Mobile Excise Commission Grants Liquor License Transfers
The Mobile excise commission adjourned at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday approving William Schroeder’s transfer from 6 South Commerce Street to 300 South Cedar Street effective December 31, 1913, as Frank Prendergast ceases at 30 December. Jeremy Venturini license transfer approved. renewal for 1914 not guaranteed. George Foster’s 1914 license request heard. Kohlman & Co. wholesale license for 1914 filed. Eldridge license suspension sentence reduction denied.
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Excise Commission
City of
Mobile
William Schroeder
Commerge Street
South
Cedar Street
Frank E. Prendergast
Peter A. Venturini
Mary's Lane
Virginia Street
Ethredge
George M. Foster
North Royal Street
Abraham S
Milton B. Kohlman
8. Kohlman & Co
Government Street
B. B. Chamberlain
Leo F. Eldridge
Eldridge
Christmas Week Marriage Licenses Surpass Prior Years
Probate court issued a larger number of marriage licenses during Christmas week than in previous years. The list includes White Eugene Raiford Rivers and Pauline J Winkle, J F Peters and Alice Richardson, John A Boudousquie and Flossie Hopkins, Clifton Adams Berney and Alphonse Hurtel, and many others including couples such as Cedric H Breach and Glenn Evelina McKenzie and James C Calhoun and Iole Virginia Snodgrass. The article also lists numerous colored couples with similar pairings.
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Eugene Raiford Rivers
Pauline J. Winkle
J. F. Peters
Alice Richardson
John A. Boudousquie
Flossie Hopkins
Clifton Adams Berney
Alphonse Hurtel
Thomas J. Eisley
Elizabeth Raushbaum
Cedric H. Breach
Glenn Evelina McKenzie
Charles Herschel McCane
Mattie Bettie Arbuckle
James C. Calhoun
Iole
Virginia Snodgrass
Wallace G. Kennedy
Sidney Hendryx
Shelton Gollett
Gertrude Coleman
Betram A. Miller
Margaret Alicia Ryder
Paul Blevins
Eva Vicreanna Taylor
Lathen Cox
Daisy Jeanna Taylor
Ltcen Cox
Daisy Hartsfield
John A. Carter
Ellenee Taylor
James Sawyer
Pearl Miller
Fred Logan
Mery Etta Garnett
Robert L. Huse
Alberta Thompson
Jack Howze
Jennie Bozemen
Charley Edward
Henrietta Gill
Jackson Mack
Idell Miller
George McAlpine
Mathilda Bell
Samson Gordon
Vincey Smith
David Chastang
Everline Adams
Salvation Army Delivers Christmas Dinners to 250 Families
The Salvation Army distributed dinner baskets Wednesday from Conti Street, aiding over 250 families. Each basket included sugar coffee celery oranges apples corn tomatoes meal Irish potatoes sweet potatoes salt pork bread dried beans and a live chicken for the recipients.
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Salvation Army
Conti Street
Fines in Inferior Court Reported in Brief
In the Inferior Criminal Court on a Wednesday session Joseph Miller was fined 10 dollars or ten days for vagrancy. Gus Webb and Elijah Maddox received similar or related penalties for offenses including hunting without a license and other charges. Will Wheeler sought a jury trial with a final end at 100 dollars. Sam Gillen did not appear and an alias writ was ordered. Alone Harris was fined one cent and costs or ten days for abusive language.
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Joseph Miller
Sam Gillen
Gus Webb
Elijah Maddox
Will Wheeler
Harris
Cough Remedies Promising Relief At Green Bay
Mr. Bob Ferguson of Green Bay Wisconsin reports relief from a bad cough that kept him awake nights after taking Foley’s Honey and Tar. The advertisement claims the remedy also helps croup whooping cough measles cough and chronic coughs in the elderly.
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Bob Ferguson
Pine St
Green Bay
Wis
Alfred E Human joins Cincinnati Enquirer staff
Christmas greetings from Alfred E Human, longtime young newspaper man formerly with The Item and The Register, announce he now serves on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He is the son of Professor Theodore Human, the noted violinist who recently resumed his musical career in New York after a health-related southern stay.
