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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1913

Page

8

Cotton market ease amid nervous trading across exchanges

Market observers report nervousness on selling with steady Liverpool, New York, and New Orleans quotes. Brokers aim for modest gains as twelve cents seems the stopping point and a Balkan turning point looms. Receipts across Mobile New Orleans Chicago and steamer shipments list dozens of bales from Beville Phillips Co and partners.

Liverpool New York New Orleans New Orleans, Mobile, and Chicago Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bevill, Phillips & Co Touart & Quinn American Montgomery Ala Davis, Wilson & Gaillard Co Baker, Lyons & Co F. M

Cotton Market Steady Early Then Easy on Offerings

New Orleans spot cotton held at 1 16 cent premium with Middling 12.7. Bales on hand 7 110. arrivals 100. Afternoon drift to an easier tone as short cotton offerings increased. Futures closed steady with a net decline of 6 to 12 points. opening and intraday quotes show a wide spread with mixed highs and lows.

New Orleans Eel E Ae Wee

Shrimp Run Delayed and Market Notes From Mobile

Market chatter in Mobile notes scarce supply and rising prices. Crude oils up seven cents per barrel while Kumquats and cabbage futures edge higher as seed potatoes and shrimp shipments complicate appetites for upcoming cold weather.

Holland

Mobile Exchange Rates and City Market Flags

Stedling reports commercial rate at 4.82 percent with New York Light quoted with 75 cent discount. New Orleans commercial market remains at par with listed indicators across exchanges.

Mobile Exchange Stedling New York Light New Orleans

Pensacola Electric awards street car barns contract

The Pensacola Electric Company awards a contract for new street car barns on North DeVillier street. The buildings will be concrete and steel, replacing the old brick barns and expanding total space.

Pensacola Pensacola Electric Company

Cozy Corner Creamery and Local Classifieds

Furnished rooms with bath and dining room. light housekeeping. home cooking and baked goods. Wages offered for a nurse at 122 Conti upstairs. Wanted to buy coastal acreage near Coden or East Shore. exchange ten acres at Citronelle for coast property. Baker obituary notice for Mrs Annona Baker, funeral details and interment set.

Conti and St. Emanuel Coden East Shore

Dew Must Show Cause Or Be Discharged At Board Meeting

The board scheduled engineer Dew to appear next Monday to show cause in writing why he should not be discharged over his dealings with the Nashville Bridge Company. A joint Civic League executive meeting was set for Thursday to discuss suspension of road contracts, with Andrews pushing a resolution to formalize Dew’s show cause and notify the Nashville Bridge Company.

Gan Dew Sullivan Hagan Nashville Bridge Company Palmer Pillans The County Civic League League Civic League Pillans Andrews Charles Dew Mobile Register Dog River Cedar Point Engineer Dew Cedar Point Road George J. Sullivan

New York Stock List Summary

The list shows stock prices and bids for major companies including Amalgamated Copper 71 3-4 and Am. Beet Sugar 36 3-4. Notable entries include American Sugar Refining 115 1-4 bid, American Tel 1383 1-4, General Electric 141 1-2 bid, New York Central 107 1-5, and United States Steel 63 7-8.

Amalgamated Copper Cotton Wil Am. Smit. and Ring Sugar Refining Am. Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctts Illinois Central Interborough-Met Pfd Inter Harvester Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas Lehigh Valley National New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pullman Palace Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union

Law and Equity Court Docket Summary

On Monday in law and equity court Judge Side-Berney presided. Actions include W. P. Roberts vs H Bradshaw with motion to release attachment denied, Edward Hughes Jr and Edward Hughes vs Mobile Light and Railroad Company demurrers argued with complaint overruled, A J Rabby vs M M Fleches motion to set aside judgment refused, R W Johnson vs D E Smith motion for order of sale of property levied upon refused. Docket notes indicate routine adjournment to Tuesday morning.

