Shorts and Songs on Weather and Markets
The piece notes waning interest and awaits storm reports from affected areas. It suggests mild damage so far with dull spots in New Orleans and forecasts partly cloudy to fair cotton belt weather. It mentions a need for a new market stimulant if prices stay, and cites Mitchell & Co. suspending obligations at 37 Wall Street with Liverpool market closed.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma
Mitchell & Co
Wall Street
New York Exchange
New York
Mobile Quotations and Freight Rates Summary
Mobile Exchange shows Sterling at 4.82 percent. New York sight and New Orleans sight quoted at par. Mobile Freights list steamer rates to Liverpool 46 cents Havre 56 cents Bremen 48 cents Manchester 46 cents.
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Mobile Exchange
Sterling
New York
New Orleans
Mobile
Ocean
Liverpool
Havre
Bremen
Manchester
Cotton Receipts Reported From Several Rail Lines
New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad export compressed 126 bales. Louisville and Nashville Train 160 Baker Lyons Co 22 Commission Co 1 Transit 100 total 123 bales. Mobile and Ohio Train 108 Farmers' Commission Co 1 export compressed 176 total 177 bales. Steamer John Quill Vienna Ala Baker Lyons 6 Bevill Phillips Co 1 Touart Quinn 1 transit 100 total 108 bales.
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New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Baker, Lyons Co
Commission Co
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Farmers’ Commission Co
John Quill
Vienna
Ala
Baker-Lyons
Bevill-Phillips Co
Touart & Quinn
Transit
Cotton futures open steady on storm weather reports
New Orleans March 24 cotton futures begin the session with a 4 to 5 point advance as buyers push on forecasts of widespread storm weather. Despite dullity in Liverpool trading and limited damage feared, the market holds a steady tone with prices about 7 points above last Thursday's close after a half hour.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Turpentine and Rosin Prices in Savannah Market
Naval Stores reports show turpentine firm at 38 cents with 31 casks sold and 267 casks receipts. rosin receipts total 658 barrels with varied bid prices from 4.90 to 7.60 per barrel. Market notes include multiple grade quotes labeled B through N and other shorthand sales terms.
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Savannah
Wall Street Review Reports Mixed Market Tone
On March 24 the market opened with a hopeful bank statement and favorable crop and foreign events. Trading was light after the first hour with bonds irregular and foreign accounts showing little activity.
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New, York
Lost on Dauphin street gold heart with initials
Reward offered for return of a gold heart pin engraved with M. C. Lb lost on Dauphin Street. Return to Mrs. R. P. B Bulloch at 613 1 2 Dauphin Street. Reward provided.
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Dauphin Street
Gold Heart
M. C. Lb
Mra. R. PB
Bulloch
Itp
Trade skills sought nurse and waitresses wanted at cafe
Classified fragment shows a trade nurse asked for, two waitresses wanted at Wind Sor Cafe with wages room board and wash. Also notices of probate administration for Frederick Weassersiehen deceased with claims against estate due by law, attorney McCorvey and Dean listed.
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Windsor Cafe
Eensof
Frederick Weassersiehen
Wassersieben
Prva
Solihie
Rt ‘Levine
Market Notes on Local Produce and Stock Movements
Crates of local cabbage pour into market while eggs lag due to transport delays. Warm weather affects apple stocks and warehouse receipts. Refrigerated cars retain receipts when possible. Pompano demand outstrips supply, hinting at interior visitors dining city. Signals point to rising planter activity and fertilizer sales with a busy planting outlook. Sunday holiday boosts Monday orders as residents still need butter.
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Scott
New York Cotton Opens Steady as Storms Spare Buying
Cotton futures opened steady to up to 6 points with liquidity thin after Liverpool closure. Storm warnings for Texas and Louisiana coast failed to spur demand, noon prices 2 to 3 points higher. Middling at 12.60 and 12.85 at the Sault.
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New York
Liverpool
Texas
Louisiana
St Patrick Benevolent meeting and Pensacola on utilities
A flar monthly meeting of the St Patrick Benevolent and Social Association is set for Tuesday at 7 30 in their hall at Beauregard and Franklin. Pensacola mayor cites Mobile not pursuing municipal ownership of electric lighting and outlines City of Mobile utilities including wharves waterworks street work asphalt hospital and sewer facilities.
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Flar
The
St. Patrick Benevolent and Social Association
Beauregard and
Franklin
Harry Pillans
Mobile
Pensacola
Pillans
Complaint over ball damage to Vincent Bride’s roof in vacant lot
Complaint filed with police on Monday cites boys playing ball in a vacant Scott and Savannah lot, damaging Vincent Bride’s slate roof and gutters. In Mobile, Rev. Brooks Lawrence of the Anti saloon League arrived from Bay Minette and said the league's fight widens monthly. Northbound Mobile and Ohio freight train No 60 derailed in local yards early Monday, four cars affected, two destroyed, no injuries.
