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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1914

Page

7

Mrs. Christina Fredericksen Dies in Mobile at 66

Mrs Christina Fredericksen wife of Ludvig A Fredericksen died after a brief illness Friday at her Mobile home 408 South Dearborn street She was born in Christiania Norway and had lived in Mobile 39 years She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Christina Engel and Mrs Mamie Hill four sons Wallace Edward Ely and Nell Fredericksen 11 grandchildren and other relatives Funeral services are set for Sunday afternoon with interment in Cemetery

C. Fredericksen Christina Fredericksen Christiania Norway Ludvig A. Fredericksen Mobile South Dearborn Street Christina Engel Mamie Hill Wallace Edward Ely Nell Fredericksen

Mrs Mary Smart Dickerson Dies After Illness

Mrs Mary Smart Dickerson aged 50 widow of Charles Smart Dickerson died at her daughter's home, Mrs H Williamson, 504 Selmaee, after several weeks illness. The funeral was held Saturday at 4 PM from the daughter’s home and interment was in Catholic Cemetery.

Mary

Mrs Maude M Rohl Dies After Illness in Foley

Mrs Maude M Rohl wife of C F E Rohl a retired Chicago business man died Saturday at 1 am in a Foley Alabama infirmary after two weeks illness. Besides her husband she leaves relatives in Chicago. Roche Burke Undertaking Company took the remains and sent them to Foley for interment Saturday afternoon.

Maude M. Rohl C. F E. Rohl Chicago Til Foley Baldwin County Alabama Roche & Burke Undertaking’ Company

Blue Bird triumph in Maeterlinck allegory at Lyric Theatre

Review praises The Blue Bird as a modern morality play rich in artful scenery and emotion. It lauds masterful staging, the ten scenes, and a capable cast led by Burford Hampden and Editha Kelly, highlighting exquisite design and fairy philosophy.

Lyric Theatre Maeterlinck Mytyl Tylyl Burford Hampden Editha Kelly Mobile

Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale in Mobile Alabama

Notice is given under a 1912 mortgage by Armantina Hieronymus and George A. Hieronymus to James J. Barry Jr. It secures one principal note and two interest notes. Foreclosure sale set for January 19 1914 at noon in front of Mobile County courthouse, to include Lot at Church and Lawrence streets with specified dimensions. Terms cash. Auctioneer P Joseph Doyle.

Armantina Hieronymus George A. Hieronymus James J. Barry, Jr Mobile County Alabama Court House Mobile Towit Church and Lawrence Streets Church Street Lawrence Street L. H E. W. Faith P. Joseph Doyle

Fake physician fined in license violation case

C. F. Jones, a Black man, was arrested for practicing medicine without a license. He received a $50 fine plus costs and an additional ninety days in jail, the heaviest penalty allowed. Drugstore records showed prescriptions filled for him and a woman testified he claimed to be a doctor and wrote a six dollar prescription.

C. F. Jones M. J. Bancroft Edington Dave S. Bauer DS. G. V

Geese Killing Charged In County Court

Peter Burden and John H. Lee were arrested and charged with killing three geese owned by Mrs Annie McAfee on Bay Shell Road. Lee was released on bond for appearance in the Inferior Criminal Court.

Annie McAfee Bay Shell Road Peter Burden Fulton Road John H. Lee Den Nia Ap ‘Pearance Inferior Criminal Court

Twelve Men Entombed In Alabama Coal Mine

An explosion at the Rock Castle mine of the Davis Creek Coal Company in Alabama entombed ten to twelve workers, including foreman W. W. Quarles. Rescue crews saved thirty to forty men nearby, and authorities fear all the trapped are dead.

Associated Press Birmingham Ala Rock Castle Davis Creek Coal Company W. W. Quarles

Music Benefit for St Margaret's Church at Bayou La Batre

The Bayou la Batre church hosts a Saturday afternoon concert by the St Marys Catholic church choir to aid St Margaret's church with ten numbers on the program. A prize will go to the most popular young lady at the event. The choir will sing the mass Sunday morning at Bayou la Patre church and return to Mobile Sunday afternoon.

St. Margaret's Church Bayou la Batre St. Mary's Catholic Church Bayou la Patre Mobile

Panama consul Aviles leaves Mobile for Panama City trip

Miguel C. Aviles, Panama consul, departs Saturday for Panama City and will stay until about February 10. Senor M. Alvarega, Nicaraguan consul, will act in Aviles’s absence. Aviles is perhaps the youngest member of Mobile’s consular corps.