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Alfred E. Human
The
Item
Register
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mr. Human
Theodore Human
New York
South
Barton Kindergarten Christmas Tree Invitation
A Christmas Tree invitation from Barton Kindergarten highlights poinsettia and holly paper designs on the cover. It invites attendees to the Christmas Tree event on December 23, 1913 at 9:30. Harton Academy is noted as the location.
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Barton Kindergarten
Harton Academy
Ladies of Charity Hold Santa Tree at Lyric Theatre
More than 2,000 children benefited as the Ladies of Charity and the Mobile Register hosted a Christmas tree at the Lyric Theatre. John A. Hughes dressed as Santa distributed toys fruits and food baskets amid an 11 am program with music and films. Fire Chief Price and police officials guarded the event while Mayor Lyons attended.
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Lyric Theatre
John A. Hughes
Santa Claus
Ladies’ of Charity
Mobile Register
Hardee Senter- Rowley Orchestra
America
Hazel Winans-Selby
Chesapeake Bay
Harry Brown
Josephine M
Senter
N. A. Stallworth
Rowley Orchestra
General Film Company of
New Orleans
E. V. O'Connor
Lyric
Charity
Belle Daly
Thomas F. Price
Pat J. Lyons
Pillans and
Schwarz
O'Conner
Maritime cargo moves and vessel arrivals in river port
The British steamer Samara arrived from Progreso with 9000 bales of sisal and will load a partial cargo here before completing at Gulfport. The schooner Maude 8B and the bark Ethel Clarke along with Willem Gertrude tied up to load lumber after Cuban ports. Kronprins Olav and Argo sailed for Montevideo with farm tools and pitch pine lumber. Newlands has been due from Rosario with a large shipment of corn.
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Samara
Seeberg Steamship Company
Progreso
Mexico
Gulfport
Miss
Maude
Krum
City
West Indian
Ethel Clarke
Willem Gertrude
Cuban
Kronprins Olav
Nilsen
Montevideo
Argo
Newlands
Southern Railway
Rosario
Arg
Christmas Flavor Pudding by Columbia Ice Cream
The notice highlights NES SELRODE PUDDING described as especially delicious with a Christmas flavor from the Columbia Ice Cream Company.
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Columbia Ice Cream Company
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady with Mixed August Trading
New Orleans cotton futures start with modest gains but turn weak by noon as January deliveries loom. Spot cotton holds at 18 cents with middling 12.11 sixteenth cents. sales range 2,250 to 2,925 bales. December closes 12.23, January 12.23, March 12.49, May 12.61, July 12.65.
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USA
United States
U. S
G. Britain
Continent
New Orleans
Coco
Esesee
Wees LZ
Marcher Sees AZ Rb
Wee
Cenennene
Ener
Eees
New York Cotton Opens Firm Amid Holiday Trading
Cotton futures opened 3 to 10 points higher on stronger Liverpool cables as buyers realized now and then. January and March saw buying from houses with Liverpool ties while May faced selling. By mid day prices stayed near best with spot middling upland at 12.60 cents and middling gulf at 12.85 cents. holidays reduced activity and prices eased slightly.
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New York
Liverpool
Uplands
Gulf
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Sales Report
Spot cotton in fair demand with middling at 7.58 and good middling 7.24. Sales reached 8 000 bales including 7 300 American and 500 for speculation and export. receipts 6 000 including 800 American. Futures closed steady with multiple forward-distillations listed.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Movement This Week
Liverpool reports total spot sales of 24 000 bales for the week, down from 26 000 last year and 14 000 two years ago. American cotton sales reached 19 000 bales versus 21 000 and 13 000. Forwardings to mills totaled 78 000 bales, below 83 000 last year and 50 000 two years ago, with American forwards at 59 000 bales compared with 60 000 and 48 000.