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Scott and
Savannah
Vincent Bride
Brooks Lawrence
Anti-saloon League
Alabama
Mobile
Bay Minette
Baldwin County
Cawthon Hotel
Birmingham
Mobile and
Ohio
Deaths and Funerals John W Fortner
John W Fortner of Mobile county died Sunday at 12 40 PM at the family home in Whistler after a lingering illness. He left a wife and one daughter Mrs Britton Jones, two brothers W E and A E B Fortner, a half brother J M Williams, a half sister Mrs E G Leahy and other relatives. A member of Mechanics Lodge Odd Fellows and Knights and Ladies of Honor, he was a Methodist. Funeral services were held at the Whistler Methodist church on Monday afternoon under Odd Fellows auspices, with burial in Whistler Cemetery.
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John W. Fortner
Mobile County
Florida Street
Washington Avenue
Whistler
Mobile & Ohio
Britton Jones
W. E
A. E B. Fortner
J. M. Williams
Burial of George Peters in Mobile after accident
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for George Peters, victim of a Saturday accident at Franklin and Augusta streets. The rites were at his home and St. Vincent’s Church, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. Attendants included Leo Harrison and several others. Richard F. Wier of Satsuma died March 18 and was laid to rest in Annapolis, Md., with his son J A Wier accompanying his remains.
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George Peters
Franklin
Augusta
Franklin Streets
St. Vinmt’s Catholic Church
Father Urban
Magnolia Cemetery
Leo Harrison
Westy Kerlin
T. P. Francis
Walter le Blanc
Robert McLeod
Wainfield Scott
Richard F. Wier
Satsuma
Ala
Mobile
Annapolis
Dixon
McKay
J. A. Wier
Vessels in Port Movements and Departures
Several ships updated port calls with distress on the Charles G Endicott and Fort Morgan while others arrived including the German steamship Tilly Russ from Las Palmas and the British schooners Athena and Glenafton. Departures include the Munson liner Signe for Cuba and the United Fruit ships Fjell and Fort Gaines for Central American ports. The Orleanian and 31,000 banana bunches are anticipated.
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Fort Morgan
Tilly Russ
Las Palmas
Athena
Havana
Glenafton
Carthagena
William H. Baxter
Gene Pitt
Hip Fijell
Hubbard-Zemurray. Steamship Company
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Munson
Signe
Cuba
Seeburg
Alm
Grand Cayman
Mar Negro
St. Maurice
United Fruit
Fjell
Fort Gaines
Puerto Barrios
Puerto Cortez
Karen
James Gibboney & Company
Asian
Colon
Mobile Liners, Incorporated
Orleanian
United Fruiter
Mobile
Tropics
Mobile Hosts Visiting Notables From Wide Posts
A long list of visitors to Mobile includes L. F. West and daughter and J. N. Hawkins of Milton Florida at the St. Andrew hotel Esther Breland and Mrs. W. W. Williams of Leakesville Mississippi on a shopping tour C C Bromley and family of Boulder Colorado staying ten days Co S G Thomas and wife of Leaf Mississippi for a pleasure business visit F J Jordan of Chatom Alabama on business T and Coleman Annie and Sarah Coleman of Shubuta Mississippi at the Bienville hotel Mr and Mrs Dan F E Marsh of Chicago engaged for several days W A Turner and L C Turner of Bladon Springs visiting friends and handling business Dr Co L Banfield Mrs Hugh Nelson and others from Cincinnati at the Battle House ix H Milligan and wife of Kansas City Missouri in Mobile today before returning west will visit county points C C Prichett and wife of Jackson Alabama registered at the Battle Mr and Mrs George H England of Holyoke Massachusetts in Mobile for several days L W Walker and wife of North Platte Nebraska at the Cawthon Seligman and wife of Hamilton Ohio visiting for a few days Mr and Mrs J N Gannon of Boston at the Cawthon J E Rhodes and wife of Birmingham Alabama in Mobile short stay H S Ray division manager of the Vicks Chemical Company to meet retailers P S McCormick of the Texas Oil Company paving roads division in New Orleans formerly in charge of New Orleans Item bureau W H Byrne of San Francisco left Mobile Monday after coming to attend his sister Mrs James H Nelson’s illness
Stage Struck Girl Returned to Parents
Annie Ward aged 16, daughter of Mrs Ada Clem of Ocean Springs Mississippi, was taken from a train by police and surrendered to her parents in Mobile. She had been placed in care of Windsor Hotel proprietors and will likely be sent to a reformatory. Police say her story of visiting a grandmother in Pensacola was false. The family and police label her stage struck.
