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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1914

Page

9

Local Residents Depart for Tours and Business Trips

Mr. E Muniz of Mobile leaves for Las Vegas New Mexico for a visit. Mr Ira Nichols also leaves Mobile for Johnson City Tennessee to visit the Old Soldiers Home. Passengers aboard the Seeberg liner Crathens bound for Jamaica include Miss Margaret Brady and Mrs Anna Gibbens. Russell Thompson Frank Henderson and Joseph Bogue of Mobile ship repair firms return from Galveston.

Mr. E. Muniz Mobile County Las Vegas New Mexico Ira Nichols City Johnson City Tenn Crathens Jamaica Margaret Margaret Brady Anna Gibbens Mobile and Ohio St. Louis Messrs Russell Thompson Frank Henderson Jospeh Bogue Mobile Galveston

Mobile Mardi Gras Sees Expanded Police Presence

Chief Frank W. Crenshaw swore in twenty extra officers to guard Mobile during Mardi Gras. Enoch Johnson Ed Harris Sam Lyons Ernest Burden John Burden C M Burden Frank Green A F McDonald T R Hill T H Brannon W E Eastland O C Switzer F H Ebeck Joe Bauer John Hickey C J Lyons T D Broadus W F Bowen Joe Burke L C Hughes will patrol start Monday. Rail officials Ed McQueen Hol Buck will aid in preventing violence. Each parade segment will be led by mounted officers and escorted by two patrolmen per float. Plainclothes officers Noah Harris Larry Murray John New R A Lott L Bauer George K Cloud patrol during three carnival days.

Frank W. Crenshaw Enoch Johnson Ed Harris Sam Lyons Ernest Burden John Burden C. M. Burden Frank Green A. F. McDonald T. R. Hill T. H. Brannon W. E. Eastland O. C. Switzer F. H. Ebeck Joe Bauer John Hickey C. J. Lyons T. D. Broadus W. F. Bowen Joe Burke L. C. Hughes Ed McQueen Hol Buck Southern Railway Mobile Noah Harris Larry Murray John New R. A. Lott L. Bauer George K. Cloud

Postage COD Now Allowable for Letters

Under a new ruling by Postmaster General A. W. Burleson first class mail may be sent without postage if the addressee pays the amount due. Previously all first class mail required prepaid postage. The change applies to letters postal cards and other first class matter.

Postmaster-General Burleson

River Forecast Signals Stationary Tombigbee Levels

The Tombigbee river and its branches will become stationary on Thursday while the Alabama river continues to fall slowly. The update notes minimal changes to flood guidance and downstream impacts.

Tombigbee River

Stomach Trouble Cured By Chamberlain's Tablets

Mrs. H. G. Cleveland of Arnold Pennsylvania reports relief from sour stomach and bloating after meals using Chamberlain's Tablets. She says two bottles cured her stomach trouble and notes sale by Van Antwerp Drug Corp and all dealers.

H. G. Cleveland Arnold, Pa Chamberlain van Antwerp Drug Corp

Chancery Notice in Mobile Alabama Case No 10721

In Chancery Mobile Alabama James Gibboney v Cecile Nicholas et al No 10721 a spring term order dated January 30 1914 requires defendants to plead answer or demur by March 3 1914 or be confessed to bill. The order lists next of kin and land described near Fulton road Dog River and adjoining bounds and directs publication in The Mobile Item for four weeks.

Mobile Alabama James Gibboney Ve. Cecile Nicholas Et al Court of Chancery Thirteenth District Southwes Chancery Division State of William P. Gazzam New Orleans Louisiana J. M. Gazzam Philadelphia Pennsylvania J. B. Gazzam St. Louis Missouri W. Norman Butler Allegheny County Audrey G. Butler Muscatine Iowa Jules Eslava Constance Girard Gaines Eslava George Eslava Adelaide Cleveland Gussie Eslava Jerome Eslava Holland Eslava Owen Eslava Dennis J. Eslava John Cleveland Cleveland Rany Cleveland Fulton Road Toulmin and Gaines Gazzam Road Dog River Mobile Item Carl Holzborn Register

Annual stockholders meeting Mobile and Ohio Railroad

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad announces its annual stockholders meeting at Gulf Terminal Station Mobile Alabama on Wednesday February 18 1914 at 12 o'clock noon for director elections and other business. Stock transfer books close January 28 1914 at 2 pm and reopen February 19 1914 at 10 am. A W Mackintosh Secretary.

Mobile & Ohio Railroad Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company Gulf Terminal Mobile Ala A. W. Mackintosh Sec’y. Mobile

Dr King’s New Discovery praised for cough relief

Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish Vermont says Dr King’s New Discovery should be in every home claiming it bests for coughs colds and lung trouble. The ad touts relief from chest ailments with child friendly price available at all druggists H. E. Bucklen Philadelphia.