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Liverpool
Cotton Receipts Mobile and Ohio Railroad Exports
Cotton receipts show 680 bales exported via Mobile and Ohio line with 169 bales carried by Mobile and Montgomery line. Several consignors listed including Bevill Phillips Touart Quinn Baker-Lyong Farmers and others totaling 169 bales.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
Market Narrowly Higher Amid Sluggish Volume Shifts
New York trading opened weakly with low spirits and scant buying. Reading led gains amid rumors of a settlement out of court with the government while Norfolk and Western fell on control speculation. overall list showed mixed activity and some liquidation.
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New York
Eastern
Norfolk & Western
Reading
Canadian Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Missouri Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic
General Electric
Great Northern Pfd
Great Northern Ore Ctfs
Illinois Central
Interborough- Met
Interborough-Met
Inter-Harvester
Louisville
Nashville
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Lehigh Valley
National Lead
New York Central
Northern Pacific
People's Gas
Pullman Palace
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Turpentine and Rosin Prices and Stocks Report
Turpentine firm current price 42 1 4 cents with no sales. receipts 925 casks and shipments 123 casks, stock 27 7388 casks. Rosin firm no sales. receipts 3 506 barrels and shipments 1 695 barrels, stock 156 939 barrels. Prices quoted for grades EK to WG with varying cents per barrel.
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Naval
Savannah
London Stocks Close Quiet as Markets Edge Steady
London trading was quiet on the stock exchange with British securities firming while foreign issues fell. American issues moved irregularly in the forenoon with limited activity and Canadian Pacific eased. overall list closed quiet and steady with minor advances.
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London
The
Stock Exchange
Trading Limited
Canadian Pacific
Hst
Poultry Market Steady in St Louis Trade
Poultry prices unchanged in St Louis trading with turkeys listed at 19 1 2 cents per pound for select buyers. Market activity shows limited movement as buyers and sellers assess holiday demand.
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ST Louis
Major Barker Returns From GOP Meeting
Postmaster P. D. Barker returned to Mobile from Washington where he attended a meeting of the Republican national committee representing Alabama. He says the gathering was harmonious and aimed to unite all GOP factions for good results.
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Major Barker
P. D. Barker
Mobile
Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Alabama
Grain and Provisions Market Notes from Chicago and St Louis
Chicago prices show cash grain with No 2 red at 94 1 2 to 96 1 2 and No 2 Northern at 88, timothy and clover per ton values listed. Provisions include park at 20 50 21 and lard at 10 65 with ribs 10 25 to 10 77 1 2. St Louis lists No 2 red wheat at 94 1 2 to 96 1 4, No 2 hard at 86 93 1 2, corn No 2 at 68, oats No 2 at 40, white oats 42.
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Chicago
Harley
Timothy
ST. Louis
Vonteceveres
Viboun
Close
Christmas Cheer From White House
The White House sent Christmas cheer to hundreds including the deaf and Mrs. Wilson and daughters. Two trucks left the White House loaded with turkeys, meat, and cooked foods for the poor as White House staff organized deliveries. The president and family left Pass Christian, Ms, for the capital and gifts continued to be distributed throughout the day.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Wall Street Besieged In Behalf Of The Poor
The Salvation Army sent hundreds of fund collectors into Manhattan's financial district to raise money for a Christmas dinner fund. Eva Booth said post signing of a currency bill bankers should donate, or many will miss dinner. One thousand letters from children awaited responses at Salvation Army headquarters.
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Associated Press
New York
Salvation Army
Financial District
Eva Booth
Claus
Mrs Ley Not Arrested in Mobile Mail Fraud Probe
Florence Armstrong Makavoy Ley, known as Mrs Ley, was not arrested as planned in Mobile for using the mail to defraud W B Henry, a contracts man and family man, despite reports of an imminent re arrest in the afternoon.
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Florence
Iola Jeanette Armstrong-Mavoy-Ley
W. B. Henry
Angel
Causes of insomnia linked to stomach disorders
An advertisement claims stomach disorders and constipation cause insomnia and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure. Sold by Van Antner Drug Corporation.
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van Antner Drug Corporation
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