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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1913
Page
11
A Liverpool market opens late for a holiday honoring George Washington. The telegraph operator files the market note, while a one person committee asks The Storm’s rep to avoid printing the shooting at the crack Vogue. A gentleman notes writing material is possible with no market. Ginger, the mascot cat, is mentioned.
Mobile Exchange shows Sterling at $4.8244 with 4.82 percent, New York Light at 75 cents discount, and New Orleans Light commercial car. Freight listings include Liverpool steamer at 48 cents, Hare at 56 cents, Bremen 50 cents, Manchester 48 cents.
Receipts list rail consignments for several lines including Southern Railway Train 132 Touart and Quinn with 10 bales, Louisville and Nashville Train 142 Baker Lyons and partners with 22 bales, and Mobile and Ohio Export with 222 bales.
The report shows yearly totals and weekly figures for cotton. It lists this year and last year values for the week and since September, including 200,508 and 390,214 for the week and 11,480,525 and 12,785,462 since September 1.
Week's visible supply figures list totals for world and United States stock of wool, hides, tallow, wax, and related dry and green hides. The table enumerates five large monetary or weight units with several subcategories, including United States visible supply data and various hide classifications.
Market report shows retailers busy while wholesalers slower. Shrimp supplies rise for eating use, butter steady at 38 to 40 cents per pound, candy trade improves as weather warms. Baldwin County strawberries 26 cents per quart compete with Florida fruit, eggs wholesale 20 to 22 1 2 cents, retail 25 cents. Oranges from California reappear, boxes $2.50 to $2.76. Peas beans good demand, peanuts priced higher after warehouse losses in Tennessee and Virginia.
Spot cotton remains quiet in Liverpool with prices unchanged across grades. Daily sales total 4 000 bales including 3 200 American, receipts 30 000 with 29 100 American, futures show a steady open and firm close, covering February to January contracts.
Cattle receipts and price ranges reported from St Louis Louisville Chicago and Kansas City with cattle hog and sheep movements. St Louis steady cattle and higher hogs while Louisville and Kansas City show steady to strong trends and Chicago notes strong hogs and steady cattle. Prices include beef steers 5.75 to 9.00 in St Louis and hogs 6.80 to 8.55 in same market.
London market notes demand for money with discount rates easing. Trading started slow on rumors of trouble in centers but firmed by close. American securities stayed quiet as a good tone and prices ended 1 8 to 3 8 above parity.
A fragmented OCR line mentions a mobile bond list with numbers 02 103 96 93 and the word ley AskelL, but lacks clear context or full details for a fuller summary. The readable elements suggest a financial or administrative note related to bonds and a person or term labeled AskelL.
International News Service reports bears hold the whip hand in wheat due to rain and snow in the winter wheat belt. May futures show caution from big traders while July contracts may drop. northwest stocks are high and buyers stay cautious as winter crop prospects improve. Also notes Weinacker's price list day on February 26 and Bell 2229 contact.
The week closed with ongoing heavy losses in cotton prices due to early week selloffs and mixed foreign and domestic factors. Cables from Liverpool cited continental selling and lower South spot prices, with concerns in the Balkans and reports on J. P. Morgan fueling pessimism. Final quotes showed net losses across old crop months and gains on some new crop positions, while New Orleans and New York reflected uneven movement amid holidays and shifting sentiment.
Governor O Neal says surveys credit Alabama with over 150000 dollars of missing government property and will gain more as work continues. He rejects a Birmingham paper claim that Alabama is near bottom in federal aid and blames prior rusted rifles from the Spanish American War for past deficits. Adjutant General Scully backs the governor against Townes comments.
The White Ghost of Disaster is a $1,000,000 motion picture depicting the Titanic wreck. A special steamship was built and wrecked on a giant iceberg to show life aboard before the disaster and the harrowing scenes of the greatest maritime catastrophe.
Dreamland features the first motion pictures ever taken in the Antarctic from Captain Scott s ill fated expedition. The program also includes four vaudeville acts with Frederick Elmore Fitcher and Norman Knight and Rawson Golet King and Gaines performing a skit titled Curing a Joker. The Antarctic life photos, shown for friends of Manager Pruoley, reveal polar expedition hardships and the midnight sun.
The observation notes that children often fixate on the contraction don't as a standout word in English. Experts discuss language development and how early exposure to common terms shapes vocabulary and sentence comprehension.
A terse obituary item contrasts with a joke line about price rings and editors. The editor reflects on poetry that worsens the bereaved relatives' sorrow, highlighting tension between memorial tone and light commentary.
New York reports a weaker week for cotton as Southern spot markets show modest losses while exports and plantings drop. World supplies of American cotton fall by about 600000 bales in visible stocks, with imports from plantations for six months expected to be 1000000 bales less than 1912, despite healthy global demand for goods and strong cotton textiles in several regions.
A vivid account features Erebus and Terror and Captain Scott's Terra Nova traversing southern ocean ice. It highlights penguins, dog sleds, camps, and bird life on barren rocks, with three daily showings at 3, 7:15 and 8:45 PM and no ticket price increase.
Promises relief from gravel diabetes and bladder irregularities for men women and children. Birn by mail for $1.00 if not sold locally. one bottle lasts two months and often cures. Include testimonials request from Dr BE W Hall St Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
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