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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
8
Market shows 9 percent ordinary and 10 percent middling prices with April and January notes. Sales reach 100 bales as prices drift lower by up to two cents, with reports of a subdued trading day and general market quiet.
Mobile Exchange and Sterling appear with a price context of 4,2844 and 41.82 percent. New York Light and Orleans Light show 75 cents and par respectively. Freight rates list Liverpool steamer Havre 58 cents Bremen 52 cents Manchester 53 cents.
Compressed receipts show 157 bales from New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Rail. 69 bales from Mobile and Ohio Railroad Export. 37 bales from Illinois and Nashville Train Touart Quinn. 16 bales from Baker F M Ladd Co. 66 bales total. Steamer City of Mobile Selma Alabama adds 48 bales plus 11 4 9 bales from additional firms reaching 55 bales. Other firms contribute 9 7 and 1 bale totals.
New York Cotton trades open steady to lower with old crop slipping 4 to 6 points and extending to 10 to 16 points as selling pressure grows. Hedging and rumors of forced sales by interior holders push prices down with March near 12.05 cents, before midday rallies lift modestly from intraday lows.
Chancellor T H Smith schedules January 27 to hear and pass on the ex officio registrar's report regarding Assam H B Pake of Leinkauf. The prior ex officio report criticized Pake's figures and reduced the compensation claim made by the assignee.
A clipped observation notes that surgeons excel at repair yet rarely restore a patient to perfect health, leaving lingering effects beyond the operation. It reflects on medical limits and the human body’s resilience after surgery.
A Philadelphia reader cites personal recovery from tuberculosis symptoms after using Eckmans Alterative. He claims improvement started in February 1902 with a severe cough and rapid progress toward good health, noting no other medicine was used to sustain recovery and praising the remedy for asthma hay fever throat and general upbuilding.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady to 5 points lower as bears increased activity. liquidation of long contracts trimmed values 12 to 14 points in half an hour, with prices further slipping to 9 to 10 points under yesterday's close by noon. January remained the strongest month on the board amid profit taking from shorts.
Death notices from Mobile report Ernest Roach dies in Pensacola after an operation and illness. Charles H. Mahler, Mobile Foundry worker, aged 32, dies at Providence Infirmary after weeks of illness. funeral held for Charles Ernest de Vaux at St. Joseph's with large turnout and listed pallbearers from local groups.
Ollie Mack's company opens a seven day Lyric engagement featuring Finnegans Ball revised for 1913 with updated songs and strong cast. Clarke's Dog and Pony Circus, ventriloquists Agnes Lee Co., Hazel Hope, and Dreamland orchestra round out a packed bill drawing near capacity crowds and multiple daily shows.
The Dreamland week features four vaudeville acts led by headliners. The popular playhouse recently reopened after a brief closing, delivering lively entertainment from top performers this season.
A fire at 201 Selma street caused slight damage to a one story frame dwelling owned by M. A. McDermott and occupied by Mrs. M. Seabury, with sparks cited as the cause. An earlier fire at 304 Earle street also caused slight damage and remains under investigation. Four pensions listed in probate face Friday deadlines before returning to the state auditor. Local business notes include Cliff W. Gorton visiting Mobile on business and James T. Cuthbert purchasing Eslava & Youngstead’s grocery business.
At a Christ Church Men’s Fraternity gathering last night at the Chapter House P. J. Hamilton gave the principal address on establishing and expanding the church in Mobile. W. H. Monk presided with about seventy five members present. Dr. Matthew Brewster and others spoke briefly and a fine musical program followed with a violin solo by Mrs. Clinton McCartney and vocal selections by Miss Gusman and J. C. Willis.
Edward Okel Jr a Montgomery architect is in Mobile on business and conferred with M L Gans of J Pollock & Co about plans for a proposed new theatre to replace the Mobile Theatre destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. He said no definite decision yet and awaiting advices from Klaw & Erlanger.
At 2 a.m. Parkis the Painter receives a late call from a neighbor asking how to soothe a crying baby. He suspects hunger or discomfort and discusses possibilities as the woman seeks guidance while awaiting a doctor.
The Gulf Steamship Company’s newly chartered steamer American loaded lumber and general merchandise for Progreso and Vera Cruz and sailed Monday afternoon on the return trip from its first Mexico Mobile voyage. Five cargoes await at Progreso and Vera Cruz for Mobile. hemp exports dominate. The American, a 3,643 ton vessel, joins other departures including the Nordkap Danish steamer and the Fjell Norwegian fruit ship.
A dated financial summary shows the county's 1912 year receipts from taxes and various sources, including balances, licenses, and refunds, offset by expenditures across offices, repairs, salaries, court costs, public works, and debt interest. Details name taxes, sheriff, jail, asylum, roads, schools, and infrastructure items with totals.
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