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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1913

Page

9

For Sale Dry Shavings and Sawdust and Property Listings

Classified fragment offers dry shavings and dry sawdust at Crichton Lumber Co. Then lists preserved pears at Staub Place Spring Hill. Special property sale on Mobile Bay Shell road includes six acres and a four room house, plus multiple houses for cash with Bell phone contact 1195 J.

Crichton Lumber Co Staub Place Spring Hill Bell Phone Mobile Bay Shell Road Bay City North Cedar Street North Jackson Street Bell

Money Talk and Whisky Song Spark Old Phrase Revival

A compact note recalls a proverb linking money to talk and whisky to song, reflecting a cultural line about vice and speech. The remark captures a period style as a social quip.

Cotton futures open steady amid rain and selling pressure

New Orleans July 23 cotton futures opened steady to up one point from yesterday with near months weaker after the call. Selling spread between July and August as rain and unsettled weather add pressure on new crop months. by midmorning August led losses while overall closes showed a net decline of 9 to 29 points.

New Orleans

New York Cotton Market Opens Steady Amid Weather Signals

New York cotton began steady with slight declines from one to two points as weather updates influenced trading. Daily weather showed drought in Texas and Oklahoma with showers in the eastern belt. a New Orleans forecast of possible rain pressured new crop months, leaving futures overall steady despite intraday dips.

Liverpool Cotton Spot and Futures Report

Spot cotton in fair demand and easier with middling at 7.29 and good middling 6.55. Sales total 3 000 bales, including 7 000 bales American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipts 1 000 bases, including 100 American. Futures closed steady with various pairs listed from July through June contracts.

Liverpool

Naval Stores Prices and Receipts Report

In Savannah on July 23 the Turpentine firm reported receipts of 1 474 casks with no sales while the Rosin firm shows 309 barrels. Bid prices quoted for various grades range from 3.90 to 6.35 and include several listed assortments. Bloch Bros agents advertise the upcoming Saturday Evening Post featuring the Cole announcement and a large automobile ad.

Naval Stores Savannah Saturday Evening Post Cole Bloch Bros North Water Street

Notice of Administrator in estate of Magdeline Lewis

Notice announces Edwin B. Kirkbride as Administrator of Magdeline Lewis estate granted July 21 1913 by Judge Price Williams Jr Mobile County Alabama. Claims must be presented per law to avoid bar. Also bids for 9000 cubic yards of oyster shells FOB shipment due August 11 1913 with form at County Engineer Office.

City OF Mobile School House Mobile Alabama City of Laz Schwarz City of Mobile Law and Equity Court of Mobile Equity Crichton Court House Mobile’ County St. Anthony and Dearborn Streets St. Anthony Street Dearborn Street Hermenia H. Crichton Sullivan & Stallworth Solicitors Andy U. Orr Price Williams, Jr Mobile County Annie A. Woolard Leigh & Chamberlain Department of the Interior U. S. Land Office Montgomery Ala Joe Dye Wilmer Radge St. Stehens Meridian Jere Austill United States Commisioner Southern District of Watsan Tanner Julian Tanner Daniel Cameron App B. Holloman Nathan H. Alexander Magdeline Lewis Edwin B. Kirkbride F. W. Bacho Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Bank of Mobile Revenue and Road Commissored

Notice of nonresponsibility for wife's debts

Notice states Roland L. May will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Emma May. Dated July 22, 1913, the notice appears in the local paper as a formal declaration of nonresponsibility.

Emma Roland L. May Wee

Severe Break in Old Crop Cotton Price Drop

The Associated Press reports severe breaks in old crop cotton with July down 75 points, August off 25, reaching 11.70 and 11.69 respectively. New crop prices stayed comparatively steady with a small loss.

Associated Press New Orleans

Wall Street Review Opens with Irregularities and Declines

New York stocks show uneven start with copper and rail issues up or down. Major fallers include Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Reading and American Tobacco while grain and Provisions trade mixed as wheat and corn react to harvest fears and weather.

