This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
7
Associated Press reports a renewed firmness at the market opening as Liverpool surpasses local gains. Early quotes show March to 18.62 and May to 18.79 with spot house buying absorbing supply. Private cables note steady Liverpool trade and no unhedged sales in the South. Futures close very steady with January to 18.42 and May near 18.88.
Liverpool reports a firm spot market with good middling at 11.40 and 11.66 for good middling. Sales total 8 000 bales with 1 000 for speculation and export, receipts 7 000 bales, and futures steady with monthly spreads quoted from January to January across the year.
AP reports Chicago market quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley with bid ask ranges. Timothy hay and clover values listed along with provisions lard ribs and pork products. The item ends with a stray note about automobiles and pug dogs being nearly extinct in a Pittsburgh Gazette brief.
An ad style note asserts Zemo S from Cleveland removes eczema quickly and heals sores and wounds. It claims effectiveness and satisfaction with use, mentioning the product and company origin.
Fragmentary OCR text from a Dat os station page shows a time 6 15 a and unclear event. No clear names places or actions are readable to establish a concrete news item or outcome.
Stocks led by steel and iron shares rose 1 to 2 points on a firm early showing in New York trading today's opening. Gulf States Steel gained 6 while Mexicans and Leather issues advanced with Atlantic Gulf and West Indies and Beet Sugar. Noon activity mixed with general recessions before the first hour.
Turpentine firm sold 50 casks with receipts of 130 casks while Rosin firm reported no sales and 913 barrels received. Quotations list grades B through N with varied figures from 6.25 to 7.10 and a weekly range ending at 7.10 for WG WW.
Hogs receipts 14 500 head with higher wholesale quotes for lights pigs and bulk at 10 40 to 10 95. Cattle receipts 1 500 head market slow native beef cattle steers and heifers 7 50 to 11 50 cows 5 50 to 8 50 stockers 5 30 to 8 50 calves 6 00 to 12 25. Sheep receipts 2 000 head market steady lambs 9 00 to 13 50 ewes 6 00 to 9 60 yearlings 10 00 to 11 65.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Freight rate from Birmingham to Nashville for pig iron was unreasonable. The Louisville Nashville Railroad had set the rate at 31 65 per ton, drawing scrutiny and a corrective order.
The convict ship Success, in port for a week with hundreds visiting, prepares to depart for New Orleans aided by the tug Sipsey. The Annetta arrives for cross ties and will load them at Turner Hartwell piers. The Calvo and Helena also feature in port news with logwood cargo and a floated aground voyage respectively. Meanwhile steamers Maggie A Burke and John Quill reach Mobile city wharves from river routes.
Dr Erdman speaks each evening at Government Street Presbyterian Church in Mobile through Thursday on Christlike service and the Y M C A origin. He appeals for greater public service and notes a planned next talk by General Z T Sweeney at the Lyric Theater on Sunday afternoon titled The Golden Age.
The cotton seed oil market in New York closes firm with quotes for prime summer yellow at 12.45, de 10.93, January 12.30, March 12.23, May 12.34, July 12.34. Trade volume 22,000 barrels.
Died Monday morning August 8, 1917 William Aed Bey Seymour son of Thaddeus and Mary King Seymour. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the family.
Friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral leaving the deceased home at 2 30 p m for J Bridget's Catholic church Whistler at 3 p m. Interment in Whistler cemetery.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.