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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1914
Page
11
Market quiet with sales of 50 bales. Cotton prices show various grades from Good Ordinary to Good Middling. Mobile exports since Sept 1 total 304,014 bales, with stock on hand 45,001. Receipts today 1,305, week 3,543, and year-to-date 346,923. U.S. ports receipts 92,614, exports 203 today and 5,026 this week.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with minor gains and a subdued tone as holiday business set in. Spot cotton held at 13 cents with 1,250 bales traded and 380 to arrive. afternoon levels showed a slight uptick while the market remained un brisk.
New York cotton opened steady down 2 to 5 points on cables as liquidations appeared but offerings were absorbed and futures steadied near yesterday's close. Spot cotton quiet with middling uplands at 12.90 and middling gulf 13.15, no sales reported and prices near last night.
Spot cotton in fair demand with prices lower. Middling fair 7.69, good middling 7.41, middling 7.06, low middling 6.71, good ordinary 6.87, ordinary 6.43. Sales 8,000 bales. receipts 42,000 bases. Futures steady with various front-month quotes across Feb to Dec-Jan spreading.
Minstrel star George Evans known as Honey Boy brings his sixteenth season and new minstrelsy program to the Lyric Theatre with a large company including John King Sam Lee Vaughn Comfort Tommy Hyde Eldon Durand Will Cawley and others seat sales start Thursday morning
Beginning Monday February 16 traffic will be halted on the Deer River bridges at Cedar Point road for about thirty days as new bridges are constructed. Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Mobile County.
A light trading session sees small price moves with Harri man and Reading and Amalgamated edging gains while Western Union and New Haven retreat. Market breadth remains slim as an undertone of steadiness prevails despite some activity in inactive issues.
Butter higher in Chicago trading with creameries at 23 1 8 to 30 cents. Eggs lower with 5 147 cases on receipts. at mark cases show 25 26 1 2 ordinary firsts 25 1 4 to 26 1 4 1 2. Cheese and potatoes steady. Poultry alive higher. springs 160 fowls 17 turkeys dressed 23 1 2.
The Chamber of Commerce board met Monday afternoon from 5 30 to 8 15 unyielding on details. President A J Parsons and the directors refused to release information about proceedings though sources say it was a spirited session focusing on the welfare of the chamber office staff.
NOTHING DOING MONDAY reports the New York Stock Exchange will be closed Monday February 23 due to Washington's Birthday falling on Sunday.
City of Mobile vs Dr J D Terrill ended with a not guilty verdict in the Mobile City Court on the civil side. Terrill had been arrested November 12 for failing to report a diphtheria case and fined $50 in the lower court.
Chicago open shows higher wheat quotes and mixed cereal gains amid firm prices. hogs trade strong with substantial morning range, beef and lamb receipts steady to higher. oats drift with overall upturn while provisions track hogs. Market ends slightly above last night close on firm wheat.
Detailed tallies show multiple consignments of cotton bales by railroad and steamer. The New Orleans Mobile and Chicago line reports 100 bales, Southern Railway 300 bales, with a total 204 bales for some consignments. Additional lines include Mobile and Montgomery 1 and 62 bales across trains 186 and 91 Baker Lyons, and combined export totals reaching 486 bales. The data cites multiple companies and routes such as Farmers' Commission Company and Touart Quitya in varied totals.
On February 17 in New York raw sugar markets, Muscovado holds at 2.96, centrifugal 3.45, molasses 2.70, and refined steady.
Preparations are under way for the Mobile and Gulf Coast Federation of Commercial Bodies meeting in Mobile. Discussions will cover sanitary measures to protect oyster beds. Captain John Craft will speak for protective Alabama oyster reef legislation.
Judge O J Semmes issued alias writs and forfeiture of bonds in two cases. The State of Alabama versus Rayford Saunders charged with a statutory offense and the City of Mobile versus Julian Agnew for doing business without a license were heard in the city court Tuesday.
The City Common met briefly on Tuesday with Mayor Lyons presiding and Commissioners Schwarz present. A six month contract for wood block paving with a $1,530.40 payment was approved along with several small bills.
Local society notes list Mr and Mrs T W Pritchard from Richmond Virginia visiting Mobile. Mr and Mrs Maurice M Craw from Minneapolis Minnesota are in Mobile. H D Fytfee and mother from Fordsville Indiana are in Mobile. Fred McGreevy and wife from Ten Ky are visiting Mobile. Mrs and Mrs RR M in Chicago Albert Aldrich and family in Poughkeepsie New York Hostransee of Chicago and B and wife of Wichita Kansas mobile.
An advertising blurb touts Bly's Cream Balm to instantly open nostrils, clear the head, and end catarrh, cold in the head, or sore throat. It promises quick relief from stuffed nose, headache, and mucus discharge with a small bottle bought at any drug store.
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