Dr. King Henry D. Sanders Cavendish

Castillo Proves Knotty Problem for His Captors

Maximo Castillo the Mexican bandit who wrecked the Cumbre tunnel and killed Americans was captured by U S troops in New Mexico. Three government departments search archives for precedents to handle him while diplomats weigh extradition and possible recognition of belligerency. Deportation as an undesirable alien is considered. Castillo could fall to General Villa for a public Juarez execution.

Associated Preas Washington Maximo Castillo United States New Mexico Hall Castillo Huerta Rio Grande River Villa Juarez The Busnes

Lipton Shamrock IV to race as center board yacht

A Gosport dispatch states the Shamrock IV will be tested as a center board yacht for the America's Cup. The hull will not be steel as once expected, but composite with wood as a contributing factor.

London Gosport Sir Thomas Lipton

Cotton Receipts Move on Mobile and Montgomery Railroads

Export records show 620 bales for Mobile and Montgomery export. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Train No. 92-Farmers' Commission Company, Is ume 286, total 287 bales documented.

Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Mobile and Ohio Railroad Farmers' Commission Company Ume

New Orleans Cotton Prices Fall Steadily In Quiet Trading

First prices down 2 to 8 points on lower Liverpool cables. Market steady on call but no buying power. spot unchanged at 18 cents. Middling uplands 12.90, middling gulf 13.15. Futures closed barely steady with a net decline of 7 to 11 points.

New Orleans Liverpool Gulf

Cotton Prices Steady in Memphis Trading

Memphis February 18 spot cotton stays at middling 13 cents while cot ton seed products show price levels for oil meal and Munters figures cited.

Coton

New York Cotton Opens Steady After Decline From Liverpool Cables

The New York cotton market opened steady with a decline of 3 to 6 points as lower Liverpool cables influenced prices. Foreign buying appeared around the ring, with a brief rally to a point or two before liquidation, while New Orleans saw easier trading and Southern selling pushing active months down 5 to 8 points early. Cotton futures closed steady with mixed initial moves and scattered trading activity.

New York Liverpool New Orleans

Electric Bitters Liver and Kidney Remedy Ad

A testimonial advertisement for Electric Bitters states the product cures virulent liver trouble and kidney complaints. It claims Robert Madsen of West Burlington Iowa recovered after four doctors gave up. The ad promotes 60 cents and 1 dollar bottles from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis.

Robert Madsen West Burlington Iowa H. E. Bucklen & Co Philadelphia St. Louis

Wall Street Slips Spark Slight Changes In Early Prices

First prices show small irregular moves with light trading and a steady undertone. Canadian Pacific rises while Great Northern preferred falls amid a delayed response to a new stock issue. several major issues retreat or rise in narrow ranges.

New York Canadian Pacific Great Northern Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil Am Smelting & Bef'ng American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & North Western Chicago, Mil, & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Erie General Electric Pfd Great Northern Ore Ctis Illinoie Central Interborough-Met Inter Harvester Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri, Kansas & Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pac¢ific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pullman Palace Reading Rock Island Co Prd Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel United States Steel, Ptd Wabash Western Union New Haven & Hartford Texas Oil

King's New Life Pills Praise From Buffalo Doctor

Dr King’s New Life Pills praised as the king of all laxatives by Paul Mathurke of Buffalo who says they are a blessing to his family. A box costs 25 cents and can be obtained locally or by mail.

Meet King New Life Pilla Paul Mathurke Buffalo Ate Philadelphia Louis

Grain and Provisions Market Report

Grain and provisions in Chicago showed mixed movement as cables reported varied gains and slight declines. Wheat opened up and then weakened, corn slipped after initial gains, oats stayed steady, and hog futures rose with some ups and downs amid overall slower activity.

Chicago Atlantic

Liverpool Cotton Prices Ease as Demand Holds

Liverpool on February 18 reports cotton in fair demand with prices easing. Sales reach 10,000 bales including American, with 5,000 bales receipts, of which 4,208 are American. Prices listed for various grades from good middling to ordinary.

United States Britain Continent Liverpool

Futures Close Steady in Late Session Trade

Market data shows futures finishing near unchanged as Feb to March, April to May and other front month contracts edge within narrow ranges. Key quotes include March at 6.641 to 2d, June at 6.601 to 24, and August at 6.651 to 24, with rhythm of small moves across nearby maturities.

Railroad Schedules for Alabama and Tennessee area

Schedule fragment lists train times and routes including Mobile, Birmingham, Louisville to Nashville lines. Mentions Bay Shore, Southbound service and daily or Sunday exceptions. Contains garbled OCR text but indicates intercity connections and regular departures.

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