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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1914

Page

15

Chancery Sale Authorized in Mobile Alabama Property Auction

Nathan Cockrell administrator authorizes sale under decree of the Thirteenth District Chancery Court. The property at the northwest corner of Commerce and Government streets Mobile fronting 23 feet 9 inches on Commerce, 65 feet along Government, will be sold March 30, 1914 at 12 o'clock noon in front of Mobile County Courthouse for cash to satisfy street improvements and costs. Register Carl Holzborn notes the sale.

Sam “Wilder Price Williams Mobile County Alabama Mobile Aabama City of Julia F. Russell Register’s Office Court of Chancery Thirteenth Southwestern Chancery Division State of Commerce and Government Streets Commerce Street Government Street O. Ross Robert Hunter Carl Holzborn Register Mary Cerro Thirteenth District Court House East Street Monroe Royal Monroe Streets Royal Street Columbia Barter Gertrude Barter Jefferson Street Church Streets Church Street

Townsend Mckenzie Randall Dies March 19 1914

Funeral plans announce Townsend Mckenzie Randall son of Mary A and the late George J Townsend will be buried at Magnolia Cemetery after services at 2 30 pm from 270 S Franklin Street and 3 pm from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Also notice of J Strachan Barret bankruptcy adjudication and creditors meeting set for April 6 1914 at 2 pm in Mobile Alabama with R T Erwin as referee.

Townsznd Kenzie Randall Mary A George J. Townsend S. Franklin Street Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Magnolia United. States District Court Southern District of Alabama J. Strachan Barret Mobile Alabama J. Strathan ‘Barret R. T. Erwin

City of Mobile Sues Mary Cerro Over Street Improvement Liens

In Mobile Alabama the City seeks satisfaction of a lien on property at 207 East Street for street improvements and costs of the case. The decree in this chancery matter requires payment of the lien and related costs for frontage on Royal and Monroe streets. Carl Holzborn, Register.

Lovers Roost Readies Hearts in Humble Encounter

A fragment notes a local romance feature titled Lovers Roost inviting hopeful pairs to read and consider romantic plans. The item hints at social gatherings and matchmaking in a period-appropriate setting.

Townsend dies at 28 in Mobile native of Galveston

McKensie Randall Townsend aged 28 and a Galveston native died at his home on Franklin and Madison streets. He is survived by his mother Mary A Townsend two brothers George A Townsend and L A Townsend two sisters Mrs William King and Miss Ruby Townsend and other relatives. Funeral announced. Mrs Alabama Prichard Berrey wife of Sidney Berrey will be buried from home Friday at 3 20 pm to St Josephs church with Interment in Catholic cemetery.

McKensie Randall Townsend Galveston Franklin and Madison Streets Mary A. Townsend George A. Townsend Mobile George A L. A. Townsend William King Ruby Townsend Alabama P. Berrey Alabama Prichard Berrey Sidney Berrey St. Joseph's Church

Henry L. Bacho Reported to Have Died

Henry L. Bacho, a former member of the old guard, passed away Friday morning at 6 o'clock after weeks of illness. The notice provides sparse details and no burial information.

Henry L. Bacho Olf Guard Henry Ho Hfe

Mobile Court Sells Block on Jefferson Street in Lien Case

In Chancery at Mobile Alabama the City of Mobile versus Columbia Barter and Gertrude Barter No 10583 a decree directs the sale of property on the west side of Jefferson Street between Government and Church streets to satisfy a lien for street improvements. The parcel runs 108 feet along Jefferson and 55.2 feet deep from Church Street to the western curb with detailed metes and bounds.

Convict George Miller Transferred to City Hospital

George Miller, convicted of grand larceny and held at the county convict camp, was moved Thursday afternoon under guard to the city hospital for treatment due to complications of diseases.

George Miller

German immigrant cabinet maker dies in Mobile

A longtime Mobile resident from Germany who arrived over sixty years ago and lived at 52 Conti Street passed away. He conducted a cabinet making business and was well known in the community. Surviving relatives include his wife, two sons Fred L. McKay and Louis McKay, and other kin. The funeral plans remain to be announced.

Mobile Germany Conti Street Fred L. ‘Bacho Louis’ Bacho con —_ McKay

Mobile Cotton Market Report Yesterday and Exports Data

Market notes from Mobile show firm prices with good middling around .18. Receipts for this week total 4004 bales, exports today 160 bales, and exports since Sept 1 sum to 347887 bales. U S ports receipts and stock figures appear, with totals for United States ports and continental exports listed.

Mobile CO United States U. S Britain

Cotton market rises on census report in New Orleans opening

New Orleans on March 20 reports smaller gains than expected from the census bureau final season tally. Buying lifts cotton futures with early advances of 8 to 18 points, longs take profits causing a 10 point pullback, then fresh buying pushes prices higher into noon and closes with a net advance of 9 to 16 points.

New Orleans Census Bureau

Cotton market opens with gains then eases in New York

New York activity shows firmer early cotton prices with March up to 12.26 and gains in other positions before a 4 to 5 point retreat as market tension eases. Spot cotton steadies with middling lands at 13.46c and middling gulf at 18.70c. River and bond listings follow alongside broad equity moves and Lehigh Valley sentiment.

New York Gulf

Alabama tops census cotton production in 1913

Washington reports the 1913 cotton crop valued at over 1 billion dollars with 7 383 557 500 pounds and 14 767 151 bales of lint and linters. Alabama shows a leading production among states, with 404 067 bales, followed by Georgia and Texas totals, ginneries operating at 24 780.

Bureau of Census Washington Sea Island Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana S. Ball Way Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklanhomaa South Carolina Tommobegg

Tragic Farm Family Fire Ends in Double Homicide

J A Eubanks of Oak Park Georgia fatally wounded his wife and two daughters as they slept, then set fire to the home and nearby buildings before shooting himself. Mrs Eubanks suffered a nearly severed head, and the couple's two young children were injured by a sharp object as neighbors responded.

Oak Park J. A. Eubanks

Railroad Schedules Alabama and Tennessee Railroads

Partial timetable text lists Mobile and Ohio Railroad routes with times 5, 6:20 am and 11:00 am plus connections to St Louis Chicago and New York and notes Sunday schedules. Also mentions Mobile Bay Shore and Tennessee lines with morning and evening departures and a stray sentence about a wife performing housework for support.

Alabam Tenn Gaterailroad Teave A Mobile & Ohio Ratlioa Miss Texan Mootle & Meri i Mobile & Bay Shore Railac Mu Therny

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