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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1914

Page

9

NOTHING IS HEARD FROM ENVOY LIND

Washington reports say neither the White House nor the state department had been advised of visits to Vera Cruz by Jesus Flores Magon and Admiral von Hintze. President Wilson has not been told of any planned conferences, though Lind may act with discretion. No change in Mexico conditions as per Lind. Wilson indicates he knows nothing of any resumed talks with the powers urging Huerta to resign.

Washington White House State Department Vera Cruz Jesus Flores Magon von Hintze John Lind Wilson Mexico Lind Huerta

Railroad Schedules Alabama Tennessee and North

Rural timetable shows trains for Mobile Ohio Railway Texas Express St Louis Cincinnati line Mobile Meridian and other services with arrival times around 6.20 am 11.35 am 5.45 pm and evening departures including daily and Sunday only trains. Also lists temporary notes and a Thomasville Ac service with a 10.45 am reading.

Cere T Eessec Serscas Mobile & Ohio Railroad Pasar Ead Mise Texas St. &.-Cin.-Chi. Ltd Mobile & Meridian Rho.-Cin N. Y Lad Mobile & Bay Er Penoas Lea Thomasville Ac NO. Ltd Mont Ay & Cin. Ltd Peete Mail & Ex Weere Ensaroia Ac Orles Mobile Chicag N. O

Cullen and Brown Funeral Notices from 1914

Cullen Richard entered into rest at 3 55 PM January 18 1914 Funeral from 206 Canal Street tomorrow at 2 30 PM and from St Vincent church at 3 interment Magnolia Cemetery Brown James A age 69 died Sunday January 18 1914 funeral from 261 Beauregard Street tomorrow morning attendees invited

Cullen Richard Cullen Canal Street St. Vincent's Church Magnolia Cemetery Brown James A. Brown Beauregard Lstreet

Gardner of Troy Urged for Supreme Bench

Montgomery January 19 Special to The Item Judge Lucien D Gardner of Troy chancellor of the Southeastern division is favored for associate supreme court justice to replace W L Pitts who declined the appointment Governor O Nealf has received many letters urging Gardner and plans to appoint him promptly Gardner already announced candidacy for the unfinished term of Judge Anderson and will run in the primaries regardless of appointment If Gardner moves up the governor must name his successor.

Montgomery Lucien D. Gardner Troy O'Neal Supreme Court W. L. Pitts Uniontown Gardner Anderson Supreme Bench

Mobile Bona List Reveals Municipal Bond Details

A revised Mobile Bona List itemizes Alabama County Refunding bonds and multiple city and corporate issues. It lists rates, terms, and serial numbers including bonds from Bank of Mobile, Merchants Bank, Turner Hartwell Docks, Battle House, Meridian Ry, and Mobile & Ohio R R Co with percentages and denominations amid a closing note on dining.

Macarney Schley Mobile County Alabama Stock Bank Con National Bank of Mobi Esecses Turner-Hartwell Docks Aross Viet van Antwerp Battle House Meridian Aoa Ry Encsevecsesed O Consolidated Beeet Oss-Veveceeten Montgomery Division St. Louis Cairo Sssess Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co

Deaths and Funerals Mrs Amelia Hamilton

Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Hamilton formerly Miss Amelia Pfleger were held at Grand Bay with a large turnout from Mobile Jackson County and Grand Bay community. The cortège stretched about a mile with pallbearers listed including James Dennis Fred Hamilton John Hamilton and others.

Amelia Hamilton Grand Bay Hamilton Pfleger Mobile Jackson County Miss Amelia Pfleger F.M. Atkinson James Dennis Tunnell Springs Fred Hamilton John Hamilton Eugene Schell Carl Schnadelbach Elmer Pugh James Schim Clyde Crigler

Funeral of Warley A Bolton at Oakdale

The funeral for Warley A Bolton son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Bolton was held Sunday at 2 30 PM from the Bay Avenue home. Rev Father Dunne of St Matthew's Catholic church officiated, with burial at Zion cemetery Mertz Station. Numerous flowers covered the tomb.

Little Warley A. Bolton Joseph E. Bolton Bay Avenue Washington Avenue Oakdale Father Dunne St. Matthew's Catholic Church Mertz Station Zion Cemetery

Death of James A. Brown at 69 in Meridian

After a brief illness lasting weeks James A. Brown aged 69 died Sunday night at 6 30 at his home 61 Beau Regard street He was an employee of the Moline and the Railroad Company and he is survived by his wife three sons Claude of Mobile Henry and James Brown of Meridian Miss six grandchildren and other relatives Interment will be in Whistler cemetery on Tuesday.

James A. Brown Beau- 1Regard Street Moline Railroad Company Claude Mobile Henry James Brown Meridian Miss Whistler

Death of Miss Maria Carver in Mobile area

Sunday morning at 9:20 Miss Maria Carver aged years a native of Mobile and former Ocean Springs resident died at a local sanitorium after a brief illness. Funeral service was held Monday at 11 from Miss B. Waring's residence 351 Government Street with interment in Magnolia cemetery.

Maria Carver Mobile Ocean Springs Miss B. Waring Government Stret Magnolia Cemetery

Funeral for John E. Groeschner Held at Magnolia Cemetery

John E. Groeschner died Saturday night at 11 30 and the funeral was held Monday morning. Interment occurred in Magnolia cemetery where many friends and parents paid tribute. He was a Mobile county native living with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Groeschner on Fulton road. Survived by brother Charles Groeschner four sisters Mrs G W Smith Mrs Joseph Langrouber Mrs Charleson fivan and Mrs John Jacobson and other relatives.

