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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1913
Page
10
Liverpool reports dull cotton market with spot middling at 7.37 and receipts at 3 000 bales, no American arrivals. Futures ease with nearby contracts trading around 6.5 to 6.59 and varied forward months through June next year.
During the Alabama State Bar Association annual session on July 11 and 12 all courts will cease business except the city court. Cases on call may be held over. Col Alexander Troy urges all lawyers to attend. Federal Judge Harry T Toulmin supports a court recess. Judge Berney will recess law and equity court. Mr Mitchell will read a paper on The Law's Delay vs The Law's Delay.
Following the flood, Central Mfg. Co. of Dayton offers all stock tires and tubes at salvage prices to raise funds. Included are many tire sizes with reduced rates and prepaid shipping for two or more tires with tubes. warranty notes claim new wrapped tread and no fire or water damage.
Notice from L. D. Boylan Retail Lumber at Florida Street and Dauphin Way detailing finish on all lumber manufactured at the mill. Advertises Bell phone No. 721 and requests inquiries. Also lists Moser College offering a free illustrated catalogue on beauty courses by mail from New Orleans Louisiana.
International News Service reports cotton futures eased with prices down four to ten points. Southern liquidations pressured the market while outside selling by brokers increased. Despite favorable crop news and weather, traders expect more coverage if midsummer conditions worsen.
Prime commercial paper 6 percent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.83 for sixty day bills and at 4.86 85 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82 3-4. Silver 58 1-4. Mexican dollars 48ce. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds heavy. Money on call nominal, no loans. Time loans easier: sixty days 8-4 4 percent, ninety days 2 38-4 4 percent, six months 5 5 1-4 percent.
In Savannah on June 21 Turpentine firm 36d report sales none with receipts 425 barrels while Rosin firm shows sales none with receipts 1,289 barrels. Quotations list various grades and prices from B 3.60 to WG 6.25 and WW 6.30 with multiple designations I G H I K M N.
A dated price list shows per box and per unit rates for apples oranges lemons and other produce. Items include Valencia oranges at 4.50 to 5.00 per box and bananas at 1.75 per bunch with various crate and sack quantities for cabbage beans peas and potatoes.
International News Service reports a cautious trading day in Chicago wheat with shorts covering and small longs exiting. July delivery showed tightening early and increasing through the day, while September saw large traders buying. cash prices fell 1/2 cent, and July lard shifted to September in over 10 000 tierces, stabilizing pork and ribs.
A dated ledger of stock prices lists Amalgamated Copper at 62 1 8, American Beet Sugar 21, American Cotton Oil 36, American Smelting 60 1 2, and others including American Sugar Refining 106 1 2b, American Tel 127 5 8, Anaconda 31 1 4, and many more. Texas 611 appears with a value of 100.
New York June 21 The weekly statement shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 43 809 650 excess reserves over legal requirements up 4 997 150 from last week Loans total 1 894 164 000 down 1 410 000 Specie 357 847 000 up 5 761 000 Legal tenders 85 015 000 up 1 106 000 Net deposits 1 762 821 000 up 5 528 000 Circulation 47 032 000 up 3 000 Banks cash in vault 379 282 000 trust companies 63 580 000 aggregate cash reserve 442 862 000 excess reserve 43 809 650 up 4 997 150 trust companies reserve with clearing house members 67 055 000
New York reports butter weak with receipts and creamery extras. cheese steady with 1 441 boxes on hand and no exports. eggs steady with 16 646 cases. Chicago notes butter and eggs unchanged with receipts of 18 128 and 20 cars of new potatoes at 65 to 90 cents, old potatoes unchanged, poultry unchanged.
International News Service reports a six day battle at Ortiz Sonora ending in a complete rebel victory. General Obregon reportedly surrounded and routed the federal army under General Pedro Objeda with both sides suffering about 2000 losses. Com reports come via Governor Pasqueira.
Chinese minister Chang Yin Tang and family depart Washington after three and a half years of service. Henry Chang, his son, serves as secretary of the legation as they head to San Francisco to return to China. He served the longest continuous term among his predecessors.
Chicago specifics show cash wheat prices for No 2 red and other grades with ranges. Kansas City and St Louis report cash and futures prices for wheat corn and oats, including No 2 categories and July to December contracts.
St Louis market notes list poultry prices for chicks at 13 1 2 cents per pound springs 20 cents turkeys 16 ducks 15 geese 11. Butter creamery 27 cents. Eggs 16 1 4 cents.
Saturday saw multiple ships sailing and arriving from Munson Line steamers to Havana Matanzas and Panama with flour corn and lumber. Cargoes included 463 200 pounds flour 280 000 pounds corn and 126 966 feet yellow pine.
Grand Haven Michigan June 21 1903 relatives refuse to move Robert W Duncan who died in 1902 after invoking a dying wish to be buried on his own land near the road between Grand Haven and Highland Park. After repeated council debates the family deeded half an acre to the city as an annex to the cemetery and placed a small tombstone marking the grave.
A reflection on happiness tracing from childhood innocence to adult self interest. The piece contrasts the pure delight in simple beauty with the later pursuit of “having a good time.” It argues happiness should include giving to others and relinquishing some desires, echoing the idea that “It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”
A narrator describes a twenty two year old tall aspiring husband and the girl he plans to marry. The piece contrasts the youth with his parents and highlights the value of teamwork and firm character in building a successful marriage. It also retells the story of a remarkable wife who waited to receive a ring and later aided her husband through hardship.
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