
T. T. Palmer
John T. Brown
Charles Green
Commissioner Green
Thieves, Escaped Convicts Roam After City Crime Spree
News recounts escaped convicts roaming the county two weeks, including Singletary, Ewald, Whitten, and others. A nervous burglar hit J Howard Wilson’s garage at 969 Government Street stealing about 100 dollars in goods, including a chauffeur’s uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Dock Company
Mobile
John T. Brown
Singletary
Ewald
Whitten
Negro Muntz
Villar
Joachim Street
Church
Louisville and Nashville
Theatre Street
Dauphin Street
Royal Street
J. Howard Wilson
Government Street
Mr. Wilson
Funeral of Murdered Man Held Tuesday
The funeral of J. B. Villar who was shot Saturday night by unknown parties took place Tuesday morning at 9 from 403 South Conception Street. Rev Father Brady officiated. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery with pallbearers Anker Patterson John Heining Christ Jensen John Lau H Peters and C Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin A. Keeler
Louisville & Nashville Depot
Magnolia Cemetery
Jesse A. Cook
Clayton Street Baptist Church
Montgomery
Phillip McRae
J. L. Davis
D. Davis
H. T. Goodloe
C. E. Burgher
Henry C. Copley
J. B. Villar
South Conception Street
Father Brady
Anker Patterson
John Heining
Christ Jensen
John Lau
H. Peters
C. Nelson
Eureka Mule Escape Leads to County Prisoner Tie
Jim Alexander, an escaped county prisoner, and Eureka the mule escaped tied to a county road duty. The pair were stopped near the city gas works after Eureka balked. Officers Broadus and Connelly detained them, noting the unusual escape sequence and possible suspicious conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Archimedes
Jim Alexander
Jim
Oak Grove
Mobile
Broadus
Connelly
Alexander
New Orleans cotton futures rise on Liverpool strength
Cotton futures opened steady with gains of 11 to 165 points as Liverpool refused to follow declines. Short covering surged amid large scale buying and reports from New York and Texas traders. By noon prices were up 21 points and closes showed a net advance of 20 to 27 points with activity focused on December January and March contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Texas
New York Cotton Opens Firm on Moderate Demand
New York cotton opened with a 11 to 14 point advance and rose to 12 to 18 points higher before retreating. Short covering and Liverpool-linked buying supported the market, with continued liquidation and scattered covering keeping prices fairly steady as futures closed very steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Gulf
Wall Street Opens With Active Demand for Rail and Steel Stocks
Stocks opened firm as demand ran for Harrimans and Steel issues. Reading Southern Pacific Amalgamated led gains while Missouri Pacific New Haven and Western Union weighed. Bonds irregular. Central Leather rose on 2 percent dividend but overall list slid after early rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrimans and Steel
Northern Ore
Lacdian Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Amalgamated
Missouri Pacific
Western Union
New Haven
Can
Gould
Amalgamated Copper
American Beet Sugar
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting & Fng
American Sugar
American Tel. & Tel
Lehigh Valley
National Lead
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pullman Place
Rock Island Co
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
N. Y., New Haven & Hartford
Texas Oil Co
Farmers organize to get better prices in Mobile
The Mobile Bay View Producers Association filed probate papers to operate in Mobile as a mutual aid corporation capitalized at 5000 dollars. Led by James H. Stanfield and Theodore Weil, the farmers union aims to obtain better produce prices and manage sales directly from farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Bay View Producers’ Association
Mobile
James H. Stanfield
Theodore Weil
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Stand Firm
Liverpool cotton market reports steady prices with middling at 7.13 and sales of 12 000 bales including 11 500 American and 500 for speculation. Receipts total 61 000 bales with 47 500 American. Futures closed very steady across the forward curve from December to January and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Continent
U. S
Liverpool
Manhattan Dye Works Tailoring and Cleaning Service Ad
The ad promotes Bell Phone 3278 and Home Phone 1453 for Manhattan Dye Works and Robinson, Prop. It offers cleaning and pressing, tailoring and refitting services for ladies and suits at 300 St. Francis St in Mobile Alabama with delivery and pickup options and a guarantee on all work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Phone
Manhattan Dye Works
Robinson
St. Francis St
Mobile
Ala
Turpentine and Rosin Markets Report from Savannah
Naval Stores in Savannah Georgia on December 23 shows turpentine firm at 42 1 2 cents with 668 casks received and no sales. Rosin firm no sales with 5886 barrels received. Quoted prices range from B and D 3 67 half to M 5 35 with WG 6 75 and WW 7 00 reflecting market bids and receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Savannah
Fire damages two frame houses on New Jersey Street
Five fire companies responded to a blaze Monday night damaging two unoccupied frame houses at Nos. 1 and 2 New Jersey street. One house was practically destroyed and the cause remained unknown as spectators watched from 317. The properties belonged to James McMahon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Street
James McMahon
Children Spoiled by Easy Raising Practices Cited
Opinion notes some parents spoil children by choosing the easiest raising methods. The piece argues this approach risks shaping behavior and future discipline.
