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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
9
Desirable bungalow in a desirable location offered with $300 cash and $30 monthly balance. Owner lives on the premises and cites personal reasons for selling. Anxious seller invites offers and last price consideration.
Property owners are urged to advertise to attract buyers with placarded windows. The notice claims advertisements have sold transient and home buyers and promises similar results for others.
Two public school bond meetings set for Thursday night at Lienkauf and Oakdale schools. Officials and speakers include Judge Henry Chamberlain at Lienkauf with A G Moses L J Davis and A P Bush. Oakdale speakers are S P Gaillard E G Rickards and Joseph H Lyons.
The Mobile market closed unchanged on Thursday. A sale of 50 bales was recorded for the first time in days, while exports reached 117 bales for the day, compared with none this day last year.
New Orleans July 3 The market showed little change until after bureau reports when new crop months rose briefly then fell 17 to 19 points as shorts sold on the planted area and June 25 condition. By noon prices recovered slightly though old crop levels remained under yesterday, ending steady with a net decline of 2 to 6 points.
New York July 3 cotton moved from a steady start with gains of 1 to 4 points to a softer tone as covering faded. Sellers and near months were active while New Orleans and near futures pressured values. Weather looked favorable outside higher Atlantic temperatures, trading quieted after the government crop report with net losses and later modest rebounds.
The decree dissolving the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger will be filed Monday in U S district court. The United States v Union Pacific Railroad et al suit was filed February 1, 1908, in Salt Lake City Utah.
Minor Friend a Mobile county former back tax commissioner was reappointed to the Excise Board by Governor Emmett O Neal. The board includes Joel Goldsby as chairman H Minor Friend and Sidney Douglas.
The first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart begins with exposition at 6 a.m. and two masses at St Matthews church. Benediction follows the second mass. Confessions are scheduled Thursday at 4 p.m. and Friday morning at 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
George alias Frank Filmore, an 11 year old negro boy, was placed under arrest Thursday as a dangerous character. Conductor J. B. Posey captured the boy inside a loaded freight car at Charleston street and notified police. The youth will likely be turned over to U S authorities on a charge of breaking a car seal.
George F. Thomas of St Stephens Road near Toulminville, a land title expert, left Mobile on Thursday for La Pointe Wisconsin to visit relatives. Before leaving he printed several circulars describing his scheme and plans to mail them to Wisconsin friends he will not be able to see.
The July 1 cotton area under cultivation was 35,622,000 acres with 81.1 percent condition. State figures show increases in acreage and improved conditions from May to June, led by Texas and Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Virginia as the department reports.
Grain and provisions in Chicago edged higher with wheat and corn gaining modestly while oats and pork futures showed firmer tones. Wheat September opened around 90 and hovered near 90 3/4. corn rose toward 62 7/8. pork and lard contracts posted upticks with September options noted. Chicago hog receipts were about 13,000 with a broad range of prices for beef and cattle, and butter, eggs, and poultry markets varied across regions.
County coroner Dr. H P Hirshfield asserts Caroline Blackman a seventeen year old girl is of unsound mind after she killed her three year old half brother Henry Allen by severing his head and discarding it in bushes. Sheriff T T Palmer and Jailer John T Brown dispute this finding calling her a degenerate.
In a Thursday session Petram Gougis was found guilty of stealing $3.49 and several small articles from Miss Allie Moog’s residence and remanded for sentence. A separate concealed weapons case against him was tried, and he was acquitted.
New York trading opened with cautious moves as Europe influenced early activity. Prices drifted downward but little selling kept values steady with bonds steady and stocks near a dead level. Copper shares led losses, while many issues held firmer. mixed gains and declines defined a light session ahead of the holiday break.
The London stock market opened weak on Balkan developments and Rand labor news. Moderate offerings produced a tentative downbeat, but the session closed comparatively steady with American securities quiet and then edging to parity before ending steady.
In Sigmaringen Germany on July 3 former King Manuel of Portugal will marry Princess Augustine Victoria daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern. The wedding is set for September with the civil ceremony on the third and the religious service on the fourth.
The Cincinnati baseball club announced the official consummation of the trade sending James Sheckard from St. Louis to the Reds. Manager Tinker initially refused to waive claim on Sheckard.
A compilation of bankruptcy adjudications and creditor meetings for William Hamilin Ellis of Mobile and Alphonse Dickinson with dates in 1912 1913 and 1914 and a timber land purchase notice by Floyd Vaughn also listing Montgomery Lard Office actions and property details under Timber and Stone Law provisions.
Box prices listed for apples oranges lemons grapes and bananas with per box and per bunch rates. Also includes crate and tub pricing for cabbage beans fish and mackerel with multiple unit sizes and pack formats.
Bridget Marvily Steiner executrix of the estate issues notice in Mobile Alabama, claims to be presented within the lawful period or be barred. Weber Webb and McAlpine attorneys represent the executrix.
Mamie V. Wilson announces a vendor's lien foreclosure sale on July 21 1918 at 12 noon in front of Mobile County Courthouse. The property lies in square 246 Southern division of the Bernoudy tract on the east side of Bayou Street near Montgomery Street, 60 feet wide and 115 feet deep, to satisfy debt and foreclosure costs. Doyle, Auctioneer.
Notice of foreclosure sale by George W. Costello as transferee of vendor's lien. Property in Mobile described as a 125 by 25 foot parcel on Warren Street near South Carolina Street. Sale set for July 21, 1913 at 12 noon in front of Mobile County Courthouse. Auctioneer P. J. Doyle.
The Board on Revenue and Road Commissioner will accept bids until Monday afternoon July 7 1513 for alterations and improvements in the chancery court room. Plans and specifications are available at the Office of the Probate Index and at Vitoreee and Denham architects Peoples Bank building Mobile. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. P Williams Jr Clerk. 7:1 and 3.
In Chancery at Mobile Alabama David KH Burgess com plainsant vs Masuria McGill et al Defendants No 10496 notice issued during Spring Term 1913 of the Court of Chancery Thirteenth District Southwestern Chancery Division Alabama that many named defendants and others alleged dead or nonresidents may claim estate interests in described real property in Mobile County Alabama and that they must answer by August 2 1913 or default will be entered. notice published in The Item newspaper four consecutive weeks.
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