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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1913

Page

10

Market drift with limited interest and steady tone in cotton

Market shows little activity with lack of large interest support and narrow ranges. Cotton receipts report small export runs including New Orleans Mobile and Chicago lines with several firms totaling 21 to 29 bales aboard steamer schedules.

New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Mobile and Railroad Farmers’ Commission Co Mary Blees Pickensville Ala Baker, Lyons Co Tuart & Quinn Beville-Phillips Davis-Wilson-Gaillard Steamer City of Mobile Montgomery Nis U. S Great Britain United States Mobile Exchange Sterling New York Light New Orleans Light Ocean Liverpool Havre Bremen Manchester Galveston Mobile Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Wat

New York Stocks Mixed As Market Closes Quietly

Ledger of named stocks shows Amalgamated Copper at 16 and American Beet Sugar at 34 1 4 with many others listed. Major transports and railroads such as Atchison 110 1 4 and New York Central 1105 1 8 appear alongside industrials including General Electric 135 1 4 and United States Steel 60.

New York Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelt, and Refining American Sugar Refining American Tel & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesakeape and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Chicago, Mil Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern del. and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctfs Illinois Central Interborough-Met Interborough- Met Pfd International Harvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas Lehigh Valley National New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pullman Palace Car Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union

Advertise Parkis Way in a Go Game Ad

The fragment hints at an advertising style for Parkis Way with a phrase about gravy for the gander and goose and a note on a “Go” action. It references a game context and an ad placement but lacks clear names, dates, or places to establish specifics.

Petition Drives Bonds for New School in Mobile District

Voters in the E. L. Russell School district convened to back a bond election to fund a new, larger, better drained school. The petition cites unsanitary conditions, drainage issues, and a projected need for sixteen rooms to handle enrollment growth. A public statement on sanitary conditions was approved for publication. The group plans further meetings and expects a large turnout.

Voters League E. L. Russell Thomas J. Young Mobile Ala Honorable Board of City Commissioners E. L. Russell School District William Buck E. A. Reynolds J. H. Norville

New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady After Call

New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with prices largely unchanged and later in the first hour rising 2 to 3 points over yesterday. Reports from the belt were favorable but unsettled and rainy South weather weighed, keeping trading narrow with values near yesterday’s close.

New Orleans Pople ML Assis Dirt Focus Ee Pires Og Ice ULI Ee Eee Peat PA UMM s/e eee Cba Eee

New York Cotton Market Edges On Better Cables and Liquidation

Cotton futures opened steady with a 2 point decline on March but traded higher later as Liverpool cables improved sentiment. Near term contracts showed selling pressure from long stocks and forced can sales while covering in March supported May. Overall, the market closed firm with options and imports influencing demand and sentiment in New York.

New York Liverpool Steel Union Pacific

Wall Street Review Stocks Rally Amid Discounted Dings

Stocks were bought in the afternoon on the theory that unfavorable developments were already priced in and a rally was due. Southern Pacific rose 11 4 points, other shares gained, and the market closed easy with a good undertone until late offerings in Erie pushed sales of other stocks.

Southern Pacific Erie

Court notices list equity actions and motions granted

In the Equity Court judges Berney and Smith preside over Tuesday business with actions including Warr versus Warr, Rose versus Rose, Turcotte cases with testimony ordered or motions granted, and several lodge building association matters involving S O O F and L O O F. Several testimonies ordered published and pleadings submitted.

Law and Equity Court Berney George C. Warr Ida D. Warr Chancery Court Smith Florence Rose Alfred Rose George J. Turcotte Mary J. Turcotte Union Lodge No. 13 Odd Fellows Building Association of Mobile Alabama Lodge No 1 Odd Fellows Building Association Peter’ Henry Stretton Frieda Marcelline Stretton Minnie Linville James A. Linville

Death of Rev. Father Tiernan At Spring Hill College

The funeral of Rev. Father Michael Tiernan S J longtime Spring Hill College faculty member occurred Tuesday morning in the college chapel with a requiem Mass. He was born in Dublin September 29 1864 and served in various Jesuit schools and in New Orleans Galveston and Augusta before his final teaching post. He is survived by his mother and sister in Providence Rhode Island and relatives in Ireland. He never recovered after illness in Mobile.

