Parcel post prompts oyster shipping question
The article asks why oysters cannot be shipped by parcel post as eggs are and notes the need for nonreliable containers. It praises grape fruit as a stable market item and highlights parcel post promotion, rural delivery requirements, and the role of good roads in rural districts. It also observes river freight volume and that boats must carry a barge when leaving for river points.
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Paralel Post
Postal Department
Mobile Quotation Watch for Sterling and Light Contracts
Mobile Scraeen Sterling shows a commercial rate of 4.81 percent. New York Light and New Orleans Light quote 75 cents and par respectively.
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Mobile Scraeen Sterling
New York Light
New Orleans
Cotton Market Sways Under Shadow of Law and Demand
Cotton traders see no strong buying interest and expect lower prices as supply and demand balance. Hicks leads selling pressure while demand for spots tries to sustain values. Liverpool sales reach 12 000 bales and English spinners push for favorable terms amid continued selling.
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Supreme Court
Liverpool
New York
Cotton Receipts on Southern Railway and Other Lines
Summary of cotton bales shipped on multiple lines including Southern Railway trains 106 and 104 with firms Davis Wilson & Gaillard Co Bevill Phillips Co Touart Quinn Ladd and others. Totals: 788 bales in transit export and 263 bales on steamer City of Mobile Selma Alabama with additional consignors listed.
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Mobile Pickery
F. M. Ladd
Bevill, Phillips. Co
Steamer City of
Mobile
Selma
Ala
Baker, Lyons Co
Wales
Davis, Wilson & Gaillard Co
Touart & Quinn
Lott, Blackshear Co
Bevill, Phillips Co
In Transit
Special Prices Vacant Lots
Vacant lot listings at S.S. State 2nd W Pine St 471-2x150 and S Basil 3rd E Kennedy St 47x150 and W Plum 4th D St 50x103 with sale offer.
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S. S. State St
W. Pine St
S.S. State
S. Basil
E. Kennedy St
N. S. Monroe
E.stocking St
N.S. Montgomery
E. Marine St
Old Shell Road
Gilbert St
S. S. Congress
W. Calhoun St
W. Plum
D. St
Mrs Cathlren Haas Dies After Lingering Illness in Crichton
Mrs Cathlren Haas, 56, born in Austria and longtime Crichton resident, died Monday afternoon after a lingering illness. She leaves a son, a daughter, and other relatives. many friends in this city will regret her passing.
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Cathlren Haas
Austria
Crichton
Grove's Sanare Cutis promises eczema cure in days
The Paris Medicine Co announces GROVE'S SANARE CUTIS as a cure for eczema in 10 to 30 days with a money back guarantee. It claims to be clean and stain free and offers mail delivery for 50 cents if not in the pharmacists.
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Paris Medicine Co
Pine Street
St. Louis
Grove
Mobile Chamber backs new Manufacturers Lloyds plan
Members applaud a proposal to form a Manufacturers Lloyds in Mobile to fund new and existing industries. A $50,000 guarantee fund would be built by 100 citizens with $500 each, plus a 2 percent borrower commission to build a sinking fund for losses, and a committee to oversee the plan.
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Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Mobile
Albert P. Busn
Card
Chamber of Commerce
Albert P. Bush
J. S. Ferguson
John T. Cochrane
A. J. Parsons
Lloyds
Parsons
J. A. Zelnicker
Escaped After Fifteen Years Kidney Ailments
W P Broyles credits Foley Kidney Pills with freeing him from fifteen years of kidney and bladder troubles. He reports relief from a severe backache and bladder irregularities. The advertisement urges others to use Foley Kidney Pills to aid back ache rheumatism weak kidneys and bladder issues. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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W. P Broyles
Foley Kidney
Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Cash Bargain Day at Weinacker's Wednesday January 8
Notice highlights a special sale event named Cash Bargain Day at Weinacker's on Wednesday January 8. The item references specials listed in last Sunday's issue of the Item.
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Ackers
Weinacker’s
Port Business Records Busy Day at Mobile Custom House
A record day at Mobile customs saw ten vessels enter the port on Sunday and Monday with eleven new arrivals totaling 10 875 tons. Ships include the Dresden the Alm the Nordkap and the Fort Morgan among others plus several American and British crews. The meeting discussed a syrup canning factory stock drive with about 10 000 subscribed and funds to be used to aid manufacturing ventures and loans. A People’s Railway plan for Baldwin county was presented and a call to end local criticism of the Chamber and business groups was urged.