Miguel C. Aviles Republic of Panama Panama City Senor M. Alvarega Senor Aviles Mobile

Work suspended Friday at Mobile and Ohio shops

The machinery department at Whistler in the Mobile and Ohio railroad shops will suspend operations at the close of Friday until Monday at 7. The car department remains on an eight hour schedule. if shops close Saturdays, the car department will work forty eight hours per week against forty five hours for machinery.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Whistler

New Orleans Cotton Opens With Decline On Steady Tone

New Orleans January cotton futures opened 6 to 11 points lower on a steady tone amid poor cables and light spot trading. Early losses eased as buyers and longs accumulated on softer levels, with the market closing the morning session near unchanged to modestly down. Spot cotton remained steady with middling at 12 3 40.

New Orleans Liverpool Weoe Poly i Scddens

New York Cotton Ends Flat After Morning Rally Fades

New York cotton showed a cautious rally fade after dull cables and active selling. March traded around 12.39 with steady spot demand and a slight late morning rise as bull support covered positions. futures closed steady near 12.47 for March and 12.33 for June.

New York Gulf Commission House Jon Seecess Esceees Es Beng Cs

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trading Report

Liverpool spot cotton shows firm prices with middling and fair grades quoted. Sales reach 3,000 bales including substantial American and speculative exports while receipts total 28,000 bales. futures close quiet and steady with various forward prices listed.

Pete Ee Ewes Liverpool

Money Markets Report from New York on January 10

Call money nominal with no loans. Time loans weak with 60 days at 3 3-4 percent and 90 days around 4 percent. Six months at 4 1-4 to 1-2 percent. Mercantile paper 4 3-4 to 6 1-2 percent. Sterling exchange strong with 60 day bills at 4 83 75 and demand at 4 86 95. Commercial bonds steady and railroad bonds firm.

New York Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange

Clearing House Statement Shows Strong Reserve Excess

New York report details the weekly condition of clearing house banks and trust companies. Total loans rise to 1 877 480 000 and net deposits to 1 766 990 000 while aggregate cash reserve reaches 433 172 000 with excess lawful reserve at 32 139 900.

Clearing House New York

Bryce becomes Viscount Bryce of Dechmont

London January 16 James Bryce former British ambassador to the United States has been raised to the peerage on New Year’s day and takes the title Viscount Bryce of Dechmont in Scotland.

Bryce London James Bryce United States Viscount Bryce of

New Haven Drops as New York Stocks Open Mixed

Wall Street opens with New Haven at 75 after a 314 decline to 78 earlier amid state financing doubts. Trading turns firmer as rumors of renewing New Haven notes boost prices while other shares and bonds show varied moves across a broad list of major companies and utilities.

Wall Street Review New York New Haven Massachusetts Texas Company New York Central Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelting and Refining American _Pelephone and Telegraph Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Translt Canadian Pacific Chespeake and Ohio Chicago and North Western Ptd Interborough Met Inter Harvester Loulaville Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas Lehigh Valley New York Centra Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pullman Palace Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel Western Union

Unclear cargo figures and price quotes from ledger

The note lists shipments 335 stock 170 886 and several price quotes for categories B D B F G H I K M N Ww We with values ranging from 3.05 to 6.60 dollars. Absent full context, key entities include categories B D F I K M N Ww We and totals 1 872 335 170 886.

Kentucky musician jailed for whistling on coal barge in Mobile

William Nichol from Kentucky, an engineer and musician, was arrested after repeatedly blowing a whistle on the Pratt Consolidated Coal barge to tunes including Nearer My God to Thee. Police stopped the open air concert and Nichol was docketed for violating Section 870, prohibiting whistles for more than three consecutive notes.

Mobile Kentucky Blobsburg Pratt Consolidated Coal Company William Nichol Nichol L. J. Murray D. H. Edington Recorder’s Court

Grain and Provisions Fluctuate in Chicago Markets

In Chicago on January 16, grain and provisions prices show fluctuations amid shifting laws. Market observers note varying futures and cash prices as traders respond to policy signals and supply concerns.

Chicago Dave Laws

Grain and Provisions Prices From Chicago and St Louis

Report of cash grain and futures in Chicago and St Louis with bid prices for No 2 red and hard red wheat No 2 spring oats and timothy hay and provisions including lard ribs and Park. Also futures for May and July in Wheat and Corn with Kansas City prices noted.

Teeeyes Veseeneses Chicago Cloberton ST. Louis Kansas City

Gray Invades Marengo in Campaign Stop

Candidate Oscar Lr Gray visits Marengo county on Saturday to rally support in the First district. The stop addresses campaign interests and follows references to George W. Taylor at Mr. Taylor's home as Gray's first invasion of the area.

Oscar Lr Gray Marengo County Tion George W. Taylor Taylor Gray

Montgomery committee hints at single primary plan

Special to The Item in Montgomery Alabama reports Chairman Tyler Goodwyn indicating the committee has telegrams from most members about adopting a single primary. He notes counties may call a single primary if needed, and that contests between the first and second primaries would be referred to the committee for review.

Montgomery Ala Tyler Goodwyn Cha Mittee

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