New York Northern Pacific Atchisons Union Pacifc Canadian Pacific Reading and Steel American Tobacco New Havens California Petroleum Chicago France Iowa Illinois Nebraska Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelting & Befng American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & North Western Mil General Electric Great Northern, Ptd Great Northern Ore Diss Illinois Central Interborough-Met Inter Harvester Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri, Kansas & Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania Peoples’ Gas Pullman Palace Car Reading A Rock Island Co Rock Island Co Pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union Texas Oil

Alabama Bond Listings and City Improvements Summary

Revised by Macartney and Schley shows a catalog of Alabama bonds and financial instruments. Entries include Mobile County Bonds at five and four percent, General Mortgage and Montgomery Division notes, Mobile & Ohio Railroad securities, Gulf Coast Gas first bonds, and various bank stocks. The list also notes First National Bank and Merchants Bank affiliations with regional firms and utilities, along with building and street railway bonds and the Meridian Light and Railway first mortgages.

Macartney & Schley Alabama Mobile County Sccees Favcreweraskie General Mortgage Montgomery Division St. Louis Cairo Collateral Trust Gulf Coast Gas First National Eueeean Tern Bank of Mobilé City Bank & Trust Co Turner-Hartwell Docks O van Antwerp Battle House Meridian Light & Ry Co Consolidated Mobile Street Railway Co First

Cattle Market Receipts Mixed as Hog and Sheep Demand Shifts

In Chicago on July 23 hog receipts reach 25 000 head with a slow market and varied sale prices from 7.50 to 9.50 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts total 18 000 with steady to uneven prices for beeves Texas steers stockers and calves. Sheep receipts reach 20 000 with strong activity and higher bids for native and yearling sheep and native lambs.

Chicago Texas

Two Bodies Unrecovered After Drowning Near Memphis

Up to noon today the bodies of former Post Master W. L. Ludlow and Mrs. Frankye Kwynne were not recovered after they drowned yesterday afternoon a few miles above Memphis. The river was being dragged by a large party of friends and local residents searched the area.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn W. L. Ludlow Frankye Kwynne Wate Hodge

Peace Forum urges US to declare Mexico policy

The International Peace Forum calls for an unequivocal U S position on intervention in Mexico. Dr John Wesley Hill and Dr Henry Allen Tupper propose the United States demand a cease within thirty days and offer mediation to restore peace. If no improvement, a commission would press for protection of lives and property and a stable government.

New York International Peace Forum United States Mexico John Wesley Hill Henry Allen Tupper Forum

Nashville Mayor Orders Arrest of Street Mashers

In Nashville Tennessee the mayor issues a strict order to arrest street attackers or “mashers” on the streets. Police will cuff offenders and, if needed, detain them for city court prosecution. The directive also targets women of questionable character indulging in similar street soliciting.

Nashville Tenn Johnnie Boy Johnnie Fifth Avenue Henry Curran Esquire Hermitage Hotel Fourth Avenue Church Street Police Department Nashville Hilary E. Howse

Report of Torreon Capture Unconfirmed by Constitutionalists

An unconfirmed report claimed Torreon had fallen to constitutionalists. Officials at Pedras Negras headquarters refused to confirm the report.

Eagle Pass Texas Torreon Pedras Negras

Hendrix Guest of Son in Pensacola Visit

Mrs S P Hendrix of Pensacola arrives in the city Wednesday morning to visit her son Shelton H Hendrix at 159 South Warren street. An actress plans to quit the stage for the farm while not abandoning it entirely and a stage runs near the farm to shuttle workers. Mulhall is said to have been fired by manufacturers who blame his disclosures on revenge though they admit business picked up after he began talking for the press. Women who prefer envy remain a social obsession in local chatter.

S. P. Hendrix Pensacola City Shelton H. Hendrix South Warren Street Mulhall

Western Iowa Reports Record Wheat Yields as Railways Strain

In Council Bluffs Iowa on July 23 officials say Western Iowa yields reach as high as forty seven bushels per acre marking the heaviest production this region has known. Wheat from Bulgaria Spain Italy and other nations totals 1 962 000 000 bushels versus last year.