Father Tiernan Michael Tiernan S. J Spring Hill College Father Twellmeyer College Dublin Ireland Portiers France Society of Jesus West-Park-on-the- Hudson N. Y Florissant St. Louis Woodstock Jesuit College New Orleans Dominican Convent Galveston Tappa Augusta Providence Rhode Island Mobile Spring Hill

Burial Service for J. E. Hamilton Held at Home

The funeral for James J. Hamilton was Sunday late morning at 10 o clock from 211 Bloodgood Street with large attendance. Rev Father Henry of St Patrick's Church officiated. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery where flowers adorned the grave. Pallbearers included Nicholas Franelich Joseph G Tyrrell James Batchelor Robert Doyle G G Davis Charles Skuppersmith.

J. E. Hamilton James J. Hamilton Bloodgood Street Father Henry St. Patrick's Church Magnolia Cemetery Nicholas Franelich Joseph G. Tyrrell James Batchelor Robert Doyle G. G. Davis Charles Skuppersmith

Mrs Mary A Adams 80 Mobile resident dies after long illness

Mrs Mary A Adams aged 80 a Mobile resident for about sixty years died Tuesday morning at her home 988 Texas street after a lingering illness. She was born in Scotland and had many friends in Mobile. Surviving are daughter Mrs J K Savage and son William A Adams both of Mobile. Funeral from 988 Texas street residence of her son-in-law Wednesday at 2 30 pm with interment in Magnolia cemetery.

Mary A. Adams Mobile Scotland Texas Street J. K. Savage William A. Adams Magnolia Cemetery

Turpentine Market Report From Savannah

Naval Stores round up from Savannah shows turpentine firm 48 sells 55 with receipts 80 while rosing firm reports no sales but receipts 1,526. Market quotes list various grades from B to WW with values from 6.30 to 7.50 per barrel.

Savannah

Money Market Rates Steady in New York Call and Time Loans

Money on call remained steady at 3 8 1 2 percent with a 3 percent ruling rate and bids at 3 percent. Time loans eased with 60 days at 4 1 4 to 4 1 2 percent, 90 days at 4 1 2 to 4 8 4 percent, six months at 4 1 2 to 4 3 4 percent. Prime mercantile paper at 5 percent. sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4 83 25 for sixty and 4 87 60 for f once.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Six Boats Take Lumber Cargoes From Mobile

Six outgoing vessels bound for distant ports carried more than three million superficial feet of Alabama and Mississippi lumber. The Nafalda sailed for Rosario Argentina with over a million feet. Teresa headed to Valencia Spain with 716000 feet. St Paul and Charlevoix sent cargoes to Cuba. Comal sailed to New York with 250000 feet and crossties. Fort Gaines carried 19000 feet to Panama. Wavelet departed for Port Arthur after coaling. Laura Sprague and Golden Rod also sailed. Paloma docked after arriving from New Orleans.

Alabama Mississippi Mobile Nafalda Rosario Argentina Teresa Valencia Spain Cuba St. Paul Charlevoix Comal Mallory Steamship Line New York Fort Gaines United Fruit Line Bocas del Toro Panama Wavelet Marseilles Port Arthur Laura Sprague Pensacola Golden Rod Pascagoula Paloma Munson New Orleans Pier 8 Viator United Company Puerto Cortez

Fearn named farms land committee chairman in Mobile

George Fearn Jr chosen by Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League directors to lead the farms land committee and plan the year’s work. Civil Service Commission urges county wide exam for statistical clerk positions, March 19 at the Mobile customs house. Scout汇 Commissioner Daly announces an inauguration oyster feast for Mobile American Boy Scouts on March 4 at Cawthon Vineyard with 7 30 p.m. gathering. A Leinkauf School fire drill demonstration shows scholars exiting in one and one quarter minutes without crowding.

George Fearn, Jr Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League Farms Land Committee United States Civil Service Commission Mobile Custom House R. E. Daly, Jr Mobile American Boy Scouts Cawthon Vineyard Business Leinkauf School

Week of prayer for home missions observed by Baptist union

Beginning Sunday March 3 the week of prayer for home missions will be observed by the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union. All services are in the Bush auditorium First Baptist Church at 3 30 p m. All Baptist pastors in the city are asked to preach on Home Missions at the morning service.

Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Bush First Baptist Church

Methodist Episcopal District Conference Set for Bayou La Batre

The district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet at Bayou La Batre on April 1 with Presiding Elder Rev. T H Frazer D D presiding. Bishop Warren A Candler will preside and preach. a preliminary session is planned March 31 with a sermon. The conference closes Wednesday evening with Bishop Candler delivering most sermons. A strong ministerial attendance is anticipated.

The Methodist Episcopal Church Bayou la Batre T. H. Frazer Warren A. Candler Bishop Candler

Cameron Sues Southern Puncture for 10000 Damages

In the law and equity court on Monday afternoon Thomas J. Cameron filed suit against Southern Punctureless Tire Company for 10000 damages alleging he was run down by the defendant’s automobile on December 18 at the intersection of Royal and Madison streets, injuring him.

Law and Equity Thomas J. Cameron Southern Punctureless Tire Company Royal Madison Streets

Arrest of Mose Talbert for oyster license violation

Mose Talbert, described as a negro, was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Oyster Inspector Jasper Johnson on the charge of violating the oyster law for not paying a retail license.

Mose Talbert Jasper Johnson

Robbery Hits Three Nearby Homes In Early Sunday

Robbers entered No 14 North Jackson No 13 North Joachim and No 255 St Francis streets in an early Sunday spree. A gold watch money coats trousers and a pocketbook were taken with no clues left. Entries were gained through the front doors of each residence.

North Jackson Street North Joachim Street St. Francis Street Trance

James M. King Named Notary Public in Mobile County

James M. King was appointed a notary public and filed his bond in the Mobile County probate court on Tuesday to conduct notarial business.

James M. King Mobile County

Money market and exchange lift signals in London

Money in creased demand and firmer discount rates. On the stock exchange the tone was generally good with American securities opening steady and rising to near parity. Gains faded under unease as the market showed uneven progress amid volatility and profit taking.

London Stock Exchange

Man of Mystery Tries Own Case in City Court

Chester Arthur Curtis, dubbed the man of mystery, stands trial for forgery in two cases in city court. He is defending himself as his own attorney and challenged jurors while clashing with the state solicitor. Verdict expected late Tuesday afternoon.

Chester Arthur Curtis Curtis Malcolm Akridge J. B. Webster Baum Clothing Company

Shipping forecasts warn of cold 36 degree period ahead

Shippers are advised to protect cargo for 36 degree conditions over the next 36 hours for north and east routes. Moderate temperatures expected west. Tombigbee river systems to fall over the next two days while the Alabama river declines tonight into Wednesday.

Aberdeen Ee Montgomery Selma United States Rocky Mountain California Texas Mole Mobile Albert Ashenberger Tombigbee River Alabama River

Kansas City Cattle and Hog Market Report

Cattle receipts 11 000 including 6500 Southerns market steady southern steers 6 50 to 8 00 southern cows and heifers 4 00 to 6 75. Hogs receipts 14 000 head market higher bulk 8 40 to 8 50 heavy 8 30 to 8 45 packers and butchers 8 40 to 8 50 light 8 45 to 8 55 pigs 7 00 to 7 50.

Kansas City

Sugar Market Report and Medicated Oil Ad

Sugar prices for muscovado and molasses grades are listed with steady markets and refiners easing. An antiseptic healing oil by Dr Porter promises a one day cure with directions on each bottle and sells at 25c 50c and 1.00.

New York Porter Eac

Notice of Commissioner’s Sale of Mobile County Real Estate

Commissioner W. B. McAleer will sell at public auction in Mobile County Alabama on March 17 1913 at noon the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26 township 7 south range 2 west. The land is to be divided among owners Lillie Collins Ka Leland Mary Durette Ed Cooper Anna Cooper and Willie Agnes Lewis with life estate reserved to John Cooper. Auctioneer P J Doyle and attorneys Ervin J. McAleer listed.

Price Williams, Jr Mobile County Alabama Court House Said County Mobile Range Two Lillie Collins Ka Leland Mary Durette Ed Cooper Anna Cooper Willie Agnes Lewis John Cooper W. B. McAleer P. J. Doyle Ervin J& McAleer

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