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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1913
Page
9
A series of small frame cottages and lots described with locations on El mira Street Dunham to Rapier Avenue and W S Fulton Street Old Government Street plus properties on Old Shell Road Halstead Street and Spring Hill. Rooms range from 4 to 7 with servant’s house and stable on the Spring Hill site.
A brief street notice directs residents or readers to locate the street sign at 60 Government Street. The item emphasizes finding the correct address marker and cautions to verify the exact corner or intersection for navigation.
Associated Press Chicago July 29 reports sensational crop estimates drop due to heat and drought. Corn prices rise two cents a bushel as profit-taking limits declines and engineers abandon hopes for a three billion bushel yield. Expert forecasts range from 2.675 to 2.7 billion bushels. A second item notes river traffic delays on the Tombigbee with the Mary S. Blees unable to reach Lock No. 1 and transfer ships causing rescheduled departures.
Market notes show cash grain values for wheat corn oats and related staples in St Louis and Chicago with prices for No 2 red and white wheat, No 2 corn, oats, timothy and clover, plus pork lard and ribs futures quotes with open and close amounts and monthly settlements.
The Mobile market remained steady with no sales logged today. Exports for the day totaled 81 bales, down from 118 bales a year ago, with receipts, stock, and export figures shown in the Mobile Official Report and Consolidated Statement for the period.
Cotton futures opened steady with a 3 to 5 point advance on good cables and dry Western belt weather forecasts. By noon prices stood 3 to 5 points above the previous close, with late trading sustaining a modest 1 to 3 point net gain. spot cotton remained quiet at 11 16-16 cents.
New York reports a dry Texas forecast keeping cotton prices steady with 4 to 6 point early gains, later trading higher on expectations of growing damage without rain. Liverpool firmed, spot cotton quiet. middling uplands around 12.10 and gulf 12.36 with futures closing steady despite fluctuations through September to January contracts.
A public notice announces Harry Pillans running for re election to the office of Mobile city commissioner and asks for voter support from Mobile residents. He signs the statement with date 7 14 tf.
Chicago July 29 grain and provisions market shows big receipts and good weather easing wheat while prices steady. Corn gains as heat damage boosts demand, oats rise on Eastern demand, and provisions firm with pork at 21.42 1/2, lard 11.80, ribs 11.82 1/2.
Naval Stores in Savannah Georgia on July 29 lists a turpentine firm reporting 150 casks sold and 1 719 casks received with rosin at 4 054 barrels. Prices quoted include HB 3 75 D 3 85 F 4 60 G H I 4 05 K 4 15 M 4 35 N 5 30 WG 6 25 WW 6 50.
The London market opened steady with a generally good undertone though Kaffir shares stayed dull. Home rails edged higher while Mexican rails and consoles held firm. copper oil and rubber shares slipped in the afternoon. American securities started steady but retreated, closing lower after light morning advances of 1 8 to 7 8 cents.
News from Lima reports a mob surrounded the Peruvian senate home and seized the chamber. Former President Leguia and his son were arrested after seeking asylum at the American legation and placed in the penitentiary. A new cabinet under General Enrique Varela as president of the council and war minister was formed.
The New York wires received word from London about the Lima Peru catastrophe. Central and South American Telegraph Company offices continued routine messages to Lima while fearing cutoff. They believed Lima communications would reopen and sent messages this morning.
Trading opened with gains and losses evenly split led by Reading and Northern Pacific and declines in Copper Union Pacific and Can. Wells Fargo rose amid a market reactionary first hour with some long listed issues down a point or more. Bonds firmed as treasury notes noted declines. readings show mixed appetite with little breadth in gains.
Senator Stone and Lake-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association officials invite President Wilson to attend and speak at the Peoria convention the week of October 12 and to join a river trip from St. Louis to Peoria. the president will consider the invitation.
Weather data lists temperatures at 7:00 a m and notes shipments moving north, east and west. The fragment implies forecast guidance for cargo flows across routes, without specific destinations or quantities.
The Tombigbee river and branches will not change much over the next two days. The Alabama river is expected to rise, except at Gadsden where levels remain steady.
Eastern half of the country records high temperatures amid fair weather and high pressure. Louisville Kentucky posts 96 degrees while Barre Maryland and Des Moines Iowa reach 94. A low barometer mood with scattered showers affects the northern Rocky Mountain region and the east gulf and south Atlantic states. A cool air wave moves east from the north Pacific coast with showers likely from Mobile tonight into Wednesday.
Liverpool cotton market shows steady spot demand with listed grades and prices. Sales reach 8 000 bales including 7 800 American while receipts total 11 000 bales. futures quotes span July to June with small differentials reflecting a quiet session.
Cattle and hogs receipts listed with varied prices and market softness. Hog numbers total about 15 900 with mixed and heavy categories showing prices from 6.00 to 9.45. Cattle receipts around 4 000 with Texas steers and stockers in the 5.40 to 9.10 range. Sheep receipts near 30 000 with native and yearling offerings priced 4.35 to 6.80.
Mattie Peel, convicted in recorder's court for vagrancy, was acquitted by a city court jury after hearing evidence. The panel found the evidence insufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Saltburn from Newark moors to load for Mc Gowin Lumber Co while dry docked, and other vessels including Karen, Apollo, Sunny South, and two United Fruit Company ships are listed entering and sailing Mobile and Gulfport ports. Burial of Mrs Eugenia Wilson held at 880 Dauphin Street with Magnolia cemetery interment. Mrs Elizabeth Chambers dies at 87 in Toulminville after long illness.
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