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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
7
Louis Jensen died Tuesday January 13 1914 at 6 10 p m in his thirtieth year Friends of the family invited to attend the funeral from the family residence on Grand Boulevard 1st South of Spring Hill Road tomorrow Thursday January 15 1914 at 3 o'clock Interment Magnolia Cemetery
Pro bate Court of Mobile County Alabama hears petition by Charles H Owen administrator for order to sell real property of Carrie Rogers Owen deceased to distribute proceeds among heirs. Heir Logan Fidhe Rogers consents requesting sale. Hearing set for February 1914. notice to listed relatives and interested parties.
Notice states the Gulf Terminal Company will hold its annual meeting at the terminal office in Mobile on Wednesday January 28 1914 at 12 o'clock noon. Secretary G A Cooke signs dated December 29 1913. Also includes ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve noting its uses and price 25 cents.
The Scythian from La Guaira arrives at Pier 2 to load cotton and cargo for a European port. Carr ie E Look from Manzanillo and Co D Pickels from Havana are expected in city. Mercator discharging 17 000 banana bunches. Edward J Drake shifts to Mobile Coal docks with anthracite coal. Nordkap to sail for Aarhus. Farnham sails to Cuba with general merchandise. Viktor and Fort Morgan due with bananas for United Fruit.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle natural laxative for all bowel troubles. It claims the pills stimulate and regulate the bowels, improve the entire system, and are priced at 25 cents.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce board held a special meeting to review M T Judge's resolution seeking an investigation into a New Orleans architectural firm's school building contract. No action was taken and no Chamber representative attended the school board meeting afterward. Local architects questioned why bids favored out of town firms.
The January list records victims of influenza bronchitis and pneumonia. Coughs from la grippe weaken the system and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is claimed to quickly check the cough heal inflamed passages and prevent la grippe from worsening. Contains no opiates. Van Antwerp Drug Corp av-x.
Washington party leaders in Harrisburg start a two day conference to map plans for the 1914 campaign. Pennsylvania will elect a U S senator, thirty six congressmen, a governor and state officials, with directly chosen candidates under the new primary law. Progressives say they will not fuse with other parties for offices or the senate.
New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Export reports 25 bales with firms Baker Lyons Bev ill Phillips Farmers' Commission Weil Bashin sky a total 112 bales. Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Train 109 reports 18 bales. Mobile and Ohio Railroad R P Pope and Company 1 bale export 52 dollars total 353 bales. Steamer James A Carney carries 3 bales from Davis Wilson Gaillard.
In New Orleans on January 14, cotton prices advanced as mills' demand appeared strong. Early gains of 2 to 4 points widened to 8 to 9 points after the call, with December consumption 482 198 bales versus November 482 594 and December 445 276 in 1912.
A bullish read of census supply figures sparked scatter demand in New York trade. Prices firmed from a steady start with March around 12.61 and later cashing toward 12.64 as May and July contracts followed, while realizations trimmed gains and left futures steady.
Cotton futures and spot in Liverpool showed steady prices amid fair demand. Middling fairs at 6.75, good middling 7.31, sales reach 8,000 bales with 6,100 American and 1,000 for speculation and export. Receipts total 15,000 bales including 8,600 American. Futures closed quiet with various forward quotes.
Savannah market notes show Turpentine at 44 1/2 cents with no sales and 236 barrels received in cash. Rosin firm reports 2,274 barrels received and no sales. Price quotes list items B D and BH at 3.95, F and G at 2.90 95, H 3.95, I 4.06 15, K 4.76, M 5.30, N 6.20, WG 6.50, WW 6.85.
Colonel Charles Kellar engineer in charge of the local U S Army Corps office left Mobile Tuesday night for Washington to attend a meeting of one of the corps units. He expects to return to Mobile in about a week.
Lisbon reports the entire rail road service of Portugal suspended today due to a general strike declaration by employees.
The article argues against dosing and opium syrups for young children and promotes Vicks Vap-O-Rub as an external treatment. Rubbing on the throat and chest with a warm cloth releases pine tar menthol thymo and eucalyptus vapors to loosen phlegm and ease breathing for a better night's sleep.
New York trading opens with little volatility aside from notable swings in Texas Company and oil shares. Major names slip and recover as investors weigh anti trust rumors and await quarterly results, with steel and copper showing pressure and bonds holding firm.
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that publishing a defamatory libel about King George VI does not automatically involve moral turpitude, upholding a lower court ruling that Belgian journalist Edward Mylius cannot be barred from the United States for the offense. The decision guides immigration authorities in foreign libel cases linked to turpitude.
Market report shows cash grain quotes for Chicago and St. Louis with No. 2 red corn around 96 to 98 cents, No. 2 yellow 65 to 66 cents, oats about 39 to 41 cents, and futures-like notes on hay and pork provisions. Local exchanges list standard and white corn and oats with mixed bid prices.
Fragmentary text notes mobile provisions in Aiotas with unclear details and stray repeated phrases. The readable items show no names, dates, or concrete events to identify a specific incident.
A western politician known for baldness appears with a thick growth of hair. He explains its growth comes from a home tonic: half pint water, 1 oz bay rum, small box Compound, and 1/4 oz glycerin. Apply to scalp 2–3 times weekly to promote growth, stop dandruff, and darken gray hair.
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