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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1913

Page

11

Market Rumors and Oddities Hit 1913 Cotton and Food Trade

A bustling 1913 market report notes cotton price moves around 13 cents and 165 in New York, with heavy selling and interior points affecting Crescent City. It mentions Liverpool spots quiet, middling prices, and local buying, plus rising citrus, vegetables, and egg prices, fertilizer use, and seed potato demand as floods of farm activity hint at an expansion of crops and markets.

Hart New York Crescent City Spencer & Waters Manchester United States Liverpool Messrs Lyons and Grimley

Cotton in Sight This Year and Last Year

Fragmentary figures compare cotton production in the United States for this year and last year with numbers like 209,446 and 370,506, suggesting trends in output though details are incomplete. Key data points reference national totals and per-year differences.

Rail freight summary from 406 vo 4 Southern Railway list

New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago road export compressed. Trains 113 and 115. Baker, Lyons Co. Davis, Wilson & Gaillard. Bevill-Phillips and F. M. Ladd listed. Totals show 22 bales. Mobile 8.

New Orleans Mobile Chicago Road Southern Railway Co Baker, Lyons Co Davis, Wilson & Gaillard Bevill-Phillips F. M

Market Resume Shows Bears Dominating Cotton Losses

Bears press the market through the week with declines across January to July futures. Heavy selling in New York and New Orleans, Liverpool weakness, and caution from London bolster a bearish tone amid rising short interest and cautious buyers. January holds a premium over March as prices slide from December highs.

London Balkan States Turkey Liverpool New York New Orleans Neil Bros Bears

Stock Market Review in New York on Jan 18

Today's dull short session saw 130,137 shares traded and bonds totaling $934,000. Prices were steady as professionals closed weekend contracts. Steel common rose on 10,000 share short covering while copper gained on optimistic freight outlook. London houses bought 2,000 shares. Bank loans increased reflecting temporary holdings of new issues.

New York Jan London Houses

Clearing House Report for Mob ile Clearing Week Ending Jan 18 1913

Clearing totals show the Mob ile Clearing House processed 1 772 051 17 in clearings for the week ending January 18 1913. January 1912 clearings reached 4 683 736 73.

Mobile Clearing House

Man Pleads Guilty in Row Near Spring Hill

Tom Fincher Sr. pleaded guilty in the inferior court to using abusive language during a dispute with Fred Fincher and Eddie Young near Spring Hill several days ago. He was fined $1 and costs. The other two defendants waived examination and were bound over to the grand jury with bonds set at $250.

Tom Fincher, Sr Fred Fincher Eddie Young Spring Hill

fragmentary note from archive reads as two-year project

An incomplete OCR entry mentions a period of two years and a reference to magnesium. The readable text hints at a technical or project timeline but lacks full context, making details uncertain.

Eleven-Year-Old Alonzo Willoughby Burned In Fire Accident

Alonzo I. Willoughby Jr. of 308 St Michael street sustained extensive burns when his night clothes ignited from a gas stove in the bathroom last Thursday. He has been near death but showed improvement by Saturday as doctors from Mobile and Tuskegee treated him at home.

Alonzo I. Willoughby, Jr A. L. Willoughby St. Michael Street Alonzo Willoughby W. G. Ward Claude Mastin Mobile L. W. Johnston Tuskegee

Ruth Bush Flanagan Dies At 23 In Mobile

Mrs Ruth Bush Flanagan wife of Ed ward Flanagan a well known resident of the southern part of the city aged 23 native of Mobile died Saturday afternoon at 6 o clock at the Inge Bondurant Sanitorium after an illness of ten days Survivors include husband three children the youngest eight days old her mother Mrs Peter Gass four sisters Mrs J H Hobson Miss Irene and Mary Emma Gass two brothers William and Jake Gass and other relatives

Ruth Bush Flanagan Ruth Bush Gass Edward Flanagan Mobile Inge-Bondurant Sanitorium Peter Gass J. H. Hobson Hattiesburg George Mutts This City Irene Mary Emma Gass William and Jake Gass

Death of Mrs Nancy C Hassell in Louisville area

Mrs Nancy C Hassell age 47 native of Andalusia Alabama wife of W A Hassell died Friday night at the family home on Clark avenue two blocks south of Virginia street after a month long illness. Survived by husband and other relatives the remains were taken by Creakhaw Undertaking Company and sent Saturday to Andalusia for interment.

