Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

The Mobile Item in Mobile, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1916

Page

7

Mutt and Jeff Merry Christmas Was What Mutt Got Also

Job ads and notices from 1917 list locations and positions. Franklin Institute in Rochester North Carolina seeks 18 plus adults for life jobs with $75 monthly. Other postings include barbers, cooks, waiters, hustlers, women wearers, and sales agents seeking weekend or flexible work. Several entries mention cities like Kushia Alabama Norristown Pennsylvania and Chicago.

U. S Franklin Institute Rochester N. C

Market Report Summary for Yesterday and This Year

The snippet provides commodity prices and trading figures: low ordinary, good ordinary, low middling values. plus receipts and exports for the day and since August 1. It lists U S port receipts, exports to Great Britain and to Canada, and stock figures for the day and year to date.

U. S G. B Con

New Orleans Cotton Opens Higher on Bullish Weekly Data

The market strengthened in early trading as the weekly statistical statement and strong mill demand spurred buying. Traders covered shorts while spot activity remained limited, with prices advancing 53 to 60 points over yesterday and overall futures showing gains across active months.

New Orleans

Market Summary of Hog Cattle and Sheep Receipts

Hogs receipts 6 000 steady with light hogs 10.00 to 10.50 pigs 7.75 to 9.25 heavy 10.40 to 10.55 bulk 10.10 to 10.50. Cattle receipts 1 500 steady natives beef steers 7.50 to 11.50 yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 11.40 cows 6.50 to 8.50 stockers 5.30 to 7.75 calves 6.00 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 350 head market steady lambs 8.00 to 13.25 ewes 5.00 to 8.75 yearlings 9.00 to 11.25.

Associated Ress ST. Louis

Market Review for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in Kansas City

Hogs receipts 2,000 head. market steady. Bulk 9.80 10.25, heavies 10.15 9.39, lights 9.50 10.50, pigs 8.00 9.00. Cattle receipts 160 head. prime fed steers 10.50 11.26, dressed beef steers 7.50 10.25, southern steers 6.00 8.25, cows 4.25 8.25, heifers 6.00 10.50, stockers 5.75 8.00, bulls 5.50 7.25, calves 6.00 11.00. Sheep receipts 350 head. lambs 12.50 13.15, yearlings 10.50 11.50, wethers 8.50 9.50, ewes 7.00 9.00.

Associated Press Kansas City

Naval Stores Boladay

Savannah Georgia reports a quiet market as the naval stores trade closes for the holiday season with limited activity and no official price movements.

Naval Stores Boladay Associated Press Savannah Naval Stores Market

Clearing House Reserves Decline Across Banks

New York reports the weekly condition of clearings house banks and trust companies shows a total reserve in excess of legal requirements of 90,064,260 dollars. This marks a drop of 4,383,060 dollars from the preceding week.

Clearing House Associated Press New York

New York Markets Close Except Cotton and Stocks

The Associated Press reports New York exchanges closed today with cotton and stock markets aside, signaling holiday trading conditions and uneven activity across sectors.

Associated Press New York

Cotton Market Sees Mixed Day Ahead of Christmas

New York reports a quiet cotton session with no external catalysts and light sentiment before holidays. Early gains of 17 to 33 points gave way to modest pullbacks before Wall Street driven buying boosted March to 17.00 and July to 17.32, ending the day with a steady net rise.

Associated Press New York Wall Street

Market swings and light dealings mark day on Wall Street

Reactionary moves after the open show uneven gains in United States Steel and select issues while declines appear in other shares. Steel trades 10,000 shares and copper sectors lead activity with heavy turnover. overall sales reach 605,900.

Associated Press New York United States Steel Allis-Chalmers American Beet Sugar American Can American Car & Foundry American Locomotive American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar American Tel. & Tel American Tobacco Ana Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Cubs Jurie General Electric Great Northern Prd Great Northern Ore Ciss Ilinois Central Inspiration Topper Int Merc. Marine Pfd Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Maxwell Motors Mexican Petroleum National Lead New York Central N. Y N. H. & Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Ray Consolidated Copper Rep. Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss-Shef. Steel & Iron Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United Fruit United States Rubber U. S. Smelting & Refining United States Steel Pid Utah Copper Virginia Carp. Chem Wabash Pfd. B Western Union Westinghouse Electric

Four-Master Mary Manson Gruner Arrives in Mobile Harbor

The four-masted schooner Mary Manson Gruner arrived overnight in Mobile Harbor from Havana and is anchored in the stream awaiting a loading berth. The vessel is consigned to its master and expected to load cargo.

Mary Manson Gruner Mobile Havana

Schooner Conniscliffe Sails to Pensacola for Cargo

The schooner Conniscliffe arrived in port recently and departed late Thursday for Pensacola to load cargo.

Conniscliffe Pensacola

Sylvanian to Bring Cotton Cargo to Britain

The British steamship Sylvanian will arrive in Mobile within a week to load 9,000 bales of cotton for Great Britain at the Mobile Liners, Inc. docking facility.

