Vocal boasting fills lore halls less often than empty
A fragment notes that some people who brag about their voice claim to fill lore halls, yet the venues more often sit empty than filled.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
5
A fragment notes that some people who brag about their voice claim to fill lore halls, yet the venues more often sit empty than filled.
In the Law and Equity Court judge Safford Berney presided with cases including Sledge vs Smith paused for bankruptcy. Mechlin Lumber Company sued in four judgments totaling $1 ... Other matters in Chancery Court before Chancellor Smith included dismissals without prejudice, fee reports, decrees pro confesso, and testimony orders.
Vienna reports the new American note on the Ancona made a good impression and an early reply may come soon. Work on it has begun. John Ervin of Indianapolis Charles Williams of New Orleans and Ernest McKay of Boston were docketed on a general charge Wednesday night by Detective J W Murphy on suspicion of planning the robbery of the Uwanta Pressing Club at 8 North Royal Street.
Willie Pryor was fined 10 dollars and costs or twenty days hard labor by Judge Chamberlain in the inferior court for assault and battery after shooting at Albert H. Turner with a revolver. Other dispositions included M. Jones for gaming, ten days or a dollar and several vagrancy cases with similar penalties.
The probate court issued marriage licenses Thursday including White and Mary Louise Pace. Other entries list several Black couples such as Marshall Caambell with Sadie Moffatt and Daniel Williams with Ruby Ellery, among others. Detectives Burch and Pearson arrested Peter Arlington Wednesday night for auto theft, with Louis Levis as complainant.
Multiple notices appear: a mortgage sale for Lola Lyons McClure to C V Shoub with property in Mobile County Alabama to be sold January 10 1916. also an election January 18 1916 in Mobile County on issuing bonds up to 150000 dollars for country school buildings with a 20 year term and 6 percent interest rate. Etta McKeehan assignee. Clarke Brown, mortgagee. A Ward.
A brisk session saw Stage Steel rise to 88 and major issues like Crucible Steel Studebaker and American Car edge higher while Mercantile Marine demand grew. General Motors slumped to 456 as investment shares hit best prices later. oils fell though overall market closed strong with notable gains for American Sugar American Smelting and American Can among others.
The records show multiple consignments with figures such as 28 bales by M. & C.-Clark Davis & Co to Bush Grocery Company and 105 bales by N. CO. M. & C.-Exports compressed. Additional totals include 8 bales by Southern-Baker Lyons & Co and 5 bales by Clark Davis & Co with 2 bales by Planters Cotton Company, summing to 316 bales.
New Orleans opened higher on cotton futures amid strong Liverpool support but heavy selling pushed most active months down 11 to 15 points before midday. Spot cotton held at 11.69 middling with 700 bales sold. NY futures softened on liquidation and steady Liverpool prices.
The New York market opened moderately active with copper and oil stocks leading. Early gains in American Smelting Utah Anaconda and Tennessee Copper pushed some prices toward a new record level around 108 7 8.
The Mobile firm underbid Crescent City docking companies for repair work on the Robert Hyams Coal Company barge. The big coal barge arrived Wednesday to be hauled out at Ollinger and Bruce Dry Docks. Repairs will cost several thousand dollars.
Arrangements committee of legal traveling men's groups met at 10 am in the Cawthon assembly room and heard a finance report. Trains will be met by four committees to receive Alabama Travelers Association members attending the annual convention on January 1 in Mobile, with arrangements made for a great first meeting of the convention.
Mrs. Anna Wilder, wife of S. M. Wilder, a Rochester N Y federal immigration inspector, was arrested in the office of Cuban consul Calixto Garcia on a charge of disorderly conduct. Garcia claimed immunity under federal law and was not arrested. Wilder said his wife left Rochester six months ago and came to Chicago with Garcia.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. announced the purchase of Central Pacific Railway bonds controlled by the Southern Pacific. The 4 percent issue, issued in 1911 to French banks, is guaranteed by Southern Pacific, totaling 250 million francs about $50 million. In Berlin, the federal council set the issue of iron ten pfennig pieces.
The Lyric stages Freckles in a deluxe song play adaptation by Nell Twoney with music by Anatol Friedland during today’s matinee and tonight. Also featured is The Pink Lady, a long running international musical comedy, plus a farce Le Satyre with My Beautiful Lady waltz. The Bohemian Girl appears Monday for a single performance, noted for its global reach and popularity.
The Last Santa Claus Matinee at the Columbia is set for Friday Christmas Eve with every child receiving a Christmas present. A grand double matinee is planned for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The American schooner Carrie Strong will finish loading lumber Thursday from Vinegar Bend Lumber Company and plans to sail Friday evening. A long opera revival section notes The Bohemian Girl will tour with the original American all star cast for the first time since four years ago, drawing large crowds and box office records.
Entries from ships note sightings near latitudes 88 28 and 32 48 with objects described as a vessel hold, a large can, and a large black buoy. Observers include Kotonia Dan as and Wm Palmer Flynn and Catarina Treniak.
A listing of ships and vessels at Shen Tee Port and adjacent docks including Verons Nor Carrie Strong Caml Bruce Hawkins Maria Inger Tropics Quarantin Barke Tropics Unloading Olinger Bruce Docks and repairing and loading operations noted. Harbor activities show several ships under quarantine and at anchor with mixed national flags and owners.
Maritime records show numerous vessels and routes including Bhi Collingwood Liverpool to Nem and Progreso Mex to Jas. G Honey. Several ships listed with masters and cargo links such as Carrie Look Domingo City to master, Margaret Genoa stay, and Gypsum Empress to master. Port calls span Liverpool Newry Boston Cuba Cuba Port Pirie and Genoa with multiple lumber and export connections.
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