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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1914
Page
11
A Hudson Tennessee resident touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs and colds. The ad claims it relieves obstinate coughs and lung troubles and suggests keeping a bottle at home for family use. Purchases advertised through Buckles & Cer in Philadelphia.
A courtroom quip about someone fainting surfaces in a mortgage case involving Ruth 8 Bush as assignee of the mortgagee. Webb and McAlpine represent the parties since September 1, with docket numbers 7817230 and 7707138 cited.
A report to Sheriff T. T. Palmer said an unknown Black man was found dead with a bullet wound in the head about three miles from the Taylor Lowenstein Company turpentine camp near Chunchula. A deputy sheriff and county coroner investigated the scene Monday near noon.
The Horse Show Week signals a rich fur season with afternoon sundresss and evening gowns both embracing lavish fur trims. Ermine and silver fox dominate, with innovative fur constructions like sable squirrel coats and chinchilla accessories elevating the style.
Alabama Oyster Commission members are invited to a Saturday Mobile meeting to discuss the tick eradication question. The session will be presided by Professor A. Cary, state veterinarian, with Baldwin county member GL Patterson noting the issue worries cattle owners who fear turning out stock.
New Orleans reports a dull narrow morning with unchanged first prices and a steady tone. Trading months dipped 6 to 7 points by noon, then 11 to 12 points under yesterday's close as offerings from traders grew, while spot cotton remained steady at middling 18.5 to 18.6 cents. Futures closed steady with a net decline of 7 to 12 points.
The New York cotton market opened steady but declined briefly on lighter sales, then steadied as trade buying and covering supported prices. Bullish South spot tips and favorable textile demand spurred a late rally before midday, with futures closing barely steady amid ongoing liquidation and scattered selling.
Liverpool spot cotton shows steady prices with sales totaling 12 000 bales, including 11 100 American and 2 000 for speculation and export. Receipts reach 40 000 bales, futures closed quiet with multiple forward positions quoted from January through January-February.
An advertisement-style claim promotes Ely's Cream Balm for nasal and head congestion from cold or catarrh. It promises instant opening of nasal passages, relief from headaches, and faster morning recovery, urging readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store.
Trading opens on the New York stock exchange with gains in Steel and Canadian Pacific but declines for Texas Pacific and Consolidated Gas. Market shows heavy unloading at higher levels, weak New Haven shares, and broader irregular fluctuations as investors realize profits.
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago export comp lists 211 bales with Mobile and Montgomery trains 16 Bevill Phillips 18 Farmers Commission 2 and others totaling 127 bales. Mobile and Ohio export 869 bales. Steamer City of Mobile shipments show 18 9 6 2 1 1 1 across listed shippers totaling 32 bales.
Raw sugar grades show muscovado 2.89 to 2.95 cents a pound centrifugal 3.39 to 3.45 cents. Molasses trades at 2.64 to 2.70 cents per pound. Market note dated New York January 27.
Naval Stores reports in Savannah Georgia dated January 27 show a turpentine firm at 46 3 4 cents with 365 caske receipts and a rosin firm with 3 126 barrels receipts. Prices advance installments listed for grades B D E F G H and others with varied cents per barrel.
A cervil service examination non educational for fireman will be held February 21. The position carries a salary of 600 dollars per year.
M. J. Wise assistant to Vice President and General Manager R V Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio railroad says the two cent fare bill will not become law as it has been voted off the calendar for the time being. Vice President and General Manager R V Taylor and General Superintendent E B Rendell returned to Mobile Monday night from a visit to Jackson Mississippi and St Louis.
The Florida Santa Rosa Sound-Budch Timber Range Rear Light was re lit on January 16 after being found extin ae and gd. The notice cites S chart 186, light list 1912, Buoy list 8th district 1912, and references to copies of pilot parts. By order of the commissioner of lightboos.
Grain and provisions quotation fluctuations were reported from Chicago on January 27 with markets noting shifts in prices for staples and feeds. The brief item outlines movement in grain and provisions as trading activity continued.
In St. Louis on January 27 closing grain quotations show Wheat May at 92 8 4, July at 86 1 28, and Corn May at 68 1 4 with minor fractional changes among contracts.
ST. LOUIS January 27 cash grain prices show Wheat No 2 red 94 to 96 cents, No 2 hard 89 1 4 to 93. Corn No 2 68 1 2 to 64, No 2 white 66 1 2 to 69. Oats No 2 40 to 41, No 2 white 41.
In New York on January 27 call money stayed steady at 1 7 8 to 2 percent, with ruling at 1 7 8 to 2. Time money eased slightly with sixty days 2 3 4 to 3, ninety days 3 to 3 1 2, six months 3 3 4 percent. Mercantile paper 4 1 2, Sterling exchange weak sixty days 4 83 75, demand 4 86. Commercial bills 4 82 3 4. Bar silver 68, Mexican dollars 45c. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
A fragmented OCR page lists Mobile County bonds with various issue notes and a railroad schedule section. It includes references to Gulf Coast Gas First 6 percent bonds and Van Antwerp Building, plus a billiousness remedy advertisement and multiple railroad timetables for Alabama Tennessee and Northern, Mobile and Meridian, and Southern Railway lines with unusual spacing and garbled text.
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