Washington International Institute~ of “Agriculture Rome Italy United States Department of Agriculture Bulgaria Spain England and Wales Belgium Denmark Luxemburg Switzerland United States India Japan Great Britain European Russia Hungary Croatia Slavonia Iowa Council Bluffs

Boathouse Plan Sparks Street and Harbor Line Clash

A proposed boathouse by Augustine Meaher in one mile creek near the river encroaches on two city streets and the state harbor line, per R P Duvalle of the Mobile river commission. A Thursday noon river commission meeting will hear all sides with Union Naval Stores Company and City of Mobile represented by named attorneys.

Augustine Meaher R. P. Duvalle Mobile River Commission Laz Schwarz River Commission Thomas M. Stevens Union Naval Stores Company Gregory L. Smith Meaher B. B. Boone Duvalle State Harbor Government Harbor Harbor Commission

Weather Fronts Spur Showers Across Eastern States

A warm high barometer region rests over the gulf and Atlantic states while showers and cooler air follow in the northeast and upper Midwest. Williston North Carolina records 46 degrees as a cool contrast forms between northern Rockies and Ohio Valley. Mobile may see showers tonight or Thursday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster.

East Gulf South Atlantic States East Gulf Coast Gulf and Atlantic States Rocky Mountain Williston N. C Upper Lake Region Texas Mississippi Valley Ohio Valley Mobile Albert Ashenberger Weather Bureau

Death Notice for Madam Joseph Heutchel

Madam Joseph Heutchel died July 23 1918 funeral from the Cathedral Immaculate Conception with a requiem mass tomorrow at the cathedral.

Navigator and Mercator lead steady Wednesday at Mobile harbor

The Navigator sails for Manzanillo with 230 600 pounds flour and 343 475 feet lumber while the Mercator heads to Puerto Cortez with 230 000 pounds flour and 23 928 feet lumber. Several other ships, including Alm, American, Fjell, Harald, Birkhall, Fort Gaines, and Karen, are due with cargoes of bananas, pine, or general freight in the coming days.

Navigator Munson Steamship Line Manzanillo Cuba Mercator Hubbard-Zemurray Company Puerto Cortez Honduras Alm Olsen Cayman Island United Fruit Company Mobile Wednday Fort Gaines Bocas del Toro Panama Fjell Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company Harald Birkhall Gulfport Karen Munson Steamship Company New Orleans Cuban

Shippers' Notice Warns Against 94 Degree Heat for 36 Hours

A shipping advisory cautions exporters to protect cargo from temperatures near 94 degrees for 36 hours during north, east, and west routes. The notice emphasizes cooling measures and monitoring to prevent spoilage or damage.

Weather Brief Notes Rising Alabama River

A terse weather note warns of unsettled conditions over the next two days with minimal change in precipitation. Mild rises are expected on the Alabama River amid developing patterns, with potential minor impacts on local waterways and travel.

Alabama

Bryan to Return to Washington After Panora Lecture

Adel Iowa July 23 William J Bryan secretary of state will begin his trip to Washington this evening. He expects to reach the capital Friday after arriving here shortly before noon and delivering a lecture. This afternoon he went to Panora where he will speak in his farthest west lecture of the trip.

Associated Press Adel Iowa William J. Bryan Washington Panora

Special Notice to Owners of Vacant Property

Property owners are urged to rent idle spaces with our services. We have recently rented several vacant places and will place placards in windows. Our advertisements attract tenants and we promise to secure a tenant for you based on prior success.

Yeend Brothers at 158 St Francis Street Knights of Pythias Building

Yeend Brothers operate from 158 St Francis Street in the Knights of Pythias Building. The ad notes the business location with emphasis on the old city property and neighborhood landmarks.

ST. Francis Street Knights of Pythias

Property listings offer cheap outgoings and quick sales

Descriptive classifieds advertise cheap housing options in Mobile and nearby areas. Listings include a ten room two story dwelling on Spring Hill avenue offered at 7250 dollars, a four room house on Oakdale with 200 foot lot for 200 dollars cash, and a cottage near Adam street for 100 dollars cash with monthly payments. Additional bungalows near Michigan avenue car line and multiple building lots are promoted with easy terms. A 160 acre Orangeburg parcel with a good house is priced at 10 dollars per acre.

Spring Hill Avenue Lyons Park Oakdale Adam Street Bay Avenue Michigan Avenue Mobile County Orangeburg

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