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Annie Ward
Ada Clem
Ocean Springs
Miss
Clem
Mobile
Windsor Hotel
Pensacola
Crenshaw
Fire destroys six stores in Ruleville, Miss
Associated Press reports damage estimated at 150000 dollars after a blaze last night wiped out the Rule block in Ruleville Sunflower county Mississippi. Governor Brewer received a message about the fire today.
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Associated Press
Jackbhon
Miss
Rule
Ruleville
Sunflower County
Brewer
Dr King’s New Life Puls Promises Quick Constipation Relief
An advertisement-like snippet touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve constipation by stimulating the bowels and purging “poisons” from the system. It reads like a period-health tonic claim with bold assurances of restored digestion.
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Dr. King
Areseiie
River stages forecast for Tombigbee and Alabama rivers
The Tombigbee river and branches will fall over the next two days. The Alabama river will continue to fall tonight and probably Tuesday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Tombigbee
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
River Forecast Signals Drops on Tombigbee
River forecast shows the Tombigbee river and its branch will fall over the next two days signaling lower water levels and potential changes to navigation and flooding outlook for nearby communities.
Shippers Forecast Warns on Temperature Extremes
Weather bulletin advises protecting shipments with 28 degree exposure for 36 hours in the northwest while predicting 38 degrees in that region. Moderate temperatures expected in the east.
Venture Crew Lands After Abandoning Waterlogged Vessels
Key West British vice consul reports the Dutch schooner Venture landed here on the 21st after abandoning waterlogged vessels offshore at latitude 27 degrees and longitude 85 degrees.
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Key West
Evidence of a Theft Ring Leads to Property Seizure
Deputy sheriffs recovered two 48 pound flour sacks from a Knox street house tied to a Meyer Milling Company shipment. Items include clothing, photographic plates, blank photocards, pawn tickets, a ham skin, and gear tied to a freight car theft ring. A list of ten vagrancy arrests followed, with the Baldwins linked to the residence.
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Delchamps
Lynch
Washington
Knox Street
Conception
Joachim
Meyer Milling Company
Springfield
Mobile
Ohio
Southern
Dock Moore
Robert Baldwin
Mathaniel Baldwin
Charley Grayson
Willie Brasfield
W. W. Morgan
Cleve Slaughter
Clarence Baldwin
Tom Baldwin
John Henry
Baldwins
Weather conditions with low pressure and strong winds
A low barometer system over the lake region and upper Mississippi valley brings rain or snow and warm southerly winds to the Ohio Gulf and cold northerly winds to the upper Mississippi. Detroit reports 58 mph winds and Chicago 56 mph. another low pressure area from Texas to the south Pacific states causes scattered rains and warm Gulf winds. cold air moves over the northern Rocky Mountains with light snow.
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Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Ill
Texas
South Pacific States
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Mobile
Aliert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Court Proceedings in Mobile Courts Highlight Decrees and Petitions
In the Law and Equity and Chancery divisions of Mobile Courts, various actions proceed. Testimony ordered in Rodgers vs Reese while the State petitions to sell real property. Cross-bill amendments granted. Decrees pro confesso issued in Gerard v Southern Timber and Hirsh v Riley. Demurrers ruled on Levens v Mobile Light and K.K.R. Co and other cases. damages assessed in American Brass and Copper Co. v Electrical Continental Co.
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Peter Rodgers
Dina Reese
Alabama
A. E. Walker
Safety Banking and Realty Company
Charles W. Megraw
John Verneuille
Chancery Court
Thos
Smith
Lucy T. Gerard
Southern Timber and Colonization Co
Louis K. Hirsh
Thomas J. Riley
Frank Jackson
Mamie Jackson
Rebecca M. Lining
Robert C. Ellison
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Julius Levens
Mobile Light
KK. R. Co
R. P. Roach
John T. McDonald
Fitzgerald & Co
Henry L. Hieronymus
Ziliak- Schafer Milling Co
Marx Grocery Co
American Brass and Copper Co
Electrical Continental Co
City Court Case Highlights Larceny and Assault Appeals
Semmes presides as business continues Monday Grand. Larceny convictions include Charles Alexander George Baford Willie Coleman and Robert Cunningham. Tuesday calls list Luther Davis Tony Klepner Edward Collins Henry Collins Eli Collins and Jili Dunlay in appeal from the inferior criminal court on charges of affray vagrancy and unlawful sale of 60 cane.
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Semmes
Charles Alexander
George Baford
Willie Coleman
Robert Cunningham
F.C. Scheibler
Luther Davis
Tony Klepner
Edward Collins
Henry Collin Kid Collins
Eli Collins
Jili Dunlay
Inferior Criminal Court
Man charged with murder in Calvert shooting
Fred Hooper, a Black man, was brought to Mobile from Calvert Alabama and jailed on murder charges. The alleged shooting occurred Saturday night near Calvert at a store after a quarrel with Henry Foster, who died shortly after.
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Fred Hooper
Mobile
Calvert
Ala
Hooper
Henry Foster
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