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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
8
Weathered market report notes wholesale houses closed Tuesday for Mardi Gras though some activity by traveling salesmen spurred orders. Fish market shows strong supply with a single receipt of 40,000 pounds red snappers. Onion demand rises on early spring signals. Local truck gardeners plant seed potatoes now.
Market declines to stop declining as the cotton scene shows dull general business and steady cities. Mardi Gras will be observed on the New Orleans floor with no quotations. Weather in the cotton belt brings rain and traders note low realizations across markets.
New Orleans Mobile and Chicago rail export tallies include 55 bales. Louisville and Nashville Train 127 Baker Lyons Co registers 6 bases. Souart Quinn 3 transit totals 76 bales. Mobile and Ohio Train Bevill Phillips Co record 4 bales. Steamer City of Mobile to Selma Alabama shows multiple consignors and totals 51 bales. Steamer Mary Brees Demopolis Alabama lists numerous consignors and totals 63 bales.
The Associated Press reports New Orleans cotton futures opened steady gaining 2 to 3 points on favorable cables and belt rains. Shorts covered while holiday and light activity limited new business. By midmorning prices stood 6 to 7 points above Saturday’s close with a steady undertone and no pressure evident.
Mr. Jake Wells presents B C Whitney's Success The Isle of Spice features a splendid company and a chorus noted for grace and beauty The Sunny Side of Broadway runs during the week starting Monday February 40 in the Daily Mat 3pm Lyric Reading Sessions with mats and nights priced 10 cents and 20 cents
A compact row of commercial prices lists mobile exchange sterling at 32 and 2 percent, New York and New Orleans light rates, and freight steamer costs to Liverpool Havre Bremen Manchester with 48 to 56 cent ranges, reflecting 19th century trade quotes.
Telegrams from New York trimmed gains in Fall River printing stocks and led to selling for both accounts. The five day printing schedule shifted the tone to a decline, while wet weather in the South slowed farm work and kept trading steady with shorts from pushing aggressively. Noon quotes showed months 2 to 4 points below Saturday's final.
London stock market moved toward easier money and discount rates with a generally steady close. American securities were quiet in forenoon trading, then improved after New York buying, though Canadian Pacific and Southern Pacific softened.
The Mobile county commission considers not endorsing candidates for a vacancy and forwards the resolution to Governor Emmet O Neal. County Highway Engineer Charles Dew’s discharge inquiry continues with a noon Wednesday decision after attorney review. The board adjourns in memory of F P Andrews, a faithful public servant, with condolences to his wife.
New York cotton trading slowed in the late morning as activity loosened and local pressure scattered. Prices at midday hovered near Saturday’s close with futures mostly steady and little change from session to session amid a quiet market.
Turpentine 42 1/4 cents per gallon and 42 1/4 cents for other grades. Rosin firm at 6 dollars 25 cents for F grade and 6 dollars 30 cents for G grade. Market report from Savannah Georgia.
The two month old Altin Hunter died Sunday at 10 Centi street after a short illness and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery after a funeral at home led by Rev. A F Carr. Charles L. Johnson's funeral was Sunday at 3 from R W Martinez's home on South Georgia Avenue with Father Lauzen officiating. Magnolia Cemetery burial followed with pallbearers listed.
Several tramp steamers in Mobile harbor sailed Monday with large foreign port cargoes. August Leffler carries timber and timber products to Delfryn Holland and Southampton England. Minerva carries resin ash logs and sawn timber to Rotterdam. Albanian heads to Port with hickory logs turpentine and sawn timber. Additional ships sail with cotton chairs flour and corn for various destinations.
A government steamer named Dauphin completed a trial voyage on a Saturday with U.S. officers aboard. Built by Captain Thomas Favre of Gulfport, the 80 foot vessel has 100 hp gasoline engines, twin screws, and can reach 12 miles per hour. The trip, commanded by Captain Fevre with Pilot L Lloyd and Engineer R C Scruggs, was described as highly gratifying and met government requirements.
The general manager of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company and Mrs Kate O Wespy were interred at Magnolia Cemetery after a funeral at the Louisville and Nashville station. Very Rev G C Tucker of St Johns Episcopal Church officiated the service on the arrival of the 12 45 oclock train from New Orleans. Pallbearers included Benjamin, Vincent, George E Stone, George Burial, Duffee, J C Rich, H M Hood and E O Wespy.
Forecaster Albert Ashenberger predicts slight rise on the upper Tombigbee and rises on the lower Tombigbee and Black Warrior over the next two days. The Alabama River at Montgomery likely begins rising tonight or Tuesday, with Selma’s fall checked and a rise likely Tuesday or Tuesday night.
A high barometer region covers most of the west and central United States bringing fair weather and near zero highs in Nebraska. A low pressure area along the north Pacific coast spurs precipitation across much of the country. A cold wave from the northwest will affect Mobile tonight and Tuesday with improving conditions expected later.
Protect shipments against 20 degree conditions for 36 hours moving north west and east along specified bearings. A low pressure area with a west gulf coast center extends northeast to the upper Ohio valley bringing precipitation. Another low area attended by unsettled conditions follows.
Judge John H. Purifoy state treasurer visits Mobile for a week to enjoy Mardi Gras and manage political affairs as he runs for secretary of state. Chicago visitors W D Gaites and wife stay at the Battle House for the carnival. Mr Bates leads the Chicago Mobile Development Company developing land near Fowl River. Reud Davol, Mobilian tied to a Columbus hotel, plans to spend the winter with his mother on a local street.
Mrs Magdalene Herredo was killed when she opened a package bomb in the hall of her Bronx apartment. Herredo and boarder Sarah Fuhtmann, both Cuban, were injured. Fuhtmann's condition was reported dangerous at the hospital. Herredo had moved the package thinking it was a delivery for his wife.
Audience coughing spoiled Burton Holmes travelogue on Panama at Orchestra Hall Chicago. Suggests Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to cure coughs and colds and avoid annoyance. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Ala.
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