John E. Groeschner Magnolia Cemetery Mobile County Charles Groeschner Fulton Road G. W. Smith Joseph Langrouber Charles’ On Fivan John Jacobson

Cotton Receipts and Steamer Freight Totals Listed

A summary of railroad and steamer cargoes includes 209 bales for Cotton Receipts New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Export, 657 bales for Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Train No 2, 661 total bales. Steamer accounts show multiple consignments summing 16 bases and 40 bases for John Quill and other vessels with named agents and firms.

New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Mobile and Montgomery Bevill-Phillips James A. Carney Davis Wilson Gaillard American Selma—Baker- Lyons Davis, Wilson, Gaillard Touart and Quinn Farmers’ Commission Company Lott

New Orleans Cotton Opens Week Bullish on Strong Demand

New Orleans January opening sees brisk trading with futures up early, May futures touch 13 cents, large foreign spot sales seen as confirming mill demand. Prices pared to modest gains by afternoon, spot unchanged at 13.00 cents and 1,305 bales sold, market closing steady with a 0.06 cent net rise.

New Orleans

Cotton market opens firm on higher cables and demand

New York cotton opened firm with a 6 to 10 point advance on higher cables. After initial realizing caused irregularity, prices rose 9 to 16 points before retreating on covering and general demand. Southern reports note exporters outbidding domestic spinners for spots.

New York

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trade Activity

Liverpool reports active demand and firm prices with high sales of 15 000 bales including 12 700 American and 2 000 for speculation and export. Receipts 6 000 with no American. Futures closed firm with forward quotations across months. Then a comment on men kept out of politics by hard work required for election.

Liverpool

Polo origins and social quips from a distant era

Polo originated in India and is praised as a daily learning aid. A remark on Keene's shoulder follows an odd line about Greek knowledge from a shine factory. The piece lightly critiques college life and a man whose political views align with the electric light he desires for his corner.

Shine Factory

Early stock trading shows higher level. Steel leads demand

In New York on January 19, initial stock trading established a higher level with strong demand for leading issues especially Steel. Fractions led the gain, with Northern Pacific, Smelting, and Texas Company advancing a point. Reading faced pressure and profits, while overall recessions were slight and bullish activity waned as the day progressed.

New York Northern Pacific Texas Company Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil Amer American Sugar Refining American Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Mil Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas & Texas National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania People's Gas Pullman Palace S. Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union New Haven Texas Old

MOBILE PROVISIONS Wholesale Quota, All we see of justice is a statue of her

Reading from a fragment the piece notes a wholesale quota system and quotes a statue as symbol of justice. The odd phrasing frames a civic critique with sparse context and unnamed sources.

Dr King's New Life Pills Advertised for All Bowels

An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a gentle natural remedy for bowel troubles. The pills stimulate and regulate the bowels and tone the entire system, priced at 25 cents. H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis.

Dr. King H. E. Buckien & Co Delphia St. Louis

Grain prices in Chicago and St Louis on January 19

Cash grain and provisions quoted in Chicago and St Louis on January 19. Chicago shows No 2 red at 95 1-2 to 96 1-2, No 2 at 90 to 90 1-4, No 2 Northern at 90 to 90 1-4, No 2 Spring 89 to 90, oats 41 1-2, standard 39 1-4 to 39 3-4, barley 60 to 77, timothy 3.75 to 5.25, clover 11.75 to 24.50, pork 21.80, lard 11.17 1-2 to 11.20, ribs 11.12 1-2 to 11.70. St Louis closes wheat No 2 red 94 to 96, No hard 88 1-2 to 93, corn No 2 65 to 66, No 2 white 69 1-2, oats No 2 39 1-2 to 40 1-2, New white 40 1-2.

Boslien and Creamery New York Crean Curtos Ounteon Eames Uno Wedenne Foote Rees Ubi Aes Lia Herces Eterna Lane Uckel Bibho Wal Alixeu Liverpool Rine Wool Surry Brit Chicago ST. Louis Nol Hard Whitt

Maritime traffic and river updates from Mobile port

Maritime notes list multiple vessels in port or due to sail, including the British steamer Kazembe loading phosphate at Tampa and bound for Savannah then Gibraltar, the Lord of A under tow for repairs, the Norwegian steamer Be 1,067 Knudsen heading to Cuban ports, and several other ships unloading, loading, or sailing for Europe, Cuba, and Mexico. The revenue cutter Winona returned from Pass Christian after assisting President Wilson and carrying his representative to Mexico. Local notices reference light relights and channel buoy changes in Mobile Bay and Southwest Pass.

Kazembe Anderson Atlantic, & Far East Line Tampa Savannah Gibraltar Suez Kobe Yokohama Japan Mobile Lord of A Sea King Pinto Sad Knudsen Sina Steamship Line Ha Cuba Havana Matanzas Cuban Hortense Mobile Fish & Dyst Company Speche Banks Mexico Kaloiak Mr. Cook Chicago Mississippi River Sandsand Jacksonville Fla J Walsh Turner- Hartwell Docks Comal New York Villa Real Port Fjell Vera Mex Cilicia Galveston Texas Jacob M. Haskell San Juan Cuba Winona President Wilson Pass Christian John Lind Chester White House Alabama Mobile Bay Mobile Ship Channel MGA Atlantic Coast U. S. Coast Pilot Louisiana Southwest Pass Southwest

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