Cotton Market Fluctuates Amid Rumors and Trades
The cotton market shows no clear support with bearish and bullish signals. A curious sale of five bales of July by LeBaron Lyons to W J Angon sparked a quick price jump, while New York and New Orleans trend downward and Liverpool shows minor improvement on rumors Turkey ceded Adrianople. Local rail receipts list 32 bales from several firms.
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New York
LeBaron Lyons
W. J. 4Ngon
Atkinson
Lyons
Liverpool
Turkey
Adrianople
New Orleans
Mobilé and
Chicago
Bevill, Phillips & Co
Southern Railway
F. M. Ladd
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Davis, Wilson & Gaillard
Baker, Lyons & Co
Touart & Quinn
Barker Cotton Mills
Ex- Fort, Compressed
Money market rates steady on call and time loans
Money on call remains steady at 2 1-2 8 per cent with a ruling rate of 3 3-4. Time loans firmer with sixty days 8 1-4 to 8 1/2 per cent, ninety days 3 3-4 to 4 per cent, six months 4 4 1-4 per cent. Sterling with bankers' bills at 4 83.40 for 60 day and 4 87.50 for demand. Government bonds easier, railroad bonds irregular.
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Associated Press
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bargain Suburban Cottages Promised Near City Limits
Real estate ad lists several affordable five room cottages within walking distance of Government Street and Ashland Place. Highlights include a Spring Hill Avenue option not yet a year old with bath and utilities, plus a new cottage on the western city side near Dauphin Street.
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Government
Spring Hill Ave
Ashland Place
Dauphin Way
Market Tides Slow as Mardi Gras Delays Crabs and Fish
Crabs red snappers and oysters make up the stock in the fish market with fresh water fish due tonight for Friday demand. Light trading persists as buyers hold coin for the upcoming first of the month and Mardi Gras. Potatoes dominate activity while greeting visitors to the wholesale district is anticipated in a few days.
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Murphy
Maritime Trade Totals Reported Across U S Ports
Ocean steamship quotations and port receipts list contemporary rates and cargo counts. Mobile quotations show Liverpool Havre Bre men Manchester values with port receipts for Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Boston numbers.
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Liverpool
Havre
Bremen
Manchester
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
New York
Boston
Mobile Exchange Sterling Comet and Comfeta Rates
Financial snippet notes Sterling and comfeta movements with commercial rates. Mentions New York sight and New Orleans sight readings, plus a par value. Includes figures around 4.82% and 75 15 for unspecified benchmarks.
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Mobile Exchange
Sterling
Sterling Commercial
New York
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Despite Rumors and Decline
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady slipping 2 to 5 points amid stronger Liverpool market rumors of Adrianople surrender. English messages suggest rallies abroad, but U S spot firms report freer selling and lower prices. Market fell 6 to 10 points from yesterday by hour end and remained stagnant into afternoon trading.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Adrianople
England
South
Cotton futures open steady then slip in early trade
New York January 30 cotton futures opened steady to a decline of up to 8 points as liquidations and pressure from local and foreign sources weighed. Cables from Liverpool steadied on Balkan rumor amid some buying, later markets firmed with short covering and local support, closing barely steady after midday corrections.
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New York
Liverpool
Balkan
Eeae
Wanted Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping
Classified notice seeking two furnished rooms for light housekeeping with a private family preferred. Address T. W. care Item. it Pes a B.
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T. W
Wall Street gains as orders lift market broad but steady
Wall Street review notes large purchasing orders for leading stocks on January 30 in New York. Trading grew more active with a broad upward movement and several points gains in active issues. Influence from waning Can manipulation reduced speculative pressure while bonds held steady.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool Cotton Spot Prices and Futures
Liverpool market report shows cotton spot in fair demand with prices easing from Amer ican middling fair to ordinary levels. Daily sales reached 10 000 bales with 9 200 American in the mix. receipts 4 000 bales. Futures opened steady and closed barely steady across months from January to November December.
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Liverpool
Kansas City Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report
Cattle receipts 3500 with 600 southern. market steady to 10c higher. Native steers 6.80 to 8.75, southern steers 5.75 to 7.75, southern cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 10000. market 6c to 10c higher. Bulk sales 7.45 to 7.55. heavy 7.45 to 7.55. packers and buyers 7.40 to 7.60. pigs 6.25 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 5000. market 10c higher. Muttons 4.00 to 5.60, Colorado lambs 7.50 to 8.25, range wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 7.10.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Sugar Market Steady in New York Trade
Raw sugar remains steady with Muscovado 89 test at 2.98 cents per pound, 96 test centrifugal at 3.48 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test at 2.73 cents. refined sugar held steady.
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Associated Press
New York
Turpentine firm and rosin prices in Savannah market
Turpentine firm at 41 percent and rosin prices F 6.20 G 6.17 6.25 are reported from Savannah on January 30. After Commission Business highlights F Walter & Co as produce and commission merchants expanding into Mobile's trade territory with a strong bid.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Rosin
F. Walter & Co
Mobile
Pearson Makes Gain In Concord Though No Choice
Concord New Hampshire January 30 Edward N Pear RaeuPieen appears to have made gains though no clear choice is indicated in the fragment.
