Carl Holzborn Announces Mobile Item Contest Final Night
The Mobile Item urges readers to vote before the final Wednesday night close on June 25. Citizens are invited to cast ballots in the M. and M. Contest as the campaign ends.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
9
The Mobile Item urges readers to vote before the final Wednesday night close on June 25. Citizens are invited to cast ballots in the M. and M. Contest as the campaign ends.
The Mobile market closed nominal and unchanged with no sales recorded. No exports were logged, contrasting with 11 sales on the same day last year.
Cotton futures opened steady with a 6 to 8 point decline on weak cables and a favorable weather map. Rain-hit Arkansas and scattered eastern belt showers added bearish tone, but fresh buying for long accounts helped July briefly rise. new crops fell, while a private crop bureau rumor sparked further weakness before a noon recovery and a steady close.
Turpentine firm notes 36 cents sales with 130 casks and receipts totaling 695 casks. Rosin firm records no sales but 2,527 barrels received. Price quotes listed: H 3.60, D 3.95, KE 4.05, F 4.15, G 4.15, H 4.15, I 4.20, K 4.55, M 5.15, N 5.85, WG 6.25, WW 6.20.
The Mobile Dry Goods Salesmen's Association held its annual outing Sunday at Dog River aboard the steamer Beav er. About forty five members and several guests fished boated swam and played baseball. A large dinner was served and drinks provided as the group spent a day described as one of the most enjoyable events.
Cotton futures in New York opened steady with a 4 to 6 point drop on weak Liverpool cables and favorable Sunday weather. Early trading saw 80 to 35 point pullbacks from last week highs before buyers entered to position bull side, later prices steadied and edged up 3 to 4 points from the session low while active months hovered about 4 to 7 points net down.
Chicago watchers flee drought fears as a million acres in South Dakota stir fears of failure without rain. Wheat futures swing from 1-8 to 3-8c and September gains, while corn oats and rye slide slightly on drought relief signals. New York stocks open higher with unions UP, Reading, Canadian Pacific leading gains amid bear-covering and sector strength.
Liverpool reports cotton spot prices easing with middling fair at 7.32 and good middling at 6.98 amid quiet trade. Sales reach 6,000 bales, including 5,600 American and 500 for speculation and export, with receipts of 2,000 and 1,900 American. Futures close steady with a ladder of May and June through to May-June around 6.17.
Woodmen members are requested to attend a special meeting of Maple Camp No 6 on Monday evening June 23 1913 at 8 oclock. C H Delhomme is Clerk and Company C Gaus Shiple is noted.
The bulletin forecasts protection against 94 degree heat for 36 hours for shipments north east and west. It notes minimal changes in the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers over the next two days with a slight fall at Demopolis and describes high barometer fair weather east of the Mississippi while a low over Montana brings scattered rain in the west. Mobile is expected to see little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Albert Ashenberger, local forecaster.
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