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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1915
Page
7
President A J Parsons announces inspectors for the upcoming Chamber of Commerce election of officers and directors to be held next Monday. To be eligible, members must have paid dues through December 31 last.
An Alabama notice lists Charlie Schimpf Restaurant at 3 5 7 North Royal selling fresh opened plant oysters by the dozen, loaf prices and raw options. A probate court in Ker County schedules February 8 1915 to hear the insolvent estate of A E Stiles with administrator W Sot Scheible filing statements and inviting interested parties to contest.
Complainant absent leads to contempt fine of $1 and court costs for Pearly Gibbs in the inferior criminal court. She faced a second assault and battery fine of $25 with Deputy Mills as complainant. Additional penalties include Gaines and Chatman for gaming, Brasfield for fighting, and Tait for assault on Craydon Brasfield. Bond and further proceedings noted for others. Rufus Scott is complainant in one case. Hil's shooting at Divenny was dismissed for lack of evidence.
A sequence of birth dates ranges from 1906 to 1914 includes January 6 for each person. The notes appear as historical records likely summarizing individuals born on that date across different years.
Circuit Court session details a non suit for Mobile Gulfport Lumber Company versus W H Bruner. Thursday's call lists Doe vs Ros Singleton and M W Dunlap versus Mobile Atlantic Steamship Company along with Gulfport Fertilizer Company suits against Burke Jones Sr and Jr and Exchange Land Company versus John E Logan.
Susie Garner vs Mobile Light and Bottling Company dismissed for want of prosecution. Swift & Co v P F Doyle et al demurrers to amended pleas sustained as to first and second and overruled as to third plea. Mary J Cochran vs W H Monk Jr verdict set aside motion for new trial refused. Agnes Dolphy vs City of Mobile trial held. Thursday calls include Van Antwerp Drug Company vs W H Clarke.
In chancery matters Judge Thomas H. Smith presides as references are reported and set for action. Proceedings include Weinacker case carried over, Acree notice of motion, Hoyle decree pro confesso, O Connell quiet title, Connolly demurrer and rule motions, and Peeler reference set for January 7.
New York January cotton opened down 1 to 8 points after sharp gains and easy cables, then recovered as western houses supported buying. Late months hit new highs for the movement while active positions traded around 6 to 7 points higher before noon. Close showed prices barely steady with notable moves in March and May contracts.
The opening of New Orleans cotton markets saw prices fall 5 to 6 points due to poor cables, but buying supported values. Within half an hour activity rose as American mills bought, leaving prices 1 to 2 points under yesterday’s close. Futures closed with a net decline of 12 to 17 points.
The readable text includes scattered terms like Today Yes day ordinary and numeric sequences. No coherent event or identifiable persons, organizations, or places are present to summarize.
New York stock prices opened with a mixed session as London trades weighed on leaders, with several issues showing small gains. Notable risers included American Tobacco, American Can, Texas Company, Slosson Sheffield Steel, and United States Steel among others, while many major averages held relatively flat.
George Leslie Lewis 26 died in Creola Mobile County. Funeral 9 a m Wednesday with interment in Creola cemetery. Leonora G Yost 37 of Prichard died after lingering illness. Survived by husband W E Yost and four children. funeral held Wednesday night.
An old advertiser touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to stop a cold, heal lungs, loosen mucus, and strengthen the system, priced at 25 cents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is also recommended for sores. The notice dissolves a co partnership between Wm B Inge and Wm H Armbrecht, who will continue legal practice in specified City Bank Building rooms.
The Empire theatre presents Ete Vita graph masterpiece with Anita Stewart, Julia Swayne Gordon, Harry T. Morey and others. The film teaches a lesson on the danger of selling a daughter and features an all star cast plus a Lubin two reel drama The Intriguers. Also showing are Bilograph reissue with Mary Pickford and a comedy Snakeville Rising Sun and a Vitagraph Western One Will Out. Hearst-Selly News Pictorial completes the bill.
A large audience attended the Jewell Kelley Stock Company presentation of The Convict's Daughter at Dreamland Theatre last night despite poor weather. Mr Kelley as the convict and Miss Morris as Caton Lee drew strong ovations with other company members singled out for praise. Johnny Williams and Jennie McCraney scored a hit in the singing and talking act. Tomorrow matinee features The Man of Her Choice and Friday is amateur night with all welcome.
Notice of intent to apply for passage during the 1916 session of a local act to alter the corporate limits of Mobile by reconfiguring boundaries along Three Mile Creek Spanish River and adjacent points in Mobile County. Also proposes amending Section four of a 1887 act establishing a River Commission to extend jurisdiction over Mobile and Tensas rivers and parts of Mobile Bay with defined waterside boundaries and port facilities.
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