LAW and Equity Court Law Berney W. P. Roberts H. Bradshaw Edward Hughes, Jr Mobile Light and Railroad Company Edward Hughes A. J. Rabby M. M. Fleches R. W. Johnson D. E. Smith Equity Fcircuit Court

Bridge Contract Suspension Advisement by Sullivan

Attorney George J Sullivan advises the county board on suspending contracts with engineer Dew and the Nashville Bridge Company over alleged misconduct. He suggests allowing the Civic League committee to present statements, seeking contractor consent for suspension, and cautions the board to act with due care to public interests.

Leonard on Trial for Abscene Letters to Federal Defendant

William J. Leonard a former locomotive engineer indicted by a federal grand jury for sending obscene letters through the mail faced trial in the U S district court. He allegedly mailed letters to Robert Christie as part of the case. Richard Gatewood a cab driver was arrested after nearly striking a small Negro girl at Dauphin and Royal streets. G Meyer of 929 Elmira Street was arrested for keeping his store open on Sunday.

WM. J. Leonard Federal Grand Jury United States District Court Leonard Robert Christie Richard Gatewood Lott Gatewood Dauphin Royal Streets G. Meyer Elmira Street John Davis

Shippers Forecast Warns on Cold to North Routes

Weather outlook advises protection against 24 degree lows for 36 hours on shipments moving north and 34 degree exposure concerns for routes east and west.

Nelson & Bailey Beat Fort Morgan In Tight 25 22 Game

Nelson & Bailey defeated Fort Morgan 25 to 22 in a closely fought basketball game at the fort. Steber led with five field goals as both teams played clean, with players thanking Manager Boyles for their treatment.

Nelson & Bailey Fort Morgan Fort Steber Boyles Soldier Boys Cunningham Miller Eaten Dov Gi cSuared Ses Clas Ene Dailey Sheen Giblin Field Fort Morgan Fouds Boles Meder Sheltran Lstrander Easler Rward

Notes on the Water Front Arrivals and Weather

A light winds and foggy conditions affected the lower bay as several ships arrived or departed. The British schooner Earl Grey from Nanti Cuba and the barkentine St Paul from Havana tied up while the Minerva loaded for the continent. The City of Mobile from Selma carried cotton rosin and sun dries in a river cargo, with minor movement overall.

F. C. Lockhart Earl Grey Zinck Nanti Cuba Government Street St. Paul Haskell Havana G. J. Santa Cruz Gulf Minerva Marcusson Funchal Turner-Hartwell Company European Lumber Company City of

Three Firemen Die in East St Louis Blaze

Three East St. Louis firemen were killed and a fourth narrowly escaped when a large commercial building on Collins Avenue burned Saturday night causing about 2 million dollars in damage. The blaze gutted the structure and prompted extensive firefighting efforts. 新

East ST. Louis Associated Press

Poitevant Recaptured by Wilmer Farmer near Basin and Harleston

A white man named Poitevant, who escaped last Thursday from Mobile city hospital where he was under guard, was recaptured Sunday near Basin and Harleston, Miss. He surrendered after his pursuers, W. R. Reeves and his son George A. Reeves, located him. Sheriff Palmer paid a $50 reward plus expenses to the captors.

J. W. Poitevant City Hospital W. R. Reeves Wilmer Mobile George A. Reeves Young Reeves Poitevant Palmer Reeves Basin Harleston Miss Poilevant Government Street Loop City Court Florida Howell's Ferry Dog River

Excise Commission Grants Liquor License for 351 355 North Royal

The Excise Commission of Mobile at its regular meeting favored William Rogers's application for a retail liquor license at 351 and 355 North Royal Street at Adams corner. Four other applicants for the same location were B. E. Malone W. J. McGrath Frank J. Poggi and Hermann Bros.

City of Mobile William ©. Rogers North Royal Street Adams B. E. Malone W. J. McGrath Frank J. Poggi Hermann Bros

Hysterical Man Worse Than A Hysterical Woman

The remark contrasts gendered reactions noting the speaker’s provocative claim that a hysterical man is worse than a hysterical woman, reflecting a sharp stereotype about emotional expression and gender.

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