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Pearson
Concord
N. H
Edward N
Ships Load Cotton and Lumber for Europe in Mobile
The British steamer Albania arrived at Mobile to load cotton for Europe under Mobile Liners Inc. Other vessels include the Elswick Park from Newcastle and the Hovding being loaded at Ollinger-Bruce docks. Bartholdi requires repairs after a gulf storm. River packets Mary S Blees City of Mobile American and John Quill expected Sunday with passengers. No current steam boat wharf activity.
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Albania
Mobile and
Ohio
Browne
Mobile Liners, Incorporated
Livingstone
Tropics
Henry J. Smith
Porto Rico
Elswick Park
Newcastle-on- Tyne
England
Hunter-Benn Lumber Company
Bartholdi
Ollinger-Bruce
Hovding
Pinto
Ollinger-Bruce Company
Alabama
Tombigbee_ rivers
Mary S. Blees
City of
New York Stock List Snapshot
The page lists stock prices for mills and railways including Amalgamated Copper at 73 5 8 and American Beet Sugar at 37 7 8. Other names shown are American Cotton Oil 50b and American Sugar Refining 117 1 2 with many more firms such as General Electric 142 1 2 and United States Steel 65.
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American Beet Sugar
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting and Refining
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern
Pfd
International Harvester
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Valley
National Lead
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Peoples’ Gas
Pullman Palace
Reading
Rock Island Co
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Oil Co
Grain and Provisions Move on Drought Reports and Europe News
Grain and provisions rise on drought concerns in India and European political reports. May wheat trades around 93 to 97 cents, corn weakens with May near 53 to 51 cents, oats steady, and May pork, lard, and ribs near 19.25 to 19.30 dollars, 10.27 for lard, 10.30 for ribs.
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Chicago
Japan
India
Europe
Meyers Declared Insane After Pass Christian Shooting
Peter Meyers a white man convicted of shooting a man at Pass Christian was sentenced to the insane asylum as his defense argued during the trial in Galeport Mississippi on January 30 19th.
River Levels Rise and Fall Across Alabama Area
The Black Warrior is set to fall while the Tombigbee rises or remains nearly stationary at Aberdeen. The Alabama River at Montgomery will begin falling tonight or Friday morning, and at Selma it will rise until Friday afternoon then drop.
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Aberdeen
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Expert to address chamber on letting Uncle Sam do work
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League will hear from Timothy Thrift advertising manager of the American Multigraph Company. He will speak on Let Uncle Sam Do Your Work offering insights on advertising strategies and efficiency.
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Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Timothy Thrift
American Multigraph Company
Thrift
Uncle Sam
Mobile and Ohio Official Returns From Washington Trip
Vice President and General Manager R W Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company arrived in Mobile after a business trip to Washington D C and St Louis.
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Washington
R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Mobile
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Jewelry Store Robbed on Dauphin Street
Thieves forced entry at the W. R. Bickley jewelry shop located at 467 Dauphin Street by scaling a fifteen foot fence and smashing a rear window with a brick. About $174 in jewelry plus a gilt clock and an opera glass were taken. Police were notified of the robbery.
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W. R. Bickley
Dauphin Street
City considers arc light to deter thieves at Earl and Marmotte
Twelve Mobile property owners petition the city commissioners to install an arc light at the Earl and Marmotte streets corner to deter thieves and night prowlers after burglaries at the southwest and northeast corners. The petition is referred to Commissioner Pat J. Lyons who oversees street lighting.
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Mobile
Earl and
Marmotte Streets
Pat J. Lyons
Weather pattern brings rain to Mobile and warm spread
Southerly winds raise temperatures in the middle Mississippi valley and west Gulf states as a low pressure center shifts from Iowa toward Texas. Precipitation marks the north and North Pacific coast regions while a high pressure area over Washington brings generally fair weather and subfreezing readings elsewhere. The low will bring rain to Mobile late tonight or Friday with warmer conditions tonight.
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West Gulf States
Iowa
Upper Lake Region
Texas
North Pacific Coast
FoTlwite
Washington
United States
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Shipper's Forecast Warns of Cold for Northbound Routes
The bulletin advises protecting shipments northward for 36 hours at 36 degrees, noting westbound routes at 38 degrees. Moderate temperatures are forecast for eastern lanes.
Notice to chart agents for sale of multiple charts
The notice announces charts available for sale with numbers 2702 409 2299 and 2548. It directs chart agents to obtain the items listed and implies compliance with sale procedures. The brief item records an issuance of sale availability for the specified chart numbers.
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H. O
Women fined for fighting and theft case before court
Maria Reese and Sarah Bath, both described as negro women, appeared before Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court after a recent fight and were fined 51 dollars or 60 days in jail. Mary Smith alias Irene Cooper was bound over to the city court under a 150 dollar bond to await the next grand jury for stealing a hat and dress from Arthur Richard.
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Maria Reese
Sarah Bath
Governor names Reath and Reed for public posts
John Reath and Harold R. Reed, appointed by Governor Emmett O Neal, filed their bonds in the probate court on Thursday.
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John Reath
Harold R. Reed
Emmett O'Neal
Pay your poll tax and become a citizen
A brief call to action urges individuals to settle poll taxes as a condition of citizenship. The note frames payment as a path to lawful status and civic participation.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Advised for Colds
Keep Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound on hand to head off a cold quickly. It contains no opiates and soothes inflamed air passages, stops coughing, and may save a doctor’s bill. J. P. Higgins of Stanton Wisconsin reports one bottle cured a bad cough. In a yellow package. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Foleys
J. P. Higgins
Stanton
Wis
van Antwerp Drus Corporation
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