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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1915
Page
7
Police were alerted Monday night around 8:30 to a report that Mrs. Joe Browning of Toulminville swallowed laudanum from a small vial in a personal crisis. The exact details remain unclear and the effects were not serious.
A health notice claims excessive meat consumption raises uric acid harming kidneys. It recommends Jad Salts, a lemon juice grape acid lithia drink, to flush kidneys and ease back and bladder discomfort with a daily tablespoonful in water.
Carrie O. Busby alias Carrie Blalack was arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct. The notice states she is not related to the Blalack family or Clarence M. Blalack, clarifying the mistaken connection.
The American schooner Van Lear Black was towed into port by the Echo after arriving from Havana. The Tarpon arrived and departed for St Andrews and Pensacola. Margaret G with lumber left harbor in tow for European ports. Laguna also left harbor in tow bound for Genoa Italy. Lampasas sailed for New York via Key West and Tampa with freight and passengers.
Market data show Tuesday’s closings for Mobile listings with prices and headlines noting shifts in local trading. The report highlights active sectors and notable volume in the Mobile market.
The New Orleans cotton market opened with thick buying and a gradual rise. Spot cotton held at 1-16c higher with Middling at 8 1-8, sales on the spot 1,450 bales to arrive 3,750 bales, while futures closed with gains from four to ten points and March May and October contracts showing higher quotes.
Cotton futures in New York opened steady with small declines to gains as trade remained light amid wire trouble. Early hours saw months drop 3 to 6 points before the first hour ended while spot activity stayed quiet with Midling at 8.60 and 100 bales sold.
Liverpool market report notes spot cotton firm with good middling at 5.42 and middling at 5.10, low middling 4.67. Sales reach 7,600 bales. speculation and export total 4,000 bales. receipts 36,953. Futures quoted steady with May-June 4.94 and later spreads up to 5.17.
Harvey Gilmore was arraigned on charges of riding a bicycle without a bell or light and jailed or fined after pleading guilty. Detective Newbern arrested him the night before. P. K. Dunbar, fined for lacking a light, was arrested by Detective Ludlow.
Aboard the Apollo from Fairhope on Tuesday were Dick Spencer John s Gene Hill EB G Daugherty and wife Major McCaleb A O Berglin and wife Mrs M A Bowen. The Irene carried Mr McCall and Dr Closson.
Herman Lowery a well known candy merchant from Calvert Alabama was a visitor in the city on Tuesday for business.
In the matter of a final settlement the City Bank & Trust Company of Mobile filed accounts vouchers evidences and statements for a guardian ship of the minor Mary A. Little's estate. Judge Price Williams ordered February 26 1915 as the settlement day with notice to all interested parties.
A public notice touts Quaker Herb solutions with claims of astonishing cures for constipation and catarrh. It promotes Quaker Herbistract at $1.00 per bottle or 3 for a discount, and Balm Liniment at 25 cents a bottle, advertised through a local drug store.
Gulfport Mississippi February 2 A large petition seeks action to upgrade the beach road between Biloxi and Gulfport. The board will not act until all property owners along the route consent to cooperate. The effort is tied to Mobile New Orleans highway plans and other regional boosters push for progress.
The circuit court for the week of February 8 has jurors drawn. Names include W Marshall Turner, Camille Villa, Frank Armitage, Peters, Stewart Jr, Denmark, Mims Clemena, Locke, Crowdale, Johnson, Condon, Vetter, Therrell, Forbes, Calaway, Kearns, Freeland, Seabury, Chaudron, Tyrell, Hutchisson, Toenesa, John Yeend, Sartori, Lester.
Julius C Norris 81 a Dallas county native and Mobile resident for ten years died after a lingering illness at 954 South Warren near St. Tee. He came from Fort Deposit and was a Confederate veteran four times wounded. Survived by wife, three daughters, three sons and many grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church. burial Fort Deposit with Masonic rites. Also burial of Mrs Parmalie J Harvey at Magnolia Cemetery after service at 4 pm Monday. pallbearers named.
George Agathus surrender at county jail on Monday night for operating a pool room without a license. He will be given a hearing on Wednesday in the inferior criminal court.
In the courts, Chancery Court actions include Fitzpatrick et al versus McMahon with a register's report on bid failure laid over to February 3. Christie versus Christie testimony ordered. various notices of motion and testimony published or submitted on pleadings. A petition to remove disabilities of nonage is resubmitted. Gulfport Fertilizer Company listed for Wednesday with related cases.
Dixie Lumber Company, Vedesse C Warren Jr, under a writ of vero issued by the Circuit Court of Mobile County Alabama, will sell to the highest bidder for cash in front of the Mobile County Court House on March 1 1915 at noon the property of Jesse C Warren Jr Lot 11 Block 2 Porters Second Addition Mobile Alabama with the frame house on the lot.
The Mobile City Board of Commissioners resolves to authorize entry of an auto funeral vehicle into Magnolia Cemetery from any entrance after adoption of the measure. The resolution signals acceptance of undertaker operated hearse services moving through city streets and into the cemetery.
Potter entered into rest February 1 1916 at 1 10 pm Thomas. Funeral tomorrow Wednesday morning from No 104 South Warren at o clock and from the Cathedral with requiem mass at 30 o clock. Interment in Catholic Cemetery.
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