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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
10
Short and long demand shows improvement for March shipments. Traders McFadden and Mitchell return as buyers. New York and New Orleans lean bullish, while commentary notes a prophet losing caste in the cotton market analysis. Weather and Balkan tensions influence outlook.
Summary of cotton receipts showing 2 bales via Louisville and Nashville Railroad train 162 Davis Wilson Gaillard with Touart and a line item for IL. Ohio Railroad Company train 109 11 Farmers Commission Company with Beville Phillips Company totaling 154 bales. Steamer James A Carney lists 5 bales from Eastern Shore Davis Wilson Gaillard Bevill Phillips Farmers Union ace Company with a total of 5 bales.
High water slows transport and shelves cause orders to pile up. Butter holds 38 to 40 cents while green cabbage moves in large lots. Dates steady near 1.25. Poultry is scarce with hens and geese as main offerings. Alfalfa hay dominates grain business and sweet potatoes from Baldwin and Mobile counties are arriving and moving quickly.
Active buying at the opening lifted prices in New York stocks with large blocks trading in favored issues. After a few minutes the market reacted as buyers moved in.
A newspaper style notice offers a free life reading based on stars. It pledges past present and future revelations and claims astrology is a real science. Readers are asked to send full name address birth date and small fees for return postage to Prof. Raleigh in London.
Weekly No 13 issued today at the Royal Theatre showing Pathe's Weekly Current Events and two other fine reels. Admission is 6 cents. Date 3-26-11.
The officers and members are requested to attend a regular meeting on Wednesday evening March 26 at 7:30 PM. Election of officers at M. B. A. Hall southeast corner of Dauphin and Jackson streets. By order of A J Leibert President and A J Picker Recording Secretary.
Refugees flood relief as farmers bring food to Dayton after a flood. Boats ferry women and children to safety while hospitals remain intact and looting rumors are denied by authorities.
Mark Morrisey and next friend Mary Morrisey sue Van Antwerp Drug Company for 500 in damages for injuries alleged from an elevator accident in the Van Antwerp building last January. Attorneys W. B. McAleer and F. K. Hale represent the plaintiff.
The Ohio National Guard rushes aid to Dayton area as flood disrupts rail service. Acting Adjutant General Speaks orders Col. H G Catron to fetch boats from Columbus and move by road to Dayton. Guards in Napoleon Defiance Fremont and Newark remain on duty amid rising flood conditions.
San Francisco and London connected by cable and telegraph in a test using a cable sounder. The Postal Telegraph Company line linked to the trans Atlantic cable via Boston and Halifax for several minutes with direct Morse code messages between the two cities.
The last of a trio of Mile. Lacosta soprano recitals, with Miss McAdams Miss Larkie and Miss Woodbury, was presented Tuesday at the Smith Piano Company building. The Dreams program delighted a large audience with Will o the Wisp Come Down the River Tonight He of Whom I Dreamed and other selections plus three lighter numbers.
Mobile reports describe a deadly storm that struck Lower Peach Tree and nearby towns. Churches and homes serve as temporary hospitals for at least twenty two injured, with fatalities among residents including the Cooper family. Leo F. Clark recounts travel and rescue efforts as relief teams bring medical supplies.
The case against William Abrams over an oyster license was dismissed in inferior court. R C Ludlow failed to appear and his bond was forfeited in a plumbing license case. Simplex Container Company filed for incorporation with Frank W Carmelich Clem entine Carmelich and D H Dure as officers. Ed ward Collins and others faced trial for an affray with some cases dismissed. Mobile Horticultural Society calls a Thursday meeting at 7 30 in Mobile Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss the gardening contest. A Hancock of 205 Old Shell road faces arraignment for a traffic ordinance violation due to a vehicle lingering in the street beyond ten minutes.
Toney Klopner was convicted of assault and battery on his wife in city court Tuesday afternoon. He was fined one cent and costs and remanded for sentence.
United States Marshal announces libel filed March 19 against the Gasoline Launch Irma and tackle in the Southern District of Alabama. Court date set for April 7 1913 in Mobile Alabama to show cause why a decree should not pass. Owners and claimants must appear to contest or support the action.
Preliminary arrangements for Thursday's canvass to raise funds for the Seamen's Bethel are complete. John Mitchell, chair of the finance committee, appeals to Mobile citizens to support the philanthropic home for sailors, noting its social benefits and need to cover $1,500 yearly operating costs plus a $550 debt for additions. Sustaining memberships of $5 or $10 yearly are suggested.
City announces corrections to the delinquent tax list after over 500 payments in five days. Delinquent taxes accepted by City Tax Collector until the list is filed in court on Friday evening March 28 1913. John J. McMahon City Clerk. 3 26 27 21.
Seizure and court summons in admiralty case against the Gasoline Launch Lucille. Mobile Railroad stockholders meeting set for April 2 1913. Mobile county road exemption rules announced by County Treasurer GEO E Stone with fee deadlines.
One steamship, the British Luchana from Tampico, arrived at Pier 3 to load cargo. Two schooners from Havana and Cienfuegos plus the British barkentine Sirdar moored in the stream to load lumber. The Col orado departed for Portland with cargo and passengers. Orleanians and Fiell sailed for the tropics to load fruit.
The funeral for Peter Reynolds proceeded from the family home on St Stephen's road Toulminville at 8 30 and from St Xavier's Church at 9 o'clock on Wednesday with a requiem mass conducted by Rev Father Shea. A large gathering attended and the Catholic cemetery received the remains with many floral designs. Pallbearers included Thomas T Palmer William Holcomb Charlies Schimpf John Battiste John Clark Chas Green Martin Costello and Richard A Finch.
Forecast warns of 24 degrees for 36 hours on northbound routes with 38 degrees west exposure. Moderate temperatures expected to the east affecting shipment planning and routing.
Michael McSweeney age 55 a native of Ireland and longtime watchman for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company died Wednesday morning at 12:15 at a local infirmary after several weeks of typhoid fever. He came to Mobile about forty years ago and had resided there since. Survived by two sons one daughter and other relatives.
Eight year old Izetta Farmer died Tuesday night at a local infirmary following an appendicitis operation. She was a Mobile native and survived by her parents Ellis and Sarah Farmer and other relatives.
The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a $50,000 donation to aid flood victims in Ohio. The action was reported from Harrisburg on March 26 by the Associated Press.
A low barometer area stretches from southern Texas to the lower Lake region causing widespread precipitation in the eastern half of the United States. Louisville reports 5.10 inches of rain and Cincinnati 3.90 inches, with the Ohio River rising above flood stage. Cold conditions persist west of the Mississippi, Havre Montana at minus twenty, with freezing temps reaching northern Texas. The low area will bring rain to Mobile tonight and Thursday, followed by colder weather from a high barometer area.
Memphis Tennessee March 26 A stage of 31.7 feet was registered on the local river gauge today marking a rise of one foot in the last twenty four hours after heavy rain through the night.
Thousands of wives and mothers endorse RINKi as a cure for the drink habit, promising happiness at home. The ad touts secrecy and a price of $1,000 per box with a free booklet, attributed to Dave at Dauphin and Conception streets.
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