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Mobile Custom House
Dresden
Bollen
Rio de Janeiro
Irma Bentley
Hilton
Las Palmas
C. S
Alm
Santos Bra
Fort Morgan
Olsvik
Bocas
Ethel V. Boynton
Waldemar
Porto Rico
Bertha
Gram
Cuba
Mobile
Cochrane
M. J. Parsons
Parsons
The
Chamber of Commerce
Executive Committee
A. G. Quinn
Jacob Reiss
E. M. Bailey
BR. F. Adams
Drew Linard
J. D. Smith
Dr. Cole
Harris Vaughan
J. H. Zelnicker
J. J. Bartee
W. F. Tebbetts
W. T. Kelly
G. B. Rogers
G. A. Tonsmeire
George R. Powell
W. C. Strong
H. M. Jarvis
J. L. Cawthon
E. B. Gaston
Fairhope
People’s Railway
Baldwin County
Thomas ©. Young
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Water supply plan debated for poor farm
Commissioner John D. Hagan says the county will study tubular wells or other options before city water goes to the asylum grounds. He estimates costs for two and a half inch pipe at 740 dollars and three inch pipe at 977.50 dollars plus 100 dollars for installation, with residents on Mobile street demanding street grading and removal of an old pipe.
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John D. Hagan
County Poor House Committee
Asylum Grounds
Mobile Street
List of Vessels in Port Corrected at Noon January 7
Corrected at noon on January 7 the port vessel list includes Cerro Largo 1376 Uru Barent Alhgrg and Ethel V. Boynton 674 Am Slee, with notes on repair work at Marine Ways and ship movements in South America and INES.
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Onlu Cerro Largo
Uru
Ethel V. Boynton
Haydens
South America
January term federal court opens with white slavery cases
Federal Judge Toulmin formally organized the January term of the U S district court. Parthena Hunter guilty of illicit distilling was fined 100 dollars or 30 days in jail. White slavery charges loom for John Crow Rufus Preddy and Manuel Hernandez with arraignment upcoming. Jury lists named for Nos 1 and 2.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
Parthena Hunter
Franklin
Monroe County
Parthena
John Crow
Rufus Preddy
Manuel Mernandez
Mary Wanda
Tom Allen Grimes
Oscar P. Cassity
B. C. Dawson
John W. Cowan
Charles T. Allen
John P. Wheeler
Earle Macartney
Thomas E. Staunton
L. J. Knox
Allen R. Holland
George A. Hieronymus
Arthur E. Brodie
Marshall W. Carney
Joe B. Johnson
Carl Pick
Harry T. Hartwell
John C. Hensch
John L. Scruggs
Monroe D. Bloch
P. P. Locking
Edward G. Dreaper
William H. Chandler
Wiley Gulledge
Charles A. Flory
River Stages Forecast For Timbigbee Region
Local forecaster Albert Ashenberg of the Weather Bureau warns the Timbigbee river and its branches will rise over the next two days, signaling potential minor flooding.
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Timbigbee
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Railroad Personalities Visit Mobile for Company Business
Freight Traffic Manager L Green of Southern Railway with HQ in Washington and E H Shaw assistant freight traffic manager arrived in Mobile Tuesday for a day of company business. They met General J W Hunter in Mobile. H A Smith of Mobile and Ohio lumber, Meridian Miss, is visiting for several days. VP and GM R W Taylor of Mobile and Ohio left Mobile Monday night for Washington on business.
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L. Green
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
E. H. Shaw
Atlanta
The
Mobile
J. W. Hunter
H. A. Smith
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
Miss
R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Road
Cut the High Cost of Living Ad Shows Foley's Cough Remedy
Winnebago Nebraska resident W H Chapman credits Foley's Honey and Tar Compound with curing his children's cough and saving a doctor's bill for a 25 cent bottle. The ad warns against neglecting a cold that may lead to bronchitis or pneumonia and notes the product contains no opiates. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation backs the promotion.
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W. H. Chapman
Winnebago
Neb
Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Fog Delays Harbor Movements During Busy Port Day
Fog blankets the harbor slowing vessel movements and port activity. Portreath awaits fog lifting to sail to Europe with lumber and deals for Dunkirk and London. Pendleton Satisfaction and Georgia Gilkey slated to sail, carrying lumber and explosives for Jamaica and Haiti alike.
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Europe
Dunkirk
France
London
Pendleton Satisfaction
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Cape Haytien
Hayti
San Juan
P. R
Téresa
South America
Henry J. Smith
Cerro Largo
Moragues Lumber Company
Dresden
Spanish River
Alm
Irma Bentley
Bertha
Munson
Mobile
Cuba
Pinto Docks
Havana
Vessels Enter Mobile Port Rise in December Report
The port of Mobile saw 92 vessels in December, up from 71 in November and 88 in December 1911. Sixty-two steamers foreign bound, 11 coastwise ships, 5 square riggers, 22 schooners, and 2 oil barges contributed to a total increase of 27 418 tons and 21 more vessels than November.
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Mobile
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