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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1913
Page
12
Chicago wheat trading shows a semi professional tone with hedging fading and export demand weak. Farmers anticipate favorable crop prospects while Western weather supports seedings. mills compete aggressively and major brokers buy September lard and July ribs for Armour and Swift.
Liverpool reports moderate spot business with prices easing across grades. American middling fair at 7.22d, good middling 6.88d, middling 6.68d, low middling 6.384d, good ordinary 6.20d, ordinary 5.86d. Total sales 8,000 bales with 500 for speculation and export, 7,400 American. Receipts 13,000 bales, including 8,200 American. Futures opened and closed steady with May-June through March-April futures listed.
Turpentine firm reports 36 1 2 cents with 200 casks sold receipts 660 casks shipments 1 514 casks and stock 18 183 casks Rosin firm shows 300 barrels sold, receipts 1 591 barrels, shipments 1 006 barrels and stock 51 815 barrels Prices listed: B D E F G H S E M WG WW with quotes from 4 50 to 6 50 per unit.
The ad copy urges readers to seek the two page spread of jingles in the issue claiming payment for writing winning jingles. It prompts scanning for the alphabet section to begin products or promotions.
A scrambled OCR fragment suggests discussion over food prices and living costs, mentioning rice and crate as possible symbols. The readable bits imply questions about supply, pricing, and policy impact without clear context or names.
Irvington Ladies Society will serve coffee and sandwiches on the lawn of the Irvington Land Company's farm when sixty Mobile Boosters arrive May 6. A parade of forty cars had been volunteered with growers and local firms listed among the automobile registrants.
Seasonal illness rise linked to impure environments and lingering pollutants. Health officials note higher allergies and infections this spring, urging prevention measures and community cleanliness to curb spread. The report highlights local clinics reporting upticks in respiratory and flu-like symptoms.
News from New Orleans reports rising Mississippi waters but relief efforts advance. Crevasse repairs at Concordia hold with bank protection, while relief workers led by Major J J Hayes and Captain William V Baker say the Vicksburg district improves and more than 2,000 people were evacuated from Woodlawn crevasse under Captain Erwin and Lt Blaine.
Four lives were lost when the steamer Sonoma sank in the Kentucky river near Louisville. The tragedy occurred this afternoon and the fate of several others remaining missing was not yet known.
New York reports a late week upturn in May and July cotton futures by about 40 points driven by expected export demand and reduced local stock. Weather remains mixed with dry spells in the belt and light rains, while acreage bets rise to 3 to 4 percent over last season, potentially placing 35 million acres under cultivation and lint yields near 14 to 15 million bales.
Lame back is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles of the back, for which you will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by all dealers.
A Newark News vignette describes a businessman returning from vacation and sorting through a backlog of letters. He abruptly discards the pile with a remark on how the most important letters lose urgency with time, illustrating the drift of attention and priorities in work life.
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