Nancy C. Hassell Nancy C. Hil Andalusia Ala W. A. Hassell Clark Avenue Virginia Street Te Creaghaw Undertaking Company

Mrs Margaret Tillson Dies After Long Illness

Mrs Margaret Kent wife of Walter Tillson died Saturday night at 8 40 at her home 50 South Wilkinson Street after a long illness Born Mobile February 1 1856 she was a devout Catholic dying fortified with church rites Surviving husband one daughter Miss Jeanette Tillson and other relatives Funeral notice to be announced later

Margaret K. Tillson Margaret Kent Walter Tillson South Wilkinson Street Mobile Ter Fe Jeanette Tillson

Harry F. Ames Aged 23 Years

The notice identifies Harry F. Ames aged 23 in a brief local item. No additional context or details are provided in the readable text.

Harry F. Ames

Funeral Notices for Amos and Other Local Residents

Funeral notices announce the deaths on January 18 1913 of Harry F Amos Margaret C Tillson Ruth B Gass and Margaret M Cassidy with details for funeral times from residences and churches including Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception St Joseph s St Vincent s Catholic Cemetery and Catholic Cemetery in New Orleans and surrounding area.

Funeral for Walter R. Patten Highlighted by LO O F Lodges

Mobile IOOF lodges convene at 644 Fellows Building Sunday at 9:30 to honor Walter R. Patten P G of Wiota Lodge 346 Iowa. Funeral from Roche Burke parlors 110 State at 10 with interment in National Cemetery. Belief Committee member B L Caball chairs.

Mobile Walter R. Patten P. G Wiota Iowa Roche & Burke Undertaking Co State Street National Cemetery B.L. Caball LO. O. F

Burial for 74 year old Confederate veteran Kenyon

Mr. Austin Burras Kenyon aged 74 died Thursday morning at 7. He was buried Friday at 2 with Catholic rites at the church of Father O'Reilly officiating. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery. He served as a Confederate veteran in the 17th.

Austin Burras Kenyon Father O'Reilly Kenyon

Death of Mobile Local Man After Illness Several Weeks

The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Amos died Saturday night at 11 o'clock at the family home 156 South Hamilton Street after a several weeks illness. A Mobile native, he resided here all his life and was employed by The Mobile Register for many years. He is survived by his parents three sisters and three brothers all of Mobile. Funeral notice appears in another column.

J. B. Amos South Hamilton Street Mobile Mobile Register J. E. Amos

Funeral for Walter B. Patten Held in Mobile

Walter B. Patten of the 174th Company Coast Artillery died at Fort Morgan. His funeral will be Sunday from Roche Burke parlors with Odd Fellows and a detachment from the fort in attendance. Full military honors and Odd Fellows services will be conducted at the parlors and grave. His father George W. Patten, from Wichita, Kansas, arrived Friday.

Walter Patten 174Th Company Coast Artillery Fort Morgan Mobile Roche & Burke Undertaking Company Odd Fellows Wiota

Motion Picture Page Specials This Week in The Item

Daily metro features highlighted with a focus on the Motion Picture Page for the week. Sunday edition promises extended coverage and notable screenings.

General Whiting schooner reported lost near Cape Henry

Telegraphic advices say American schooner General Whiting, a Mobile lumber fleet vessel, was thought wrecked in a storm off Cape Henry Virginia. Reports conflict. the Be Juan Puerto Rico bound ship may be the General Whiting, details unclear with no lives reported.

General W Cape Henry Mobile Be Juan Porto Rico General Whiting Mahogany Lumber and Portation Company James K. Glennon K. Linscott Apalachicola Via Ean Freddie Ras Evelyn Ph Key West Bessie Whiting Norfolk Port Royal Whiting

Burns Beats Billy in Ten Round Bantam Bout

New York bantam Frankie Burns defeats rival Billy of New York by decision over ten rounds in New Orleans. Burns fought in great form and nearly stopped his opponent in the final round.

New Orleans Frankie Burns New York Billy Burns

Schultz Stops Bennett in Fifth at Milwaukee Show

Louie Schultz stopped Jack Bennett in the fifth round of a scheduled eight round bout at the Milwaukee Athletic Show. In New Orleans, Jack Britton knocked out Frankie Gage in the ninth round at the Orleans A C, delivering a decisive swing to the jaw.

Schultz Bennett Milwaukee Wis Louie Schultz Jack Bennett New Orleans Jack Britton Frankie Orleans A.C Edly Gage

Read it: Ever pictures. Why bothey 4 made?

The page hints at information about a topic titled Ever pictures and asks why Bothey 4 was created. It notes the NIA News Page provides context and invites readers to review the information today.

Bothey Nia

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