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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
9
Friday marriage licenses were issued to Frank L Moore and Laura with Gustave Wilson and Ruth mentioned in context.
The group supporting Honorable Oscar L Gray is to convene Thursday night at 8 o'clock in Room 230 of the St Andrews Hotel to organize for his congressional campaign.
Annual meeting of Mobile Light and Railroad Company stockholders to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and conduct other business. The session set for January 20, 1914, at 12 o'clock noon at the company's office in Mobile, Alabama. M. W. Glover, Secretary.
Thomas T. Palmer of Mobile County receives a list of Internal Revenue licenses issued in December 1913. Names include A. P. Rayford South Side Fishing Club and R. I. L. D. with license periods from 1913 to 1914. Certification notes accuracy by Sam P. Jones, notarized January 1, 1914.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a fast acting remedy for stuffed heads and catarrh claiming relief within five minutes. It emphasizes ease of use by inhalation without stomach dosing and notes antiseptic oils reach the inflamed mucous membranes for rapid comfort.
A timetable snippet lists leave and arrival times for multiple lines including Mobile & Ohio, Southern Railway, Louisville & Nashville, and Mobile Bay Shore. It shows daily and Sunday services with varied departures, and ends with a quote about business people being of two classes.
A warning ad urges Mobile readers to heed early kidney trouble signs and try Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Albert Bergmann of Foley Alabama reports relief from kidney pains after use, with Doan's marketed nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
Semmes presiding. On Thursday business includes affray with Lillie Alexander, forfeiture of bond and alias writ, and embezzlement case against J. Edwin Jones continued to the next term.
A string of visitors and business figures stay in Mobile. Co U S Snider of Mobile’s blackstrap firm rests several days at Battle House. J C Reynolds and son of Union City Tenn are guests at Battle House for a few days. Edwin Fitzgerald of Norfolk and Western, Birmingham, on Mobile business. Mrs A W Rainey of Century Fla with Mrs Harriet B Cross of Rochester N Y visit Mobile. Captain Matt Jackson of the river steamer John Quill arrived from Demopolis ill with asthma. F C Turner and L F Hill of Chatom are at Bienville. Thomas F Robinson of Nashville visits Mobile on business and stays at Cawthon. Misses M Ward C Ward A Ward of Philadelphia are visiting and staying at Biersville. they will winter in Mobile.
The New York cotton market opened steady but soon rallied near last night’s close as traders covered and bought amid reports of larger Southern spot sales and rising export hopes. Optimism grew on lower ocean freight rates and a Bank of England rate cut, with July and other bids showing light selling against abroad purchases.
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows easier prices with mids and good grades easing. Receipts total 9 000 bales including 8 900 American. futures finish steady with several forward contracts posted from January to January-February near 6.60.
Cotton receipts listed by railroad exports include New Orleans Mobile and Chicago 593 bales and Southern Railway 26 bales. Mobile and Montgomery Train No 105 Touart and Quinta 2 and R P Pope 3 export 1967 1 972 total. Mobile and Ohio Export 533 bales.
Money market in New York shows call money at 2 1 2 to 3 percent with ruling 3 1 2 3, time loans softer with sixty days 4 to 4 1 4 percent and ninety days 4 1 4 percent, six months 4 1 4 to 4 1 2. Prime mercantile paper 5 to 5 1 4 percent. Sterling exchange firm. sixty days 483.60, demand 486.70. Commercial bills 4 82 1 2. Bar silver 57 3 4. Mexican dollars 44 3 8. Government and railroad bonds irregular.
The Federal League Baseball Club of Chicago received a license to incorporate from Secretary of State Woods in Springfield. Capital stock is 200,000 with C. A. Weeghman J. A. Gilmore and W. M. Walker listed as incorporators.
In city court here on Thursday the embezzlement case of J Edwin Jones against his partner Ashley Beatty in the suit club business was called and continued to the next term. Richard Bettner charged with the same offense also was continued due to absent state witnesses.
Miss Holland Fitts guest of Miss Virginia Woolf has received many honors since arriving in Mobile. A moving picture party followed by refreshments at Burke's featured guests Louise Vases Hattie Arnold Virginia Woolf Eloise Ibash and Marie Dixon. In yacht circles Morton F Plant's Elena won in schooners and Ralph N Ellis' Iroquois in sloops. The New York Yacht Club accepted Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge to race for the America's Cup next year.
The Harmsworth trophy race sailed on the Solent saw England defend as E Hackay Edgar’s hydroplane Maple Leaf IV won the cup for 1913. France entered for the first time and USA boat Ankle Deep finished as runner up after winning the Thousand Islands championship.
The New York market shows many shares higher with Reading and Erie bid up around a point. American Snuff and Rumely preferred gain while New Haven and American Sugar slip on weak earnings. overall the list holds a firm undertone amid strong technicals and easier money.
Robert Bowling Dugger, age 53, longtime Tuscaloosa postmaster under Taft and Roosevelt, died Thursday in a local infirmary after about ten days illness. His wife and family were with him. A prominent North Alabama resident noted in business circles, the remains will be sent to Tuscaloosa Thursday night for interment by Bereujoh Sands.
Lacrosse Wisconsin January 8 Juvenile offenses fell about 30 percent in the year after recreation grounds were established county judge John Brindley testified before a legislative committee investigating Wisconsin vice conditions He advocated a parole system for girls over reformatories and said low wages did not lead many girls astray.
An old remedy promotes flushing kidneys with four ounces of Rad Salts in water each morning and drinking large amounts of water to relieve backaches and bladder irritation. It claims Jad Salts neutralizes urine acids and stimulates kidney activity.
Cash grain and provisions quotes from Chicago and St Louis show wheat bids for No 2 red near 97 1 2 to 98 1 2 cents, No 2 hard 87 to 93, corn No 2 around 66 1 2 to 70 cents, oats No 2 around 89 1 2 to 41 2 cents, and hay and pork values with slight regional price variance. Prices reflect commodity markets for wheat corn oats and pork with regional bid ranges in early January trading.
A Savannah naval stores market brief lists firm activity with no sales but receipts totaling 1 444 barrels for rosin and related products. Quotations appear for several resin grades with prices ranging from 3 85 to 6 85 per barrel and include winter green and winter white varieties.
Who wants salts or castor oil when there is nothing better than Dr King’s New Life Pills for bone troubles. They act gently on the stomach and liver, regulate bowels and the entire system. Price 25c at all druggists H B Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
Revised by Mobile Bones Bonds Alabama refunding notes and city improvement bonds feature several 4 to 6 percent issues. Listed entities include Gulf Coast Gas, Bank of Mobile, Meridian Light and Railroad, and Consolidated mortgage collateral trust. Depicts bond rates, due dates, and participating banks and firms.
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