Cash Grain and Provisional Prices Across Markets
Chicago cash grain values show No. 2 red wheat 94 1 2 to 95 1 2, No. 2 hard 88 1 2 to 89 1 2, No. 2 Northern 89 to 90, No. 2 spring 89 to 90, corn No. 2 yellow 69 3 4, oats No. 2 40, No. 2 white 43, rye No. 2 64 1 2 to 65, hay timothy 4 to 5 30, clover 12 50 to 14 50, pork 21, lard 10 60 10 62, ribs 10 27 1 2 to 77 1 2. St Louis cash grain lists No. 2 red wheat 93 1 2 to 96 1 2, No. 3 hard 86 to 93 1 2, corn No. 2 68, No. 2 white 68 to 69, oats No. 2 40, No. 2 white 41 1 2 to 42. Kansas City cash shows No. 2 hard 83 1 2 to 89, No. 2 red 90 to 91, corn No. 2 mixed 67 1 2, No. 2 white 69 to 71, oats No. 2 white 41 1 2, No 3 mixed 39 1 2 to 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Cotton Receipts on Several Rail Lines and Steamer
New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Export reports 194 bales. Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Train 95 with 167 bales distributed among Baker Lyons Touart Quinn Frank M Ladd Elmore Brame Well Brothers Bashinsky Co and others. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Train 75 Export totals 1 679 bales. Steamer City of Mobile Selma Baker Lyons etc gathers 101 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
Baker-Lyons
Touart & Quinn
Frank M. Ladd
Elmore Brame
Well Brothers
Bashinsky & Co
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Baker- Lyons
Steamer City of
Mobile
Selma
Davis, Wilson,Gaillard
Farmers’ Commission Company
Winston Jones
Lott-Blacksher
Bevill- Phillips
Fire damages large plant in Louisville blaze
An early morning fire at Main and Fifth streets caused about 150000 dollars in damage to Laib and Co mill and plumbing supplies plant and adjoining stocks. The Robert Rowelly type founders sustained about 26000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisville
Main
Fifth Streets
Laib and Co
Robert Rowelly
Marriage license issued in probate court
A marriage license was issued Tuesday by the probate court to Thomas J. Eisley and Elizabeth Raushbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Eisley
Elizabeth Raushbaum
For Rent Two 1-story brick stores on Government street
For rent one story brick store at S W Royal and Conti streets 21 by 75 feet new and in perfect condition 1800 per year Two one story brick stores 112 114 Government street between Royal and St Emanuel 900 per year Two story frame store with residence above at the intersection of Conception Claiborne and Canal streets large location for drug store or grocery 300 per year Two stores or offices 62 64 St Michael street remodel to suit tenant Store ground floor 59 N Water street between St Francis and St Michael Store first floor 118 Commerce street between Government and Church Two story brick store 32 Commerce street between Dauphin and Conti 000 per year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Royal
Conti
Government Street
Royal and
St. Emanuel
Conception
Claiborne
Canal Streets
St. Michael Street
Water Street
St. Francis
T. Michael
Commerce Street
Government
Church
Touart Place and Nearby Residences Listed for Rent
A catalog of multiple properties on Spring Hill avenue and surrounding streets lists two story brick Touart Place on Spring Hill and W Indiana avenues, several 2 and 3 story homes at N W Texas Michigan Ave E Adams St St Joseph St and others with rents noted such as 20.00 per month. The entries describe frame cottages and houses with varying rooms and lot sizes including 6 acres near Spring Hill and a partly furnished 2 story frame cottage near Taliaferro station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill
Carling
Conception
Claiborne Sts
Hamilton St
Monroe
Esilava
Spring Hill Ave
E. Pine
W. S Hill Ave
Catherine St
K. Dorr Wawccik
Brack
Old Shell Road
Taliaferro’s Station
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Georgia Ave
Mrs
S. Hamilton Street
Dauphin St
Barber College
Gregory
Lucedale
Miss
Tfe
Sycamore St
Milwaukee
J. D
M. Hoffman
Dauetn
Bell
William J. Koral
N. W.ongress
Royal
Pan
T. S. Care Atem
Bank of Mobile
Tennessee
A. Hamilton
Conlene
New
York Feather Company
General Delivery
Church Street
Sherman Heights
CES
Reni
Cal
Monel
Foote's Lane
Spring Hill Avenue
Ashland Place
Convent of the Visitation
N. B
State Street
Jackson
Maury & Unruh
Hogan
St. Stephens Road
L. A
Y. M. C. A. Building
St. Francis Street
R. G
van Ransaellar St
Webb and McAlpine
Lizzie Maddox
Log Creek
Chunchula
Lambert
Rr H
Maritime Matters and River News
Palmer
Ng Heavy
Wall Street Review
Ao Bore
Brick
Government ST
W.E. Demiller
Big Blaze
Dauphin
Sage
The
Yuille
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