Sylvanian Mobile Great Britain Mobile Liners, Inc

Steamers Frontera Munplace sail for ports

Frontera and Munplace were due to sail today. Frontera carries miscellaneous freight for Mexican ports while Munplace, loaded with general cargo for Cuban ports, sails under the Munson line. The schooner M. A. Achorn, damaged in the October 18 blow and under repair, was moved Friday afternoon to the Markley Miller slip by the Lapwing tug.

Frontera Munplace Munson M. A. Achorn Marine Ways Markley-Miller Lapwing Lapwing Towing and Wrecking Company Achorn

Sheriff Reports Raids and Beer Seizures

Sheriff W H Holcombe reported yesterday multiple raids and seizures of prohibited liquors. A basket of cold beer was found by the raiding squad in an alley behind 12 Government street. The front part of the place is occupied by Charles Schmidling.

W. H. Holcombe J. J. Connick Washington Avenue Virginia St. Michael Joachim Joe Puckett St. Louis Lawrence William Flanagan Palmetto and Royal Palmetto Madison Martin Burns Eslava

U boat liners to carry mail to America

Berlin news service says commercial submarines will soon forward ordinary mail to the United States and other neutral countries. The statement notes mail will be sent via submarine routes and the cargo discharged locally will be reloaded in dry dock at Amsterdam.

U Boat America Associated Press Amsterdam London Berlin United States

Cratheus Departs For Sea With Munson Line Cargo

The Munson line steamer Cratheus left port Friday afternoon carrying cargo bound for Cuba. The vessel was reported as passing out to sea late in the day during its voyage.

Cratheus Munson Line Cuba

New Oil Company Plans Wells in Mobile County

Papers incorporating the Mobile Pennsylvania Oil and Mineral Development Company with $190 000 capital were filed in the probate court. J. M. McVoy is president, V. Shoub vice president, R. H. McConnell secretary and treasurer, with Ben W. Curry and R. M Dyer as incorporators.

Thee Mobile- Pennsylvania Oil and Mineral Development Company Mobile County J. M. McVoy V. Shoub R. H. McConnell Ben W. Curry R. M Dyer

Personal Mentions Continue Across Holiday Season

The column lists local residents preparing for Christmas in Mobile and nearby towns. Odette Burgoyne returns from Livingston to stay with relatives, Grace Worden comes from Montevallo, P J Ray plans a Mobile Christmas with family, and Margaret Owen visits from Columbus at Dr and Mrs C N Owen. Mrs Lowry Burdsada of Mobile joins her parents, with the Sturgeons hosting several informal gatherings during their Montgomery visit.

P. J. Ray Pine Hill Margaret Owen Columbus Miss

Lost notices from Dauphin street area add to reward list

Multiple lost notices report rewards for returning pets and items. A sable white collie bitch with collar is missing from 761 Augusta, a black white tan hound named King is lost near 885 Dauphin, and a pocketbook with railroad telegraphers card and pawn ticket is lost near Government street. An overcoat lost at Lafayette and Davis Ave. promises suitable reward if returned southeast Dauphin and Warren.

C. Connor Augusta John Wilson Dauphin Bell Phone Dauphin Street Springbill Avenue Government Street P. H. Tremer Lafayette Davis Ave Dauphin and Warren

Wanted learn shorthand course and jobs offered

A local ad offers a 30 day shorthand course for five dollars before January 1. It notes Mobile students reaching eighty wpm after instruction and lists other classes and board, plus a Chicago based Gloria Company seeking a capable manager with $300 to $1000 capital.

Riley Academy of St. Anthony St Gloria Company Carroll Ave Chicago Ill

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mutt and Jeff Bud Fisher Seok Plains Ie Barber Lene Kushia Ala M. Rae Ugh Union Nae Co Norristown The Owls NTS Kantleak Raincome Comer Mfg. Co Ward Dayton Inland Oil Works Cleveland Railway Bureau the Guide Co Memphis Tenn Wm. J. Koral Royal Congress Noviz Mott You aQour Alwans Goodrich Drug Co Dept Omaha Neb Lbire Elves ST. Louis Livestock Kansas City Livestock ROCHE BURKE Undertakers St. Joseph and State Streets Wate Ro Oee CO. Capital Eee Jones Jimmy Swinnerton W. Yankin Pullem Marine News Gruner SAID NEW Oil Company Stockton Odette Burgoyne Livingston Grace Worden Montevallo Tance Southern Railroad B. Jefferson Dauphin St. Dezott Iano AUVEI A. Calvert York Nasbheville Boutuvoung Cineuns Lauanen Pensacola Accomua DB Biae + “Kei Uren ARMAtAEL Ufivuns Cipelboan Uuu Montgomery Cincuiuati Bapress Pensacom Mobile An” Bay Yuu Zy Bryuu Ysuy Ohio Thern Railroad Ibe Thomasville
Search Courier

Search the The Mobile Item Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The The Mobile Item?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication